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Position Description

The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, along with our interdisciplinary research team comprising experts in Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Neuroscience, and Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), invites applications for a Ph.D. student position, starting in Spring or Fall 2025. The successful candidate will engage in cutting-edge research utilizing electroencephalography (EEG), functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and/or functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technologies to explore neuroergonomics and neuroenvironmental design applications in architecture and construction. This position is particularly suitable for candidates with a background in biomedical engineering, neuroscience, or civil/architectural engineering interested in applying their expertise to improve human interactions with built environments.

Key Research Areas

Neuroergonomics: Optimizing work environments and systems through understanding brain and behavior interactions.

Neuroenvironmental Design: Examining the impact of various architectural design and environments (e.g., temperature)

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Reno, Nevada – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delivered preliminary flood maps for Washoe County, the cities of Reno and Sparks, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Nevada. The maps identify revised flood hazards along 64 streams throughout Washoe County. The new maps will help building officials, contractors, and homeowners make effective mitigation decisions, thereby contributing to safer and more disaster resilient communities. 

Before the new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) become effective, there is a 90-day appeal period from September 18, 2025 to December 17, 2025. During that time, residents or businesses with supporting technical and scientific information, such as detailed hydraulic or hydrologic data, can appeal the flood risk information on the preliminary maps, which can be viewed at hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/prelimdownload/

Flood hazards are dynamic and change frequently for many reasons, including weather patterns, erosion, and community development. Officials from FEMA and Washoe County worked together to provide updated information that accurately reflects the flood risk. These changes may also affect future building standards or insurance requirements. 

The local mapping project is part of a national effort led by FEMA to increase local knowledge of flood risks and support actions to address and reduce the effects of flooding on new and improved structures. FEMA encourages residents to review the preliminary flood maps to learn about local flood risks,

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Auburn University’s National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) and the Department of Mechanical Engineering invite applications for an Assistant Research Professor. This position is a 12-month non-tenure track faculty assignment within the Auburn University research faculty family. The selected individual will have an initial appointment for one year, which may be renewed for future years based on need, availability of funding, and performance.

The individual in this position will support multiple additive manufacturing projects due to significant growth of the NCAME center in the past few years. The position will also support multiple additive manufacturing projects, supervise students, interact with sponsors, as well as write reports, papers and proposals for projects from NASA, NSF, DARPA, etc.

The National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence at Auburn University, which was founded in 2017 through partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Institute

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Job ID: 261705

Assistant/Associate Professor
Auburn University Position Description: The McWhorter School of Building Science (BSCI) at Auburn University seeks applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. The candidate should be willing to engage in innovative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary teaching, research, and/or scholarly outreach and service activities by forming strong relationships with students, faculty, alumni, industry, and other academic and professional institutions.

The successful candidate is expected to:

Teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses. Current areas of teaching need include (but are not limited to) building structures, construction documents, electrical construction, scheduling and field management, construction law, and virtual design and construction. Develop an active program of scholarly research and/or outreach scholarship in accordance with the school and university mission. Actively direct undergraduate and graduate student

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