Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Mechanical Sciences and Materials

Position Title: Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Mechanical Sciences and Materials

Position Type: Tenure or Tenure Track Faculty

Position Description

Brown University School of Engineering invites applications from outstanding candidates for a tenure-track faculty position(s) in Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, and/or Materials. The successful candidate shall have an outstanding record of scholarship in one of these areas with a multidisciplinary vision with other areas of interest in Brown’s Engineering. The successful candidate shall establish, or has established, an independent group in experimental, theoretical, and/or computational research, and is expected to collaborate with other Brown faculty members within and outside of the School of Engineering. We seek a faculty member who will contribute to the missions of the School of Engineering. We are particularly interested in scholars demonstrating a commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in science and engineering.

About the Environment

Brown Engineering provides a unique environment, emphasizing the power of interdisciplinary thought with a focus on expanding connections across engineering disciplines and beyond traditional departmental boundaries. Brown Engineering has a long history of leadership in fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, and materials research, with further acceleration from a new Engineering Research building and the Center of Fluid Mechanics and the Mechanics of Undersea Science and Engineering (MUSE) program. The successful candidate will become affiliated with one or more of the disciplinary groups within the School of Engineering and contribute to teaching efforts and research projects across the school including Fluids and Thermal Sciences, Materials Science, Solid Mechanics, Biomedical, Chemical, and Environmental Engineering. 

Brown University School of Engineering seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, viewpoints, and ways of knowing and learning.

Qualifications

Applicants must have an earned Ph.D. degree in engineering or related discipline when joining the faculty. The start date is expected to be July 2025.

Application Instructions

All candidates should submit: (1) a curriculum vitae; (2) a research statement; (3) a teaching statement; (4) a diversity, equity, and inclusion statement; (5) up to five publications; and (6) a cover letter describing their interest in the position. Candidates currently holding tenured faculty positions should provide the names of three referees; these referees will not be contacted without prior authorization from the candidate. Candidates who do not currently hold a tenured faculty position should have at least three letters of reference submitted directly before the application deadline. Letters of support should speak to the candidate’s potential as a scholar, colleague, mentor, and teacher. Inquiries about the position should be directed to soefa@brown.edu.

Full consideration will be given to applications received by January 15, 2025. Brown is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, and members of underrepresented groups in science and engineering are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

As an EEO/AA employer, Brown University provides equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based upon a person’s race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law, and caste, which is protected by our University policies.