Post Doctoral Fellow - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Department
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Mechanical Engineering Salary
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Commensurate with Experience/Education

Possesses, understands, and applies a comprehensive knowledge in area of specialization. Develops understanding and skills to allow for completion of assignments that cross fields of specialization. Develops leadership and management skills.

• Receives/Reviews progress and evaluates results of experiments or projects under control or supervisory responsibility.
• Recommends changes in research, testing or experimental procedures.
• May be responsible for a single highly technical and complex piece of research equipment.
• May review and evaluate the effectiveness of personnel.
• May plan for and assign personnel to projects under control.
• Operates with latitude for unreviewed action.
• May receive general supervision conferring with higher levels only in unusual situations.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

We are seeking a Post Doctoral Fellow to work on mechanics of the respiratory system.

The project combines theoretical development, image analysis, and computer simulation.

• Develop kinematic models and constitutive relations of various organs and tissues of the respiratory system: lungs, diaphragm, airways, and chest rib cage.
• Reconstruction of the geometric shapes of the organs of the respiratory system from the CT images.
• Develop finite element codes to simulate the function of the respiratory system.
• Publish in peer‑reviewed journals and support proposal writing.

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering or closely related field.
• Strong background in solid mechanics and computational mechanics.
• Clear and clean English skills as supported by adequate publication record.

• Familiarity with biomechanics and biomedical engineering.
• Experience with 3D scanning systems.

MQ:
Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advanced professional discipline or the highest level of general business knowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directly job‑related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. No experience is required.

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The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.