Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering (AY 25/26)

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION - The Civil & Environmental Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California (Cal Poly) is excited to invite applications for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor rank beginning Fall 2025. 

The successful candidate will have a strong interest in innovative undergraduate teaching, a broad base of knowledge and teaching interests, and the ability to integrate that knowledge across environmental systems. Candidates should demonstrate a strong commitment to project-based and hands-on learning using innovative pedagogical methods.  In addition, the candidate is expected to embrace the teacher-scholar model and engage in research collaborations with undergraduates and master’s students.

Preferred teaching areas include air quality & climate, fate & transport, toxicity & risk assessment, environmental modeling, environmental engineering of energy systems. 

Scholarship areas of interest include pollutant fate and transport, prevention/management of air quality pollutants, environmental risk assessment, integrated environmental/multimedia systems, and climate impacts and adaptation.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: (a) teaching a broad array of fundamental classes and laboratories in environmental engineering as well as upper division and graduate courses in area(s) of specialization; (b) engaging in activities related to service in the form of student club advising, curriculum development, and shared governance; (c) supervising undergraduate and graduate (master's)-level research; (d) developing and maintaining externally-funded research programs; (e) collaborating with other faculty on curricular, research and professional development interests.

Salary will be commensurate with education and experience of the individual selected. Qualified candidates with industry experience are encouraged to apply. Anticipated hiring range: $106,000 - $118,000 per year.

At California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, we believe that cultivating an environment that embraces and promotes diversity is fundamental to the success of our students, our employees, and our community. Bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and value systems fosters the innovative and creative thinking that exemplifies Cal Poly's values of free inquiry, cultural and intellectual diversity, mutual respect, civic engagement, and social and environmental responsibility. Cal Poly's commitment to diversity informs our efforts in recruitment, hiring and retention. California Polytechnic State University is an equal opportunity employer.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Civil & Environmental Engineering Department has two separate B.S. degree programs with approximately 650 undergraduate students in the Civil Engineering Program and 250 in the Environmental Engineering Program. Both programs are ABET accredited. The Department’s undergraduate programs are consistently rated as among the best in the U.S. for non-Ph.D. granting institutions, and the department proudly supports extremely active and highly regarded student chapters of the Air and Waste Management Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, and Engineers without Borders. The Department also offers an M.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering with approximately 50 active graduate students.

Cal Poly is committed to the teacher-scholar model. As teachers, faculty are expected to exhibit strong pedagogic skills and to remain proficient and current in their disciplines. As scholars, faculty should be engaged in scholarly work that is of very high quality as evidenced by external peer review. As colleagues, faculty are encouraged to perform service activities at all levels of the University.

For more information about the department, please visit https://ceenve.calpoly.edu.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

The Cal Poly College of Engineering strongly values diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), as part of our focus on equitable student success. The Cal Poly College of Engineering is excited to invite applications to fill multiple tenure-track faculty positions across eight departments to start September 2025. Successful applicants show evidence or demonstrate the potential to implement inclusive and equity-minded teaching strategies as well as increase curricular coverage of the intersection of engineering and computing with societal challenges, particularly around DEI issues. Successful candidates will be expected to contribute to the college’s goals in these areas.

The college is searching for positions in the following disciplines: