Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a member of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), was founded in 2010 to continue fulfilling QF s vision of unlocking human potential. Located within Education City, Hamad Bin Khalifa University is dedicated to developing world-class integrated graduate and select undergraduate academic programs, advancing national research capabilities and cultivating leaders who drive meaningful change.

The College of Science and Engineering (CSE) currently offers the largest selection of programs within the university and aspires to be a leading college committed to excellence in research and education, with a major emphasis on interdisciplinary research and scholarship. It has established three divisions, each comprising significant postgraduate and undergraduate schools:

• Division of Chemical and Environmental Engineering: with an emphasis on sustainable energy, the natural environment, and the built environment.
• Division of Information and Communications Technologies and Electrical Engineering: with an emphasis on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, big data, networking and communication technologies, sensors, vision and computer graphics, and human-computer interaction (HCI).
• Division of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: with an emphasis on logistics, supply chain management, and sports and entertainment management.

CSE s faculty members are internationally recognized for pursuing high-impact research that addresses societal and economic needs in Qatar and around the world.

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Position

The College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University seeks applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow to support the development, modelling, and experimental testing of advanced thermal management and environmental systems. The research will focus on atmospheric water generation, HVAC and cooling systems, thermal energy storage, heat recovery, and outdoor thermal comfort. The successful candidate must have strong hands-on experience in numerical modelling and experimental validation.

Job Role Description

• Develop numerical models for thermal, fluid-flow, HVAC, and environmental systems.
• Use ENVI-met to evaluate outdoor thermal comfort and urban heat mitigation using indicators such as UTCI and PET.
• Use COMSOL Multiphysics and ANSYS to simulate airflow, heat and mass transfer, filtration systems, cooling components, and thermal storage.
• Model and optimize atmospheric water generation and condensation processes under different temperature and humidity conditions.
• Support the design and analysis of vapor-compression cooling, absorption cooling, heat recovery, and phase-change material systems.
• Design and operate laboratory-scale experimental test rigs.
• Install and manage sensors for temperature, humidity, airflow, water flow, pressure, water quality, and system performance.
• Compare simulation results with experimental measurements and improve the models accordingly.
• Analyse research data and contribute to technical reports, journal papers, presentations, and research proposals.
• Work closely with the research team and provide clear documentation of models, experiments, and results.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Thermofluids, Energy Engineering, HVAC, or a closely related field.
• Advanced practical proficiency in the following software is required:
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