19 finite-element-analysis Postdoctoral positions at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Fiber Modeling for Thermal Protection Materials

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Fields Landing, California | United States | about 4 hours ago

simulation (such as bonded particle) and Eulerian (such as finite element) methods can be used. Proposals should acknowledge the benefits and limits of their technique compared to others. Part of the proposal

Development of Inverse Heat Transfer Methods for Reconstructing Aerothermal Entry Environments

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Fields Landing, California | United States | 11 days ago

commonly integrated into NASA missions that have an atmospheric entry component, to facilitate post-flight analyses of the aerothermal environment. One widely used technique for this analysis is inverse heat

Quantifying Arctic Ocean Tipping Points

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 10 days ago

to ~1995. We will analyze multi-decadal time series of key PA habitat elements (e.g., Bering Sea cold pool) to quantify tipping point signatures. We will compare ECCO-Darwin’s simulated Arctic ecosystem

NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) Collaboration

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | United States | 10 days ago

Resource Utilization (ISRU) and prospecting; analog and robotic exploration; technology and instrumentation development operations and operability including hazard analysis; human health and performance

Federated Communications Relays for Deep Space Exploration

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | about 4 hours ago

supporting multiple probes simultaneously. Swarms also provide the usual benefits of multi-element array reception, namely robustness to single point failures and transmit/receive diversity. The downside

Uncertainty Quantification and Verification Planning for Space Systems

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | about 4 hours ago

), Habitable Worlds Observatory, and a future Enceladus mission proposal. This research lies at the intersection of systems engineering, uncertainty quantification, reliability analysis, computational modeling

Operational Concepts and Technology Development for Passive Radar Sounding

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | about 4 hours ago

. Projects may include the design and maturation of new passive radar technologies, the development of signal processing and data analysis methods, and the integration of passive sounding with complementary

Petrological Evolution of Rocky Solar System Bodies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Houston, Texas | United States | 11 days ago

. Description: This opportunity includes studies of asteroids and rocky planetary bodies through analysis of meteorites and/or experiments. This work may span parent body processes, such as differentiation

Passive Sounding of Solar System Bodies Using Radio Astronomical Sources

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 11 days ago

for detection, auto-correlation, and depth retrieval; validating signal reflection models through analysis of radar data; and evaluating the performance and limitations of passive sounding in realistic mission

Stellar and Exoplanet science with the Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 11 days ago

. The analysis of flare data and its contextualization to planet habitability is the primary science goal for SPARCS. However, as this is a small team, the researcher will have the opportunity to tailor