Instructor or Assistant Teaching Professor Electrical Engineering

Instructor or Assistant Teaching Professor Electrical Engineering

Penn State Altoona invites applications for a full-time, fixed-term, non-tenure track position in Electrical Engineering with a Spring 2021 starting date. Candidates should be qualified to teach undergraduate courses in engineering and engineering technology.

Teaching areas may include several of the following:

• Feedback control systems
• Electric machines and drives
• Digital and analog electronics
• Microcontroller programming and interfacing
• Programmable logic controllers (PLC) and automation.

A Ph.D. or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field is required. Preference will be given to candidates with industrial and teaching experience. Candidates should have excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to undergraduate education, curricular development, and assessment.

Penn State Altoona (https://altoona.psu.edu/) is a multi-campus, four-year college of Penn State located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The college cultivates a vibrant learning environment through excellence in teaching, research, and creative activities, and offers the advantages of an intimate college teaching environment with the readily available resources of a major research university. Penn State Altoona offers 22 baccalaureate and 5 associate degree programs, as well as the first two years of more than 160 Penn State baccalaureate majors, to our 3,100 undergraduate students. Situated in the beautiful Allegheny Mountains of Central Pennsylvania, Penn State Altoona is located 40 miles from University Park, the flagship campus of Penn State, and our proximity affords individuals the ability to interact easily with colleagues and presents many opportunities for mutual collaboration.

Review of applications will begin as soon as possible and will continue until the position is filled. To apply, please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy and research interests, and the names and contact information of three references.



Apply online at https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/job/Penn-State-Altoona/Instructor-or-Assistant-Teaching-Professor-Electrical-Engineering_REQ_0000007280-1

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