|
New Mexico State University
Human Resources - Faculty Postings |
 |
|
New Mexico State University
Human Resources - Faculty Postings |
|
| Department: | College of Engineering - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | |||||
| ||||||
| Tenure Track | ||||||
| Rank: | Professor | |||||
| Date Position Advertised: | October 6, 2011 | |||||
| Salary: | Commensurate with education and experience | |||||
| Qualifications: | Qualifications- Candidates must have an earned doctoral degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or closely related field. The applicant must show a sustained record of scholarly activities and research as evidenced by archival publications, graduate supervision, and nationally competitive funding. Qualifications include a strong record of scholarly and professional accomplishments that merit appointment as a tenured full professor, a reputation for creating a positive people climate, a record of management in a complex organization, a demonstrated commitment to diversity and student success, and excellent interpersonal skills. | |||||
| Examples of Duties: | Examples of Duties- Academic, administrative, budgetary and personnel decisions, sustaining the ABET accreditation, recruiting and retention of students and faculty, providing innovative and energetic leadership in teaching, research, extension, outreach, development activities and securing research sponsorship. The successful candidate must articulate and communicate a clear vision to lead the MAE Department towards academic excellence and must have excellent communication skills to proactively interface with a broad constituency in academia, government, industry and the community; a demonstrated record of organizational skills; knowledge of state, federal and private sector fund-raising; and the ability to develop R&D relationships. | |||||
| Benefits Offered: | Group medical and hospital insurance, group life insurance, long-term disablity insurance, state educational retirement, workers' compensation, sick leave, annual leave and unemployment compensation. Opportunity for educational advancement.
| |||||
| Special Conditions: | Special Conditions- We seek a nationally and internationally recognized educator and researcher. The candidate will become the holder of the Bob and Sherry Myers Chair in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The department has strong research programs in Aeroelasticity and Fluid Structure Interaction, Dynamics and Vibrations, Fluid Mechanics, Robotics and Controls, Solid Mechanics and Materials, and, Thermal Science and Energy. The MAE Department offers an ABET Inc. accredited B.S. degree program, as well as M.S. and Ph.D. programs in both mechanical and aerospace engineering. Detailed departmental information is available at http://me.nmsu.edu . The department currently has 14 FTE faculty positions, over 500 undergraduate students, and over 50 graduate students. The department currently has 1 endowed professorship.
All offers of employment, oral and written, are contingent on the university’s verification of credentials, individual’s eligibility for employment in the United States and other information required by federal law, state law, and NMSU policies/procedures, and may include the completion of a criminal history check . | |||||
| Reply to/Deadline for Applications: | Reply to/Deadline for Applications- Submit a detailed curriculum vita with a description of management philosophy and administration experience, a statement of vision for the department and a statement of research and teaching interests. Include a list of four references with contact information including name, address, telephone, and email.
Submit all material by electronic submission in one PDF file. Email the materials to maedhsch@nmsu.edu with the words “ MAE Department Head Search” in the subject line. Reply to- Dr. Edward Pines, Search Committee Chair College of Engineering, MSC 4230 New Mexico State University P.O. Box 30001 Las Cruces, NM 88003 Telephone- (575) 646-4923 Fax- (575) 646-2976 Screening of applications will begin January 17, 2012. Applications received after this date may be considered. | |||||
NMSU IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.
Offer of employment is contingent upon verification of individual's eligibility for employment in the United States.