FALL 2024: No new openings are available at this time but applications are still accepted if new funding opportunities become available in the near future.
Desired expertise: LAMMPS, molecular dynamics, hybrid and kinetic Monte-Carlo atomistic methods, deep-learning interatomic potentials, alloy metallurgy, experimental in-situ SEM micromechanics, DC magnetron sputtering, high-entropy alloys.
How to apply? If you are interested in conducting some innovative research in nanostructured materials science and engineering, you can start by sending me your CV, academic transcripts, and a brief description of your materials research interest and qualifications for an open position in my group. Please email me at:
frederic.sansoz@uvm.edu
Lab Mission : The mission of the Sansoz Lab is to offer graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with the skills to be effective researchers, teachers, and industry leaders in modern materials science and engineering fields at a local, national, and global level. Our students are committed to life-long learning that effectively contributes to creative scholarship and service, in a collaborative environment, to improve their technical communication skills in both scientific writing and public presentation, and to become experts in the science and engineering of nanostructured materials, either experimentally, computationally or theoretically.
Lab Expectations: Students are expected to develop their own research plan leading to the completion of peer-reviewed journal articles and academic theses under the guidance of Prof. Frederic Sansoz and his collaborators, to actively participate in local seminars, conferences and meetings with our external research sponsors and visitors, and to be effective teaching assistants. Furthermore, they are expected to work collaboratively in a team environment by acknowledging that everyone’s background and interest are diverse, by mentoring and being a role model for other students who are new to the lab, by abiding to all lab safety protocols or creating new ones if they don’t exist, and generally by keeping a positive and constructive mindset towards any issues arising in the lab or in the research plan. I will always make my priority to be available for your success if you invest the time and effort towards achieving those expectations.
About the UVM Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering (ME): In 2022, the UVM ME doctoral program marked its 50th anniversary since its first ME PhD graduate. The ME graduate program stands 89th nationally in the Top 49% of the U.S. News and World Report 2023 graduate school rankings in mechanical engineering in the United States. Also, the accelerated MS program in mechanical engineering is one of the top ranked accelerated MS programs at UVM in total enrollment since 2018. Graduate students do original research and normally publish their work in peer-reviewed journals. The best ME graduate students have won major awards at UVM and nationally from professional societies and have earned competitive international fellowships.
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