PostDoctoral Associate

Job Summary

Conduct experiments on the high-temperature oxidation of silicon carbide using a nanoparticle mass spectrometry (NPMS) instrument, with the goals of measuring the mass-change kinetics of SiC as a function of temperature in low-pressure environments containing O2 and O atoms and using this data to infer the oxidation mechanisms both below and above the passive-to-active transition.

Who We Are

Research in the MBEAM Laboratory is focused on gas-phase and gas-surface scattering dynamics that are relevant to hypersonic flows and spacecraft interactions with the residual atmosphere in the low Earth orbital (LEO) environment. There are additional projects aimed at understanding the ablation phenomena of materials in hypersonic flow and LEO environments.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

• Maintenance of vacuum hardware.
• Maintenance of electronics components, lasers, optical systems, and mass spectrometer.
• Maintain and operate a NPMS instrument.
• Analyze and Interpret data.
• Organize laboratory.
• Order supplies.
• Prepare reports as well as manuscripts for publication.
• Interact with MBEAM Laboratory students, post-docs, and staff, as well as external collaborators, external sponsors, and facilities personnel.