University
of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
The
Department
of Industrial and Systems Engineering
at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison invites applicants
for two tenure-track or tenured faculty
positions beginning August 2008 to complement
our existing interdisciplinary strengths
with scholars whose research spans across
two or more of these program areas. Applicants
should have an outstanding academic record,
exceptional potential for creative research,
and a commitment to both undergraduate and
graduate education in industrial and systems
engineering. Applicants are expected to
create and maintain a strong program of
research, provide classroom and individual
training for undergraduate and graduate
degree-seeking students, and contribute
to the intellectual and academic life of
the department.
Key themes of research in
each area are: 1). Human Factors and Ergonomics:
cognitive ergonomics or human-technology
interaction, or who focus on health, the
elderly/aging workforce, and/or healthcare
devices and technology. 2). Manufacturing
and Production Systems: emerging paradigms
in the areas of production processes, manufacturing
and service enterprises, and quality systems.
3). Decision Sciences/Operations Research:
applied probability or probabilistic modeling
(including stochastic processes and simulation).
4). Health Systems: decision making (including
cost benefit analysis and decision support)
logistics of patient care delivery systems,
performance measurement and quality.
Appointment to a tenure-track
or tenured position requires the Ph.D. degree
or credentials equivalent to it in the judgment
of the ISyE Executive Committee. For a tenured
position, candidates should have the following:
at least six years in a university faculty
position, or government or industrial research
position; demonstrated track record of national
leadership in industrial engineering or
a related field, with academic accomplishments
as a scholar and teacher that meet the standards
for a tenured appointment in Industrial
and Systems Engineering. Send letter of
application, curriculum vitae, and teaching
and research statements to: Faculty Recruitment
Group, Department of Industrial and Systems
Engineering, 1513 University Avenue, Madison,
WI 53706. Concurrently, please ensure that
three confidential letters of reference
from well respected authorities in the field
be sent directly to Professor Patricia Flatley
Brennan at the same address. To ensure consideration,
applications should be received by February
20, 2008, however the search will continue
until the positions are filled. Please find
the official application materials found
here.
Unless confidentiality is requested in writing,
information regarding applicants must be
released upon request. Finalists cannot
be guaranteed confidentiality. UW Madison
is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer. We promote excellence through
diversity and encourage all qualified individuals
to apply.
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Yale
School of Management
Faculty Positions
Junior Level, Operations
The Yale School of Management
is seeking additional faculty members at
the junior level in operations. Ph.D. or
equivalent is required; research and teaching
interest in both theory and application
preferred, as well as an interdisciplinary
orientation. Appointments will be made for
the 2008 - 2009 academic year.
To
apply online, visit: http://mba.yale.edu/faculty/openings.htm.
Please note that the Yale School of Management
will only be accepting electronic applications
and letters of recommendation. Please visit
the website for instructions on how to submit
letters of recommendation electronically.
The deadlines for receipt
of all materials is: January 15, 2008. Yale
is an equal opportunity, affirmative action
employer and especially encourages applications
from women and members of minority groups.
Edward H. Kaplan, Ph.D.
William N. and Marie A. Beach Professor
of Management Sciences
Professor of Public Health
Professor of Engineering
Yale School of Management
Box 208200
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8200
Phone:
203.432.6031
FAX: 203.432.9995
e-mail: edward.kaplan
"at" yale.edu
Posted
on this site November 13, 2007
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University
of Missouri – Rolla
Faculty Position
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
University
of Missouri – Rolla is seeking
faculty candidates with expertise in Systems
Engineering to fill a tenure-track position
in the department of Engineering
Management and Systems Engineering.
UMR’s Systems Engineering Graduate
Program is ranked in the top ten percent
among similar programs in the world. This
21st century Systems Engineering Graduate
program builds on sound engineering undergraduate
education and experience, and maintains
engineering specialization diversity in
its graduates at both the MS and PhD level.
The diversity of specializations is attained
through the teaching and research contributions
of core and contributing faculty from a
number of campus graduate programs including
Computer Engineering, Computer Science,
Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Management,
and Systems Engineering and through a matrix
organization administered by a program director.
The Systems Engineering
Graduate program was developed in 1999 to
provide off-campus Systems Engineering graduate
education to Boeing Engineers and their
suppliers, worldwide. Since that time, the
graduate program has grown exponentially
reaching 390 students both on and off campus
from over 20 companies around the world.
Approximately 220 students have graduated
with a MS degree in Systems Engineering.
The first Ph.D. degree was granted in Summer
2007.
