Faculty Positions in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position to begin July 1, 2023 or on a mutually agreed date thereafter. The search is for candidates to be hired at the assistant professor level; under special circumstances, however, an untenured associate or a tenured senior faculty appointment is possible, commensurate with experience.

We will consider exceptional candidates in all areas relevant to the department’s mission of achieving sustainability across scales, spanning environment, cyber-physical infrastructure, and human systems. Candidates who can support our strategic focus on understanding and addressing the climate-infrastructure nexus with modern data-driven and/or mechanistic approaches are especially encouraged to apply. We invite applications from candidates with strong background in following areas: (i) Systems Science and Engineering, including but not limited to networked systems, future transportation and autonomous mobility systems, supply chain resilience and operations, climate risk modeling, decarbonized energy systems; (ii) Mechanics & Materials, including (but not limited to) sustainable materials, geomechanics; resilient infrastructure design, bio-materials for food, water, energy security; (iii) Climate and Environment, including, coastal systems, earth systems science, physics and chemistry of the atmosphere,  and environmental life sciences (ecology & evolution, systems & synthetic biology for environment).  Building on the launch of the Schwarzman College of Computing at MIT, the department also has a particular interest in the fundamentals and applications of computing and data science in our core areas.  

The candidate should have demonstrated excellence in original research for advancing knowledge in one or more core areas. Faculty responsibilities include teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels, developing new and innovative teaching materials, conducting original scholarly research, and student advising. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in a relevant science or engineering field by the beginning of employment.

Applications are being accepted electronically at https://school-of-engineering-faculty-search.mit.edu/cee.  Applications must include: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, the names and addresses of at least three references, a two-page statement of research interests, a one-page statement of teaching interests and educational philosophy, and electronic copies of up to three representative publications. In addition, candidates should provide a statement regarding their views on diversity, inclusion, and belonging, including past and current contributions as well as their vision and plans for the future in these areas. It is the responsibility of the candidate to arrange for reference letters to be uploaded at https://school-of-engineering-faculty-search.mit.edu/letters/.   

Applications completed by December 1, 2022 will be given priority. With MIT’s strong commitment to diversity in engineering education, research and practice we especially encourage under-represented minorities and women to apply.

Further information about the department can be found at https://cee.mit.edu and https://cee.mit.edu/people/faculty-search/. Questions may be directed to Professor Ali Jadbabaie; Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 1-290, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA or by E-mail (jadbabai@mit.edu).

MIT is an equal opportunity employer.  We value diversity and strongly encourage applications from individuals from all identities and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive equitable consideration for employment based on their experience and qualifications, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.  MIT’s full policy on Nondiscrimination can be found here.