Successful candidates will demonstrate a clear vision for expanding the research enterprise of the department, a plan for the continued growth of its graduate and undergraduate educational programs, and the ability to build strong relationships with the health care, biotechnology, energy, and process industries as well as with other academic units across the university. Departmental research spans biomaterials and tissue engineering, biomechanics and cardiovascular engineering, bioimaging and biophotonics, neuroengineering, artificial intelligence and data science for health, drug delivery and nanomedicine, catalysis and energy systems, electrochemical engineering, soft matter and polymers, and membranes and separations.