University of Florida--Industrial and Systems Engineering

INSTITUTION: University of Florida
DEPARTMENT: Industrial and Systems Engineering
POSITION: Professor and Chair
LINK: https://jobs.ufl.edu/
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PROFESSOR AND CHAIR

Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE)

University of Florida

Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Professor and Chair of the Department of
Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida (UF), the flagship campus of the State
of Florida university system. The ISE Department offers B.S., M.S., Engineer and Ph.D. degree programs
with an enrollment of about 580 full-­‐‑time undergraduate students and 235 graduate students of which 42 are Ph.D. students. The ISE Department has 14 tenured or tenure-­‐‑track faculty members with several
INFORMS, IIE, AAAS and IEEE Fellows. The Department also has 4 NSF CAREER Award winners and 2 ONR YIP Award winners. The Department’s current external research expenditures exceed $2 million
annually. The Department enjoys strong rankings in U.S. News and World Report as being 10th overall (and
8th public) graduate program and 12th overall and (10th public) undergraduate program. Areas of research
strength in the Department include: Applied Deterministic and Stochastic Optimization, Network
Optimization, Transportation, Financial, Supply Chain and Health Care Applications. For more information
about the ISE Department and the College of Engineering, please visit www.ise.ufl.edu and www.eng.ufl.edu, respectively.

In addition to overseeing the operational management of the Department, responsibilities of the Chair
include: (1) creating a compelling vision for the advancement of the department to include increasing
existing strengths, fostering new disciplines in emerging fields within ISE, and strengthening
interdisciplinary efforts across the College and University; (2) facilitating both the professional and scholarly
growth of the faculty, particularly the junior faculty; (3) ensuring cutting-­‐‑edge education is provided to all
trainees (undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral and researchers); (4) enhancing the working partnership
with the leaders of UF colleges and departments, administrations, industry and government agencies along
with facilitating knowledge and technology transfer with industry; (5) recruiting a diverse faculty and
student body; (6) increasing sponsored research, private and external funding opportunities for the
department, cultivate corporate, governmental, alumni and other private donations.

Qualifications: Earned Ph.D. and research and teaching experience in industrial engineering, operations
research or closely related field is required. In addition, we are seeking an individual who is a distinguished
scholar in their field of research, with demonstrated academic credentials sufficient for appointment at the
Full Professor level; is committed to high academic standards; is skilled in the development and expansion
of sponsored research programs; is experienced in enhancing the representation and success of
underrepresented populations; has excellent leadership, management and interpersonal skills as well as
written and oral communication skills; and encourages open, collaborative and inclusive problem solving.

All candidates should apply through the UF Jobs website: https://jobs.ufl.edu/, reference position 00009504.
The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2013, and continue accepting
applications until the position is filled. For further questions, you may contact the search committee chair
Dr. John Harris at harris@ece.ufl.edu. The University of Florida is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer; women, minorities and other under-­‐‑represented groups are encouraged to apply.