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Research Faculty - Plastics Technology Lab
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Position Number: 5679294
Location: Erie, PA
Position Type: Laboratory and Research

Research Faculty - Plastics Technology Lab

Penn State Behrend is seeking a research faculty member for full time employment in the Plastics Technology Lab. The successful candidate will assist faculty in research project work and educate students on specific polymer processing equipment and characterization instruments. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to secure and lead independent R&D projects and take responsibility for industrial testing requests that require expertise in polymer processing, sample testing and materials characterization. The successful candidate must be comfortable engaging with faculty, students and industrial partners and have excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write technical reports. The successful candidate will have purchasing responsibilities and will be expected to maintain their own lab space.

The successful candidate must have an M.S. in Plastics Engineering Technology, Polymer Engineering, or the degree equivalent. A minimum of 1 year of experience in injection molding, melt extrusion, mechanical testing and thermal analysis is required. A minimum of 1 year of experience in polymer flow simulation and rheological characterization is also desired.

This is a 42-week contract that will be active for one year with excellent opportunity for renewal.

Penn State Behrend (http://www.behrend.psu.edu) is a comprehensive four-year and residential college of Penn State, located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The college is committed to excellence in teaching, research, and outreach, and prides itself on the balance it achieves between teaching and research. Located on a beautiful, wooded hilltop campus, Penn State Behrend offers its nearly 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students an inspiring and technologically advanced environment characterized by close student/faculty interaction. The School of Engineering has over 1,800 students in our ABET accredited programs and is recognized as a top engineering school.

Erie, a metropolitan area of 280,000, is located on Lake Erie's beautiful Presque Isle Bay. The region offers many cultural, sports, and recreational resources, including Pennsylvania's most popular state park. Erie County is a major industrial, medical, service, and tourism center, and is within a two-hour drive of Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo. Residents benefit from a rejuvenated Bayfront District while enjoying a modest cost of living and affordable housing. There are five colleges in the area.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please upload a cover letter, complete CV, and the names of three references at the time of application completion.

The Pennsylvania State University is committed to ensuring that diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to the success of a world-class research institution. We are concerned uniquely with the institutional change required for visioning and realizing a more socially just university.

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