Assistant Professor

The Electrical Computer Engineering Department invites applications and nominations for the 9-month tenure track position of Assistant Professor. A Tenure track faculty member is expected to be excellent teacher, develop strong funded research programs, and be an active team member to advance the department and achieve its strategic plan. In addition, serve as a mentor to students, work with colleagues to assess and improve curricula and demonstrate institutional citizenship through active engagement at the department, college, university, community, and professional levels. ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT: The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of five engineering departments in the College of Engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It has a very strong ABET accredited undergraduate program, a growing graduate program and a well-established research enterprise that continues to grow and is associated with several R D centers The University is the largest in the University of Louisiana System with about 850 faculty members and over 19,000 students, including undergraduates, graduates, and non-degree seekers. The University is designated by the Carnegie Foundation, as an R1 University ­­- “Research University with Very High Research Activity.” The mission of the University is to offer an exceptional education informed by diverse world views striving to develop innovative leaders who advance knowledge. The essential values of the University are: equity, integrity, intellectual curiosity, creativity, tradition, transparency, respect, collaboration, pluralism, and sustainability. Academic excellence is the objective of sixty-eight undergraduate and forty-five graduate certificates and degrees in the arts, sciences, and professional education. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges accredits the University, which is a public doctoral research university with higher research activity. The University is located in Lafayette, LA, an exciting community within Louisiana’s beautiful Cajun Country. The community is highly technology-oriented and has a reputation of being a community in which people are prone to remain due to the high-quality lifestyle, pleasing climate, and the friendly nature of its people. Lafayette is located midway between New Orleans and Houston and is the heart of Louisiana's Acadian-Creole region. The city of over 130,000 is part of the Lafayette-Acadiana area, which has a total population of over 625,000 and is one of Louisiana's fastest-growing metropolitan areas. Lafayette serves as the energy, financial, retail, and medical center for South-Central Louisiana.