Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor - MME

Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor - MME

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department

Regular

Salary

Salary will be commensurate with the level of the position, education, and experience.

Yes

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering is recruiting for one Teaching, Clinical Professor and Lecturer (TCPL) position for its growing engineering programs, including Mechanical and Smart Manufacturing, to teach undergraduate- and graduate-level engineering courses; advise students; and provide service to the department and university. The start date is August 2027.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Required:
  
  Ph.D. in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, Industrial and Systems Engineering, or a closely related field by the date of appointment (ABDs may apply, but the doctorate must be completed by the date of appointment).
• Appointment to the rank of Associate level requires the Master's degree and an established record of high-quality teaching and service.

Consideration may be given to candidates with teaching, laboratory, and/or industry experience in the area of dynamical systems and/or fluid mechanics to support the curriculum of the department's mechanical engineering, smart manufacturing engineering, and engineering management programs. Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

• system dynamics
• vibrations
• controls
• modeling and simulation of dynamic systems
• fluid mechanics
• thermal-fluid systems
• experimental methods

Additional consideration will be given to candidates with relevant industrial or postdoctoral experience and demonstrated excellence in undergraduate instruction.

• Submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, experience, and plans

Inquiries can be addressed to the search committee chair, Dr. James Chagdes, eening of applicants will begin November 15th, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled.

• A criminal background check is required. All campuses are smoke-and tobacco-free campuses.
• This organization participates in E-Verify.

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