Posting Number: req27347
Department: Materials Science & Engr
Location: Tucson Campus
Address: Tucson, AZ USA
Position Highlights
The MSE department is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate I. Minimal requirements include strong background in metallurgy or mechanics of materials with demonstrated hands-on skills in microstructure characterization and/or nondestructive evaluation of metallic materials. Experience with finite element methods or signal processing are considered a plus.
Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!
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Duties & Responsibilities
Research and scholarly activities
Department: Materials Science & Engr
Location: Tucson Campus
Address: Tucson, AZ USA
Position Highlights
The MSE department is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate I. Minimal requirements include strong background in metallurgy or mechanics of materials with demonstrated hands-on skills in microstructure characterization and/or nondestructive evaluation of metallic materials. Experience with finite element methods or signal processing are considered a plus.
Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!
The University of Arizona has been recognized for our innovative work-life programs. For more information about working at the University of Arizona and relocations services, please click here.
Duties & Responsibilities
Research and scholarly activities
- Conduct independent and collaborative research
- Design experiments, develop models, and analyze results
- Maintain accurate records of methods, data, and results
- Present findings at internal group/project meetings
- Prepare high-quality manuscripts for major peer-reviewed journals
- Contribute to conference presentations
- Assist with progress reports
- Mentor graduate and undergraduate students in research projects
- Provide training on experiments, simulations, and data analysis
- Support the development of lab protocols, workflows and best practices
- Contribute to writing grant proposals
- Identify new funding opportunities
- Strong background in metallurgy and/or mechanics of materials
- At least three years of hands-on experience in microstructure characterization, metallography (sample preparation), non-destructive evaluation and/or mechanical testing of metals and alloys