Postdoctoral Fellow — Digital Twin Civil Engineering

University of Central Florida; Orlando, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Central Florida invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate to join the DISCOVER Laboratory and contribute to multiscale computational mechanics, digital twin modeling, and AI/data science in infrastructure resilience. The role involves leading proposal development, supervising graduate students, and presenting at conferences.

Ideal candidates have a PhD and strong communication, leadership, and software skills (Python, Julia, C++).

Qualifications

• PhD in Civil, Mechanical, CS or related field from an accredited university.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to lead development of research proposals and advise graduate students.
• Strong leadership, managerial and organizational abilities.
• Proficiency in Python, Julia and C++.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of research proposals and reports.
• Collaborate on sponsored research projects and supervise graduate students.
• Represent the DISCOVER Lab at national and international conferences.
• Work on digital twin modeling of large-scale infrastructure systems.

Skills

Communication

Proposal writing

Student supervision

Leadership

Python

Julia

C++

Education

PhD in Civil/Mechanical/CS

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

CUDA

Job description

University of Central Florida invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate to join the DISCOVER Laboratory and contribute to multiscale computational mechanics, digital twin modeling, and AI/data science in infrastructure resilience. The role involves leading proposal development, supervising graduate students, and presenting at conferences.

Ideal candidates have a PhD and strong communication, leadership, and software skills (Python, Julia, C++).