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Recruitment of Director of Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of Ministry of Education (Tongji University)

The Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials of the Ministry of Education relies on Tongji University and was established in 2005 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. The laboratory relies on Tongji University's five secondary discipline doctoral programs (Materialogy, Material Physics and Chemistry, Materials Processing Engineering, Structural Engineering and Engineering Mechanics), three national key disciplines (Materialogy, Structural Engineering and Engineering Mechanics) and two post-doctoral research stations (Materials Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering).

The main research directions of the laboratory: (1) High performance civil engineering structural materials; (2) Advanced civil engineering functional materials; (3) Green civil engineering materials; (4) Service behavior and application of civil engineering materials.

There are 52 permanent staff members in the laboratory currently, including: 3 winners of the “National Outstanding Youth Fund”, 1 invited professor of the “Yangtze River Scholars Award Program”, 4 national youths, 3 national outstanding youths, and 38 professors. There are 49 people with doctorate degree, more than 440 post-doctoral students and graduate students; there are 25 sets (large sets) of large-scale instruments and equipment with an amount of more than 300,000 yuan and an area of 5000 m2 laboratory. Undertake national key "973" basic research and development plan, national "863" high-tech research and development plan, national key research and development plan, key projects of national natural science foundation, and major projects and construction of national ministries and local governments tackling projects of engineering.

The laboratory passed the laboratory evaluation organized by the Ministry of Education in 2018. Tongji University is hiring the director of the Ministry of Education's Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Interim Measures for the Construction and Management of National Key Laboratories. We sincerely welcome outstanding experts and scholars to apply for the position. The specific items are as follows:

 

I. Duties

       1. Fully responsible for the planning and organization of laboratory development and construction;

       2. Attract and support the development of outstanding academic leaders and young academic backbones, build a team of talents, and form a high-level research team with influence at home and abroad;

       3. Organize major national (including international cooperation) scientific and technological projects; obtain a number of internationally advanced scientific and technological achievements (including patents, academic papers, treatises, and national and international scientific and technological achievements awards)

       4. Promote the interdisciplinary integration of laboratory research and multidisciplinary research, and strengthen academic exchanges between laboratory and abroad.

 

Ⅱ. Application conditions

       1. Qualified as a professor (researcher), with a broad strategic vision, able to grasp the national strategic needs of relevant fields and the development trend of the world's science and technology; have profound academic accomplishments, and have achieved significant innovation results in this subject area, well-known.

       2. Have innovative ideas for laboratory construction and development and scientific research, have strong laboratory organization management and coordination capabilities, and be able to lead the laboratory to maintain a leading position in academic frontiers.

       3. Generally work in the laboratory for no less than eight months each year.

       4. Good health, no more than 55 years old.

 

Ⅲ. Employment period

1. The director of the laboratory is elected for a term of 5 years and can be re-elected, but at most two terms;

 

Ⅳ. Application materials

       The deadline for recruitment is April 9, 2019 (subject to receipt of a letter or electronic version). When applying, applicants must provide the following materials:

(1) Resume of personal work and study;

(2) Main research achievements and management assumptions and expectations for the laboratory;

(3) Copies of academic qualifications and degree certificates, and professional and technical post appointment certificates;

(4) List of academic papers and achievements published in the past five years, and copies of representative academic works, and other supporting materials (You can only the first page and marked pages).

(5) Other supporting materials.

 

After passing he preliminary examination, the specific recruitment reply time will be notified separately.

 

V. Contact Information

       Mailing address: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, No. 4800 Cao An Road, Jiading District, Shanghai;

       Zip code: 201804;


        EMAIL: jili@tongji.edu.cn


        Phone: 0086-21-69584723

       School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University

       April 2, 2019

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