Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Hypersonic Materials and Extreme Environments

Responsibilities: Responsibilities will also include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in physics and materials science, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, and participating in service activities within the Department, College, University, and broader professional community. The position will include a leadership role in the development and scientific direction of the MINDS Thermal Evaluation Readiness and Materials Analysis Laboratory (THERMAL), an emerging capability for flight-representative testing and characterization of advanced materials for Department of Defense applications. The University of Memphis is an R1 institution. The College of Arts and Sciences offers competitive faculty workloads that recognize demonstrated research productivity while balancing research, teaching, and service responsibilities in accordance with College workload policy. Please refer to the CAS Teaching/Workload Guidelines for additional information. THERMAL is being developed to enable rapid evaluation of thermal protection systems, refractory alloys, advanced ceramics, composites, radome materials, and other materials under combined thermal and aerodynamic loading representative of Mach 5-20 flight conditions. As the inaugural MINDS Hypersonics Distinguished Fellow, the successful candidate will help shape the University's long-term strategy in hypersonics research, defense innovation, workforce development, and federal research laboratory collaboration. Ph. D. in physics, materials science, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a closely related field. Applicants must be U.S. citizens in order to obtain appropriate security clearance.