"Research Fellow (Wave Overtopping)"

Research Fellow (Wave Overtopping)

University-Level Unit: College of Design and Engineering

Faculty/Department-Level Unit: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Employee Category: Research Staff

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Posting Start Date: 26/03/2026

Job Description

This position supports Work Package 1 (WP1) experimental studies of wave overtopping over Singapore-relevant coastal protection structures for local design guidance.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Conduct scaled physical model tests at NUS for revetments, promenades, and vertical walls.
• Measure and analyse q, Vmax, flow depth/velocity, crest pressures, and related loads; quantify uncertainty; and derive local empirical relationships aligned with Eurotop.
• Support WP1 reports/publications and provide validation data and hydraulic inputs to other work packages.

Job Requirements

• Possess a PhD in Coastal Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Strong background in physical modelling of coastal/free-surface flows or wave-structure interaction
• Experience with hydraulic laboratory experiments, instrumentation, and data analysis
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, or similar; prior wave overtopping/coastal structures experience is advantageous
• Has prior strong publication records and able to work independently.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Open to fixed-term contract.

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