DEPARTMENT: industrial Engineering
POSITION: Assistant or Associate Professor
LINK: https://jobs.uark.edu/postings/9655
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Assistant or Associate Professor Department of Industrial Engineering University of Arkansas
The Department of Industrial Engineering at the University
of Arkansas invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant or Associate
Professor position with an anticipated start date of August 2016. Applicants
with an exemplary record of research, teaching, and service may be considered
for a tenured, Associate Professor position. We seek individuals whose research
and graduate teaching interests align with the department’s emphasis in the
application of quantitative modeling and analysis in the areas of logistics and
distribution, healthcare systems, and quality and reliability engineering. More
importantly, we seek individuals who can make major contributions to the
university’s new cross-college, interdisciplinary program in Statistics and
Analytics. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in industrial engineering, operations
research, statistics, computer science, or other closely related field, be
eligible to work in the United States, and have excellent communication skills.
Applicants should demonstrate potential for high quality research, for securing
competitive research funding, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses,
advising PhD students, and providing appropriate service to the department,
university, and the profession.
The College of Engineering consists of eight departments
that offer BS degrees in nine disciplines, MS degrees in ten disciplines, and a
PhD degree in Engineering with several concentrations. The undergraduate
enrollment in the college currently stands at over 3,000 and the graduate
enrollment stands at almost 900. The college has 108 tenured/tenure-track
full-time faculty associated with it and generally has externally funded annual
research expenditures of approximately $20M. The college is a partner in
a newly created NSF Engineering Research Center and multiple NSF I/UCRCs.
Northwest Arkansas is one of the fastest growing areas in
the nation having a population of over 400,000. Northwest Arkansas is home to
the corporate headquarters of Fortune 500 companies Wal-Mart Stores, Tyson
Foods, and J.B. Hunt Transport Services. Forbes Magazine has recently named
Fayetteville, the home of the University of Arkansas, as one of the best places
in the U.S. for business and careers. The Milken Institute has named
Fayetteville the nation’s “Number One Performing City” and Livability.Com
ranked Fayetteville as one of the top ten college towns in the country.
Information about the area can be found at www.explorenwar.com.
Applicants are asked to provide a letter of interest,
curriculum vita, and the names of three references. To ensure
full consideration, application materials should be submitted online by January
11, 2016 at http://jobs.uark.edu/postings/9655.
Applications submitted after that date will be reviewed until the position is
filled. Please direct any questions to:
C. Richard Cassady, PhD
Professor of Industrial Engineering
4207 Bell Engineering Center
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity,
affirmative action institution. The university welcomes applications
without regard to age, race, gender (including pregnancy), national
origin, disability, religion, marital or parental status, protected veteran
status, military service, genetic information, sexual orientation or
gender identity. Persons must have proof of legal authority to work in
the United States on the first day of employment. All applicant information is
subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
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