
Are you looking for the next step in your academic career in Acoustics, do you have interest and ambitions for both research and teaching, then DTU Electro offers a position as Assistant Professor in Acoustic Sensing methods that could give you the opportunity to take that next step in your career.
We are looking for a Scientist that has demonstrated experience with a variety of Acoustic Sensing methods and Acousto Optic method in particular, and who will be driving this area forward.
You will join a vibrant scientific environment in the Acoustic Technology group and will develop your research field in collaboration with others also on an international levels, and will go to scientific conferences, international meetings and international visits to other research labs to present your work and interact with other experts in the field. You will also interact with students via lectures and lab exercises in scheduled courses as well as one on one supervision of BSc/MSc thesis projects.
Responsibilities and qualifications
As an Assistant Professor you will be developing your pedagogical skills and your teaching portfolio and will be responsible for planning and running course(s) on the Engineering Acoustics MSc program.
You will also be driving your research field forward and engaging in development of activities within your own focus area as well as related areas. You will be developing new measurement methods that will have both an impact on research and teaching.
You will develop and expand you scientific network with new partners from both other universities and relevant industrial partners and pursue external funding for such collaborations where relevant.
You will also occasionally engage in outreach activities.
Your main task and responsibilities will be:
- Teaching: Running and developing courses in the Engineering Acoustics MSc program
- Research: Developing the area of acousto optics and achieving as solid scientific impact of the research
- Expanding your collaboration with external partners in academia and industry
The candidate will carry out fundamental research in the field of Acousto-Optic Sensing and Acoustic Signal Processing. For the current position, it is expected that the applicant has research experience in:
- Acousto-Optics
- Experimental techniques for Acoustics
- Acoustic Signal Processing.
For example, having research experience in areas such as Acoustical Holography, Sound Field Analysis and Reconstruction, Optical Interferometry, Optical Spectrometry and Image Processing is considered an advantage. In addition to this, familiarity with Inverse Problems, Regularization, Signal Reconstruction and Machine Learning is appreciated.
You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.
As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent).
You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:
- Experience and quality of teaching
- Research experience
- Research vision and potential
- International impact and experience
- Societal impact
- Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
- Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
- Communication skills
Further information may be obtained from Finn Agerkvist, ([email protected]).
Application procedure
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