Post-Doctoral Fellow

Job Summary

• The Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering within the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing will perform research support of development of molten salt thermodynamic database, which includes CALPHAD assessments / calculations for chemical systems of interest, experimental measurements and aid in maintaining laboratory facilities;
• materials analyzation using x-ray diffraction, ICP-OES, fusion, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); DSC measurements to obtain thermal properties of the material systems;
• resultant determinations of thermal properties for materials, generate reports, as needed, journal publications, and presentations;

and preparation assistance of research proposals and conduct literature searches for technical information. Required Education and Experience Requires a Doctoral degree in area of specialty.

• Preferred Qualifications PhD in chemistry, physics, materials science, or engineering by the employment start date Knowledge / Skills / Abilities Ability to perform or learn to perform thermal measurements such as differential scanning calorimetry;
• Ability to perform or learn to perform materials characterization such as metallography, electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction;
• chemical thermodynamic calculations and experimental measurement of thermal properties; Ability to perform or learn to perform thermochemical modeling and system assessment Ability to write technical / scientific papers and reports in English;

Ability to make technical presentations in English. Job Duties Job Duty Perform CALPHAD assessments / calculations for chemical systems of interest.

This involves for specific material systems collecting and organizing thermodynamic data, evaluating the data, using the data to fit to thermodynamic models to generate relations that predict thermodynamic properties as a function of temperature, pressure, and composition.

Provide these models in appropriate format for a database within the FactSage / Chemsage format. Essential Function Yes Percentage of Time 50 Job Duty Perform experimental measurements and aid in maintaining laboratory facilities.

This involves preparing material samples by mixing and heating reactants under controlled conditions. Analyzing materials using x-ray diffraction, ICP-OES, fusion, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Perform DSC measurements to obtain thermal properties of the material systems. Essential Function Yes Percentage of Time 25 Job Duty Using the results from the assessments and experiments with resultant determination of thermal properties for materials, generate as needed reports, journal publications, and presentations.

Support and participate in preparation of manuscripts / slides for presentations and publications. As requested, report work at conferences and other meetings.

Essential Function Yes Percentage of Time 15 Job Duty Prepare research proposals and conduct literature searches for technical information.

Essential Function Yes Percentage of Time 10 Position Attributes Hazardous weather category Non-Essential Employees in Safety-Sensitive or Security-Sensitive positions will be subject to pre-employment and post-employment drug testing in accordance with University policy HR Drug and Alcohol Testing.

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