"Assistant Professor Position in Energy-Efficient Computing or Materials Circularity (Tenure-Track)"

The Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI),
 a dynamic joint institute of the University of Colorado-Boulder and the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), dedicated to accelerating solutions in renewable energy, climate resilience, and sustainability through collaborative, cross-cutting interdisciplinary research, in collaboration with affiliated departments across campus, invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position at the Assistant level. We seek exceptional candidates conducting innovative, interdisciplinary research with a specific interest for those investigating energy-efficient computing, sustainable digital infrastructure, or materials circularity.

Areas of Interest:
RASEI is particularly interested in candidates whose research addresses challenges broadly across ways to improve energy efficiency, but with particular interest in one or more of the following focus areas:

Energy-Efficient Computing and Digital Infrastructure:
Including but not limited to:

• Low-energy database operations, data center design, and thermal management
• Novel computing architectures, including optical, superconducting, and neuromorphic systems
• Improving energy efficiency of training and using AI/ML, including model training optimization and algorithmic compression
• Materials and device innovations for low-power switching, displays, and memory
• Hardware-software co-design for minimizing the environmental impact of computing
• Carbon-aware software development: Design of software systems that are carbon-intelligent in terms of runtime, compute location, and job scheduling
• Edge AI and decentralized systems: Sustainable design for edge devices and federated learning GPH1, reducing dependence on centralized data centers
• Energy-aware AI for energy systems: Applying AI/ML to optimize energy grids, buildings, or industrial systems with a focus on efficiency and decarbonization

Materials Circularity and Critical Mineral Recovery and Use Strategies:
Including but not limited to:

• Circular electronics and sustainable design for computing hardware
• Recovery and recycling of rare earth elements and critical minerals
• Separation science, membrane-based extraction, or electrochemical purification technologies
• Substitution strategies and life-cycle assessment for application and a significant dependence on critical elements and minerals (e.g., for electronics, computing, and aerospace applications)

Candidates working at the intersection of differing aspects of these themes are especially encouraged to apply.