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Washington State University Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Electrical Engineering in Pullman, Washington
Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Electrical Engineering
Online applications must be received before 12:00am on:
March 3, 2025
If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.
Available Title(s):
270-NNFACULTY - Assistant Professor, 280-NNFACULTY - Associate Professor, 395-NN_FACULTY - New Tenure-Track - Pre-Academic Year
Business Title:
Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Electrical Engineering
Employee Type:
Faculty
Position Term:
9 Month
Position Details:
The Opportunity:
The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at Washington State University (WSU) on the Pullman, Washington Campus invites applications from emerging scholars to join our community as a permanent, full-time, tenure-track faculty in Electrical Engineering at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. This position is part of a cluster hire within the Institute for Northwest Energy Futures (INEF). Although all areas of electrical engineering will be considered, research emphasis will be on the power electronics and its applications to power systems.
The newly established https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftricities.wsu.edu%2Finef%2F&data=05%7C02%7Canamika.dubey%40wsu.edu%7Ce6e154874430402d8d6708dd31916a8c%7Cb52be471f7f147b4a8790c799bb53db5%7C0%7C0%7C638721222798843002%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Hz33j5HNPHizXN%2Fx4jGtGesnKfT8Do%2BpEwmUIzxBQt8%3D&reserved=0 (INEF) is an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to harnessing expertise across the WSU system and collaborating with research partners, including the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), to address the increasing demands for resilient, affordable, and low-carbon electricity and transportation fuels in the Pacific Northwest region. The cluster hire includes an institute director and seven faculty, with some faculty to be located on WSU's Pullman campus (including this position) and other faculty to be located at WSU Tri-Cities. Establishing this cross-campus connection will enable the INEF to deploy the full resources of the WSU system, fostering collaboration and innovation. Since INEF and its staffs closely collaborate with PNNL, it is our expectation that the successful candidate will have the ability to apply for security clearance from U.S. Department of Energy and/or PNNL, as this may be required to gain access to restricted areas. Application review begins on March 3, 2025, and will remain active until the positions are filled. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will begin the appointment on August 16, 2025, January 1, 2026, or August 16, 2026, depending on the availability of candidate and needs of the program.
The electric power engineering program at WSU is ranked among the top five in the nation in number of faculty, students, and research expenditure. WSU's power program consists of fourteen faculty members and four staff in EECS who specialize in teaching and research in electric power engineering. The group includes a member of the National Academy of Engineering and four fellows of IEEE. This core group is complemented by over 20 affiliated faculty members from other departments across the university together forming the multi-disciplinary research center, Energy Systems Innovation Center (ESIC) (https://esic.wsu.edu/). ESIC has a long tradition of close collaboration with regional power industry and is well-supported by two annual membe