{"job":{"jobId":2508414,"fk_accountId":null,"fk_organizationId":483,"fk_adminAccountId":null,"title":"Research Associate (Urban Resilience Design)","description":"\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><b>Job Description</b></p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">We are looking for a full-time Research Associate to work in the Urban Climate Resilience module of the Future Resilient Systems programme, with a focus on Digital Twin-Enabled District Energy System Resilience. The appointment is for at most 12 months. The appointment is expected to start early 2024.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">This collaborative research concerns the development of a digital twin for urban climate resilience, especially with respect to building operational GHG emissions, and interactive decision support. As a first pilot study, a digital twin of district energy systems was created for the NUS campus to investigate how past events and possible future scenarios can affect the resilience of these systems.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">This digital twin comprises a data visualization platform and building energy demand models for scenario assessment. Electricity and cooling meter data were collected for several buildings on campus, as well as WiFi connection logs providing an estimate for the number of occupants in each building.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">Analyzing the data showed that buildings’ cooling systems are operated in a relatively centralized way, meaning that buildings consume energy for cooling whether they are occupied or not.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">To explore future scenarios for the case study area, these meter data were used to calibrate building energy demand models for a baseline year.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">Standards were used for other buildings to make appropriate assumptions for the needs for different building typologies.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">The platform allows to display these simulation results in a variety of ways, such as by typology, by energy use intensity, or by energy use per capita.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">Different forecast scenarios have been considered to investigate how different building system operation modes can support the transition to flexible work arrangements post-COVID. The scenarios show there is a significant potential for energy savings by operating buildings in a more occupant-driven way, where only occupied workspaces are actively conditioned.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">To expand the platform, additional use cases have been considered, such as modelling the campus’ thermal networks to investigate the effects of different scenarios on the existing cooling infrastructure, or investigating how electric vehicle charging could be used for load management to increase demand flexibility and thus build resilience into the electrical grid. While the actual digital twin platform is being developed as a PhD research, you would contribute to the larger research through one or more building operational energy-related case studies.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><b>Qualifications</b></p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Candidate must have a Master’s degree with at least 2 years of work experience or be expected to complete a PhD degree within six months of starting the appointment;</li>\n<li>Good time management and planning;</li>\n<li>Excellent command of both spoken and written English;</li>\n<li>Highly motivated individual with capacity to work independently;</li>\n<li>Scripting/computer programming knowledge is required;</li>\n<li>Knowledge of data analytics and/or data visualization is desired;</li>\n<li>Expertise in building simulation and/or the application of deep learning is a plus.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><b>More Information</b>\nLocation: Kent Ridge Campus\nOrganization: College of Design and Engineering\nDepartment : Architecture\nEmployee Referral Eligible: No\nJob requisition ID : 22805</p>\n\n\n","pdfUrl1":null,"location":"Singapore","location1":"아시아","location2":null,"location3":null,"type":"2","applyUrl":"https://careers.nus.edu.sg/NUS/job/COLLEGE-OF-DESIGN-&-ENG-Research-Associate-%28Urban-Resilience-Design%29-Kent/20340344/","fileUrl1":null,"fileUrl2":null,"fileUrl3":null,"fileUrl4":null,"fileUrl5":null,"fileUrl6":null,"fileUrl7":null,"workingHour":"Full Time","contractType":"Fixed Term","salary":null,"original_id":"UNI|361560","original_domain":"timeshighereducation.com","original_url":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/361560","original_isPremium":null,"closeType":1,"closedAt":"2024-01-22T00:00:00.000Z","requireEducation":10,"managerTel":null,"managerFax":null,"managerEmail":null,"managerName":"NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE","managerPhone":null,"managerAddress":"Singapore","log_hit":0,"log_like":0,"publishState":1,"organizationName":null,"organizationName_en":null,"organizationName_alt":null,"del_yn":"N","createdAt":"2023-12-22T13:13:53.000Z","updatedAt":"2023-12-22T13:13:53.000Z"},"organization":{"organizationId":483,"lv1Id":null,"lv2Id":null,"name":"National University of Singapore","name_en":"National University of Singapore","name_alt":",","introduction":"<p>As Singapore’s flagship university and among Asia’s best, the <a href=\"http://www.nus.edu.sg/\">National University of Singapore (NUS)</a> offers a global approach to education, research and entrepreneurship, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise.</p><p> </p><p>Our 17 faculties across three campuses in Singapore – Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram – provide a rigorous broad-based curriculum underscored by cross-faculty enrichment. We have pioneered many innovative academic programmes which include student exchange, entrepreneurial internships at <a href=\"https://enterprise.nus.edu.sg/educate/nus-overseas-colleges\">12 NUS Overseas Colleges</a>, as well as double, joint and concurrent degree programmes with some of the world’s best universities. Close to 40,000 students from 100 countries enrich our vibrant and diverse campus community.</p><p> </p><p>The University’s multidisciplinary and real-world approach to education, research and entrepreneurship enables us to work closely with industry, governments and academia to address crucial and complex issues relevant to Asia and the world. 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