Open Rank Professor of Materials Engineering

 

 

Position Rank and Title: Open Rank Professor of Materials Engineering

School/Department Name: Chemical and Materials Engineering

Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $103,116 - $183,532. Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector.  See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’s excellent benefits package.

Target Start Date: August 2025

Application Deadline: 31 January 2025. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or closed.

Position Description

The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at San José State University invites applications for one tenured/tenure-track position in Materials Engineering. Excellence in teaching and research at both the undergraduate and master’s (M.S.) level is expected. The candidate will be teaching undergraduate and graduate courses. The candidate must be able to adapt their teaching methods to a variety of learning environments, including online instruction. The successful candidate will develop a robust research program engaging undergraduate and graduate (M.S.) students.

The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, and San José State University value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The Materials Engineering program strives to provide broad access to the highest quality education in materials at the bachelor’s and master’s degree levels. To achieve this ambitious goal, we have crafted a curriculum affording our diverse students access to expert instructors in via classroom courses, hands-on laboratory courses, and research laboratories.

Our excellence in teaching, research, and service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved. In addition, around 45% of our students are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). The university’s commitment to social justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an international network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.

Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion through their teaching, research, and/or service. We ask that all applicants include a Diversity Statement with their application package. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Diversity Statement Guidelines, along with information about how these statements will be evaluated.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Materials Engineering or related engineering discipline
• A record of or strong potential for scholarly agenda and teaching effectiveness appropriate to the candidate’s academic rank and area of expertise
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Materials Engineering or Chemical Engineering
• Postdoctoral experience in academia or industry
• Research interest and experience in Computational Materials Engineering including Artificial Intelligence/Machine learning applications, Quantum computing, Semiconductor and electronic materials, etc.  
• Experience mentoring undergraduate and/or graduate research students. 
• Experience adapting teaching methods to a variety of learning environments, including online instruction
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• The candidate will teach courses, including laboratory courses, graduate courses and service courses as needed by the department.
• The candidate must develop a research program that incorporates undergraduate and M.S. students
• The candidate must submit grant proposals and manuscripts to peer reviewed research journals.
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