The Maddox Distinguished Engineering Chairs
The Maddox Chairs
- Donovan Maddox Distinguished Engineering Chair in Renewable Energy
- Jack Maddox Distinguished Engineering Chair in Biosciences
The Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University is committed to leveraging two exceptionally large endowed chairs at over $9 million each, to become one of the nation’s leaders in finding solutions to today’s global challenges. The college is seeking world-renowned researchers in renewable energy, particularly areas with long-term sustainability, and in all areas of the biosciences.
Candidates are expected to have an international reputation in a field of renewable energy science, the biosciences and/or engineering as evidenced by publications, citations and peer recognition. In addition, a record of acquiring external resources to support research, team building and mentoring of associates and graduate and undergraduate students is necessary. These chairs are intended to form the foundation of a leading edge research program in the chair’s area of expertise.
The successful candidates will set the tone, vision and path in order to build an internationally recognized program at Texas Tech University in renewable and sustainable energy research and in the biological sciences and engineering. The appointments will be as full professors in the Whitacre College of Engineering.
The holders of each of the Maddox Chairs will be expected to not only bring his or her own research activities to the Whitacre College of Engineering, but also to build a collaborative community of scholars at Texas Tech and a world-class research program.
About the University:
Texas Tech University, recently designated as an emerging research university by the state of Texas and therefore eligible for significant state investment in research, is on its way to becoming a state-designated, national research university in 2012. Its 2010 strategic plan charts a course for Texas Tech becoming a great public research university by 2020. The university has characteristics of a Carnegie-classified doctoral granting university with very high research productivity and is ranked by both the National Science Foundation and the Center for Measuring University Performance amongs the top 150 research universities in the country. Annually, the university boasts total research expenditures exceeding $125M, an endowment worth $430M, total Ph.D.s graduated more than 200, with undergraduate and graduate enrollments of 26,000 and 5,000, respectively, and with faculty who are increasingly being recognized for their scholarship by NSF, the Welch Foundation and others. It is expected that Texas Tech will at least double the size of its research activity by 2020. Texas Tech is actively engaged in strategic and cluster hiring to add capacity in critical areas tied to its strategic research themes (see Texas Tech University Strategic Plan and Strategic Plan for Research ).
Application Procedure:
Process: Screening will begin upon the receipt of applications and will continue until the positions are filled. Curriculum vitae, a cover letter and the names and contact information of at least four references should be submitted by email or by mail to the search firm, Greenwood/Asher & Associates at the following address:
Jan Greenwood or Betty Asher
Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc
42 Business Center Dr. Suite 206
Miramar Beach, Florida 32550
850.650.2277
jangreenwood@greenwoodsearch.com
bettyasher@greenwoodsearch.com
marykonovsky@greenwoodsearch.com
Questions about these strategic faculty positions should be directed to Greenwood/Asher or to:
Taylor Eighmy, Ph.D.
Chair, Maddox Chair Search Committee
Office of the Vice President for Research
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-1075
taylor.eighmy@ttu.edu
806.742.3905
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