Successful
candidates must have a BS in engineering
or hard science and a PhD in Systems Engineering,
Industrial Engineering or a related field
engaged in Systems Engineering research.
Industrial experience is desired but not
required. Candidates must demonstrate outstanding
potential for scholarly research and professional
development. The applicant must have the
ability to teach graduate courses in Systems
Engineering topics, advise graduate students
and direct Ph.D dissertations and MS thesis
and initiate an externally funded research
program in Systems Engineering. Current
research areas include: Network Centric
Systems, Systems Architecting, Systems Engineering
Process and Design, Distributed Modeling,
Infrastructure Systems and Structures, Network
Centric Manufacturing and Control, Risk
Modeling and Assessment, Modeling and Simulation,
and Computational Intelligence.
The appointment is anticipated
to be at the tenure-track assistant professor
level. However, qualified candidates at
all levels will be considered. Specific
information about the position and the search
process may be obtained by contacting the
chair of the search committee, Dr. Cihan
Dagli, at 573-341-4374 or 573-647-9125.
Information about the campus and department
can be found here.
The search and screening committee will
begin reviewing applications January 4,
2008 and the search will remain open until
the position is filled. Please submit an
application consisting of current curriculum
vitae, a statement of research and teaching
interests and goals, teaching evaluations
(if available), and complete information
for three references to:
Human
Resource Services
Reference Number: 31469
University of Missouri – Rolla
113 University Center East
1870 Miner Circle
Rolla, MO USA 65409
Effective Jan. 1, 2008,
UMR will become Missouri University of Science
and Technology (Missouri S&T)
UMR
is an AA/EOE and does not discriminate based
on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
national origin, age, disability, or status
as Vietnam-era veteran. Females, minorities,
and persons with disabilities are encouraged
to apply. The University of Missouri-Rolla
is responsive to the needs of dualcareer
couples.
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on this site November 7, 2007
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The
Ohio State University
Faculty Positions
Industrial and Systems Engineering
The
Ohio
State University, one of the nation
s top ten public universities, is seeking
applicants for two tenure-track positions
as Assistant Professor of Industrial and
Systems Engineering. This announcement is
specifically targeted towards growth in
the area of computationally-based systems
modeling and analysis, with an emphasis
on emerging areas such as bio/nano/info-technology,
engineering design, manufacturing systems/supply
chains, and medical decision support. The
applicant s interest in one or more of these
areas should be grounded in general-purpose
systems modeling methodologies, such as:
optimization, simulation, stochastic processes,
and statistics.
An earned doctorate in
a field closely related to Industrial and
Systems Engineering is required. In addition,
the position calls for an energetic individual
who will not only engage in classroom teaching
at the graduate and undergraduate levels,
but also participate in the department s
research enterprise. The successful candidate
will establish a strong research program
by attracting research funding, supervising
graduate student research, and disseminating
the results of such research through high
quality peer reviewed publications.
The Industrial and Systems
Engineering undergraduate and graduate programs
at The Ohio State University are consistently
among the top programs ranked by USNWR.
The department is home to 26 faculty members
with exceptional strength in all major areas
associated with the discipline. Department
faculty are actively involved in a variety
of research centers including the Center
for Occupational Health in Automotive Manufacturing,
the Institute for Ergonomics, the Data Driven
Decisions Lab, and the Cognitive Systems
Engineering Lab, with combined research
expenditures exceeding $5M annually.
The search committee will
start reviewing applications for this position
on December 10, 2007. Applications should
be sent to:
ISE Search Committee
c/o Julie
Higle
210 Baker Systems Engineering
1971 Neil Ave.
Columbus OH 43210
The Ohio State University
is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action
Employer. Applications from women and other
underrepresented or minority groups are
encouraged.
Posted
on this site November 1, 2007
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Faculty
of Geosciences, Utrecht University
The Netherlands
Associate Professor Innovation and Sustainability
(F/M)
Description
Department
The Faculty
of Geosciences offers education and
research concerning the geosphere, biosphere,
atmosphere and anthroposphere. With a population
of 2200 students (BSc and MSc) and 575 staff,
the faculty is a strong and challenging
organisation. The Faculty is organised in
four Departments: Innovation and Environmental
Sciences, Earth Sciences, Physical geography,
and Human Geography and Urban and Regional
Planning.
