Tenure Track or Tenured Position in Fire Safety Engineering

Aalto University is a new university with over a century of experience. Created from a high-profile merger between three leading universities in Finland – the Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Art and Design Helsinki – Aalto University opens up new possibilities for strong multidisciplinary education and research. The university has 20 000 students and a staff of 5 000 including 350 professors.

The Department of Civil and Structural Engineering invites applications for:

TENURE TRACK OR TENURED POSITION IN FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING (FSE)

which can be filled at any level from assistant professor to tenured professor.

Job description

Fire Safety Engineering (FSE) is a new research area in Aalto University. The research area of the professorship in FSE may focus on prevention, control or mitigation of the effects of fire. This includes, for instance, combustion, heat transfer, fire spread, evacuation safety, fire safety design and rescue services as considered by applying various experimental, phenomenological and computational tools.

The research area includes also the development of FSE in internationally esteemed research programs. He or she will be responsible for teaching FSE, both on MSc and PhD levels, as well as the development of education. In addition, the professor is expected to broaden and strengthen the research profile of the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering by co-operating with research areas closely related to the field of FSE.

Aalto University will support to build up a research group in FSE and will provide the professor with extremely powerful computation services for numerical analysis and simulation. In addition, the location of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland near the University will offer excellent possibilities for fruitful cooperation with domestic experts there.

The position is located in the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, please seehttp://buildtech.aalto.fi/en/. Currently, the department has 10 professors and about 60 researchers and doctoral students. In 2015, the number of department`s tenure track professors is planned to be in total 15.

Requirements

Those in the academic tenure track system are expected to exercise and guide scientific research, to provide related higher academic education, to follow the advances of their field,  to participate in service to the Aalto University community, and to take part in societal interaction and international collaboration in their field.

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in a relevant discipline, for example physics, chemistry or engineering sciences. The applicants will be reviewed on the basis of their research, teaching and academic leadership and activity in scientific community.

Salary

Aalto University follows the salary system of Finnish universities, but applicants may also provide salary requirements.

For more Information

For additional information, please contact Head of Department, Professor Juha Paavola, tel. +358 50 511 3249 (or in recruitment process –related questions HR Coordinator Heidi Lehtinen, tel. +358 50 340 9683). E-mails: firstname.lastname@aalto.fi.

How to apply

The application should include:
• curriculum vitae (with contact information)
• a complete list of publications (ten most important ones marked)
• three most significant publications (in electronic format)
• a plan how to build up the research group, and the contents of education and research of FSE (maximum of two pages)
• teaching portfolio
• name and contact information of references, if any.

All material should be submitted in English. The materials will not be returned.

The period for applying has been extended. Previous applications sent by 16th of November, 2012, are taken into account. The applications for the tenure track position are to be addressed to the President of Aalto University and submitted to the Registry of Aalto University no later than on 15 February 2013. The e-mail address of the Registry Office is:registry@aalto.fi . You may also deliver the application directly to Registry office at Otakaari 1, Espoo (Registry closes at 3.00 p.m.), or by regular mail to Registry, Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto. Documents submitted electronically shall be submitted in PDF format and the file names are to follow the format lastname_firstname_documentname.pdf. (e.g. lastname_firstname_application.pdf).

General instructions for applicants including language requirements and guidelines for compiling teaching portfolio and CV are given at www.aalto.fi/en/tenure_track/for_applicant/

Aalto University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period and to consider candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period.

In Espoo, 16 January 2013

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Tenure track in Aalto University
The tenure track is open to talented individuals who have excellent potential for a scientific career. Individuals placed on the Aalto University tenure track for professors have the possibility to advance in their career through regular performance assessments, which take into account their merits in all areas of their scope of duty. Launched only in 2010, the Aalto University tenure track positions have been widely noticed and attracted a large number of international applicants. Aalto University has had the opportunity to recruit top experts as well as young research talents to join the Aalto University community. Read more about the tenure track system of Aalto University at www.aalto.fi/en/tenuretrack.