Civil and Environmental Eng. Tenure Track Faculty - Water Resources Eng

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• Health and Life Insurance
• Retirement Programs
• Paid Tuition
• 13 Paid Holidays (including an extended December holiday)
• Professional Development Opportunities

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Position Description Advertised Job Summary

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., seeks applicants for a full-time, open-rank tenured or tenure-track faculty position to begin in the Fall 2027 academic year. We seek a scholar in water resources engineering who develops and applies advanced computational, sensing, data-driven, and/or artificial intelligence approaches to advance resilient and sustainable infrastructure systems.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in civil engineering or a closely related field by the start date of employment, with a demonstrated record of research accomplishments and a strong capacity for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses. Senior-level applicants must also demonstrate sustained excellence in teaching and research, including competitive external funding, national and international service, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The ideal candidate will develop an internationally recognized, externally funded research program focused on tools for water management, including real-time flood forecasting, digital twinning of hydraulic and hydrologic systems, predictive modeling of hydrologic extremes, and strategic water use to support economic development (e.g., water use for data centers and other industrial facilities). This work will discover new knowledge and develop tools for infrastructure planning under hydrologic hazards such as coastal and flash floods relevant to South Carolina.

This position complements the department’s strengths in water resources engineering and contributes to our broader focus on intelligent and sustainable…