| Job Title: Junior Research Fellow Job Category(s) : Project Job Description : DRDO-funded project on simulating orbital propagation of LEO objects and experimental validation. Expected job responsibilities below: Year 1: Image analysis of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) objects, set up an image analysis algorithm pipeline, and calculate orbital elements from images of a given LEO. Finally automated the procedure for a large number of LEO objects. Year 2: assist in conducting field operations of the facility on a daily basis, which include (1) a list of LEO source selection (2) prepare an observation plan, (3) track and record each pass with multiple short exposures, (4) calculate orbital elements using the algorithm developed in year 1. Application deadline : 2025-09-30 Institutional URL with the announcement : https://iith.ac.in/careers/#postdoc Announcement Brochure/Poster/Notification : advertisement-JRF.pdf Name of the Contact Person : Dr Mayukh Pahari Affiliation of the Contact Person : department of Physics, IIT Hyderabad Email of the Contact Person : mayukh@phy.iith.ac.in Other Remarks : N/A |