Assistant Professor - CASFER

Position

Assistant Professor - CASFER

Engineering

The Institute for Sustainability and Circular Economy (ISCE) at Texas Tech University, in conjunction with the $51M NSF funded Engineering Research Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distribute Fertilizers (CASFER), and the Whitacre College of Engineering, invites applications for three (3) full-time, 9-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor positions to begin September 1, 2026. All prospective employees are encouraged to visit Work at Texas Tech to learn more about becoming a part of our campus community.

Established in 1923, Texas Tech University is a Carnegie R1 (very high research activity) Doctoral/Research-Extensive, Hispanic Serving, and state-assisted institution. Located on a campus in Lubbock, the university enrolls over 40,000 students. It is committed to student success and to preparing ethical leaders for a diverse and globally competitive workforce.

The Edward

E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering is home to seven academic departments, offers over 30 degrees to about 6,600 students, and has over $18 million in annual research awards. Major research strengths include wind science & engineering, pulsed power and power electronics, microscale and nanoscale devices, semiconductor materials, engineering medicine, bioengineering, energetics, and polymer materials.

Texas Tech University Institute for Sustainability and Circular Economy (ISCE) develops solutions to major societal problems by integrating sustainability, resiliency, and circular economy practices. CASFER is an example of a sustainability initiative. The NSF Engineering research center CASFER aims to enable resilient and sustainable food production by developing next-generation, modular, distributed, and efficient technologies for capturing, recycling, and producing nitrogen-based fertilizers.

CASFER is led by Texas Tech University with partners at Georgia Tech, MIT, Case Western Reserve University, and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. CASFER has over 30 faculty and researchers and supports over 70 graduate students, undergraduate students, and post-doctoral researchers.

In line with TTU's strategic priorities to engage a diverse student body, enable innovative research and creative activities, and transform lives and communities through outreach and engaged scholarship, applicants should have experience working with diverse student populations at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels within teaching, research/creative activity, and service.

This is an interdisciplinary position. The successful candidate will have a department within the Whitacre College of Engineering as the tenured home department and are expected to perform research within ISCE and CASFER and support the vision and mission of both. They will engage in strategic outreach, scholarship, and internal and professional service. The position offers opportunities to work with CASFER and ISCE toward a Nitrogen Circular Economy, engage in multidisciplinary research toward circular engineering design, revalorization of products, distributed production of value products, public outreach on resilient infrastructure issues and policy, and advancing ISCE strategic goals.

We seek dedicated scholars who will provide inspiration, leadership, and excellence in research, teaching, and service.

Texas Tech University

• Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis
• Advanced Separations
• Digital Twins and Process Simulation