Research / Teaching Associate (Chemical Engineering) (Academic)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Department Description:
• The Company aspires to create a world-class research institution with the main emphasis to support and advance oil, gas and energy industries. The strong financial support of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Group and its subsidiaries, as well as four major international oil companies, BP, Shell, JODCO and TOTAL, provide a teaching and research environment that is unique in the resources and potential that the Company enjoys. Research activities are well integrated into the educational system and are expressly designed to serve the R & D needs of ADNOC Group and its subsidiaries. The campus has modern instructional laboratories and classroom facilities and state-of-the-art research laboratories and centers, such as Company Research Center.
Brief Posting Description:
• The chemical engineering faculty members play a major role in interdisciplinary research and collaborate actively in joint research projects through the Company standing agreements with partner universities (e.g. University of Minnesota, University of Maryland, Colorado School of Mines, Rice University, University of Texas - Austin, China University of Petroleum - Beijing, and Johannes Kepler University at Linz - Austria).
• Research in the department of chemical engineering is supported by state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment. Our laboratories include the Catalysis, Reaction Engineering and Process Intensification laboratory, the Flow Assurance and Production Chemistry laboratory, the Polymer laboratory (polymer chemistry, polymer characterization and testing as well as polymer processing), and the Environmental Chemistry laboratory. There are also dedicated facilities and software for computational work.
Minimum Requirements:
• A postdoctoral position is currently available in the field of Combustion at the Company in Abu Dhabi. Candidates should have a PhD with expertise in flame/reactor simulation and experiments, and reaction mechanism development using quantum calculations in Gaussian. Candidates having MS degree with at least three years of relevant experience may also be considered.
We are particularly interested in candidates with the following qualities:
• Good knowledge of and research experience in flame modelling and simulation, reaction mechanism development, quantum chemical calculations, and design of experiments for model validation.
• Experience with software such as Gaussian and Chemkin
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• A good track record of research publications
• The successful candidate will develop models and reaction mechanism for gas processing/combustion units in the fields of the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries.
• He/ She will also be responsible for supervising some graduate students in the area of combustion
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