Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics, Assistant or Associate Professor or Professor

Marquette University – Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering – invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in the area of structural engineering and structural mechanics to start August 16, 2013.  The position is expected to be filled at the assistant professor level; however, exceptional candidates at higher ranks will also be considered.  Applicants shall hold an earned doctorate and shall have demonstrated an outstanding record of scholarship, professional leadership, and experience with externally-funded research commensurate with the rank of the candidate.  Licensure as Professional Engineer or Structural Engineer, or eligibility for licensure is highly desirable.

Individuals whose expertise includes research activity in the area of sustainable and resilient infrastructure are particularly welcome.  Areas of research interest sought include, but are not limited to the following:

• System Reliability: optimizing maintenance intervention in large-scale systems with inclusion of uncertainty; life-cycle cost optimization of civilian and building infrastructure systems; application of system reliability-based approaches in civilian infrastructure to predict long-term performance; inclusion of system reliability in assessment of structural engineering phenomena (e.g. stability, fatigue-fracture, collapse) and response to natural and man-made hazards.
• Health Monitoring and Experimentation: novel techniques for pseudo-dynamic and real-time hybrid testing of structural components; simulation of environmental conditions on infrastructure system and component performance; computational algorithms and sensor networks for real-time monitoring of large-scale and widely dispersed infrastructure systems and components; development of novel sensors and sensor systems for infrastructure monitoring; experimental approaches to evaluate sensor reliability and fault-tolerant monitoring approaches for infrastructure.
• Innovative Systems and Materials: incorporation of novel materials and technologies for improved system response to natural hazards, man-made hazards, and extreme loads; design and application of novel structural systems with multi-functional capabilities (e.g. combined mechanical and structural systems).

Candidates are sought who will complement existing research strengths within the department, and who can take a leadership role in employing and leveraging the department’s existing laboratory facilities, which include an Engineering Materials and Structural Testing Laboratory equipped with a strong floor, a strong wall system, MTS actuators and test frames, large environmental chamber with strong floor, a state-of-the-art closed-loop MTS servo-hydraulic system.  The candidate will also be expected to engage in instruction at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and to enhance the department’s existing curriculum in the area of Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics. The successful candidate must develop and direct a strong, nationally visible, externally funded research program, demonstrate excellence in teaching undergraduate and graduate (MS/PhD) courses in his/her area of specialization and be committed to student mentoring.

Marquette’s College of Engineering is the largest Catholic, Jesuit engineering college in the nation, with over 1,100 undergraduate and 300 graduate students. The Marquette campus is located on the edge of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the cultural and economic center of a metropolitan region along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan with a population of over 2 million people.  Marquette’s engineering college is currently undergoing a transformation with the recently completed construction of Engineering Hall, a state-of-the-art facility that includes research groups in Nano Devices, Sensors, Visualization, and Engineering Materials and Structural Testing. Opportunities to collaborate with these and other groups at Marquette University as well as other research universities and institutions in Milwaukee and Southern Wisconsin exist.

Applicants should submit a CV, statement on teaching, research plan, and a list of three references including e-mail addresses. For more information and to apply see https://careers.marquette.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=54089 or contact Dr. Christopher M. Foley, chris.foley@marquette.edu, (414) 288-5741.  

Application review will begin February 15, 2013 and will continue until a successful candidate is selected.

AA/EOE