35 postdoctoral research associate jobs found

Requisition Id 14834 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the largest US Department of Energy (DOE) science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security. Within ORNL, the Building Envelope Materials Research (BEMR) Group develops and deploys affordable building envelopes for new construction and retrofits to enable DOE's goals. Our synergistic research areas include building science, material and system development, and advanced construction. With the support from the U.S. DOE Building Technologies Office, we have the most extensive building envelope research portfolio in the nation. We are seeking to add to our team an energetic and creative postdoctoral research associate. Major Duties/Responsibilities: Collect and analyze data from past weather-related natural gas supply disruptions and study their impacts. Perform modeling and simulations to assess...

Requisition Id 14827 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will focus on the synthesis of quantum materials aimed at understanding their novel properties. This will be a highly collaborative position residing in the Quantum Heterostructures Group in the Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD), Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As part of our research team led by Dr. Matthew Brahlek and Dr. Rob Moore, you will focus on the growth of thin film and heterostructure quantum materials utilizing molecular beam epitaxy, and probing the crystalline, electronic, and magnetic properties. Your emphasis will be on the development and characterization of new material platforms to understand and control emergent phenomena in heterostructures of strongly correlated phases, Dirac materials, Weyl semimetals, topological insulators, etc. This will include preforming characterization in a unique state of the art...

Requisition Id 14808 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will contribute to the development of modeling framework and support process development for advanced manufacturing (AM) processes. This position resides in the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division (CSED) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). CSED focuses on transdisciplinary computational science and analytics at scale to enable scientific discovery across the physical sciences, engineered systems, and biomedicine and health. It provides foundations and advances in quantum information sciences to enable quantum computers, devices, and networked systems. It develops community applications, data assets, and technologies and provides assurance to build knowledge and impact in novel, crosscut-science outcomes. The candidate will be a postdoctoral researcher within the Multiscale Materials (MsM) group for Physical Sciences Section in CSED. The MsM group is focused on delivering...

Requisition Id 14631 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will focus on research on materials joining and allied manufacturing processes, with an emphasis on AI/machine learning based manufacturing process development and optimization. This position resides in the Materials Joining Group in the Materials Structures and Processing Section, Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD), Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Examples on areas of research interest include but are not limited to: AI/machine learning algorithm development. Sensing, Machine vision, image processing and data fusion. Inline manufacturing process monitoring and control. Major Duties/Responsibilities: Develop foundation AI models under various projects. Develop, integrate, implement, and deploy novel AI/ML algorithms and workflows towards industrial manufacturing applications. Collaborate with internal and industry...

Requisition Id 14797 Overview: The Diffraction Group in the Neutron Scattering Division (NSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has an immediate opening for a postdoctoral Protein Chemist or Structural Biologist to join a multi-disciplinary research team in development and application of paramagnetic labeling and proton polarization techniques for structure analysis! This project involves multi-task efforts in molecular biology, NMR, dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) and macromolecular crystallography, and collaboration with computational scientists developing ML and AI tools for molecular simulation and analysis. As an ORNL postdoctoral fellow you will have access to state-of-the-art facilities for isotopic labeling, biophysical characterization, and X-ray diffraction, as well as access to world class facilities for neutron diffraction and scattering, and molecular simulations! This position will allow the postdoctoral scientist to develop expertise, broaden experience...

Requisition Id 14798 Overview: As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, ORNL has an impressive 80-year legacy of addressing the nation's most pressing challenges. Our team is made up of over 7,000 dedicated and innovative individuals! Our goal is to create an environment where a variety of perspectives and backgrounds are valued, ensuring ORNL is known as a top choice for employment. These principles are essential for supporting our broader mission to drive scientific breakthroughs and translate them into solutions for energy, environmental, and security challenges facing the nation. We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will focus on the physics of correlated and topological quantum materials. This position resides in the Quantum Heterostructures Group in the Foundational Materials Science Section, Materials Science and Technology Division, Physical Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As part of...

Requisition Id 14166 Overview: The Grid Interactive Controls Research Group (GICR) in the Electrification and Energy Infrastructure Division (EEID) within the Energy Science and Technology Directorate (ESTD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate. The Grid Interactive Controls group specializes in pioneering innovations at the edge of today's power grid, concentrating on fortifying grid security, enhancing reliability, bolstering resilience and advancing decarbonization. Our primary focus lies in the comprehensive 'Everything-to-Grid' (X2G) strategies, developing cutting-edge solutions in grid-edge integration and control. Our commitment revolves around seamlessly incorporating emerging distributed energy resources, including demand response emerging at the grid edge, providing essential services crucial to its reliable operation. Employing a diverse range of disciplines such as control theory, optimization, economics, game theory,...

