Adjunct Faculty, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Adjunct Faculty Positions in All Areas of Electrical and/or Computer Engineering

If you have prior academic or industrial experience, a passion for hands-on, project-based teaching, and would like to share your knowledge and wisdom with an enthusiastic group of students, and indeed shape the next generation of our nation's workforce, we want you in our classrooms and laboratories.

With a dramatic increase in undergraduate and graduate enrollment and a new building that allows us to expand, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) at Rowan University is growing. To support this robust growth, we seek energetic and innovative teacher-scholars as Adjunct Faculty who are interested in sharing their knowledge and wisdom with our students and share our commitment to excellence in engineering education.

Our Adjunct Faculty, who are typically active or retired industry professionals, constitute an important part of the fabric of the Rowan ECE community as they bring their unique experiences and perspectives to our department.

The successful candidates will be responsible for teaching innovative, project-based courses in the electrical and computer engineering curriculum. These courses may be core or elective, depending on the applicant's area of expertise. We welcome qualified and dedicated individuals with a background in all areas of ECE, including but not limited to:

Core topics

* Digital and embedded systems,

* Computer architecture,

* Circuits, electronics, power electronics,

* VLSI design, chip design, advanced chip manufacturing, solid-state systems

* Control systems,

* Signal and image processing,

* Communication systems,

* Electromagnetics and modern antenna systems

Electives

* RF / microwave systems

* Systems engineering

* Power systems, renewable and alternative energy systems, modern battery systems

* Robotics

* Machine learning / artificial intelligence

* Cybersecurity, cyber-physical systems

* Your favorite emerging topic in any area that relates to ECE

As a department, we greatly value experiential and project-based learning, integrating emerging topics and technologies into the curriculum, and providing an outstanding and state-of-the-art array of equipment, instruments, rapid prototyping, fabrication and computational resources to support such activities. Our dedication to project-based learning is reflected in our curriculum, as all our courses include lab/project components. As a result, we seek individuals who share this dedication, possess the skills and passion to develop innovative hands-on lab projects or other experiential learning activities using appropriate modern tools, and have the ability to integrate such projects/activities into the course content.

Applicants must have earned at least a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline. Individuals with industry and/or academic experience are particularly encouraged to apply.

Effective communication skills, the capacity to collaborate with multi-disciplinary student and faculty teams, and the capability to teach in a project-based environment are essential. The position is part-time, non-tenure-track, with renewable contracts contingent upon performance (including student evaluations), departmental needs, and university and budgetary approvals. The review of applications will commence immediately and continue as new needs arise.

For full consideration, applications should include the following items:

* A cover letter summarizing qualifications and the applicant's interest in the position

* Current and detailed CV

* Statement of teaching interests, including the list of courses the applicant feels most qualified to teach, and teaching philosophy.

* Names and contact information for two professional references (an optional personal reference may also be added)

* Unofficial transcripts. Please note that successful candidates will be asked to submit official transcripts. Therefore, submitting an official transcript at the time of application, if available, will expedite the hiring process. Transcripts issued to the applicant are acceptable.

* Optionally,…