Openings

last updated: September 1, 2021

AMDL is growing and we are striving to attract outstanding students and postdocs/visitors. We highly encourage underrepresented minorities, female students, individuals with disabilities, and veterans to join AMDL. The currently available positions are as follows:

Postdoctoral fellows and vising scientists with their funding and interests in materials characterization, additive manufacturing, and machine learning are welcome to join AMDL. Please contact me at iman@ou.edu with the subject line “Postdoc/Visiting researcher position” and attach your CV and research statement.   

Two fully-funded Ph.D. positions are available for Spring/Fall 2022.

The research of the first position is focused on the 3D printing of metallic alloys and their characterization using different electron microscopes. Qualified candidates are expected to have a B.S. or M.S. degree in Materials Science or Mechanical Engineering. A background in physical metallurgy and characterization will be valued (not required) for this position.

The second position is on machine learning and its applications in additive manufacturing and materials development. Students with related backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Having experience in programming would be a plus.  

The successful candidates will benefit from the state-of-the-art characterization and computation facilities at OU. Financial support will be provided as Graduate Teaching/Research Assistantship with covered tuition and salary.

If interested, contact me at iman@ou.edu with the subject line “Ph.D. position application”. In the email, please indicate the position you are applying for and attach your CV, academic transcripts, and GRE/TOEFL/IELTS test scores. Please do NOT send me any follow-up emails. I will contact you within eight weeks if I see a good match between your background/skills and the available projects at AMDL.

Please see the application deadlines and English proficiency requirements for further information. 

If you are interested in additive manufacturing of metals, machine learning, image processing, and materials characterization, please contact me at iman@ou.edu with the subject line “MS position application”. In your email, please indicate your research area of interest and attach your CV, academic transcripts, and GRE/TOEFL/IELTS test scores. Please do NOT send me any follow-up emails. I will contact you within eight weeks if I see a good match between your background/skills and the available projects at AMDL. Please see the application deadlines and English proficiency requirements for further information. 

If you like to learn what an authentic research experience is and prepare yourself for a graduate research environment, we are excited to help you at AMDL. An undergraduate student will be constantly mentored by a graduate student or a postdoc and works on a project related to additive manufacturing of structural alloys, characterization of metallic materials using optical/electron microscopes, image processing, data analytics, or machine learning. Your work will be a small part of one of the ongoing projects at AMDL. This way, you have a good chance to be a co-author of a peer-reviewed paper. If this sounds interesting to you, contact me at iman@ou.edu or stop by my office.

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