Environmental Engineer

• Develop an externally funded research program leading to national and international recognition, pertaining to environmental design and engineering at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and to contribute to the operation and promotion of the department, college, university, and the profession.
• Develop collaborative research projects, and to directly support the mission of the College/University engineering initiative.
• Train graduate and undergraduate students in engineering (e.g., mass/energy balances, thermodynamics, reaction engineering, transport phenomena, or process design and control).
• Explore projects related to carbon transformations, advanced separations and reaction chemistry for a sustainable climate, energy, and environmental future.
• Demonstrated interest and expertise in developing novel functional materials, computational molecular scale simulations, electrochemistry, photochemistry, interfacial phenomena in multiphase environments.
• Responsibilities include engaging in developing research-practice partnerships with local school districts, government offices, community organizations and external stakeholders.
• Research tasks include conducting design-based implementation research (DBIR), facilitating experiential learning; collecting observational, survey and data; analyzing data qualitatively and through mixed-methods approaches; presenting findings at research and practitioner conferences and at community events; co-authoring publications with research team and partners.
• Consulting with and mentoring teams of graduate and undergraduate students; coordinating projects' activities, including scheduling, and facilitating meetings, assigning tasks and supporting research assistants, managing communication among partners.
• Lead informative, relevant product training for internal technical service staff, service training, and other engineering teams.
• including field tests.
• Seek external support; consulting with and mentoring teams of graduate and undergraduate students; coordinating projects' activities, including scheduling, and facilitating meetings, assigning tasks and supporting research assistants, managing.
• Communication among partners.
• Participates in the development of project goals, stating problems to be investigated, creating engineering design, and proposing procedures to be followed.
• Assists in developing systems for data collection and data management; writes portions of manuscripts and reports; prepares materials for conferences; work well with a team of scientists; consults colleagues or scientific literature to develop professional expertise.
• Provides a balance of research, analysis, and engineering support on a broad range of issues related to agriculture and energy efficiency.
• Perform research that connects agriculture needs with policies that help lower technology adoption barriers and accelerate technology adoption.
• Provides environmental engineering services to internal collaborators and extremal customers.
• Engage in departmental, college and university-level service activities, as well as participate in national and international professional activities.

• Support extension and outreach to stakeholders; and collaborating with disadvantaged communities to increase and maintain access to water, wastewater, and solid waste facilities.
• Contribute to detailed research reports, white papers, fact sheets, and regulatory comments, and to presentation materials including formal presentations, seminars, and short courses.
• Coordinate and collaborate with numerous research faculty on cross-cutting research projects as well as with external colleagues and partners.
• Other duties as assigned by the PI/Dean.

• Excellent writing and presentation skills,
• Organizational and project coordination skills.
• The Ability to work independently and successfully prioritize and coordinate multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Takes the initiative to recognize problems and clearly explain potential solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, using oral and written communication skills.
• Education: Preferred: Degree in professional engineering. To be acceptable, the background must: be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
• 3+ years of experience with environmental planning.
• Working knowledge of Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, National Preservation Act, Section 4(f) and other state and fed eral environmental laws and regu[ations.
• Strong knowledge and experience in interpreting, applying and documenting federal, state and local safety; Department of Transportation, and environmental regulations.
• Knowledge of area-specific federal and state environmental laws and regulations required.
• Successful experience: One or more years of successful experience in managing, analyzing, and reporting using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Access, and PowerPoint.

• Demonstrated passion for energy, environmental, and/or agricultural production.
• Engages with federal agencies and policymakers.
• Reliable attendance and work results.
• Effective interaction and working relationships with fellow researchers.

Delaware State University