There is an urgent societal need to make the transition towards a sustainable energy system. This will amongst others affect how our buildings will be heated, cooled and ventilated and will imply a change towards low temperature heating and high temperature cooling systems. This transition will therefore have a large impact on how the existing building stock will be transformed to become future proof and how new buildings will have to be conceived. It will be interesting to investigate how this will impact the architecture of these buildings if we adopt more passive – smart and bioclimatic - climate design strategies relying to a large extent on daylight, solar energy and natural ventilation.

The new tenure track position (assistant professor), placed within the chair of Building Physics & Services, will focus on the building physical properties and building services needs of buildings that are ready for a future energy system; both concerning refurbished and new buildings. Emphasis will be on daylight, passive solar design, natural ventilation and energy use. The tenure tracker will play an important role in BSc and MSc climate design education (design courses) and will give lectures and individual tutoring on the mentioned subject (including lectures and tutoring on daylight) to prepare our students for the challenge ahead. Moreover, this person should be a bridge between different departments connecting engineering with architecture and urban design within the larger challenge of the 1M homes needed until 2030. Finally, the tenure tracker will participate in research, develop own original research and (co-)author scientific publications.

Our students and professionals are creative and unconventional thinkers, and combine academic skills with practical knowledge. Due to the expanding activities of the faculty, we are creating ten new tenure track assistant professor positions. The emphasis of these positions is on education and design, with a strong link to academic research.The assistant professors will teach classes in the Bachelor’s programme as well as in the Master’s and in the PhD programme, according to their individual interests. We are looking for new colleagues whose ambitions resonate with our profile. As such, this is an open invitation for candidates to share their ambitions with us on (design) education, innovative academic research and societal impact.

The applicant should:

• hold a PhD degree in building physics or building services (in one of the subdisciplines: daylight / energy use of buildings / heat, air and moisture transfer / ventilation) or any other relevant discipline;
• have broad knowledge of the whole field of building physics and building services, besides the deep knowledge in the subdiscipline related to the PhD degree;
• have a strong affinity with building technology and architectural design;
• have excellent academic qualifications and excellent skills in education and research;
• have good communication skills and be able to explain ideas and concepts in understandable language;
• have an excellent command of spoken and written English;
• be proficient in the Dutch language or be willing to learn Dutch within two years;
• be enthusiastic about their field of expertise and be inspired to work in an international academic environment;
• be emphatic and be able to easily connect to students of different background and nationalities;
•  be analytical, be conscientious and be able to work in a team and on individual tasks.

Knowledge of Dutch is welcome, but not required at the start of the position.

Fixed-term contract: Tenure Track.

A tenure-track position is offered for six years. Based on performance indicators agreed upon at the start of the appointment, a decision will be made by the fifth year whether to offer you a permanent faculty position. For circumstances as having children or parental leave during the tenure track, it is possible to delay the definitive assessment and extend the Tenure Track appointment to a maximum of 8 years.

The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.

Coming to Delft Service and Partner Career Advice can support with advice for you and your accompanying partner about your individual settling needs in the Netherlands. Once arrived you can be supported with individual consults and diverse workshops. Located on campus are the International Children’s Centre and an international primary school which are subject to availability as well as several bilingual schools in the nearby surrounding. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

The TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency.

Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. If you have less than five years of experience and do not yet have your teaching certificate, you get the chance to obtain this within three years.

Technische Universiteit Delft

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is a multifaceted institution offering education and carrying out research in the technical sciences at an internationally recognised level. Education, research and design are strongly oriented towards applicability. TU Delft develops technologies for future generations, focusing on sustainability, safety and economic vitality. At TU Delft you will work in an environment where technical sciences and society converge. TU Delft comprises eight faculties, unique laboratories, research institutes and schools.

Faculty Architecture & the Built Environment

The faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has a leading role in education and research worldwide. The driving force behind the faculty’s success is its robust research profile combined with the passion and creativity of its student body and academic community. It is a place that is buzzing with life from early in the morning until late at night, with four thousand people studying, working, designing, conducting research and acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Academics and students have been working on improving the built environment with the help of a broad set of disciplines, including architectural design, urban planning, building technology, social sciences, process management, and geo-information science. The faculty works closely with other faculties, universities, private parties, and the public sector, and has an extensive network in the Netherlands as well as internationally.

The department of  Architectural Engineering + Technology is positioned between ‘traditional’ civil engineering and architectural design disciplines. Architectural Engineering and Technology connects both extremes, but more than this, it forms the new core of design for the built environment of the future, with sensitivity for aesthetics, health, heritage, sustainability, biodiversity and other values, and with sufficient technical knowledge to enable innovation in numerous fields.

The chair of Building Physics & Services is led by prof. Peter Luscuere. The chair is part of the section Environmental & Computational Design. Its mission is to play a key role in scientific research, academic education and in knowledge dissemination concerning:

• the passive and active design and realisation of comfortable, healthy and climate-proof built environments (indoors and outdoors), within the framework of positive footprints for energy, water, air, materials, food and biomass;
• the development and application of design, performance assessment and analysis methods, techniques and tools.

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