Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Mechanics

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship, attached to the South African Research Chair in Computational Mechanics, and tenable at the Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics (CERECAM), University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Conditions of award: Eligible applicants must hold a PhD in computational mechanics or a related discipline. The PhD degree must have been granted within the last five years, or have been submitted for examination. In the latter case evidence to this effect must be provided.

Applicants may not previously have held any permanent academic or professional posts.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience in the development, numerical analysis, and implementation, including coding, of discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods.

The successful candidate will pursue his or her research activities in the area of DG methods during the tenure of the fellowship under the supervision of Professor BD Reddy, and will be expected to register as a PDRF at UCT by no later than 15 July 2017.

All registered postdoctoral fellows are required to comply with the University’s approved policies, procedures and practices for the postdoctoral sector.

Value and tenure: The fellowship award is 235 000 South African Rand per annum and does not include any fringe benefits. The Fellowship is renewable for a second year, contingent on satisfactory progress in achieving the research goals, and subject to the availability of funds. Application to teh South African Revenue Service for tax exemption is made by the University on behalf of the successful candidate.

Application procedure: Qualified candidates are required to provide the following:

·       a letter of application expressing research interests and expertise;

·       certified copies of all academic transcripts;

·       a full cv, including details of publications; and

·       names and addresses of two academic referees with whom the applicant has worked.

Applications must be submitted electronically to Miss Natalie Bent, CERECAM, email natalie.bent@uct.ac.za by no later than 10 June 2017.

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The University of Cape Town reserves the right to disqualify candidates whose applications are ineligible, incomplete, or late; to change the conditions of the award, or to make no award at all.