Assistant Professor - SimPORTAL

Employer:University of Minnesota (Doctoral University)
Location:Minneapolis, MN 55455
Category:Faculty position of:
Urology
Posted:Mar. 01, 2010
Job Type:Full-time, Non-tenure track
Deadline:Open until filled

Description & Requirement

The Department of Urologic Surgery's SimPORTAL seeks an outstanding scientist with excellent leadership qualities to serve as assistant professor (non-tenure track) and as a researcher in the area of medical simulation. This individual is expected to lead the technical team performing research, development and implementation of medical models and provide simulation techniques for a real-life surgical learning environment.  

The candidate should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science, mechanical engineering or Biomedical Engineering or a related area; fluent programming skills; advanced texturing and modeling with experience in FEM, mass-spring and meshless methods rendering. Haptics research and at least 3-years of experience with medical simulation is a pre-requisite.


Application

To apply, submit an application to the University of Minnesota's online employment website at http://employment.umn.edu to requisition #164473

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