The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering (MABE) at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is seeking exceptionally qualified candidates for a tenure-track faculty appointment at the rank of Full Professor in mechanical engineering. Manufacturing is expected to become the single largest funding area at multiple federal agencies due to existing and future supply chain issues related to all aspects of our economy and defense. The global climate/energy challenge requires incorporation of sustainability (via energy and materials reduction) into all manufacturing processes.  This optimization will be achieved through emerging artificial intelligence (AI) and physics-informed algorithms applied to traditional (e.g., casting, forging, and machining) and emergin