Open Rank Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. (Main Georgia Tech Campus)

About the Role

The School of Industrial Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Design. Depending on the budget, one of two positions may be open. We seek visionary and innovative candidates who strongly emphasize sustainable product design & system development and STEM education with a strong track record and commitment to design, research, and teaching.

Candidates should have experience and research in one or more areas based on industrial design education and practices: material science, manufacturing, interactions between humans and materials, environmental impact analysis, learning theories, and strategic development of interdisciplinary studies. Successful candidates will be expected to develop a robust collaborative research agenda ideally connected with one or more of these areas.

The position could start in Spring or Fall of 2025. Applications will be considered beginning September 1, 2024, but the search will continue until the positions are filled.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead a robust collaborative research agenda in sustainable product design and system development.
• Provide leadership in curriculum planning to prepare students for evolving opportunities in industrial design.
• Demonstrate an exceptional commitment to teaching and mentoring students.
• Engage in teaching, research, and service activities within the School, the Institute, and broader academic and professional communities.
• Foster partnerships with industry or community organizations to advance design practice and innovation.

Requirements

Assistant Professor

• A doctorate in an appropriate discipline or comparable experience preparing the candidate for the role of an educator.
• Clear evidence of effective teaching.
• Clear evidence of creativity.

Associate Professor

• Sufficient time in grade, generally five (5) or more years as an Assistant Professor (criteria for early promotions can be found in the Faculty Handbook section 3.3.6).
• A doctorate in an appropriate discipline or comparable experience preparing the candidate for the role of an educator.
• Clear evidence of effective teaching.
• Clear evidence of creativity while at Georgia Tech.
• Clear evidence of contributions to Georgia Tech through service to the Institute, the public, or professional organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to lead interdisciplinary research projects integrating sustainable design practices with innovative education methodologies.
• Ability to develop studio-based learning pedagogy and establish a creative, collaborative learning environment.
• Ability to participate in developing and continuously improving curricula that prepare students for evolving demands in design fields.
• Ability to secure external funding to support collaborative research initiatives.
• Ability to design and teach curricula responsive to a diverse student body.
• Ability to engage students in experiential learning and high-impact practices supporting student success.
• Ability to foster partnerships with industry or community organizations to advance design practice and innovation.

Required Documents

• Cover letter/letter of application.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Statement of research interests.
• Statement of teaching interests addressing advising/mentoring philosophy.
• Names and contact information for three references.
• Examples of scholarly work such as design research case study reports, exhibition briefs, competition entries, and/or written publications.

About the Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts.

Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

The School of Industrial Design enrollment has grown to over 350 students today, with the largest undergraduate enrollment in the College of Design. The School offers a BSID, MID, MS-HCI (with a specialization in Industrial Design), and an ID Minor, and is working towards establishing a PhD in ID.

Our mandate is to build design and research capabilities in collaboration with other well-recognized programs and centers on the Georgia Tech campus, including Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Architecture, Interactive Computing, Graphics Visualization and Usability Center (GVU), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI). The school has also launched a 2-year exchange-based MID program at Georgia Tech's academic institute in Shenzhen, China.