Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering

Description

The Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at San Diego State University (SDSU) invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in Structural Engineering, with a focus in quantitative structural reliability, risk assessment and physics-informed predictive sciences. Emphasis is placed on uncertainty quantification analysis to support the integration of technological solutions in structural design and enhance community resilience of civil infrastructure systems against both single and cascading hazards. 

Resilient, smart and connected communities must consider the interaction among risk/uncertainty management and physics-based modeling, and performance optimization over complex interdisciplinary multi-objectives, including human factors, able to address future challenges related to climate change and natural hazards, population growth, and optimal life-cycle performance. The future of civil infrastructure systems in the face of evolving hazards may enable cross-campus interdisciplinary collaborations with faculty in other departments and colleges at SDSU.  

Qualifications

Applicants should have a demonstrated record of excellence and show exceptional promise for high-quality research, teaching, and professional development that could contribute to advancing structural engineering practices and enhance community resilience of systems against both single and cascading hazards, including expertise in: (a) structural reliability and risk assessment seismic analysis; (b) integration of advances in computational modeling and physics-informed analytics; (c) structural assessment with interactive workflows and data-driven rehabilitation processes; (d) hybrid structural testing; (e) performance optimization for complex multi-objective resilient structural systems in light of cascading hazards.

SDSU is a large, diverse, urban university with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence, which embraces the teacher-scholar model.  Since 2012, SDSU has been designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education.  Our campus community is diverse in many ways, including race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, pregnancy, medical condition, and covered veteran status.  We strive to build and sustain a welcoming environment for all and we seek applicants with demonstrated experience in and/or a commitment to teaching and working effectively with groups that have been documented as underrepresented in engineering and higher education.  

Applicants should clearly indicate (for example, in a table format in the diversity and inclusion statement) past accomplishments and future plans that satisfy at least three of the following areas: (a) engage in service with underrepresented populations in engineering; (b) demonstrate knowledge of barriers for underrepresented students and faculty in higher education; (c) build on past experience and/or demonstrate commitment to teaching and mentoring underrepresented students; (d) integrate understanding of underrepresented populations and communities into research; (e) extend knowledge of how to achieve scholarly success as a member of an underrepresented group; (f) be committed to research that engages underrepresented communities; (g) show expertise in cross-cultural communication and collaboration; and (h) pursue research that contributes to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education.  See the following link for additional information https://sacd.sdsu.edu/cie/guidance-candidates 

Applicants must hold a B.S. in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related discipline and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related discipline by the date of hire.  Applicants should be active researchers who will develop and maintain an extramurally supported research program, publish and disseminate research findings, and serve as leaders at the forefront of their field.  The candidate is expected to instruct and mentor undergraduate as well as graduate students in the classroom and in research.

Since its founding in 1897, SDSU has grown to become a leading public research university, and a federally-designated Hispanic-serving Institution, an Asian American and Native American, Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), as well as Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and Universities Institution (HSACU). Each year, SDSU provides more than 37,000 students with the opportunity to participate in an academic curriculum distinguished by direct contact with faculty and an international emphasis that prepares them for a global future. In 2024, the university celebrated the milestone of reaching 500,000 alumni with the sp