Tenured or Tenure Track Professor of Advanced Technologies, Manufacturing, and Mate

About the Opportunity

The School of Architecture in the College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for an open‑rank tenured or tenure‑track position at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level located at the Boston campus. We are particularly interested in candidates qualified for a joint appointment between the School of Architecture and the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering in the College of Engineering.

We seek candidates whose research and teaching engage with one or more of the following areas:

• design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) and industrialized/offsite construction
• robotics and human–robot collaboration for fabrication and assembly
• AI, data, and digital twins for the built environment
• circular, low‑carbon, and biogenic materials
• integration of life cycle assessment, embodied energy, and embodied carbon analyses into design processes and construction logistics
• innovative energy and environmental systems for health and wellbeing
• performance‑based codes, digital compliance, and pathways such as system certification

Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, including courses in core building technology; mentoring students at undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels; maintaining a strong program of high‑impact research that attracts external funding and/or recognition; and participating in departmental, college and university service. Qualified candidates must be prepared to work with global student populations.

The successful candidate will have a M.Arch, MLA, or other terminal degree in Architecture, or a PhD in Architecture, Engineering, or a related field by the employment start date; and demonstrated potential to attract external funding for research and/or creative practice.

Interested candidates should apply with a curriculum vita that includes a list of publications, a cover letter, and statements addressing the following prompts. Applications will be reviewed beginning on January 15, 2025.

Please describe the focus of your research, including the questions you have identified, the funding you have received to support the work (if applicable), the results you have discovered, and the products of these efforts. Please also describe any research you have undertaken with students and/or with the external community. Finally, please outline the research directions you foresee pursuing in the College of Arts, Media and Design.

Please summarize your past instructional and mentorship experiences, your pedagogical philosophy, your plans/goals for teaching in the College of Arts, Media and Design (including existing and proposed courses), and your strategies for teaching and mentoring global student populations.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the law.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience‑driven lifelong learning. Our world‑renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

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Northeastern’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on‑campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi‑discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

The School of Architecture currently offers three undergraduate degrees: a…