Career Opportunities

Visiting Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

This position is no longer open.

School of Engineering
Department: Industrial & Mechanical Engineering
Discipline: Mechanical Engineering 
Campus: Byblos
Vacancy date: Fall 2017/ Spring 2018

The Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering is offering a one-year visiting assistant professor position with focus on research subject to renewal for an additional year upon satisfactory performance.  The primary responsibility of the successful candidate is to conduct research that leads to publication in reputable ISI refereed journals.  The successful candidate is also encouraged to collaborate with faculty and students in the department on research topics of common interest and help in building research teams.  At the end of the two years, the faculty in this position will have the chance to move to a tenure-track position contingent upon satisfactory performance and institutional need.  Years spent in this position can be counted towards the candidate’s promotion to the rank of associate professor. The successful candidate is also expected to teach two courses per year, which could be two sections of the same course.

Candidates must have an undergraduate degree in engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering with proven publication record.

The Lebanese American University is an Equal Opportunity Employer operating in Lebanon under a charter from the Regents of the State University of New York. Information about the University can be found at http://www.lau.edu.lb.

Interested candidates should apply electronically by sending a letter of interest, a resume and the names, addresses and emails of three references to Dr. Michel Khoury, Chair of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, email: mkhoury@lau.edu.lb.  Use the following Subject in the email: MEE Visiting Position.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.