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The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State University is hiring a tenure-line faculty member in the area of batteries and energy storage, including battery materials, chemical kinetics, and systems for electrochemical energy storage. There are broad opportunities for research collaboration at Penn State, including the Battery & Energy Storage Technology Center (https://best.psu.edu/), the Institute for Energy & Environment (https://iee.psu.edu/home), and the Materials Research Institute (https://www.mri.psu.edu/). This position is co-funded by the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Energy & Environment.
Applications should be submitted using Penn State’s Workday system at https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Academic/details/Assistant-or-Associate-Professor-in-the-Department-of-Mechanical-Engineering_REQ_0000070939-1. Review of applications will begin on Oct. 31, 2025.

Mary I. Frecker, Ph.D.
Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering
Riess Chair in Engineering
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802