Month: September 2022

Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs

Ford Foundation FellowshipThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is accepting applications for the 2023 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs. Eligibility and online application information are available on the Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs website.

 Through its program of fellowships, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.

 Please encourage eligible candidates at your institution to apply to be a part of the Ford Fellows and celebrate the legacy of this impactful program!

 Eligibility Requirements:

  • U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card); individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) program;¹ Indigenous individuals exercising rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794; individuals granted Temporary Protected Status; asylees; and refugees, regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation;
  • Individuals with evidence of superior academic achievement (such as grade point average, class rank, honors or other designations); and
  • Individuals committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in the U.S.

1Eligibility includes individuals with current status under the DACA Program, as well as individuals whose status may have lapsed but who continue to meet all the USCIS guidelines for DACA.

 Stipends:

  • Predoctoral: $27,000 per year for three years
  • Dissertation: $28,000 for one year
  • Postdoctoral: $50,000 for one year

 Application Deadline Dates:

  • Predoctoral: December 15, 2022 (5:00 PM EST)
  • Dissertation: December 8, 2022 (5:00 PM EST)
  • Postdoctoral: December 8, 2022 (5:00 PM EST)

 Supplementary Materials Deadline Date (Submitted Applications):

  • January 5, 2023 (5:00 PM EST)

CEM faculty tenure-track position at Cal Poly Pomona

The Civil Engineering Department (CE) at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) invites applications for tenure track positions in Civil Engineering, at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin in Fall 2023. The department is specifically considering applications in the area of Construction Engineering and Management (CEM). The successful candidate will contribute to the Department’s undergraduate and graduate programs.

The CE Department currently has 25 full-time faculty members who serve approximately 1,500 undergraduate and graduate students.

 For full position description and application procedures, please visit the application link here:  https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/po/en-us/job/519144/civil-engineering-assistant-professor.

 If you have any questions, please contact the Civil Engineering Department by email at  cpp_ce_search@cpp.edu.

 

Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seeking Faculty

The Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (http://cee.usc.edu) in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering is searching for outstanding faculty candidates in three areas: 

  • Water resources and coastal engineering. Topics of interest include ecohydrology and ecological engineering, modeling and mitigation of climate impacts, and understanding the resilience of communities to disasters and anthropogenic factors.
  • Transport service systems. Topics of interest include emerging technologies (e.g., autonomy, electrification), new and multi-modalities (e.g., urban air mobility), operations principles for hyper-connectivity (e.g., security, privacy, markets), and impact on community (e.g., equal access, pollution).
  • Climate and applications to other systems (e.g., energy, air, land, water, food). Topics of interest include climate/energy nexus, climate modeling, urban warming, energy to mitigate climate impacts, air pollution, energy/land/water networks, and related areas.

Applications and nominations for tenure-track or tenured faculty positions at all levels are sought. The position is available starting August 15, 2023. To receive full consideration, candidates should apply on-line by November 30, 2022.

More information about the position can be found here: cee.usc.edu/about/open-positions 

Burçin Becerik-Gerber

Dean’s Professor and Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Southern California