Recruitment of Research Sequence Associate/Assistant Professor in the research team for manufacturing mechanics

Job Description

Position: 

Recruitment of Research Sequence Associate/Assistant Professor in the research team for manufacturing mechanics in the Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering

Responsibility: 

1. Conduct assigned research and take responsibility for achieving objectives within the specified timeframe.

2. Communicate and collaborate with relevant domestic and international partners, including industry, to address research-related issues.

3. Support the research group in identifying and pursuing funding opportunities.

4. Proactively apply for competitive grants—such as those from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)—at national, provincial, and municipal levels, serving as principal investigator.

5. Contribute to team building and group management, including participation in additional projects.

6.Assist in supervising students and research assistants.

Job Description:

Subject Group Leader:

 The Group Leader is a Chair Professor who has received over 20 awards for academic achievement and has developed several advanced theories of manufacturing mechanics and cutting-edge technologies, which has led to tens of millions of dollars in annual economic benefits for the manufacturing industry.

Recruitment Directions:

(1) Solid Mechanics: Elastic-Plastic constitutive theory of advanced materials;

(2) Nanomechanic: First-principles and molecular dynamics analysis of the evolution of material properties under the action of laser and ion beams;

(3) Composite Metamaterials (theory and experiment);

(4) Contact Mechanics: Dynamics of complex surface contact;

(5) Fluid-Solid Interaction: theoretical and computational; dynamic behavior of viscous fluids under strong solid boundary motion.

Research Sequence Benefits and Welfare:

1. Research Assistant Professors and Associate Professors are regular staff of the university, and they can apply for Shenzhen Hukou, enjoy medical treatment, insurance, and arrange for the enrollment of their children in schools (nursery school).

2. Salary is negotiable.

3. Substantial funding for the group, advanced and complete research support equipment, good office and research conditions, encouraged participation in academic conferences at home and abroad, and assist research sequence professors in declaring the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Guangdong Province, and Shenzhen City, various types of scientific research grants and other projects.

4. Enjoy the welfare treatment stipulated by the Southern University of Science and Technology.

5. Assist in applying for the subsidies of the Shenzhen Municipal Government's high-level talent program and other policy treatments.

Applicants need to submit at least the following materials:

1. Detailed personal resume;

2. Significant scientific research accomplishments, such as theses and dissertations, certificates of achievement, and other notable achievements;

3. Direction of research interests and reasons;

4. Names and contact information of three referees (including their affiliation, academic/technological position, phone number, and email address);

5. Other materials that can further demonstrate the applicant’s abilities.

Application Procedure: 

Applicants must send the application materials (in PDF format) to the following email address: imi@sustech.edu.cn. The email subject must be "Position Title (Research Sequence Associate/Assistant Professor) + Applicant’s Name"

Requirements

Education: Ph.D

1. Hold a Ph.D. in mechanics, manufacturing, or materials science.

2. Have received rigorous research training.

3. Demonstrate strong logical thinking and the ability to solve problems independently.

4. Exhibit creative thinking and innovative research capabilities.

5. Possess strong English communication skills—including reading, writing, listening, and speaking—and have published high-quality academic papers in English journals as the first author. (If not the first author, please provide an explanation.)

6.Be passionate about scientific research, uphold academic ethics, and demonstrate a strong sense of responsibility, entrepreneurial spirit, teamwork, diligence, integrity, and a practical, conscientious attitude.

Connect: Ms.Li

0755-88011431

imi@sustech.edu.cn