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Current Openings
Key Responsibilities:
1. Teaching & Curriculum Development:
- Deliver high-quality lectures and labs in:
- Steel & Concrete Structural Analysis & Design
- Structural Mechanics & Finite Element Modeling (FEM)
- Seismic Engineering
- Advanced Composite Materials in Construction
- Develop new courses/modules in emerging areas (e.g., Smart and sustainable structures, AI in structural design).
- Supervise undergraduate/postgraduate projects and PhD theses.
2. Research & Innovation:
- Lead cutting-edge research in composite or smart structures, including:
- Hybrid steel-concrete systems
- FRP composite structures
- Intelligent and resilient structures
- Structural performance under extreme loadings
- Computational modeling (FEM, BIM, machine learning applications)
- Secure competitive research grants (UGC, NSFC, industry collaborations).
- Publish in top-tier journals (e.g., Engineering Structures, Journal of Structural Engineering, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Smart Materials and Structures).
3. Academic Leadership & Service:
- Mentor junior faculty and contribute to departmental strategic goals.
- Collaborate with industry partners (e.g., design firms, construction agencies).
- Participate in accreditation processes (e.g., HKIE, ABET, Washington Accord).
- Carry out administrative and other duties to support the development of the Department, College and University.
- Undertake scholarly activities to elevate the international visibility and reputation of the Department, College and University.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Teaching & Curriculum Development:
- Deliver high-quality lectures and labs in:
- Wind Engineering
- Structural Mechanics
- Computational Mechanics
- Design of High-Rise Buildings
- Earthquake Engineering
- Develop new courses/modules in emerging areas (e.g., Disaster and climate resilience infrastructure and buildings, AI in structural design).
- Supervise undergraduate/postgraduate projects and PhD theses.
2. Research & Innovation:
- Lead cutting-edge research in Wind Engineering, which may include:
- Bluff body aerodynamics
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Structural dynamics
- Structural health monitoring and control
- Wind energy
- Wind hazard assessment
- Climate change
- Wind environment
- Secure competitive research grants (UGC, NSFC, industry collaborations).
- Publish in top-tier journals (e.g., Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Journal of Structural Engineering, Engineering Structures, Structural Safety).
3. Academic Leadership & Service:
- Mentor junior faculty (for associate professor or professor appointment) and contribute to departmental strategic goals.
- Collaborate with industry partners (e.g., design firms, construction agencies).
- Participate in accreditation processes (e.g., ABET, Washington Accord).
- Carry out administrative and other duties to support the development of the Department, College and University.
- Undertake scholarly activities to elevate the international visibility and reputation of the Department.
