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Virginia Tech
Mechanical Engineering Department
Dr. Ken Ball, Head
Blacksburg, VA 24061
The Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech has an opportunity for a visiting faculty member under an IPA agreement from LaRC. We invite a researcher to work in collaboration with Dr. Stefan Duma and Dr. Clay Gabler with the Center for Injury Biomechanics at Virginia Tech. This position will include both teaching and research opportunities relating to the field of safety. The candidate will teach one class per semester that will include a new graduate course on the crashworthiness and safety of aviation structures, as well as an established undergraduate course in mechanical engineering. In addition, the position will include a large research component that builds on the existing safety and biomechanics research at Virginia Tech and NASA. More information on these research programs can be found at www.CIB.vt.edu.
Assignment of duties will include classroom teaching, and the supervision of graduate students and research. All facilities provided to regular faculty of the Department are available to the IPA visitor, including the use of office, laboratory and computational facilities. The appointment can be made at the beginning of a Fall, Spring, or Summer semester, and may be for a period of 1 semester to 2 years, or more.
Expectations include the teaching of one assigned course per academic semester, and participation in research projects including the advising of graduate students and scholarly publication. Requirements include a Ph.D. in an appropriate specialty, and a record of research and publication.
The Department will provide the visitor with a furnished apartment in a local complex near the Blacksburg campus.
For more information, contact Dr. Bernie Grossman at the Education Program Office of the National Institute of Aerospace, telephone (757) 766-1497, e-mail grossman@nianet.org.
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