Requisition Id 14799 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will support the Chemical and Isotopic Mass Spectrometry Group in the Chemical Sciences Division (CSD), Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As a Postdoctoral Research Associate, will focus on R&D in analytical chemistry to develop and advance analytical capabilities and methodologies to support the characterization of nuclear materials associated with the nuclear fuels cycle, nuclear non-proliferation and safeguards, nuclear forensics, production of isotopes, and various application spaces. The research will focus on detailed trace element and isotopic characterizations via inorganic mass spectrometry and using a variety of elemental and isotopic approaches. As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, ORNL has an impressive 80-year legacy of addressing the nation's most pressing challenges. Our team is made up of...

Requisition Id 13757 Overview: The Advanced Reactor Engineering and Development (ARED) Section in the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division (NEFCD) of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to assist in the development, qualification, and deployment of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation codes, methods, and standard processes for thermal-hydraulics analyses of energy systems. The position is part of the Thermal Hydraulics group. They develop and use models and simulations for energy production and industrial applications. Major Duties/Responsibilities: Conduct research and develop next-generation CFD and thermal-hydraulics methods and models for a variety of nuclear reactor, or thermal energy systems, using world-leading high-performance computing platforms Perform large-scale multiphase Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) simulations of reactor cores, heat exchangers, pumps, pressurizers, and condensers...

Requisition Id 14793 Overview: We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate who will focus on Microstructural Characterization and Mechanical Property Analysis for Fusion and Fission Materials. This position resides in the Advanced Nuclear Materials (ANM) Group in the Materials in Extremes Section, Materials Science and Technology Division, Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD), at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As part of our team, you will investigate the correlation between mechanical properties and microstructure in materials specifically used for fusion and fission applications. Your research will focus on understanding how various external factors, including neutron irradiation, temperature, stress, and hydrogen/helium accumulation, influence the performance and longevity of these materials. Major Duties/Responsibilities: Conduct microstructural characterization on structural materials for fusion and fission applications to elucidate the...

Requisition Id 14757 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest US Department of Energy science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security. We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will support the Fuel Cycle Chemical Technology (FCCT) Research Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This position will focus on the application of your knowledge to the chemistry of advanced nuclear fuel cycles. In this position, you will develop processes that convert products and byproducts from used fuel reprocessing and recycling to stable and reusable forms. The work will involve wet chemistry, analytical characterization techniques, and flow sheet development. The FCCT Research Group investigates uranium process chemistry, alternative processing methodologies for used fuel recycling, waste form development, and off-gas treatment in support of advanced reactor...

Requisition Id 14746 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will support the Corrosion Science and Technology (CST) Group in the Materials in Extremes section, Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD), located in the Physical Sciences Directorate (PSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The position focuses on the development of physics-based material degradation and lifetime assessment models for high temperature materials and coatings. As a postdoc, you will employ state-of-the-art technology, research equipment and computational resources to enable the next generation of high efficiency power generation and transportation. As part of our research team, you will coordinate laboratory work on high temperature oxidation in various environments (e.g., steam, hydrogen, liquid metals, molten salts) to assist in the development of the next generation of power generation and transportation technologies. An important aspect of the research...

Requisition Id 14738 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will focus on developing uniform, reproducible, and controlled large-scale synthesis and transfer of 2D materials, primarily transition metal dichalcogenides and various forms of boron nitrides. Our team uses bottom-up synthesis techniques, including CVD, MOCVD, and PECVD, coupled with multiple characterization techniques to control the growth environment and material consistency across the wafer targeting applications in microelectronics and quantum information science. This position resides in the Functional Hybrid Nanomaterials (FHN) Group in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), Physical Sciences Directorate, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As a postdoc, you will work with a research team at the CNMS primarily focused on wafer scale synthesis and transfer, emphasizing reproducible and uniform growth of 2D materials, managing 2D interface structure and...

