**Postdoctoral Associate**

**Requisition Number:** 72836
**Location:** Boulder Colorado
**Employment Type:** Research Faculty
**Schedule:** Full Time
**Posting Close Date:** 23-Jun-2026
**Date Posted:**

**Job Summary**

The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering and the Materials Science and Engineering Program invite applications for a Postdoctoral Associate position to perform research in the 'Computational Mechanics Modeling of Roadside Barriers under Severe Vehicular Impact' project under the supervision of Prof. Ronald Pak in concert with the Colorado Department of Transportation. A highly motivated and independent candidate with a PhD in theoretical and experimental mechanics, elastoplastic constitutive soil and rock modeling, fracture with extensive experience and knowledge in computer modeling using the nonlinear finite element platfo...