**Hiring for all open positions is currently on hold.**
Open Rank Faculty Positions Nos. 53364 and 52985
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Department of Mechanical Engineering invites applications for multiple open rank, full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty positions beginning in the Fall 2020 semester. We are seeking highly qualified faculty members in all areas of mechanical engineering, with particular interest in individuals with expertise in:
- Dynamics and Controls, including robotics and automation (soft and small-scale robotics, human interaction, autonomous systems, and manufacturing), and mechatronics;
- Mechanics, including solid and computational mechanics with applications in the areas of smart materials, metamaterials, additive manufacturing, and cell and tissue biomechanics and engineering;
- Heat transfer, including energy conversion and transfer, transport in micro-and nano-structured materials, heat transfer in manufacturing processes, and bio-heat transfer.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related field, and will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses, develop and sustain internationally recognized research programs, and participate in multi-disciplinary research projects in the Lyle School and the university.
Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Curriculum vitae, statements of teaching and research and a list of four references should be sent to ME-Faculty-Search@lyle.smu.edu. Please refer to position numbers 53364 and 52985 in all correspondence. Hiring is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a background check.
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