Open Rank Tenured / Tenure- Track Positions in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering at Rowan University invites applicants for tenure-track or tenured positions at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor levels. With a dramatic increase in undergraduate and graduate enrollment and a new and growing Ph.D. program, the ECE Department is growing. Over the next few years, we are planning to add several faculty members at all ranks to our department and significantly broaden our areas of expertise and impact. To accommodate this robust growth, we are seeking innovative scholars, committed to excellence in both teaching and research to join our dedicated family of faculty members.

About These Positions

• Cyberphysical / embedded systems, IoT, smart and connected systems and devices; cyberphysical / hardware security
• Fundamental and applied research in emerging AI and machine learning, and their integration with autonomous, modern control systems, robotics and healthcare
• Electromagnetics, antenna design, smart antenna/MIMO systems for wireless communications
• Analog and digital VLSI / chip design, solid-state systems, modern semiconductor systems and processes
• Systems architecture with software/hardware integration for communication, networking, software-defined radio
• Energy and power systems, including but are not limited to power electronics, energy storage and battery systems, renewable and alternative energy systems, micro/smart grid and their integration with other cyberphysical systems,
• Advanced visualization, image processing, augmented/virtual/mixed reality - successful candidate in this area will help lead and grow research in our state-of-the-art VR Center that consists of multiple facilities across two campuses and with multi-million-dollar existing awards and contracts.

Candidates with cross-cutting research interest that covers overlapping areas of the above-listed topics are particularly encouraged to apply, so are the candidates with promising research agenda in other related areas.  Senior-level candidates with exceptional achievements and demonstrated impact will have the opportunity to be considered for the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Foundation Professorship.

Candidates must have:

• a Ph.D. degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a closely related area
• a proven record (for Associate and Full Professor positions), or outstanding potential (for Assistant Professor positions) for developing a sustainable and externally funded research program.
• strong commitment to excellence in both research and teaching.

Ideal candidates are those who also:

• embrace interdisciplinary collaborations,
• work with multi-disciplinary student and faculty teams,
• committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion,
• have excellent communication skills, and
• have a genuine interest in student mentoring.

Successful candidates will:

• teach core and elective ECE courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels,
• seek and obtain external funding for establishing a sustainable research program, enhance the department’s research infrastructure, and help grow our new Ph.D. program,
• conduct high-quality research and publish research work in highly regarded conferences and journals,
• develop innovative curriculum components, including new courses in emerging areas,
• mentor and advise undergraduate and graduate students, as well as student groups and clubs,
• supervise student research and entrepreneurial efforts in Rowan’s hallmark Engineering Clinic sequence,
• contribute to our service activities to further our collective mission and vision at the department, college, and university levels.

 

About Rowan University, College of Engineering and The ECE Department

Located in southern New Jersey, in the greater Philadelphia metro area, Rowan University is a comprehensive public institution with 23,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in fifteen colleges and schools, including two medical schools. In 2013, the State of New Jersey designated Rowan University a comprehensive research university, and in 2017 Rowan University was recognized as a Carnegie-classified research institution.

 

A national leader in engineering education, the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering was founded in 1995 and quickly gained national recognition for its innovative multidisciplinary, project-based approach to engineering education.  Since 2017, Rowan Engineering doubled both its full-time faculty and student population and started the engineering Ph.D. programs.  We also opened the doors of Engineering Hall, the new home of the ECE Department, and completed a full renovation of our original home, Rowan Hall. These projects tripled our available space and provided the College with state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities.  The College currently enrolls over 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students in six departments and is home to four research centers, including the ECE’s Virtual Reality Center.

 

 Our new focus on providing more research experience to our students and faculty is helping us enhance our research infrastructure and capabilities. We are also developing our South Jersey Technology Park and Joint Health Sciences Center in Camden, New Jersey for expanded industry collaboration and entrepreneurial activities, provide more funding for graduate assistants, and offer substantial and competitive start-up funds to all new tenure-track faculty.

