Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. The University’s 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. The University is located close to NSF, NIH, and other funding agencies, and has strong research ties with government research labs, corporations, and start-ups. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The Washington D.C. area has three major airports and a vibrant culture, is reachable by metro, and has primary and secondary schools that are among the best in the nation. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff who will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.

Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify someone from employment. Prior to any adverse decision, finalists have an opportunity to provide information to the University regarding the background check.

The University reserves the right to rescind offers of employment or otherwise decline or terminate employment if the information reported by the background check is deemed incompatible with the position, regardless of when the background check is completed.

Offers are contingent on providing proof of employment eligibility in the United States no more than 3 days after the initial start date. If this proof is not provided within this timeframe, the offer may be rescinded or employment terminated.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, invites qualified candidates to apply for tenure-track faculty positions at the assistant professor level, with a target start date of August 2025 or later.

Priority will be given to candidates with expertise in one or several areas of strength of the Department, including advanced manufacturing, applied mechanics, biomedical devices & systems, computational science, design & optimization, dynamics & control, electronics reliability & sustainability, energy generation & storage, energy for the built environment, fluid mechanics & hydrodynamics, heat transfer & thermal systems, microsystems, nanoscale science & quantum systems, risk & reliability, robotics, smart materials & structures.

Candidates should have received or expect to receive their PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related discipline prior to employment.

Candidates should have a high potential for significant scholarship and impact through both research and teaching, including through multi-disciplinary research collaboration.

Salary Range: $115,000 – $140,000.

Consideration of applications will begin November 15, 2024, and will continue until the positions have been filled. Candidates from groups underrepresented in mechanical and/or reliability engineering research and education are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please apply by uploading the following documents through the UMD employment website at http://ejobs.umd.edu, position number 123877:

Inquiries may be sent to: mefacultyaffairs@umd.edu.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering (https://enme.umd.edu) hosts state-of-the-art research programs that combine foundational advances in engineering science with measurable real-world impact. Its education programs are ranked in the top twenty among mechanical engineering graduate and undergraduate programs in the US. Its faculty are recognized nationally and internationally for their scholarly excellence, outstanding achievements as educators, and significant technical contributions. Department faculty are core users of a broad spectrum of shared research facilities and advise graduate students from a variety of programs, including the Mechanical and Reliability Engineering PhD programs and the Applied Mathematics & Statistics and Scientific Computing PhD program. The University of Maryland has strong research ties with many government agencies, institutes, research laboratories, and other organizations located in the DC area.

The A. James Clark School of Engineering is ranked in the top 20 among the country’s colleges and universities in undergraduate and graduate engineering programs according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 rankings. The Department of Mechanical Engineering is one of 8 academic units in the Clark School. Its undergraduate and graduate degree programs in mechanical engineering are ranked #17 overall and #11 and #9 among public programs by the U.S. News & World Report. In addition, the Department of Mechanical Engineering boasts the largest and most comprehensive graduate degree program in the field of reliability and risk analysis of engineered systems and processes. The department is home to multi-disciplinary research centers such as the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), the Center for Engineering Concepts Development (CECD), the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE), the Center for Industrial Artificial Intelligence (IAI), the Center for Risk and Reliability (CRR), and the Center for Sustainability in the Built Environment (City@UMD). Department faculty are also active in the Maryland Robotics Center (MRC), the Maryland NanoCenter, the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEII), the Maryland Transportation Institute (MTI), the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices (REFBDI), and the Quantum Technology Center (QTC). The innovation and entrepreneurship programs on campus recently brought the University to the top 10 in Entrepreneurship Magazine.

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