Professor in applied concrete technology and material modelling

KU Leuven has a full-time academic vacancy in the Department of Civil Engineering focused on concrete material modelling and data-driven concrete science in the field of concrete technology and concrete durability. The vacant position is available at Ghent Campus, part of the Faculty of Engineering Technology of the Science, Engineering and Technology Group of KU Leuven. We are looking for internationally oriented candidates with proven teaching skills and a solid research record in the domain of concrete technology, approached through concrete material modelling and data-driven concrete science. The vacancy is striving for innovation in concrete mix design and concrete technology from a sustainability and durability point of view, by expanding the use of modern (computational) modelling theories and methods. The envisaged research should accelerate the knowledge acquisition on linking concrete performances (as rheology, strength, durability including cracking and service life estimation) to mix design parameters via intelligent data management and mining and modelling approaches and as such contribute to a durable and sustainable concrete industry in an ever-increasing complex setting. The successful applicant will be appointed in the Department of Civil Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering Technology of the Science, Engineering and Technology Group of KU Leuven. The Faculty of Engineering Technology has an extensive national and international network, both in academia and industry. Research in the Materials and Constructions Section of the Department of Civil Engineering aims to generate advanced knowledge through fundamental and application-oriented research on durable and sustainable building materials, structural components and construction, contributing to new, existing and heritage structures with low environmental impact, structural resilience and improved service life. The Materials and Constructions group has research activities and laboratories in Leuven, Bruges, Sint Katelijne-Waver and Ghent. The current vacancy offers a position at Ghent Campus, where the research group focusses on : (1) performance-based design of concrete mixtures, (2) (combined) degradation mechanisms in (cracked) concrete and (3) sustainable concrete. More information can be found at : https : / / iiw.kuleuven.be / onderzoek / Building-materials / Building-materials The research group seeks to further develop innovative and complementary research in the domain to advance the knowledge on concrete technology and concrete durability by aid of concrete material modelling and data-driven concrete science. The section has state-of-the-art research infrastructure equipped with testing facilities for standard concrete testing, a concrete chemistry and concrete durability laboratory. The research section has an extensive national and international network, both in academics and construction industry, connections with companies and non-profit organisations, a stable offer of highly talented PhD students and a supportive work environment.

• We offer full-time employment in an intellectually challenging environment.
• KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. Our university is highly focused on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and strives for international excellence. In this regard, the university actively works together with research partners in Belgium and abroad and provides its students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research.
• You will work at the KU Leuven Campus in Ghent, in a historic city with a 40-minute rail connection to Brussels, and about three hours train to Paris, London and Amsterdam.
• Depending on your record and qualifications, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the senior academic staff : assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor. In principle, junior researchers are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years. At the end of this period and a positive evaluation, they are permanently appointed (or tenured) as associate professor.
• To facilitate scientific integration and research in the first phase, a research position equivalent to a PhD fellowship for 4 years is made available. You can also apply for a start-up grant of EUR 110,000. (offered to new professors, appointed for at least 50%.)
• KU Leuven is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration & administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, ...