Professor or Associate Professor Position in Division of Social Environment and Space, Institute of Engineering, Hiroshima University

Position: Professor or Associate Professor

Affiliation: Global Environment and Planning Laboratory, Division of Social Environment and Space

Specialized Field: Research and education to solve global environmental issues and to build a sustainable society, through civil and environmental engineering approaches

Assigned Subjects: Global Environment and Planning, and Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar I & II (Graduate program), Experiments in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Design of Infrastructures, (Some of the following may be assigned) Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students, Man, Environment and Infrastructure, Exercise of Technical English, and Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (Undergraduate program)

Qualification Requirements:
(1) Applicants should hold a Ph.D degree.
(2) Applicants should have excellent research results in the relevant field and be able to take the leadership role domestically and internationally.
(3) Applicants should engage in student education eagerly.
(4) Applicants should be able to give lectures in the graduate program in English and in the undergraduate program in Japanese.

Starting date: April 1, 2014

Application Documents:

(1) Curriculum vitae (photo, sex, date of birth, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, academic background and qualification, employment history, awards and punishments, and academic and social activities)
(2) List of research activities
I. Dissertation
II. Research papers (A. papers published in academic journals (peer-reviewed original papers), B. papers published in international conferences, and C. other reference papers. Papers should be classified into the above three categories and numbered serially, and co-authors’ names, title of journal, volume number and part number, year and month of publication, and page numbers should be indicated.)
III. Books
IV. Reviews
V. Awards and patents
VI. Others
(3) Experience of supervising doctoral course students (No need if the applicant has no supervising activities.)
(4) Gained research funds (as representative; name of fund, year, research theme, amount of fund)
I. Competitive research funds (scientific research funds and others)
II. Cooperative research funds and others
(5) Offprints of five major papers (offprint or copy)
(6) Summary of past educational activities (corresponding to classes the applicant gave, up to two pages on A4 size paper. No need if the applicant has no educational experience.)
(7) Summary of past research activities (corresponding to (2) list of research activities, up to four pages on A4 size paper)
(8) Aspiration for education (approximately two pages on A4 size paper)
(9) Future research plan (approximately two pages on A4 size paper)
(10) List of two professional references for the position (mailing address, affiliation, phone number and e-mail address)

Deadline for Submission: September 30, 2013

Method of Selection:
(1) The first selection (screening by documents)
The result of the first selection will be e-mailed to applicants.
The successful candidates of the first selection will be notified about the information on the second selection (an interview and trial lecture).
(2) The second selection (screening by the interview and trial lecture)
The interview (in English) and trial lecture (in Japanese) will be conducted at our university.
Travel costs for the interview and trial lecture must be paid by the applicant.

Submission of Application and Inquiries:
Professor Kenji Kawai
Division of Social Environment and Space, Institute of Engineering, Hiroshima University
4-1, Kagamiyama 1 chome, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527 Japan
Fax: +81-82-424-7788, E-mail: kkawai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
* Please indicate clearly in red on the front of the envelope: “Contain application forms for professor or associate professor position” and send it by registered mail.

Additional Remarks
(1) The submitted materials will be returned after the evaluation is completed. The personal information obtained by submitted documents is used for the purpose of the evaluation of candidates and they are not used or provided for other purposes.
(2) Hiroshima University is promoting activities towards the gender-equal society. In accordance with Basic Act for Gender-Equal Society, our university will appoint a female candidate when the achievements (including research results, academic achievements, social contribution, etc.) and the personality of candidates are perfectly matched.