The Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations for the position of Department Chair. The department's degree programs have a long history of being highly ranked in the country (#3 for undergraduate and #2 for graduate study in 2022 by U.S. News & World Report). IOE has 28 tenured and tenure-track core faculty members, 8 courtesy appointment faculty, 3 full-time lecturers, and approximately 375 undergraduate and 220 graduate students, with active research balancing theoretical, methodological, and applied research and application areas ranging from business operations and analytics, energy and sustainability, to health and human safety, mobility, and transportation networks. Please visit the department website for further information.
The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar with an earned doctorate in a research field of industrial engineering and operations research, or related fields, and will have an exemplary record of achievement in research, teaching and service at a level commensurate with appointment as a tenured full professor. The candidate must possess visionary leadership abilities, a broad appreciation for the diverse perspectives within the department and a strong interest in promoting sponsored research programs and mentoring faculty. The candidate will lead and support the faculty to ensure that learning of the highest quality flourishes at all levels, from undergraduate education to graduate and post-doctoral research. The candidate will work with a diverse group of faculty, staff, students and administrators to achieve common goals and to maintain rapport with alumni and industry representatives.
Applicants should electronically submit a cover letter, detailed curriculum vitae, two-page vision statement for the department, research statement, teaching statement, diversity statement, and list of names and contact information for at least five references. The deadline for ensuring full consideration of an application is December 31, 2022, but the position will remain open and applications may still be considered until the appointment is made. The search will be conducted in confidence until finalists are invited for campus visits at which time professional references will be contacted.
Please submit your application here: apply.interfolio.com/115661
If you have any questions regarding the search, or would like to nominate someone, please contact Professor Xiuli Chao, search committee chair, at xchao@umich.edu.
For more information about the department and the position, please refer to the attached ad. Thanks!
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Siqian Shen, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering,
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~siqian/------------------------------