Faculty position in Civil and Environmental Infrastructure Systems

Faculty position in Civil and Environmental Infrastructure Systems; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering invites applications for an open-rank tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Civil and Environmental Infrastructure Systems. The successful candidate will advance AI-enabled research across Automation, Resilience, and Circularity (ARC) and lead interdisciplinary efforts bridging engineering with social, policy, and economic considerations.

Candidates must hold a Ph.D.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, or a closely related field by the appointment start date.
• Open rank tenure-track or tenured; potential for significant impact and program leadership.
• Research across resilience, circularity, and automation with AI-enabled methods.
• Strong ability to contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives and student mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Develop an externally funded research program bridging engineering fundamentals with social, policy, and economic considerations.
• Lead interdisciplinary, center-scale research initiatives aligned with ARC pillars.
• Contribute to undergraduate and graduate education, including new courses that complement the CEE curriculum.
• Engage in department and campus service and contribute to mentoring junior faculty.

Job description

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 who 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.

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.

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.

At Michigan Engineering, we develop the talent and technologies that move society forward and serve our state and national interests. Through discovery and innovation, we create the foundational knowledge and practical technologies to solve not only today's most pressing challenges, but also power industries and change lives. Our programs and community are designed to promote personal well-being and acheivement, enabling everyone to unlock their potential and contribute with confidence.