The Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time, tenured, or tenure-track position with a 9-month academic appointment, and the possibility of an additional summer appointment contingent upon need and availability of funds, beginning September 1, 2024. Applicants will be considered for the faculty titles of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor depending on qualifications.The successful applicant will be required to teach; advise and mentor graduate students; develop an independent, externally funded research program; participate in all aspects of the department’s activities; and serve the profession.
The Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M is recognized as one of the top petroleum engineering programs in the U.S. and is well known in the international oil and gas community. The department has 41 faculty members and over 470 students at its College Station campus and is ranked first in the undergraduate program and second in the graduate program by U.S. News & World Report. This position offers the opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art decarbonization lab equipped with cutting-edge facilities for reservoir characterization, fluid flow analysis, numerical modeling, and monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) technologies for carbon capture and storage.
Texas A&M University is located in the twin cities of Bryan and College Station, Texas, with a population of more than 273,000 and conveniently centrally located in a triangle formed by Dallas, Houston, and Austin. Texas A&M has more than 77,400 graduate and undergraduate students enrolled. Research expenditures total more than $922 million annually, ranking Texas A&M in the top tier of universities nationwide. The Texas A&M University System has an endowment valued at more than $13.6 billion and Texas A&M University ranks 3rd among U.S. public universities and 8th overall. With more than 700 faculty members and over 20,000 students, the College of Engineering is one of the largest engineering schools in the country. The college is ranked 8th in graduate studies and 7th in undergraduate programs among public institutions by U.S. News & World Report, with nine of the college’s 15 departments ranked in the Top 10. The college is also ranked 3rd in research expenditures by the American Society for Engineering Education. Texas A&M is aware that attracting and retaining exceptional faculty often depends on meeting the needs of two careers and having policies that contribute to work-life balance.