Lecturer

Required Qualifications

• Doctorate in mechanical engineering or a related field required for appointment
  
• The ability to instruct effectively at both the graduate and undergraduate levels to a diverse group of engineering students is required.
  
• Ability to teach courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, system dynamics and controls, design and manufacturing, and to serve as a senior design instructor.
  
• Expertise and documented teaching activities must demonstrate a strong potential to enhance the department�s teaching missions.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience teaching engineering curriculum at an institute of higher education is highly desired.
  
• Duties/responsibilities
  
• This short-term position is for AY26 and is to teach two 4xxx-level 4-credit courses during Fall 2025 and two 4xxx-level 4-credit courses during Spring 2026. As the instructor of record for an entire course, responsibilities include (but not limited to): develop and provide instruction, prepare and deliver lectures for assigned course; prepare class materials, homework assignments, quizzes, exams, laboratory experiments; assess student work, grade examinations, reports, and assign final grades; hold office hours. (34%)
  

• Manage the operation and administration of the course, including: organization of course and maintain course CANVAS site; communication with students enrolled in course; operation of all laboratory experiments, if a lab component is part of the course; manage the Teaching Assistants (TAs) assigned to the course; follow all CSE & UMN policies related to Instructor and Unit Responsibilities; perform other duties directly related to the delivery of a course. (33%)
  

• Work with the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUGS) to contribute to the training of the TAs across the Mechanical Engineering department for both the fall and spring term. This includes: maintaining the Mechanical Engineering Departments TA CANVAS site; attend the fall ME TA orientation; lead the spring ME TA orientation; communicate with the TAs throughout the year through both the ME TA group email address and the ME TA CANVAS page and answer questions as they arise. (33%)
  

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has an internationally recognized faculty, and is part of the College of Science and Engineering, the highly interdisciplinary college of engineering, physical sciences, and mathematics.

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