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Job Description
Research and study the structures and chemical properties of various natural and synthetic or composite materials, including metals, alloys, rubber, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and glass. Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications. Includes glass scientists, ceramic scientists, metallurgical scientists, and polymer scientists.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-2032.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 101,570.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 48.00
- Currently, there are 7,750 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Materials Scientists”.
Also Known As…
- Materials Scientists
- Vice President Research
- Technology Officer
- Staff Scientist
- Staff Research Scientist
- Senior Materials Scientist
- Research Scientist
- Research and Development Scientist (R and D Scientist)
- Polymer Materials Consultant
- Micro Electrical/Mechanical Systems Device Scientist (MEMS Device Scientist)
- Materials Scientist
- Polymer Specialist
- Plastics Scientist
- Nanotechnologist
- Metal Alloy Scientist
- Accelerator Systems Director
Tasks for “Vice President Research”
- Teach in colleges and universities.
- Test metals to determine conformance to specifications of mechanical strength, strength-weight ratio, ductility, magnetic and electrical properties, and resistance to abrasion, corrosion, heat, and cold.
- Confer with customers to determine how to tailor materials to their needs.
- Visit suppliers of materials or users of products to gather specific information.
- Supervise and monitor production processes to ensure efficient use of equipment, timely changes to specifications, and project completion within time frame and budget.
- Test individual parts and products to ensure that manufacturer and governmental quality and safety standards are met.
- Devise testing methods to evaluate the effects of various conditions on particular materials.
- Plan laboratory experiments to confirm feasibility of processes and techniques used in the production of materials having special characteristics.
- Conduct research on the structures and properties of materials, such as metals, alloys, polymers, and ceramics, to obtain information that could be used to develop new products or enhance existing ones.
- Perform experiments and computer modeling to study the nature, structure, and physical and chemical properties of metals and their alloys, and their responses to applied forces.
- Recommend materials for reliable performance in various environments.
- Research methods of processing, forming, and firing materials to develop such products as ceramic dental fillings, unbreakable dinner plates, and telescope lenses.
- Prepare reports, manuscripts, proposals, and technical manuals for use by other scientists and requestors, such as sponsors and customers.
- Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications.
- Test material samples for tolerance under tension, compression, and shear to determine the cause of metal failures.
Related Technology & Tools
- Erosion testers
- Semi-microbalances
- Manual grinders
- Dynamic actuators
- Impact testers
- Metallographic microscopes
- Spectrophotometers
- Thermal gravimetric analyzers
- Contact angle goniometers
- Capillary rheometers
- Ultrasonic analyzers
- Macrohardness testers
- Cold isostatic presses
- Double push rod dilatometers
- Linear variable differential transformers LVDT
- Cone viscometers
- Gamma ray spectrometers
- Hydraulic presses
- Reactive ion etchers RIE
- Mobile mass spectrometers
- Petrographic microscopes
- Ultra microbalances
- Screw injection molding machines
- Thermal spray torches
- Ultra high temperature furnaces
- Scratch testers
- Atomic absorption AA spectroscopes
- Sputter deposition systems
- Profilometers
- Muffle furnaces
- Quartz crystal thickness monitors
- Salt spray chambers
- Spectrofluorimeters
- UV exposure chambers
- Backscatter detectors
- Freeze dryers
- Static actuators
- Laboratory analytical balances
- Stereo microscopes
- Extruding machines
- Stylus profilometers
- Scanning tunneling microscopes STM
- Laser interferometers
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Dynamic light scattering equipment
- Optical compound microscopes
- Slurry abrasion testers
- High-speed cutoff saws
- Sonic modulus testers
- Gas chromatograph mass spectrometers GC-MS
- Fume hoods
- Pulverizers
- Microscope digital cameras
- Glove box systems
- Plate viscometers
- Horizontal tube furnaces
- Dielectric spectrometers
- Scanning Kelvin probes
- Plasma arc melting furnaces
- X ray diffractometers
- Computerized numerical control CNC machining centers
- Capacitance manometers
- X ray generators
- Interferometric microscopes
- Vibratory polishers
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Nitrogen furnaces
- Quartz crystal microbalances
- Multisample autoclaves
- Microcalorimeters
- Dynamic mechanical analyzers DMA
- Charge-coupled device CCD cameras
- Raman scattering spectroscopes
- Optical profilometers
- Personal computers
- Safety goggles
- Laptop computers
- Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS
- Rotational viscometers
- Injection molding machines
- Tape casters
- Neutron reflectometers
- High-vacuum manifolds
- Pore sizers
- Servohydraulic test machines
- Blungers
- Grinding spindles
- Dilatometers
- Annealing ovens
- Ball-on-disk tribometers
- Ion analyzers
- Field emission scanning electron microscopes
- Atomic force microscopes
- Crystal growers
- Mossbauer spectroscopes
- Transmission electron microscopes TEM
- Function generators
- Metal evaporation chambers
- Laboratory water purification systems
- Ball mills
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Swaging tools
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers ICP-MS
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Semiautomatic grinders
- Accelerometers
- Sedigraphs
- Digital oscilloscopes
- Differential thermal analyzers
- Diamond wafering saws
- Vibrating sample magnetometers
- Desktop computers
- Safety glasses
- High vacuum evaporation systems
- Hot isostatic presses
- Nanoscope atomic force microscopes
- Load cells
- Peltier cooled solid-state detectors
- Auger electron spectrometers
- Electrolytic etching machines
- Box furnaces
- Ellipsometers
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Differential scanning calorimeters
- Electrode furnaces
- Tube furnaces
- Spectrum analyzers
- Shaker ball mills
- Titanium autoclaves
- Potentiostats
- Induction furnaces
- Creep testing equipment
- Imaging ellipsometers
- Theta-theta diffractometers
- Ultraprecision lathes
- Industrial computed tomography CT scanners
- Hot mounting presses
- Maplesoft Maple
- Email software
- Olympus Image Analysis
- VAMP/VASP
- SolidWorks COSMOSWorks
- Dassault Systemes Abaqus
- Multichannel microelectrode analyzer MMA software
- PWscf
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- International Centre for Diffraction Data ICDD DDView
- Microsoft Word
- Chempute Software HSC Chemistry
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- RIETAN
- ESM Software CrystalMaker
- Advanced Chemistry Development Analytical Laboratory
- Stewart Computational Chemistry MOPAC
- ANSYS LS-DYNA
- PANalytical X'Pert Epitaxy
- ANSYS Multiphysics
- Accelrys Materials Studio
- GAMESS-US
- R
- Bruker AXS EVA
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
- Bruker AXS LEPTOS
- Bruker AXS TOPAS
- Materials Data Incorporated Jade
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- PANalytical X'Pert Data Collector
- General Structural Analysis System GSAS
- National Instruments LabVIEW