Research Scientist

The Research Scientist will serve in a non-faculty capacity with primary research projects in the Mechanical Engineering Department to advance or enhance the work in materials engineering . This position will perform multidisciplinary engineering research and fundamental sciences in the combined disciplines of chemistry, physics, mechanical and materials engineering, materials science, and nanotechnology towards support of a research infrastructure for advanced broad-based materials innovation and technology; and support and lead activities in The Center for Advanced Materials & Smart Structures.

The Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures ( CAMSS), under the MEEN Department, is a world-class Center conducting research and education on the production, processing (casting, extrusion, shear rolling, etc.), characterization (microscopy, corrosion, microtomography) and testing of biomedical metals, with a particular focus on highly engineered magnesium alloys. CAMSS has extensive facilities for materials processing and continues to attract substantial federal funding, including a second NSF- ERC, and research support from AFRL, DOD,etc. Both graduate and undergraduate students are our primary focus where we mentor and train them in all facets of the research enterprise, from experimentation, to data analysis, to theses/dissertations completion as well as publications and conference proceedings/posters.

PhD in Mechanical Engineering and 5 years of research experience.

PhD in Mechanical Engineering with undergraduate degree in Chemistry, Physics or Biology and 10 years ofresearch experience in materials, bioengineering and/or nanotechnology.

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Employee Benefits available to NC A & T permanent employees include the following and more;

This position may be eligible for a remote or hybrid work arrangement, consistent with university and state policies. N.C. A&T employees are generally required to reside in North Carolina, within a 2-hour commuting distance of their assigned duty station.