MIT Open Nuclear Postdoc and Faculty PositionsStanton Nuclear Security FellowshipThe Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering Laboratory for Nuclear Security Policy (LNSP) is seeking applicants for the Stanton Fellowship in Nuclear Security. The Fellowship comes with a stipend of $80,000/year and is intended to develop the next generation of leaders. Fellows work on a research projects at the intersection of technology and nuclear-security policy. Fellows may join an existing project or propose their own. Projects should take advantage of faculty expertise at LNSP and NSE. Collaboration with members of the MIT Security Studies Program is also encouraged. Fellows are required to produce an original, policy-relevant paper before the conclusion of the fellowship, preferably a publication in an academic journal. Fellows are also required to present their work at the annual Stanton Nuclear Security Seminar hosted by the Stanton Foundation. NSE Nuclear Science and EngineeringFaculty Positions Nonproliferation Summer School at Los AlamosLos Alamos National Laboratory will be hosting its first annual Dr. G. Robert Keepin Nonproliferation Summer School during June and July of 2017. The eight to 10-week intensive schedule will consist of hands-on training complete with seminars and tours, as well as a research internship. We hope to bring together 30 of the best university students and a handful of experts in the nonproliferation world, exposing everyone to the unique facilities that LANL has to offer. The deadline for applications is December 31st, 2016. If you are a professor interested in giving a lecture during the summer school, please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I can be reached by email at cverschuren@lanl.gov or by phone at 505-664-0858. See: keepin-flyer CNEC JFA Faculty Position The Department of Nuclear Engineering offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Nuclear Engineering. We are the only nuclear engineering program in the state of North Carolina and one of the premier departments in the southeast United States. The Carolinas currently contribute to the advancement of the nuclear enterprise regionally, nationally, and internationally. Through collaborative efforts of various stakeholders, NC State’s Nuclear Engineering Department is increasing its footprint on the national and global levels. The strengths of the Department include a growing faculty, rising graduate enrollments, and increasing research funding. The Department houses excellent research facilities including the PULSTAR research nuclear reactor and the Consortium for Engineering Applications of Radioisotopes (CEAR) that has maintained continuous industrial funding since 1980. NC State is a member of the consortia that manage Idaho National Lab (INL) and Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) for the US Department of Energy (DOE). In 2014, NC State was awarded a $25M grant by the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to create the Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities (CNEC) comprised of seven partner universities and three national laboratories. CNEC’s vision is to become the preeminent research and education hub dedicated to the development of enabling technologies and technical talent for meeting the present and future grand challenges of nuclear nonproliferation. The Department’s diverse research portfolio is organized along four major tracks: (1) radiation and radioisotope applications engineering including nuclear security, (2) fission engineering, (3) plasma and fusion engineering, and (4) cross-cutting areas including nuclear computational science and nuclear materials science. Specific sub-areas of interest given the nuclear security emphasis are radiation detection including spectrometry and imaging, fuel cycle analysis, and plasma-based radiation sources. The duties and responsibilities of this position include: • Teach 1-2 undergraduate and graduate level courses per semester in nuclear engineering.
Please see http://www.ne.ncsu.edu/index.html for more information on the Department. Apply Now: Assistant / Associate / Professor #76582 |
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2017 NDSEG Fellowship for STEM Students
From its inception, the goal of this program has been to increase the number of STEM professionals in the U.S. workforce.
The NDSEG Fellowship Program is a three-year funding opportunity for students in or near the beginning stages of their overall graduate study and it is meant for students who plan to pursue research-based doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.
The program provides awarded fellows with:
• 36 months of full tuition and mandatory fee coverage at any accredited U.S. institution;
• A $1,000 medical health insurance allowance per each year of the three-year program tenure;
• And $102,000.00 in stipend payments over three years.
Students can start applying to the program as early as their undergraduate senior year and as late as the start of their third year of overall graduate study.
This year’s deadline for a 2017 award is December 9 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
If you are eligible and interested, panelist registration for the 2017 NDSEG Digital Application Evaluation is now open at https://ndseg.asee.org/panelists. This year’s evaluation panel will be held digitally throughout the month of January 2017. For more information, please contact our team directly.
Our team can be reached at NDSEG@asee.org or at (202) 649 – 3831. Rachel Levitin – Program Manager for the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program based in Washington, D.C.
The NDSEG Program Team at ASEE
1818 N Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 649-3831
NDSEG@asee.org
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Postdoctoral Research Scholar Program (67042)
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar
Duty Station: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) located in Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Date(s): Postdoctoral scholars will spend one year with the possibility of renewal for up to three years, working at DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA) as employees of The Pennsylvania State University. Target start date is Spring 2017 (or earlier).
