Advanced RF-Acoustic Devices for Multi-Domain Applications
This grant supports research using novel RF-acoustic resonators for multi-physics phenomena, materials discovery, signal processing, sensing, and quantum applications.
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NRC Research Associateship Programs has archived this opportunity.
Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: May 1, 2025 (NRL opportunity)
Funding Amounts: Base stipend approximately $99,200/year with $3,000 travel allowance; relocation and health insurance benefits included.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship supporting research on advanced radio-frequency microelectromechanical (RF-MEMS) acoustic resonators for multi-physics phenomena, materials discovery, signal processing, sensing, and quantum acoustodynamics.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents; requires Ph.D. earned within last 5 years; research conducted at Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC.
Description
This postdoctoral fellowship opportunity at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) focuses on advanced radio-frequency microelectromechanical (RF-MEMS) acoustic resonators. The research involves developing novel RF-MEMS acoustic resonators using high-quality piezoelectric, semiconducting, multiferroic, wide bandgap, and superconducting materials grown in-house. The devices are used for fundamental and applied research in areas such as materials discovery and characterization, conventional RF-acoustic signal processing, sensing, and quantum acoustodynamics.
The program invites innovative proposals exploring multi-physics phenomena in advanced RF acoustic resonators, including phonon-photon, phonon-magnon, and phonon-electron coupling. There is particular interest in understanding and utilizing the physics of RF-MEMS resonators under regimes that enable coupling between quantum states (such as spin or superconducting qubits) and acoustic phonons.
The NRL provides extensive computational resources, materials growth, device fabrication, and characterization facilities to support this research.
