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Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary - 25-1032.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Teach courses pertaining to the application of physical laws and principles of engineering for the development of machines, materials, instruments, processes, and services. Includes teachers of subjects such as chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, mineral, and petroleum engineering. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Professor
  • Instructor
  • Associate Professor
  • Electrical Engineering Professor
  • Assistant Professor
  • Chemical Engineering Professor
  • Engineering Instructor
  • Mechanical Engineering Professor
  • Engineering Professor
  • Adjunct Professor

SOC Occupation Groups

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Tasks

  • Act as advisers to student organizations.
  • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
  • Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate class discussions.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Participate in campus and community events.
  • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
  • Perform administrative duties such as serving as department head.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as mechanics, hydraulics, and robotics.
  • Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
  • Select and obtain materials and supplies such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
  • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
  • Supervise students' laboratory work.
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  • Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.

Detailed Work Activities

  • advise governmental or industrial personnel
  • advise students
  • apply field experience to classroom teaching
  • calculate engineering specifications
  • collect academic research data
  • compile bibliographies of specialized materials
  • conduct research on work-related topics
  • confer with engineering, technical or manufacturing personnel
  • convert information into instructional program
  • design classroom presentations
  • develop course or training objectives
  • develop instructional materials
  • direct and coordinate scientific research or investigative studies
  • encourage group participation
  • evaluate student performance
  • explain complex mathematical information
  • maintain educational records, reports, or files
  • make education presentations
  • mentor co-workers in school or educational setting
  • organize educational material or ideas
  • prepare educational reports
  • recognize construction industry codes or symbols on blueprints
  • record student progress
  • resolve engineering or science problems
  • teach college level courses
  • understand engineering data or reports
  • use computers to enter, access or retrieve educational data
  • use drafting or mechanical drawing techniques
  • use field notes in technical drawings
  • use library or online Internet research techniques
  • use oral or written communication techniques
  • use public speaking techniques
  • use scientific research methodology
  • use teaching techniques
  • use technical regulations for engineering problems
  • write research or project grant proposals
  • write scholarly or technical research papers

Military Crosswalk Titles

  • Instructor, Engineering (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
  • USMA, Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (Army - Commissioned Officer only)
  • USMA, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Army - Commissioned Officer only)

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

No information available.

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Faculty Member, College or University