These developments have now set the framework for initiating new multidisciplinary research areas to complement our existing expertise in smart sensors, embedded systems, smart and microgrid, signal & image processing, wireless and optical communications, machine learning, advanced imaging & virtual reality, power systems, aerospace systems, and other fields.

How to Apply

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled, with applications received by December 31, 2023 given full and priority consideration in this cycle, for a start date of September 2024. January 1, 2004 start date may be possible for interested and available candidates subject to institutional approval. If interested in January 2024 start date, please reach out directly to Search Committee Chair and Department Head.

For full consideration, applications should – at a minimum – include the below-listed items,

 

• cover letter summarizing qualifications and the applicant’s interest in the position,
• current detailed CV,
• statement of research interests, including applicant’s future research goals, and plans for obtaining external funding for achieving those goals,
• statement of teaching philosophy and interests including a list of courses the applicant feels most qualified to teach,
• a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) statement highlighting the candidate’s reflections on DEI issues,
• names and contact information for three to five references.
• Optionally, additional relevant documentation (such as copies of up to two key publications, links to videos of research presentations, innovative teaching pedagogies, or student evaluations) may be submitted in an Appendix.

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Applications are only accepted online at the Rowan University job site at this link:

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(Once there, scroll down to find the Apply Now button)

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Applicants with a background in advanced visualization, and interested in helping lead and grow the Virtual Reality Center should see the separate position announcement (below in the next accordion segment) and apply at: https://go.rowan.edu/joinRowanVRCenter

Questions can be directed to polikar@rowan.edu, Dr. Robi Polikar, Department Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering. Additional departmental information can be found at https://www.rowan.edu/ece.

Rowan University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. For the complete Rowan University non-discrimination and affirmative action policy see: https://sites.rowan.edu/hr/_docs/home_page/eeo_policy_statement.pdf

All positions are contingent upon budget appropriations.

 

Open Rank Lecturer / Professor of Practice Positions in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering at Rowan University invites applications for non-tenure-track, full-time, open-rank Lecturers. The successful candidates for this unique position will:

• Develop, teach, and assess innovative, project-based, and hands-on courses/labs in the ECE curriculum,
• Assist students and other faculty in the practical applications of analog and digital circuits & electronics; computers, embedded systems & IoT, control systems, communications, and/or other relevant ECE areas,
• Provide students with curricular and career advice as appropriate/

Candidates with relevant industry or other practical experience are strongly encouraged to apply to be considered for a Professor of Practice type position, where be primarily responsibility will be lab instruction and technical support , including:

• prototyping, fabrication, and verification of designs,
• operation and execution of laboratory demonstrations and experiments for classes, labs, and research projects,
• developing and delivering workshops, tutorials, online, and other training methods to help users get the most out of department equipment, hardware, and software assets.

Applicants with expertise in all fundamental areas of electrical and computer engineering are invited to apply, however, our priority areas of need are: i) digital and embedded systems, computer architecture, ii) circuits/electronics / VLSI systems; iii) modern communication systems, and iv) control systems.

The Department greatly values experiential and project-based learning, integrating emerging topics and technologies into the curriculum, and provides state-of-the-art equipment, instruments, rapid prototyping, fabrication and computational resources to support such activities. Our dedication to project-based learning is reflected in our curriculum, as most of our courses have lab/project components. As a result, we seek individuals who share this dedication, have the skills and passion to develop and deliver innovative design and implementation-based projects and other experiential learning activities using appropriate modern tools. The successful candidate for the professor of practice position will also help oversee the department’s vast array of equipment and making sure that these resources are properly, effectively, and broadly maintained and utilized.

Minimum requirements: Applicants must have earned at least a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, with relevant industry (for Professor of Practice) and/or academic experience (for Lecturer position). Strong communications skills, the ability to work with multi-disciplinary student and faculty teams, and the ability to teach in a project-based, hands-on learning setting are essential.

