The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Kentucky seeks candidates for a tenure-eligible, 9-month appointment (Regular Title Series) faculty position at the assistant or associate professor level in the area of Natural Hazards Engineering, with a strong interdisciplinary background in geotechnical/geological engineering and engineering geology.

The city of Lexington is ranked #3 Best City to Raise a Family, #21 Best Places to Live in America, and #31 Most Educated City in America. The University of Kentucky is the flagship university for the Commonwealth and is one of only eight universities in the United States that house colleges of agriculture, law, business, engineering, medicine, and pharmacy on a single campus. Employment at UK comes with diverse rewards, focusing on your total well-being and career development, with leadership striving to provide a strong work-life integration. To learn more about these benefits, please visit: https://www.uky.edu/hr/benefits.

Review of applications will begin on October 1st 2024 and the posting will remain open until filled.

Please upload a Curriculum Vita, Cover Letter, Research Statement (Specific Request 1), and Teaching Statement (Specific Request 2).

New faculty are expected to contribute to undergraduate and graduate curricula in Civil Engineering as well as develop new and innovative courses; developing a strong, externally funded research program; and providing service to the university, the state, and the engineering profession. New faculty are also encouraged to collaborate with faculty throughout the Department and across the University of Kentucky campus.

Candidates must hold an ABET accredited degree and a doctorate degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, or a closely related field.

The department is especially interested in candidates with expertise in natural hazards, remote sensing, and modeling and evaluation of the impacts of climate change on surface and subsurface geologic materials to identify and address risks to the built and natural environment; encompassing field, laboratory, analytical, and numerical studies of geomaterials and use of terrestrial and space-based remote sensing tools for hazard characterization and to improve infrastructure resilience to extreme events and geohazards such as landslides, mudflows, and rockslides.

State law requires faculty members teaching engineering design to become licensed as Professional Engineers in Kentucky within four years of being employed

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

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