This opportunity focuses on bridging processing parameters to material morphology and properties through advanced multiscale, multiphysics modeling. Ideal candidates will investigate complex fluid dynamics (e.g. non-Newtonian, multiphase) in agile manufacturing processes like additive manufacturing, liquid composite molding, compression molding, among others. Research will emphasize understanding how microscale interactions emerge into macroscale processing phenomena, particularly exploring nonequilibrium thermodynamic principles governing wetting and interfacial dynamics, multiphase fluid interactions, and processing-induced morphological transformations in composite materials. Of particular interest is the intricate, two-way coupling between material flow and morphological evolution, such as investigating how constituent dispersion and alignment (e.g., short carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, liquid crystals) dynamically interact with rheology, and heat and mass transport.

[1] Turner, Jared, Daniel Lippert, Dongjin Seo, Matthew Grasinger, and Andy George. "Effect of wettability on the void formation during liquid infusion into fibers." Polymer Composites 45, no. 16 (2024): 14931-14942.

[2] Grasinger, Matthew. "Polymer networks which locally rotate to accommodate stresses, torques, and deformation." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 175 (2023): 105289.

[3] Grasinger, Matthew, and Pradeep Sharma. "Thermal fluctuations (eventually) unfold nanoscale origami." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 184 (2024): 105527.

key words

Computational fluid dynamics; Statistical mechanics; Wetting; Porous media; Phase transitions; Kinetic Monte Carlo; Stochastic processes; Electrorheology; Lattice Boltzmann method; Molecular dynamics

Citizenship:  Open to U.S. citizens

Level:  Open to Postdoctoral and Senior applicants