INSTITUTION: Wayne State University
DEPARTMENT: Center of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
POSITION: Tenure Track Faculty Positions in Sustainable Manufacturing
NOTES: Application review begins December 1, 2012.
Wayne State University
Faculty Positions in Sustainable
Manufacturing
The College of Engineering at
Wayne State University (WSU) is seeking applicants for tenure-track faculty
positions in the area of Sustainable Manufacturing as a part of
new cluster hire for the creation of a Center of Advanced Materials and
Manufacturing, with up to four positions in the cluster. Rank
will be at the assistant or associate professor levels for the 2013-14 academic
year. Specific areas of interest in the Sustainable Manufacturing area
include but are not limited to: Modeling for Manufacturing Sustainability,
Green Manufacturing, Product Design & Development for Manufacturing
Sustainability, Information Technology for Manufacturing Sustainability,
Optimization for Manufacturing Sustainability, and Policies for Manufacturing
Sustainability.
Areas of interest for the Center
of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing include but are not limited to
(1) the synthesis and evaluation of innovative designs, high-performance
concrete (fiber-reinforced and silica fume composites), intelligent construction
materials, energy-optimized structures, green manufacturing/construction,
infrastructure sustainability, and nanofibers and nanobiocides in water
purification, (2) design, synthesis, and manufacturing of chemicals and
adaptive materials, nano-bio materials engineering and manufacturing, and
sustainable process systems engineering, (3) manufacturing sustainability
and related product development, information technology and optimization and
policies, and (4) sustainable materials, additive manufacturing, material
joining, mixed materials, lean and flexible manufacturing, computational
modeling, metamaterials, lightweight composites and out-of-autoclave
processing. Based on the qualifications of the faculty and interest, they will
become members of any of the following departments: Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Industrial and Systems
Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
Wayne State University is a
comprehensive research university that offers generous and competitive start-up
packages. The successful candidates should have a Ph.D. in a related field with
an outstanding record of scholarship. Desired qualifications include a record
of acquiring external funding and publication in top-tier journals with real-world
impact and a commitment to transdisciplinary teaming. Candidates are
expected to develop vigorous research programs and participate in undergraduate
and graduate teaching.
Review of applications will begin December
1, 2012. Candidates must complete an online faculty application at the
following website: https://jobs.wayne.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=476217.
Provide a curriculum vitae, a cover letter with detailed descriptions of
teaching and research interests, reprints of 2 selected publications, and
the names and addresses of at least three references should be attached as .pdf
documents to the on-line application. (Note: If the website link does
not directly take you to the posting, please try a second time without closing
the browser and/or look for Posting Number: 039057)
For further information regarding
the Center, contact Professor Golam Newaz, Chair, Search Committee (gnewaz@eng.wayne.edu; 313-577-3877).
Interested candidates for the Industrial & Systems
Engineering Department are encouraged to contact Dr. Ratna Babu Chinnam (ratna.chinnam@wayne.edu) or Dr.
Kyoung-yun Kim (kykim@wayne.edu). The
Industrial & Systems Engineering Department currently has 12 full-time
faculty with over 45 PhD students and 150 MS students with a small and growing
UG program. The faculty bring annually over $2M in external funding and have
very strong research relations with the automotive companies and healthcare
facilities in South-East Michigan. The department also offers a Global
Executive PhD track, the first such program in the U.S.
Posting
Details:
Posting
Number: 039057
Position
Title: Assistant/Associate Professor
Number
of Vacancies: 4
School/College:
College of Engineering
Essential
Functions (Job Duties): Cluster Hiring of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
Faculty
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