UT-ORII Fellow: Automated Quality Control and Quality Assurance

Requisition Id 14704 

 

Overview: 

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the largest US Department of Energy (DOE) science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security. Within ORNL, the Building Envelope Materials Research Group develops and deploys affordable, energy efficient and resilient building envelopes for new construction and retrofits to enable DOE’s goals. Our synergistic research areas include building science, material and system development, and industrialized construction. With the support from the U.S. DOE Building Technologies Office, we have the most extensive building envelope research portfolio in the nation.

 

The Envelopes Group, in partnership with the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII), is seeking an early career engineer or computer scientist to contribute to groundbreaking research on automated quality control and quality assurance that increase productivity, reduce errors, and lower cost in building construction and manufacturing. As an ORNL staff member, you will be part of a team of ORNL researchers and university research faculty in a UT-ORII Convergent Research Initiative focused on the development of state-of-the-art technologies for affordable manufacturing of energy-efficient, resilient buildings. In addition to being an ORNL staff member, since this role will be aligned with a UT-ORII convergent research initiative, you will also be considered a UT-ORII Fellow.

 

As an ORNL staff member and UT-ORII fellow, your career will develop in collaboration with researchers from both UT and ORNL through this early-career position at ORNL and with a Joint-Research Faculty (JFO) appointment at UT. As an integral part of the team, you will engage in a dynamic blend of activities. In addition to helping shape research programs, mentorship will be a key aspect of your role, guiding and inspiring graduate and undergraduate students. As a valued, early career researcher in both the ORNL Buildings and Transportation Science Division and UT-ORII, you'll have access to a rich network of resources, including seminars, training opportunities, and collaborations that will propel your career forward.

 

More About UT-ORII:

The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute is a partnership of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and UT created to prepare interdisciplinary leaders in energy, science, and technology and develop a world-class workforce for industry, government, and academia that will drive innovation and create the industries of the future. More information is available at University of Tennessee - Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (utorii.com). Today’s energy economy is driven by disruptive technologies and swift change. The US is in a global competition for jobs, talent, and investment. To successfully compete, we must develop leadership talent in research and development (R&D), encourage entrepreneurship, and create an educational environment that promotes rapid innovation and attracts skilled professionals. Leveraging a 75-plus-year UT-ORNL partnership, UT and ORNL have developed joint institutes, joint facilities, interdisciplinary PhD programs, and comprehensive joint faculty arrangements, including 17 Governor’s Chairs recruited for the significance of their impacts in their fields. UT-ORII’s overall goal is to become a center for convergent research and talent development, helping maintain US prominence as a global innovation leader and providing tangible benefits to Tennessee.

 

Major Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Conduct research on technologies that make new building construction and retrofits of existing buildings affordable, energy efficient, and resilient.