The
Innovation Studies Group is young and ambitious
and involved in teaching and research in
innovation. The Innovation Studies Group
went through a rapid development over the
last 5 years and meanwhile acquired a recognised
position in the field of teaching and research
in innovation. The group is part of the
Department of Innovation and Environmental
Sciences and consists of 14 faculty members,
5 postdocs and 13 PhD students. Innovation
Studies starts from a multi-disciplinary
perspective and links insights from science
with social sciences in order to effectively
capture the many folded character of innovation
processes and systems. In its research and
teaching, the Innovation Studies Group distinguishes
three focal points: energy and materials,
mobility and infrastructure and medical
biotechnology. The Innovation Studies Group
runs the 5-year Bachelor-Master program
Science and Innovation Management (330 students).
The
group participates in the Copernicus Institute
for Sustainable Development and Innovation
and in a number of national and international
networks. This research institute aims to
develop knowledge, methods and instruments
for sustainable development and innovation.
Four research groups participate in the
institute: Environmental Sciences, Environmental
Studies and Policy, Innovation Studies (Faculty
of Geosciences) and Science, Technology
and Society (Faculty of Science).
Due
to a growing teaching and research portfolio
there is a vacancy within the Innovation
Studie Group for an:
Associate
Professor Innovation and Sustainability
(F/M)
Job
description
The innovation studies group focuses on
the analysis and governance of innovation
system dynamics.
Our
group is looking for an innovation or technology
dynamics scholar in the field of Innovation
and Sustainability. The ideal candidate
has a technological or natural science background
and is very well at ease in social science.
In case of a social science background a
proven interest in technology is a prerequisite.
The research and teaching of this associate
professor will focus on understanding processes
of sustainable socio-technical change. The
candidate should be comfortable in analyzing
both technological characteristics of innovations
and be able to link those characteristics
to the innovation system in which innovations
are developed and diffused. We are especially
interested in scholars that have experience
in the Energy and/or Transport domain. Research
traditions that are considered interesting
are historical analysis of technological
change, current implementation problems
regarding innovative (sustainable) technology,
(Constructive) Technology Assessment, and
modeling or simulation of (sustainable)
technological change.
The
candidate should be a strong research leader
with an excellent track record in terms
of research acquisition and a very good
international reputation. The candidate
should be able to cooperate well with the
different disciplines in the Copernicus
Institute in order to fulfill a bridging
role between the different research groups.
Finally the candidate should have a strong
background in teaching and curriculum development
since part of the job description will be
the coordination of the energy and materials
track of the SIM program.
A
full description of the associate professor
chair is available.
Qualifications
Candidates are required to be high potentials,
which should be visible in their research
and teaching record. More specifically,
they should have the potential to acquire
grants from NWO. They should be self propelling
and ambitious scholars who like to combine
research with serious teaching obligations.
Furthermore, they should be team players
and posses excellent communicative skills.
Terms
of employment
The candidate is offered a position for
one year with the possibility of a subsequent
tenure. The extent of this position is 38
hours per week (1,0 fte).
A
position between 30 en 38 hours per week
is also possible.
The salary ranges (depending on track record)
from € 4,242.- to € 5,670.- gross
per month.
The
salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus
of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 3% per
year. In addition we offer: a pension scheme,
a collective health insurance and flexible
employment conditions. Conditions are based
on the Collective Employment Agreement of
the Dutch Universities.
Further
details
More information: Prof. dr. ir. Ruud Smits
(030 – 253 5799, r.smits@geo.uu.nl)
and Prof. dr. Marko Hekkert (030 –
253 6112, m.hekkert@geo.uu.nl)
How
to apply
Applications, including a motivation for
this position, a curriculum vitae and a
list of publications should be submitted
to the Faculty of Geosciences, Personnel
Department, P.O. Box 80.115, 3508 TC Utrecht,
the Netherlands or submitted by e-mail to:
PenO@geo.uu.nl.
Please mention vacancy number 72089.
Application
deadline: November 26, 2007
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Faculty
of Geosciences, Utrecht University
The Netherlands
2 Assistant Professors Technology and Innovation
Studies (F/M)
The
Faculty
of Geosciences offers education and
research concerning the geosphere, biosphere,
atmosphere and anthroposphere. With a population
of 2200 students (BSc and MSc) and 575 staff,
the faculty is a strong and challenging
organisation. The Faculty is organised in
four Departments: Innovation and Environmental
Sciences, Earth Sciences, Physical geography,
and Human Geography and Urban and Regional
Planning.
The Innovation Studies Group
is young and ambitious and involved in teaching
and research in innovation. The Innovation
Studies Group went through a rapid development
over the last 5 years and meanwhile acquired
a recognised position in the field of teaching
and research in innovation. The group is
part of the Department of Innovation and
Environmental Sciences and consists of 14
faculty members, 5 postdocs and 13 PhD students.
