Job Opportunities

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE: Bioengineering - Mar 01, 2012

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, Mechanical Engineering – to join the Bio-Robotics group in the d’Arbeloff Laboratory working on bio-artificial muscles and their applications to micro-robots and medical devices. The specific focus is optogenetic control of skeletal muscles, formation of 3D muscle tissues, spatiotemporal control of distributed muscle constructs, and computational model of myogenesis. Will work closely with Professor H. Harry Asada and collaborate with an interdisciplinary research team of biologists and engineers, having a long-term goal of developing biological machines. Researchers will participate in the newly established NSF Science and Technology Center, Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (http://ebics.net/).

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE: Robotics - Mar 01, 2012

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, Mechanical Engineering – d’Arbeloff Laboratory, Bio-Robotics Program, to work with Professor H. Harry Asada on the development of wireless micro underwater vehicles for direct inspection of nuclear power plants and related projects. The project focuses on:

a) Dynamics and control of highly maneuverable underwater vehicles

b) Wireless underwater communication

c) Energy efficient PZT actuators, and

d) System integration.

The Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellows program is a prestigious program in the Mechanical Engineering department at MIT designed to help future leaders in engineering and education hone their teaching skills and broaden their research horizons at MIT in preparation for commencing their own academic careers.

A postdoctoral position is immediately available at MIT (target start date Feb 1, 2012).

The main research task is optimization of existing and novel desalination concepts, in collaboration with a major company. The project will involve publications in top journals as well as communications with the sponsor. There is opportunity of development of optimization algorithms and participation in other projects.

Faculty Position in the Field of Bioengineering - Sep 23, 2011

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks outstanding candidates for tenure-track faculty positions in the field of Bioengineering to begin July 1, 2012 or thereafter. Appointment would be at the assistant or untenured associate professor level. In exceptional cases, a senior faculty appointment may be possible.

Faculty Position in the Area of Manufacturing - Sep 23, 2011

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is looking for a faculty member in the area of Manufacturing with an interest in process innovation. We are seeking an individual who conducts research in manufacturing with an emphasis towards revitalizing manufacturing to capitalize on innovation, for example, developing innovative manufacturing processes for highly technological products, designing and improving manufacturing processes or systems in order to reduce impact on the environment, or develop new efficient processes that capitalizes on physics at different length scales.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, seeks applications for a new tenure-track faculty opening. Although we expect to make an appointment at the junior level, under exceptional circumstances the possibility exists for a senior appointment in certain areas of specific interest. Faculty duties include teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, research and supervision of student research.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT invites applications for a tenure-track position in the area of Ocean Engineering, with a special interest in the fields of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Ship Design, Marine Propulsion, Ship Structures, and Offshore Engineering.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT invites applications for a Professor of the Practice position in the area of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering with special interest in the fields of Marine Structural Mechanics, and Marine Propulsion.

Device Research Lab (drl.mit.edu) Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
We are seeking Postdoctoral Associates for projects in the areas of energy and thermal-fluid systems. Specific projects include the development of solar thermal energy conversion, water desalination, multi-phase microfluidic, thermal management systems, and MEMS.