Open Faculty Positions
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has three tenure-track positions available starting Fall Semester, 2008. Candidates should be qualified to teach courses in one of the areas of specialization listed below as well as other core Mechanical Engineering courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates are expected to develop a very active research program in the listed area of specialization. Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Medical Robotics
Candidates at the assistant or associate level, or full professor in exceptional cases, are sought in the broad area of Medical Robotics (e.g. rehabilitative, assistive, and surgical robotics) in support of the Utah Robotics Track, which is the second program in the US to grant MS and PhD degrees focused on robotics. The candidate’s research should complement the existing robotics expertise in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the College of Engineering (including the School of Computing, Bioengineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering). This search and another in the School of Computing build upon the recently awarded University of Utah NSF IGERT grant on Biocentric Robotics. Please respond by email to robotics_search@mech.utah.edu supplying the information requested in the right hand column.
Solid Mechanics
Candidates at the assistant, associate, or full professor level in exceptional cases, are sought in emerging areas of solid mechanics. The candidate’s research area should complement the existing expertise in the department (see web site given below), especially in solid mechanics. Preferred areas of research include mechanics of advanced materials such as composites, polymers, ceramics, and multi-functional materials, experimental mechanics, biomechanics, micro/nanomechanics, damage mechanics, fracture, and fatigue. Please respond by email to: mechanics_search@mech.utah.edu
Sustainable Systems
Candidates at the assistant, associate, or full professor level in exceptional cases, are sought in the synergistic and emerging area of sustainable systems. The candidate’s research area should span the areas of engineering sustainability and effective systems integration and implementation within or across traditional mechanical engineering research areas, especially across existing expertise within the department. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in one of these areas: sustainable manufacturing systems, sustainable energy systems, life-cycle analysis of complex engineered systems, sustainable product design, and sustainable materials. Please respond to by email to sustainable_search@mech.utah.edu with an appropriate identification of your sub-specialty area from those listed above while supplying the information requested in the right-hand column.