Open-Rank, Tenured/Tenure-Track Civil Engineering Faculty

Department: Col of Engineering and Computing

Classification: 9-month Instructional Faculty

Job Category: Instructional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) is a vibrant and fast-growing department that offers MS and PhD programs, in addition to an ABET-accredited BS degree. With special emphases in supporting the design, construction, maintenance, operation, and optimization of smart, sustainable and resilient civil engineered systems and livable communities, CEIE’s total enrollment across all degrees has reached nearly 450 students and new research awards have experienced tremendous growth. CEIE faculty benefit from laboratory space at the Potomac Science Center, a water-front state of the art research facility at the tidal waters of Belmont Bay with 50,000-square-foot that houses laboratories for teaching and research, lecture rooms, event space and outdoor trails. The department also has an enviable and strong relationship with industry, including over 40 companies and individuals working in partnership as the Civil Engineering Institute (https://civil.gmu.edu/connections/civil-engineering-institute), a unique organization formed to support the mission and vision of the department. Further information about the department can be found on its web site at http://www.civil.gmu.edu/.

About the Position:

We seek outstanding candidates in the broad areas of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. The successful candidate should enthusiastically contribute to the CEIE Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE) vibrant program and pursue a research portfolio that addresses the unprecedented challenges impacting society’s sustainability and the resilience of smart cities, the environment, and infrastructure. Candidates are expected to actively engage in convergent research endeavors.

The faculty member will develop a program of scholarly research, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, participate in university, college and departmental governance, performs professional and public service, and performs related instructional assignments such as supervising senior projects student internships and practicum. Evaluation of candidates will be based on the innovative nature of their work and their potential for future excellence rather than any particular specialization. While CEIE is open to applicants with a range of expertise and interests, the successful applicant will have the background to teach courses in environmental and water resources engineering areas.

Responsibilities:

• Teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental and water resources engineering;
• Develops an independent, externally funded research program;
• Advises students;
• Participates in all aspects of the department’s mission;
• Serves the profession; and
• Embraces and helps advance the University’s strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.  

Required Qualifications:

• PhD in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related field by the start date of the position; and
• Demonstrated potential for excellence and productivity in research, and a commitment to high-quality teaching.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in the broad areas of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering such as, but not limited to:
  • Environmental informatics (machine learning, big data, digital twins, geospatial modeling, smart systems and sensors, intelligent engineering, and cyber-physical systems in environmental engineering);
  • Climate change impacts on water resources and related infrastructure;
  • Ecohydrology (human-ecosystem interactions, urban drainage, groundwater modeling);
  • Fate and transport of pollutants within environmental and engineered systems;
  • Electro chemical and/or biological remediation technologies for emerging contaminants;
  • Water quality and/or environmental process modeling;
  • Freshwater management in natural and anthropogenic environments;
  • Advanced water and wastewater treatment processes;
• Experience conducting interdisciplinary research which will complement the current expertise in our department and college; and
• Ability to build collaborations with other departments within the college and across the university.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for Open-Rank, Tenured/Tenure-Track Civil Engineering Faculty at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application, and upload a cover letter, complete CV with publications, statement of professional goals including your perspective on teaching and research (upload as Philosophy of Teaching), statement on what diversity and inclusion means to you (upload as Diversity Statement), transcript (optional), and the names of three professional references. Review of applicatiF46ons will continue until the position is filled.

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Open Until Filled:  Yes