13 chemical-engineering Postdoctoral positions at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

ICAR – Investigating Ocean Worlds: a systems level approach to understanding organic carbon cycles

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

analysis.  In this project, accordingly, we will seek to address the question: How do the physical, chemical and (potential) biological processes active on ocean worlds shape the nature of the organic

High Temperature Reusable Materials Research and Development for Atmospheric Entry

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

atmospheric (re)enty.  RTPS is a critical enabling technology for the future of the burgeoning commercial space industry as well as NASA missions for lowering the cost of high cadence flight into space. Ongoing

Advancing Terrestrial Ecology, Wildfire Fuel Monitoring, or Agricultural Applications, or Associated Activities through VSWIR Imaging Spectroscopy

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

to Shortwave Infrared (VSWIR, ~380–2510 nm)—provides the "chemical fingerprinting" necessary to quantify plant functional traits, crop stress, and soil properties at scale. Research Focus This NPP opportunity

Agnostic Biosignatures and Planetary Mass Spectrometry

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Greenbelt, Maryland | United States | about 1 month ago

. Description: This work is intended to expand our understanding of how the chemical complexity of a molecule identified in a planetary ocean worlds environment may be an indicator of the presence of biology. We

Stratosphere and Upper Troposphere Water Vapor Observations by SAGE

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Hampton, Virginia | United States | about 1 month ago

. Description: Stratospheric water vapor (SWV) is a key element in the energy budget (climate), with a strong positive radiative forcing.  It also influences stratospheric aerosol microphysics and is implicated

Airborne In Situ Trace Gas Analysis of Earth's Atmosphere

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Hampton, Virginia | United States | 4 days ago

analysis is vital tool in understanding how not only where pollutants are emitted, but also how they chemically evolve and distribute throughout the atmosphere and affect both urban and remote regions

ICAR - Advancing Multi-Messenger Biosignature Techniques with Machine Learning

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | United States | about 17 hours ago

of taphonomically degraded samples representing ancient life (coal, shale, chert, etc.); abiotic meteoritic samples (e.g., carbonaceous chondrites); as well as synthetic chemistry experiments

A Next Generation Quick Fire Emissions Dataset (QFED)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Greenbelt, Maryland | United States | about 1 month ago

element of the terrestrial carbon cycle. NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS) utilizes the Quick Fire Emissions Dataset (QFED) to represent emissions from vegetation fires in order to model

Integrated photonic-electronic-quantum systems research for future space missions

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Pasadena, California | United States | about 1 month ago

. Description: This opportunity involves research and development activities in the following technology areas: 1. Chip-scale stable laser systems using MEMS and nanophotonic technologies including but not

Spectroscopic diagnostics of solar eruptive events

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Greenbelt, Maryland | United States | about 1 month ago

diagnostics; and confronting theoretical plasma models of SEEs. In addition to density, temperature, element abundance and velocity diagnostics, recent work has identified a unique diagnostic for the coronal