Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education · 1 month ago
USDA-ARS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering
Beltsville, MD
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad
$80K/yr - $90K/yrThe Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is offering a postdoctoral research opportunity with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The role focuses on developing nondestructive sensing-based tools to enhance food safety and quality in agricultural production and processing.
Government Administration
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Learn and apply hyperspectral fluorescence, reflectance, and Raman imaging technologies for safety and quality evaluation of agricultural products
Learn artificial intelligence/machine learning methods to evaluate hyperspectral image data to assess safety and quality attributes of agricultural products
Contribute to the development of sensing and instrumentation methods and technologies for rapid safety and quality inspection of agricultural products
Participate in the design and development of imaging-based food safety and quality inspection system for applications in bulk-processing environments
Present research results at scientific conferences and publish the results of these projects in peer-reviewed scientific journals
Qualification
Required
Doctoral degree in one of the relevant fields
Degree must have been received within the past five years
U.S. Citizen Only
Preferred
A broad understanding of agricultural and mechanical engineering
Optical sensing
Spectral imaging
Machine learning techniques in food and agricultural area
Benefits
Proof of health insurance is required for participation in this program. Health insurance can be obtained through ORISE.
Company
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is a U.S.
Founded in 1992
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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