Colorado School of Mines: Geotech Assistant Professor

Colorado School of Mines: Geotech Assistant Professor
February 25th, 2007

Colorado School of Mines
Assistant Professor
Geotechnical Engineering
Colorado School of Mines (CSM) invites applications for an anticipated tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Geotechnical Engineering within the Division of Engineering’s Civil Engineering undergraduate and Civil Engineering Systems graduate programs. Exceptional candidates at the Associate Professor level will also be considered. We seek individuals with enthusiasm for research and for education at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The Division of Engineering offers a nontraditional ABET accredited undergraduate degree in Engineering, with specialties in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Similarly, the Division of Engineering offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Systems, with specialties in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering. With an enrollment of 3250 undergraduate and 770 graduate students, CSM provides a personalized atmosphere on a campus nestled against the Rocky Mountains. The proximity to the Rocky Mountains and Denver provides an exceptional quality of life and myriad year round cultural and recreational opportunities. CSM is an EEO/AA employer and is committed to enhancing the diversity of its campus community. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Geotech at CSM
Colorado School of Mines is an internationally renowned public research university devoted to engineering and applied science. Built on the legacy of the extractive earth resources industries for which the university was founded, CSM provides a noticeably geoengineering and geosciences focused environment for faculty and students. CSM is home to no less than 20 faculty members across campus who pursue scholarship related to geotechnics. In addition, two of the four campus-wide focus areas -Development of the Earth’s Physical Infrastructure and Preservation and Stewardship of the Earth’s Environment - are strongly geo-related. The geotechnical engineering nucleus at CSM lies within Civil Engineering and the Civil Engineering Systems graduate program in the Division of Engineering. Three faculty members (Griffiths, Lu, Mooney)pursue geotechnical research with an emphasis in numerical methods, probabilistic geomechanics, unsaturated soil mechanics, shallow landslides, environmental Geotechnics, intelligent geoconstruction, field instrumentation and monitoring, and soil dynamics. Four additional academic units on campus pursue scholarship related to geotechnical engineering. Mining & Earth Systems Engineering faculty focus on rock mechanics and earth (rock) structural systems; underground excavation, construction, and tunneling. Geological Engineering faculty focus on engineering geology, landslides, rock fall, geological hazards assessment and mitigation, groundwater modeling, debris flow, and graphical information systems. Geophysical Engineering faculty pursue research in geotechnical geophysics with emphasis on ground penetrating radar, surface wave propagation in random media, inverse problems, image processing, and rock physics. Environment Science & Engineering faculty pursue scholarship in geoenvironmental engineering with emphasis on microbiological treatment systems, in-situ remediation of contaminated soils, fate and transport of chemicals through porous media, and groundwater modeling. In addition, the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earthquake Hazards and Landslide Hazards Programs reside on the CSM campus, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is in nearby Lakewood, Colorado. This exceptional collection of interdisciplinary geo-professionals and graduate students creates a vibrant and creative atmosphere for research and education.

Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be expected to teach Civil and Geotechnical Engineering courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, direct graduate student research, mentor students, and publish in scholarly journals. The individual hired will be required to grow a successful externally-funded research program and work in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary campus and Division of Engineering environment.

CSM is an EEO/AA employer and is committed to enhancing the diversity of its campus community. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Qualifications:
Candidates must possess a doctoral degree in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering or a related discipline by the time of appointment. Candidates must be committed to engineering education excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and to mentoring graduate students. Candidates must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills. We are seeking candidates who have the potential to develop an externally funded research program in geotechnical engineering as evidenced by their area(s)of expertise, research interests, publication record, and vision for building a research program. All areas of geotechnical engineering will be considered; however, preference will be given to candidates whose expertise, interests and vision align with the strengths and strategic focus at CSM. Preference will also be given to candidates who possess the potential for interdisciplinary research within the Division of Engineering (Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering) and across the geo-disciplines described above. A strategic goal is to grow geotechnical engineering at CSM by strengthening the interfaces between academic units.

Compensation:
CSM offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits package, which includes fullypaid health benefits.

How to Apply:
Applicants must send an application consisting of: (1) a detailed curriculum vitae, (2) a brief statement of teaching interests and accomplishments, and (3) a statement describing their research interests and vision for building an externally funded research program, and (4) contact information for three professional references, to:

Colorado School of Mines,
Human Resources Office, Search 06-011350,
1500 Illinois Street,
Golden, CO 80401Fax: (303) 384-2025.

Review of applications will begin in February 2007. The expected start date is August 2007.