Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Polymer Materials Engineering -- Non-Tenure Track Faculty Vacancy Pool

Position Title Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Polymer Materials Engineering -- Non-Tenure Track Faculty Vacancy Pool About the University Western Washington University, with over 16,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western is the highest-ranking public, master's-granting university in the Pacific Northwest, according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings. Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties. About the Department

The Engineering & Design Department has undergraduate programs in Manufacturing Engineering and Polymer Materials Engineering, as well as Electrical and Computer Engineering and Industrial Design.  The Department has 24 full-time faculty and almost 500 majors and pre-majors. For information please visit the Engineering & Design Department website. 

The College of Science and Engineering and the Engineering & Design Department support Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

About the Position

The Engineering & Design Department maintains a vacancy pool of qualified persons interested in temporary teaching in Engineering (ENGR), Manufacturing Engineering (MFGE), or Polymer Materials Engineering (PME). In anticipation of possible openings throughout the academic year and summer sessions, applications are accepted continuously for temporary, non-tenure track teaching positions on a part-time basis with occasional opportunities for temporary, full-time appointments. Positions may become available at any time and are typically filled on a quarterly basis.

Position Responsibilities: Teach Engineering (ENGR), Manufacturing Engineering (MFGE), and Polymer Materials Engineering (PME) courses as directed by the department chair. The department, college and University value teaching, and we expect you to be an excellent teacher; to be current in your discipline; to engage students actively in their own learning including discussion, writing, and analysis; and to set high standards regarding course content. You are expected to provide students with feedback on their coursework and examinations, to be available to students through regularly scheduled office hours in keeping with department policy, and to collect assessment data on student learning and participate in efforts for accreditation related to your teaching assignment. You must have your students evaluate your course(s) using the standard University evaluation forms, or others approved by the provost, and you must make those evaluations available to the department chairs and faculty for annual review.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Manufacturing, Materials, or Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
• Demonstrated potential for effective teaching
• Demonstrated commitment to fulfilling working, teaching, and mentoring responsibilities in ways that provide equitable and inclusive environments for all students, faculty, and staff with diverse social identities and backgrounds

Preferred Qualifications

• Recent, relevant industry experience
• M.S. in Manufacturing, Materials, or Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• Successful teaching experience