Postdoc in Taking Responsibility for Learning

Job description

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher within the Innovation for Delft Engineering Education (IDEE) initiative, on the theme Students taking responsibility for their own learning process.

This position offers a unique opportunity to combine educational research and innovation. Over the past years, our research team has developed a shared conceptual and empirical foundation describing what it means for students to take responsibility for learning, and how this is understood by both students and teachers, including an exploration of learning-related behaviors and attitudes across diverse educational contexts.

Building on this foundation, the next phase will focus on studying the impact and practical enactment of these insights. The aim is to move from understanding what responsibility in learning is, toward examining how it can be effectively fostered, practiced, and sustained in higher education.

In this position, you will design and conduct research-informed educational studies that investigate how students and teachers put responsibility for learning into practice, what enables or constrains it, and how educational interventions can support it. You will collaborate closely with educators, researchers, and policy stakeholders to ensure that your work contributes to sustainable, evidence-based educational change at TU Delft and across the 4TU network.

You will be hosted by the Electrical Engineering Education Group at the Faculty of EEMCS. However, the project is part of a TU Delft IDEE initiative, and you will work in close collaboration with colleagues from the Teaching Academy and others across the campus.

Responsibilities:

• Design and conduct empirical research on how responsibility for learning is practiced and supported in higher education.
• Develop and evaluate educational interventions that promote student responsibility and agency.
• Investigate the effectiveness, adoption, and long-term impact of these interventions in diverse learning environments.
• Contribute to the creation of frameworks, tools, and resources that help embed responsibility in curricula and professional development.
• Collaborate with educators and institutional partners to align research outcomes with curriculum and policy developments.
• Disseminate results through peer-reviewed publications, workshops, and conferences in the field of engineering education and learning sciences.

Anticipated research contributions:

By the end of the two-year appointment, you will have:

• Conducted and published empirical studies examining how students and teachers enact and experience responsibility for learning.
• Developed and evaluated research-informed practices or interventions that support responsibility in engineering education.
• Contributed to a validated framework or set of indicators for studying and assessing responsibility in learning.
• Provided evidence-based insights for embedding responsibility and agency within curricula and teacher development initiatives.
• Shared findings widely within TU Delft and the international higher education community.   

Job requirements
You have:

• A PhD in education sciences, learning sciences, engineering education, or a closely related discipline.
• Proven expertise or strong interest in educational research design (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods).
• Experience or strong interest in educational design, curriculum innovation, or teacher professional development.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize and communicate research insights for diverse audiences.
• A collaborative mindset and an interest in contributing to educational change in engineering contexts.

Assets:

• Experience with design-based research or educational evaluation.
• Understanding of engineering education or institutional change processes.
• A record of publishing in international education or engineering education venues.
• Good command of English (Dutch is an advantage).

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three scientific disciplines. Combined, they reinforce each other and are the driving force behind the technology we all use in our daily lives. Technology such as the electricity grid, which our faculty is helping to make completely sustainable and future-proof. At the same time, we are developing the chips and sensors of the future, whilst also setting the foundations for the software technologies to run on this new generation of equipment – which of course includes AI. Meanwhile we are pushing the limits of applied mathematics, for example mapping out disease processes using single cell data, and using mathematics to simulate gigantic ash plumes after a volcanic eruption. In other words: there is plenty of room at the faculty for ground-breaking research. We educate innovative engineers and have excellent labs and facilities that underline our strong international position. In total, more than 1000 employees and 4,000 students work and study in this innovative environment.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science.

Postdoc in Taking Responsibility for Learning

Job description

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher within the Innovation for Delft Engineering Education (IDEE) initiative, on the theme Students taking responsibility for their own learning process.

This position offers a unique opportunity to combine educational research and innovation. Over the past years, our research team has developed a shared conceptual and empirical foundation describing what it means for students to take responsibility for learning, and how this is understood by both students and teachers, including an exploration of learning-related behaviors and attitudes across diverse educational contexts.

