Associate Professor/Professor

VCU College of Engineering

Search for a Senior Engineering Faculty Member

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) College of Engineering is pleased to announce a Strategic Senior Faculty position. This position is part of a university-wide initiative to recruit high-impact tenured faculty members to support its rapidly growing, transformative research portfolio, with university sponsored research awards of $568 M in FY25. As such VCU’s College of Engineering (CoE), in collaboration with the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, invites applications for an exceptionally accomplished tenured faculty member who can further elevate our college's research capabilities in one or more of our research thrust areas:

1. Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems, and Computing
2. Human Health and Medicine
3. Sustainability: Materials, Energy & Environment

Candidates with the most meritorious research accomplishments in any of our research thrust areas, or related areas such as robotics, cybersecurity or manufacturing will be considered. The successful candidate will be appointed to one of our five academic departments: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering.

VCU is a Carnegie-classified very high research activity university (R1) with approximately 29,000 students and over $500 million in annual research awards. VCU is an NSF top-50 public research university and is ranked by U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) among the top 20% of universities worldwide.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Teaching: The faculty member will be required to teach courses within the College of Engineering curriculum and to mentor students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
2. Research: Required to have an established research record with an international reputation and external funding, as appropriate, and scholarship or creative expression to complement and expand existing expertise in the department and the College of Engineering.
3. Service: The faculty member will be involved with service activities for the department, the College, the University, and for professional and scientific organizations.
4. Clinical: As appropriate, the faculty member will be involved with collaborative clinical activities in scholarship and service.

Application Process: Candidates should submit the following materials with their application; a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, and the names and e-mail addresses of four references. Review of applications will start on August 1, 2026, and will continue until filled. For additional information, please contact the Chair of the faculty search committee, Gary Tepper, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, gctepper@vcu.edu.

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related science field
• Academic accomplishments commensurate with appointment at the level of Full Professor or exceptionally qualified Associate Professor
• An outstanding record of scholarship in one or more of our advertised research thrust areas
• International reputation as a leading researcher
• Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of respect, professionalism and civility
• The candidate will demonstrate commitment to high-quality teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Experience contributing to or leading large, multi-investigator research projects.