Faculty Positions

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), Oxford, Mississippi, seeks to fill a full-time, non-tenure track Instructional Assistant/Associate Professor position in Mechanical Engineering. This is a 9-month faculty position beginning August 2021. The candidate must have a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering or a closely-related field. The selected candidate will: teach undergraduate courses on Mechanical Design, Design of Machinery, and Computer-aided Design; coordinate with industry sponsors on Senior Capstone Design projects; advise undergraduate students; engage with ABET accreditation; and potentially offer graduate level courses in his/her area of specialization. The ideal candidate will be well-versed in the use of 3D solid modeling packages such as Creo. At least five years of industry experience and five years of experience teaching various mechanical design-related topics including Senior Capstone design are essential.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applicants must apply online at https://careers.olemiss.edu and must submit a current CV, statement describing your teaching interests and experience along with the names of three references and their contact information. Any questions regarding this position should be addressed to the Search Committee Chair (email: mccarty@olemiss.edu). Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University of Mississippi is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA employer.

The College of Engineering at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time tenured professor and department head for the Department of Aerospace Engineering with an 11-month academic appointment beginning fall of 2021. The college is seeking a dynamic, innovative, and visionary leader who can continue to advance the department. The successful applicant will be an innovative thinker with a strategic vision for guiding the department to a higher level of excellence and who can communicate this vision to a constituency that includes academia, government, industry, and former students. The candidate must have notable accomplishments and experience in research, academic or industry leadership, teaching and scholarship.

Candidates must demonstrate a vision for supporting, directing, and enhancing the goals of the department. This leadership position includes opportunities for research and teaching as well as expanding the department’s interdisciplinary research and interaction with autonomous systems, life sciences, Army Futures Command, smart manufacturing initiatives, innovative energy alternatives, and unconventional energy.

The department head will demonstrate leadership, mentoring and administrative skills; continue a successful distinguished research and academic record commensurate with the title of tenured full professor; promote continued growth of the department in research excellence and graduate education; lead and motivate high standards for continued excellence and innovation in undergraduate education; build commitment and support for the department from a wide variety of constituent groups such as former students, industry and government labs; provide effective budget management and promote an environment of integrity to stimulate faculty, staff and students to succeed at the highest levels; organize successful fundraising through the pursuit of research funding opportunities (grants and contracts), scholarship and endowments through strengthening relationships with diverse stakeholder groups.

Department Information
As one of fifteen departments within the Texas A&M University College of Engineering, the Department of Aerospace Engineering is proud to be among the top Aerospace Engineering programs in the United States, providing unique cutting-edge educational and research opportunities, including space exploration, national defense, air transportation, communications and sustainable energy. The department is comprised of more than 50 faculty (eight faculty are NAE members), 600+ undergraduate students and almost 200 graduate students who work on projects such as building shape-shifting supersonic aircraft, hypersonic technologies, virtual reality space simulation environments, space missions, a 15,000-pound thrust re-startable hybrid rocket system, autonomous systems technologies for next generation air and space missions, surface aquatic autonomous drone, and shape-memory alloys into an emergency response tourniquet. The department emphasizes balance between basic and applied research with a wide range of strengths and depth in fundamental analytical, computational, and experimental methods. The laboratory and experimental facilities are excellent. Recent teaming with the Army Futures Command, Air Force Research Laboratories and Jet Propulsion Laboratory expand the existing research portfolio.

Qualifications
Candidates must have an earned doctorate in Aerospace Engineering or a closely related field. Evidence of credentials that merit appointment at the rank of full professor with tenure including a distinguished research and academic record commensurate with the title of tenured full professor.

Application Instructions
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, research statement, diversity statement and a list of four references (including postal addresses, phone numbers and email addresses) by applying for this specific position at apply.interfolio.com/79193. Applicants should also submit a three-page statement summarizing his/her personal vision and goals for the Department of Aerospace Engineering’s education and research, as well as his/her philosophy of academic leadership for achieving those goals. Full consideration will be given to applications received by February 1, 2021. Applications received after that date may be considered until the position is filled. It is anticipated the appointment will begin fall 2021.

Contact
Dr. Robin Autenrieth, Department Head and A.P. & Florence Wiley Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department Head Search Committee Chair, Texas A&M University, aerodhsearch@tamu.edu.

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As the leader of the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, the department head will:

• • Demonstrate leadership while nurturing a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and excellence;
• • Promote continued growth of the department in research and educational excellence;
• • Oversee hiring, mentorship, and development of faculty and staff in the department;
• • Understand industry needs and expectations for graduates;
• • Provide effective fiscal management and promote an environment of transparency and integrity;
• • Build commitment and support for the department from a wide variety of stakeholders such as former students, industry and government labs; and
• • Organize successful fund-raising initiatives to increase departmental resources for research, education and facilities.

Department Information
The J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University has a strong local, national, and international reputation as a premier undergraduate and graduate education and research program. The department has 64 tenured or tenure track faculty (including six National Academy of Engineering members) and 18 research and teaching professionals that support teaching, research and service missions. The department has 1,490 undergraduates (sophomore-senior), 223 masters, and 260 Ph.D. students enrolled as of fall 2020. According to US News and World Report, the graduate program is ranked 8th and undergraduate program is ranked 8th among US public institutions. The department is ranked 9th in the world by ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. In 2018, the department received a $20 million endowment and was named the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering. The current endowment stands at $86.4 million, of which $20 million goes towards undergraduate scholarships and $9.2 million towards graduate fellowships, and an additional $13.5 million in planned giving. The endowments also support ten chairs, twelve professorships, five career development professorships, and ten faculty fellowships. The annual research expenditure is nearly $29 million.

The department hosts strong programs that cover a broad spectrum of traditional, emerging and interdisciplinary areas of interest, including, but not limited to, fluid and thermal sciences, dynamics and control, mechanics and design, biomedical engineering; complex fluids; computational mechanics; solid and structural mechanics; microfluidics; modeling and simulation; nanotechnology; process systems engineering; continuum thermodynamics; energy applications and turbomachinery. The total laboratory space is nearly 125,000 square feet. Applicants are invited to consult the department’s website to review our academic and research programs as well as research labs and centers (https://engineering.tamu.edu/mechanical/index.html).

Qualifications
Candidates must have a doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field. Evidence of credentials that merit appointment at the rank of full professor with tenure, including a distinguished research and academic record commensurate with the title of tenured full professor, must be displayed.

Application
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, research statement, diversity statement and a list of four references (including postal addresses, phone numbers and email addresses) by applying for this specific position at http://apply.interfolio.com/79351. Applicants should also submit a three-page statement summarizing his/her personal vision and goals for the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s education and research, as well as his/her philosophy of academic leadership for achieving those goals. Full consideration will be given to applications received by January 15, 2021. Applications received after that date may be considered until the position is filled. It is anticipated the appointment will begin fall 2021.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment for all visitors, students, faculty, and staff by promoting a culture that embraces inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability. Diverse perspectives, talents, and identities are vital to accomplishing our mission and living our core values.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer committed to diversity.