This position is part of an Office of Naval Research MURI project that aims
to understand interfaces (especially grain boundaries) and their “phase”
behaviors. The specific research thrusts may involve: thermodynamic
modeling and theory development; and experimental studies of both metals (
grain boundaries in structural alloys) and ceramics (ionic conductivity of
ZrO2 based fuel cell materials). Deep knowledge and/or prior experiences of
processing of metallic and/or ceramic materials, thermodynamics, phase
transformation, microstructural evolution, embrittlement, ionic conductivity
and TEM are desired (but you are not required to have all).
See
http://people.clemson.edu/~jianluo/recruitment/postdoc_2011.pdf for details and how to apply.
