Seismic Risk & Earthquake Engineering Fellow

Nanyang Technological University Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 66,960 - 100,440; Full time

Job summary

NTU's Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management invites applications for a Research Fellow in Earthquake Engineering to advance NatCat exposure modelling and losses in building stocks, with a focus on ground motions and structural response.

The role entails developing seismic hazard analyses, probabilistic risk assessments, and communicating findings to both technical and non-technical audiences within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• PhD in Civil Engineering or Earthquake Engineering or closely related field.
• Familiarity with earthquake data, models and software used in hazard and loss modelling.
• Demonstrated ability to publish and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to advance other research areas such as urban lifelines and cascading failures.

Responsibilities

• Modelling propagation of earthquake motion from source to site.
• Perform probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA).
• Perform structural calculations to quantify damage and loss under earthquake-induced ground motions.
• Assess occurrence frequencies of loss events including probabilistic seismic risk assessments.

Skills

Programming languages

Scientific communication

Seismic hazard modelling

Education

PhD in Civil Engineering or Earthquake Engineering

Tools

Matlab

R

Python

GIS

Job description

NTU's Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management invites applications for a Research Fellow in Earthquake Engineering to advance NatCat exposure modelling and losses in building stocks, with a focus on ground motions and structural response.

The role entails developing seismic hazard analyses, probabilistic risk assessments, and communicating findings to both technical and non-technical audiences within a multidisciplinary team.