Innovation Studies starts from a multi-disciplinary
perspective and links insights from science
with social sciences in order to effectively
capture the many folded character of innovation
processes and systems. In its research and
teaching, the Innovation Studies Group distinguishes
three focal points: energy and materials,
mobility and infrastructure and medical
biotechnology. The Innovation Studies Group
runs the 5-year Bachelor-Master program
Science and Innovation Management (330 students).
The group participates in
the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable
Development and Innovation and in a number
of national and international networks.
This research institute aims to develop
knowledge, methods and instruments for sustainable
development and innovation. Four research
groups participate in the institute: Environmental
Sciences, Environmental Studies and Policy,
Innovation Studies (Faculty of Geosciences)
and Science, Technology and Society (Faculty
of Science).
Due
to a growing teaching and research portfolio
the Faculty of Geosciences has vacancies
for:
2
Assistant Professors Technology and Innovation
Studies (F/M)
Job
description
The innovation studies group focuses on
the analysis and governance of innovation
system dynamics.
Our
group is looking for scholars who have a
teaching and research record related to
innovation studies and / or technology dynamics.
The research program of the innovation studies
group concentrates on the analysis and governance
of innovation system dynamics and the development
of intervention strategies in innovation
systems. We are looking for candidates who
can successfully contribute to this research
focus. We are especially interested in candidates
who have experience in research into the
relation between firms / entrepreneurs and
their external (institutional) environment.
A strong background in formal quantitative
or qualitative research methods is a prerequisite
since research methods are considered very
important in the educational program Science
and Innovation Management. We especially
welcome candidates who have research or
teaching experience in the following empirical
domains: sustainable innovation, innovation
in the energy sector and innovation in the
mobility sector. Candidates who have experience
in other empirical domains should at least
have affinity with technology and sustainable
development.
Possible
backgrounds are (evolutionary) economics,
business school or a combined natural science
and social science background.
Qualifications
Candidates are required to be high potentials,
which should be visible in their research
and teaching record. More specifically,
they should have the potential to acquire
a Veni or Vidi grant from NWO. A PhD grade
is required. They should be self propelling
and ambitious scholars who like to combine
research with serious teaching obligations.
Furthermore, they should be team players
and posses excellent communicative skills.
Terms
of employment
The two candidates are offered a position
for one year with the possibility of a subsequent
tenure. The extent of each position is 38
hours per week (1,0 fte). A position between
30 and 38 hours a week is also a possibility.
The
salary ranges (depending on track record)
from € 3,060.- to € 4,761.- gross
per month.
The
salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus
of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 3% per
year. In addition we offer: a pension scheme,
a collective health insurance and flexible
employment conditions.Conditions are based
on the Collective Employment Agreement of
the Dutch Universities.
Contact
More information: Prof. dr. ir. Ruud Smits
(030 – 253 5799, r.smits@geo.uu.nl)
and Prof. dr. Marko Hekkert (030 –
253 6112, m.hekkert@geo.uu.nl)
How
to apply
Applications, including a motivation for
this position, a curriculum vitae and a
list of publications should be submitted
to the Faculty of Geosciences, Personnel
Department, P.O. Box 80.115, 3508 TC Utrecht,
the Netherlands or submitted by e-mail to:
PenO@geo.uu.nl.
Please mention vacancy number 72090.
Application
deadline: November 26, 2007
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Georgia
Tech Savannah
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical
Engineering
Cluster Hire in Strategic Engineering
In
2005, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical
Engineering expanded its academic and research
program to the Georgia Tech Savannah Campus.
The mission of Georgia Tech Savannah is
to create signature programs that complement
those established in Atlanta. Accordingly,
we seek to further the high-impact, interdisciplinary
area of Strategic Engineering by implementing
a "cluster hire" strategy for
up to four tenure-track faculty beginning
Fall 2008.
In
order to respond to globalization and produce
the right kind of engineers for the flat
world, our focus at the Woodruff School
of Mechanical Engineering in Savannah is
on developing strategic engineers. These
are engineers who know how to realize complex
engineered systems for changing markets
in collaborative, globally distributed environments
thereby safeguarding the economic viability
of the companies they represent and hence
fostering the prosperity of our country.
For
important information for potential candidates
for these four positions can be found by
downloading here
(.pdf).
Posted
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MIT
Portugal Program
Postdoctoral Associate
POSTDOCTORAL
ASSOCIATE, MIT-Portugal
Program, to work with faculty teams
in both Portugal and at MIT in the advancement
of the program, specifically in the area
of 'fundamentals of engineering systems.'
