Associate Professor or DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Do you want to contribute to an increased sustainability in industry and society by applying your knowledge of mechanical engineering to applied research and engineering education?

We invite you to join our section Mechanical Technology, where you will have colleagues with a mix of research and industry experience. Our section consists of eight employees with a combined workload of teaching and research and with a plan to hire several new colleagues in the coming years. Currently, we are undergoing a transformation with increased focus on research, so with us you get the chance to start a research group within thermodynamics or machine elements – as well as to support our existing activities within materials research.

Our section is diverse in nationalities, personality types, and career paths. We enjoy collegial idea generation, feedback and cooperation in an informal and trustful working environment. The section actively promotes social activities to build a strong community network.’

You will be part of the section’s vision of striving to be a recognized player within the fields of mechanical and materials engineering to provide solutions, and work at implementations, for the industry and society in the transition towards increased sustainability. Currently, our team have competences ranging from a wide range of fields including engineering design, architected materials, applied polymer science, drones and automation, as wells as energy and thermodynamics. To build on this, we are looking for an assistant or associate professor that will take the lead on research and teaching within the following topics:

• Thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and fluid mechanics
• Machine elements and engineering design
• Numerical modelling (nonlinear problems, multiscale physics, etc.)

This list is not extensive, but should be seen as an indicator. We are particularly interested in research peers interested in interdisciplinary work that form overlaps to our various fields, and hence support our collaborative nature. Experience in collaboration with industry and the ability to define the applicability of your research as cornerstones in your scientific career are valued.

Responsibilities and qualifications

Your overall focus will be to strengthen our education and research in the broad field of mechanical engineering. We expect you to be strong team player and use your skills in expanding our research efforts within the section, helping in bridging the gap between fundamental research and the application in industry. To do so, you will:

• Develop the section’s research field by defining ideas and concepts for future projects
• Write and collaborate on research proposals, incl. PhD projects
• Conduct and (in time) lead research projects on an international scale
• (Co-)supervise PhD students and Postdoc fellows
• Deliver teaching in courses at both basic and advanced levels.
• Supervision of thesis projects at BEng and MSc levels

You put a high degree of responsibility in your teaching and manage to make it research-based, but yet applicable to our students. As such, you will contribute to the section’s teaching within, but not all of, the following topics:

• Thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and fluid mechanics
• Machine elements incl. Computer Aided Design

Application procedure

Please submit your online application no later than 21 April 2025 (23:59 Danish time).

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