Immediately Need Multiple Tenure-Track positions, Chemical Engineering in Houghton, MI
Posted 2025-03-14Job title: Multiple Tenure-Track positions, Chemical Engineering
Company: Michigan Technological University
Job description: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
If you require any auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations to apply for employment, or for an interview, at Michigan Technological University, please notify the Human Resources office at 906-487-2280 or .
Job Description Summary
Michigan Technological University invites applications for multiple tenure-track faculty positions in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the assistant professor level. Exceptionally qualified candidates will be considered for appointment at an associate or full professor rank and considered for an open endowed chair position in the department.
Applicants for the position are required to have a Ph.D. in chemical engineering or a closely related discipline.
All areas of chemical and biomolecular/bioprocess engineering are of interest. We are looking for faculty candidates with demonstrated capabilities in research, teaching expertise in core chemical engineering topics, and a strong commitment to mentoring and working with students.
Michigan Tech attracts faculty who enrich the educational experience of smart, motivated, and adventurous students. Applicants who are committed to promoting a sense of belonging and contributing to an equitable and inclusive learning environment for all are strongly encouraged to apply ( ).
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned)
? Teach undergraduate and graduate level courses (core courses including mass and energy balances, thermodynamics, kinetics, transport, and/or process control).
? Mentor diverse students at all levels (UG through PhD).
? Develop a self-sustaining, externally funded, nationally recognized research program.
? Foster and contribute to a collaborative culture.
? Engage in professional service activities within the department, university, community, and professional organizations.
? Communicate (written, oral) with internal audiences (students, peers, researchers, supervisors, etc.) and external audiences (funding agencies, societies, journals, etc.).
? Tenure track faculty typically allocate their time as follows: 40% research, 40% teaching, and 20% service.
? Integrate safety practices into daily activities and apply continuous improvement strategies to everyday work.
Required Education, Certifications, Licensures (minimum requirements)
A Ph.D. in chemical engineering or a closely related discipline (by start date) and experiences that provide expertise to teach core chemical engineering courses.
Required Experience (minimum requirements)
Assistant:
? Demonstrated mentorship of students (at any level) in research.
Associate or Full:
? Demonstrated mentorship and advising of graduate students toward degree completion.
? Experience managing a funded research project.
Desirable Education and/or Experience
Assistant:
? A degree in chemical engineering at any degree level.
? Demonstrated success in, or potential future contributions to, working with persons from diverse backgrounds, creating a sense of belonging, and fostering a fair, objective, welcoming place to work for persons with a wide variety of personal characteristics and viewpoints.
? Experience teaching core chemical engineering courses or labs (as specified by ).
Associate or Full:
? Ability to lead a team of researchers to develop large-scale proposals and to establish a center of excellence.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities (minimum requirements)
? Technical communication skills (oral and written).
Assistant:
? Experience assisting or supporting teaching at the college level.
? Knowledge of inclusive teaching and mentoring methods.
? Potential to guide students efficiently and effectively to degree completion.
? Potential to launch a new research group and progressively secure resources to support students and generate new knowledge.
Associate or Full:
? Demonstrated ability to secure external research funding and disseminate findings with mentored students in relevant venues.
? Demonstrated ability to effectively teach and inclusively mentor students of all identities.
? Demonstrated ability to build and sustain a national reputation in a research field.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities
? Passion for teaching and continuous improvement of instructional content.
? Display of empathy, inclusiveness, and support for students from all identities.
? Foster a culture of safety in your work environment(s).
? Camaraderie working with colleagues to support departmental, college, and university growth.
Assistant:
? Record of applying for and/or earning travel awards, fellowships, or other awards.
? A growing portfolio of publications from research.
? Ability to engage in collaborative research projects.
Associate or Full:
? Teaching accolades.
? A portfolio of peer-reviewed publications with mentored students and collaborators.
? Demonstrated skills in conducting collaborative research and/ or teaching.
? Demonstrated service within the institution as well as nationally/internationally.
Language, Mathematics and/or Reasoning Skills
Work Environment and/or Physical Demands
The work environment is that of a typical office, classroom, and/or research/instructional laboratory setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Required Training and Other Conditions of Employment
Every employee at Michigan Technological University will receive the following 4 required trainings; additional training may be required by the department.
Required University Training:
Employee Safety Overview
Anti-Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation Training
Annual Data Security Training * Annual Title IX Training
Foundations of Online Teaching
Background Check:
Offers of employment are contingent upon and not considered finalized until the required background check has been performed and the results received and assessed.
Other Conditions of Employment:
The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for employment in the United States on or before the effective date of the appointment. This is not an E-Verified Position.
Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) % (1=100%)
1
FLSA Status
Exempt
Appointment Term
9 months
Shift
Pay Rate/Salary
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Title of Position Supervisor
Department Chair
Posting Type Internal & External
Dependent on Funding No
Special Instructions to Applicants (if applicable)
Applications are to be submitted online at .
The position will remain open until filled, but applications submitted by November 30, 2023, will receive priority consideration.
Applicants will provide:
1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Cover Letter (We strongly encourage applicants to address the required and desired qualifications in their cover letter along with an explanation of how they will contribute to the Vision and Mission of Michigan Tech.)
3. Research statement emphasizing experiences, interests, and future plans to develop an independent, externally funded research program while building collaborations across the department and campus.
4. Teaching statement emphasizing interests and teaching/mentoring philosophy that explores challenging and positioning all students for success.
Through documents 1-4, the ideal candidate will clearly convey their experience and passion regarding the required and desired criteria above.
Please direct inquiries to the Search Committee Chair Dr. Adrienne Minerick ([email protected]). Review of the applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. If you plan to be at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL this fall, please include in your cover letter information on the session(s) where you will be making a poster and/or oral presentation(s). We anticipate bringing the finalists to Michigan Tech beginning in the fall and continuing into spring. The position(s) would begin in the Spring or Fall of 2024.
Additional Information
The Department of Chemical Engineering currently has 18 (10 tenure-track, 3 instructional track, and 5 other rank) faculty members, ~400 undergraduate students, and 32 graduate students. Externally-funded research has more than doubled in the past five years, and the Department is on a trajectory to double its graduate enrollment over the next five years. The Department's Unit Operations Laboratory is one of the best in the nation, with two pilot plants, numerous bench-scale processes, and a state-of-the-art process operation and control facility. Michigan Tech's graduates are eagerly sought by industry because of our emphasis on hands-on training and creative problem-solving.
Michigan Technological University, one of the four major research universities in the State of Michigan, is located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula adjacent to Lake Superior. The community offers a small-town environment with outstanding four-season recreational opportunities. Michigan Tech is located in Houghton, MI, on the south shore of Lake Superior.
Michigan Tech recognizes the importance of supporting faculty members' partners; candidates selected for on-campus interviews will be invited to bring a guest. Additional details on our Partner Engagement Program can be found at .
Michigan Tech is proud to be an Institution that has thrice received National Science Foundation support to increase diversity, inclusion, and the participation and advancement of women and underrepresented individuals in STEM.
Michigan Tech is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Required Education, Certifications, Licensures* (minimum requirements)
Advertised: 28 Sep 2023 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:
Expected salary:
Location: Houghton, MI