The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the Tickle College of Engineering (TCE) of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), is seeking qualified candidates for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor.This position belongs to a college-level cluster hire in Smart, Sustainable, Energy-Efficient Manufacturing with an emphasis on polymer material processing/manufacturing in the MSE department. This position is for an Assistant Professor to collaborate in promoting research leadership and will be in support of two additional new hires at the full professor and associate professor ranks in TCE?s other departments. This initiative is in response to the substantial growth in the combined sectors of smart manufacturing and sustainabilit