Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Built Infrastructure for Contested and Extreme Environments

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning Fall 2027. The successful candidate will conduct research at the intersection of built infrastructure in contested and extreme environments and force protection, including hardened facilities, shelters, and space habitation systems. The role requires expertise in materials, structures, and infrastructure systems resilient to blast, impact, thermal, and subsurface threats, as well as advanced sensing and autonomous monitoring. The candidate must complement existing departmental strengths in structural mechanics, materials, and computational modeling under extreme loading conditions. They will leverage facilities at the Laboratory for Systems Integrity and Reliability (LASIR) and collaborate with interdisciplinary centers such as the Institute for National Security, SCALES, VSEC, and VIIBE. Responsibilities include establishing...