The Faculty of Engineering in partnership with Alberta Innovates and a consortium of industrial partners is creating a research program that will jointly serve the two major Alberta industrial sectors: energy and bio-resources. The key objective of this program is to exploit advanced materials engineering to create cross-platform technologies for Alberta’s energy and bio-resource industries.

Candidates will hold a Ph.D. in Materials Engineering or a closely related Engineering discipline. The ideal candidate for this position will be an established researcher who has a proven ability to develop an exceptional research program in the broad area of advanced materials engineering and a demonstrated capacity to build and maintain effective partnerships with companies in the energy, agriculture and forest products sectors. In addition to conducting both independent and cooperative research, the successful candidate will be required to deliver high quality teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, to be an effective mentor for graduate researchers and other research trainees, and to build strong partnerships with industry and government.

The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta is a global leader in research and education. With a faculty complement of 54 and plans for continued expansion, we have created a dynamic and supportive research environment. Among your peers in the department, you will find a Canada Excellence Research Chair (one of only two in Canadian Engineering Schools), 7 Canada Research Chairs, 6 NSERC Industrial Research Chairs (the largest concentration of such chairs in any department at Canadian universities), a Campus Alberta Innovates Program Chair, and 6 endowed chairs. Our rapidly expanding research programs involve approximately 400 graduate students and 70 other researchers.

The exceptional experimental and computational facilities available to our faculty members include comprehensive set of analytical and characterization facilities such as the Alberta Centre for Surface Engineering and Science (ACSES), the Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (INRF), and an extensive set of departmental characterization equipment. In addition, our researchers have access to on-site machine and instrumentation shops, as well as one of the most technologically advanced nanotechnology facilities in the world – the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT). 

You will be joining an exciting, vibrant, and diverse research community. Our department is recognized as a leader in the areas of advanced materials engineering, surface and interfacial science, nanomaterials, biomaterials and regenerative medicine, reaction engineering and catalysis, high temperature fuel cells, corrosion, welding and joining, and process systems engineering and process control. For information about our department please consult our website at www.engineering.ualberta.ca/cme/.

A curriculum vitae, the names of three confidential references, a statement of teaching interests and philosophy, and a statement of current research interests and plans for future research should be sent by August 31, 2014 to:

Dr. J. F. Forbes
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB  Canada  T6G 2G6
cme.chair@ualberta.ca

 Please quote mate14 as the competition number in your application. The position will be available in 2014.

Note: Online applications are accepted until midnight Mountain Standard Time of the closing date.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. If suitable Canadian citizens or permanent residents cannot be found, other individuals will be considered.

The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons.