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Positions available: Computational Water Resources Engineering | Structural Engineering
Computational Water Resources Engineering
The Civil & Environmental Engineering Department invites applications for a new tenure-track position at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level in the area of Computational Water Resource Engineering. This search is part of a Penn State Cyberscience Cluster Hire in Computation and Data- Enabled Science and Engineering (see http://www.ics.psu.edu/hire.html). Significant resources and faculty hires are being allocated by the university to build a multi-disciplinary collaborative research effort in cyberscience that is synergistic with existing Penn State research strengths. This position is interpreted broadly to encompass high-performance computing in large scale water resource systems, real-time data acquisition systems and system control, multi-scale numerical modeling of regional drought and flooding, and data-intensive geospatial computing applications in water management and information technology. These rapidly developing areas integrate knowledge and understanding of both water quantity and quality with the latest developments in cyber infrastrucuture to improve research workflows in engineering, technical and business decision making within the water industry.
Computational Water Resource Engineering embraces not only methods of data capture, storage, processing, and modeling but the use of high-performance modeling, simulation, optimization and knowledge-based tools and systems to plan and manage the nation’s water environment and water engineering infrastructure. Modeling of rivers, river basins, groundwater flow and contaminant transport, crisis management, strategic, management of water infrastructure and ecosystem services, the use of large-scale data, hydrological risks and climate change, flood risk estimation, the assessment management and remediation of disturbed and contaminated landscapes, and water conservation are a few of the research areas that would be considered.
Expertise is preferred in one or more of the following areas: (a) data analytics, assimilation, visualization and optimization for hydrologic modeling, forecasting, risk analysis and climate change, (b) instrumentation and real-time data acquisition in water resources control systems, (c) energy-efficient and scalable high performance computational methods in multi-scale, large-data environmental/hydrologic systems, (d) information technology research in water-environment and water-engineering infrastructure. The candidate is expected to develop an externally funded research program and to teach both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The successful applicant will be joining the Water Resources Engineering Group within the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. The water resources engineering group is a diverse group with expertise in environmental fluid mechanics, river hydraulics and drainage networks, land surface modeling and water-carbon interactions, sediment and contaminant transport, subsurface flow and transport and random processes in hydrologic systems. Active and recent research includes sponsored grants with the NSF, EPA, NOAA, DOE, DOD. Significant potential for collaboration exists through the Institute for Cyberscience (ICS), the Penn State Institues for Energy and the Environment (PSIEE), the College of Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Department and the College of Earth & Mineral Sciences.
Penn State’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering annual research expenditures exceeds $12 million. Interdisciplinary computation- and data-enabled research at Penn State is coodinated through ICS. Environmental research at Penn State is coordinated through the PSIEE and a series of environmentally related centers and institutes. To assist researchers working in interdisciplinary fields, the College of Engineering has developed an Environmental Institute to foster multi-disciplinary projects with faculty in other departments and colleges. For more information regarding the Department please visit http://www.engr.psu.edu/ce/.
Interested applicants should submit a resume, a statement of research and teaching interests, and contact information for three references, as a single pdf file, to: CEE-Search@psu.edu. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. Review of applications will December 1, 2012, and will continue until the position is filled. Employment will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.
Structural Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering invites applications for a non-tenure-track lecturer position in the area of structural engineering, effective Fall, 2013. The successful candidate must have an earned Ph.D. in civil engineering and will be expected to teach undergraduate courses in structural engineering that may include structural analysis, design of concrete structures (ACI 318), design of steel structures (AISC LRFD) and other courses as needed. Preference will be given to candidates who have a demonstrated and successful teaching record in undergraduate structural engineering courses and are a registered professional engineer with applicable professional experience. The candidate will also be expected to participate in undergraduate advising and undergraduate student activities. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering consists of 32 full-time faculty, and offers programs leading to the BS, MS, M.Eng, and Ph.D. degree. Information about the department can be found at http://www.engr.psu.edu/ce/. Qualified applicants for the position should submit their curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy, and names, addresses, and phone numbers of three references in a single PDF document to Dr. Peggy Johnson, Professor and Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at paj6@psu.edu. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However review of applications will begin May 25, 2013. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire with excellent possibility of re-funding. Employment will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policy. We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds. Penn State is committed to Affirmative Action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.