Research Associate: Advanced Renewables

2 months ago

Vancouver, Canada University of British Columbia Full time

Academic

Job Category

Faculty Non Bargaining

Job Title

Research Associate: Advanced Renewables

Department

Research | Y. Abdin| Department of Materials Engineering | Faculty of Applied Science (Yasmine Abdin)

Posting End Date

November 4, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Dec 31, 2025

Annual salary: $80,000

Department of Materials Engineering

Research Associate: Advanced Renewables

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Applicants should have completed their PhD program, had 4 years of post-doctoral experience with demonstrated experience in carbon-based materials and operating pilot scale equipment.

Major responsibilities include:

- Developing procedures and techniques for the efficient production of nanofibers and carbonization procedures;
- Conduct research and guide upscaling carbon-fibre production process;
- Overseeing and conducting experiments; reviewing, analyzing and developing conclusions from data;
- Supervising students working collaboratively on the project;
- Reviewing scientific literature;
- Assisting in advising on direction of future work;
- Working as an author or co-author on publications; recommending lab equipment and supply purchases; overseeing and managing lab operations;

Minimum Qualifications:

- PhD degree in a relevant discipline.
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience.
- Supervisory experience of undergraduate or MASc projects.
- Demonstrated experience in performing research, analysis and reporting data related to carbonization and operating pilot scale carbonization equipment.

Office and laboratory will be located in the Advanced Materials Processing Engineering Lab (AMPEL) in the Faculty of Applied Science.

Applications must be submitted online at


1. a curriculum vitae

2.a cover letter outlining qualifications and related experience.

The expected annual pay for this position is $80,000 plus benefits.

The Department and Faculty

Over its long history, the Department of Materials Engineering at UBC (referred to as the Department) has distinguished itself with excellence in research, teaching and service in the field of Materials Engineering. The Department has a strong record of collaborative work with industry and promotes interdisciplinary research.

As part of the Faculty of Applied Science at UBC, our Department benefits from collaboration across a distinctive constellation of disciplines, with expertise and academic programs in health, technology, design and communities at both the UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan campuses. The Faculty consists of four Schools: Nursing; Architecture and Landscape Architecture; Community and Regional Planning; and Biomedical Engineering (in partnership with Medicine); and six engineering departments: Chemical and Biological Engineering; Civil Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Materials Engineering; and Mining Engineering. The Faculty’s core purpose is to discovery, design, innovate, provide unwavering top-tier education, and champion a community of responsible and inclusive professionals. The Faculty’s Strategic Plan,

Transforming Tomorrow

, prioritizes transforming ourselves, so our scholarship and learning is better able to address the urgent challenges facing communities and cities, near and far.

As one of the world's leading universities, the University of British Columbia creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada and the world.

We respectfully acknowledge that the UBC Vancouver-Point Grey academic campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and UBC operations in Vancouver more generally are also on the territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh).

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