About Rowan University, College of Engineering and The ECE Department

Located in southern New Jersey, in the greater Philadelphia metro area, Rowan University is a comprehensive public institution with 23,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in fifteen colleges and schools, including two medical schools. In 2013, the State of New Jersey designated Rowan University a comprehensive research university, and in 2017 Rowan University was recognized as a Carnegie-classified research institution.

A national leader in engineering education, the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering was founded in 1995 and quickly gained national recognition for its innovative multidisciplinary, project-based approach to engineering education.  Since 2017, Rowan Engineering doubled both its full-time faculty and student population and started the engineering Ph.D. programs.  We also opened the doors of Engineering Hall, the new home of the ECE Department, and completed a full renovation of our original home, Rowan Hall. These projects tripled our available space and provided the College with state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities.  The College currently enrolls over 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students in six departments and is home to four research centers, including the ECE’s Virtual Reality Center.

How to Apply

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled, with applications received by December 31, 2023 given full and priority consideration in this cycle. Position start date is September 2024, however, a January 2024 start may also be possible for candidates available to start in January (subject to completion of insitutional approvals)

For full consideration, applications should – at a minimum – include the below-listed items,

• cover letter summarizing qualifications and the applicant’s interest in the position,
• current and detailed CV,
• a statement of teaching and lab instruction interests and experiences (e.g., list of courses and/or the kind of experiential / project activities the applicant feels most qualified to teach) and/or how the applicant’s practical or industry experience can benefit and support the stated teaching interest,
• a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) statement highlighting the candidate’s reflections on DEI issues,
• names and contact information for three to five references.
• Optionally, additional relevant documentation (any innovative curricular components that may already be developed by the applicant, or examples of prior industrial design work that can translate to the educational setting, prior teaching evaluations, etc.) may be submitted in an Appendix.

Applications are only accepted online at the Rowan University job site at this link: 
(Application portal opening soon)

Once at that site, read about the University information on top of the page, and then scroll down to find the full position description and the "Apply Now" button to apply.

Questions can be directed to polikar@rowan.edu, Dr. Robi Polikar, Department Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering. Additional departmental information can be found at http://www.rowan.edu/ece.    

Rowan University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. For the complete Rowan University non-discrimination and affirmative action policy see: https://sites.rowan.edu/hr/_docs/home_page/eeo_policy_statement.pdf

All positions are contingent upon budget appropriations.

Adjunct Professor Positions in All Areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering

If you have prior academic or - in particular - industrial experience,
    have a passion for hands-on, project based teaching,
        would like to share your knowledge and wisdom with an enthusiastic group of students,
            and in fact shape next generation workforce of our nation,
                 
                             we want you in our classrooms and laboratories. 

With dramatic increase in undergraduate and graduate enrollment, and a new building that allows us to expand, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (www.rowan.edu/ece) at Rowan University is growing. To support this robust growth, we seek energetic and innovative teacher-scholarsas Adjunct Professors who are interested in sharing their knowledge and wisdom with our students, and share our  committment to excellence in engineering education.

Our Adjunct Professors, who are typically active or retired industry professionals, consitute an important part of the fabric of Rowan ECE community as they bring their unique experience and perspective to our department.

The successful candidates will be responsible for teaching innovative and project-based courses in the electrical and computer engineering curriculum. These courses can be core or elective courses based on the applicant's area of expertise. We welcome qualified and dedicated individuals with background in all areas of ECE, including but not limited to:

• Digital and embedded systems,
• Computer architecture,
• Circuits, electronics, power electronics,
• VLSI design, chip design, advanced chip manufacturing, solid state systems
• Control systems,
• Signal and image processing,
• Communication systems,
• Electromagnetics and modern antenna systems
• RF /microwave systems
• Power systems, renewable and alternative energy systems, modern battery systems
• Robotics
• Machine learning / artificial intelligence
• Systems engineering
• Cybersecurity, cyber-physical systems
• Your favorite emerging topic in any area that relate to ECE

