This book is an ideal resource for those making the transition fromgraduate student to new faculty member in engineering and science.Developed through years of use with new faculty, it tackles the twothemes that will be constant in a young faculty member?scareer: teaching and research. The book first distills the abundant literature that has alreadybeen published on teaching, covering student learning and courseplanning, conducting discussions and lecturing, creating exams andassignments, and working with teaching assistants. Bringing together guidance gained from numerous seminars,discussions, and interviews, and the little existing in currentliterature on starting and conducting scientific research, the nextsection includes assembling research teams, supervising graduateresearch, getting research funding, writing research papers,reviewing research proposals, presenting results, and conductinggraduate seminar programs. The book features practical chapter exercises that applyconcepts, and it concludes with an extensive bibliography. It willbe of help to any faculty member embarking on a teaching andresearch career in higher education in the sciences.