Post-Doctoral Associate, Dr. Lian Shen

These postdoc positions are critically needed to perform the research for Professor Lian Shen's externally funded research projects with the Office of Naval Research and the Department of Energy. Research needs to be done on coastal atmosphere and wave simulation, with data-drive modeling; dynamics of the waves and turbulence in upper oceans interacting with fronts; as well as simulation-based study of offshore wind energy.

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

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