Aerospace Materials Frontier: Postdoc Research

ORAU; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NASA Langley Research Center, located in Hampton, VA, offers the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) to highly-talented scientists for 1–3 year fellowships across NASA centers and affiliated institutes. The program advances missions in space science, aeronautics, and related fields.

The available position focuses on materials science, including metals, ceramics, polymers, nanostructures, and coatings, with emphasis on structure–property relationships and fabrication techniques for aerospace

Qualifications

• Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Only
• Degree: Doctoral Degree.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fundamental or applied research into the structure/property/durability relationships of aerospace materials (metals, intermetallics, ceramics, polymers, nanostructured materials, bio-materials, composites, coatings).
• Research includes experimental and theoretical investigations of structures/materials related to their mechanical and physical behavior and synthesis of advanced materials.

Education

Doctoral Degree

Job description

NASA Langley Research Center, located in Hampton, VA, offers the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) to highly-talented scientists for 1–3 year fellowships across NASA centers and affiliated institutes. The program advances missions in space science, aeronautics, and related fields.

The available position focuses on materials science, including metals, ceramics, polymers, nanostructures, and coatings, with emphasis on structure–property relationships and fabrication techniques for aerospace