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THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY invites applications and nominations for one or more tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level for Fall 2010.  Exceptional candidates will be considered for appointment at the Associate or Full Professor rank.  Candidates are expected to contribute to one of three research focus areas: biomolecular engineering, advanced materials and nanotechnology, and energy and the environment. A Ph.D. with a distinguished academic record is required.  Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses and leading an externally funded scholarly research program.  Ranked in the top 20 nationally, Vanderbilt University is located on 330 park­-like acres one and one-half miles from downtown Nashville.  The University has ten schools, which provide a full range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs.  Interdisciplinary research opportunities exist with faculty in many other departments within the School of Engineering, the College of Arts and Science, and the School of Medicine.  Interested individuals should send the following application materials to the Search Committee Chair: curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching interests, and the names and addresses of at least three references. Application materials should be sent in electronic format (PDF or Word) to peter.pintauro@vanderbilt.edu. Screenings of applications will begin October 1, 2009 and continue until the positions are filled. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.  Vanderbilt University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.

 

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University invites applications for one or more faculty positions to begin Fall 2010. Applications will be considered for positions at all ranks commensurate with qualifications.  Applicants must possess a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline and have expertise and research interests that are synergistic with existing research areas in the department including energy conversion, combustion, microfluidics, bioMEMS, nanotechnology, mechatronics, portable power, and robotics. Successful candidates will be expected to build a strong, externally-funded research program and make a significant contribution to the department’s research activities.  The candidate should also have a marked interest in and talent for teaching in both the undergraduate (B.E.) and graduate (M.S. and Ph.D.) programs. The Department of Mechanical Engineering has a student body of about 265 undergraduates and 40 Ph.D. students.  Applications consisting of a cover letter, a complete curriculum vitae, statements of teaching and research interests, and the addresses of four references (include email address) should be sent to:
Professor Robert W. Pitz
Chair, Search Committee
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Box 1592, Station B
Nashville, TN 37235-1592
or sent electronically to:
robert.w.pitz@vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
 

 

 

Founded in 1873, Vanderbilt is a private, coeducational university with approximately 6,000 undergraduates and 4,000 graduate and professional students. Vanderbilt University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action employer.

 

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