At a Glance

• Sponsored program and research awards at the University of South Carolina rose 6.7% over last year, totaling $185 million for fiscal year 2007. Carolina faculty achieved a 23% increase in funding from the NSF.
• The University will be hiring 250 additional faculty members over the next several years.
• Development of the Innovista research district will include opening two new facilities in 2008 and continued progress on several research initiatives in alternative energy, computational science, nanotechnology, and biomedical science.
• The College of Engineering and Computing graduated 46 doctoral students in 2007 - second only to the College of Arts and Sciences.
• The College of Engineering and Computing is consistently producing NSF CAREER Award winners each year. Our faculty have also won numerous awards in their various disciplines.

College of Engineering and Computing Faculty Search: Computational Nanoscience, University 0f South Carolina

The University of South Carolina seeks to hire two tenure-track faculty members in computational nanoscience in one or more of the following departments: Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, or Physics. Successful candidates will have the ability to conduct computational nanoscience research that augments and complements existing USC expertise, including catalysis (with special emphasis in fuel cell and hydrogen technologies); nanoelectronics; bio/nano particles; polymer nanocomposites; and mathematical models and computational approaches for understanding signaling networks in a cellular and organismal context. See www.nano.sc.edu for more information.

Applicants should submit a letter of application, a vita, and a statement of research plans and should have three letters of recommendation sent to the Chair of the Computational Nanoscience Search Committee, Office of the Dean, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208, or electronically to compunano@engr.sc.edu.  Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the positions are filled.

The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.