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Postdoctoral Associate

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This is grant funded position, based on funding availability; it is also contingent upon the appropriate visa status. In your application, please include a cover letter, CV, all transcripts, and five references (including postdoc supervisor(s), and Ph.D. and M.S. advisors if applicable.) Please indicate the relationship of the references. Annual Salary is $44,000

Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title Postdoctoral Associate
Department Engn - Mech & Aerospace Engn
Salary Commensurate With Experience
Posting Summary

Subject Areas: Control, Reduced-Order Modeling, and Structural Dynamics.
Applications: Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) Design, Wind Energy

Position Description:
A postdoctoral position in the subject areas of control, reduced-order modeling, and structural dynamics is available at Rutgers University. Position is full time, and expected to start late spring –early summer of 2020. The position is fully funded with a recent award from Department of Energy ARPA-E’s ATLANTIS Program. Details of the project are provided below. Candidates will work under the guidance of the following investigator: Dr. Laurent Burlion (co-PI).
Position Status
Posting Number 19FA2481
Posting Open Date 11/18/2019
Posting Close Date
Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience

Postdoctoral Associate Position in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical or Related Engineering Fields. It is critical that the candidate will be able to participate in the project for the full duration of the positions.

Minimum Requirements:
1. Highly motivated candidates with a Ph.D. degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, or in a similar engineering field.
2. Published/accepted journal papers.
3. Programming skills in Matlab, Simulink, and Python.
4. Knowledge in the Linux operating system, open-source codes, GitHub, and parallel processing.
5. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Excellent knowledge/experience in one or more of the following subject areas: Control, reduced-order modeling, and structural dynamics.
Significant experience in Matlab, and Simulink.
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Overview

Project Description: A multidisciplinary team of three primary universities (Rutgers University, University of Michigan, and Brigham Young University), experts from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and two international collaborators (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, and Technical University of Denmark, TUD) recently won an award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Aerodynamic Turbines Lighter and Afloat with Nautical Technologies and Integrated Servo-control (ATLANTIS) Program. Our project is one of 13 new projects to develop new technologies for floating offshore wind turbines, or wind farms, using the discipline of control co-design. The program description can be seen here: https://arpa-e.energy.gov/?q=arpa-e-programs/atlantis .
The goal of our team is to develop a computationally efficient mixed-fidelity control co-design optimization framework for floating offshore wind turbine design. Our project will yield a modular framework to support the broad mission of the DOE ARPA-E ATLANTIS Program.
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Posting Details

Special Instructions to Applicants

This is grant funded position, based on funding availability; it is also contingent upon the appropriate visa status.
In your application, please include a cover letter, CV, all transcripts, and five references (including postdoc supervisor(s), and Ph.D. and M.S. advisors if applicable.) Please indicate the relationship of the references.
Annual Salary is $44,000
Quick Link to Posting https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/105817
Campus Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Home Location Campus Busch (RU-New Brunswick)
City
State
Location Details
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Applicant Documents

Required Documents
  1. Cover Letter/Letter of Application
  2. Curriculum Vitae
  3. Transcript (Unofficial)
  4. List of Professional References (contact Info)
Optional Documents