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Pennsylvania State University Part Time Postdoctoral Scholar in University Park, Pennsylvania
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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a Part Time Postdoctoral Scholar to conduct fundamental research in the areas of metallurgy.
This position requires extensive experience in the areas of functional and structural alloys design and synthesis. These experiences will be evaluated based upon prior research experience and peer-reviewed high impact factor journal publications. Prior research experience in high temperature melting, high energy ball milling, spark plasma sintering, and expertise in developing high fatigue strength and high ductility materials will be beneficial.
Further, the candidate should have experience with microstructure analysis, such as twinning, stacking faults, dislocations, precipitates etc., via high-resolution microscopies. The candidate will be actively collaborating with multiple academic and industry team members and thus good communication skills are desired. The candidate is expected to participate in the development of project reports and proposals and thus good technical writing skills are highly desired.
The research is conducted at Steidle Building at the Penn State University Park Campus under the supervision of Dr. Bed Poudel. Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate in Engineering, Material Science, Physics or related fields. Before the effective date of hire, applicants need to provide evidence of completion of the Ph.D. degree.
Application review will begin immediately, and the position will remain open until the position is filled. Interested applicants should send the following pdf documents (i) Cover letter, (ii) CV and (iii) Publication into a single pdf to Sadie Spicer ( sco3@psu.edu ). For additional information about this position, please contact Dr. Bed Poudel ( bup346@psu.edu ).
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