As a department, we greatly value experiential and project-based learning, integrating emerging topics and technologies into the curriculum, and provide an outstanding and state-of-the-art array of equipment, instrument, rapid prototyping, fabrication and computational resources to support such activities. Our dedication to project-based learning is reflected in our curriculum, as all our courses have lab/project components. As a result, we seek individuals who share this dedication, has the skills and passion to develop innovative hands-on lab projects or other experiential learning activities using appropriate modern tools, and the ability to integrate such projects / activities into the course content.

Applicants must have earned at least a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline. Individuals with industry and/or academic experience are particularly encouraged to apply.

Strong communications skills, the ability to work with multi-disciplinary student and faculty teams, and ability to teach in a project based setting are essential. The appointment is part-time, non tenure-track, with renewable contracts, based on performance (including student evaluations), departmental needs and university and budgetary approvals.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.

For full consideration, applications should include the below listed items:

1. A cover letter summarizing qualifications and the applicant’s interest in the position
2. Current and detailed CV
3. Statement of teaching interests (including the list of courses the applicant feels most qualified to teach, teaching philosophy)
4. A diversity/equity/inclusion (DEI) statement that summarizes the applicant's position on DEI issues
5. Names and contact information for three references.
6. Unofficial transcripts. Please note that successful candidates will be asked to submit official transcripts. Therefore, submitting an official transript at the time of application - if available - will expedite the hiring process. Transcripts issues to the applicant are acceptoible.
7. Optionally, additional relevant documentation (such as student evaluations from former teaching engagements, examples of innovative curricular components developed by the applicant, examples of industrial design experience that may be leveraged in class, etc.) may be submitted in an Appendix as a separate file.

The applications are only accepted through Rowan's applicant tracking job site at  
go.rowan.edu/Adjunct4RowanECE

Once at that site, read about the University information on top of the page, and then scroll down to find the full position description and the "Apply Now" button to apply.

Questions can be directed to polikar@rowan.edu, Dr. Robi Polikar, Department Head, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.   Additional departmental information can be found at http://www.rowan.edu/ece

Rowan University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. For the complete Rowan University non-discrimination and affirmative action policy see: https://sites.rowan.edu/hr/_docs/home_page/eeo_policy_statement.pdf

All positions are contingent upon budget appropriations.

Open Rank Tenured / Tenure- Track Position in Advanced Visualization and Virtual Reality  

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department of the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering at Rowan University invites applications and nominations at the Assistant/Associate/Full Professor level to help lead and grow research in our Virtual Reality (VR) Center.

About The Rowan Virtual Reality Center

Rowan University’s Virtual Reality Center’s team of experts creates innovative virtual reality and augmented reality applications. The Center offers a one-of-a-kind collaborative environment built to support cutting-edge research by the University’s students, faculty, and community for nonprofit, government, and corporate clients.

The School of Earth & Environment and the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering at Rowan University seek to fill an open rank tenure-track/tenured Faculty position starting September 1, 2023. Successful candidates are expected to develop and maintain an active, highly visible, extramurally funded research program with outstanding scholarship and to demonstrate excellence in teaching and mentoring both graduate and undergraduate students.

We seek candidates who use remote sensing techniques to gather, process and analyze critical data pertaining to the lithosphere, biosphere, and/or atmosphere of Earth or other planetary bodies, using Earth-based, orbital, and/or spacecraft instrumentation: 1) in the service of shedding light on, and innovating solutions to, Earth’s pressing climate and/or biodiversity crises; or 2) to better understand the nature, origin, and state of our solar system. Sophisticated signal & image processing, computer vision, machine learning and/or advanced visualization approaches and other cutting-edge approaches are of interest.

