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Faculty position at the University of Texas at Dallas

The Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) invites applications for one tenure-system faculty position in Mechanical Engineering at the rank of Assistant Professor. The department is expanding scholarship in advanced manufacturing and design. Specifically, we seek collaborators in areas of:

· Advanced Manufacturing: Additive manufacturing, biomanufacturing, smart manufacturing, hybrid manufacturing, multi-material manufacturing, cyber manufacturing, process sensing/monitoring/control.
· Design: Automation, optimization, and AI-driven design.

Applicants from all other areas of mechanical engineering are also encouraged to apply. Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate level courses in the core curriculum and in the candidate’s specialization area. In addition to teaching, the position requires an active agenda of mentoring student scholars and researchers as well as service in the UT Dallas and/or professional community.

The appointment commences for the fall 2024 semester. To learn more and apply, click here.

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Faculty positions at Miami University

The Mechanical and Manufacturing Department seeks multiple Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure track) positions for its growing engineering programs, including Mechanical and Smart Manufacturing, to teach undergraduate and master’s level engineering courses; advise students; maintain an active research agenda, and provide service to the department and university. The start date is August 2024.

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Faculty postitions in Mechanical & Aerospace at NYU

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Center for Urban Science and Progress, both in the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor position, with joint appointment in the two units, with a start date of September 1, 2024.

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering invites applications for a tenure track position, at the level of Assistant Professor, with a start date of September 1, 2024.

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering invites applications for a full time, non-tenured, renewable faculty position in engineering design and thermal/fluid sciences at the level of Industry Associate Professor, with a start date of September 1, 2024.

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Assistant Clinical Professor for FIRE @ UMD

The First-Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) is a major initiative at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). FIRE provides first-year UMD students an inclusive faculty-mentored research experience that drives accelerated professional development and equality of opportunity.

The Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President is seeking full-time 12-month Assistant Clinical Professors to lead newly developed FIRE research streams designed around the research experience, passions, and goals of applicants.

We specifically seek individuals representing the following disciplines:

+ Social Science (Psychology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology, and all related disciplines).

+ Technology & Applied Science (Computer Science, Engineering, Information & Data Science, Geographical Information Systems, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and all related disciplines).

+ FIRE Assistant Clinical Professors design and implement the group research agenda and are responsible for all research-related curriculum, instruction, and broad student mentorship. The position empowers early-career faculty members to grow as research leaders, educators, mentors, and higher education professionals.

+ FIRE Assistant Clinical Professors work in collaboration with department-based UMD faculty members to design and implement the research agenda of a new FIRE research stream. As the lead instructor of research-related FIRE courses, the FIRE Assistant Clinical Professors are tasked with providing an excellent educational experience through the development of a research-centered curriculum that allows for iteration: students engage in work that includes periods of uncertainty, setbacks, and unexpected outcomes and have the opportunity to repeat unsuccessful methodological attempts. As the professional that works with FIRE-participating students, FIRE Assistant Clinical Professors provide personal, academic, research, and professional mentorship.

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Three Faculty Openings at the University of West Florida

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of West Florida invites applicants for three tenure track positions at the Assistant Professor level starting in Fall 2024.

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Open faculty positions in Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University

The successful candidates must have a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering or a closely related discipline at the time of appointment. The Department seeks faculty with enthusiasm and promise for excellence in teaching across our curriculum, particularly courses tailored to first-year students and subsequent design courses that provide experience for professional practice. The ability and commitment to pursue an independent research program of high quality is required. Strong applicants will have research expertise that expands the capabilities of the department.

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Faculty positions at Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering

The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department at the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson University invites applications for two (2) tenure track positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank in Aerospace Engineering starting in the 2024/25 academic year (August 1, 2024 preferred). These positions will consider hires at both the Assistant and Associate professor rank. Applicants at the Associate rank that have a robust research portfolio and demonstrated excellence in teaching are especially encouraged to apply.

