NRC Associateship Opening
A National Research Council Associate position is available at the Air Force
Research Laboratory at Hanscom Air Force Base, 15 miles northwest of Boston,
Massachusetts. We perform laboratory research to better understand the
chemistry and physics of the upper atmosphere. The research is conducted in
an academic style and results are published in the open literature. U.S.
citizenship is required for these positions.
A modest-length proposal, written with input from an AFRL staff member, is
due 15 Jan 2002 together with supporting documentation. The position is
nominally for one year, although it is typically extended to two years
contingent on mutual agreement. Salary is $55,000/year plus $1500 per post
PhD year of experience. See http://national-academies.org/rap
<http://national-academies.org/rap> for further details. We encourage
submissions from motivated individuals, including those who wish to broaden
their experimental knowledge base.
Position: Experiments in the COCHISE (COld CHemical Infrared Simulation
Experiment) facility will be pursued. The first of two present areas of
investigation is the MultiPhoton Ionization with Time of Flight Mass
Spectrometry (MPI-TOFMS) and Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) spectroscopy
of small hydrocarbon reactions with hyperthermal oxygen atoms, with
particular attention paid to the rovibronic states of the product molecules.
The second area of research involves the spectroscopy and kinetics of
excited nitrogen atom collisions with oxygen molecules [fast N + O2 -->
NO(v, high J) + O]. The details of the very highly rotationally excited
product states of NO will be investigated as a function of precursor state.
Metastable species will be monitored using spectrometric and cryogenic
interferometric detection of visible and IR emissions respectively. Please
contact Dr. Steve Miller at 781.377.2807 or [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> for further information.
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Steven M. Miller [log in to unmask]
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Senior Physicist AFRL/VSBT
(781) 377-2807 Ph. (781) 377-8900 Fax
29 Randolph Road Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-3010
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