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Requisition Number: F_230048

Department: Midwest Roadside Safety Facility-1070

Description of Work:

1. Manage, conduct, and participate in various research studies within fields of roadside safety, motorsports safety, force protection, physical security, threat mitigation, crash analysis, and other areas to be determined.
2. Serve as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) on research studies.
3. Perform non-linear, dynamic, finite element analysis (FEA) and design for various research studies involving low- to high-energy impact events using LS-DYNA and other applicable numerical analysis methods/computer simulation codes.
4. Prepare and submit proposals/budgets to acquire new funding.
5. Meet with prospective clients to develop research partnerships and funded projects.
6. Prepare, write, review, and edit research reports, refereed journal articles, conference papers, research summaries, and status/progress reports.
7. Prepare and provide technical presentations for research sponsors.
8. Prepare, conduct, and manage structural analysis and material characterization studies.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely-related field, plus a minimum of 1.5 years of research experience in the areas of roadside safety, impact engineering, and crash mitigation.
• Experience with non-linear, dynamic, finite element analysis (FEA) and design for use in research studies involving low- to high-energy impact events using LS-DYNA and other applicable numerical analysis methods/computer simulation codes.
• Experience with material characterization studies, such as those involving dynamic loading with large soil deformations, steel fracture, concrete fracture, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge and/or research experience in two of more of the following areas:
  1. Computer simulation with vehicle dynamics codes, such as CARSIM, ADAMS, etc.
  2. Crash reconstruction of vehicle collisions into roadside safety hardware and geometric features.
  3. Force protection, physical security, and threat mitigation strategies.
  4. Motorsports safety.
  5. Product development and innovation.
  6. Rail crashworthiness and safety.
  7. Run-off-road crash analysis.
  8. Human biomechanics.

• Experience preparing and submitting proposals/budgets for new funding, 
• Experience presenting technical information for research sponsors and have 
• Experience leading technical discussions and meetings with a variety of audiences.
• Professional registration/licensure within your field of engineering expertise. Successful candidates without professional licensure will be expected to obtain licensure within two years of hire.

Job Type: 12 Month (Faculty Only)

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