Building on this foundation, the next phase will focus on studying the impact and practical enactment of these insights. The aim is to move from understanding what responsibility in learning is, toward examining how it can be effectively fostered, practiced, and sustained in higher education.

In this position, you will design and conduct research-informed educational studies that investigate how students and teachers put responsibility for learning into practice, what enables or constrains it, and how educational interventions can support it. You will collaborate closely with educators, researchers, and policy stakeholders to ensure that your work contributes to sustainable, evidence-based educational change at TU Delft and across the 4TU network.

You will be hosted by the Electrical Engineering Education Group at the Faculty of EEMCS. However, the project is part of a TU Delft IDEE initiative, and you will work in close collaboration with colleagues from the Teaching Academy and others across the campus.

Responsibilities:

• Design and conduct empirical research on how responsibility for learning is practiced and supported in higher education.
• Develop and evaluate educational interventions that promote student responsibility and agency.
• Investigate the effectiveness, adoption, and long-term impact of these interventions in diverse learning environments.
• Contribute to the creation of frameworks, tools, and resources that help embed responsibility in curricula and professional development.
• Collaborate with educators and institutional partners to align research outcomes with curriculum and policy developments.
• Disseminate results through peer-reviewed publications, workshops, and conferences in the field of engineering education and learning sciences.

Anticipated research contributions:

By the end of the two-year appointment, you will have:

• Conducted and published empirical studies examining how students and teachers enact and experience responsibility for learning.
• Developed and evaluated research-informed practices or interventions that support responsibility in engineering education.
• Contributed to a validated framework or set of indicators for studying and assessing responsibility in learning.
• Provided evidence-based insights for embedding responsibility and agency within curricula and teacher development initiatives.
• Shared findings widely within TU Delft and the international higher education community.   

Job requirements
You have:

• A PhD in education sciences, learning sciences, engineering education, or a closely related discipline.
• Proven expertise or strong interest in educational research design (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods).
• Experience or strong interest in educational design, curriculum innovation, or teacher professional development.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to synthesize and communicate research insights for diverse audiences.
• A collaborative mindset and an interest in contributing to educational change in engineering contexts.

Assets:

• Experience with design-based research or educational evaluation.
• Understanding of engineering education or institutional change processes.
• A record of publishing in international education or engineering education venues.
• Good command of English (Dutch is an advantage).

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three scientific disciplines. Combined, they reinforce each other and are the driving force behind the technology we all use in our daily lives. Technology such as the electricity grid, which our faculty is helping to make completely sustainable and future-proof. At the same time, we are developing the chips and sensors of the future, whilst also setting the foundations for the software technologies to run on this new generation of equipment – which of course includes AI. Meanwhile we are pushing the limits of applied mathematics, for example mapping out disease processes using single cell data, and using mathematics to simulate gigantic ash plumes after a volcanic eruption. In other words: there is plenty of room at the faculty for ground-breaking research. We educate innovative engineers and have excellent labs and facilities that underline our strong international position. In total, more than 1000 employees and 4,000 students work and study in this innovative environment.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science.

Postdoc Researcher in Probabilistic Surrogate Modelling for Floating Solar Farms

Job description

We are looking for a highly motivated and talented Postdoctoral Researcher to join the DigiOcean4Solar project. Offshore floating solar is a rapidly emerging renewable energy technology with the potential to meet global energy demands. However, scaling up floating solar farms requires deploying large floating structures over extensive sea surfaces, posing significant engineering and environmental challenges. As floating solar scales to multi-hectare deployments offshore, evaluating their performance and environmental impact under uncertainty becomes a critical scientific and engineering challenge. The DigiOcean4Solar project aims to pioneer a Digital Ocean environment to enable fast and reliable simulations of wind-wave-structure interactions in floating solar farms. This research will provide the essential knowledge and computational tools needed to optimize the design and deployment of large-scale floating solar farms, ensuring their economic viability and environmental sustainability.

