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Career-Track Assistant Professor Civil Engineering with Structure Specialty Online applications must be received before 12:00am on: February 3, 2025 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 158-NNFACULTY - Teaching Assistant Professor - Career, 159-NNFACULTY - Teaching Associate Professor - Career, 160-NNFACULTY - Teaching Professor - Career, 161-NNFACULTY - Scholarly Assistant Professor - Career, 162-NNFACULTY - Scholarly Associate Professor - Career, 163-NNFACULTY - Scholarly Professor - Career Business Title: Career-Track Assistant Professor | Civil Engineering with Structure Specialty Employee Type: Faculty (+) (Fixed Term) Position Term: 9 Month Position Details: DESCRIPTION OF POSITION The School of Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS) of Washington State University (WSU), located at the Tri-Cities campus in Richland, WA, invites applications for a full-time faculty position of Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This is a career-track position with a primary focus on teaching a structure related courses for undergraduate and graduate students. Career-track assistant professors are expected to engage in research and service activities in addition to their teaching responsibilities, with these duties aligned with the scope of their appointment. This includes conducting research in their field, contributing to academic publications, collaborating on projects, and participating in departmental and university service roles, such as committee membership, student mentorship, and community engagement initiatives. The candidate is also expected to participate broadly in the growth and continuous improvement of the school's ABET-accredited BSCE degree program. Applications are encouraged from recent Ph.D. graduates, as well as doctoral students scheduled to graduate by August 2025, who have a strong enthusiasm for teaching and a commitment to fostering an inclusive and dynamic learning environment. Ideal candidates will demonstrate potential for high-quality research, excellence in teaching, and a willingness to contribute meaningfully to the academic community. ENVIRONMENT The new faculty member will join the https://tricities.wsu.edu/engineering/, an integral unit within the university's https://vcea.wsu.edu/. Among WSU's newest academic units, SEAS offers degree programs in computer science, cybersecurity, and civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering at the Baccalaureate, Master's, and Doctoral levels, and encourages interdisciplinary initiatives. All undergraduate programs are accredited by ABET. The School currently has 344 students and expects continued enrollment increases. SEAS produces profession-ready graduates by combining excellence in classroom coursework with project-based experiential learning in the form of laboratory experiences, industry-sponsored projects, paid internships and co-ops, and participation in research with their professors. SEAS actively collaborates with the nearby https://www.pnnl.gov/about, a world-class Department of Energy research enterprise that advances the frontiers of science and engineering and offers numerous internship and project opportunities to our students. WSU's Tri-Cities campus is located in Richland, WA on the west banks of the majestic Columbia River. Together with Richland, the cities of Kennewick and Pasco make up the Tri-Cities, Washington. The campus draws from a regional population of approximately 260,000, and is expanding its reach both nationally and internationally, also benefiting from a newly renovated airport. The growing campus has approximately 1,600 students who are served by nearly 90 full-time and 250 adjunct faculty members, many of whom are full-time researchers and scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and local science and en