Assistant Professor- Biomedical Engineering

80 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881

Please attach the following 5 (PDF) documents to your online Faculty Employment Application:

(#2) Curriculum Vitae.
(#3) Research Statement - a narrative, up to three-pages (as one complete document), describing your research and how it relates to biomedical engineering and how it aligns with current BME faculty research.
(#4) Statement of Teaching Philosophy - a narrative, up to three-pages (as one complete document), describing your teaching philosophy and background, and preferences for teaching courses in any of the three BME curricular tracks:
Bioinstrumentation and Neural Engineering, Biomechanics and Prosthetics, and Biomedical AI, and new BME courses you might develop.
(#5) Other Document - a one-page narrative describing your diversity experience.

Note:
References will be upon request by the search committee.

Position Information

Job Title

Job Title Assistant Professor
- Biomedical Engineering

Job Description Summary, Duties and Responsibilities, Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications

Search will be open until filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by December 31, 2026. Applications received after December 31, 2026 may be reviewed depending on search progress and needs but are not guaranteed full consideration.
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The University of Rhode Island enrolls approximately 17,000 students across its graduate and undergraduate programs and is the State’s flagship public research university, as well as the land grant and sea grant university, for the state of Rhode Island. The main campus is located in the historic village of Kingston, and the Bay Campus is located in Narragansett. Both campuses are near major beaches in a beautiful coastal community.

URI is just 30 minutes from Providence, RI and within easy reach of Newport, Boston, and New York City.

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A Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering or a closely related field is required at the time of appointment. Applications are invited for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, beginning in Fall 2027. We are particularly interested in candidates developing innovative technologies and computational approaches to understand, monitor, restore, or enhance human health and function. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, biomechanics, biomaterials, rehabilitation technologies, robotics, bioinstrumentation, biosensors, wearable technologies, neuroprosthetics and assistive technologies, medical imaging, biomedical signal processing, AI-driven immersive technologies and biomedical big data.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island ( URI ) became an independent department within the College of Engineering in the 2026 academic year, following a long history as a program within the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering. As part of this transition, the undergraduate curriculum was revised to establish three primary tracks:
Bioinstrumentation and Neural Engineering, Biomechanics and Prosthetics, and Biomedical AI. Biomedical Engineering currently offers a B.S. degree and partners with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to offer M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The Department is currently developing independent M.S. and Ph.D. programs.

Our BME faculty conduct research in neural signal processing, neuro-instrumentation, neuro-robotics, neuromodulation, wearable health systems, digital health, medical imaging and signal processing, physiological modeling, biomedical AI and machine learning, and assistive and rehabilitation technologies. The interdisciplinary nature of the Department provides faculty with opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the University. A recently inaugurated 195,000-square-foot engineering building provides an excellent environment for interdisciplinary research and collaboration.

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Develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses while establishing a high-quality research program in…