Penn State - Engineering - 6 Faculty Positions - Dean's Frontier Faculty

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DEPARTMENT: Engineering
POSITION: 6 Faculty Positions - Dean's Frontier Faculty
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Penn State Engineering Search for 6 Faculty Positions ‐ Dean’s Frontier Faculty

As part of a plan for substantial expansion of the faculty in both core and emerging fields, the Penn State College of Engineering announces openings for six tenure‐system Frontier Faculty positions in, but not restricted to, the areas of:

·    Optimal and Secure Cyberenvironments: cybersecurity, cyberphysical engineering and healthcare systems, data analytics, informatics, multiscale‐mutiphysics modeling, cultural‐ technical system integration

·    Advanced Manufacturing for Medical and Mechanical Sciences: bioprinting; biomedical sensing, devices and imaging; nanomanufacturing; additive manufacturing; new materials for sustainability and enhanced performance

·    Resilient Infrastructure Systems: autonomous, optimized and adaptive systems; advanced land, air and sea vehicles; infrastructure technology, management and finance system integration

·    Sustainable Water‐Energy‐Food Nexus: modeling, optimization and management of interacting water‐energy‐food systems; water resources sustainability; energy efficiency; natural gas cycle; food production, harvesting, storage, and transportation optimization; optimized and socially‐responsible energy, water and food production and distribution

The College is particularly interested in senior‐ and mid‐career faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional records of success of integrating teaching, research, innovation, leadership and service to their institutions, profession and communities. Exceptional early‐career faculty members in emerging fields are also invited to apply. This search is being conducted at the College level and is led by the Dean’s office with the academic home of the successful candidates will be determined during the hiring process. Additional information about these positions and the College’s plan for growth may be found at www.engr.psu.edu/growth.

Review of applicants will begin on November 1, 2014, and will continue until the positions are filled. Applicants should submit a statement of professional interests, a curriculum vitae, and contact information for four references. Please submit these items in one pdf file. Apply to job 53460 at http://www.psu.jobs.

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