Requisition Id 14730 Overview: We are seeking a postdoctoral research associate who will study the dynamics of low-energy, high-charge ion beams. This project will use the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Beam Test Facility, a front-end replica with advanced diagnostics. This position resides in the Accelerator Physics Group in the Accelerator Science and Technology Section, Research Accelerator Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). You will be part of a dynamic team working on multiple aspects of this problem. You will have a chance to learn about specialized diagnostics, particularly for high dynamic range and high dimensional measurement of particle beam distributions. This project is motivated by the limitation presented by uncontrolled beam loss to the performance of high-power accelerators such as the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). The goal of this work is to demonstrate predictive modeling of beam distributions in a realistic...

Requisition Id 14729 Overview: We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will reside in the Triple-Axis Spectroscopy Group in the Neutron Scattering Division (NSD), Neutron Sciences Directorate(NScD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). NScD operates the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), the United States' highest flux reactor-based neutron source, and the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), the world's most intense pulsed accelerator-based neutron source. Together these facilities operate 30 instruments for neutron scattering research, each year carrying out more than 1,000 experiments in the physical, chemical, materials, biological and medical sciences. HFIR also provides unique facilities for isotope production and neutron irradiation. To learn more about Neutron Sciences at ORNL, please go to this link http://neutrons.ornl.gov. As part of a team, you will explore novel quantum materials through elastic and inelastic neutron scattering experiments under extreme...

Requisition Id 14731 Overview The Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks a highly motivated individual for a postdoctoral research associate position in the Environmental Risk and Energy Analysis Group. The candidate will work with a multi-disciplinary group of experts in economics, engineering, computer sciences, and physical sciences on the economics and policy aspects of sustainable energy. The candidate should be an independent thinker and able to participate creatively in defining and refining research directions. Major Duties/Responsibilities The successful candidate will interact with a team of scientists and engineers at ORNL on projects evaluating sustainable energy metrics, such as costs, benefits, equity, land use change, and carbon reduction potentials, to identify and accelerate technological and policy options. Activities will involve: 1) data collection, processing, and quality assurance; 2) development and simulation of...

Requisition Id 14390 Overview: The Workflow Group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks highly-motivated scientists to research and develop cutting-edge data reduction technologies. In this role you will work on some of the most challenging scientific problems facing the Department of Energy, creating new algorithms, tools, and technologies to facilitate knowledge discovery. The rate of data production at next-generation computational facilities enables scientific knowledge discovery but presents a challenge to move, store, and process the data. To maximize their science return, these facilities are forced to make tradeoffs to limit the overall cost of operations. As our facilities evolve, data sizes continue to grow at unprecedented rates, which requires new research and development in data reduction. This position is to focus on novel techniques to deal with this challenge and collaborate with a team of scientists focused on achieving our goals. Our...

Requisition Id 14702 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest US Department of Energy (DOE) science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security. We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will support the Particle Fuel Forms (PFF) Group in the Nuclear Fuel Development (NFD) Section within the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division. The PFF Group is a global leader in coated particle fuel research for advanced reactors (e.g., tristructural isotropic (TRISO) coated particle fuel) and emerging nuclear technologies. The PFF group supports activities related to both fabrication and post-irradiation examination of coated particle fuel and fuel forms. This position would primarily support the US DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy's Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification (AGR) Program's post-irradiation examination (PIE) activities at ORNL. The...

Requisition Id 14692 Overview: Do you have a passion for applying AI methods for accelerating scientific discoveries and an ability to think outside of the box in a collaborative and open environment? If so, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Learning Systems Group within the Data and Artificial Intelligence Systems section invites you to apply to our new postdoctoral research associate position in AI for science. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will help solve some of the most challenging problems faced by the nation. You will perform groundbreaking research on a wide range of significant problems, and you will apply your work to exciting research in multi-disciplinary domains alongside globally recognized experts. You will bring creative thinking, teamwork, and machine learning skills to bear as you develop new methods to address scientific and engineering problems, collaborate with leaders in your field and across the laboratory, while working with the world's fastest...

Requisition Id 14269 Overview: Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest US Department of Energy science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security. We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will support the Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Research & Analysis (MEERA) Group in the Manufacturing Science Division (MSD), Energy Science and Technology Directorate (ESTD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to work in the areas of life cycle energy impacts analysis, technoeconomic analysis, and industrial energy efficiency analysis research under the Strategic Analysis and Industrial Energy Efficiency Programs. The MEERA Group conducts techno-economic, value chain, trade, patent, and global analyses relevant to advanced energy and manufacturing technologies. MEERA is currently supporting a multi-laboratory DOE Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) project to...