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Tenure Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering
The Biomedical Engineering Department (BME) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning the 25-26 academic year.
Applications are encouraged from candidates whose background and experience fits and can benefit from research synergies within the department. Research specialties of interest include machine learning and artificial intelligence in biomedicine and medical imaging, nervous system injury (including traumatic brain injury, computational and experimental biomechanics, and tissue engineering), and mechanobiology and cellular engineering.
NJIT and the Department of Biomedical Engineering are committed to building excellence through an inclusive faculty, staff, and student body. The department consists of 18 tenured and tenure track faculty members and serves over 450 students in an ABET accredited program. BME at NJIT offers a vibrant, diverse engineering community and environment with exciting opportunities for research and education. The department has strong collaborative research programs including the Center for Injury Biomechanics, Materials and Medicine centers.njit.edu/cibm3, the Center for Rehabilitation Robotics centers.njit.edu/rehabilitation, and a state-of-the-art Motion Capture Lab, https://mocap.njit.edu/. Interdisciplinary centers and institutes across the campus (http://centers.njit.edu) provide access to comprehensive, state-of-the-art core facilities and facilitate collaborative research activities. NJIT has one of the largest Makerspaces (~20,000sqft), a venue where students test ideas, visualize and construct projects, and apply complex technologies, machines, and materials used in state-of-the-art manufacturing https://www.njitmakerspace.com/. Universities, research institutes and industrial facilitates in the vicinity of NJIT further increase collaboration opportunities and access to experimental equipment.
University Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering
The Biomedical Engineering Department (BME) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) invites applications for a full-time, 9-month/year instructor appointment as a University Lecturer beginning September 2025 (2025-26 academic year). Candidates should have background and teaching experience in the areas of biomechanics, biomaterials and/or tissue engineering. Potential courses taught by the incumbent would come from the core BME curriculum as well as specific topics such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and biotransport. The incumbent may also be asked to participate in department and university service activities. We seek candidates whose teaching, service, or other experience has prepared them to contribute to our core values in excellence, integrity, civility, social responsibility, communication and diversity.
The current search is focused on the level of University Lecturer, but appointment at the level of Teaching Professor may also be considered. This position comes without academic tenure.
BME Adjunct Instructor Opportunities:
Fundamentals of Engineering Development:
Develop and deliver lectures, prepare and grade assignments, design laboratory experiments, and examination of student learning. Learn and use online course management system - Moodle. Provide time during the week to meet with students outside of class (ie office hours). Submit grades to the registrar at the end of the semester.
Develop and deliver lectures, prepare and grade assignments, design laboratory experiments, and examination of student learning. Learn and use online course management system - Canvas. Provide time during the week to meet with students outside of class (ie office hours). Submit grades to the registrar at the end of the semester.
Develop and deliver lectures, prepare and grade assignments, design laboratory experiments, and examination of student learning. Learn and use online course management system - Moodle. Provide time during the week to meet with students outside of class (ie office hours). Submit grades to the registrar at the end of the semester.
NJIT is located in the vibrant University Heights district of downtown Newark, NJ, just 20 minutes from New York City by train, NJIT is one of the nation’s leading public polytechnic universities. With an enrollment of over 11,000 students, a budget of over half billion dollars, and a full-time workforce of approximately 1,400 employees, NJIT offers small-campus intimacy with the resources of a major public research university. NJIT’s faculty and staff take pride in preparing students to be leaders in the technology dependent economy of the 21st century. Visit https://biomedical.njit.edu.
NJIT is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer and encourages women, minorities, persons with disabilities and Vietnam era and disabled veterans to apply.
Updated: December 5, 2024