Post-Doctoral Researcher - Fire Safety Research Institute

Responsibilities

• Gain knowledge of making high fidelity, multi-dimensional measurements of heat and mass transfer during fire driven flows.
• Applies knowledge of scientific principles to the specific research tasks.
• Exercises a high degree of judgment in formulating, evaluating, and correlating broad research concepts, guiding the analysis of unique problems, and developing new and improved techniques and methods.
• Assume primary responsibility for development of independent research.
• Assist with experiments, data collection, evaluations, and support researchers on projects; analyze results.
• Plan, design and complete initial and follow up procedures as needed to test and validate results.
• Perform research to a high standard and in accordance with all institutional and federal regulations.
• Collaborate with ULRI colleagues and universities.
• Contribute to and participate in webinars, conference presentations, writing papers for journal publications, facilitate training programs.

Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of measurement techniques for temperature, velocity, and heat transfer at meter scale.
• Experience with programming languages for data analysis and/or model development such as Fortran, Python, and MATLAB.
• Proven ability to perform independent research and support publication.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain academic and applied knowledge and skills.
• Ability to collaborate with peers and work directly with other team members and external collaborators in order to complete a project from start to finish.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Fire Protection Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or a related field.
• Applicant should have a Ph.D. conferred within three years of application or completion of Ph.D. requirements by commencement of appointment.

Benefits

Salary Range: $67,319.32 - $92,564.06
Pay Type: Salary

Schedule

Full-time

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