Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Educator or Practice, College of Engineering & Applied Science

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Job Overview

The College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) at the University of Cincinnati, located in Cincinnati, Ohio invites applications for a full time, open rank, non-tenure track Educator or Practice faculty position to support its educational mission. This is a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Rank and salary will be commensurate with credentials.

Essential Functions

• Oversee the instruction carried out in the shared Thermofluidic Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories (TUTL) in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
• Serve as the lead instructor of record for various Thermofluidic hands-on laboratory courses and modules taught to undergraduates in the various programs of the college.  Laboratory courses may include, but are not limited to, areas in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Chemical Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.   TUTL topics will range from the application of Bernoulli’s momentum transfer equations to multiple boundary mass transfer in distillation and absorption to heat transfer coefficients from fins to thermodynamic efficiency in engines. 
• Update syllabi and laboratory manuals as needed; create and deliver pre-laboratory lectures; provide timely grading of reports, presentations, and other required materials, and develop course and equipment use schedules.
• Mentor, organize the teaching, and coordinate the training of other program faculty to teach multiple sections of Thermofluidic courses. 
• Work with program directors to schedule courses and recommend changes to the content and organization of instructors’ laboratories to enhance student outcomes.  These changes may include, but are not limited to, identifying equipment upgrades and replacement, changes to course syllabi, and identification of commonalities between experiments that may offer opportunities for consolidating instrumentation and the formation of multi-disciplinary teams of students among programs.
• Work with the technical laboratory manager to ensure the safe and effective operation of the shared TUTL space.  This entails consulting with the technical laboratory manager to determine the condition of existing equipment; justification, prioritization, and submission of equipment purchase requests and repairs; as well as oversight and training of teaching assistants.
• Serve on various Departmental and College Committees relate