Add’l Information: We are looking for a U.S. citizen with multidisciplinary chemical engineering, chemistry, chemical physics, materials science or materials engineering expertise for a postdoctoral scholar position in the area of energetics / reactive materials. At this time we are specifically looking for a candidate to fill a position supporting basic research in the science to defeat WMD portfolio. The Postdoctoral Research Scholar Program was established by Penn State University to develop and execute a program to address critical scientific, technology, and engineering needs for reducing the threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). This project enables DTRA to utilize mission-critical expertise possessed by highly qualified recent graduates who hold doctoral or terminal professional degrees in relevant scientific, technical and engineering disciplines. Postdoctoral Fellows will be selected based upon their responsive ability to enhance DTRA’s mission requirements.
Description: Basic science to defeat WMD involves furthering the understanding of explosives, their detonation and problems associated with accessing the target WMDs. This research thrust includes the creation of new energetic molecules/materials that enhance the defeat of WMDs, the improvement of modeling, and simulation of these materials and various phenomena that affect success and estimate the impact of defeat actions, and investigation of novel methods that may yield order-of-magnitude improvements in energy and energy release rate. DTRA sponsors universities or government labs to perform farsighted, high payoff research addressing challenges in preventing, reducing, eliminating, defeating and mitigating threats from weapons of mass destruction (WMD); and facilitates transition of research results to higher levels of S&T maturation. In particular, Thrust Area 4, Science to Defeat WMD, supports research on revolutionizing weapons designed for accessing and defeating WMD, including research on new energetic materials (explosives), physical approaches that enhance the defeat of WMDs; improved modeling and simulation of weapon payloads (energetic material) and weapon effects; estimating the impact (lethality) of defeat actions; accessing hard-to-reach targets; and assessment of materials and damage (defeat) using various dynamic analytical diagnostic methods.
Education: The candidate should have a PhD in Material Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Physics, Computational Physics, Mechanical Engineering, or Materials Engineering.
Qualifications:
1. Expert knowledge of at least one of these research areas:
- Energetic materials, pyrotechnics, reactive materials, biocidal (able to destroy bio agents) materials, general material science, nanotechnology, additive manufacturing, structural materials or functional materials.
- High heating rate thermal decomposition reaction mechanisms and kinetics of chemical agent simulants
- Some knowledge of shock physics, high-pressure or high-temperature effects, time-resolved spectroscopies, dynamic diagnostic methods, 3-D imaging techniques, etc.
- Excellent research skills, particularly using online resources, with ability to condense large amounts of information, eliminate extraneous data, and provide intelligent answers
- Experience preparing, reviewing, editing and formatting technical documents and associated graphics/illustrations
- Ability to multitask, especially under tight deadlines, independently and in-coordination & communication with a team of other scientists and engineers, with minimal supervision
Work Description: This position is on-site at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Fort Belvoir, VA and is not a designated lab research position; the position’s description does not include either laboratory time or academic research. However, the applicant may be able to continue their current research while working under this opportunity, if Penn State and DTRA feel it is in concert with their goals. The Penn State Postdoctoral Scholar will be assigned to the Research and Development, Counter WMD Technologies Department and subsequently detailed to perform such duties as may be required among the various Agency Enterprises, Directorates and Offices. The incumbent, as a technical authority and representative of the Directorate, is responsible for basic and applied science projects and initiatives and for planning, coordinating, and evaluating research proposals and projects which address challenges in combating WMD. The position entails developing research areas to push the state-of-the-art in weapons design and target access, publishing topics in BAAs to solicit research in these research areas, reviewing and evaluating white papers and proposals thus obtained, finding subject matter experts to peer-review proposals, preparing award packages for obligating funds to execute research, reading and analyzing research reports from performers, evaluating research products at review presentations and preparing presentations or support documents for program reviews, meetings or internally required tasks. The incumbent is to maintain personal technical knowledge in the incumbent’s subject of expertise by reading and researching peer-reviewed journal articles, attending / organizing conferences, meetings and symposia, and keeping abreast of the state-of-the-art.
Further Detail: For a qualified candidate, this opportunity would provide the following:
$83,664 annual salary
$6,000 domestic travel allowance
Reminder: applicants must be a U.S. citizen, capable of obtaining a security clearance at the Secret level. Postdoctoral scholars will spend one year with the possibility of renewal for up to three years, working at DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA) as employees of The Pennsylvania State University.
Apply Here To apply please upload a cover letter, CV or resume, and a completed application form.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Please email jbm18@psu.edu for more information.
Sealing Systems Engineer(P4) – (2016/0505 (006930)
Organization: SGTS-Seals Team
Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters
Closing Date: 2016-10-07, 5:59:00 PM Duration in Months: 36–Fixed Term, 3 years (subject to a probationary period of 1 year)
Main Purpose: Reporting to the Team Leader, the Sealing Systems Engineer initiates, monitors and evaluates the development and implementation of containment and sealing systems. She/he further provides expert assistance to the Operations Divisions on the implementation and operation of sealing and containment systems and participates in the training of safeguards inspectors.
Dangerous Goods Shipment Specialist(P3) – (2016/0486 (020104)
Organization: SGAS-Analytical Services Team
Primary Location: Austria-Lower Austria-Seibersdorf-IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf
Closing Date: 2016-10-04, 5:59:00 PM Duration in Months: 36-Fixed Term, 3 years (subject to a probationary period of 1 year)
Main Purpose: Reporting to the Team Leader, the Dangerous Goods Shipment Specialist provides technical support in the area of safeguards sample logistics. The Dangerous Goods Shipment Specialist monitors and advises on changes to the international framework for the safe transport of radioactive materials that have an impact on sample shipments within the Department of Safeguards, and contributes to the development of such regulations as required. The incumbent also oversees the procurement, refurbishment, certification, and validation of shipping containers and sampling equipment used for nuclear material samples, radioactive sources and other dangerous goods.
NSRW/RSM/Consultant for RADSED Project/2016-11-01 – 2017-04-28 (TAL-NSRW20160908-001)
Organization: NSRW-Radiation Safety Technical Services Unit
Primary Location: Austria-Vienna-Vienna-IAEA Headquarters
Closing Date: 2016-10-03, 5:59:00 PM Duration in Months: 6-Contract Type: Special Service Agreement – SSA
Main Purpose: Under the supervision of the Group Leader of the Individual Monitoring Services Group, the Consultant participates in the implementation of the project entitled Enhancing Radiation Safety through Efficient and Modern Dosimetry (RADSED). In this he/she analyses trends in radiation transport algorithms, pursues implementation of numerical methods related to internal dosimetry and uncertainty assessment, and prepares project reports and documentation.
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, or DTRA
Position: Computational Social Scientist Postdoctoral Scholar- Opportunity in Nuclear Effects (65813) [7]
Duty Station: DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA)
Date(s): Start date – Fall 2016 or earlier
Contact Info: jbm18@psu.edu
Add’l Information: U.S. citizen to provide support of research activities to improve methods for understanding social behavior after detonation of a nuclear weapon. The selected candidate will be placed at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, or DTRA, located in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Candidates must be able to obtain a security clearance.
Strong quantitative abilities and communication skills are sought. The candidate should have a Ph.D. or equivalent in computational sociology, computational social science, or a related field. Skills required include computational modeling and simulation (agent-based modeling, social network analysis, Monte Carlo methods, uncertainty quantification, etc.) and proficiency in HPC computer programming as well as a deep understanding of social sciences. Emphasis on human behavior during crisis and disaster scenarios is beneficial. Candidates should have an interdisciplinary background and be willing and flexible at learning and reviewing concepts beyond their specialty.
This position is located within DTRA, on-site at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. This is not a bench research position within a lab, but is focused on support of basic research and program management. The following are emphasized: (1) depth of analytic thinking to identify critical research needs and opportunities; and, (2) follow-up management of investments in basic research grants to foster success of the portfolio. The successful candidate will help implement new ideas into development of research topics, review proposals and scientific progress, and support grant oversight and other science based activities. Program success is achieved by increasing innovative knowledge needed for reducing threats posed by nuclear weapons, and more generally WMD threats, followed by fostering transition of basic research to applied research and development.
For a qualified candidate, this opportunity would provide the following: $83,664 annual salary $6,000 Domestic Travel allowance.
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, capable of obtaining a security clearance at the Secret level. Postdoctoral scholars will spend one year with the possibility of renewal for up to three years, working at DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA) as employees of The Pennsylvania State University.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
WORKSHOP
Uncertainty Quantification for Non-Destructive Assay Workshop
September 28-30, 2016
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Contacts:
Andrew Nicholson Andrea Favalli
Workshop Co-Chair Workshop Co-Chair
Email: nicholsonad@ornl.gov Email: afavalli@lanl.gov
Phone: (+01) 865-241- 4343 Phone: (+01) 505-667- 1429
Workshop attendees are invited to submit a paper and present their work regarding:
Uncertainty in Measurement
Uncertainty in Modeling and Mathematical methods
Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lawrence Livermore National Labs
Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Duty Station: Lawrence Livermore National Labs
Date(s): Applications are due on October 1. Between mid-December and early February, selected finalists are invited to LLNL for two days of interviews and to give a seminar. Hiring decisions are made in mid-February.
