TAPPI Industry Career Center: NC State University seeks Assistant Professor
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The Department of Forest Biomaterials at NC State University is seeking applicants for a full-time, 9-month, assistant professor. The candidate will be expected to develop a strong externally funded research program in the area of novel bioproducts or biomaterials from lignocellulosic feedstocks to support graduate student education. The successful candidate will also be expected to teach courses in both the graduate and undergraduate curriculum, with duties to be assigned based on specific skills, interests, and departmental needs. The candidate is also expected to contribute to departmental, college, and university activities.
About the Department of Forest Biomaterials: We are located in Raleigh, N.C., USA, and our activities include teaching, research, extension programming, continuing education, and technical services. The Department of Forest Biomaterials is part of NC State University's College of Natural Resources and offers comprehensive graduate and undergraduate programs in Paper Science and Engineering and Sustainable Materials and Technology. The FB department is currently home to 22 full-time faculty, 12 active adjunct faculty, 11 staff members, 20 research associates, 35 graduate students, and more than 220 undergraduate students. The PSE degree program is co-administered by the College of Engineering and has a dual degree option that allows students to earn a second BS degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering.
Research activities include programs funded by government and corporate sponsors interested in scientific and engineering innovation applied to a wide array of new forest based materials and energy sources, and novel manufacturing processes. Many of these technology-based research projects also include engineering process modelling and financial and life cycle analyses. More information is available online.
Our current research activities involve sustainable biobased nanomaterials, biomass fractionation, biofuels, lignocellulosic sugar production, advanced bioproducts, and traditional paper and wood products development. Our activities benefit the pulp and paper, wood products, lignocellulosic biomaterials, and bioenergy and related industries. Our on-campus facilities include classrooms, laboratories, pilot plants, and state-of-the-art research and testing facilities, including the Robertson Paper & Pulp Laboratory, the Hodges Wood Products Laboratory, and the Forest Biomaterials and Bioenergy Laboratories.
NCSU has recently been ranked first among U.S. universities without a medical school in licenses and options executed (Association of University Technology managers, 2015). NCSU is also ranked fourth in the U.S. in Best Overall Public University Value (Princeton Review) and seventh in the U.S. for Industry Research among schools without a medical school (National Science Foundation).
Qualifications:
A Ph.D. degree in engineering, physical sciences, material sciences, or related area is required. The applicant should have research skills that can be applied in the forest biomaterials arena to establish a cutting-edge research program. Relevant industry experience will be valued. The candidate must show tangible examples or potential in mentoring graduate students, securing competitive grants, and publishing peer reviewed scientific manuscripts. The successful applicant must have the ability and desire to develop and conduct an effective research and education program in cooperation with other faculty, staff, federal funding agencies, and industry. The candidate must be an effective oral and written communicator.
About NC State Department of Forest Biomaterials:
The Department of Forest Biomaterials (FB) is part of NC State University's College of Natural Resources (CNR) and offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs in Sustainable Materials and Technolog and in Paper Science and Engineering. We are located in Raleigh, N.C., and our activities include teaching, research, extension programming, continuing education, and technical services that benefit the paper and pulp, wood products, housing, biomaterials, and bioenergy industries. Our on-campus facilities include classrooms, laboratories, libraries, special research collections, and state-of-the-art research and testing facilities, including the Robertson Paper & Pulp Laboratory, the Hodges Wood Products Laboratory, and the Forest Biomaterials and Bioenergy Laboratories. FB is currently home to 20 full-time faculty, 12 active adjunct faculty, 9 staff members, 10 research associates, 40 graduate students, and more than 150 undergraduate students.
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