The Department of Civil, Coastal, & Environmental Engineering at the University of South Alabama (USA) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor with a specialty in Environmental Engineering. The expected starting date is January 1, 2017. ABD candidates will be considered, but preference will be given to applicants with a Ph.D. in Civil/Environmental Engineering or closely related field. Appropriate candidates must have good communication skills, a strong commitment to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, a record of scholarship, and the ability to initiate and maintain a funded research program in their area of specialization.
Located in Mobile, near the Mobile Bay Estuary and the Alabama Gulf coast with its beautiful white-sand beaches, the University of South Alabama is a public, doctoral-level institution enrolling more than 16,000 students. The Department is housed in Shelby Hall, a new 155,000 sq.ft., state-of-the-art Engineering and Computing Sciences building that opened in 2012. The department offers the BSCE and MSCE degrees and cooperates with the interdisciplinary M.S. in Environmental Toxicology program. The BSCE program is fully ABET accredited and the College of Engineering offers a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) program in Systems Engineering.
Mobile is the center of a growing, two-county, metropolitan area (~600,000 residents) with a diverse economy and a challenging environment for all aspects of civil engineering. Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interest, and a list of three references (including their affiliation, postal address, phone number, and email address) via Academic Jobs Online (http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7395). Review of applications will begin August 1, 2016 and continue until the position is filled. For additional information, contact Dr. Kevin White, kwhite@.... Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the U.S. The University of South Alabama is an EO/AA employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression), religion, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.
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Bret Webb Ph.D., P.E., D.CE, M.ASCE
Associate Professor
University of South Alabama
Mobile AL
(251) 460-7507
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