Lecturer or Teaching Assistant Professor, Engineering Fundamentals

Description

Engineering Fundamentals (EF) at the University of Tennessee,Knoxville, seeks two dynamic and innovative faculty at the rank of Lecturer (non-terminal degree) or Teaching Assistant Professor(terminal degree) to contribute to its first-year engineering program. EF is the home of the engage Engineering Fundamentalsprogram, an active-learning focused, first-year curriculum that is responsible for teaching 8-12 credit hours of common coursework for Tickle College of Engineering’s first-year students, depending ontheir major.

EF course content, delivered in a flipped classroommodel, primarily focuses on introductory level physics, computingtools (e.g., Excel and MATLAB), hands-on lab activities, and project design experiences. Additional topics that may be included in the first-year courses are: the design process, technical communication, teaming, perspectives of the engineering profession,and student success-related topics (time management, study skills,etc.). Engineering Fundamentals is also responsible for teaching anupper-division active-learning introductory programming courseutilizing primarily MATLAB for engineering problem solving.

All faculty in EF are expected to contribute 90% of their time to teaching and 10% to the service mission of EF, the college, the university, and/or the field. The workload for the position includes teaching one to two EF courses each semester (courses may include multiple sections up to 128 students), mentoring both undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants, and facilitating the day-to-day operations of the EF unit.

Details about the engage Engineering Fundamentals program are available athttps://engage.utk.edu/ . As a faculty member of the Engineering Fundamentals program, you join the University of Tennesseecommunity.

The Tickle College of Engineering (TCE) is in the midst of an unprecedented period of growth and success, including adding morethan 30 new faculty at all levels to the college over 4 years aspart of ambitious hiring campaigns led by Chancellor Donde Plowmanand Dean Matthew Mench. The college has set records in research expenditures, enrollment, incoming student GPA, intellectual property development, and USNWR rank in the past three years.

Key partnerships with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) through the University of Tennessee Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT-ORII) and Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) that manages the Y-12

National Security Complex have created an expanded opportunityspace for faculty and students in the region . New facilities include the state-of-the art Zeanah Engineering Complex, the University of Tennessee Manufacturing and Design Enterprise(TN-MADE) facility, and the Innovation South building that housesUTK’s Fibers and Composites Manufacturing Facility (FCMF), aNational Prototype Research Center (NSPC) as part of a partnership with CNS Y-12 under construction, and new facilities for the Biomedical Engineering department and a quantum foundry in planning stages.

TCE currently has 213 tenured/tenure track and more than 80non-tenure track faculty in its nine academic departments andoffers 11 undergraduate, 16 MS, and 15 PhD/DE degree programs.

Affiliated with TCE and located in Tullahoma, Tennessee, the UTSpace Institute is a hub of aerospace and defense research. The college is also home to eight research centers and threeinterdisciplinary institutes. With approximately 4,800undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students, the college sits 28thamong public universities in the most recent U.S. News and World Report graduate rankings. Faculty in the college have won 33 early career awards (NSF, DOE, DARPA, AFOSR, AHA, and Sloan) since  FY25, the college had annual research expenditures of $113.9M.

Knoxville, TN is a vibrant city with a beautiful and walkabledowntown, active neighborhoods, an effervescent nightlife that includes numerous theaters and museums, a rich live music sceneacross all genres, and eclectic restaurants. Knoxville is nestledin the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, surrounded by lakesand the Tennessee River, providing amazing access to variousoutdoor activities. Knoxville is within easy driving distance offour major metropolitan areas that regularly host larger cultural and entertainment events.

The faculty position is a full-time, non-tenure-track, 9-monthappointment at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor, based on degree. Candidates are required to have earnedat least a master’s degree in…