Post-Doctoral Job Openings

Postdoctoral Scholar Position (Job Number: 89980)

Description: The Electrical Engineering Department of The Pennsylvania State University in conjunction with the Computational Electromagnetics and Antennas Research Lab (CEARL) is seeking a highly qualified individual for a Postdoctoral Scholar position. The candidate will be expected to assist in the theory and design responsibilities for current and future high-profile research projects in the Computational Electromagnetics and Antennas Research Lab (CEARL). The PSU-CEARL is world-recognized for its pioneering contributions in electromagnetics, particularly in the areas of computational electromagnetics/optics and metamaterials. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in funded projects that will seek to develop advanced cutting-edge and transformative technologies. Current and upcoming areas of research include the development of Computational Electromagnetics and Computational Optics (CEM/CO) forward solvers as well as inverse-design (optimization) techniques including Machine Learning (ML) and their application to the design of nanocomposite engineered materials (EnMats), metamaterials, metasurfaces, and associated metadevices.

Requirements: Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, physics, optics, computer science or a related field with previous experience in electromagnetic theory and simulation. Experience in one or more of the following CEM techniques is highly desired: FDTD, DGTD, CBFM, MoM, FEM, FEBI, PO, GO, etc. Previous experience in Machine Learning is also highly desired. The successful candidate will have a strong programming background and proficiency in C++, Python, Linux is desired.

Responsibilities: Computational Electromagnetics and Computational Optics algorithm development and/or inverse-design and ML algorithm development and applications. Additionally, the Postdoctoral Scholar will work alongside graduate students and other post-docs to prepare research reports for relevant sponsored research contracts and participate in proposal writing for new funding opportunities. Additionally, the Postdoctoral Scholar will prepare and present research results at domestic and international conferences and is expected to publish findings in conference proceedings and technical journal articles.

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Postdoctoral Scholar Position (Job Number: 90235)

Description: The Electrical Engineering Department of The Pennsylvania State University in conjunction with the Computational Electromagnetics and Antennas Research Lab (CEARL) is seeking one or more highly qualified individuals for Postdoctoral Scholar positions. The candidate will be expected to assist in the theory and design responsibilities for current as well as future high-profile research projects in the Computational Electromagnetics and Antennas Research Lab (CEARL). The PSU-CEARL http://cearl.ee.psu.edu/ is world-recognized for its pioneering contributions in electromagnetics, particularly in the areas of computational electromagnetics/optics and metamaterials. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in funded projects that will seek to develop advanced cutting-edge and transformative technologies. Current and upcoming areas of research include transmit- and reflect-arrays, wearable antennas for body-area networks and IoT, antennas for 5G, conformal antennas, reconfigurable antennas, GRIN lenses, phase-gradient metasurfaces, advanced optical metasurface coatings, etc.

Requirements: Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, physics, optics or a related field with previous experience in electromagnetic theory and simulation. Previous metamaterial and metasurface simulation and design experience for RF and/or optical applications is highly desired. Experience in antenna design, fabrication, testing, and measurements is a plus. Previous experience with inverse-design and optimization is also a plus.

Responsibilities: Antenna/metamaterial/metasurface design and simulation. Additionally, Postdoctoral Scholars will work alongside graduate students and other post-docs to prepare research reports for relevant sponsored research contracts and participate in proposal writing for new funding opportunities. Additionally, Postdoctoral Scholars will prepare and present research results at domestic and international conferences and is expected to publish findings in conference proceedings and technical journal articles.

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Note:

Applicants should e-mail a current CV/resume and the names and addresses of at least three references to:

Prof. Douglas H. Werner
The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Electrical Engineering
211A EE East
University Park, PA 16802
dhw@psu.edu