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Upcoming Dissertation Defense : Upamanyu Ray

Author: Upamanyu Ray

Date: October 4, 2023 at 1pm EST

Location: EGR-1131b, Martin Hall

Committee Members:

  • Professor Teng Li, Chair and Advisor
  • Professor Hugh Bruck
  • Professor Abhijit Dasgupta
  • Professor Liangbing Hu
  • Professor Chunsheng Wang, Dean’s Representative

Title: Mechanics and thermal transport modeling in nanocellulose and cellulose-based materials

Abstract: 

Cellulose, the abundantly available natural biopolymer, has the potential to be a next generation wonder material. The motivation behind this thesis stems from the efforts to obtain mechanical properties of two novel cellulose-based materials, which were fabricated using top-down (densified engineered wood) and bottoms-up (graphite-cellulose composite) approaches. It was observed that the mechanical properties of both the engineered wood (strength~596 MPa; toughness ~3.9 MJ/m3) and cellulose-graphite composite (strength~715 MPa; toughness ~27.7 MJ/m3) surpassed the equivalent features of other conventional structural materials (e.g., stainless steel, Al alloys etc.). However, these appealing properties are still considerably inferior to individual cellulose fibrils whose diameters are in the order of nanometers. A significant research effort needs to be initiated to effectively transfer the mechanical properties of the hierarchical cellulose fibers from the atomistic level to the continuum. To achieve that, a detailed understanding of the interplay of cellulose molecular chains that affects the properties of the bulk cellulosic material, is needed. Modeling investigations can shed light on such underlying mechanisms that ultimately dictate multiple properties (e.g., mechanics, thermal transport) of these cellulosic materials.

To that end, this thesis (1) applies molecular dynamics simulations to decipher why microfibers made of aligned nanocellulose and carbon nanotubes possess excellent mechanical strength, along with understanding the role of water in fully recovering elastic wood under compression; (2) delineates an atomistically informed multi-scale, scalable, coarse grained (CG) modeling scheme to study the effect of cellulose fibers under different representative loads (shearing and opening), and to demonstrate a qualitative guideline for cellulose nanopaper design by understanding its failure mechanism; (3) utilizes the developed multi-scale CG scheme to illustrate the reason why a hybrid biodegradable straw, experimentally fabricated using both nano- and micro-fibers, exhibits higher mechanical strength than individual straws that were built using only nano or microfibers; (4) investigates the individual role of nanocellulose and boron nitride nanotubes in increasing the mechanical properties (tensile strength, stiffness) of the derived nanocellulose/boron-nitride nanotube hybrid material; (5) employs reverse molecular dynamics approach to explore how the boron nitride nanotube based fillers can improve thermal conductivity (k) of a nanocellulose derived material.

In addition, this thesis also intends to educate the readers on two perspectives. The common link connecting them is the method of engineering intermolecular bonds. The first discussion presents a few novel mechanical design strategies to fabricate high-performance, cellulose-based functional materials. All these strategies are categorized under a few broad themes (interface engineering, topology engineering, structural engineering etc.). Secondly, another discussion has been included by branching out to other materials that, like nanocellulose, can also be tuned by intermolecular bonds engineering to achieve unique applications. Avenues for future work have been suggested which, hopefully, can act as a knowledge base for future researchers and help them formulate their own research ideas. This thesis extends the fundamental knowledge of nanocellulose-based polymer sciences and aims to facilitate the design of sustainable and programmable nanomaterials.

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Multiple Faculty Openings at the University of Florida

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Florida is searching for tenure track faculty members at all ranks in the general areas of Autonomy/Robotics and Astronautics, Hypersonics, and Space Systems.

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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor/Associate Professor in Design & Manufacturing

The Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering at Aarhus University invites applications for an open Tenure-Track Assistant Professor/Associate Professor positions within the Section of Design, Manufacturing and Production Engineering.

To apply, click here.