Faculty Position

The Department of Civil Engineering at NCSU has an opening for tenure track faculty position in the general areas of Structural Engineering and/or Mechanics. The plan is to hire the best candidate irrespective of the specific area of research focus. Interested applicants are urged to act quickly, as the final review of applications may begin as early as next week (the week of January 11). The official advertisement is given below.

Tenure Track Faculty Position in Structural Engineering and Mechanics

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University
of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure track faculty
position. Applications will be considered from outstanding candidates
in any emerging area of Materials Science and Engineering. Successful
candidates will be committed to excellence in undergraduate and
graduate teaching, in particular curriculum development related to

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University invites applications for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the assistant, associate, or full professor ranks to begin August 2009. Applicants are sought in all areas of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics but preference will be given to those with interest and expertise in aerospace structures/mechanics of materials, multidisciplinary design and analysis, experimental thermal-fluids, propulsion, wind energy, and wind engineering.

Please find below a link to an open position (Assistant Professor, tenure track) at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne, Switzerland).  http://professeurs.epfl.ch/page74720.html

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a faculty position effective September 1, 2009. The search is open to all ranks depending on qualifications and experience. 

The Department of Civil Engineering at North Carolina State University is inviting applications for a possible tenure-track position in the broad area of advanced materials. The solicitation is part of a broader search, with the goal of filling one or more positions in the department; please see the official advertisement at the end of this message. Note that the advertisement does not give any specific details about the desirable properties of the advanced materials applicant. They are summarized below.

The mechanical engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University is now advertising faculty positions. Ranked by US News & World Report as a top 10 graduate engineering program and a Top 25 undergraduate university, Carnegie Mellon might be a good fit for someone that you know.

Professorship in the Mechanics of Materials Division
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Imperial College London

Imperial College is one of Europe's leading teaching and research institutions and the Department of Mechanical Engineering had the highest possible rating in the last Research Assessment Exercise.