The Civil Engineering department (CE) in the College of Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering (AREN) with focus on smart & sustainable building to be hired to begin Fall 2023.

University Information

The University of Texas at Arlington is located in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metroplex, a vibrant and diverse metropolitan area that is home to over 7 million people, one of the fastest-growing tech economies in the United States, and a wide array of arts, entertainment, and cultural activities. UTA is a comprehensive teaching, research, and public service institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through scholarship and creative work. The University is committed to providing access and ensuring student success, and to a culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization of discoveries by our community of scholars. With an enrollment of approximately 46,000 students, UTA is the largest institution in North Texas and the second-largest in the UT System. As a result of its combination of rigorous academics and innovative research, UTA is designated as a Carnegie R-1 “Very High Research Activity” institution and as a Texas Tier One institution. In 2021, UTA received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for its deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education.

UTA ranks No. 4 nationally in Military Times’ annual “Best for Vets: Colleges” list and No. 1 in Texas for the number of degrees awarded to African American students (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2021). UTA is designated by the U.S. Department of Education as both a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), and it has the fifth-most ethnically diverse undergraduate population in the United States (U.S. News & World Report, 2023). UTA is among the top 50 performers nationwide for promoting social mobility of its graduates (U.S. News & World Report, 2023), and its approximately 250,000 alumni, including some who occupy leadership positions at many of the 23 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in North Texas, contribute to the UTA’s $22.2 billion annual economic impact on Texas.

Department and College/School Information

The College of Engineering is home to seven departments: Bioengineering; Civil Engineering; Computer Science and Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. With more than 7,000 students, the College is the third-largest in Texas and offers the most comprehensive engineering degree programs in the region. It offers 10 baccalaureate, 14 master’s, and 9 doctoral degree programs and has ties to numerous Fortune 500 companies in the region. The College is enjoying extraordinary growth in graduate and undergraduate student enrollment and in student graduation. This growth has been concomitant with growth in research expenditures, collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship by faculty and students. The Civil Engineering Department has enjoyed significant growth in recent years and enjoys a robust research enterprise in the areas of construction engineering and management; environmental engineering; geotechnical engineering; infrastructure system engineering and management; structural engineering and mechanics; transportation engineering; and water resources engineering, with per-faculty research expenditures totaling more than $320,000. In addition, the department works with many top civil engineering firms in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as well as the Texas Department of Transportation, NOAA and other government agencies.

AREN at UTA

The undergraduate Architectural Engineering (AREN) program at UTA was established in Fall 2015 in the Civil Engineering Department and accredited by ABET in 2019. The main objective of the AREN program is to educate students to engineer buildings as part of team with general focus on building structure, mechanical, electrical systems, and construction management. After the successful start of the new program, enrollment has continuously grown to around 200 students in Fall 2022. Current enrollment represents a diversely distributed population. Faculty in the program have been involved in interdisciplinary communities, i.e., IEA EBC Annex 79, ACM, ASCE, ASHRAE, and IBPSA. In April 2022, UTA AREN successfully hosted ASCE Forum event (link), “Mega City 2070: The Future Vision of Urban Infrastructure”.

The UTA AREN program also offers a graduate program in Smart and Sustainable Building. This research area has secured several grants from NSF, USDOT, TxDOT, and UT system. The program has supported undergraduate/graduate students in various research projects. This new area will create a variety of innovative research themes such as smart and sustainable buildings and human building interaction and should be supported with a new faculty’s unique and novel research interests to promote better education and research programs at UTA.

Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area is the fourth largest metroplex and the fastest growing area in the U.S. The area is experiencing exponential growth which is having a huge impact on energy efficiency and environmental impacts from the building sector. Our program will mitigate the competency gap of advanced building technologies and graduate education at UTA. Our students will be trained well when entering the workforce by applying advanced knowledges and skills immediately.

Diversity Statement

Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate a commitment to diversity and equity in education through their scholarship, teaching, and/or service as well as a strong commitment to teaching, advising, and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students from diverse backgrounds. For more information on UT-Arlington’s diversity initiatives, please visit the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion webpage.

The ideal candidate should have a clear vision in the field of smart & sustainable buildings which requires both research and teaching commitments in architectural engineering. The ideal candidate should take a pivotal role to lead the AREN program at UTA.

Professional licensure or the ability to obtain it shortly after hire.

To apply applicants should go to http://uta.peopleadmin.com/ and submit the required application materials.

List all materials needed for applicants to apply.

• 2 Writing Samples of peer reviewed publications (required)

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Questions may be addressed to: Dr. Shih-Ho Chao ( shchao@uta.edu)

For more information about UTA, please visit: http://www.uta.edu/uta