Employment Opportunities

The Min Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is seeking candidates for tenure-track faculty positions in all areas but preference will be given to applicants in computer engineering, including dependable and secure systems, wireless and sensor networks, embedded systems, and VLSI. Successful candidates must be committed to teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels and have a strong commitment to research and a willingness to collaborate with other faculty in research. The Department currently enrolls approximately 400 undergraduate and about 250 graduate students. Faculty research expenditures currently average about $10 M per year. The department is starting a new growth phase thanks to gifts from alumnus Dr. Min Kao and other donors plus additional state funding totaling over $47.5 M for a new building and endowments for the department. The University of Tennessee and Battelle manage the nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which provides further opportunities for research. Information about the EECS Department can be found at http://www.eecs.utk.edu/.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the state’s flagship research institution, a campus of choice for outstanding undergraduates, and a premier graduate institution. As a land-grant university, it is committed to excellence in learning, scholarship, and engagement with society. In all its activities, the university aims to advance the frontiers of human knowledge and enrich and elevate society. The university welcomes and honors people of all races, genders, creeds, cultures, and sexual orientations, and values intellectual curiosity, pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and integrity. The university intends that its graduates will promote the values and institutions of representative democracy, and be prepared to lead lives of personal integrity and civic responsibility.

Candidates should have an earned Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent. Previous industrial and/or academic experience is desirable. Interested candidates should apply through the departmental web site at http://www.eecs.utk.edu and submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching interests, and provide contact information for three references. Consideration of applications will begin on January 1, 2008, and the position will remain open until filled.

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or covered veteran status.

Eligibility and other terms and conditions of employment benefits at The University of Tennessee are governed by laws and regulations of the State of Tennessee, and this non-discrimination statement is intended to be consistent with those laws and regulations.

Click Here to Apply

In accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, The University of Tennessee affirmatively states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in its education programs and activities, and this policy extends to employment by the University.
Inquiries and charges of violation of Title VI (race, color, national origin), Title IX (sex), Section 504 (disability), A.D.A. (disability), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (age), sexual orientation, or veteran status should be directed to the Office of Equity and Diversity (OED), 1840 Melrose Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-3560, telephone (865) 974-2498 (V/TTY available) or 974-2440. Requests for accommodation of a disability should be directed to the ADA Coordinator at the Office of Equity and Diversity.

The State of Tennessee is investing in 20 exceptionally accomplished researchers who will have joint appointments as tenured professors at the University of Tennessee (UT) and distinguished research staff at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This Governor’s Chair (GC) program seeks to catalyze the development of leading edge research under the auspices of four joint institutes between UT and ORNL: Biological Sciences, Computational Sciences, Neutron Sciences, and Advanced Materials Sciences. The GC appointments include an ongoing discretionary research fund equal to twelve months salary. [more...]