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Hiring Unit: Department of Bioengineering
Position: Course Lecturer
Course Code and Title: BIEN 300 - Thermodynamics in Bioengineering
Position and course description:
The candidate will be responsible for the teaching, course management, and grading activities in the course.
Applicants must be familiar with the course content:
Internal Energy, Work, The three Laws of Thermodynamics, Enthalpy, and Entropy.
Basic concepts of energy in living organisms: distribution of energy, energy conservation in living organisms, isothermal systems, Gibbs free energy in chemical coupling, reversible processes and redox reactions.
Application of Thermodynamics in defining biological processes and components such as hydrolysis, osmosis, ELISA, PCR, DNA, amino acids, proteins.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:

• Ph.D. in Engineering or the Natural Sciences
• At least 1 year teaching experience
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) license required (or in progress).
• Expertise in fundamentals of thermodynamics, physical and chemical equilibrium.
• Knowledge of biological systems and/or biochemistry desired.
• Demonstrated knowledge of spoken and written English.
• Strong problem?solving skills and flexible approach to teaching.
• Understanding of cross?cultural practices

Semester: Winter 2026- January 5, 2026 to April 14, 2026
Location: RPHYS 118
Schedule: TR 10.05 am-11.25.pm ?
Salary: $11,479
Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.
Hiring Unit: Department of Bioengineering
Course Title: Thermodynamics in Bioengineering
Subject Code: BIEN 300 1
Location: RPHYS 118
Schedule: TR 10.05 am-11.25.pm
Deadline to Apply: 2025-10-15
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