Non-Tenure Track Instuctor/Professor of Practice

About the role

The Department of Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech invites applications for a non-tenure track teaching-focused Professor of Practice faculty appointment in Controls/Industrial Applications. This is an open‑rank (assistant, associate, or full professor of practice) position commensurate with experience. The role is teaching‑intensive with no research requirement, focusing on undergraduate instruction, mentoring, and department service.

Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in