Professor in Aeronautical Sciences

The Department for Aviation and Aeronautical Sciences is recruiting a Professor in Aeronautical Sciences

The Department for Aviation and Aeronautical Sciences conducts research and education within the aeronautical sciences, specifically focusing on the three areas sustainable aviation, unmanned aviation and aviation safety. The department’s research is in a development/build-up phase. Senior lecturers have been recruited to the three areas and now we recruit a professor to lead the development of the whole. The departments research facilites are located at Campus Ljungbyhed which offers a unique opportunity to do research, development and education with access to an airport infrastructure with a runway system as well as a controlled airspace.

The department runs two research infrastructures: The UAS Lab for development and applications of unmanned aerial systems, as well as a jet engine-lab for fundamental and applied research on sustainable aviation fuels and drive train technology.

The department is a certified commercial flight school (ATO) as well as an authorized drone school (ADS). These flight schools are run under the name Lund University School of Aviation, the only state-run civilian flight school in Sweden.

Subject

Aeronautical Sciences.

Subject description

The subject is broad and includes an integrated whole of the three research areas sustainable aviation, unmanned aviation and aviation safety. The area sustainable aviation focuses on technologies for sustainable power trains (e.g. bio fuel, electricity, hydrogen) and related engine technology. The area unmanned aviation focuses on development and applications of unmanned aerial systems (mission planning, interface design, system autonomy, system integration). The area aviation safety applies a system perspective in studies of interactions and relations between actors and artefacts at all levels between work (e.g. piloting or aircraft maintenance) and crafting legal and regulatory frameworks. The department’s professor is expected to create an integrated whole of the three areas so that they are run and developed in close collaboration, e.g. in research projects including several of the areas.

Work duties

Work duties include:

• Research within the subject area.
• Teaching in the first, second and third cycles of studies.
• Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students.
• Actively seeking external research funding.
• Collaboration with industry and wider society.
• Overarching coordination and development of the department’s research groups and infrastructures.
• Administration related to the work duties listed above.

Qualification requirements

Appointment as a Professor requires that the applicant has:

• Demonstrated research expertise.
• Demonstrated teaching expertise.
• Completed at least five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning, or acquired equivalent knowledge by other means, unless there are valid reasons.

Assessment criteria

When assessing the applicants, special importance will be given to research and teaching expertise within the subject, where research expertise is of greater importance than teaching expertise.

The assessment criteria specify the aspects to be taken into account, and the level to be achieved, in order for the assessment criteria to be deemed fulfilled. The following assessment criteria must be fulfilled for appointment to Professor:

• A very good national and international standing as a researcher. The requirement for international experience shall be assessed with consideration to the character and traditions of the subject.
• A very high level of teaching skills, including a very good ability to conduct, develop and lead teaching and other educational activities on different levels and using a variety of teaching methods.
• A good ability to supervise doctoral students to achieve a PhD.
• A good ability to collaborate with wider society and communicate his or her activities.
• A good general ability to lead and develop activities.

Additional requirements

• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• Significant documented research experience (e.g. from postdoc or doctoral studies) from another university/institute or relevant experience from industry/public sector.
• Collaborative skills, initiative and the ability to solve work tasks independently.

The extent to which the applicant, through their experience and skills, may complement and strengthen ongoing research, undergraduate education, departmental innovation, and how they can contribute to the future development of the department will also be taken into consideration.

We offer

Lund University is a public authority which means that employees get particular benefits, generous annual leave and an advantageous occupational pension scheme.  Read more on the University website about being a Lund University employee: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-university/work-lund-university.

Instructions on how to apply

Applications shall be written in English. Please draw up the application in accordance with LTH’s Academic qualifications portfolio – see link below. Upload the application as PDF-files in the recruitment system. Read more:

http://www.lth.se/english/working-at-lth/to-apply-for-academic-positions-at-lth/