Assistant professor in Solid Mechanics

The Department of Mechanical Engineering seeks candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in the field of Solid Mechanics to begin July 1, 2009 or thereafter.  Appointment would be at the assistant or untenured associate professor level. In special cases, a senior faculty appointment may be possible.  Candidates should have a strong foundation in Solid Mechanics,  and should hold an earned Ph.D. in mechanical engineering or a related field  by the beginning of the appointment.  Faculty duties include teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels, research, and supervision of student research. Candidates should be ready to teach Mechanics of Materials at the undergraduate level, as well as Solid Mechanics subjects at an advanced graduate level. Candidates must have demonstrated strength to advance the frontiers of research in modeling, computation, and simulation as practiced in engineering and the sciences underpinning engineering.  Applicants’ solid mechanics research should address the development of novel material models and robust methods of analysis  and computation that probe deeply into multi-scale and multi-physics phenomena in a new or emerging field.  Topical areas of interest are broad, and may include the design of new materials for extreme loading conditions, nano-engineering, renewable energy sources, bio-engineering, and the medical sciences.

Applicants should send a curriculum vita, a research statement, a teaching statement, and copies of not more than three publications. They should also arrange for four individuals to submit letters of recommendation on their behalf. This information must be entered electronically at the following site: http://search-meche.mit.edu

Applications before January 31, 2009 are encouraged.  However, applications received by February 28, 2009 will receive full consideration.  

MIT is an equal-opportunity/affirmative action employer.  Women and underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply.