Canada Research Chair, Tier I
Road Safety Engineering
The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary invites applications
for a Canada Research Chair, Tier I appointment at the Professor rank in the area of
Road Safety Engineering. Information on the CRC Programme is available at the
CRC website (http://www.chairs.gc.ca/english/new/index.cfm). In identifying the area
of Road Safety, the University of Calgary aims to build on its existing strengths in
transportation engineering, transportation policy, driver psychology, traffic behaviour
and transportation GIS.
The successful candidate will lead a program of research concerning road and
highway safety, drawing on work in the Departments of Civil Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering (including the Injury Research Unit), Geomatics Engineering, Geography
and Psychology. The focus of research will emphasise a systems approach involving
aspects of the driver/vehicle/highway system that contribute to traffic accidents
and/or their mitigation, such as: driver behaviour and human factors and the
influences that modify these factors, vehicle design, driver training and education,
road/highway design and planning and related traffic micro-simulation modelling,
intersection design, road signs and marking, traffic management control and
intelligent transportation systems. The main objective of the research will be the
development of innovative and interdisciplinary approaches for improving road safety
and reducing crash risk. The research will be supported in part by contributions from
the Alberta Motor Association and the Centre for Transportation Engineering and
Planning (C-TEP).
The successful candidate will have an established research record in the area of
road safety. Candidates should have a doctoral degree in a relevant field.
Industrially oriented research experience would be an asset. Candidates with non-
engineering backgrounds such as human factors, education, etc, are encouraged to
apply. The Department of Civil Engineering has a strong group carrying out research
in many aspects of transportation engineering. The group is part of the University’s
Transportation Theme School
(http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/SS/GEOG/Programs/Transportation/trans.htm
l), is actively involved in the Van Horne Institute
(http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/departments/vanhorne), and hosts the Centre for
Transportation Engineering and Planning
(http://www.eng.ucalgary.ca/Civil/C-TEP/index.html), a public/private collaboration.
Further information about the Department and the Transportation group may be
found at (http://www.eng.ucalgary.ca/Civil). This Chair has received considerable
external support that currently totals in excess of $1 million. Eventually, the Chair will
be supported, in perpetuity, by this endowment.
The University of Calgary respects, appreciates, and encourages diversity. The
Department strongly encourages applications from women. Canada Research
Chairs are open to individuals of any citizenship.
Applications including a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a list of
topics on road safety that you would be interested in teaching at both undergraduate
and graduate levels, as well as two or three publications, together with the names,
addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of three referees must be sent by
April 30, 2002. Nomination to the Canada Research Chairs Program will occur in
September 2002, and if the nomination is successful, the anticipated start date would
be July 1, 2003.
T.G. Brown, Head
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
Fax: (403) 282-7026 Email: [log in to unmask]
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