Versatile PhD Monthly Message

O Versatile Ones,

Spring has sprung! As temperatures warm up, we hope your non-academic career explorations are warming up too. Maybe this will help:

“PhD Careers in Think Tanks” (STEM edition) will be discussed this week in the STEM forum. Five great panelists, all STEM PhDs working in various different think tanks (non-academic research organizations), will discuss their work and answer your questions. Go here for more details. Even if you are not in STEM, if think tanks interest you, follow this discussion anyway because you will learn a lot about that world and make some new friends besides.

Call for Authors: I am looking for PhDs and ABDs working in non-academic careers who might consider writing about their post-PhD journeys for Versatile PhD. This year’s wish list focuses on…

Humanities and qualitative Social Science folks employed in the following careers:

• Foreign Language Translation
• Program Evaluation
• Law (not limited to attorneys)
• Marketing
• Institutional Research
• Policy or Think Tanks
• Writing

…and STEM folks working in these careers:

• Conservation
• Industry other than Biotech
• Science Policy or Think Tanks
• Patent Law
• E-Learning and Instructional Design
• Marketing
• University Administration
• K-12 teaching

If you see yourself or someone you know on that list, please kindly send me your/their LinkedIn profile so I can learn more. Email paula at versatilephd dot com.

Keep exploring and keep meeting new people! Tell everyone you know about what you are looking for. You just might get it.

Your loving founder,

Paula Chambers

Post-Doctoral Researcher or Graduate Student- Evaluating the Reactions or Interactions of Materials in Extreme Environments Using a Confocal Microscope

· Through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), this posting seeks highly motivated PostBS, PostMS or PostDoc research associate with materials knowledge/experience to conduct, analyze, and report the results obtained from the operation of two high temperature confocal scanning laser microscopes (HTCSLM) at NETL who has experience preferred in the following areas:

o course work metallurgy, ceramics, physics, chemistry, and engineering

o knowledge of material thermodynamics and kinetics

o knowledge of gaseous corrosion and/or hot-corrosion of metals, ceramics, and/or glasses

o ability to operate computer software needed to control a confocal furnace, scanning laser microscope, and to analyze data

For more information, please visit http://www.orau.gov/netl/

Interested candidates may contact James Bennett at James.Bennett directly with a current CV at the earliest opportunity.

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Post-Doctoral Researcher or Graduate Student- Mechanical/Aerospace/Chemical Engineer – Aerothermal Experimentalist

Through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), this posting seeks motivated post-doc or graduate student to design and conduct experiments in the high-temperature (1,400°K gas temperature), high-pressure NETL aero-thermal test rig to evaluate geometries and develop correlations for enhanced heat transfer for use in gas turbine vanes and blades who would be expected to be familiar with CFD techniques and ability to perform CFD modeling is a plus.

For more information, please visit http://www.orau.gov/netl/

Interested candidates may contact Douglas Straub douglas.straub directly with a current CV at the earliest opportunity.

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Apply NOW! 10 week Summer Projects for CIESESE (Consortium for Integrating Energy Systems in Engineering & Science Education)

Through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), this posting seeks motivated undergraduate, graduate and faculty to engage in collaborative research with scientists at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Research and Innovation Center (R&IC) located in Morgantown, WV. NETL is seeking researchers for the 12 projects in the following research areas (RAs):

1. Online Recursive System Identification and Adaptive Control of Hybrid Power Systems

2. RAMAN Gas Analyzer for Control in Advanced Power Systems

3. Supervisory Control

4. Anode Recycle

5. Component Degradation

6. Startup and Electrochemical Light-off

7. MISO + SISO or Feed Forward MISO

8. Cyber-Physical Chemical Looping Reactor Observer

9. Fuel Flexibility in Hybrid Systems

10. Compressor Surge and Stall

11. Modeling the NETL Microgrid

12. Magneto Hydro Dynamics

Benefits:

· Highly competitive weekly stipend

· Travel allowance

· Housing allowance

***Please designate David Tucker, as a mentor in your application. This will associate your application with this posting. Please send a CV to david.tucker.

***For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.orau.gov/netl/

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Dear Colleague,

The deadline for the Lasker Foundation’s 2017 Essay Contest is approaching! This exciting challenge engages young scientists and clinicians in a discussion about the big questions in biology and medicine today, and the role of biomedical research in our society.

Deadline for submitting essays is Monday, April 3, 2017.

The Foundation seeks essays of 800 words or less on the following topic:

Using at least one specific example, propose ways in which breakthroughs in biomedical research can be made part of the daily global dialogue, so that a much wider public becomes better informed and more supportive of biomedical research endeavors.

We kindly ask for your assistance to spread the word about this contest, and to invite students and fellows from your institution to participate in it.

For more information, including eligibility and prizes, and to learn about previous winners, please visit the Lasker Essay Contest website.

With best wishes,
The Lasker Foundation
www.LaskerFoundation.org

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Dear Department Chair/Department Head: I ask your assistance in forwarding this message to graduate students in your department informing them of an outstanding fellowship opportunity with the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) invites exceptional young researchers to apply for the ARL Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship provides recipients the opportunity to pursue independent research while working alongside some of the nation’s best scientists and engineers. Applicants must display extraordinary ability in scientific research and show clear promise of becoming outstanding leaders. Successful candidates will have tackled a major scientific or engineering problem or will have provided a new approach or insight, as evidenced by a recognized impact in their field. Eligibility criteria • Applicants must have completed all the requirements for a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree in the physical sciences, life sciences, computational sciences, behavioral sciences, or engineering and must have earned their doctoral degree no earlier than May 1, 2014. • There are no citizenship requirements; however, selected fellows must successfully complete a Department of Defense clearance process, requiring a background security investigation. • Applicants must demonstrate exceptional qualifications with respect to academic and scholarly achievement, as evidenced by research and publication. • Candidates are expected to have conducted research on a major scientific or engineering problem during their thesis work or have provided a new approach or insight evidenced by a recognized impact in their field. Fellowship terms and benefits • A stipend of $100,000 annually • Health insurance (including dental and vision) • Paid relocation and a professional travel allowance • Appointments are for one year renewable for up to three years based on performance. • Fellowship appointments require a full-time commitment to the research program at ARL, and Fellows must be in residence at ARL during the entire period of the appointment. For more information: www.nas.edu/arl ARLDPF@nas.edu 202-334-3560 Find us on social media: Sincerely yours, H. Ray Gamble Director, Fellowship Programs Office National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 500 5th Street NW, Keck 565 Washington, DC 20001 This is a commercial message.