HNEI employs an integrated approach to developing public/private partnerships and management of projects to reduce Hawai‘i’s dependence on imported energy resources and move the state toward energy self-sufficiency, including projects that:
- Address critical technical, scientific, and policy barriers to achieving energy self-sufficiency
- Emphasize innovative technologies and approaches focusing on environmental attributes, reliability, and affordability
- Ensure that technologies and processes developed will be commercially viable
- Give priority to indigenous Hawai‘i resources.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and sustain an extramurally funded research program
- Teach graduate courses
- Mentor and support students and postdoctoral researchers
- Publish in peer-reviewed journals and in other fora as appropriate
- Serve the department, school, university, and scientific and professional communities
- Coordinate use and maintenance of field installations
Assistant Professor Minimum Qualifications
- Ph.D. degree from a college or university of recognized standing in Ocean/Marine Engineering or a closely related discipline
- Demonstrated ability as a teacher and student mentor
- Demonstrated capability for high quality research
- Excellent communication skills
- Practical and/or professional research experience in fields of relevance to the advancement of marine energy technologies, especially wave energy conversion
- Professionalism in meeting and conferring with others
Associate Professor Minimum Qualifications
Same as Assistant Professor minimum qualifications with the addition of the following qualifications:
- A minimum of four years of service as Assistant Professor or equivalent
Desirable Qualifications for Assistant and Associate Professor
- Applicants at the Associate Professor level are preferred, but outstanding applicants at the Assistant Professor level with a proven track record will be considered
- Established extramurally funded projects
- Licensure as a Professional Engineer
- Practical and/or professional experience with coastal engineering, offshore engineering, ocean resources engineering, and oceanographic instrumentation
- Experience working with or in a research institute at an institution of higher learning
- Expertise managing multi-disciplinary teams
- Demonstrated action aimed at fostering an inclusive, respectful, equitable, and welcoming work environment
- Knowledge in core Wave Energy Converter (WEC) topics such as theory behind wave energy conversion, wave resource assessment, numerical and experimental modeling of WECs, Power Take-Off design, as demonstrated through journal publications, workshops, or similar contributions.
- Experience related to other forms of marine energy, including ocean thermal energy conversion, tidal energy, or others
- Proven ability to expand the boundaries (state of the art) of WEC research
- Experience collaborating nationally or internationally with peers, including formulating competitive proposals and successfully navigating the proposal process.
- Experience managing key aspects of operations at full-scale or nursery WEC test sites
- Experience with attracting WEC developers and stakeholders to test sites through outreach, partnership development, or strategic initiatives.
Department: University of Hawai’I at Manoa – School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
Application deadline: Continuous – application review begins April 14, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled.
Salary Information: F3 (or F4) salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
