NANO3D SYSTEMS LLC (NANO3D – www.nano3dsystems.com) is a start up company
that develops novel micro- and nanofabrication plating technologies, products and
services for IC, MEMS, power electronics and displays industries. By employing the
brightest minds, NANO3D creates the innovations that shape the future of technology.
Job Summary
Materials Scientist works as a member of a team at NANO3D SYSTEMS LLC to develop
and characterize the micro- and nanofabrication plating processes. Bring passion and
dedication to your job and there’s no telling what you could accomplish.
Key Qualifications:
▪ Minimum 2 years’ experience in materials science, chemistry or chemical engineering
developing and characterizing novel materials.
▪ Strong material and metallurgical knowledge of metals, especially copper, palladium,
nickel, iron and their alloys.
▪ Experience with the use of SEM/EDX, profilometry, XRD, Instron and other advanced
characterization techniques as well as electroless plating and electroplating.
▪ Ability to manage time to maximize productivity.
▪ Good team working and communication skills.
▪ Attention to detail and accuracy of recording information.
▪ Awareness of commercial importance of products and ability to plan and prioritize
work accordingly.
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement the novel micro- and nanofabrication plating
technologies.
• Develop and optimize novel bath chemistries to obtain desired film properties,
and to specify process parameters needed to scale the bath to industrial wafer
plating tools.
• Prepare, characterize and optimize plating solutions; prepare and measure the
film mechanical, microstructural, thermal, and chemical properties; and transfer
of the process from benchtop cells to full wafer equipment.
• Participates in defect reduction teams and implements process improvements
based on demonstrated improved yield results.
• Interfaces with other engineering, quality and manufacturing team members.
• Work to maximize productivity and meet targets and deadlines.
• Focus on Safety and environmental regulations.
• All other duties as required.
Education:
PhD or MS in chemical engineering, chemistry or material science.
Work Location:
ATAMI/ONAMI in Corvallis, Oregon.
Contact information: dubin@nano3dsystems.com
Disability Access Services Open House/Lab September 13 & 19
Disability Access Services (DAS) is hosting an Open House/Lab on Thursday, September 13 and Wednesday, September 19 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. You’re invited to tour the DAS Testing Center on the 3rd floor of Heckart Lodge or the main office at A200 Kerr. Bring your questions, get assistance completing your Alternative Testing Agreements, and learn about our testing security measures and the assistive technology available to students.
For more information, contact testing.services@oregonstate.edu.
We hope to see you there!
OSU Postdoctoral Association Professional Development Awards
The OSU Postdoctoral Association invites applications for professional development awards of $1,000 each. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, and should be submitted by email to James.Fox@oregonstate.edu. Recipients will be announced at the annual Postdoc Research Symposium Oct. 4. For more information visit http://oregonstate.edu/opa.
Free Lab and Office Supplies at SURPLUS
If you belong to a department on campus and need office or lab supplies, visit the Surplus warehouse between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, to get some for free. To participate, choose items priced at $5 or less, with a limit of $20 total per visit. Items must be a cash sale or marked with white price tags. Visit the front desk to log your items before leaving
COS New Student Welcome
Join us again for another wonderful warm College of Science welcome to our new students on Tuesday, September 18th from 1:30-3:00 PM outside of Kidder Hall on the Library Quad. We’ll be serving rootbeer floats again, and socializing with our student clubs, incoming students, and colleagues. Please encourage your faculty and students to join us on this great tradition.
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs: Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is accepting applications for the 2019 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs. Eligibility and online application information are available on the Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs website.
Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.
Eligibility Requirements:
- U. S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), as well as individuals granteddeferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) program¹, political asylees, andrefugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation
- Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations), and
- Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based field of science, social science, or humanities
1Eligibility includes individuals with current status under the DACA Program, as well as individuals whose status may have lapsed but who continue to meet all the USCIS guidelines for DACA available here.
Stipends:
- Predoctoral–$24,000 per year for three years
- Dissertation–$25,000 for one year
- Postdoctoral–$45,000 for one year
Awardees will have expenses paid to attend at least one Conference of Ford Fellows. Approximately 70 predoctoral, 36 dissertation, and 24 postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded.
