---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:59:06 -0400
From: Vladimir Dobric <vd00(a)Lehigh.EDU>
Subject: Hiring at associate or full professor level
I would appreciate if you alert potential candidates for the position at the
associate or full professor level described in the add below.
Best
Prof. Vladimir Dobric
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015
The department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lehigh
University invites applications for a Full or Associate Professor. We
welcome applications from individuals with strong backgrounds in any
ISE-relevant discipline, including industrial engineering, operations
research, systems engineering, and computer science. Candidates with
a strong background in high-performance computing and/or large-scale
optimization with interests in *financial engineering* or
bioinformatics/health care are especially encouraged to apply. The
candidate must demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate and
graduate education, conduct an active research program with strong
external support, and be willing to explore interdisciplinary research
opportunities within the college and university.
The department is undergoing significant growth in various area of
operations research and computing. Current research thrusts include
(1) optimization, (2) high-performance computing, (3) manufacturing,
production, and logistics, (4) information systems, and (5) stochastic
processes. Recent hires at the junior level have joined the Department
in these and related areas with specializations in parallel
algorithms, grid computing, mathematical programming, robust
optimization, telecommunications, and supply chain analysis.
Established in 1926, the ISE Department currently has 15 full-time
faculty members, 130 undergraduates and 120 graduate students, about
50 of which are Ph.D. students. We offer comprehensive research and
education programs at the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. levels. The ISE
faculty maintains an outstanding international reputation in a variety
of research areas. Active research topics include discrete
optimization, high performance computing, financial optimization,
telecommunications, and a variety of topics in logistics and supply
chain analysis. The Department maintains excellent computational and
laboratory facilities, including a 64-processor Beowulf cluster for
parallel computing. Annual research expenditures exceed $3.5 million.
The Department has extensive interdisciplinary ties with the business
school through the Center for Value Chain Research and finance and
mathematics departments through the Analytical Finance program.
Review of applications will begin December 1, 2006 and will continue
until the position is filled. Send a statement of research and
teaching interests, a curriculum vita, representative research
paper(s), names and addresses of at least three references, and a
cover letter to Professor Robert H. Storer, Search Committee Chair,
Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mohler Laboratory, 200
West Packer Ave., Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 18015-1582. The
department web site is
http://www.lehigh.edu/inime/ .
Lehigh University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer
and provides equal opportunity on the basis of merit without
discrimination because of race, color, religious creed, ancestry,
national origin, age, handicap, gender, sexual orientation, or union
membership.