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Postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science for developing diamond vacuum microelectronic devices and advanced energy storage devices.

Department	Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Full Description	The Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Vanderbilt Diamond/Carbon Microelectronics laboratory will be working with faculty to develop nanodiamond vacuum field emission devices and advanced energy storage devices such as supercapacitor and lithium-ion batteries. The candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing experiments as well as analyzing the results. He/she should have strong technical background and excellent problem solving skills. In addition, he/she must be proficient in technical writing involving reports, scientific journal articles and experimental summaries. The candidate must have a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with the following experience: • Work in a Class 1000 Clean Room environment. • Operate and maintain CVD equipment (Hot-Filament, Microwave Plasma and tube-furnace) for synthesis of diamond and carbon nanotubes. • DC and RF sputtering techniques for deposition of thin-films. • Wet processing in a chemical hood. • Silicon microfabrication technology including photolithography using mask aligner, spin-coating, thermal oxidation, wet and dry etching. • Material Analysis- Scanning Electron Microscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy. • Electrical device characterization under high vacuum, operate data-acquisition software and perform device modeling. • Synthesis of nano-architectured materials for energy storage. • Electrochemical characterization of energy storage devices.
Application Details	Please contact Professor W. P. Kang for more information. Interested candidates are encouraged to respond to this job-opening along with a copy of their recent curriculum-vitae.
Contact:	Weng Kang, PhD : weng.p.kang@vanderbilt.edu : (615) 322-0952
Posted	2019-10-24 15:01:46

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