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Location: Tallahassee, FL 32310
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Hydrogen-Tolerant Materials
The program is focused on Hydrogen-Tolerant materials that must undergo mechanical and tribological loads. In parallel to the research objectives, this postdoc will mentor students. They will be appointed by the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University at the FAMU-FSU college of engineering. There are 3 primary topics of the program 1) Hydrogen interactions with multi-principal element alloys; 2) strength, friction, and wear of materials in the hydrogen environment and 3) multi-scale modeling of hydrogen-material interactions. Research activities include design and synthesis, hydrogen aging, mechanical and tribological testing, and novel characterization methods to characterize hydrogen embrittlement and damage of candidate material systems. This includes planned activities at synchrotron user facilities, DOE labs and development of tools at FAMU. Training opportunities beyond research include mentorship from DOE scientists and University faculty. Candidates with backgrounds in mechanical engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, physics and similar backgrounds will be considered. Underrepresented minorities, women and others who embrace diversity and inclusion are strongly encouraged to apply. This is an ideal position for someone interested in working at a DOE lab or as a faculty member after appointment. Why: DOE: It is integrated into programs at multiple DOE labs, ACADEMIC: It provides a unique postdoc experience in fundamental training in the context a trending topic (hydrogen). This postdoc will have one primary advisor, but will have access to a team of faculty and DOE mentors. Furthermore, this postdoc will develop activities related to the DOE RENEW goals to engage minority serving institutions – thus provide meaningful experience for creating teaching statements and diversity statements, which are a common element of applying for faculty positions.
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Why we need YOU:
The Technical Needs: Use of fossil fuels, including coal, oil, and natural gas, is ubiquitous in our daily lives, including powering automobiles, generating electricity and heating homes. However, use of this non-renewable resource results in a primary source of greenhouse gas emissions. In the Department of Energy’s energy roadmap, hydrogen is identified as an important energy source to reach net zero carbon emission by 2050. To enable a sustainable and economical hydrogen infrastructure, there is an emergent need to understand the impact of prolonged hydrogen exposure on structural materials performance and to develop hydrogen-tolerant, tailored materials that can thrive in the interfaces with extreme environments of hydrogen storage, production and use. Hydrogen combustion is more energetic than conventional fuels, which produces challenges for materials at 1200 °C or higher. Hydrogen storage, on the other hand, encompasses liquefaction at 20 K and transitions through temperature zones where metal hydride phases form, presenting challenges for embrittlement, stress, and fatigue. Design of hydrogen-tolerant materials and alloys is challenging due to the large diffusivity of hydrogen in metals, reactions with hydrogen and hydrogen embrittlement.
The Technical Needs:
To enable a sustainable and economical hydrogen infrastructure, there is an emergent need to understand the impact of prolonged hydrogen exposure on structural materials performance and to develop hydrogen-tolerant, tailored materials that can thrive in the interfaces with extreme environments of hydrogen storage, production and use.
The Societal Needs: Concurrently, there is a need to create a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive research community, which requires dedicated, organized and financially supported efforts in recruitment, training and retention of students from underrepresented groups, including women and underrepresented minorities. To address these two primary challenges, we will embrace interfaces and diversity both in the scientific and social contexts – we aim to study a diverse set of material-hydrogen interfacial problems, at the interface between diverse disciplines, by bringing together students, postdocs, and faculty from institutions that serve underrepresented groups.
The Societal Needs:
we will embrace
interfaces
and
diversity
both in the scientific and social contexts
Personal Benefits
Fully funded Postdoc
Stipend
Health insurance
Stipend
Health insurance
Unique mentoring programs with
University faculty
Industry engineers and scientists
Department of Energy (DOE) scientists and engineers
University faculty
Industry engineers and scientists
Department of Energy (DOE) scientists and engineers
Unique internship opportunities at
Ames National Laboratory (a DOE national laboratory)
Sandia National Laboratory (a DOE national laboratory)
Argonne National Laboratory (a DOE national laboratory)
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (an NSF national laboratory)
Ames National Laboratory (a DOE national laboratory)
Sandia National Laboratory (a DOE national laboratory)
Argonne National Laboratory (a DOE national laboratory)
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (an NSF national laboratory)
Training in emerging technologies related to securing the world’s clean energy needs. This will directly impact our ability to combat global warming. You will be trained in state-of-the-art materials design, synthesis, characterization, and modeling by university, national lab and industry scientists.
clean energy
Career networking – students from this program will walk away with the education and network required to be at the forefront of energy and materials research and engineering – two fields that will dominate how our society navigates how we innovate to change our impact on the planet. This program has strong support from the DOE, national labs and industry, as they recognize it fills the technical and social needs it sets to address.
Qualifications:
– PhD degree in a related field (Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, etc.)
– Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
– Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
– Programming, data manipulation and analysis.
– US citizen or permanent resident
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Health insurance
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Application Question(s):
Are you a US citizen or permanent resident?
What was your Undergraduate degree, institution and GPA?
Are you a US citizen or permanent resident?
What was your Undergraduate degree, institution and GPA?
Education:
Doctorate (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
Tallahassee, FL 32310: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
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