Assistant Professor - Civil and Environmental Engineering - WSU : Job Details

Online applications must be received before 12:00am on:

March 1, 2025

If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.

Available Title(s):

270-NN_FACULTY - Assistant Professor

Business Title:

Assistant Professor - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Employee Type:

Faculty

Position Term:

9 Month

Position Details:

The Opportunity:

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Washington State University (WSU) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. The CEE Department seeks to hire an outstanding candidate specializing in Geotechnical Engineering.

The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of high-quality research, a commitment to diversity and teaching excellence and the ability to develop a fundamental research program. Applicants

with expertise in, but not limited to, one or more of the following areas are encouraged to apply:

(a) post-fire geohazards (slope stability, mass wasting, landslides);

(b) thermo-mechanical characterization and/or modeling of soils;

(c) civil- and/or geotechnical-infrastructure adaptability to climate change-related hazards, and

(d) sustainable geomaterials, in general, and particularly those resulting from climate change effects (e.g. wildfire-related waste).

A culture of interdisciplinary research with a diverse group of faculty and students is valued, and the candidate will be encouraged to contribute to existing research strengths within the department and across the university in synergistic areas involving WSU's new Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory ( WSU's Risk-Informed Decision-Making Lab: Infrastructure Systems and Community ( Washington Center for Asphalt Technology ( the Composite Materials & Engineering Center (www.cmec.wsu.edu), the National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life-Extension ( the Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach ( and WSU's Laboratory for Atmospheric Research (www.lar.wsu.edu).

Required Qualifications:

* Doctoral degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related field at the start of the appointment.

* Ability to develop a strong, externally-funded research program leading to national recognition, and contribute to high-quality undergraduate and graduate teaching and departmental service.

* Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated commitment to collaborate with diverse internal and external groups.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Demonstrated records in teaching and professional service

* A demonstrated background in one or more of the targeted areas mentioned above

* A demonstrated potential for meeting the expectations through activities such as journal publications, professional conference presentations, teaching experience, outreach, and related activities

* Professional Engineering licensure

* Understanding of or demonstrated experience with neurodiversity frameworks and schemes (e.g. visual thinking methods) and how they can contribute to geotechnical research and education

* Strong records of scholarship, teaching, and professional service.

* A demonstrated background in one or more of the following area: post-fire geohazards, thermo-mechanical characteristics and/or moedeling of soils, civil and/or geotechnical infastructure adapabiliy to climate change related hazards, sustainable geomaterials

* A strong record of journal publications, professional conference presentations, teaching experience, outreach, and related activities.

Additional Information:

Area/College: Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture

Department Name: Civil and Environmental Engineering

City, State, Zip: Pullman, WA 99164

Department Link: Civil and Environmental Engineering | Washington State University (wsu.edu)

9 Month Annual Salary: $100,000 - $108,000 | In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate's current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position.

Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For a more detailed summary of benefits offered by WSU for Faculty please review the summary of benefits for WSU Faculty and Total Compensation

Overtime Eligibility: This position is not overtime eligible.

FTE: 100%

This is a permanent tenure track position

Application Instructions: Screening of applicants will begin on December 1, 2024. All applicants must upload a cover letter and resume/cv to their online application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications. Documents may be submitted in one file or separate files. Applicants are encouraged to upload as a PDF if possible. Applicants will be requested to provide contact information for professional references within the online application.

* External candidates, please upload all documents in the Resume/CV section of your application.

* Internal candidates, please upload all documents in the Resume/Cover Letter section of your application.

Required Documents:

* A curriculum vitae

* A cover letter indicating which position is being applied to and describing relevant experiences and interest in the position as well as a statement on your commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity; WSU is a land-grant university, our university has a continuing commitment to ensuring equitable and meaningful inclusion in our classrooms, collaborations, and academic work. The successful candidate for this faculty position will have the experiences, knowledge, and skills to build their research/scholarship/creative practice, pedagogy, curriculum, and service in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment. Using the job announcement for this position, please list at least three areas of responsibility you see as directly related to fulfilling this promise, and explain, in each case, how your past education and teaching experiences, and resulting knowledge and skills, have prepared you to do this work.

* Research interests and plans and One-page statement of teaching interest and plans

* Up to three academic publications

* Names and contact information of five references (with titles, addresses, business telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses). Applicants will be notified prior to contacting references.

Background Check: This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34, engages in law enforcement, requires security clearance, interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity, has access to personal identifying and/or financial information, unsupervised access to university buildings/property, or other business-related need. A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.

Time Type:

Full time

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veteran, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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