This basic and applied research opportunity invites the applicant to join an active team of researchers with a mission to perform basic and applied research to develop and characterize new material systems with multifunctional capabilities (structure and functional) of interest to the Navy, DoD, and the broader materials community. Mechanics, materials science, engineering science, physics, chemistry and biology are employed to formulate and advance material systems designs to achieve multiple functions through judicious combinations of structural properties and one or more functional capabilities to extend and enhance the system-level performance. Successful candidates will participate in ongoing research and develop new research directions.

Desired Skill-sets:

Experience in at least one of the following:

          i.      Mechanical-materials design & testing at multiple scales (nano-macro) and/or multiple physics (structural + thermal, electrochemical, etc.). Techniques include stress-strain analysis; mechanical testing- tensile, bending, fatigue/fracture, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis; materials characterization of meso-/micro-structure, SEM, etc.);

             ii.      Modeling and/or characterization of the mechanical behavior of materials and microstructure/defect-property interactions in: metals, ceramics (UHTCs), polymers/elastomers, & composites.

             iii.      Spray deposition (thermal/cold-spray) and other AM techniques.

             iv.      Flow characterization over changing boundary conditions.

 

Additional skills that would be a plus:

                 i.          Signal processing: dynamic wave signal analysis and transforms (e.g., Fast Fourier transforms, wavelets, etc.), elastic wave generation and sensing in materials;

               ii.          Computer-based Analysis (e.g., Python, Matlab, LabView, etc.) and Machine Learning

multifunctional materials; process-structure-property relationships; material characterization; cold spray; mechanical testing; microstructural evolution; microstructure; waveform measurements

citizenship

Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents

level

Open to Postdoctoral applicants

Additional Benefits

relocation

Awardees who reside more than 50 miles from their host laboratory and remain on tenure for at least six months are eligible for paid relocation to within the vicinity of their host laboratory.

health insurance

A group health insurance program is available to awardees and their qualifying dependents in the United States.