Assistant Professor (Thermofluids) #0085307

Posting number: 2025-02182

Department: University of Hawai'i at Manoa - CoE - Mechanical Engineering

Job classification: ASST PROF, UHM, 9-MO

Posting type: Open

Categories: Engineering, Higher Education

Summary

Title: Assistant Professor (Thermofluids) 
Position Number(s): 0085307

Hiring Unit: College of Engineering – Mechanical Engineering

Location: Manoa

Date Posted: June 2, 2026

Closing Date: Continuous – application review begins August 17, 2026

Salary Information: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. 

Monthly Type: 9-Month

Tenure Track: Tenure

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Temporary/Permanent: Permanent 

Funding: General Funds

Assistant Professor (Thermofluids)(F3); Position number 0085307; the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa (UHM), invites applications for one (1) full-time, tenure-track, Assistant Professor position (focus area: Thermal and Fluid Sciences), pending position clearance and availability of funds, to begin on January 1, 2027 or as soon thereafter as possible.

The positions are open to applicants specializing in all areas of thermal and fluid sciences within mechanical engineering. 

The Department has active research programs in thermal and fluid sciences, aerospace engineering, materials and manufacturing, mechanics, systems, controls, and biomedical engineering.  For more information on the department, please visit https://me.hawaii.edu.

The College of Engineering (CoE) offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and its undergraduate programs are Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited. For more information on the college, please visitwww.eng.hawaii.edu. 

The CoE closely collaborates with other units at the University of Hawai‘i, including John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), Cancer Research Center, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research & Education (C-MORE), Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI), College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering (ORE), College of Natural Sciences, Hawai’i Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL), Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology (HIGP), School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Information and Computer Sciences (ICS), Hawaii Data Science Institute (HI-DSI), Information Technology Center, College of Social Sciences, Institute for Astronomy (IfA), and Laboratory for Advanced Visualization and Applications (LAVA).

The University of Hawai?i is a Carnegie R1 (i.e., highest research activity) university and is recognized as a Land Grant, Sea Grant, Space Grant, and Sun Grant university. 

Our campus welcomes all students but given our responsibilities to the community in which we operate, as part of our strategic mission, we strive to become a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning, a place that is committed to integrating Native Hawaiian language, culture and/or values into its academic and campus environment. College of Engineering is committed to serving and affirming our unique community and culture in the center of the Pacific Ocean and to continued research excellence. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Teach, conduct, and develop assigned undergraduate and graduate courses and seminars, including via various distance delivery modes as required, including courses in the area of mechanical engineering and specifically in thermal and fluid sciences; 

• Develop an independent,