Add’l Information: To be eligible for the fellowship, applicants must either be in the process of completing their Ph.D. (within one year and employment may not start until Ph.D. requirements have been verified), or have received their Ph.D. degree within five years of being hired as a Lawrence Fellow. Disciplines include Atmospheric Science, Biology, Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Energy, Engineering, Environmental Science, Geoscience, Lasers, Materials Science and Physics.
Applied Science and Engineering Career-Track Scientist-82663
Position: Applied Science and Engineering Career-
Track Scientist who will be responsible for development of radiation detection technologies, specifically in gamma-ray detection and imaging employing semiconductor and scintillation detectors.
Duty Station: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Date(s): The posting shall remain open until the position is filled.
Advanced degree (i.e., PhD) is required. This is a 2 year, career-track term appointment that may be renewed to a maximum of five years and that may be converted to career based upon satisfactory job performance, continuing availability of funds, and ongoing operational needs.
Scientific Engineer Associate (Applied Nuclear Physics Program)-82750
Position: Scientific Engineer Associate to engage in innovative, applied research as part of a team of physicists and engineers in the Applied Nuclear Physics Program (ANP). This position will develop data acquisition systems and real-time analysis frameworks for systems that fuse radiation data with data from contextual sensors, including video and LIDAR.
Duty Station: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Date(s): The posting shall remain open until the position is filled, however for full consideration, please apply by close of business on September 26, 2016.
All degree levels are encouraged to apply: Bachelor, Master, PhD. This is a 1 year, term appointment with the possibility of renewal and with the possibility of conversion to career.
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, or DTRA
Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar Program – improve methods for understanding nuclear weapons effects consequence of execution
Duty Station: DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA)
Date(s): Start date – Fall 2016 start date or earlier
Contact Info: jbm18@psu.edu
Add’l Information: Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, capable of obtaining a security clearance at the Secret level. Postdoctoral scholars will spend one year with the possibility of renewal for up to three years, working at DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA) as employees of The Pennsylvania State University. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, or DTRA
Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar Program – methods for detection of nuclear threats
Duty Station: DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA)
Date(s): Start date – Fall 2016 or earlier
Contact Info: jbm18@psu.edu
Add’l Information: Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, capable of obtaining a security clearance at the Secret level. Postdoctoral scholars will spend one year with the possibility of renewal for up to three years, working at DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA) as employees of The Pennsylvania State University. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, or DTRA
Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar Program – improve methods for monitoring and verification of nuclear treaties
Duty Station: DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA)
Date(s): Start date – Fall 2016 or earlier
Contact Info: jbm18@psu.edu
Add’l Information: Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, capable of obtaining a security clearance at the Secret level. Postdoctoral scholars will spend one year with the possibility of renewal for up to three years, working at DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA) as employees of The Pennsylvania State University. Applications are accepted online at https://psu.jobs/job/64469. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, or DTRA
Position: Computational Social Scientist Postdoctoral Scholar-
Opportunity in Nuclear Effects
Duty Station: DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA)
Date(s): Target start date is Fall 2016 or earlier.
Contact Info: jbm18@psu.edu
Add’l Information: Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, capable of obtaining a security clearance at the Secret level. Postdoctoral scholars will spend one year with the possibility of renewal for up to three years, working at DTRA (Fort Belvoir, VA) as employees of The Pennsylvania State University. Applications are accepted online at https://psu.jobs/job/65813
CONFERENCES & SYMPOSIA
Invitation to the first American Nuclear Society (ANS) Nonproliferation Topical 2016: Bridging the Gaps in Nuclear Nonproliferation Conference.
September 25-28, 2016
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Invitation is extended to submit papers that will provide status updates on some of the technical accomplishments that have come out of multi-institutional consortia that is providing cutting edge multidisciplinary research and development, education and training in nuclear nonproliferation.
All submissions are required to be in the form of an ANS Transaction, with guidelines and template . Please follow the submission instructions on the conference website for inclusion in the conference program and register for the conference when registration opens. The deadline for paper submissions is April 1, 2016.
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC)
September 28, 2016
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Title: Demonstrating MCNP6 Correlated Fission Capabilities and the MCNP Associated
Packages: Intrinsic Source Calculator, MCNPTools and DRiFT (Detector Response
Function Toolkit)
Author(s): Andrews, Madison Theresa
Rising, Michael Evan
Solomon. Clell Jeffrey Jr.
Bates, Cameron Russell
McMath, Garrett Earl
updated: 09/26/16
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