The Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Environmental Engineering. Mild preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated expertise and research interest in sustainable systems and processes, biological processes, or environmental microbiology. Applicants must hold an earned Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering or a related discipline and demonstrate the ability and desire to teach courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Additional department information may be found at http://care.mst.edu.
Successful candidates will be expected to have strong commitments to (a) contributing to the departmental and college research efforts, (b) high-quality teaching both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and (c) service in the applicant’s professional community and our institution. Applicants should have demonstrated excellence in research and evidence of potential for excellence in external funding, high-quality teaching, service, and increasing diversity.
Missouri S&T’s CArEE Department, with 19 tenured/tenure-track faculty and 25 total faculty, positively impacts society through ground-breaking research and high-quality graduate and undergraduate education spanning a legacy of over 150 years. The CArEE department’s research awards exceeded $8.0 M in 2022-23. The department has over 840 students across the three-degree programs. The department enjoys strong support from alumni and corporate partners with seven endowed professorships. Recent fundraising resulted in a $7.5-million expansion for the Clayco-Advanced Construction and Materials Laboratory, which opened in 2021. The CArEE department and programs are highly ranked in US News and in the World University Rankings (Shanghai rankings).
Applicants must provide a cover letter, statements discussing teaching, research, and professional goals, contact information for three professional references, and a current CV at https://hr.mst.edu/careers/academic-employment/. All submitted application materials must have the position reference number 00086635 in order to be processed. Hardcopy applications will not be accepted. Acceptable electronic formats are PDF and MS Word. Those wishing further information about the search process may contact Faculty Search Committee Chair, Dr. Mark Fitch (mfitch@mst.edu). Review of applications will begin October 1, 2023.