Postdoctoral Associate

George Washington University, United States

Updated: 2 months ago
Location: Washington, PENNSYLVANIA
Deadline: 20 Feb 2024

Posting Details

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Appointments are limited-term and are designed for those who have recently received a doctorate. Appointments are made to academic departments with the approval of the department head and may require senior officer approval. Appointments are usually for not less than one term and are normally not renewed beyond a total of five years. This appointment is not intended for long-term, indefinite, or career appointments.


I. POSITION INFORMATION


Job Description Summary:
GW has everything you need to succeed in discovery. Outstanding research , state-of-the-art facilities and world-class faculty support discovery and innovative solutions. Researchers and faculty across campus advance interdisciplinary and emerging research and scholarship. Our active GW Postdoctoral Association welcomes your engagement in social and professional activities as you join our research teams. Research guides, coding and data management solutions as well as extensive online journals from GW Libraries help to guide your study. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) supports the research infrastructure and facilitates several institutional research initiatives .
In the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, this role will:
establish both theoretical and computational frameworks to analyze and certify the intriguing behaviors of complicated open hybrid dynamical systems, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of investigators in applied mathematics, computer science, and robotics.
Postdocs will design, organize and conduct specialized and advanced experiments using established scientific protocols, troubleshoot and design new protocols, summarize findings and publish results in research journals, under the general supervision of a faculty member. In some cases, postdocs will assume general responsibility for general scientific operations in the lab, and/or provide supervision and guidance to laboratory staff, trainees and other researchers.
Examples of duties might include:
● Identify and construct the inherent structures of hybrid dynamics, such as topological properties and invariances, that can be preserved under the interaction with uncertain environments and composition over a complex network.
● Participate multidisciplinary collaborative efforts in dynamical systems and theoretical computer science, by synergistically integrating diverse approaches in geometry, topology, homology, category theory, stochastic analysis, and modern data-driven techniques.
● Establish a trustworthy computational foundation that is carefully constructed in conjunction with the underlying geometry, leading to a significant generalization capacity and computation efficiency to handle non-trivial and non-conventional hybrid systems.
● Participate in training of fellows, residents, students, and volunteer worker as needed.
● Assist in reporting the research outcomes to the sponsor.
Minimum Qualifications
Desired Qualifications:
A Postdoctoral Associate:
-holds a PhD or equivalent degree;
- develops skills by participating in scholarly projects that are actively mentored by a member of the university faculty;
- receives financial support in the form of a salary that is typically funded by grants, contracts or departmental funds secured by a faculty mentor; and
- has a limited term of up to five years at GW.
Typical Hiring Range Commensurate with Experience

II. POSITION INFORMATION


Posting Number P010019
Job Open Date 02/14/2024
Job Close Date 02/20/2024
Part-time / Full-time
Total Hours per Week 40
Work Schedule Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm
Campus Location Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C.
College/School/Department: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)
Expected duration of appointment 1 Year
Position Designation On-Campus
Special Instructions to Applicants
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EEO Statement

The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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