Professor Position at the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

14 August 2018
Job title

Professor

Number

One person

Location

Earth Crust Engineering Laboratory in the Chair of Earth Resources
Engineering, Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto

Jobdescription

The missions of the Laboratory of Earth Crust Engineering are 1) toinnovate in the production technologies of energy and mineral
resources, and 2) to develop such earth resources-related newtechnologies applied to various resource types under difficult
conditions with the consideration to the preservation of the globalenvironment. The professor is expected to conduct pioneeringresearches, the education of undergraduate and graduate students inthese fields, and the supervision of students’ researches.
The specialties of the professor are earth resources engineering, rockengineering, engineering geology, solid earth sciences or any othergeoscientific fields. These are related to rock physical property, in-situ
stress, physicochemistry of geofluids, geologic structure in the crustnecessary to exploit hydrocarbon resources, geothermal energy,
mineral and metal resources.

The successful candidate holds (ⅰ) a degree of either PhD or Doctor
in the disciplines of earth resources or related academic fields, (ⅱ)
distinguished research records in the areas of the missions of thedivision, ( ⅲ ) excellent educational experiences in universities orRequirements
research institutions, (ⅳ) ability and enthusiasm in the management ofthe division and the department, ( ⅴ) ability of verbal and literalconversations in Japanese, and (ⅵ) ability to give classes in Japaneseand English.
Contract term

Anticipated start date: April 1st, 2019(or as early as possible from then on)

Probation
periodSix months following the Kyoto University regulations

Businesshours

Full-time employment in a discretionary working system
Working hours from 8:30 (starting time) to 17:15 (ending time)Days off: Saturday, Sunday, National holidays, Year-end and New
Year holidays, Foundation Day, and Summer vacation.

Salary andbenefits

To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations

Socialinsurance

Eligible for MEXT* mutual aid association membership, Employee’s
pensioninsurance,
Employment
insurance,andWorkers’compensation
insurance*Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Please submit the following documents and a CD/DVD including all
the document files in PDF format by means of trackable delivery
services．

ReferralInstructions

1) A CV including sectioned descriptions of (a) educational histories,and (b) experience as councilor or commissioner of national andlocal governments and academic societies,
2) A publication list sectioned for (a) peer-reviewed or refereed journal
papers with the latest impact factors, (b) peer-reviewed or refereed
proceedings papers, (c) non-reviewed papers, (d) published or edited
books or book chapters, (e) patents, and (f) competitive researchfunds with descriptions of “Principal Investigator,” “CoInvestigator” or “Research Collaborator” (Grants-in-Aid forScientific Research etc.),
3) Reprints or copies of five papers representing the candidates’
researches,4) A concise personal statement in about 2,000 Japanese lettersdescribing the candidate’s research achievements,
5) A concise personal statement in Japanese describing the candidate’s
education experiences and academic society activities,
6) A concise personal statement in about 2,000 Japanese lettersdescribing the candidate’s future vision for research and education
after the assignment in the Department, and7) A list of two references with contact information to whom theUniversity can ask for opinions on the research and education
experiences of the candidate.
Addressee:
Professor Weiren LIN
Department of Urban Management, Graduate School of Engineering,
Kyoto University
C1-1-109, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8540,
JAPAN
Application
Deadline

Due October 15th, 2018

Screening

The Selection Committee evaluates all candidates, based on thedocuments submitted. An interview may be scheduled, if necessary,and will be informed of to selected interviewees. No traveling costs
will be reimbursed.
The final candidate will be selected by the members of the Faculty
Consort of Global Engineering. Each candidate will be informed of the
final decision pertaining to him/herself only.

Notes

The university will not return the applicants’ application documents.
Personal information contained in the application documents will be
used solely for the purpose of screening applicants, and never for any
other purposes.
Kyoto University is creating a culturally diverse environment. An
equal opportunity is offered to this open position regardless of gender
or disability.
The information about the departments may be found at the following
URLs:
Civil and Earth Resources Engineering:
http://www.ce.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/index.html?set_language=en
Urban Management:
http://www.um.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/index.html?set_language=en

Contact

Professor Weiren LIN
Email: hayashi.tameto.6s@（Please append “kyoto-u.ac.jp” at the endof E-mail address）
fax：+81-75-383-3203