Ph.D. position in Material Science and Engineering at Penn State U.

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Originally From: Evangelos Manias <manias@psu.edu>

One opening for postgraduate studies leading to a Ph.D. in Materials Science & Eng. at the Pennsylvania State University, is currently available. The position comes with full financial support, and is available now or in the begining of the summer.

The research would focus on Computer Modeling studies of polymers. These studies would involve classical Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo methods and will address materials properties of polymer composite materials. Required background in Statistical Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics; some experience in computer programming (FORTRAN and/or C) would be an advantage. For more information on the scientific details: http://www.plmsc.psu.edu/~manias/openings.html

Please send a resume (incl. name & email of two professors for references) and GRE, TOEFL scores (if available) by email to: manias@psu.edu or by fax to 814 865 2719 (attention: Prof. E. Manias). Students from Physics, Chemical Engineeging and Electrical/Computer Engineering are especially encouraged to apply.

According to the last Academic Rankings in the U.S.A. the Materials Science and Engineering Department of Penn State is one of the best in the country (6th after MIT, Urbana, Stanford, Northwestern & Berkeley) (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/gradrank/gbengsp9.htm) (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/bcrank.htm)

              Evangelos Manias                           tel: (814) 863-2980
                                                         fax: (814) 865-2917
    Assistant Professor of Polymer Science
 Department of Materials Science and Engineering            310 Steidle Bldg
       The Pennsylvania State University           University Park, PA 16802
 _____________________________________________________email: manias@psu.edu___

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