The Department of Electrical Engineering (ELE) in the College of Engineering at American University of Sharjah (AUS) invites applications for a regular or visiting faculty position, preferably at the assistant or associate professor level, commencing in Fall 2024. The successful candidate for the regular position will be expected to establish a high-level, active research program supported by internal and external funding sources. The visiting faculty position is primarily focused on teaching. The visiting position is a one-year renewable contract and the regular position is a three-year renewable contract.
The applicant is required to have a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering with preferably a focus in the area of control engineering and good hands-on experience. Expertise in the areas of robotics and automation, embedded systems, intelligent systems, cyber-physical systems and mechatronics is a plus.
The candidate should show evidence of excellence in teaching and research. In addition, experience in the American model of higher education is highly desirable.
Applicants should fill out an application form and upload the required documents (PDF) using the following link.
https://acg-apps1.aus.edu/cen/empapp/apply.php?p=ELE-23-02
The required documents are a cover letter and a detailed curriculum vitae (including a teaching statement, a research statement, list of courses that can be taught or were taught, and names of at least three references who would be willing to write letters of recommendation). The position is open until filled. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
The Department of Electrical Engineering has approximately 205 undergraduate students, 43 graduate students, 15 full-time faculty and 4 lab instructors. Faculty and students represent very diverse backgrounds and nationalities; approximately 90 nationalities are present on campus. The department offers a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.
AUS is located in the Emirate of Sharjah (about 15 km from Dubai). AUS is an independent, not-for-profit, coeducational university, serving approximately 5,000 students. Further information can be obtained from www.aus.edu/cen/department-of-electrical-engineering.
AUS is licensed and its programs are accredited by the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the Ministry of Education's Higher Education Affairs Division in the United Arab Emirates. AUS has been accredited in the United States of America by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #166, Wilmington, DE 19801 USA) since June 2004. The Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering offered by the College of Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org/.
