Non-Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Engineering Fundamentals Department

The Engineering Fundamentals Department in the College of Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida is seeking to fill a non-tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level. The department seeks a candidate who can add to the department’s expertise in engineering education pedagogy and its leadership in teaching within the College of Engineering.

Responsibilities will include teaching, service, and supporting department scholarship. Assigned teaching workload will be four sections per semester (Fall and Spring) with atypical class size of 24 to 26 students. Service will include participation on committees and in appropriate university outreach activities.

Candidates must hold a master’s degree in engineering and preference will be given to candidates who hold a terminal degree in engineering education. Candidates must be capable of teaching one or more first or second year general engineering courses, specifically Introduction to Engineering Design, Introductory Computer Programming (i.e., MATLAB), Engineering Graphics (i.e., CATIA or SOLIDWORKS).

We seek candidates who will be active in the college and collaborate across the disciplines within engineering and the university. The faculty candidate will be joining a diverse and collegial team of faculty in the Engineering Fundamentals Department. We teach innovative engineering courses using evidence-based instruction, as well as conduct research to expand the boundaries of the emerging field of engineering education. The College of Engineering has over 1700 undergraduate students in six ABET accredited engineering degrees. More details on the College of Engineering and out department can be found at http://www.erau.edu/dbcoe/.

We expect our colleagues to share the department’s commitment to an inclusive, inviting, and collaborative community practicing excellence in both research and instruction. We strongly encourage individuals from populations traditionally underrepresented and underserved in STEM – women, Blacks, Latinx, Native Americans, persons with disabilities, and persons of all gender identities and/or sexual orientation – to apply.

To apply, please visit http://careers.erau.edu, click on the Career Search tab and search for requisition R303571.

Applications must include a cover letter, CV, a statement of teaching (to include teaching interest, philosophy, approaches to instructions, and examples of how diversity, equity, and inclusion are addressed in your teaching), a list of three references with contact information, and unofficial transcripts from all institutions. Official transcripts will only be required upon accepting the position. Please submit all documents in PDF format.

Each document is to be labeled:

“LastName_FirstName_ERAUDEF_Cover_Letter.”,

“LastName_FirstName_ERAUDEF_CV.”,

“LastName_FirstName_ERAUDEF_Teaching”.

Only complete application packages will be considered.

Review of applications will begin on June 13th, 2022, and will continue until the position is filled. The target starting date is August 2022. ERAU is an AA/EEO employer. Inquiries about the position can be directed to Dr. James J. Pembridge, Interim Department Chair, via email at pembridj@erau.edu.