University of Pittsburgh - Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science - Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Positions

INSTITUTION: University of Pittsburgh
DEPARTMENT: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
POSITION: Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Positions
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Faculty Position in Thermal-Fluid Sciences

The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS) at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) invites applications for two positions in the Thermal-Fluid Sciences at the tenure ­track or tenured level. Successful applicants should have the ability to build an externally funded research program as well as contribute to the teaching mission of the Mechanical Engineering programs. Applicants should have a PhD or ScD in mechanical engineering or a related field. Applicants with outstanding track records at the associate professor level are also encouraged to apply.

We are seeking applicants who have strong interdisciplinary interests and can collaborate across engineering disciplines. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• transport phenomena
• thermal-hydraulics
• multi-physics modeling
• sustainability
• high performance computing

It is anticipated that one position will be aligned with the Department’s Stephen R. Tritch Program in Nuclear Engineering, while another will be linked to sustainable engineering.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science has 28 tenured or tenure-track faculty members who generate over $6 million in annual research expenditures. The National Research Council (NRC) has recently placed Mechanical Engineering at Pitt as top 20 among public universities. The Department maintains cutting edge experimental and computational facilities in various areas including energy, micro/bio fluidics, biomechanics, computational mechanics and fluid dynamics, smart structures, system dynamics and controls, and materials science and engineering.

The successful candidates for these positions will benefit from the resources, support, and multidisciplinary research environment fostered by the University of Pittsburgh’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation (http://www.mascarocenter.pitt.edu), Center for Energy (http://www.energy.pitt.edu), Center for Simulation and Modeling (http://www.sam.pitt.edu), as well as the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (http://www.psc.edu).

Qualified applicants should submit their applications electronically to pitt-mems-search@engr.pitt.edu. The application should include the following material in pdf format: a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests and teaching philosophy, and a list of at least three references. Review of applications will begin on January 15, 2016, and continue until the positions are filled. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to diversity and must be committed to high quality teaching for a diverse student body. Candidates from groups traditionally underrepresented in engineering are strongly encouraged to apply. The University of Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.