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Washington State University Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering in Pullman, Washington
Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering Online applications must be received before 12:00am on: January 16, 2025 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 294-NN_FACULTY - Professor Chair (Annual) Business Title: Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering Employee Type: Faculty Position Term: 12 Month Position Details: The Opportunity: The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) in the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture (VCEA) at Washington State University in Pullman, WA, is seeking a visionary and collaborative leader to serve as its next Chair, tasked with continuing the advancement the CEE department has achieved in recent years. The permanent position is open to Associate or Full Professor ranks for an anticipated 12-month full-time appointment. It is anticipated that the successful candidates will begin their appointment by August 1, 2025. Washington State University is the land-grant institution of the state of Washington, and the Department is one of five schools/departments in the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture. The department has over 350 undergraduate students, 70 graduate students, and 20 tenured/tenure-track faculty members. Degrees are offered in Civil Engineering and in Construction Engineering (the latter in collaboration with WSU's School of Design and Construction) at the undergraduate level, in Civil Engineering and in Environmental Engineering at the Master's level, and in Civil Engineering and in Engineering Science at the Doctoral level. Faculty in the Department collaborate internationally, nationally, and with numerous disciplines across the WSU campus. The department benefits from long-term affiliations with industry stakeholders and regional and state agencies. Endowment support includes multiple generous scholarships and an active endowment campaign for excellence. The CEE department at WSU is recognized as one of the top land-grant civil and environmental engineering programs in the nation with strong research areas covering a broad spectrum of traditional, emerging, and interdisciplinary areas of interest, including (1) Structural Engineering, Materials, and Sustainability, (2) Hydrology and Water Resources, (3) Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering, and (4) Environmental Engineering (with both Air and Water emphases). The CEE department has a solid history of high-impact research in Resilience of Natural and Built Environments and Decarbonization of Civil Infrastructure. Faculty in the department have interdisciplinary collaborations broadly across the university, with impact in areas ranging from sustainability and resiliency of civil engineering resources and infrastructure to environmental research. Departmental faculty and students frequently receive awards from the National Science Foundation and collaborate extensively with institutions including but not limited to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Washington Department of Transportation. In addition, the school has developed productive international, national and regional partnerships including collaboration with various regional tribes and communities. Candidates are invited to consult the department's website for additional details on our academic and research program (https://ce.wsu.edu/). The candidate shall be able to further support and promote existing research strengths in synergistic areas across the university and within the department including but not limited to the Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach (https://cereo.wsu.edu/), the Composite Materials & Engineering Center (www.cmec.wsu.edu), the National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life-Extension (https://tridurle.wsu.edu/about/), the Washingto