"SPX Distinguished Scholar/Professor and Director of BATT CAVE"

Posted: 20-Sep-25

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

Categories: Academic/Faculty, Engineering

Internal Number: 64240

Position Number: 004434

Department: College of Engineering (Col)

Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time

Months Per Year: 9

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

A Distinguished Scholar/Professor is expected to enhance the academic and research programs of their department and college. The expectation is that the individual in the Distinguished Professorship position will:

1. Establish a strong externally funded research program
2. Lead multidisciplinary proposal efforts across teams of faculty and industry partners
3. Provide visionary guidance toward growing the resources and productivity of the BATT CAVE
4. Assist the development of junior faculty and support staff
5. Expand collaborations with the other UNC Charlotte units such as Chemistry and Nanoscale Science graduate programs, School of Data Science
6. Improve national visibility of the center through scholarly accomplishment, invited research talks, and conference exhibition
7. Teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels and supervise undergraduate capstone projects and graduate theses/dissertations

Minimum Experience / Education:

UNC Charlotte gives primary consideration to the earned doctorate or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline.

Preferred Education Skills and Experience:

This tenured position is open to applicants with credentials and experience commensurate with an associate or full professor. Candidates should have:

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, or other related fields
• a proven academic record of scholarly accomplishment, teaching, and leadership,
• demonstrated an ability to work across disciplines,
• demonstrated the ability to collaborate and build working partnerships nationally and internationally

An ideal candidate would have broad backgrounds in battery material science, battery engineering, and/or vehicle autonomy to help facilitate blended projects between faculty members in all research areas of BATT CAVE. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in novel batteries (including novel materials, modeling and control, and battery recycling), vehicle autonomy and control, connected vehicles, and other advanced applications of energy storage for grid modernization. Candidates with established industrial ties are preferred.