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PREP Research Associate

CHIPS Funded Project.

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest and thus requires that such institutions be the recipients of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.

Research Title:

Advancing Critical Materials Recovery from Electronic Waste Sources: Development of Essential Phase-based Data

The work will entail:

This work will support the development of new processing methods to extract critical materials from microelectronic waste streams and identify potential applications for recovered materials for re-use in the semiconductor industry. Initially, this project will focus on the recovery of critical elements such as In, Ge, and Sb from microelectronic waste. Essential thermodynamic and kinetic measurements will be conducted to improve the efficiency of vacuum distillation efforts to recover critical materials. These data will be used to improve existing computational thermodynamic and kinetic databases. The experimental measurements will be used in conjunction with available literature data to enable extrapolation to multicomponent systems. This work will include development of new methods to integrate the measured experimental uncertainties with the available literature reported uncertainties.

Evaluation of the critical industry needs and analysis of existing extraction processing and material criticality will provide the foundation for identifying potential applications to reuse extracted materials. A systems design approach, which employs a variety of mechanistic models, will be used to develop prototype alloys. The prototype alloys will be characterized to evaluate the properties

Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

+ Measure and analyze thermodynamic and kinetic data for key critical material system, In-Ge-Sb.

+ Determine methods for integrating experimental and literature data into computational thermodynamic and kinetic phase descriptions.

+ Analyze heterogeneous data sources.

+ Determine methods to evaluate public data sources.

• Presenting results at internal meetings, and occasional meetings with external stakeholders.

• Ensuring that results, protocols, software, and documentation have been archived or otherwise transmitted to the larger organization.

• A PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field.

• 4 years of relevant experience

• Experience with phase transformations in metallic systems

• Strong background in data analysis, statistical analysis and design of experiments

• Familiarity with CALPHAD methods and thermodynamic and kinetic phase-based data

• Familiarity with machine learning tools and python and R scripting

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Salary: $84,000-$86,000 a year

Please upload the following with your application:

- CV/Resume

*Please limit C.V to 3 pages only and ONLY include a valid email address for your contact info. Please DO NOT include telephone numbers, home address or photos on your resume.

Privacy Act Statement

Authority: 15 U.S.C. § 278g-1(e)(1) and (e)(3) and 15 U.S.C. § 272(b) and (c)

Purpose: The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts the Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) (https://www.nist.gov/iaao/academic-affairs-office/nist-professional-research-experience-program-prep) which is designed to provide valuable laboratory experience and financial assistance to undergraduates, post-bachelor's degree holders, graduate students, master's degree holders, postdocs, and faculty.

PREP is a 5-year cooperative agreement between NIST laboratories and participating PREP Universities to establish a collaborative research relationship between NIST and U.S. institutions of higher education in the following disciplines including (but may not be limited to) biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, electronics, materials science, mathematics, nanoscale science, neutron science, physical science, physics, and statistics. This collection of information is needed to facilitate the administrative functions of the PREP Program.

Routine Uses: NIST will use the information collected to perform the requisite reviews of the applications to determine eligibility, and to meet programmatic requirements. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notices: NIST-1: NIST Associates.

Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary. When you submit the form, you are indicating your voluntary consent for NIST to use of the information you submit for the purpose stated. By applying to a CHIPS-funded PREP opportunity, you also acknowledge that participation in the project requires signing a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) prior to beginning any work.

Job Type: Full Time

The listed salary range represents the minimum and maximum Johns Hopkins University offers for this position, based on a good faith estimate at the time of posting. Actual compensation will vary depending on factors such as location, skills, experience, market conditions, education, and internal equity. Not all candidates will qualify for the highest salary in the range.

Johns Hopkins provides a comprehensive benefits package supporting health, career, and retirement. Learn more: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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