The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida invites applications for full-time tenure-track or tenured faculty positions beginning May or August 2016. Outstanding applicants at assistant, associate and professor levels will be considered. We welcome applications from individuals with strong backgrounds that hold a doctorate in any ISE-relevant discipline, including industrial engineering, operations research, or a closely related field. It is desirable that the applicant would have at least one BS degree in engineering with IE preferred.
Faculty members are expected to contribute to research and educational programs at all levels, including directing an interdisciplinary research program, supervising graduate students, and teaching courses. Research areas of particular emphasis for this position include interdisciplinary work in Healthcare Systems, Advanced Manufacturing, Big Data/Analytics, Renewable Energy and Storage, and Cybersecurity. In addition, among the positions, one is a full-time tenure-track assistant professor position (specific position number: 495090) at REEF (Research & Engineering Education Facility http://www.reef.ufl.edu) beginning May or August 2016. For this position, faculty members are expected to collaborate with the Air Force Research Lab and the greater Eglin Air Force Base (EAFB) community to respond to Air Force research needs. In addition, the faculty is expected to supervise graduate students and teach graduate level and distance learning courses at REEF. Research areas of particular emphasis for this position include interdisciplinary work in Network Security, Big Data/Analytics, Sustainability, among others. Strong methodology background is Optimization and/or Simulation/Statistics is preferred. More information about the department is available on the ISE web page at http://www.ise.ufl.edu.
Applications may be submitted at http://jobs.ufl.edu (http://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/cw/en-us/job/495090/assistant-professor and http://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/cw/en-us/job/495091/astasofull-prof ). Review of applications will begin December 1, 2015, and will continue until the positions are filled.
The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida is currently under the transformation of powering the new engineer. This transformation will fund additional faculty to increase tenure and tenure-track faculty to 300, several state-of-the-art facilities and enhancements in engineering education delivery.
University of Florida counts among its greatest strengths -- and a major component of its excellence – that it values broad diversity in its faculty, students, and staff and creates a robust, inclusive and welcoming climate for learning, research and other work. UF is committed to equal educational and employment opportunity and access and seeks individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders and other attributes who, among their many exceptional qualifications, have a record of including a broad diversity of individuals in work and learning activities. The University of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Yongpei Guan
Professor
University of Florida
Gainesville FL
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