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Junior Professorship (W1) in Structural Integrity of Rail Vehicle

Published 16 March 2017 (1079 days ago)

Deadline for applications 13 April 2017 (1051 days ago)

Full-time position

RWTH Aachen University

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Please send a cover letter stating research aims and a CV to:
Dekan der Fakultät für
Maschinenwesen der RWTH
Aachen, Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Jörg Feldhusen, 52056 Aachen

You can also send your application via email to dekan@fb4.rwth-aachen.de. Please note, however, that communication via unencrypted e-mail poses a threat to confidentiality as it is potentially vulnerable to unauthorized
access by third parties.

The deadline for applications is
April 13th 2017.

This position is also available as part-time employment per request.
RWTH Aachen University is certified as a family-friendly university and offers a dual career program for partner hiring. We particularly welcome and encourage applications from women, disabled people and ethnic minority groups, recognizing they are underrepresented across RWTH Aachen University. The principles of fair and open competition apply and appointments will be made on merit.

Junior Professor (W1)
in Structural Integrity of Rail Vehicle
Faculty of Mechanical Engineerin

We are seeking qualified applicants for teaching and research in the area of structural integrity of rail vehicles. The starting date is the earliest possible opportunity. Particularly outstanding expertise in the following areas with respect to rail vehicle technology is expected:
- Fatigue and crash analysis
- Wheel-rail contact simulations
- Practical application of the Finite-Element- Method
- Planning and conducting of experiments

The junior professorship wil be affiliated to the Institute for Rail Vehicles and Transport Systems. The conducted research should be application-oriented as well as fundamental. Collaboration in international projects is demanded.

You should have a completed university degree and a special aptitude for scientific work which is generally verified by means of an outstanding doctorate. Ability in and commitment to teaching are essential. The application should include supporting documents regarding success in teaching. German is not necessary to begin but will be expected as a teaching language within 5 years.

Furthermore, dedication for interdisciplinary research, proven experience in the acquisition of third party research fundings and publications in national and international journals are expected. Competences in management responsibility and project management must be proven.

RWTH Aachen University is a place where the future of our industrialized world is thought out. The University is proving to be a hotspot with increasing international recognition where innovative answers to global challenges are developed. With 260 institutes in nine faculties, RWTH Aachen University is one of Europe's premier educational and research institutions.

Research Profile and Collaborations

RWTH Aachen is a hotbed of ideas and a laboratory for the future. In University institutes and research centers, scientists are developing innovative technologies, processes and products. With their knowledge and expertise, they are in demand as cooperation partners around the globe. For further information, please refer to the Research section of the RWTH Aachen Web site.

RWTH Aachen succeeded in the Excellence Initiative of the federal and state governments and currently receives funding for its institutional strategy "Meeting Global Challenges," two excellence clusters, and a graduate school.

Today's global and societal challenges increasingly require interdisciplinary collaborative research approaches. RWTH Aachen's eight profile areas reflect the interdisciplinary strengths of the University.

RWTH Aachen and Forschungszentrum Jülich, a high-profile non-university research institution, have established JARA, the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance. JARA provides a scientific environment that is in the top international league and attracts the best researchers worldwide.

With RWTH Aachen Campus, the University is creating a unique portfolio of services for cooperation in specialist clusters in which RWTH Aachen is providing both know-how and a unique research infrastructure. With 19 research clusters on an 800,000 square meter site, RWTH Aachen Campus will be one of the largest technology-oriented research landscapes in Europe.

Studying at RWTH Aachen University

More than 42,000 students in 144 courses of study were registered for the winter semester of 2014/15, including about 7,000 international students from more than 120 countries. The nine RWTH Aachen faculties offer a broad program of engineering sciences, natural sciences, geosciences, business and economics, humanities, and medical subjects. Teaching at RWTH Aachen is first and foremost application-oriented. Its graduates are therefore sought-after as junior executives and leaders in business and industry. For further information on studying, teaching and learning at RWTH, please refer to the Academics section of the RWTH Aachen Web site.

RWTH Facts & Figures

For current statistics, trends, and developments in the areas such as teaching and learning, research, and budgets, please refer to RWTH Facts & Figures Web page.

Working at RWTH Aachen University

RWTH Aachen University is the largest employer in Aachen City Region. 13,000 employees in research, teaching, and administration make sure that our University is one of the most renowned institutions of education throughout Europe. For further information, please visit the Working at RWTH section of the University Web site.

Through the implementation of target agreements as part of its certification as a family friendly university in 2009, RWTH Aachen has created structures, processes, and instruments that support the family friendly organization of the University and the ensure the compatibility of studies, career, and family.

Welcome Service

The Welcome Service supports newly appointed professors and their families to ensure their smooth and speedy transition to RWTH Aachen. The University is committed to helping them successfully navigate the early stages of their new role at RWTH Aachen.

Location

Aachen is Germany's westernmost major city at whose boundaries three nations with three languages converge. The city has a population of 260,000 inhabitants. It is the center of a dynamic, cross-border knowledge region and stands for world-class university education in Natural Sciences and Engineering.

Science has defined the structural change from a mining area to a technology region and today it is the most important economic factor. More than 50,000 people study and teach at the four universities and colleges in the Aachen region.

More than 7,000 international RWTH students from 120 nations, along with a large number of researchers from all over the world, give the scientific center of Aachen an open, international atmosphere. Teaching and research also find their expression in the image of the city. Thanks to the students and their diverse cultural life, the tradition-rich City of Aachen has a lively and young appearance, particularly in the student quarter of Pontviertel. Its proximity to the Eifel and the Ardennes, to Maastricht and Brussels with their linguistic and cultural distinctiveness, give the city that lies in the shadow of Charlemagne's palace chapel a particular charm. Living in Aachen

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