"Post-Doctoral Associate"

Description

The Center for Sand Hazards and Opportunities in Resilience, Energy, and Sustainability (SHORES) and the Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, seek to recruit a Post-Doctoral Associate to work on a project focused on geomechanical modeling for energy applications. The position will be supervised by Professor Mostafa Mobasher and involve collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

The project focuses on advanced modeling of coupled fracture/damage in geomechanical materials under multiphysical loading regimes, including hydraulic, thermal, and chemical processes. Applications include enhanced modeling of hydraulic fracturing and carbon sequestration. Activities involve developing theory, implementing advanced mechanics and numerical models, and calibrating/validating models using experimental data.

Required Qualifications

A PhD in Engineering Mechanics, Civil Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering is required. Applicants must demonstrate research experience in computational mechanics and computational geomechanics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in modeling geomechanical systems
• Experience in modeling hydraulic fracturing and carbon sequestration
• Experience in Multiphysics modeling in solid mechanics framework
• Experience in non-linear solid material response and fracture modeling
• Experience in machine-learning modeling for solid mechanics applications
• Experience in the development and coupling of numerical methods for solid mechanics modeling
• Experience in digital rock technology, including advanced imaging and related analysis
• Experience in the performance of high pressure and temperature triaxial tests
• Experience in experimental rock mechanics

Postdoctoral Associate Employment at NYUAD

Terms include a highly competitive salary, medical insurance, housing allowance, annual home-leave travel, educational subsidies for children, and other benefits. Applicants must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae with full publication list, statement of research interests, transcript, and contact information for at least two references in PDF format.

For questions, email Dr. Mostafa Mobasher at mostafa.mobasher@nyu.edu. Applications may be submitted on the relevant NYUAD careers page.