MASTER RESEARCH GRANT UNDER THE IC&DT HOUSE-REFUGE PROJECT | Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Physical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or similar.

Job description: The Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial (ADAI) opens a tender for the award of one (1) Research Grant (BI) for Master in the framework of the Scientific Research and Technological Development Project (IC&DT) HOUSE-REFUGE – “Development of better practices and rules for constructions and surroundings in areas prone to wildland-urban interface fires” with reference PCIF/AGT/0109/2018, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, through the R&D program for the prevention and combat of wildfires, determined by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 159/2017.

Scientific Area: Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Physical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or similar.

Admission Requirements: Masters who are enrolled, or who undertake to apply shortly after awarding the scholarship, in a doctoral program in the areas of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Physical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or similar. Candidates should preferably have a good knowledge of fire risk assessment and numerical modelling, as well as the ability to prepare and carry out laboratory tests in the context of fire spread. Knowledge in the use of CFD and fire behaviour simulators is also valued, as well as the ability to speak and write in Portuguese and English.

Work Plan: The selected candidate will develop tasks in the field of wildfire risk modelling at the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). Tasks include:

1) Preparation and performance of laboratory tests on fire spread;

2) Treatment and analysis of laboratory results;

3) Integration of heat emission models from vegetation burning with vulnerability models for building materials;

4) Participation in other tasks related to wildfires that may be considered as relevant;

5) Production of scientific reports and articles based on the work developed;

6) Participation in the dissemination tasks and appreciation of the results obtained.

Formalization of applications: Applications should be sent in pdf format to the following email addresses: miguelalmeida@adai.pt, xavier.viegas@dem.uc.pt and fatima.guedes@dem.uc.pt, putting in the subject of the email: HOUSE-REFUGE-BI-ADAI. The following documentation must be submitted: Curriculum Vitae (CV), Certificate of Qualifications including breakdown of the grades obtained in the subjects of the respective course and final grade, and letter of motivation. Applicants with foreign academic degrees must present Certificate of Level Recognition in accordance with applicable law.

Deadline for application: The submission is open from 16 August 2021 to 05 September 2021.

Applicable Legislation and Regulations: Scientific Research Grant Holder Statute, approved by Law No. 40/2004 of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of August 27, by Decree-Law No. 89/2013 of 9 July, by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of October 29, and by Law No. 12/2013 of January 29, and amended by Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of August 28, as amended (https: //www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/estatutobolseiro) and FCT, I. P Research Fellowship Regulation, in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt).

Workplace: The work will be developed at the facilities of the ADAI, specifically in the Laboratório de Aerodinâmica Industrial (LAI), R. Pedro Hispano 12, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal, under the scientific supervision of Doctor Miguel Abrantes de Figueredo Bernardo de Almeida. Often, it will be necessary to travel, using transport provided by ADAI, to the Laboratory for Forest Fires Studies, at Aeródromo da Lousã - Coimbra, or to other places that may be of interest for the development of the tasks.

Scholarship duration: The scholarship will last for 6 months, with the possibility of renewal during the duration of the project, according to the grantee's performance, on an exclusive basis, according to FCT's advanced human resources training regulation.

Amount of monthly maintenance allowance: The amount of the scholarship corresponds to € 1104.64, according to the table of values of the scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_Valores_SMM_LOE_2021.pdf).

Selection methods: The selection methods to be used will be: curriculum evaluation, with a value of 50% for academic qualifications and 50% for the degree of satisfaction of knowledge and experience requirements. If the Jury deems it necessary, an interview may be held with the candidates placed in the first three positions according to the ordering resulting from the previous criteria. In this case, the final score will include the curriculum assessment (as described above), valued at 90%, and the interview, valued at 10%. If none of the candidates has the appropriate profile (overall assessment below 50%), the scholarship will not be awarded.

Selection Jury Composition: President: Professor Domingos Xavier Filomeno Carlos Viegas; Other Members: Professor Miguel Abrantes de Figueiredo Bernardo e Almeida and Professor Jorge Rafael Nogueira Raposo.

Form of publicity / notification of results: The final results of the evaluation will be publicized, through a list ordered by final grade obtained, and the candidates will be notified via email.