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<div dir="auto"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">Opportunity for Graduate Research in Offshore Wind Energy</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
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</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">Overview</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">The Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the State University of New York at Albany are pleased to announce an opening for a highly
motivated PhD student to make state-of-the-art measurements of air-sea interaction as part of a project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The scientific objective is to improve the understanding of air-sea interaction from the sea surface to the top
of the marine atmospheric boundary layer. This capability will support basic studies of air-sea interaction physics and applied fields such as offshore wind energy.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
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</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">Project Description</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">The project involves development of an autonomous system for turbulent air-sea fluxes of momentum, sensible and latent heat using the eddy covariance technique that will be integrated into a
floating buoy-based lidar. The successful student will assist with design, fabrication, and testing of the system, process and analyze data, present results at scientific conferences, and publish in peer-reviewed journals. Motivated students with an interest
in geophysical fluid mechanics, turbulence, renewable energy with an emphasis on offshore wind are encouraged to apply. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
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</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">Qualifications Desired</span></div>
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<li style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">BS or MS degree in physical sciences (atmospheric sciences, oceanography, engineering or a related discipline) </span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">interest in field work and instrumentation </span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">experience with field observations, data acquisition, and data processing is beneficial</span></li><li style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">willingness to travel </span></li></ul>
<div dir="auto"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">Application Procedure </span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">Candidates are encouraged to contact Dr. Scott Miller (</span><a style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt" href="mailto:smiller@albany.edu" target="_blank">smiller@albany.edu</a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">)
or Dr. Jeff Freedman (jfreedman@albany.edu) by email before applying. Information on applying to the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University at Albany can be found at https://www.albany.edu/daes.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
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</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">Start Date </span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">The fall semester begins mid-late August 2021; however, the student may begin working in the lab during summer or earlier if interested and available.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
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</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">Application Deadline </span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">The deadline for applying to the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences for admission for fall semester 2021 is January 15, 2021.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
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</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">Contact</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">Dr. Scott Miller</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">smiller@albany.edu</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size: 12pt">http://www.asrc.albany.edu/people/faculty/miller</span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><br>
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