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A PhD position with financial support in the form of research assistant is immediately available in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Utah (the U).
This specific position is offered by the laboratory of laser-based manufacturing in the department. The student is expected to work on a project of laser-based additive manufacturing. The focus of this project will be placed on (a) understanding the fundamental physics of fluid/solid mechanics and microstructure development in selective laser melting processes and (b) applications of such processes in manufacturing of medical devices. More information about the lab can be found at http://tanlab.mech.utah.edu/
All applicants are encouraged to apply, background on one of the following areas will be a plus:
-- Numerical modeling of materials processing (computational heat transfer and fluid mechanics, computational solid mechanics, computational materials, etc.);
-- Experiment design and analysis of laser-based manufacturing processes;
-- Laser Optics and laser-matter interaction.
Interested applicants can contact Professor Wenda Tan (email: wenda.tan@mech.utah.edu) with any questions or a resume that summarizes the relevant research experience and accomplishments.
For your information:
The ME department at the U has been experiencing a rapid growth thanks to the continuing financial support from the Utah state government and the University itself. In the last decade, the numbers of faculty and students have been more than doubled. On the research side, the department has been increasingly active, and a good reputation of the department has been growing in academia. The department has a close relationship with the medical school of the U, which ranked top 50 in the US. This liaison provides great opportunities for interdisciplinary researches on the regimes of bio-mechanics, bio-robotics, bio-design and bio-manufacturing. Due to the fast development of its research works, a lot of graduate students are wanted, and plenty of funding opportunities are available within the department. |
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