Tenure-track faculty position in Fluid Mechanics
About the role
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Fluid Mechanics. Candidates with a background in all areas of fluid mechanics, including both experimental and computational expertise, will be considered.
Department overview
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has 31 tenured and tenure-track faculty members, 18 research and teaching faculty members, 301 undergraduates, 344 graduate students, and 23 postdocs. The Whiting School of Engineering and the Johns Hopkins University actively encourage and support interdisciplinary research through school-level research centers and cross-divisional research institutes. The Department has strong affiliations with the Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics (CEAFM), the Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI), the Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science (IDIES), and the Johns Hopkins Allied Physics Laboratory (APL).
Qualifications
- Hold a Ph.D. in an engineering or a closely related field
- Ability to establish an independent and internationally recognized research program
- Strong commitment to teaching and mentoring at the undergraduate and graduate levels
- Commitment to contributing to the community by embracing excellence and open communications
Application materials
- Curriculum vitae
- Research statement
- Teaching statement
- Three representative publications
- Complete contact information for at least three references
Applications must be submitted online at https://apply.interfolio.com/192099. Review of applications will begin around January 15, 2027, but the Department will consider exceptional applicants at any time. Questions can be addressed to ME_Dept_Chair@jhu.edu – please use the subject line "Mechanical Engineering Faculty Search at JHU Mechanical Engineering".
More information about the Department can be found at http://me.jhu.edu and the Whiting School of Engineering at http://engineering.jhu.edu.