Duties/responsibilities:
- Performing high level experimental, theoretical, and numerical research and data analysis (55%)
- Presentation publication, and proposal preparation (20%)
- Mentoring PhD and MSME students (10%)
- Laboratory organization and management (10%)
- Other duties as assigned (5%)
In this position, you will be expected to perform high level experimental, theoretical, and/or numerical research. Your primary research project will focus on developing advanced combustion, plasma, and propulsion experiments and various ultra-fast laser and optical diagnostics techniques, but you will have some latitude to study a variety of scientific topics chosen through mutual agreement and within the constraints of available funding.
In this context, you might be expected to generate new research ideas and lead development of new research proposals.
You will collaborate with a highly interdisciplinary team within the University of Minnesota and partner universities and industry. Such collaborations may also extend to leading the communication with industrial partners through regular progress reports and supporting technology transfer processes where applicable. You will also be expected to participate in preparing, presenting, and discussing data with study investigators.
You will be expected to author, co-author, and otherwise collaborate on preparing publications for peer review describing research results, assisting with the preparation of progress reports as required by funding agencies, preparation of presentations for conferences, attendance at grant review meetings, and assisting with proposal preparation.
As a post-doctoral associate, you will be encouraged to serve as a leader on your research team by mentoring graduate students, undergraduate students, and/or lab technician research team members. This may include advice on technical questions, data analysis, discussions on the development of research plans, preparation of manuscripts and reports, participating in the application/execution of established techniques to other projects, and helping them to develop and pursue their own independent research as a co-author.
You might be acting lead on research projects and expected to effectively coordinate research activities within the project team, communicate project needs, and provide regular updates on project progress to the lab group and Principal Investigator.
You will have joint responsibility for the organization and management of laboratories under the faculty mentor's supervision ensuring all lab members follow all safety protocols, properly recording data from experimental and numerical research and promptly backing up all data.
While in this position, you might also have the opportunity to teach courses offered in our department. These duties would be to prepare and deliver lectures, prepare homework assignments, quizzes and exams, hold office hours, assess student work, supervise the teaching assistants and manage the administration of the course.
Required qualifications include:
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or Plasma Physics, or a closely related field
- Experimental experience in academic research lab environment on combustion and plasma diagnostics
- Experience in setting up laser diagnostics techniques
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred qualifications include:
- Organized with a high level of attention to detail
- Demonstrated record of reliability and accountability
- Functions well in a collaborative team environment
- Experience working in an experimental lab or industrial setting
- Experience managing technicians and/or junior researchers
- Experience contributing on publications and proposals
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