Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

The Electrical & Computer Engineering Department invites applications and nominations for the 9-month tenure track position of Assistant Professor. A tenure track faculty member is expected to be an excellent teacher, develop strong funded research programs, and be an active team member to advance the department and achieve its strategic plan. In addition, serve as a mentor to students, work with colleagues to assess and improve curricula and demonstrate institutional citizenship through active engagement at the department, college, university, community, and professional levels.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of five engineering departments in the College of Engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It has a very strong ABET accredited undergraduate program, a growing graduate program and a well-established research enterprise that continues to grow and is associated with several R&D centers. The University is the largest in the University of Louisiana System with about 850 faculty members and over 19,000 students, including undergraduates, graduates, and non-degree seekers. The University is designated by the Carnegie Foundation, as an R1 University - "Research University with Very High Research Activity." The mission of the University is to offer an exceptional education informed by diverse world views striving to develop innovative leaders who advance knowledge. The essential values of the University are: equity, integrity, intellectual curiosity, creativity, tradition, transparency, respect, collaboration, pluralism, and sustainability. Academic excellence is the objective of sixty-eight undergraduate and forty-five graduate certificates and degrees in the arts, sciences, and professional education. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges accredits the University, which is a public doctoral research university with higher research activity. The University is located in Lafayette, LA, an exciting community within Louisiana's beautiful Cajun Country. The community is highly technology-oriented and has a reputation of being a community in which people are prone to remain due to the high-quality lifestyle, pleasing climate, and the friendly nature of its people. Lafayette is located midway between New Orleans and Houston and is the heart of Louisiana's Acadian-Creole region. The city of over 130,000 is part of the Lafayette-Acadiana area, which has a total population of over 625,000 and is one of Louisiana's fastest-growing metropolitan areas. Lafayette serves as the energy, financial, retail, and medical center for South-Central Louisiana.

The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in electrical or computer engineering. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in smart systems, secure systems, smart grids, Robotics, Embedded Systems, Smart Instrumentation, Intelligent Hardware Systems, Smart Medical Devices, Renewable Energy, Advanced Microelectronics, other related fields and/or cross areas. Successful candidates must be committed to working effectively with diverse student populations. Applicants are expected to describe their commitment to fostering a diverse educational environment through their research, teaching, and/or service activities.

Application must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement, teaching statement, and a list of three references. Preferred start date is August 1, 2025. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2024, and continue until the position is filled.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is dedicated to the goal of building a diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. Women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities as required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Executive Order 11246, Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act.