Month: October 2021

FAMU-FSU_CEE_AsstProf_Pavements&Geomaterials_Position

 

Assistant Professor Position in Pavement Infrastructure and Geomaterials
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Florida A&M University – Florida State
University (FAMU-FSU) joint College of Engineering invites applications for a tenure-track assistant
professor position in Geomaterials and Geotechnical Engineering. The successful candidate’s expertise is
expected to complement and strengthen existing faculty research and teaching in civil and environmental
engineering. Applicants should have expertise in one or more areas of geomaterials engineering, including
but not limited to:

• Advanced pavement materials such as design and characterization of asphalt materials, application
of nanotechnology or additive manufacturing in pavement materials, Smart and multi-functional
pavement materials, recycling and reuse of pavement materials
• Climate change considerations in pavement engineering and sustainable geo-materials and coastal
resilience.
• Pavement sustainability, green technologies, and life-cycle assessment
In addition, the successful candidate will demonstrate an understanding of the barriers preventing full
participation of members from historically underrepresented and marginalized student communities in
higher education. We expect to hire at the Assistant Professor rank, but exceptional candidates for the
Associate Professor rank will be considered.

The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is unique in combining two outstanding universities with overlapping
but distinct missions—the nation’s top public Historically Black College/University and one of the nation’s
Top 20 Public Universities and Highest Research Activity Universities. As such, we provide an outstanding
research and entrepreneurship-based education to one of the most diverse student populations in the U.S.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has a strong and growing reputation with a special
focus on disaster resilience and sustainability, recently establishing the Center for Resilient Infrastructure
and Disaster Response (RIDER). The successful candidate will join 21 full-time faculty members in a
department with approximately 400 undergraduate and 80 graduate students.
Candidates must have an earned doctorate in civil and/or environmental engineering or closely related
field. Post-doctoral experience in related topic areas is preferred. The successful candidate is expected to
establish and maintain a robust externally-funded research program, have a strong commitment to diversity
and teaching excellence in undergraduate and graduate courses, and participate in college and professional
service. Possession of a Professional Engineering (PE) License or the ability to obtain a Florida PE license is
highly desirable.

Applicants should submit the following in a single PDF file to CEEFacultySearch@eng.famu.fsu.edu:
1. A cover letter
2. Curriculum vitae
3. A research statement including research interests and plans
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY – FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
2525 Pottsdamer Street Tallahassee, FL 32310-6046 | 850-410-6123
4. A statement on teaching plans and philosophy
5. A statement on diversity and inclusion plans and experiences
6. No more than four selected publications for review
7. The names and contact information of four potential references
8. An Equal Employment Opportunity Survey for Faculty Applicants
(https://eng.famu.fsu.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/FAMU-FSU-COE-EEOC-Form-f…)
Any questions about the position should be directed to Dr. Tarek Abichou, Search Committee Chair, at
abichou@eng.famu.fsu.edu. Applications should be received by November 15th, 2021 to receive full
consideration but will be reviewed until the position is filled. The appointment is expected to begin August
2022. Additional information about both universities and the department may be found at
http://www.eng.famu.fsu.edu.

Overview:

The Career Center is launching a new initiative called the Georgia Tech Career Coaching Network. The purpose of the Career Coaching Network is to forge a partnership between the Career Center with faculty and staff across campus to address common career concerns expressed by Georgia Tech students. Supporting students in their career development is not limited to the walls of the Career Center, and many universities are creating “train the trainer” models to address career help students often seek from professors, staff, and other community members on their campus.

Before building a similar program at Georgia Tech, the Career Center is seeking faculty and staff feedback on common career questions they receive from students. Based on the information gathered, the Career Center will use this content to build a series of trainings for faculty and staff interested in supporting students through their collegiate career development.

Why is this important and why you should be involved?

–          Gallup studies report that having an engaging job is one of the most important factors in life because it occupies the majority of our time and plays heavily into self-identity¹.

–          In a 2014 Gallup-Purdue survey of 30,000 college graduates, they went beyond the traditional measures of college outcomes (placement rates, starting salaries, etc.) to create an index that measures the relationship between students’ college experience and whether graduates go on to have great jobs, great lives and become engaged workers².  According to this study, if graduates had a professor who made them excited about learning or encouraged them to pursue their dreams, their odds of being engaged at work more than doubled.

–          Three out of six factors linked to student confidence on jobs related to having a mentor or faculty member at their university who excited them about learning and encouraged them to pursue their goals and dreams³.

What is your commitment?

1.       Provide your feedback during a virtual listening session and/or fill out this short survey by Friday, Oct. 29^th: https://bit.ly/GTStudentCareerNeeds

2.       Attend an upcoming virtual listening session:

a.       Tues, Oct. 12 from 1pm-2pm

b.       Tues, Oct. 26 from 11am-12pm

c.       Friday, Oct. 29 from 12-1pm

3.       If interested, you may participate in upcoming Career Coaching Network training sessions once they are scheduled. Please share your email in the online survey if you would like to hear of upcoming sessions.

If you have questions, please reach out to Laura Garcia, Director of Career Education in the Georgia Tech Career Center, at laura.garcia@gatech.edu.

¹ Gallup (2013). State of the American Workplace: Employee Insights for U.S. Business Leaders.

² Gallup and Purdue University (2014). Great Jobs, Great Lives: The 2014 Gallup-Purdue Index Report: A study of more than 30,000 college graduates across the U.S. Gallup, Inc.

³  Gallup (2019) Six College Experiences Linked to Student Confidence on Jobs. Available online at https://news.gallup.com/poll/246170/six-college-experiences-linked-student-confidence-jobs.aspx

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Greetings! We are a group of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Arizona State University, and we are interested in improving the STEM experiences of graduate women from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds.

We are currently seeking participants for a short 25-30 minute research study designed to understand the first- and second-year experiences of doctoral women in STEM.

This study has been approved by the University of Massachusetts Boston Institutional Review Board (IRB #2021174).

Participants who meet the following criteria are invited to take part in this research:

●      Identifies as a PhD student in STEM (e.g., physical sciences, biology, mathematics, computer sciences, engineering, etc.)

●      Identifies as a woman from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds (i.e., Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, white, and/or Bi/Multiracial)

●      Currently enrolled in either the 1^st or 2^nd year of a STEM doctoral program

If you are interested in participating in this study, please click the link below. Participants will receive a fifty-dollar e-gift card for their time.

[https://umassboston.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3P0IrziW3BoXTLg]

We would greatly appreciate it if you could also forward this email to other students who you believe might meet the criteria for the current study.

If you have any questions about the research study, please feel free to email the principal investigator, Kerrie Wilkins-Yel, at kerrie.wilkins@umb.edu.

Sincerely,

1. The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Stanford University seeks applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant or untenured Associate Professor from candidates who work at the frontier of their field towards enhancing the sustainability of the built and natural environments.