IMDEA Materials (Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies of Materials) is a non-profit, independent research institute, promoted by the Regional Government de Madrid (Spain), to carry out research in Materials Science and Engineering.
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IMDEA Materials Institute is looking for: Research Associates (PhD in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering) (Ref: PD01-VIR) to work in the research project VIRMETAL (virtual design, virtual processing and virtual testing of metallic materials) funded by an Advanced Grant of the European Research Council. Research activities will be focused in multiscale modeling strategies –together with the corresponding experimental validation– to simulate the microstructural development during solidification and thermal treatments as well as the mechanical behavior at different length scales of Al and Mg alloys.
Requirements: Candidates should hold PhD in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering (or related discipline) with excellent academic credentials and a strong commitment to develop an academic career in an international and multidisciplinary environment. Fluent English (oral and written) is required. Previous experience in either molecular dynamics, computational thermodynamics and kinetics, phase field modeling, crystal plasticity or homogenization theory is necessary.