Employment & Opportunities

Tenure Track Faculty Position in Fluid Mechanics - University of Waterloo

The Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Fluid Mechanics. Areas of particular interest include environmental and geophysical fluid dynamics and sustainability related to climate, atmosphere, oceans and lakes.

The department has 30 regular faculty members and a substantial graduate program with over 100 graduate students pursuing Masters or PhD degrees, and strong undergraduate programs in applied mathematics, scientific computing and mathematical physics. More information about the department can be found here. With 300 faculty members, 8,000 undergraduate students and more than 1,000 graduate students in mathematics and computer science, Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics is a global powerhouse in research, education and innovation.

Interested individuals should apply using MathJobs (see here for complete job information). Applications should include a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, teaching evaluation summaries (if available) and up to three reprints/preprints. Applicants are welcome to include a statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. In addition, applicants should arrange to have at least three reference letters submitted on their behalf. Applications will be reviewed starting November 1, 2023, but all complete applications received by December 1, 2023 will receive full consideration.

Teaching Assistant - Master of Data Science program - The University of British Columbia

We are now accepting applications for TAships with the UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) program in 2023 Term 2 (January 2024 to April 2024). We are also hiring BAIT 509 and BAIT 580A TAs for the Master of Business Analytics program (MBAN) offered by the Sauder School of Business. Please complete and submit the form here if you are interested.

The soft deadline to apply is Oct 27 2023. The Term 2 course offerings span machine learning, data visualization, collaborative software development, cloud computing, and more. (If you want to know the exact courses, check out courses from blocks 4, 5, and 6 here.) With the MDS schedule, it is possible to TA for only portions of the term, which may be appealing to those who are not available for the entire term.

Funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates: PROJECTS WANTED - Biology Undergraduate Diversity in Research

The Biology Undergraduate Diversity in Research (BUDR) Program invites researchers to submit research projects to be considered for Micro-Experience funding. 20 successful projects will be provided with full funding to employ one undergraduate student from the BUDR Mentorship program for 40 hours during Term 1 2023-2024. 

We are looking for projects that are short term, would require limited training, provide undergraduate students with lab or field experience, and help develop some new skills. Start times and hours per week are flexible and can be decided by the supervisor and student. 

The BUDR “Micro-Experience Program” aims to provide undergraduate students from equity-deserving groups with their first research experience. This will act as a crucial initial step in career building for undergraduate students. The Micro-Experience aims to not only develop technical skills, but also foster critical thinking, encourage networking opportunities, and catalyze future employment. 

Supervisors will be given the opportunity to make new connections with research-driven students and complete smaller projects from their lab’s to-do list. There is also an honorarium for the grad student or postdoc that acts as a direct supervisor to the BUDR student.

To submit your project, please fill out this VERY SHORT application here.

News & Events

IOF Seminar - Advanced Models and Solutions for Mitigating the Impact of Ship Noise on Marine Mammals

In the scientific community, it is now well recognized that anthropogenic noise poses serious threats to marine mammals. The main noise sources come from large commercial vessels such as cargo ships, tankers, cruise ships and ferries to small-size watercrafts such as motorized boats, fishing vessels and tugboats. Propeller cavitation, hull vibration and onboard machinery are the three primary sources of ship noise. In the low-frequency noise range (< 200 Hz), the propeller cavitation noise dominates the underwater-radiated noise (URN), which coincides with important frequencies used by whales and fish for their natural activities. In this talk, I will highlight our MELO project focusing on in-house high fidelity CFD and physics-based machine learning (PBML) models for modeling and controlling ship noise. To address this complex multidisciplinary problem of ship noise, the project aims to deliver a better understanding of fundamental physical mechanisms related to turbulent vortex and cavitation dynamics, which are essential elements for the generation of tonal and broadband propeller noise. For far-field noise propagation, we employ our PBML toolbox to create an end-to-end mapping between the ship noise source and the specified location of marine mammals. The proposed framework has a relevance to adaptive ship route optimization as well as the development of URN mitigation technologies.  

Plesae RSVP here.

Postdoctoral Events - The University of British Columbia

The UBC Postdoctoral Association is preparing our largest, annual research event: Postdoc Research Day. Additionally, we have a few other exciting fall events for UBC postdocs.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion Lunch & Learn

October 18: Dr. Guofang Li, 12:00 - 1:30pm, Life Sciences Institute 4301

November 29: Dr. Maria Hubinette, 12:00 - 1:30pm, Life Sciences Institute 4301

Registration here.

Halloween Postdoc social

October 26, 6:00pm, Glitch, 2287 West Broadway 

Registration here.

UBC Postdoc research day

December 14, Life Sciences Institute

Registration and submit an abstract here.

Graduate Programs open House - The Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences - University of Toronto Scarborough

We are very excited to welcome potential graduate students to meet with us in person at our home in the innovative and sustainably designed ESCB building and to explore the University of Toronto Scarborough's stunning campus! 

Registration here.