MERL Post-Doctoral Associate - Military Veterans

The T.E. Murphy Engine Research Laboratory (MERL) is dedicated to engines, alternative fuels, and emissions research. The newly renovated, 6,000-square-foot lab opened in 2013 and is located near the University's East Bank campus ( northeast corner of the 27th Ave and Weeks Ave intersection ) .

Duties/responsibilities:

• performing high level experimental, theoretical, and numerical research and data analysis (55%)
• presentation publication, and proposal preparation (20%)
• mentoring PhD and MSME students (10%)
• laboratory organization and management (10%)
• other duties as assigned (5%)
• In this position you will be expected to perform high level experimental, theoretical, and/or numerical research. Your primary research project will focus experiments on spark ignited engines and flames burning ammonia-hydrogen mixtures. Measurements will include emissions, in-cylinder pressure, and optical diagnostics.
• In this context, you might be expected to generate new research ideas and lead development of new research proposals.
• In this position, you will collaborate with a highly interdisciplinary team within the University of Minnesota and partner universities. Such collaborations may also extend to leading the communication with industrial partners through regular progress reports and supporting technology transfer processes where applicable.
• You will be expected to author, co-author, and otherwise collaborate on preparing publications for peer review describing research results, assisting with the preparation of progress reports as required by funding agencies, preparation of presentations for conferences, attendance at grant review meetings, and assisting with proposal preparation. You will also be expected to participate in preparing, presenting, and discussing data with study investigators.
• As a post-doctoral associate, you will be encouraged to serve as a leader on your research team by mentoring graduate students, undergraduate students, and/or lab technician research team members. This may include advice on technical questions, data analysis, discussions on the development of research plans, preparation of manuscripts and reports, participating in the application / execution of established techniques to other projects, and helping them to develop and pursue their own independent research as a co-author.
• You might be acting lead on research projects and expected to effectively coordinate research activities within the project team, communicate project needs, and provide regular updates on project progress to the lab group and Principal Investigator.
• You will have joint responsibility for the organization and management of laboratories under the faculty mentor's supervision ensuring all lab members follow all safety protocols, properly recording data from experimental and numerical research and promptly backing up all data.
• While in this position you might also have the opportunity to teach courses offered in our department. These duties would be to prepare and deliver lectures, prepare homework assignments, quizzes and exams, hold office hours, assess student work, supervise the teaching assistants and manage the administration of the course.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field
• Deep understanding and experience in combustion chemistry and reacting flows
• Significant experience in combustion diagnostics of flames and internal combustion engines
• Understanding of combustion experimentation used for simulation validation

• Previous experience working in a university research laboratory
• Established impact in the combustion and reacting flows literature
• Knowledge of internal combustion engine experimentation including combustion analysis and emissions measurement