Automated Fabrication of Concrete Structures Junior Professorship (W1) with tenure track towards W2

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Junior Professorin Automated Fabrication of ConcreteStructuresat the Faculty of Civil Engineering

This is a tenure-track junior professorship leading to a tenured W2 position. For further information about the tenure track process, please visit are inviting applications for a junior professor position in the area ofautomated fabrication of concrete structures, to be filled as soon as possible. The professorship is a key early-career appointment within the Cluster of Excellence EXC 3115 Climate-Neutral and Resource-EfficientConstruction (CARE). The professorship will play a central role in the scientific operation and further development of CARE*fab – the Laboratory for Digital Fabrication of Concrete Structures, one of the cluster’s core research infrastructures. The position is affiliated with the Institute of Structural Concrete within the Faculty of Civil Engineering at RWTH Aachen University.The professorship addresses one of the key future challenges of structural engineering: how to transform concrete construction from a largely traditional and craft-based process into a digital, automated, resource-efficient, and climate-neutral production paradigm. Research will focus on developing the theoretical foundations, design models, and experimentalmethods required for the precise and resource-efficient design and fabrication of plain and reinforced concrete structures using steel reinforcement as well as alternative reinforcement systems, with particular emphasis on automated off-site manufacturing. The successful candidate is expected to have an outstanding research profile in structural engineering, with particular expertise in structural concrete, and to advance the futureof concrete construction through the application and further developmentof modern manufacturing and automation technologies. The overall objective is to develop innovative manufacturing technologies together with the associated structural models and design approaches that quantifyprocess-induced effects and incorporate them into the structural designof reinforced concrete structures. This will provide the scientific basis forthe reliable assessment, design and future standardization of automatically manufactured reinforced concrete structures.

Research is expected to address the following areas:

• Robot-assisted manufacturing and post-processing technologies,
• Structural behavior, including load-bearing capacity, cracking and deformation, of automatically manufactured reinforced concrete structures,
• Digital process chains and AI-supported production optimization,
• Experiment-based characterization of material and structural performance under automated manufacturing conditions.

Teaching is a core mission of RWTH Aachen University. The successfulcandidate will be expected to develop and deliver courses in the field ofautomated fabrication of concrete structures within the German- and English-language Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in Civil Engineering.Candidates should have a university degree and a particular ability to undertake academic work, which is generally demonstrated by an outstanding doctorate. Teaching ability and dedication are essential and the application should include proof of this. Fluent German is not required tostart the position but the successful candidate will be expected to holdclasses in German within the first 5 years.As the professorship is embedded within the Cluster of Excellence EXC3115 Climate-Neutral and Resource-Efficient Construction (CARE), activeand committed participation in the cluster’s research activities is expected. Applicants should demonstrate an outstanding publication record as well as a strong commitment to collaborative research within the Faculty of Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, the Profile AreaBuilt and Lived Environment (BLE), and with the partner institution, TUApplicants are required to submit both a research statement and ateaching statement. The research statement should outline the candidate’s planned research program, explain the candidate’s scientific fit with the advertised position, and describe the vision for the further development of the professorship. In particular, it should present plans for establishing an independent research group, strategies for acquiring competitive third-party funding, and concepts for integration into national and international research networks, standardization bodies, and interdisciplinary research collaborations. The teaching statement should describe the candidate’s vision for the further development of teaching in the fields ofstructural engineering and structural concrete at RWTH Aachen University and outline the candidate’s teaching philosophy and pedagogical experience.