Research Area Specialist Sr - PRISMS Plasticity

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Summary

The Predictive Integrated Structural Materials Science (PRISMS) Center at University of Michigan is seeking a computational materials specialist to participate in the enhancement and development of PRISMS-Plasticity, a production-standard open-source crystal plasticity finite element scientific code.  PRISMS-Plasticity has an active user community and has been downloaded by more than 2000 unique users.  The PRISMS Center is home to a number of closely-knit research groups that specialize in computational materials science spanning the spatial scales from electronic structure to the continuum, and a spectrum of theories including Density Functional Theory, Statistical Mechanics, Phase Field Models, Crystal Plasticity and Continuum Mechanics. The Center has released major open-source codes in all of these areas.  It also has a dedicated data and model repository group and experimental groups. The ultimate goal of the PRISMS Center is to advance the scientific study of microstructural evolution and mechanical behavior of structural metals, develop advanced materials and mechanics models and integrate them into an open-source code that will be available to the materials science community. The required codes will be integrated, open-source, computationally efficient and user friendly.  

We are looking for a candidate to work closely with other staff, faculty and graduate students to develop and deploy this ground-breaking technology. The specific area is in the development and application of our crystal plasticity and fracture simulations codes that are housed in the finite element-based PRISMS-Plasticity code. Come join this exciting center as we seek to create the future of multi-scale material modeling. 

For additional information on PRISMS Center and links to codes please go to http://prisms-center.org and https://github.com/prisms-center.   

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Responsibilities*

30%     Lead development of major enhancements to the PRISMS Center Crystal Plasticity software (PRISMS-Plasticity) including coupling with PRISMS Center phase field code (PRISMS-PF) and advanced twin models.  

30%     Conduct leading edge research investigations involving PRISMS-Plasticity in collaboration with other PRISMS Center researchers, with particular emphasis on mechanical behavior, twinning and dynamic recrystallization in Mg alloys.

30%      Training and outreach for PRISMS-Plasticity user and open-source community, including PRISMS Center students and post-docs.  Develop professional level documentation, user-manuals and tutorials. 

10%      Development of publications, presentations, proposals; capturing information in Materials Commons; service to UM and profession. 

Required Qualifications*

PhD in Materials Science and Engineering with at least 1 year post-PhD research experience. Strong disciplinary focus in development of material models for crystal plasticity and polycrystal plasticity. Multiscale and multi-physics simulation expertise. Expertise in modern best practices of scientific computing. Expert developer in the following programming Languages: C++, high level scripts (Python or Matlab), MPI, Shell Scripting. Skills in commercial CAE codes such as Ansys. Skills in Material Science codes such as DREAM.3D, MTEX, Thermo-Calc, and Paraview.

Desired Qualifications*

Excellence in oral and written communications is also required, as is demonstrated effectiveness in working as part of research teams. Best practices in software development including repository, nightly tests, coding practices. Record of publications and presentations at international meetings.

Background Screening

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Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

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