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Posting Title Postdoctoral Research Associate - Additive Manufacturing and Testing Department UNT-Mechanical Engineering-130340 College/School College of Engineering Job Location Denton Full Time/Part Time Full-Time Retirement Eligibility ORP Eligible Additional Retirement Information For more information on retirement plan options, please visit https://hr.untsystem.edu/benefits/retirement-plans/index.php.
Salary Information Department Summary The Department of Mechanical Engineering has a mission to provide a high quality education to our diverse student population through excellence and innovation in teaching and research in order to serve the scientific and engineering needs of the state of Texas and the nation. This will be achieved by a balance of formal course work, practical laboratory training, and research projects that encompass both the basic science and the applied aspects of mechanical engineering. The department offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering degrees.
UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.
Position Summary Additive manufacturing (AM) is a transformational technology for fabricating complex metallic shapes directly from 3-D digital models, requiring minimal post-fabrication finishing steps. AM advantages over traditional manufacturing include cost and material savings, as well as the ability to fabricate parts containing features unobtainable through other means. The relationships between the AM process parameters and the resulting structural properties including fatigue performance, remain unknown. This opportunity focuses on understanding process/product relationships in AM parts, explicitly focusing on fatigue (both high and low cycle) and fracture via a novel energy-based testing framework we developed during the past 30 years. We seek a highly motivated post-doctoral researcher with expertise in fatigue, fracture, and associated experimental assessment methodologies. The primary focus of this position is on performing fatigue ( HCF, LCF, and HCF/ LCF interaction) testing. A secondary focus is on the subsequent testing, characterization, and modeling using our world-class mechanical testing facility, supported by robust materials modeling expertise and capabilities ( ANSYS, ABAQUS, and Topology Optimization in MATLAB).
Minimum Qualifications - Ph.D. in Mechanical or Materials Engineering or similar field
- Strong programming skills (e.g., Python )
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Description of Job Duty Conduct experiments, gather data, document research notes, code and analyze data, interpret data
Description of Job Duty Prepare manuscripts for publications in a timely manner and talks and posters for presentation at group meetings and conferences. Assist with reporting of research progress to funding agencies.
Description of Job Duty Keep up with historical and latest research data and publications
Description of Job Duty Train students and other junior colleagues
Description of Job Duty Stay up-to-date with all trainings, and federal, state, university and department requirements
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number F1477P Special Instructions to Applicants - Current curriculum vitae with bibliography
- Please provide a copy of your unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts will be requested upon hire. If your highest degree was earned internationally, a certification by an agency certified by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) is required to validate the U.S. degree equivalency upon hire.