Working with faculty in Portugal and at
MIT, will identify fundamentals of engineering
systems that emerge from the four focus
areas of the MIT-Portugal Program: energy,
transportation, bioengineering, and manufacturing.
Will assist in applying these fundamentals
to curriculum development for MIT's Engineering
Systems Division's new required doctoral
subject, ESD.86 Models, Data, Inference
for Socio-Technical Systems (professors
Dan Frey and Richard Larson, instructors).
Will help develop--with professors Frey
and Larson--learning modules in engineering
fundamentals that will be taught to students
in Portugal; assist in the research of the
energy focus area related to mathematical
modeling of new ways of pricing and delivering
electricity, including demand sensitive
pricing; collaborate with Portugal and MIT
directors in the development and implementation
of the engineering systems focus area as
a vehicle for overall synergy across focus
areas; present work at international conferences
and coauthor papers for research and educational
journals; and perform other duties as needed.
REQUIREMENTS:
a Ph.D. in engineering systems, operations
research, statistics, computer science,
or related technical field from a top-ranked
university and at least two years of industrial
and/or academic job experience. Must be
bilingual in Portuguese and English. Excellent
organizational and interpersonal skills
needed. Must be willing, able, and eager
to spend approximately half-time in Portugal
and half-time at MIT in Cambridge. MIT-00004229
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University
of Cambridge and MIT (co-locations)
Postdoctoral Research Position in Environmental
Costs of Aviation
Air
transportation, although vital to both modern
and developing economies, impacts the environment
on both local and global scales. Aircraft
noise impacts communities near the airport
while aircraft emissions impact both communities
near airports as well as the entire planet
via global climate change. Several analysts
have estimated these impacts and valued
them by attributing an economic cost, but
no study has summarized the existing literature
in a comprehensive way. Further, the environmental
costs of aviation need to be put into the
context of the environmental costs of rail,
shipping and road transportation. This will
provide an understanding of how the various
transportation modes impact the environment.
Such understanding is important, as efficient
policy measures that aim at mitigating environmental
impacts need to be based upon a solid and
transparent analysis.
This
study will address these issues and be conducted
jointly at the Institute for Aviation and
the Environment at the University of Cambridge
and the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The
research project will entail:
-
Undertaking a systematic analysis of the
relevant literature to carefully analyze
and compare methods, underlying assumptions
and results to estimate the environmental
costs of aviation and compare to rail,
shipping and road transportation.
-
Identifying those studies where best practices
have been applied and distilling the important
findings from these.
-
Interfacing with the wider research projects
focussing on aviation and environment
on-going at the University of Cambridge
(www.AIMproject.aero:
the work will support the Regional Economics
aspects) and MIT (www.PARTNER.aero:
the work will be in direct support of
Project 3, Trade-offs and policy options,
and Project 17, Alternative fuels).
The
successful candidate will have a PhD or
equivalent background in environmental economics
or a closely related field with a good understanding
of aviation and other transportation industries.
Preference will be given to candidates with
relevant experience. Flexibility to undertake
part of the work at each institution and
ability to obtain necessary work permissions
for the UK and the US is required. The University
of Cambridge and MIT will share the costs
to support one researcher for 12 months,
who will spend approximately six months
at each institution starting as soon as
possible but not later than September 1,
2007. Salary will be $45,000 or higher depending
on experience.
Qualified
applications should send a cover letter
(detailing suitability for the post) and
a CV/resume (including a list of references)
to Dr. Andreas Schäfer (as601
"at" cam.ac.uk) at the University
of Cambridge and Prof. Ian Waitz (iaw
"at" mit.edu) at MIT. Review
of applications will begin July 2, 2007
and will continue until the position is
filled. The University of Cambridge and
MIT are equal opportunities employers.
MIT
job # 4199
Posted
on this site June 8, 2007
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Iowa
State University
Postdoctoral Research Associate Position
Integrated Biofuel Production Technology
Project
Biosystems Analysis Laboratory
Post-Doctoral
Position: Techno-economic Analysis of Biofuel
Systems The Biosystems Analysis Group has
an immediate opening in the techno-economic
analysis of biofuel production systems based
on biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic
biomass. This full time position is focused
on evaluating the economic and environmental
sustainability of systems of technology
for the production of lignocellulosic biomass
and its conversion to alcohols and other
valuable co-products. Position will remain
open until filled. Review of applications
to begin April 13.
Full
announcement click here.
Posted
on this site April 12, 2007
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