Job Openings
Multiple Assistant and Associate Professor Positions in Energy at Cornell University
The College of Engineering in collaboration with the Cornell Energy Institute and the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in all engineering departments. Cornell University, located in Ithaca, New York, is an inclusive, dynamic institution that includes 11 endowed and land grant colleges with 18,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Its staff, faculty, and students impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose demonstrated by their commitment to sustainability. Research, education and on-campus energy deployment programs encourage creative ideas and best practices to further the university's mission of achieving a sustainable future for its graduates, the nation, and the rest of the world.
These faculty openings are intended to promote collaborative transdisciplinary research and teaching programs focused on sustainable approaches to renewable and non-conventional energy capture, conversion, storage and integration into everyday life. All positions are "open department" searches seeking to place outstanding candidates in departments they best match in the College of Engineering. Candidates whose research addresses critical energy technology issues and applications having regional and global scale impacts employing multi-scale theoretical modeling and empirical approaches are sought. Although the scope of these positions is intentionally broad covering a range of engineering disciplines, this search emphasizes the following areas:
1. Electric power systems -- including transmission and distribution infrastructure, smart grids, and distributed wind, solar and other renewable energy systems
2. Materials for solar PV energy capture, storage and conversion
3. Thermochemical processes for the conversion of biomass to fuels and energy
4. Systems modeling of energy processes -- including technological, environmental, ecological and economic factors across their full life cycle
5. Advanced transportation systems with increased electrification
6. Geoengineering for energy resource recovery - including geothermal and unconventional fossil energy technologies, carbon sequestration, and related groundwater issues as applied to energy systems
Applicants must hold a doctorate in an appropriate field, must have demonstrated an ability to conduct outstanding research and show promise for excellent teaching. Applicants should submit a cover letter outlining their qualifications for conducting research and teaching in one or more of the specific areas of energy science and engineering cited above, curriculum vitae with publications, a research plan (2-3 pages), up to three selected reprints, a statement of teaching interests, and complete contact information for at least three references. All materials should be submitted electronically to:
https://fast.ccsf.cornell.edu/
Applications will be reviewed beginning February 2010; the searches will remain open until qualified applicants are identified.
Cornell University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity educator and employer that embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will create an environment that attracts students of all races, nationalities and genders. We strongly encourage women and underrepresented minorities to apply. Cornell University seeks to meet the needs of dual career couples, has a Dual Career program, and is a member of the Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium to assist with dual career searches.