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Title: Associate Professor or Full Professor (Mechanical Engineering)
Position Number: 85353
Hiring Unit: College of Engineering – Mechanical Engineering
Location: Manoa
Date Posted: October 25, 2023
Closing Date: Continuous – Application review begins February 2, 2024.
Salary Information: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Monthly Type: 9 Month
Tenure Track: Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent
Funding: General Funds
Associate Professor or Full Professor (Mechanical Engineering); Position Number 85353; the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (UHM), invites applicants for a full-time Associate Professor or Full Professor position, who have the leadership capacity and skill set to serve as the ME Department Chair, pending position clearance and availability of funds, to begin on August 1, 2024, or as soon thereafter as possible. The successful candidate may be appointed by the Dean to an 11-month appointment as Department Chair for up to a three-year period; annually renewable by the Dean; at such time when no longer Chair, the salary and appointment will revert to a nine-month basis.
The position is open to all ME disciplines. Candidates in areas of Aerospace, Biomedical Engineering, and/or Materials are specifically encouraged to apply. Applicants should hold an equivalent rank for which they are applying.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is actively and purposefully committed to considering a diverse applicant pool in terms of gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability. The Department of Mechanical Engineering is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. Candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia, are also encouraged to apply.
The department has active research programs in biomedical engineering, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), high-performance computing, microscale and nanoscale heat transfer, microfluidics, acoustics, boiling and two-phase flow, multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization, space and ocean science & exploration, aerospace engineering, robotics, uncrewed autonomous systems (UAS), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), dynamical and control systems, composites and nanocomposites, nanomaterials, soft materials, micro/nano devices, nanomanufacturing, renewable energy, smart structures, corrosion, and tribology. For more information on the department, please visit https://me.hawaii.edu.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at UHM values diversity, equity, and inclusion as integral components of a world-class education and research program and seeks to develop diversity within the profession through the education of traditionally underrepresented groups. The College of Engineering (CoE) offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and its undergraduate programs are ABET accredited. For more information on the college, please visit www.eng.hawaii.edu.
The CoE closely collaborates with other units at the University of Hawai‘i, including John A. Burns School of Medicine, Cancer Research Center, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research & Education (C-MORE), Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI), College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE), College of Natural Sciences, Hawai’i Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL), Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology (HIGP), School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Information and Computer Sciences (ICS), Hawaii Data Science Institute (HI-DSI), Information Technology Center, College of Social Sciences, Institute for Astronomy (IfA), and Laboratory for Advanced Visualization and Applications (LAVA).
The University of Hawaii is a Carnegie R1 (i.e., highest research activity) university and is recognized as a Land Grant, Sea Grant, Space Grant, and Sun Grant university. UHM is engaged in building a culturally diverse educational environment with a strong emphasis on research and graduate education.
The University of Hawaii at Manoa is dedicated to becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning, a place that is responsive to Native Hawaiians and reflective of Indigenous Hawai‘i which promotes learning, growth, connection, and healing. UH Manoa is also a designated Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center.
Duties and Responsibilities
Associate Professor
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Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.
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