iMechanica - postdoctoral position - Comments

I don't know how to calling

suresh — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:53:50 -0500

I don't know how to calling from computer to mobile phone .please can you explain that subject.

Reply to Jessica:

Ajit R. Jadhav — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:39:23 -0500

Hi Jessica,

Thank you for your reply. Sorry, in my excitement, I didn't notice the US citizen/green card requirement. However, regarding your answer to my second question, I still am not very clear. "We don't have any requirements" doesn't exactly answer the question, does it?

Ajit

Reply to Ajit

Jessica Zhang — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:39:11 -0500

Hi Ajit,

Thanks for your questions. We do have the requirement of "US Citizenship or Green Card", which was given in the job description. Regarding your 2nd question, we don't have any requirements.

Questions to Jessica (re. post-doc)

Ajit R. Jadhav — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:23:11 -0500

Hi Jessica (and also others),

Sounds very interesting. (That is, personally, to me.) But I do have quite a few questions:

(i) Does the position require security clearance, US citizenship or green-card? If not, does it require the applicant to be already holding a valid US visa? If not, will you (CMU) sponsor for the relevant visa?

(ii) Will a 45 year old Indian male with an Indian University's PhD do? I mean, a PhD from a university other than the IITs or IISc, esp. IIT Bombay.

I asked these questions openly because I have been observing two things:

(a) Quite a few job ads here at iMechanica---a good sign, but

(b) No mention of the things such as the above. If people could clarify right while posting the job opportunities, it would be helpful. After all, iMechanica is supposed to be global.

So, people like me---at least I---would certainly appreciate if not just Jessica but also others addressed concerns such as these.

(The matter about 45 year old Indian male etc. is not meant for humor. It's actual. Govt. jobs in India often have an upper age limit. US jobs tend to be more open but if how the Americans treat me and my job applications for their companies in USA and even *in India* is any indication, there is a lot of absolutely wrong sort of prejudice related to age that exists even with the Americans---no matter how loud usually they do cry to the contrary. Competence is a secondary consideration---not primary---with the present-day Americans.)

Poster presentation at MRS Fall Meeting, Boston

Sandip Basu — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:01:03 -0500

I'll be presenting a poster on my research at the MRS Fall Meeting at Boston next week (Tuesday Nov 27, poster number AA5.4).

Thanks,

Sandip

Updated: Post-Doctoral Fellowships with Dr. T. Belytschko

Robert Gracie — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:03:10 -0500

Please note the updated announcement.