Assoc. Professor - Mechanical Engineering teaches courses in the discipline area of mechanical engineering. Develops and designs curriculum plans to foster student learning, stimulate class discussions, and ensures student engagement. Being an Assoc. Professor - Mechanical Engineering provides tutoring and academic counseling to students, maintains classes related records, and assesses student coursework. Collaborates and supports colleagues regarding research interests and co-curricular activities. Additionally, Assoc. Professor - Mechanical Engineering typically reports to a department head. Requires a PhD or terminal degree appropriate to the field. Has considerable experience and is qualified to teach at undergraduate and graduate levels and conducts research and case studies in field of interest and may publish findings in trade journals or textbooks. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
The School of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department is seeking a research assistant professor to assist in the sponsored research titled Semi-transparent Bifacial Agrivoltaic System with Machine Learning funded by the U.S. Department of Energy/MST STEM Research and Development Consortium. The successful candidate will develop a loading structure mounted at 2 m (minimum) from the ground to demonstrate the full Agrivoltaic concept. Additionally, the successful candidate will provide guidance for its fabrication to the project graduate research assistants.