ASST PROFESSOR, ASSOC PROFESSOR, OR PROFESSOR Environmental Infrastructure Systems

IMDiversity Inc.; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, invites applications for an open-rank tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Civil and Environmental Infrastructure Systems at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The search centers on Automation, Resilience, and Circularity (ARC) and expects groundbreaking work that advances infrastructure engineering.

We seek visionary scholars applying AI-enabled sensing, digital twins, autonomous monitoring, and decision-making under uncertainty

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent in civil engineering, environmental engineering, or a closely related field by start date.
• Open-rank to both tenure-track and tenured candidates; mid-career and senior applicants encouraged.
• Strong potential for interdisciplinary, center-scale research and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Build an externally funded research program bridging fundamentals with social and policy considerations.
• Lead interdisciplinary initiatives and contribute to undergraduate and graduate education.
• Develop new courses that complement the CEE curriculum.

Education

Ph.D. in Civil or Environmental Engineering

Job description

Job Summary

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, invites applications for an open-rank tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Civil and Environmental Infrastructure Systems. This search focuses on driving innovation across three core strategic pillars: Automation, Resilience, and Circularity (ARC).

Civil and environmental infrastructure faces growing pressures from climate change, resource constraints, and physical deterioration. Addressing these challenges requires new approaches to design, construction, monitoring, and operation. Advances in artificial intelligence, sensing, and autonomous decision-making offer opportunities to improve the safety and performance of infrastructure systems. These capabilities must be grounded in engineering fundamentals and integrated with computational, biological, and subsurface technologies, as well as relevant social, policy, and economic considerations. This integration can support infrastructure that is resilient to compound hazards, circular in its use of resources, capable of safe and increasingly automated operation, and responsive to societal needs.

We seek visionary scholars whose research advances the analysis, design, construction, and operation of civil and environmental infrastructure through resilience, circularity, and automation. We are particularly interested in AI-enabled research grounded in civil and environmental engineering applications, including research that addresses human-system interactions and governance. Relevant research directions include, but are not limited to:

Automation and Cyber-Physical Systems: AI-enabled sensing, digital twins, autonomous monitoring and control, and decision‑making under uncertainty for transportation, energy, water, built, and other networked infrastructure systems.

Resilience and Extreme Events: Assessment and management of compound, cascading, and systemic risks associated with extreme events across physical, environmental, and sociotechnical systems.

Circularity and Resource Systems: Closed-loop approaches to materials, water, energy, and waste using biogeochemical, subsurface, energy, and environmental technologies. Relevant areas may include environmental biotechnology, recovery of resources and critical materials, energy geotechnics, carbon storage, and materials valorization.

The successful candidate will build a strong, externally funded research program that translates fundamental advances into engineering practice. We seek a colleague who can lead interdisciplinary, center-scale research initiatives that bridge engineering fundamentals with social, policy, and economic considerations across campus. Candidates are also expected to contribute to undergraduate and graduate education, including developing new courses that complement the CEE curriculum. The preferred start date for the position is August 25, 2027.

Required Qualifications*

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, or a closely related field by the appointment start date. Although the department has identified strategic areas of interest, overall scholarly excellence and potential for significant impact will be the primary considerations. Applicants at all ranks will be considered. Mid-career and senior candidates at the Associate or Full Professor level are strongly encouraged to apply and contribute to program leadership and the mentoring of junior faculty.