Postdoctoral Scholar-Chemo-Mechanical Modeling of Porous Materials
Core
Develop novel computational methods for modeling the coupling between chemical reactions, mechanical deformation, and failure in porous materials at the pore scale.
Role type
Postdoctoral Scholar (Computational Modeling)
Builds
Computational models connecting pore-scale processes to engineering-scale behavior for applications in geologic CO2 storage, cement degradation, and energy storage.
Domain
Geosciences / Computational Mechanics / Porous Media
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Numerical methods for partial differential equations, Scientific programming (MATLAB, C++, Python), High-performance computing
Preferred skills
Computational solid and fracture mechanics, Phase-field formulations, Reactive transport in porous media, Poromechanics, Discretization schemes (FVM, FEM, XFEM)
Responsibilities
Lead model formulation, algorithm development, and software implementation; Mentor graduate students; Co-lead a conference workshop; Release open-source software and benchmark data.
Seniority
Postdoctoral Researcher