This faculty member will be jointly appointed, holding a primary appointment in the School of Earth & Environment, and a secondary appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering. The ideal candidate will possess expertise in some combination of each of the following two main areas: 1) geoscience, environmental science, atmospheric science, marine science, ecology, conservation biology, and/or planetary science; and 2) electrical/computer engineering, including theoretical, physical, and/or computational approaches.

Ideal candidates are those with cross-cutting research interests and expertise encompassing a complementary mixture of Earth, planetary, and environmental sciences and relevant engineering areas, which may include – but are not limited to – the following

1. Global climate change on Earth, remote sensing of greenhouse gasses, detection of ice volume changes, changes in permafrost, and sea-level monitoring.
2. Conservation biology, deforestation, habitat changes, animal migration, monitoring of endangered species, poaching, or fisheries surveillance.
3. Sensing and monitoring environmental contaminants, and source detection of contaminants.
4. Planetary science, origins of planetary bodies, planetary lithospheres, planetary atmospheres, detection and interpretation of biosignatures.
5. Sensor development (classic and edge-based), remote-sensing systems development, sensor modeling and simulation, radio-frequency remote-sensing.
6. Management of large datasets using advanced signal and image processing, time series analysis, and the integration of high-resolution spectral and lidar datasets.
7. Big Data, machine and artificial intelligence, computer vision, and advanced visualization techniques including virtual, augmented or mixed reality to better understand multiple, simultaneous environmental crises.

The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. in a relevant field by September 1, 2023 and will have demonstrated early research, publication or funding success at the intersection of Earth, planetary, and environmental sciences and engineering. A commitment to excellence in teaching and to communicating science to the public is a necessity.

Rowan University is a Carnegie-classified R2 Doctoral University, engaged in a university push towards R1. The university enrolls approximately 22,000 students. Its main campus is located in Glassboro, N.J., 20-miles southeast of Philadelphia. Philadelphia International Airport is 30 minutes away, and New York and Washington, DC are easily accessible by train from 30th Street Station. The Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park & Museum (www.rowan.edu/fossils), located only 4 miles from campus, is closely associated with the School of Earth & Environment and provides unique opportunities and teaching resources to faculty members and students.

Additionally, the School of Earth & Environment is integral to Rowan’s Catalysts for Sustainability program, which coalesces a group of scholars from each of the university’s schools and colleges around the themes of the climate and biodiversity crises. In addition, the Rowan Virtual Reality Center (www.rowan.edu/vrcenter), affiliated and managed by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, is a one-of-a-kind advanced visualization facility equipped with a fully immersive CAVE® environment, an array of virtual reality and augmented reality head-mounted systems, as well as a custom-designed 7-foot-high by a 40-foot-wide curved wall of screens, ideal for processing and visualizing remote sensing data and images.

All candidates should submit:

1. a cover letter outlining suitability for the position,
2. a curriculum vitae,
3. a statement on teaching philosophy (including discussion of the candidate’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and efforts to grow the audience for environmental/sustainability education), and
4. a description of research agenda (including potential funding mechanisms); 5) contact information for three professional references.

To ensure full consideration, please submit your application by November 30, 2022.

Applications must be submitted through Rowan’s online applicant tracking system using this link:
(Position to open soon)

Once at that site, read about the University information on the top of the page, and then scroll down to find the full position description and the "Apply Now" button to apply.

Rowan ECE also invites applications for other tenure-track, non-tenure track, professor of practice, and adjunct positions.

Questions can be directed to polikar@rowan.edu, Dr. Robi Polikar, Department Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering, or to guerra@rowan.edu, Dr. Eddie Guerra, Associate Dean for School of Earth and Environment. Additional departmental information can be found at https://www.rowan.edu/ece and https://earth.rowan.edu/.

Rowan University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. For the complete Rowan University non-discrimination and affirmative action policy see: https://sites.rowan.edu/hr/_docs/home_page/eeo_policy_statement.pdf

All positions are contingent upon budget appropriations.