<p>Req Id: 35923</p> <p>Job Title: Post Doc Research Associate</p> <p>City: West Lafayette</p> <p>Job Description:</p> <p>Job Summary</p> <p>Energy is precious. Its use threatens the planet even as the world's</p> <p>appetite becomes increasingly ravenous in powering the modern information age. The</p> <p>energy driving artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and data centers will utilize 15% of</p> <p>TOTAL world production by 2040. The trend is unsustainable.</p> <p>Solutions demand revolutionary ways controlling thermal energy. "Old" ways won't</p> <p>work. "New" energy carriers are needed. Polaritons-quasiparticles made up of</p> <p>photons and material dipoles provide a path. Recent work has proven the potential for</p> <p>polaritons as an additional heat carrying channel for both conduction and radiation at</p> <p>the smallest scales. Transforming this potential into practical solutions is next. Within</p> <p>this position, you will design, fabricate, and build "polariton powered" thermal solutions</p> <p>to impact the world's energy consumption. You will identify applications where</p> <p>polaritons unlock thermal solutions that traditional energy carriers cannot. Practically,</p> <p>you will take a polariton thermal solution from ideation to realization by leveraging</p> <p>differentiating theoretical and material characterization tools with Purdue's newly recapitalized</p> <p>Birck Nanotechnology Center. By extending the science of polaritonmediated</p> <p>thermal transport to realize practical solutions, the position will culminate in</p> <p>career opportunities spanning from academic to entrepreneurial.</p> <p>Desired Qualifications</p> <ul> <li>A Ph.D. in engineering, physics, or related discipline </li><li>Experience in one, or more, of the following areas: (1) first-principles thermal or </li></ul> <p>optical property prediction (2) thermal property measurement, (3) near-field</p> <p>optical phenomena, (4) thermophotovoltaics.</p> <ul> <li>The ability to communicate expertly within and between disciplines both via the </li></ul> <p>written and spoken word as evidenced via a strong scholarly record.</p> <ul> <li>A demonstrated ability to work independently within an interdisciplinary team </li></ul> <p>while being both mentored and taking on a mentoring role.</p> <p>Job Family</p> <p>Research</p> <p>Job Sub Family</p> <p>Post Docs</p> <p>Employee Class</p> <p>Post Doc</p> <p>Career Stream</p> <p>Post Graduate</p> <p>FLSA Status</p> <p>Exempt</p> <p>Apply now</p> <p>Posting Start Date: 2/3/25</p>