Professor/Associate Professor - Electrical & Electronics Engineering - Circuit and Device --Semiconductor lot at Kenya Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kenya-AIST)

Position Overview

We are seeking experienced professors to lead our expanding research and teaching initiatives. These positions provide an opportunity to provide strategic leadership in designing, developing, and implementing comprehensive teaching and learning programmes at the Institute. You will develop and execute the Institute's research strategies within your area of specialization, mobilize resources, mentor academic staff and students, establish academic-industry collaborations, champion research dissemination, and drive technology transfer and innovation commercialization.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and lead research partnerships, collaborations, and linkages in your area of specialization at national, regional, and international levels
• Initiate and lead external bids for research funding and consultancies within your area of specialization
• Exercise intellectual and educational leadership, guiding the academic direction of your research area
• Promote innovative approaches to course design and delivery while ensuring compliance with the Institute's quality framework, educational standards, and regulations
• Identify learning needs of students and design appropriate learning outcomes
• Assess student learning activities, conduct examinations, and provide constructive feedback
• Provide academic leadership by fostering a vibrant and productive academic environment
• Develop laboratory manuals in line with approved curricula in your thematic area
• Supervise students' theses, dissertations, internships, and attachments as applicable
• Mentor teaching and research staff and students in your area of specialization
• Champion the dissemination of research outputs and outcomes in your research areas
• Collaborate with stakeholders and industry in technology transfer and commercialization of innovations