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Now recruiting
Date of update : 2024/06/14 End date of accepting applications : 2024/09/20
Now recruiting
Date of update : 2024/06/14
End date of accepting applications : 2024/09/20

Work location : Tohoku district - Miyagi

Date of publication : 2024/06/14

Call for one professor (Department of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society, Division of Resources Strategies, Environmental Harmony System Science Laboratory）

D124061074

National university

Tohoku University

Research field : Energy Engineering - Earth resource engineering, Energy sciences | Environmental science - Environmental load reduction and remediation | Manufacturing Technology - Design engineering

Professor level : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    Candidates shall be responsible for the research and education about the machines and/or systems that contribute to develop environmentally sustainable society. Candidates are requested to have extensive knowledge and research experience in machines and/or systems contributing to the sustainable development and utilization of the geosphere environment, energy, and resources, and have high insight and excellent leadership. Candidates must possess a doctoral degree and have a strong motivation to create new research fields and to participate in the education for graduate students in Graduate School of Environmental Studies and undergraduate students in Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering. Any nationality is acceptable, but candidates must possess the Japanese language ability to carry out education, university management, etc.

  • Work content and job description

    Successful candidates will be engaged in education and research for graduate students in Graduate school of Environmental Studies and undergraduate students in Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering

  • Assigned department

    Newly established departments

    Department of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society, Division of Resources Strategies, Environmental Harmony System Science Laboratory

    Date of new establishment : 2025/4/1

Tohoku University

Job type

  • Professor level

Research field

  • Energy Engineering - Earth resource engineering, Energy sciences
  • Environmental science - Environmental load reduction and remediation
  • Manufacturing Technology - Design engineering

Wages

  • Annual Salary : 8 million yen ~ 12 million yen

Working hours

  • Working hours :08:30-17:15

    Break time :12:00-13:00

    Holidays : Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year holidays (12/29 - 1/3)

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor

  • Work experience

    Candidates shall be responsible for the research and education about the machines and/or systems that contribute to develop environmentally sustainable society. Candidates are requested to have extensive knowledge and research experience in machines and/or systems contributing to the sustainable development and utilization of the geosphere environment, energy, and resources, and have high insight and excellent leadership. Candidates must possess a doctoral degree and have a strong motivation to create new research fields and to participate in the education for graduate students in Graduate School of Environmental Studies and undergraduate students in Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering. Any nationality is acceptable, but candidates must possess the Japanese language ability to carry out education, university management, etc.

  • Description

    Responsible subjects:
    At Graduate School level
    Seminar on Environmental Studies for Advanced Society
    Master Course Seminar on Environmental Studies for Advanced Society
    Advanced Seminar on Environmental Studies for Advanced Society
    Doctor Course Seminar on Environmental Studies for Advanced Society
    Advanced Energy and Resource Sciences

    At Undergraduate level
    Seminar
    Fluid Mechanics
    Computational Mechanics
    Design and Drawing
    Geomechanics

    Part of General Education classes taught by Graduate School members

Employment Type

  • Regular employee

    Full-time

Contract period

  • Tenured - Non-tenure track

    Probationary period absent

Work location

  • 980-8579 Miyagi 6-6, Aramaki-aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai

Compensation

  • Various systems

    Pay increase system : available

    Bonus : available

    Retirement allowances : available

    Transportation expenses : available

    Retirement age : available

  • Insurance

    Employees' Health Insurance : available

    Employees' Pension Insurance : available

    Worker's accident insurance : available

    Employment insurance : available

Application Considerations

Number of hired

    1 person(s)

    Hiring date : 2025/04/01

    Starting date : 2025/04/01

  • Job content supplemental explanation

    If it is difficult to arrive on 4/1/2025, as soon as possible after that date

Application period

  • 2024/06/14~2024/09/20 Deadline for receipt

Application method

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Mailing
    with photograph attached
    Achievements and Activities : Mailing
    research papers, conference proceedings, reviews, books, patents

    Other Mailing Documents
    (1)Summary of research activities to date (about 3 pages on A4 paper) and Up to 10 major research papers
    (2)List of research funding/grants
    (3)List of awards and honors
    (4)List of educational activities and social activities
    (5)Future research plan (about 2 pages on A4 paper)
    (6)Aspirations for educational activities (about 2 pages on A4 paper)
    (7)Referee’s contact information: name, institution, position, telephone number, and email address (2 referees)

  • Return of application documents

    We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  • Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

    980-8572 Miyagi 468-1, Aramaki-aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai
    The Person in Charge of the Professor Recruitment for Environmental Harmony System Science Laboratory,Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University

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Selection / Notification of result

  • Selection

    Application Screening and Interview

  • Notification of result

    Selection method: Selection will be made through an application screening. Only short-listed candidates will be invited for interviews. We cannot pay for expenses such as transportation expenses.

Contact details

Tohoku University

Tohoku University Graduate School of Environmental Studies

Atsushi Okamoto

0227956334

atsushi.okamoto.d4@tohoku.ac.jp

Notes

•Tohoku University promotes activities to increase Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and encourages people of varied talents from all backgrounds to apply for positions at the university.
•Pursuant to Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment, Tohoku University shall, as a measure for increasing the presence of women among the academic staff, prioritize the hiring of women deemed qualified for each job opening, based on impartial evaluation.
•Tohoku University has the largest on-campus childcare system of all Japanese national universities. This network comprises three nurseries: Kawauchi Keyaki Nursery school (capacity: 22) and Aobayama Midori Nursery school (116), both open to all university employees, as well as Hoshinoko Nursery school (120), which is open to employees working on Seiryo Campus. In addition, Tohoku University Hospital runs a childcare room for mildly ill and convalescent children which is available to all university employees

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