The Department of Management Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark invites applications for a full-time position as associate/assistant professor in the area of Smart Manufacturing. The position will support strategic focus areas of the Department within manufacturing and production in the contexts of digitalization and Industry 4.0.
The associate/assistant professor will be part of the Management Science (MS) division, internationally recognized as a leading MS division. MS is an internationally unique academic environment, spanning from Operations Research and Operations Management to Management of Human Factors and Performance in Implementation Processes. The available position will be part of the Operations Management (OM) group, which focuses on effective planning of resources and activities within production and service companies and networks of companies, spanning from the strategic to the control level. Focus is in particular on quantitative methods, the use of information technology and manufacturing paradigms. The research of the OM group focuses on the industrial and service sectors, including manufacturing, transportation and health care. The group has a strong and successful collaboration with leading players in Danish industry within the area of manufacturing and production.
The associate/assistant professor will be conducting cutting-edge research and innovation in quantitative methods to support the development of the Smart Manufacturing initiatives of the Department. The scope of the position includes, but is not limited to, the following subdomains:
- the smart factory (e.g. production management, production planning and scheduling, workers training, augmented reality and production monitoring and control)
- the smart supply chain (e.g. supply and distribution chain optimisation and inbound and outbound logistics optimisation)
- the smart product life-cycle (e.g. preventive and predictive maintenance, re-manufacturing and re-cycling)
Further information
Further information may be obtained from Head of the Operations Management Group, Professor Allan Larsen, tel.: +45 4525 6073, e-mail: alar@dtu.dk. Application procedure
Please submit your online application no later than 20 August 2018 (local time).
The full announcement text is available at: http://www.dtu.dk/english/about/job-and-career/vacant-positions/job?id=53251c3a-c4e3-49ca-a64d-562ae759b471 ------------------------------
Allan Larsen
Professor
Technical University of Denmark
Kgs. Lyngby
alar@dtu.dk------------------------------