Faculty Cluster Hires in Mining, Geotechnical, Water Resources, and Environmental Engineering University of Alberta in Canada

PhD opportunity in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Regina for Fall 2027 intake . The opening is centered on research in unsaturated soils and mine tailing , with topic options including advanced laboratory testing of unsaturated soils , advanced numerical modeling of unsaturated soils , and characterization and improvement of mine tailing . This is a student-oriented research opening for applicants interested in civil/geotechnical engineering and related earth and environmental top...

The National Research Council Canada is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in Low-Carbon Concrete Materials for a two-year term in Ottawa, Canada, within the Construction organizational unit. The project, Engineered Recycled Glass as a Supplementary Cementitious Material for Low Carbon, High Performance Concrete — Stabilizing the Supply Chain in Canada , will investigate ground recycled glass as a scalable supplementary cementitious material. The research supports cement decarbonization and circular ...

Memorial University’s Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, is recruiting one potentially two Master’s students, one potentially two PhD students, and one postdoctoral fellow to join a new research group in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Anticipated start dates are January, May, or September 2027. The research focuses on improving community resilience and reducing risks to buried infrastructure from natural hazards. Projects investigate interactions bet...

Research Associate in Water Resources Engineering at the University of Alberta This is a full-time, on-site research associate position based at North Campus, Edmonton, Canada, with an end date of December 31, 2028. The project focuses on the application of optimization algorithms for river basin planning and management, especially daily reservoir operations, storage and releases, irrigation demand, and integration with a SCADA data monitoring system. The successful candidate will work with a pr...

Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher for a two-year appointment beginning in January 2027. The project will integrate artificial intelligence and mechanistic modelling to advance anaerobic digestion processes, with applications in environmental engineering and wastewater treatment. The research emphasizes machine learning and AI applications, anaerobic digestion optimization and performance evaluation, and mechanistic process modelling using ADM1 or rela...