In this postdoctoral position, you will lead the development of a probabilistic, error-aware surrogate model capable of delivering fast, uncertainty-quantified predictions for complex multiscale–multiphysics processes in OFPV farms. This research will build upon a multi-scale and multi-physics numerical modeling framework, with the goal of enabling rapid and robust probabilistic assessments for design, optimization, and environmental impact studies. More precisely, you will be designing a new computational methodology that integrates adaptive and error-aware probabilistic surrogate/reduced order models that leverage multifidelity modelling, and goal-oriented numerical error estimation. The resulting surrogate model will map uncertain meta-ocean conditions to key quantities of interest for OFPV performance and sustainability.

You will join the Computational Multiphysics in Offshore Engineering (CMOE) group (https://tudelftcmoe.super.site/), a dynamic research team dedicated to developing state-of-the-art numerical methods for offshore renewable energy applications. The group specializes in computational modeling of fluid-structure interactions, wave-structure interaction and mooring systems for offshore renewable energies. You will be part of the Offshore Engineering section in the Hydraulic Engineering department, with leading experts in the field of offshore energy. You will actively participate in recurrent group meetings, write scientific articles, and give presentations at national and international conferences. If interested, you will be able to participate in teaching and supervision activities within the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of Delft University of Technology.

A key aspect of this project will be collaboration with OFPV developers and industry partners. The research will be conducted in close cooperation with companies and organizations leading the development and deployment of offshore floating solar farms. This collaboration will ensure that the developed computational framework is aligned with real-world engineering challenges and can be applied directly to industry-scale OFPV projects.         

Job requirements
We are acutely aware that we are a diverse society and not every talented applicant will have had the same opportunities to advance their careers. We therefore pledge to fully account for any particular circumstances that the applicants disclose (e.g. parental leave, caring duties, part-time jobs to support studies, disabilities etc.) to ensure an inclusive and fair recruitment process that does not rely purely on common research metrics.

The successful applicant will have:

• A PhD degree in Civil Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Computer Science or a relevant domain.
• Expert knowledge in reduced order models (ROM) and/or surrogate models for the solution of partial differential equations. Research experience with integration of ROM and the Finite Element method is a plus.
• Demonstrated programming skills (Fortran/C++/Python/Julia), preferably in Julia.
• Knowledge in fluid-structure interaction problems and ocean energy technologies are considered a merit.
• Self-motivated, curiosity-driven, open to communicate and collaborate with peers.
• Excellent communications skills in English, both writing and speaking.
• Ability to work independently and self-driven in a multidisciplinary team

This position requires English proficiency to ensure that the candidate is able to communicate and interact well with colleagues and write scientific article.  

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
The Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEG) is committed to outstanding international research and education in the field of civil engineering, applied earth sciences, traffic and transport, water technology, and delta technology. Our research feeds into our educational programmes and covers societal challenges such as climate change, energy transition, resource availability, urbanisation and clean water. Our research projects are conducted in close cooperation with a wide range of research institutions.
CEG is convinced of the importance of open science and supports its scientists in integrating open science in their research practice. The Faculty of CEG comprises 28 research groups in the following seven departments: Materials Mechanics Management & Design, Engineering Structures, Geoscience and Engineering, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Transport & Planning, Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences.

Postdoc Researcher in Probabilistic Surrogate Modelling for Floating Solar Farms

Job description

We are looking for a highly motivated and talented Postdoctoral Researcher to join the DigiOcean4Solar project. Offshore floating solar is a rapidly emerging renewable energy technology with the potential to meet global energy demands. However, scaling up floating solar farms requires deploying large floating structures over extensive sea surfaces, posing significant engineering and environmental challenges. As floating solar scales to multi-hectare deployments offshore, evaluating their performance and environmental impact under uncertainty becomes a critical scientific and engineering challenge. The DigiOcean4Solar project aims to pioneer a Digital Ocean environment to enable fast and reliable simulations of wind-wave-structure interactions in floating solar farms. This research will provide the essential knowledge and computational tools needed to optimize the design and deployment of large-scale floating solar farms, ensuring their economic viability and environmental sustainability.

