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$113,760 Annually

We are excited to offer an opportunityfor a Postdoctoral Researcher with expertise related to the mechanics of geomaterials to work on computational and experimental assessment of geologic formations to inform design and safety assessment of borehole repository for nuclear waste.

This position is in the Atmospheric, Earth & Energy Division, Computational Geosciences Group

In this role you will

• Analyze available experimental data and identify and/or develop suitable constitutive model forms to describe strength, compaction, creep, and damage in geomaterials.
• Use numerical optimization methods to parameterize complex material models based on available (limited, noisy, variable) data and physical constraints.
• Use tuned constitutive models to assess borehole stability under various in-situ stresses and thermal load conditions.
• Interpret wellbore log data to inform representations of natural faults and fractures.
• Conduct verification/validation of material models and numerical simulations.
• Design and conduct experiments to characterize the strength/creep of geomaterials and other composite materials.
• Interface with experimentalists from other research groups to accurately interpret experimental data and inform prioritization of new experiments to reduce modeling uncertainty.
• Present original research in conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Experience with large-deformation solid mechanics, such as models for creep, damage, rate-effects, or thermal effects.
• Relevant experience in geology, (e.g. minerology, hydrogeology), geothermal or petroleum engineering
• Experience with mesoscale simulation, experimental characterization or continuum modeling of porous, granular, brittle, or heterogeneous materials.
• Experience with optimization methods for parameterization of physics models

Qualifications We Desire:

Any of these would be useful, a candidate is not expected to have all of these qualifications

• Experience with large-deformation solid mechanics, such as models for creep, damage, rate-effects, or thermal effects.
• Relevant experience in geology, (e.g. minerology, hydrogeology), geothermal or petroleum engineering
• Experience with mesoscale simulation, experimental characterization or continuum modeling of porous, granular, brittle, or heterogeneous materials.
• Experience with optimization methods for parameterization of physics models.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Position Information

This is a Postdoctoral appointment with the possibility of extension to a maximum of three years, open to those who have been awarded a PhD at time of hire date.

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