About this position
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Summary</b></H2> </div><div><p>Visiting Assistant or Associate Professor (exact rank to be determined) in Entertainment and Engineering 1-semester contract beginning August 16, 2027 and ending December 31, 2027.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Qualifications</b></H2> </div><div><p>• Demonstrated experience in engineering in the entertainment industry, in areas that could include animated character creation, structural or mechanical design, control systems design and integration, scenic automation.<br>• MFA, MA, MS, ME, or PhD in live entertainment and/or engineering, or equivalent professional experience.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Responsibilities</b></H2> </div><div><p>The Fusion Studio for Entertainment and Engineering in collaboration with the Department of Theatre and Dance at Purdue University invites applications for a Visiting Professor in Entertainment and Engineering with experience with applied engineering design and practice in the professional entertainment industry. The successful candidate will have experience in the development of moving and automated scenery, structural elements for live entertainment, entertainment controls and networking, or animated characters. The Visiting Professor will teach one course in one of these (or related) areas.</p> <p><br>The Visiting Faculty member will have full access to the John Martinson Entertainment and Engineering Labs and the opportunity to develop their own research and/or course/curricular materials focused on the intersection of engineering and the entertainment industry.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Procedure</b></H2> </div><div><p>Candidates should submit application materials electronically via <a href="https://careers.purdue.edu/44932">https://careers.purdue.edu/44932</a> . </p> <p><br>A complete application includes cover letter, resume/CV, and three references include email and contact information.</p> <p><br>Preferential deadline is February 1, 2027.</p> <p><br>A background check is required for employment in this position.</p> <p><br>Candidates must have the ability to work in the United States without visa sponsorship from Purdue University.</p> <p><br>Purdue University is an equal Opportunity/Equal Access university.</p></div></div></div>
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