| Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position funded through an NSF Solar grant. The project seeks to develop computational algorithms for phase separation, pore formation, and ion transport in strongly interacting mixtures of functionalized polymer, solvent, and nanoparticles. A background in numerical analysis/scientific computation with demonstrated proficiency in large scale, multi-dimensional computing is essential. The postdoctoral fellow will focus primarily on design and implementation of computational schemes for higher order systems which couple interfacial, electrostatic, and elastic energies to momentum balance equations. The postdoctoral fellow will interact frequently with a team comprised of mathematicians, synthetic chemists, material scientists, and the postdoctoral fellows and graduate students from the associated labs. The preferred start dates are from June to September 2010. The position is 100% research effort at $45K/year, with a second year available subject to review of performance. Successful candidates will have a PhD in Mathematics or in the Physical Sciences/Engineering with a concentration on computation. |
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