Course Lecturer @ McGill University

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The Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED) is inviting applications for a Course Lecturer position for the Fall 2025 semester.

This appointment is for a fractional teaching load of a multidisciplinary project design course focusing on collaborative and sustainable product and service design. The course delivery will be shared with a Professor from the Faculty of Engineering.

SEAD 670 is the capstone project course for the students in TISED’s MEng: Sustainability in Engineering and Design program. The course lecturer will be responsible for delivering lectures, participating in the student progress evaluation panels and final assessments of the group design projects.

Course Title and Course Number: Collaborative Design for Sustainability - SEAD 670

Total credits: 5

Course schedule:

August 27 – December 3, 2025

Fridays, 11:35 am-02:25 pm (tentative, to be confirmed)

Deadline to Apply:

06/13/2025 @ 11:59 p.m. (EDT) (the posting will expire at midnight)

Teaching Qualification Requirements

Education:

Master’s Degree or Ph.D. in Engineering, Architecture or Urban Planning, or a closely related field

Experience:

Teaching experience in a university environment in English and/or French

Other qualification requirement(s):

Demonstrated knowledge (e.g., through publications, theses, teaching, work experience) in collaborative and multidisciplinary design for sustainability. Past experience in leading multidisciplinary teams in sustainable design of infrastructure, products, or processes with significant and quantifiable sustainability attributes. Experience with common sustainability design tools and frameworks such as LEED certification, circular economy, life cycle assessment (LCA) and ecological foot-printing of materials and embodied carbon.

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Hiring Unit:

TISED

Course Title:

Collaborative Design for Sustainability

Subject Code:

SEAD 670

Location:

TBC

Schedule:

Fridays, 11:35 am-02:25 pm (tentative, TBC)

Deadline to Apply:

2025-06-13

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Course Lecturer

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