Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Materials Engineering

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Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.

The Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, https://engineering.kennesaw.edu/, at Kennesaw State University is the second-largest engineering college in Georgia, serving over 5,000 students and offering 10 undergraduate engineering and engineering technology degrees and 7 graduate engineering degrees. Two programs are in the Top 20 largest undergraduate programs in the country.  Enrollment and demographic data can be found at https://ir.kennesaw.edu/ . The academic programs are led by industry-expert faculty, combining practical experience with a thorough grounding in the underlying theory. This enables students to apply engineering techniques to today's societal needs and tomorrow's challenges. SPCEET conducts research in many areas of engineering, including robotics, smart infrastructure, biomedical engineering, and engineering education. 

Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Materials Engineering faculty position in the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology that begins August 2024. This is a nine-month contracted position. The home department will be determined at the time of hiring and will be commensurate with background and experience.

• Teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses in the area of materials engineering or other engineering topics in their home department
• Service to Department/College/University/professional community is expected
• Scholarship/Research expectations include pursuing and receiving external grants, creating journal articles and peer-reviewed papers, advising undergraduate and/or graduate student research, etc.

Teaching assignments will be based on earned degrees and SACSCOC Faculty Credentials Guidelines.
 

• A Terminal/Doctorate degree, or the foreign equivalent, in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, or Materials Engineering, or a related discipline, is required.  The required degree must be earned by the start date.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.
 

Review of applications will begin immediately.  For full consideration, please apply by March 15, 2024.

For questions about this faculty opening, please contact Dr. Adeel Khalid, [email protected] .

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