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Georgia Tech

Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer (Open Rank) Multiple Positions, Non-Tenure Track

Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383


Job ID:

264577

Location:

Atlanta, Georgia

Full/Part Time:

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary:

Regular

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

Students are our top priority.

We strive for excellence.

We thrive on diversity.

We celebrate collaboration.

We champion innovation.

We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

We act ethically.

We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology

For more than two decades, the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering has consistently ranked among the nation's top 5 aerospace engineering programs, attracting aspiring engineers to pursue their academic journeys at the Atlanta campus. With an esteemed faculty of more than 40 tenured-track professors and a thriving student body of over 2,000 individuals, the school is uniquely positioned to offer a comprehensive and hands-on approach to research, scholarship, and education, spanning fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, and space domains.

Job Summary

The Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for Lecturer positions. The positions are full-time, permanent, non-tenure track appointments. Lecturers are non-tenure track faculty members whose specific focus is on teaching and instruction. This position includes teaching and student mentoring, with an emphasis on enhancing the education mission of the School.

Hybrid Working:

Not applicable for this appointment.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities for the positions include:

Teaching and student mentoring, with an emphasis on enhancing the teaching mission of the School.

Teaching 2-3 courses per semester.

Developing curricular materials.

Service on education committees.

Advising/mentoring undergraduate students.

Required Qualifications

This position vacancy is an open rank announcement. Final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Non-tenure Track Academic Faculty ranks as outlined in section 3.2.2 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook.

Lecturer:

Graduate degree in Aerospace Engineering or related area.

Senior Lecturer:

Graduate degree in Aerospace Engineering, or related area.

At least six (6) years full-time relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Ideal candidates will have evidence of or potential for exceptional course design and instruction, with emphasis on bringing to bear their experience and passion into the classroom. Individuals are sought across the wide range of aerospace engineering disciplines including structures, fluids, thermodynamics, dynamics, and controls. Expertise in computational and experimental methods also is valuable.

Required Documents to Attach

Applicants should submit a letter of application; curriculum vitae; a description of teaching interests as well as their advising/mentoring philosophy; a statement on how their professional and academic experiences have prepared them to support and apply Georgia Tech's values, which are described in our strategic plan; and the names and contact information for 3-5 references. Application materials should be submitted as PDF files.

Applications will be considered beginning November 1, 2023, but the search will continue until the positions are filled.

Contact Information

Requests for information may be directed to Marva White, HR manager, ae-faculty-search@ae.gatech.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions.

All members of the USG community must adhere to the USG Statement of Core Values, which consists of Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values shape and fundamentally support our University's work.

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