The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CIE), in collaboration with the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), at the University of Maine (UMaine) invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in Circular Economy Engineering, Materials, and Built Infrastructure. This position is a joint appointment split 75% in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and 25% in the prestigious ASCC (https://composites.umaine.edu/) to support the Green Engineering and Materials research initiative. This position is 50% teaching/50% research.
Expertise is sought in the development and application of circular economy engineering to problems of sustainable infrastructure and environment. These include closed-loop and whole-system analyses of the use and flow of materials and resources to inform built infrastructure planning and decision making. The successful candidate will have demonstrated expertise in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and related methods applied to novel construction materials and/or selection and use of materials seeking to enhance durability and reuse, yet minimizing the environmental footprint. The successful candidate will support and enhance current initiatives in Green Engineering and Materials (GEM), as well as the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC; https://www.tidc-utc.org/), the Region 1 U.S.D.O.T. University Transportation Center led by UMaine. The successful candidate will be expected to obtain licensure as a professional engineer (PE) prior to promotion to associate professor.
Candidates will be expected to engage in the instruction of civil engineering courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels while enhancing the Department’s existing curriculum; establish and maintain a nationally-competitive funded research program; author high-quality peer-reviewed publications; mentor M.S. and Ph.D. students; and actively engage in service to the profession, university, and state. Information about the CIE Department can be found at civil.umaine.edu. In CIE, the successful candidate will join a dynamic engineering program dedicated to high-quality teaching, scholarship, and service, where faculty support work-life integration.
This position is one of four Cluster Hires focused on Green Engineering and Materials (GEM) to pursue transformative research and novel solutions by augmenting cross-disciplinary expertise in the following areas and contributing to the state-of-the-art GEM Laboratory: Circular Economy Engineering for Infrastructure Systems, Digital Manufacturing applied to large-scale additive manufacturing, collaborative robotics, cyber security in digital manufacturing, and biopolymers.
With 300 faculty, staff and students housed in a 100,000 sq. ft. laboratory, the ASCC is the largest university-based research Center in Maine. The ASCC is an extremely active cross-disciplinary research center that is developing innovative solutions to problems of infrastructure, renewable energy, and sustainable materials, among many other initiatives. The ASCC is planning construction of the Green Energy and Materials Laboratory (GEM), a 70,000 sq. ft. addition which will house the research Factory of the Future (FoF). The FoF will be a first-of-its-kind testbed for digital flexible manufacturing. The FoF will include AI-enabled arrays of additive, subtractive, and hybrid synchronous robotic manufacturing systems, with Q/A and Q/C enabled by real-time sensing and High-Performance Computing (HPC). Work inside of the FoF will include research on the manufacture and testing of large new systems made from bio-based and other advanced materials, focusing on a unique integration of highly flexible (e.g. robotic, interchangeable end effectors) digital manufacturing processes with non-contact sensing and real-time, closed-loop feedback from the HPCs.
The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the state. UMaine is a land, sea and space grant university, and maintains a leadership role as the University of Maine System's flagship institution. UMaine is the state's public research university and a Carnegie R1 top-tier research institution, dedicated to providing excellent teaching, research and service for Maine, the nation and the world. More information about UMaine is at umaine.edu.
The University of Maine offers a wide range of benefits for employees including, but not limited to, tuition benefits (employee and dependent), comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short and long term disability as well as retirement plan options. As a former NSF ADVANCE institution, the University of Maine is committed to diversity in our workforce and to dual-career couples.
UMaine is located in beautiful Central Maine. Many employees report that a primary reason for choosing to come to UMaine is quality of life. Numerous cultural activities, excellent public schools, safe neighborhoods, high quality medical care, little traffic, and a reasonable cost of living make the greater Bangor area a wonderful place to live. Learn more about what the Bangor region has to offer here.
Employees in the University of Maine System are required to comply with UMS COVID protocols which currently include, but are not limited to, being vaccinated, obtaining a qualified vaccination exemption, and/or participating in regular COVID testing. Further information can be found on our Together for Maine website.
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Materials must be submitted via "Apply For Position" below. You will need to create a profile and application; upload:
1.) a cover letter describing your background and how you would contribute to the teaching mission of the department and the research mission of the department, GEM, and TIDC 2.) a resume/curriculum vitae 3.) statement of teaching interests 4.) statement of research interests 5.) contact information for three professional references
You will also need to submit the affirmative action survey, the self-identification of disability form, and the self-identification of veteran status forms. Incomplete application materials cannot be considered. Materials received after the initial review date will be reviewed at the discretion of the University.
Search Timeline is as follows (Revised August 23, 2022): Review of applications to begin: September 26, 2022 Screening interviews to begin no earlier than: October 3, 2022 On-site interviews to begin no earlier than: October 17, 2023 Tentative start date: January 2, 2023
For questions about the search, please contact search committee chair Dr. Eric Landis at landis@maine.edu or 207-581-2173.
Appropriate background checks are required.
In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and pursuing its own goals of diversity, the University of Maine System does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability physical or mental, genetic information, or veterans or military status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: Director of Equal Opportunity, 5748 Boudreau Hall, Room 101, Orono, ME 04469-5754, 207-581-1226, TTY 711 (Maine Relay System).
