6 structural-engineering 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 3 hours ago

. Description: Background: Fibrous materials are critical to spacecraft entry and descent in nearly every NASA mission involving atmospheric entry. Fibers in heat shield materials provide structure and excellent

Pre-Fire Burnable Material Assessment and Post-Fire Damage Assessment from Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | about 3 hours ago

and structural loss, and tracking of post-fire recovery trajectories. This work aligns with broader efforts to safeguard people and natural resources through improved hazard understanding, planning, and

Operational Concepts and Technology Development for Passive Radar Sounding

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | about 3 hours ago

radar sounding for planetary exploration through a combination of technology development, field validation, and operational concept studies. Passive radar sounding, which exploits naturally occurring

Geological Evolution of Major Shield Volcanoes on the Moon Using Contemporary Lunar Mission Datasets

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

maria and proposed that these regions represented shield volcanoes on the Moon. These authors identified a total of eight shield volcanoes on the near side of the Moon based on topographic and structural

Computational, Analytical and Experimental Thermodynamics to Investigate the Presence, Stability, and Implications of Organic Matter in Ocean Worlds

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | 13 days ago

the interiors of ocean worlds: what does the presence of organic matter in ocean worlds mean for the structure and evolution of these bodies? Could the destabilization of this matter in rocky interiors release

Computational design for spacecraft applications

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

tools for spacecraft applications, specifically leveraging topology optimization and lattice structures. Building upon prior work at JPL, including the open-source lattice design tool UnitcellHub and an