In this postdoctoral position, you will lead the development of a probabilistic, error-aware surrogate model capable of delivering fast, uncertainty-quantified predictions for complex multiscale–multiphysics processes in OFPV farms. This research will build upon a multi-scale and multi-physics numerical modeling framework, with the goal of enabling rapid and robust probabilistic assessments for design, optimization, and environmental impact studies. More precisely, you will be designing a new computational methodology that integrates adaptive and error-aware probabilistic surrogate/reduced order models that leverage multifidelity modelling, and goal-oriented numerical error estimation. The resulting surrogate model will map uncertain meta-ocean conditions to key quantities of interest for OFPV performance and sustainability.

You will join the Computational Multiphysics in Offshore Engineering (CMOE) group (https://tudelftcmoe.super.site/), a dynamic research team dedicated to developing state-of-the-art numerical methods for offshore renewable energy applications. The group specializes in computational modeling of fluid-structure interactions, wave-structure interaction and mooring systems for offshore renewable energies. You will be part of the Offshore Engineering section in the Hydraulic Engineering department, with leading experts in the field of offshore energy. You will actively participate in recurrent group meetings, write scientific articles, and give presentations at national and international conferences. If interested, you will be able to participate in teaching and supervision activities within the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of Delft University of Technology.

A key aspect of this project will be collaboration with OFPV developers and industry partners. The research will be conducted in close cooperation with companies and organizations leading the development and deployment of offshore floating solar farms. This collaboration will ensure that the developed computational framework is aligned with real-world engineering challenges and can be applied directly to industry-scale OFPV projects.         

Job requirements
We are acutely aware that we are a diverse society and not every talented applicant will have had the same opportunities to advance their careers. We therefore pledge to fully account for any particular circumstances that the applicants disclose (e.g. parental leave, caring duties, part-time jobs to support studies, disabilities etc.) to ensure an inclusive and fair recruitment process that does not rely purely on common research metrics.

The successful applicant will have:

• A PhD degree in Civil Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Computer Science or a relevant domain.
• Expert knowledge in reduced order models (ROM) and/or surrogate models for the solution of partial differential equations. Research experience with integration of ROM and the Finite Element method is a plus.
• Demonstrated programming skills (Fortran/C++/Python/Julia), preferably in Julia.
• Knowledge in fluid-structure interaction problems and ocean energy technologies are considered a merit.
• Self-motivated, curiosity-driven, open to communicate and collaborate with peers.
• Excellent communications skills in English, both writing and speaking.
• Ability to work independently and self-driven in a multidisciplinary team

This position requires English proficiency to ensure that the candidate is able to communicate and interact well with colleagues and write scientific article.  

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
The Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEG) is committed to outstanding international research and education in the field of civil engineering, applied earth sciences, traffic and transport, water technology, and delta technology. Our research feeds into our educational programmes and covers societal challenges such as climate change, energy transition, resource availability, urbanisation and clean water. Our research projects are conducted in close cooperation with a wide range of research institutions.
CEG is convinced of the importance of open science and supports its scientists in integrating open science in their research practice. The Faculty of CEG comprises 28 research groups in the following seven departments: Materials Mechanics Management & Design, Engineering Structures, Geoscience and Engineering, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Transport & Planning, Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences.

Medewerker Facilitaire Dienstverlening

Functieomschrijving

De afdeling Facilitaire Dienstverlening is verdeeld over 5 clusters die elk de facilitaire ondersteuning in een aantal faculteiten en/of gebouwen verzorgen.

De afdeling Facilitaire Dienstverlening zorgt onder meer voor ondersteuning op het gebied van onderwijs, audio-visuele middelen, logistiek, verhuizingen, beveiliging, toegangsbeheer, ondersteuning bij evenementen en allerlei hand-en-spandiensten. Je bent als facilitair medewerker het aanspreekpunt bij vragen en helpt de studenten en medewerkers bij het zoeken naar een passende oplossing.

