Postdoc Opportunities in the Experimental Properties of Fluids Group

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The Experimental Properties of Fluids Group is an active participant in the NIST/NRC postdoc program. During 2005, NIST will fund 30 to 60 new NRC Postdocs. Their starting salary will be $55,700 plus fringe benefits that include moving expenses, a travel allowance, and a health plan. They will have a very wide choice among research subjects.

The formally announced research opportunities available in the Experimental Properties of Fluids Group are listed below. However, any research that exploits the equipment and expertise available in the Group or at NIST will be considered. Of 13 postdocs who have been in the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) since 1965, 11 have been employed at NIST beyond their two-year postdoc tenure, among them Dr. Joseph Magee.

The Experimental Properties of Fluids Group has extensive capabilities for wide-ranging, high-accuracy fluid properties measurements. It performs experimental research on the thermodynamic and transport properties of industrially important fluids and fluid mixtures covering temperatures from 30 to over 700 K at pressures up to 70 MPa; the full composition range is covered for mixtures. State-of-the-art instruments are employed to measure properties such as pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) behavior, vapor pressure and phase equilibrium (VLE) behavior, heat capacity, speed of sound, viscosity, and thermal conductivity. The group currently has strong programs in natural gas mixtures, aqueous systems, and alternatives to the chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants. The group also carries out light and neutron scattering studies of fluids to gain a fundamental understanding of the microstructure of fluids. The group has a long history of research in fluid properties, and over the past 40 years, has provided comprehensive measurements on a wide variety of fluid systems including common inorganics, cryogens, hydrocarbons, supercritical fluids, and aqueous systems. It works closely with the Theory and Modeling of Fluids Group and others to provide the data needed to develop comprehensive formulations of fluid properties. Members of the Group play leadership roles as editors of journals in the field of thermophysics and coordinators of IUPAC projects.

The deadline for applications is annually on the first of February, however, efforts are underway to speed up the process to semiannual submission deadlines. The postdoc program is restricted to U.S. citizens. Application materials are available from Dr. Claire M. Saundry. Prior to writing the research proposal for the formal application, prospective applicants should contact the Acting Group Leader, Dr. Daniel G. Friend or another research advisor. Other potential advisors are: Don Archer, Joe Magee, Arno Laesecke, Mark McLinden, and Rich Perkins.

NIST/NRC Postdoc opportunities in the Experimental Properties of Fluids Group:

Thermodynamic Properties of Condensed Phases

Thermodynamic Properties for Environmental Geochemistry

Scattering from Nonequilibrium Systems

Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids - Experimental

Physical and Chemical Properties of Ionic Liquids

Transport Properties of Fluids - Experimental

Metastable Fluids and Processes in Microdevices

Viscometry with Torsionally Vibrating Piezoelectric Crystals

Computer Simulation of Viscosity at Near-Experimental Uncertainty Levels

Microscale Fluid Flow

Experimental and Computational Study of Fluid flow in Coiled Tubes

Vapor-Liquid Equilibria, Coexisting Densities, Surface Tension, and Dew and Bubble Point Pressures

Computational Fluid Dynamics of Near-Critical Fluids Using Accurate Thermophysical Properties

Thermodynamics of Moist Gas Mixtures

Microscale Thermophysics

Contact:
Dr. Daniel G. Friend NIST Physical and Chemical Properties Division Experimental Properties of Fluids Group Mail Stop 838 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305-3328 USA		+1-303-497-5424
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