Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Faculty Opportunity Environmental Engineering The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (www.ce.udel.edu) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Environmental Engineering (Req#4790) starting Fall 2010. While it is anticipated that the position will be filled at the assistant professor level, exceptional candidates will be considered for appointment at higher ranks. An earned doctoral degree in environmental engineering or related fields is required. Successful candidates must have exceptional qualifications and be capable of developing outstanding teaching and research programs. Environmental areas of particular interest include molecular biotechnology and environmental nanotechnology. Candidates with other areas of expertise on the frontiers of environmental science and engineering are strongly encouraged to apply. The University is located in Newark, Delaware, an attractive college town within easy reach of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has 27 faculty members, approximately 450 undergraduate students and 100 graduate students. The department has active research programs in environmental, coastal, structural, geotechnical, infrastructure systems, and transportation engineering. The environmental program has state-of-the-art facilities and instruments for laboratory and field experiments and computing. Faculty also conduct multi-disciplinary research at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI), a 72,000 square foot facility with 35 research laboratories and core instrumentation in areas including bioimaging, bioinformatics, proteomics, and surface imaging and analysis. In addition to DBI, the University of Delaware Energy Institute and Delaware Environmental Institute provide new opportunities for collaborative and multi-disciplinary research. Applicants should submit (1) a cover letter summarizing their experience, (2) teaching and research plans, (3) curriculum vitae and, (4) names and contact information of three references. Applicants should go to the website www.engr.udel.edu/faculty-search and select the link for “Civil and Environmental Engineering” positions to upload their information (PDF submissions are strongly encouraged). Or, send by mail to Dr. C. P. Huang, Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. Review of applications will begin January 8, 2010. The curriculum vitae and application materials will be shared with departmental faculty. The UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages applications from Minority Group Members and Women.