Assistant Professor in Multidisciplinary Optimization

Job Summary

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Section of Solid Mechanics at the Technical University of Denmark seeks an Assistant Professor in Multidisciplinary Optimization.

The assistant professorship is a permanent entry-level faculty position.

The Assistant Professor position is associated with the TopOpt-group that is world-leading within development and application of systematic optimization approaches for structural and multidisciplinary optimization. Specifically, the candidate shall contribute to activities within nano-optical design and topology optimization approaches in close collaboration with DTU Fotonik / Department of Photonics Engineering.

Responsibilities and tasks

You will be engaged in teaching within a broad range of solid mechanics and multiphysics disciplines. You will be expected to develop strong collaborative, innovative and multidisciplinary research activities, and to contribute to teaching in basic and advance solid mechanics courses. Moreover, you are expected to participate in fundraising and be an active participant in externally funded projects.

Qualifications

As a candidate you must satisfy the following requirements:

• Hold a PhD degree (or equivalent).
• Have documented teaching experience / education on university level
• Published works in topology optimization
• Published works in nano-photonics
• Experience in large scale simulations and optimization

Application procedure

Please submit your online application. Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link “Apply online”, fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• CV
• Teaching and research statement, with a focus on the “Assessment” bullet points listed above
• Documentation of previous teaching and research, as related to the “Assessment” bullet points listed above
• List of publications
• H-index, and ORCID (see e.g. http://orcid.org/)
• Diploma (MSc/PhD)