Department openings
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering seeks to bring together a world-class faculty and staff to explore the field of MSE and Welding Engineering. Our vision is creation of an environment that brings together a diversity of people and ideas through the process of discovery and learning for the advancement of materials science and engineering. We seek to create impact that is tangible and significant with excellence that is obvious.
We seek candidates who are ardent discoverers, passionate teachers and mentors, and committed stewards to our discipline. For the best candidates, we offer a vibrant research environment at one of the largest, best equipped and best connected academic research platforms in North America.
Faculty positions
At left, please find lnks to descriptions of faculty positions available in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
The Ohio State University is committed to establishing a culturally and intellectually diverse environment, encouraging all members of our learning community to reach their full potential. We are responsive to dual-career families and strongly promote work-life balance to support our community members through a suite of institutionalized policies. We are an NSF Advance Institution and a member of the Ohio/Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC).
The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status.
All positions require successful completion of a background check.
Post-doc positions
Postdoctoral fellow position in numerical simulation of structural welds/joints.
This opening involves applied and fundamental research in computational mechanics and metallurgy and assisting in the development of research proposals and problem-solving tasks. This project is sponsored in part by Honda-OSU SIMCenter.
Please contact Dr. Wei Zhang for details about this position.
Graduate Research Associate (GRA) positions
A graduate student’s principal objective is to earn a graduate degree. Appointment as a Graduate research Associate (GRA) contributes to that objective by providing an apprenticeship experience along with financial support. This apprenticeship complements formal instruction and gives the student practical, personal experience that can be gained only by performing research activities.
GRA positions provide a number of benefits to the student:
- Full payment of tuition and academic fees,
- A monthly stipend typically provided on 12 month cycles,
- 85% payment of OSU Student Health Insurance premiums for the student,
- Payment of computer technology fee as well as laboratory fees,
- Payment of research-related expenses,
- Travel costs for conference and research-related expenses may also be provided,
- Total value of this package can be nearly $60,000 per year.
More about GRA positions in our department.
The Ohio State University is an affirmative/equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply and build a diverse workplace. Columbus is a thriving metropolitan community, and the University is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.