Assistant Professor of Materials and Lifecycle, School of Architecture (T/TE)

The School of Architecture at the University of Arizona invites applicants with expertise in Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Lifecycle Analysis for a Tenure-Eligible faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position seeks candidates whose research advances the design, fabrication, performance, and environmental sustainability of architectural materials and building systems through interdisciplinary approaches. The successful candidate will contribute to the school's research mission, undergraduate and graduate architectural education, and service to the school, university, and broader community.

The University of Arizona is a Research 1 institution located in Tucson, a cultural gem in the Sonoran Desert. The school resides in the College of Architecture Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA); a multidisciplinary collaborative community. The School of Architecture's vision is dedicated to addressing the grand challenges of our time; a catalyst in our curriculum, research and public programming. The school has an intrinsic connection to the Sonoran Desert and its exquisite and extreme conditions. It serves as a living laboratory for researching and teaching timeless and emerging environmental, social and cultural phenomena.

CAPLA is home to a 10,000 sf material fabrication lab. The school has a long tradition of empirical research and learning through hands-on material fabrication in required courses, design build projects and community engagement. The University of Arizona is the state's flagship, land-grant institution founded in 1885. It has more than 50,000 students in 22 separate colleges and schools. The research and teaching culture of this university offers great resources and opportunities for collaboration.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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We
are seeking an emerging leader in the discipline of architecture with applied
and theoretical experience in advanced materials in architectural design, and
the vision and potential to become a driving force in our school, our
community, the academy and the profession. Applicants are to be collegial and
collaborative by nature. They are to
establish and maintain an active research agenda supported by external
funding and disseminated through peer reviewed scholarship. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, advanced and bio-based
and biogenic material systems; computational design and digital or robotic
fabrication; additive manufacturing; material and assembly performance;
low-carbon and circular construction; life-cycle assessment; and adaptive or
climate-responsive building systems. We welcome innovative research that
connects material experimentation and fabrication with architectural design
and environmental performance.

The
successful applicant will be responsible for collaborating on and
contributing to the conception, development and delivery of a rigorous and
dynamic accredited architectural education. They are expected to integrate material experimentation, computational and physical
prototyping, and evidence-based evaluation of building systems. Teaching assignments for this position
might include required courses in the architecture technologies and design
studios, material and fabrication seminars and elective coursework. This position will also support the emerging
building technology subgroup of the Master of Science in Architecture
(MS.Arch) degree program with student thesis advising.

The
focus of this position on advanced materials, manufacturing and
lifecycle analysis aligns with the University of Arizona's institutional
strengths in space science through a new area of growing
interest in space architecture, as well as the focus on
sustainable mining materials and lifecycle energy. The successful applicant might
initiate interdisciplinary projects with faculty in the College of Engineering and the
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CALES) regarding material
sourcing, manufacturing, assembly, reuse lifecycle and the
innovation of new materials and the performance analysis of ecological
impact.

This position
requires service contributions at the school, college and/or university
levels. Service to academic, professional and community organizations is
encouraged.

The normal teaching load for
tenure-eligible faculty in the department under present policy is two
3-credit courses or one 3-credit course and one 6-credit studio per semester
with a workload distribution:

• 40% teaching
• 40% scholarly
  activity/research; and
• 20% service

• Professional degree in architecture (Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture or international equivalent)
• Post-Graduate Degree in Architecture or related discipline (Masters or PhD). If masters is terminal degree, 5-years of relevant research or industry experience is required.
• Demonstrated
  experience in Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Lifecycle Analysis in the
  context of architecture

• PhD or doctorate in architecture or related discipline.
  
• Professional design and practice experience and/or licensure
  
• Experience teaching design studio and/or other architecture courses
  
• Demonstrated record or evidence of potential funding for research or creative practice.
  
• Experience in collaborative interdisciplinary practice or teaching and/or ability to bridge across architecture and related fields
  
• Experience with courses with 50-100 students focused on varying material methods, hands-on instruction and learning, safety protocols, while advancing both research agendas and the curricular needs of the college
  
• Recognition through relevant scholarly publications, creative work, professional achievements, or awards.