Open Rank (Tenured or Tenure Track) Professor of Advanced Technologies, Manufacturing, and Materials for Sustainable Architecture

About the Opportunity

About the Opportunity:

The School of Architecture in the College of Arts Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for an open-rank tenured or tenure-track position at the Assistant Associate or Full Professor level in advanced technologies manufacturing and materials in relationship to sustainability affordability resilience and health in the built environment to be located at the Boston campus. We are particularly interested in candidates qualified for a joint appointment between the School of Architecture and the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in the College of Engineering.

We seek candidates whose research and teaching engage with one or more of the following or related areas: design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) and industrialized/offsite construction; robotics and humanrobot collaboration for fabrication and assembly; AI data and digital twins for the built environment; circular lowcarbon and biogenic materials; integration of life cycle assessment embodied energy and embodied carbon analyses into design processes and construction logistics; innovative energy and environmental systems for health and wellbeing; performance-based codes digital compliance and pathways such as system certification.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses including courses in core building technology; mentoring students at undergraduate masters and doctoral levels; maintaining a strong program of high-impact research that attracts external funding and/or recognition; and participating in departmental college and university service. Qualified candidates must be prepared to work with global student populations.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a MLA or other terminal degree in Architecture or a PhD in Architecture Engineering or a related field by the employment start date; and demonstrated potential to attract external funding for research and/or creative practice.

Additional Information:

Interested candidates should apply here with a curriculum vita that includes a list of publications a cover letter and statements addressing the prompts below. Applications will be reviewed beginning on January 15 2025.

Successful faculty at Northeastern are dynamic and innovative scholars with a record of research and teaching excellence and a commitment to fostering belonging in the university community. Thus strong candidates for this faculty position will have the experiences knowledge and skills to build their research pedagogy and curriculum in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment. Please indicate how your experience knowledge and skills have prepared you to contribute to this work with written statements addressing the following prompts:

Research statement:

Please describe the focus of your research including the questions you have identified the funding you have received to support the work (if applicable) the results you have discovered and the products of these efforts. Please also describe any research you have undertaken with students and/or with the external community. Finally please outline the research directions you foresee pursuing in the College of Arts Media and Design.

Teaching statement:

Please summarize your past instructional and mentorship experiences your pedagogical philosophy your plans/goals for teaching in the College of Arts Media and Design (including existing and proposed courses) and your strategies for teaching and mentoring global student populations.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by the law.

About Northeastern:

Founded in 1898 Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students faculty alumni and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline degree and campus.

Our locationsinBoston; Arlington Charlotte North Carolina; Miami; London; Portland Maine; Oakland; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver;and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahantare nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network we expand opportunities for flexible student-centered learning and collaborative solutions-focused research.

Northeasterns comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs in a variety of on-campus and onlineformatslead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these we offer more than195multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

The School of Architecture currently offers three undergraduate degrees: a Bachelor of Science in Architecture; a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies; a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture. The School also offers two graduate degrees: a professionally accredited Master of Architecture; a Master of Design for Sustainable Urban Environments. The School contributes to interdisciplinary curricula for combined degrees at the undergraduate level such as Architecture and Civil Engineering Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering and Landscape Architecture and Environmental Science plus graduate programs in Sustainable Building Systems with the College of Engineering and Urban Planning and Policy with the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs.

A PhD program at the college level in Interdisciplinary Design and Media offers an innovative globally-aware human-centered approach to advanced graduate study focusing on practice-based research and scholarship applied to or conducted through making or creation. The PhD is unique in its focus on practice-based research or scholarship applied to or conducted through making or creation. See: School of Architecture is in the College of Arts Media and Design (CAMD) which is a collaborative community within the university that acts as a catalyst for research inspiration and discovery. It brings together a unique combination of disciplines including Architecture ArtDesign Communication Studies Journalism Media and Screen Studies Music and Theatre. CAMD is also home to three interdisciplinary research centers: the Center for the Arts the Center for Design and the Center for Transformative Media.

Position Type

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience education and skills when extending an offer.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin age sex sexual orientation disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Pay Range:

With the pay range(s) shown above the starting salary will depend on several factors which may include your education experience location knowledge and expertise and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.