Assistant Professor of Teaching: Mechanical Engineering
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Academic
Mechanical Engineering
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Position Details
Position Information
Department Acad Prog / Student Aff (LCB)
Position Title Assistant Professor (Teaching)
Job Title Assistant Professor of Teaching:
Mechanical Engineering
Appointment Type Academic Faculty
Job Location Bend
Benefits Eligible Full-Time, benefits eligible
Remote or Hybrid option?
Job Summary
Oregon State University Cascades invites applications for a full-time 1.00 FTE , 9-month, fixed-term, Assistant Professor of Teaching:
Mechanical Engineering position. Reappointment is at the discretion of the Senior Associate Dean.
This position is located in Bend, Oregon.
As an Assistant Professor of Teaching at Oregon State University-Cascades, the responsibilities of this position consist of teaching undergraduate courses related to engineering design theory and methodology; establishing and/or continuing a limited amount of independent research; and/or conducting research on teaching and pedagogy; working with students on undergraduate research projects; serving on departmental, college, and University committees; and providing professional and community service.
This fixed term professorial rank requires a doctoral-level degree, emphasizes excellence in teaching beyond instruction, and includes a percentage of FTE devoted to research and scholarship. It couples dominant duties in for-credit instruction with duties related to curricular design and development and/or pedagogical strategies and practices. Consistent with the emphasis of this rank, assigned research and scholarship are likely to relate to pedagogy.
Why OSU?
Why OSU
-Cascades?
Founded in 2001, Oregon State University – Cascades brings higher education to Central Oregon while leveraging the excellence of a land grant and top-tier research university in one of the most dynamic cities in the Pacific Northwest.
Located near downtown Bend and surrounded by mountains, forest and high desert, OSU
-Cascades offers small classes that accelerate faculty-student mentoring and experiential learning in an innovative environment that accelerates opportunities for student, faculty and staff development and advancement.
With a 128-acre campus under development and a goal to grow to 3,000 to 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students, OSU
-Cascades is delivering on a 40-year grassroots community effort to bring the benefits of a comprehensive university to the region:
Student Body and Alumni
Student and alumni data is as of fall 2024.
- 1,370 undergraduate and graduate students
- 78% from Oregon
- 42% Central Oregonians
- 24% first generation students
- 23% students of color
- 19 students on average per class
- 95% of 2023 graduates employed or in graduate school within 6 months of graduation
- 5,625 degrees awarded since founding
A growing portfolio of degree programs at OSU
-Cascades is designed to meet regional and state industry workforce and economic needs.
Research
Research underway at OSU
-Cascades focuses on challenges in energy, the environment, human wellness, social justice and society. Labs at OSU
-Cascades include the FORCE biomechanics lab, the Laboratory for the American Conversation and the Sustainable Tourism Laboratory.
Campus Development
OSU
-Cascades’ campus development is driven by an award-winning long range development plan and engineering efforts that are transforming brownfields into a thriving university campus. Sustainability plans include net zero energy, waste and water goals. Initial sustainability efforts are seen in geothermal sourced energy to heat and cool buildings, and native plant landscaping requiring little or no irrigation. In addition to an academic core, campus plans includes a 24-acre innovation district, mid-market affordable housing, and 10-miles of walking/biking trails.
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