Application Deadline Dates:
- Predoctoral: December 13, 2018 (5:00 PM EST)
- Dissertation: December 6, 2018 (5:00 PM EST)
- Postdoctoral: December 6, 2018 (5:00 PM EST)
Supplementary Materials receipt deadline for submitted applications is January 8, 2019 (5:00 PM EST)
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely yours,
H. Ray Gamble
Director, Fellowships Office
500 5th Street NW, Keck 531
Washington, DC 20001
ORISE DOD Virtual Career Fair
Just a reminder that registration is now open for the L.I.V.E. ORISE Department of Defense Sponsors Virtual Career Fair taking place on Wednesday, September 19th from 11 a.m. EST – 3:00 p.m. EST. During L.I.V.E., you can interact with DOD Scientists, ORISE recruiters, explore program booths and learn about the ORISE experience.
You can register today by going to: https://orau.6connex.com/event/LIVE/DOD18Q4/login
Whether you are an undergraduate, a recent graduate or a graduate student, you’ll be able to find a program at ORISE that best fits your career goals. We hope to see you there!
Below are the ORISE DOD programs that will be represented by mentors at the career fair:
• US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)
• US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Disease (USAMRIID)
• US Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL)
• US Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (USARIEM)
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
• US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
• US Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)
• US Army Corps of Engineers – Environmental Lab (USACE-EL)
ORISE Recruiters will be available to discuss research opportunities at the following facilities:
• US Army Public Health Command (USAPHC)
• US Army Environmental Command (USAEC)
• US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Command (USAECBC)
• US Army Research Lab (ARL)
• US Army Training Support Command (USATSC)
• US Army Aberdeen Proving Ground Department of Public Works (DPW)
• US Army Aviation and Missile Research Development & Engineering Center (AMRDEC)
• US Army Medical Research Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
• US Army Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (USAWRAIR)
• US Army Center for Environmental Health (USACEHR)
• US Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR)
• US Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (USATATRC)
• US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center (NSRDEC)
• US Army Corps of Engineers – Engineering Research Development Command (USACE-ERDC)
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
• Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
• US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)
• US Naval Medical Research Unit-Dayton & San Antonio (NAMRU)
• US Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC)
• US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM)
• Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL)
NRC Research Associateship Programs Postdoctoral and Senior Research Awards
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine sponsors awards for postdoctoraland senior researchers at participating federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. These awardsinclude generous stipends ranging from $45,000 – $80,000 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients, andhigher for additional experience. Limited graduate level awards are also available. These awardsprovide the opportunity for recipients to do independent research in some of the best-equipped andstaffed laboratories in the U.S. Research opportunities are open to U.S. citizens, permanentresidents, and for some of the laboratories, foreign nationals.
Four annual review cycles:
- November: Opens September 1; Closes November 1
- February: Opens December 1; Closes February 1
- May: Opens March 1; Closes May 1
- August: Opens June 1; Closes August
Applicants should contact prospective Research Adviser(s) at the lab(s) prior to the application deadline to discuss their research interests and funding opportunities.
Thank you for your assistance. For more information:
Phone: 202-334-2760
Email: rap@nas.edu
Visit: www.nas.edu/rap
Sincerely yours,
- Ray Gamble
Director, Fellowships Office
500 5th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Research and Development Internship at OnTo Technology
OnTo develops technologies for recycling and reclamation of lithium-ion battery materials for electric vehicle and other applications.
The Company is accepting applications for an ONAMI Graduate Student Internship position in industrial research and development. A successful applicant will have interest and experience in (1) experimental physical sciences, (2) chemical process engineering (3) mechanical engineering and/or (4) automation engineering.
A successful chemistry intern will handle air sensitive compounds, build batteries, deconstruct batteries, characterize materials, program battery testing protocols, develop chemical processes. A successful engineering intern will program machinery, perform separations and chemical processes on battery materials. The internship anticipates prioritization of chemistry; however, The Company anticipates hiring in all of these areas.
MS students studying chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics engineering, automation engineering, physics or materials science are encouraged to apply. OnTo is located in Bend, Oregon, which is where the intern will be working. The position is anticipated to start mid-September (17) 2018 or mid-October (9) 2018, and be completed in June 2019 (assuming 9 months). The intern will be mentored by Dr. Steve Sloop, President of OnTo Technology LLC.
Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a one-page cover letter, one-page resume, and three reference contacts to sales@onto-technology.com
FT TT-track Faculty position – Colorado School of Mines
The Department of Chemistry at the Colorado School of Mines has an opening for a tenured/tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant/Associate/Full Professor level (any discipline). We would be grateful if you could share the attached information with your department. Information on the position can be found here.