Post-Doctoral Associate in the Center for Sand Hazards and Opportunities in Resilience, Energy, and Sustainability (SHORES) - Mostafa Mobasher

Nyu-Abu Dhabi • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

The Center for Sand Hazards and Opportunities in Resilience, Energy, and Sustainability (SHORES) and the Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, seek to recruit a Post-Doctoral Associate to work on a fascinating project focused on the geomechanical modeling for energy applications. The position will be directly supervised by Professor Mostafa Mobasher and will involve strong collaboration with the SHORES multidisciplinary research teams. The project will be focused on advanced modeling of coupled fracture/damage of geomechanical materials when subjected to a range of multiphysical loading regimes including hydraulic, thermal, and chemical processes. The direct applications of these research will be aimed at enhanced modeling of hydraulic fracturing and carbon sequestration. The project activities will involve the development of the theory and implementation of the advanced mechanics and numerical models as well as constitutive model calibration and validation based on physical experimental data.

Requirements

• PhD in Engineering Mechanics, Civil Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Research experience in computational mechanics and computational geomechanics.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in modeling geomechanical systems.
• Experience in modeling hydraulic fracturing and carbon sequestration.
• Experience in Multiphysics modeling in solid mechanics framework.
• Experience in non-linear solid material response and fracture modeling.
• Experience in machine-learning modeling for solid mechanics applications.
• Experience in the development and coupling of numerical methods for solid mechanics modeling.
• Experience in digital rock technology, including advanced imaging and related analysis.
• Experience in the performance of high pressure and temperature triaxial tests.
• Experience in experimental rock mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced modeling of coupled fracture/damage of geomechanical materials.
• Develop theory and implement advanced mechanics and numerical models.
• Calibrate and validate constitutive models based on physical experimental data.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary research teams at SHORES.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary.
• Medical insurance.
• Housing allowance.
• Annual home-leave travel.
• Educational subsidies for children.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
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• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree