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Director of the Research Group «Traffic Engineering»

The research group «Traffic Engineering» will be established in January 2011 as part of the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT) of ETH Zürich. It will replace an earlier group, which will be disbanded after the retirement of that group’s directors in late 2011. The new director is sought for an appointment from

1 October 2010
or another mutally agreed date.

Tasks
The group will focus its work on traffic flow and capacity issues of motorised transport. The director will develop basic theoretical understandings and methods for the measurement, calculation and optimisation of traffic flow under modern traffic management and traffic control systems. The results will be published in the relevant academic and professional journals and conferences.

The director will offer him/herself the tow-three directly relevant courses in the BSc and MSc programmes of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering (D-BAUG). He/She will co-ordinate the wider teaching programme for highway engineering. Those other courses will be given by adjunct staff.

Requirements
The applicant should have a degree, preferably a PhD, in traffic engineering or a related discipline. The candidate will have relevant research and, or practical experience in the area. The director supervises and manages the members of his/her group. He/she is responsible for any third party funding and for all contacts with industry and road administrations inside and outside Switzerland. The director is member of the IVT board.

Conditions
The post offers flexible working hours, excellent working atmosphere, independence, large responsibility, and up-to-date infrastructure. Close co-operation with Swiss and international research groups offer exciting opportunities.

The post is for 6 years in the first instance, but a permanent appointment is envisaged, if the academic performance matches the expectations of such a senior appointment.

The place of work is at ETH Science City on the Hönggberg campus of the ETH.

Contact
Please send your application including a full list of publications to
Mr. H.-P. Widmer
Human Resources
Turnerstrasse 1
CH – 8092 Zürich

Further information

The basic on-going funding of the group will provide two technicians and two PhD students at any one time.
The Institute funds the administrators jointly from central allocations.
An appointment as «professor» is possible at a later stage, when the then academic qualifications justify this.
The starting salary will depend on the age and experience of the applicant but ranges from about 100-150k sFr (currently 1 sFr = 1 US$)
No German is required at the start, but profiency to read, speak and understand German is expected within 2 (3) years. (Initial teaching could be in English)
ETH Zürich is regularly ranked among the top five univeristies in Europe and among the top 25 worldwide (Times Higher, Shanghai - Link)
See our website for publications and projects of the institute.
The IVT has currently about 50 members of staff of which 60% are funded by outside sources (research councils, foundations, federal and regional governments, industry, European Union)

For further questions please contact Prof. Dr. Kay W. Axhausen