Dit ga je doen:

Als medewerker Facilitaire Dienstverlening ben je de spin in het web en zorg je dat je de gebruikers goed kent en verricht je allerlei werkzaamheden, geen dag is hetzelfde. Je bent veel in en rond het gebouw. Daarnaast zijn er ook administratieve taken en overleggen waar je bij aansluit. Je stemt af en werkt samen met je collega's, medewerkers van andere gebouwgebonden diensten, de gebruikers van de locatie en externe partners. Ook heb je een signaleringsfunctie van onregelmatigheden op en om de locatie en geef je oplossingsrichtingen en verbetermogelijkheden. In de functie van facilitair medewerker zorg je er voor dat gebruikers ontzorgd zijn op facilitair gebied zodat zij zich kunnen richten op onderzoek en onderwijs. Je krijgt daarbij een verantwoordelijkheid over een expertisegebied waar jij aanspreekpunt voor bent zodat collega's hierover bij jou terecht kunnen. Denk hierbij aan; toegangsbeheer, meubilair, verhuizingen, horeca of bijvoorbeeld schoonmaak.

Functie-eisen
In deze functie kun je jouw talenten volledig inzetten, zoals je organisatietalent, je goede communicatievaardigheden, je gastvrijheid, een proactieve werkhouding en je probleemoplossende vermogen. Daarnaast heb je oog voor detail, signaleer je knelpunten en doe je verbetervoorstellen. Als medewerker dienstverlening begrijp en zie je wat nodig is, en ben je je altijd bewust van je taken en verantwoordelijkheden.

Dit ben jij:

• Je hebt een (facilitaire) mbo of hbo opleiding afgerond.
• Je bent een teamspeler.
• Je bent bereid een rol als BHV’er op te pakken.
• Je hebt kennis van de Engelse taal in woord en geschrift.
• Je communiceert helder, schrijft en spreekt goed Nederlands.
• Je bent gastvrij en hebt een dienstverlenende houding.
• Je bent pro actief en steekt de handen graag uit de mouwen.
• Je bent computervaardig.

TU Delft
De Technische Universiteit Delft heeft een sterk fundament. Als bouwer van de wereldberoemde Nederlandse waterwerken en pionier in biotech is TU Delft een internationale topuniversiteit die wetenschap, engineering en design combineert. TU Delft staat voor onderwijs, onderzoek en innovatie van wereldklasse om uitdagingen op het gebied van energie, klimaat, mobiliteit, gezondheid en digitale maatschappij aan te gaan. Generaties Delftse ingenieurs hebben bewezen ondernemende probleemoplossers te zijn in bedrijfsleven en in sociale context.

Bij TU Delft omarmen we diversiteit als een van onze kernwaarden en zetten we ons actief in om een universiteit te zijn waar jij je thuis voelt en kunt floreren. We hechten veel waarde aan verschillende perspectieven en kwaliteiten, omdat wij geloven dat dit ons werk innovatiever, de TU Delft-gemeenschap levendiger en de wereld rechtvaardiger maakt. Samen bedenken en ontwikkelen we oplossingen die een positieve invloed hebben op wereldwijde schaal. Daarom nodigen we jou uit om te solliciteren. Je sollicitatie krijgt een eerlijke behandeling.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Universiteitsdienst – Directie Campus Real Estate & Facility Management
Om de ambities van de TU Delft te realiseren is een omgeving nodig die uitdaagt en inspireert. Campus Real Estate & Facility Management werkt met meer dan 250 collega’s dagelijks aan onze ontwikkeling, het beheren van de gebouwen en terreinen en het faciliteren van de meer dan 30.000 gebruikers van de TU Delft. Duurzaamheid staat daarbij hoog in het vaandel. Onze ambitie: een CO2-neutrale en circulaire campus in 2030.

Wij creëren een omgeving waarin studenten, wetenschappers, medewerkers en samenwerkingspartners maximaal kunnen bijdragen aan een betere samenleving. Als medewerker van Campus Real Estate & Facility Management werk je dus in een bijzondere omgeving, waar je samen met collega’s, met heldere processen en in een open sfeer, bijdraagt aan de topprestaties van de TU Delft.