The University of Nevada, Reno, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, starting July 1, 2010. Outstanding applicants with expertise in all areas of chemical engineering are welcome, especially those with expertise related to renewable energy.

Duties include teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels and establishing an active, independent, and innovative funded research program in Chemical Engineering. The candidate will be required to interact with federal and state agencies as well as private industry to develop research programs. The Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering department currently has an active research program with $7.5 million in externally funded research.

The University of Nevada, Reno is the land-grant institution for the State of Nevada with an enrollment of 17,000 students. Our program offers the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering. The department has a total of 9 full-time tenure track faculty members.

Nestled in the valley of the Truckee River on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, Reno offers an excellent quality of life. The region combines a mild high desert climate with a large variety of nearby recreational opportunities. Lake Tahoe is less than an hour away by car, while Yosemite National Park and the Black Rock Desert are both within a three-hour drive. Featuring a multi-seasonal tourist industry, Reno also offers entertainment and cultural opportunities far in excess of those typically found in a city of 400,000.

To apply and further information on the position please go to the following website:
https://www.unrsearch.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=54104

The Chem|Met Department is pleased to announce that Professor Dev Chadambaram will be joining our department this Fall, arriving on September 8. Professor Chadambaram’s research focuses on bioenergy, biofunctional and biohybrid materials, nanomaterials, environmental remediation, corrosion sciences; electrochemistry, and surface analysis. He obtained his Ph.D. in Material Sciences and Engineering at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.  Our Deparment welcomes Prof. Chidambaram and we invite faculty, staff, and students to stop by and say hello to Dev upon his arrival.

“The University is a leader in renewable energy education in Nevada, and through this collaborative we can work to make Nevada a powerhouse in renewable energy in the entire country,” said Manoranjan Misra, a professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Engineering. “We have research on hydrogen fuels, bio-diesel, plants to biofuel, geothermal and the many subcategories and components of these types of renewable power. We will continue to work to bring together education and industry to develop these systems here in Nevada, boosting the economy with jobs as well as sales of products and services.”

All Misra has to do to reinforce this point is to simply look out the window of his office in the Laxalt Mineral Engineering Building on the University campus.

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Silicon Nanophotonics and Photovoltaics: Materials Scientists’ New Role in the Next Information Age and Alternative Energy Era

Dr. Donghwan Ahn
University of Texas, Austin

Friday, June 05, 2009
3:00 P.M.
LMR 353

One of the most important achievements made by materials scientists in this decade has been the successful exploration of silicon-based group IV materials as a new viable photonic solutions platform – a realm that has been traditionally dominated by III-V compound semiconductors. Materials engineers are currently being urged to develop silicon’s advanced photonic functionalities, and especially, the importance of silicon at the photon-electron conversion interface is utmost in two main application areas: 1) the on-chip optical interconnect and 2) photovoltaics as an alternative energy solution.

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The University of Nevada, Reno has formalized their renewable energy research efforts in a new collaborative, the Renewable Energy Center, that will focus efforts and coordinate programs for competitive research with plans to increase Nevada’s national stature in the renewable energy field.

“The University is a leader in renewable energy research education in Nevada, and through this collaborative we can work to make Nevada a powerhouse in renewable energy in the entire country,” Professor Mano Misra, the director of the new Center, said.

“We have research on hydrogen fuels, bio-diesel, wind power, plants to biofuel, geothermal, and the many subcategories and components of these types of renewable power, and our work is not just be for the sake of research,” Misra said. “We will continue to work to bring together education and industry to develop these systems here in Nevada, boosting the economy with jobs as well as sales of products and services.” … read more »