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Inside Higher Ed · 1 day ago

Open rank tenured or tenure-eligible position in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Virginia, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

The University of Virginia's School of Engineering & Applied Science is seeking candidates for an open rank tenure-eligible or tenured position in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The role involves research, teaching, and service to enhance the resilience of civil infrastructure to climate-induced threats and contribute to multidisciplinary work in Environmental Resilience and Sustainability.

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Responsibilities

Research, teaching, and service to the department, university, and professional community

Complement existing interdisciplinary strengths enhancing the resilience of civil infrastructure to climate-induced threats

Bridge global-scale climate dynamics with community-scale processes and systems to guide decision-making for equitable climate resilience and sustainability outcomes

Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in civil and environmental engineering

Qualification

Civil EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringData ScienceArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningModelingTeachingResearchCommunity EngagementMentoring

Required

Candidates must have received a doctorate or equivalent in civil or environmental engineering by the start of their appointment

Evidence of a commitment to high-impact scholarship, funded research, undergraduate- and graduate-level teaching and advising excellence, professional and university service, and mentoring are expected

Preferred

Candidates should have methodological expertise in data science, artificial intelligence/machine learning, agent-based modeling, and/or stochastic modeling, applying such tools to improve civil infrastructure systems

We especially encourage applications from researchers who are enthusiastic about community-engaged research, with previous experience in sociodynamic modeling and/or local decision support

Candidates should have strong interest in and capacity to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in civil and environmental engineering