Research Fellowship Opportunity: Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
Advisor: Amanda Schrand, Ph.D., Senior Engineer Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, AFRL Munitions Directorate
Our team aims to develop, demonstrate, and implement additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to rapidly design, prototype, and manufacture critical munitions components such as survivable fuze electronics, reactive structures, and energetic materials for modular, flexible weapons.
Specific topics of interest include
(1) increasing lethality of miniaturized weapons,
(2) development of fuze components for small form factor/miniature warhead concepts,
(3) use of alternative processing techniques for explosives and energetic materials,
(4) development of additive manufacturing processes for lightweight, cellular warhead cases and embedded fuze housings,
(5) creation of reactive structural materials that offer strength and also energy on demand.
A successful candidate will possess a multidisciplinary experimental background in Materials Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, and other relevant Science & Engineering fields with a strong publication record. Candidates with experience in AM design and demonstration are preferred.
Questions? Contact: techtransfer@doolittleinstitute.org