Assistant Professor in Bio, Micro and Nano-Systems
- Employer
- Virginia Tech
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Salary
- Not specified
- Date posted
- Sep 12, 2018
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Science, Technology & Mathematics, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Engineering
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech
invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position
in Bio, Micro, and Nano-systems at the assistant professor level to
start in August 2019. The primary areas of interest include
mechanobiology, the interface of mechanics and biology/medicine at
all lengthscales, biotransport, and modeling of biological systems
ranging from molecular to genes, organelle, cell, and tissue
level. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in
engineering or a closely related discipline. The successful
candidates will be responsible for mentoring graduate and
undergraduate students, teaching courses at the undergraduate and
graduate levels, and developing an internationally recognized
research program. We are looking to hire an outstanding
candidate who can contribute to Virginia Tech’s transdisciplinary
Destination Areas (particularly to Intelligent Infrastructure and
Human Centered Communities—IIHCC DA), which involve faculty and
departments across the eight colleges of the university.
While faculty remain in their home department, their research and
academic activities contribute to the advancement of the VT’s
Destination Areas in addition to their own department/discipline.
For more information about the VT Destination Areas, please visit
the website: https://www.provost.vt.edu/destination-areas.html
Blacksburg is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains and is widely
recognized by national rankings as a vibrant and desirable
community with affordable living, world-class outdoor recreation,
an active arts community, and a diverse international population.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering, which includes a Nuclear
Engineering Program, has 63 faculty, research expenditures of over
$18M, and a current enrollment of 340 graduate students with 180
students at the doctoral level, and over 1100 undergraduate
students. The Department is ranked 14th and 22nd out of all
mechanical engineering departments in the nation in undergraduate
and graduate education, respectively, by the 2018 U.S. News and
World Report. The Department includes several research centers, and
its faculty members are engaged in diverse multidisciplinary
research activities. The mechanical engineering faculty also
benefit from a number of university-wide institutes such as the
Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS), the
Biocomplexity Institute (BI), VT Carillion Research Institute
(VTCRI),Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI); College
level centers such as the recently established Rolls-Royce
University Technology Center (UTC) in advanced systems diagnostics,
and the Virginia Center for Autonomous Systems (VaCAS); and state
level industry-academic research centers such as the Commonwealth
Center for Aerospace Propulsion Systems (CCAPS) and the
Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM). For
more information about the department visit our website at http://www.me.vt.edu/ .
Qualified applicants must electronically submit the online
application at www.jobs.vt.edu, include a cover letter, a
curriculum vitae including a list of published journal articles, a
maximum two-page research statement, a one-page statement on
teaching philosophy, and the names of five references that the
search committee may contact. Apply to posting TR0180106. Review of
Applications starts November 23, 2018, and applicant screening will
continue until the position is filled. Virginia Tech is
committed to diversity and seeks a broad spectrum of candidates
including women, minorities, and people with disabilities.
Virginia Tech is a recipient of the National Science Foundation
ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award to increase the
participation of women in academic science and engineering careers
(www.advance.vt.edu). Virginia Tech is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. For assistance submitting
the application, please contact Ms. Amanda McCoy (amangs1@vt.edu,
(540) 2314162). Inquiries about the position should be directed to
the Chair of the search committee, Prof. Amrinder Nain
(nain@vt.edu), (540) 231-6036. If you are an individual with a
disability and desire accommodation, please contact the hiring
department or contact University ADA Services http://oea.vt.edu/ with any
questions.
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