Posting Details
Job Title Assistant Professor in Smart and Resilient Infrastructure (Tenured Track, F0020A)
Department RESILIENCE CLUSTER HIRE
Position Number F0020A
Job Description
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ( CEE ) in the Batten College of Engineering and Technology ( BCET ) at Old Dominion University ( ODU ) in Norfolk, VA, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Smart and Resilient Infrastructure starting in Fall 2026. This is a 10-month appointment.
The position is part of ODU's Centennial Faculty Cluster Hire initiative within the SLR and coastal resilience research focus area and will play an important role in advancing the strategic vision of both the BCET and ODU in terms of addressing global challenges associated with SLR and natural hazards. This faculty member is expected to develop transdisciplinary research, education, and outreach programs that can integrate advanced sensing networks, autonomous monitoring systems, digital twin technologies, and intelligent materials to improve the durability, performance, and hazard protection of onshore and offshore coastal infrastructure. The design of climate-smart infrastructure for vulnerable coastal communities through development of accurate hazard and risk assessment tools is a desired outcome of these efforts. This position is envisioned to foster synergy with other cluster hire faculty members, including that in the Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences ( OES ), and across several subdisciplines within CEE , including coastal engineering, geotechnical engineering, coastal geotechnics, transportation engineering, structural engineering and environmental and water resources engineering.
The successful candidate will develop and lead research on smart, resilient infrastructure-such as coastal defenses, offshore structures, and critical facilities-designed to withstand oceanic forces and natural hazards. They should have strong expertise in wave-structure interaction and/or community-scale planning, including hazard mitigation, coastal adaptation, and economic resilience (e.g., cost-benefit and life-cycle analysis). The work may involve collecting and integrating field data from instrumented and monitored infrastructure with coastal hydrodynamic data and analyzing those data using AI/ML tools, numerical modeling, coastal hydrology, spatial planning, and socio-economic analyses, to produce results that can be used to design and develop resilient coastal infrastructure systems and adaptation strategies using advanced and sustainable materials.
Position Type FullTime
Type of Recruitment General Public
Type of Recruitment General Public
Minimum required education and/or special licenses, registrations, trainings, or certifications
Ph.D.in civil engineering or equivalent in a related engineering discipline completed by the position start date.
Minimum required level and @type of experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities
Must be able to develop and teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in civil engineering.
Have plans for acquiring and sustaining sponsored research.
Preferred Qualifications
A record of disseminating knowledge through archival journal publications.
Professional Engineer (PE) license or plan to acquire in the near future.
Have experience in teaching and conducting sponsored research.
Able to transfer existing projects.
Have plans for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaborations that align with the goals of the cluster hire.
Conditions of Employment
Location Norfolk, VA
Job Open Date 10/15/2025
Application Review Date 12/15/2025
Open Until Filled Yes
Application Instructions
Interested candidates should submit materials athttps://jobs.odu.edu/postings/24466
and include the following in their application:
A cover letter
A curriculum vitae
Unofficial graduate transcripts
A statement of teaching philosophy
A statement of research interests
Contact information for 3 references
Applications should be submitted by December 15, 2025, for full consideration. The position will remain open until it is filled.
Telework Friendly No
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If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation, please contact the Division of Talent Management and Culture at (757)683-3141.
Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or © consistent with contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
About the College
ODU , located in Norfolk, is Virginia's forward-focused public doctoral research university with more than 23,000 students, an R1 research ranking, rigorous academics, an energetic residential community and initiatives that contribute $2.6 billion annually to Virginia's economy.
About the Department
CEE is one of five departments in the BCET and offers an ABET -accredited B.S. in Civil Engineering as well as M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering. The Department's research areas include coastal engineering, transportation engineering, environmental and water resources engineering, structural engineering, and geotechnical engineering.
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Applicant Documents
Required Documents
Cover Letter/Letter of Application
Curriculum Vitae
Teaching Philosophy
Statement of Research Interests
Unofficial Graduate Transcripts
Contact Information for Professional References
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