DEPARTMENT: Aerospace Engineering
POSITION: Head and Endowed Chair
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Head and Endowed
Chair
Department of
Aerospace Engineering
The Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State
University (MSU) is seeking candidates for the Head of the Department of
Aerospace Engineering (ASE). The ASE Head also holds the Bill and Carolyn
Cobb Endowed Chair. The primary aim of the Department Head of Aerospace
Engineering is to advance the national stature of the department. The
Department Head is under the administrative supervision of the Dean of the
Bagley College of Engineering and is responsible for the overall administration
of the department. The successful candidate must possess an earned doctorate in
aerospace engineering or a closely related field, must have earned national
recognition by a distinguished record of accomplishments in aerospace
engineering education and research, and must qualify for the rank of professor.
A record of excellence in teaching and scholarly publications in archival
literature and funded research is required. In addition, a baccalaureate degree
in engineering is desirable.
The Department of Aerospace Engineering is one of eight
academic departments in the Bagley College of Engineering. The department
offers an ABET-accredited undergraduate program in aerospace engineering, as
well as graduate studies leading to MS and PhD
degrees. The department is composed of approximately 245 undergraduate and 36
graduate students, 13 tenure-track faculty members, 5 instructors, and 3 staff
members. Faculty includes a member of the National Academy of Engineering and
10 faculty that are Fellows and/or Associate Fellows of national technical
organizations. Faculty members have developed strong research programs in
materials and structures, fluid dynamics, computational simulations, and
unmanned aerial systems and play a vital role in several college and university
research centers such as the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory (http://www.raspet.msstate.edu/), the High Performance
Computing Collaboratory (HPC²) (http://www.erc.msstate.edu/), and the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (http://www.cavs.msstate.edu/). The
undergraduate program offers concentrations in aeronautics and astronautics.
The department actively engages students in research, as well as
extracurricular experiences such as the Association for Unmanned Vehicle
Systems International Student UAS Competition, at which they placed first in
2008 and second in 2010. In 2013, the “Space Cowboys” Rocket Design Team
received the NASA University Student Launch Initiative Best Project Review
Award and the AIAA Community Outreach Award.
MSU, a Carnegie Foundation Very High Research University, is
a comprehensive public institution with more than 20,000 graduate and
undergraduate students and nearly 1,200 full-time faculty members, located in
Starkville, Mississippi. The Bagley College of Engineering has an approximate
enrollment of 3,200 undergraduate and 600 graduate students. For 2013,
the Bagley College of Engineering ranked 51st nationally in research
expenditures, which totaled $39.2M for the college and $2.4M for the ASE
department, according to the American Society for Engineering Education.
The position is available beginning July 1, 2015, but the
starting date is negotiable. The screening of candidates will begin November
15, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications must be
submitted online at www.jobs.msstate.edu/
for PARF #7762. Nominations or questions should be directed to Dr. John M.
Usher, Search Committee Chair, Bagley College of Engineering, Mississippi State
University, Email: usher@ise.msstate.edu,
Phone: (662) 325-7624.
Mississippi State
University is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other
characteristic protected by law. Females and minorities are encouraged to
apply.
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