Computational Electromagnetics and Electronics
Research to improve electronic device simulation using advanced computational electromagnetics, transport models, and parallel computing for diverse materials.
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NRC Research Associateship Programs has archived this opportunity.
Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: May 1, 2025 (Application Deadline)
Funding Amounts: Base stipend approximately $95,000 plus $5,000 travel allowance; stipend increases with experience; typical award duration 2-3 years.
Summary: Postdoctoral and senior fellowships supporting research in computational electromagnetics and nonlinear charge transport for advanced electronic and opto-electronic device simulation.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens; requires PhD; research conducted at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; relocation and health insurance benefits included.
Description
This fellowship opportunity supports advanced research in computational electromagnetics coupled with nonlinear charge transport models aimed at simulating electronic and opto-electronic devices. The research focuses on improving and extending the Delaunay/Voronoi surface integration (DVSI) field discretization technique and the Fermi kinetics transport (FKT) model, which have shown promise in simulating high-frequency GaAs MESFET and GaN HEMT devices.
Key research areas include:
- Computing and incorporating electronic band structures and scattering mechanisms for a broader range of technologically important materials.
- Investigating alternative numerical methods, especially parallel computing techniques, to enhance computational performance and enable simulations of larger problem sizes.
- Generalizing physical models of field dynamics, semi-classical and quantum charge transport, and thermal processes to expand device simulation capabilities.
This research is conducted at the Sensors Directorate, RY/Sensors Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, under the Air Force Science and Technology Fellowship Program (AF STFP).
Keywords
Full wave electromagnetics, charge transport, Fermi kinetics, charge thermodynamics, semiconductor devices, quantum well laser, high frequency, hot electrons, computational physics, electronic band structure, electron scattering.
