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The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science seeks to bring in a visiting research scholar. Our main areas of research include: coarse grained molecular dynamics simulations of polymer networks and gels. Applications must be submitted electronically though Academic Jobs Online and include: Cover Letter listing the area of research and faculty member whose lab you are interesting in visiting, a Curriculum Vitae and Publication List. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until all positions are filled.

Work Performed Your job and responsibilities will be to carry out computer simulations of polymer networks including coarse-grained molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations and to perform analysis of the output of these simulations and compare the results with the theoretical predictions and experimental data. You will work in collaboration with scientists from the NSF Center Chemistry of Molecularly Optimized Networks.

Required Qualifications at this Level Education/Training: Ph.D. in Physics, Chemical Engineering or related discipline

Experience: Research in theoretical and computational polymer physics

Skills: Coarse grained molecular dynamics simulations of polymers

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