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Wheaton College · 4 months ago

Assistant Professor-Engineering

Wheaton, IL, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$62K/yr - $70K/yr

Wheaton College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Engineering with a Civil and/or Environmental specialization to begin Fall 2026. The successful candidate will teach foundational engineering courses and develop new courses within the Civil/Environmental concentration, while also mentoring students and engaging them in an active learning model.

Higher Education

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Teach foundational engineering courses (e.g., Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, and Engineering Graphics)

Develop new required and elective courses within the Civil/Environmental concentration

Teach courses for non-majors in the general education curriculum

Teach seminar-style courses for majors such as an Introduction to the Profession course for first-year students or a capstone Engineering Ethics seminar

Maintain an active and productive program of scholarship that engages Wheaton undergraduate students

Qualification

. in EngineeringTeaching experienceHands-on design experienceABET accreditation experienceActive learning modelChristian faith integrationMentoring skills

Required

Earned Ph.D. in a related engineering discipline

Excited to mentor and engage students with an active learning model

Previous teaching and industry experience

Hands-on design and project-based learning experience

Ability to mentor engineering students in the integration of Christian faith with the practice of engineering

Maintain an active and productive program of scholarship that engages Wheaton undergraduate students

Affirm the College's Statement of Faith as expressing their own theological convictions

Agree to live by the moral standards in Wheaton's Community Covenant

Model commitments for the Christian formation of students

Support the Christ-Centered Diversity Commitment

Create a campus climate where all faculty, staff, students, and alumni are included as full participants who feel welcomed, respected, valued, and supported

Submit a curriculum vitae and a letter of interest

Clearly articulate qualifications in terms of teaching, mentoring, and scholarship in the letter of interest

Describe interest in mentoring engineering students in the integration of Christian faith and learning by drawing from personal Christian faith background

Successful completion of a background check

Preferred

Experience as an ABET evaluator or similar experience with the process of ABET accreditation

Company

Wheaton College

Christian, academically rigorous, fully residential liberal arts college and graduate school located in Wheaton, Illinois

Founded in 2014

Wheaton, Illinois, USA

501-1000 employees

http://www.wheaton.edu/

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