[robotics-worldwide] Faculty Positions in Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

[Kazuya Yoshida]

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TOHOKU UNIVERSITY FACULTY (TENURE) POSITION

The position is available as early as April 1st, 2011.

Application Due: September 30th, 2010

http://www.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/e/employment/

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The Department of Aerospace Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering
invites applications for a tenure position at the Professor level. 
The successful
applicant will join the Space Technologies Group of the department.

The Department of Aerospace Engineering is composed of the following research
groups: Aerospace Systems, Advanced Aerospace Engineering, Simulation Sciences
and Space Technologies, and these groups are active in the research fields of
Propulsion Engineering, Aerodynamic Design, Computational Aerodynamics, Smart
Systems for Materials and Structures, Experimental Aerodynamics, 
Space Structures,
Space Exploration, and Space Machines.

Special preference will be given to those applicants who have a 
strong background
and interest in the mechanics and design of Guidance, Navigation and Control
systems for vehicles (such as spacecrafts, aircrafts or mobile robots), not only
on theoretical or simulation studies, but particularly with rich experience on
experimental studies.

There are currently 33 professors and 30 associate professors in the four
departments (Systems Design Engineering, Nanomechanics, Aerospace Engineering,
and Bioengineering and Robotics) of the Division of Mechanical Engineering,
pursuing research and teaching in areas such as Intelligent Designing, Energy
System Engineering, Material Mechanics, Nano-Technologies, Simulation Sciences,
Space Technologies, Biomechanics, Robotics and other fields newly created by
fusion of different fields.

The successful candidate is expected to set up innovative research projects by
himself/herself or in collaboration with other researchers of the Division of
Mechanical Engineering. Responsibilities will include teaching at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels, and directing research projects, which will
lead to MS and Ph. D. theses.

The applicants must hold a doctoral degree in an appropriate field. Profound
knowledge of the Japanese or English language, written and spoken, is 
also required.
The position is open to any candidate who fulfills the listed 
academic requirements, regardless of gender or nationality. The 
successful applicant, of Japanese or
non-Japanese nationality, will become a Japanese National University Corporation
employee and will be paid accordingly.

Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled; all applications
received by September 30th, 2010 will be considered.
The position is available as early as April 1st, 2011.

The applicants should submit their application including a resume, a 
statement of
teaching and research interests, a list of all publications, copies 
of five principal
publications, and names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of five
references to:

Prof. Goro Masuya
Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering,
Tohoku University
Aoba 6-6-01, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
E-mail: chairman at mech.tohoku.ac.jp,
Phone: +81-22-795-6920, FAX: +81-22-795-6921

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Kazuya Yoshida, Professor, Dr. Eng.
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Tohoku University
Aoba6-6-01, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
Tel/Fax +81-22-795-6992
E-mail : yoshida at astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp
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