Job Description

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech seeks applications for a tenure-track faculty position (assistant/associate) in the area of advanced experimental techniques in fluid mechanics, effective August 2026. We seek candidates with experience in a broad range of fundamental and applied studies. Areas of specific interest are, but not limited to, laser diagnostic techniques and other imaging techniques for measuring flow field details such as velocity, structure, species, and temperature. Candidates with expertise in creative measurement techniques for unique applications that may arise with collaborators across the department and college are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will collaborate with our current theoretical and computational faculty across a broad range of research areas. We are interested in an experimentalist who can develop large datasets in support of emerging artificial intelligence and machine lear...