Research Engineer Ii - Fluid Mechanics

Job Title:Research Engineer II - Fluid Mechanics
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 270554
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Location

Atlanta, GA

Job Summary

This is a Research Engineer II position at Dr. Devesh Ranjan's lab in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. This position will provide project management and research services in support of various DOE and industry-sponsored projects. You can find more information about his lab from the link below https://staml.gatech.edu/

Responsibilities

• Performing high quality experimental research in shock and blast-driven turbulence area.
• Organizing, monitoring, and reporting project activities and progress.
• Communicating with various collaborators within and outside Georgia Tech.
• Presenting project updates to sponsors and writing grant progress reports.
• Supervising graduate students and monitoring research activity.
• Successful grant writing.
• Shall be in charge of organizing regular update meetings, student research dissemination, research budgets and forming collaborations.
• Effectively leading specialized skill committees within Georgia Tech (PIV Workgroup, STAM lab retreat, Fluids Colloquium) in a highly collaborative manner.
• Expected to independently come up with research ideas and mentor graduate students in performing the proposed research.

Required Qualifications

• A Masters degree in Engineering or related fields and three (3) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of that degree, or
• A Masters degree in Engineering or related fields and five (5) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of Bachelors, or
• A Doctoral degree

Preferred Qualifications

• At least one year of postdoc experience preferred.
• Have specific expertise in turbulence and mixing, experimental methods, simultaneous non-intrusive optical diagnostics (PIV and PILF), spectroscopy, statistical analyses of stochastics processes and specialized diagnostic development for Fluid Mechanics.
• Possess superior written and verbal communication skills, and ability to present research findings to academic and non-academic audiences.
• Must have extensive experience in scientific writing in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations.
• Have experience managing graduate student research, and ability to communicate with sponsors effectively.
• Form effective collaborations with peers in related fields and flexibility to learn new skills and perform experimental work.
• Able to aid successful grant writing and possess ability to develop new ideas.

Optional Documents to Attach

Two (2) papers in last 3 years

Contact Information

Please contact Ms. Shinae Cho at shinae.cho@me.gatech.edu for additional information.

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Other Information

This position is supported 100% by sponsored funds.