IEEE Spectrum November, 2016 - 69

George Washington University
Department of Electrical &
Computer Engineering
Senior Faculty Position in Nanotechnology
The Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering (ECE) at the George Washington
University (GWU) invites applications for a tenured or tenure track
faculty appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level. The
University has recently made substantial investments in a new Class
100 nano-fabrication facility (https://nic.gwu.edu/) within its brand
new Science & Engineering Hall (https://seh.gwu.edu/). ECE is seeking
candidates who have established national and international leadership in
nanotechnology research. Applicants must have an earned doctorate in
Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a relevant discipline. To
apply, please go to http://www.gwu.jobs/postings/37728 and complete
the online application. Please upload a cover letter indicating your
primary area(s) of expertise and interest, desired professorial rank, a
detailed CV or resume, concise statements on teaching and research,
and full contact information for five professional references. Only
complete applications will be considered. Review of applications will
begin on December 1, 2016 and will continue until the position is filled.
Employment offers are contingent on the satisfactory outcome of a
standard background screening.
The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the
basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited
by applicable law.

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Electrical Engineering
The College of Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University in Daytona Beach, Florida, has an ambitious
agenda focused on expanding its graduate programs, research
capabilities, facilities, and talented faculty. The Electrical,
Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering Department
currently invites applicants for a tenure-track position at the
Assistant Professor level starting in Jan. or Aug. 2017.
Applicants should have a doctorate in electrical or computer
engineering; practical related experience is valued. The
successful candidate will excel at teaching & mentoring
undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students, and will bring
or develop externally funded research supporting core
department areas-including but not limited to UAS sense &
avoid (e.g., radar, avionics, comms., & remote sensing).
Faculty research opportunities exist at our NEAR Lab, a
premiere center for modeling and simulation, at the Eagle
Flight Research Center, a leader in flight control systems,
UAS, and green aviation, and through the FAA's ASSURE
Center of Excellence in Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Related
labs in the MicaPlex-the cornerstone building of ERAU's
Research Park-span radar, sensors, unmanned systems, and
spacecraft, and are scheduled for completion in early 2017.
To apply, visit careers.erau.edu, job code 160222.

University of Central Florida (UCF)
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)
The department has openings for exceptional tenured or tenure-track
faculty members, two in ECE as well as multiple openings in UCF's
energy systems cluster.
All areas of ECE are considered. Of special interests are mid-career or
entry-level candidates in controls, brain monitoring and biomedical
sensing, high-frequency circuits, machines and drives, power devices,
robotics, energy harvesting and storage, energy efficient computing,
embedded systems, GPU design and multicore systems, embedded
software, mobile computing devices, IoT, and big data.
The cluster of Resilient, Intelligent and Sustainable Energy Systems
(RISES) has five open faculty positions at senior and entry-level levels.
The areas of interest include but are not limited to: PV systems; planning
and optimization for transmission networks; protection and control
of distribution networks; forecast and optimization for renewables;
distributed energy resources; wide area monitoring and control; secure
power networks and cyber physical systems; (critical) infrastructure
management; energy and resource economics; and design of resilient
network and systems. More details can be found at our cluster website
http://www.ucf.edu/research/RISES.
UCF offers a competitive salary and start-up package as well as generous
benefits. Individual and interdisciplinary infrastructure and startup are
expected for these positions as well.
All applicants must have a Ph.D. from an accredited institution in an area
appropriate to the ECE disciplines or the RISES cluster by the start of the
appointment and a strong commitment to academic activities, including
teaching, scholarly publications and sponsored research. Successful
candidates will have an exceptional record of scholarly research and, at
the senior levels, be highly recognized for their technical contributions
and leadership in their areas of expertise.
ECE has strong educational and research programs, with over 300
graduate students and 1,000 undergraduates, and a state-of-theart facility, the Harris Engineering Center. The department has three
competitively-awarded research centers: FEEDER funded by Department
of Energy, the Electric Vehicle Research Center funded by the US
Department of Transportation, and MIST funded by NSF. Additional
research sponsors include DARPA, NASA, ARO, AMD, Analog Devices,
Harris, Intel, L-3 Communication, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Siemens,
and Texas Instruments as well as local high-tech start-ups. In 2016,
UCF's ECE department is ranked the 30th among US public universities
by US News and World Report.
UCF has over 63,000 students and is the nation's second largest university.
Located in Orlando, ECE and UCF are at the center of Florida High Tech
Corridor with an excellent industrial base in telecommunications,
energy, computer systems, semiconductors, defense, space, lasers,
simulation, software and the world-renowned entertainment/theme park
industry. Exceptional weather, easy access to the seashore, one of the
largest convention centers in the nation and an international airport that
is among the world's best are just a few features that make the UCF/
Orlando area ideal.
UCF is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified
applicants are encouraged to apply, including minorities, women,
veterans and individuals with disabilities. As a Florida public university,
UCF makes all application materials and selection procedures available
to the public upon request.
Please send your inquiry to facultysearch@ece.ucf.edu for ECE positions
or to RISES@ece.ucf.edu for RISES positions. To submit an application,
go to the following link(s).
ECE positions: https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/47277
RISES Cluster positions: https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/47271

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