JOB TITLE Professor of Practice | Mechanical and Materials Engineering LOCATION Worcester DEPARTMENT NAME Mechanical & Materials Engineering DIVISION NAME Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY The Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) seeks applicants for a full-time teaching faculty position in the area of design as professor of practice. The
successful candidate will possess a strong background in engineering design including product development, prototyping and fabrication, and/or design theory and methodology. A commitment to innovative, evidence based teaching is highly desired. The candidate will be expected to contribute to WPI’s project based curriculum by developing and teaching design focused courses at all undergraduate levels, mentoring student
project teams, and integrating hands on, experiential learning into the classroom. The ability to collaborate across disciplines and engage students in authentic, open ended problem solving is essential. Candidates should show evidence of effective teaching, related industry experience, or design-focused scholarship. Candidate is required to have a PhD or equivalent degree in mechanical engineering or another
relevant discipline or commensurate engineering design experience. JOB DESCRIPTION The Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department at WPI (https://www.wpi.edu/academics/departments/mechanical-materials-engineering) has 26 dual-mission faculty, 8 full-time teaching faculty, and 14 research faculty. MME offers undergraduate degrees in mechanical engineering to over 1100 students. The department offers graduate
degrees in mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering, and manufacturing engineering to about 200 graduate students. The department’s annual externally sponsored research expenditures have exceeded $19.7M. WPI’s reputation as a rigorous and innovative university rests on the shoulders of its faculty. A highly selective, private technological university and one of the nation’s first, WPI believes that
when great minds work together, great advances follow. At WPI the boundaries to multidisciplinary collaboration are low—faculty members, students, and other partners work together on the real-world projects and purposeful research that are hallmarks of the WPI experience. Located one hour west of Boston, the university’s campus is in Worcester, Massachusetts, a thriving 21st century college city recognized as a
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