Working title:

Professor - Industrial and Systems Engineering

Official title:

PROFESSOR(C20NN) or ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR(C30NN) or ASSISTANT PROFESSOR(C40NN)

Degree and area of specialization:

PhD in Industrial Engineering or related field

Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience:

Applicants should have an outstanding academic record, exceptional potential for creative research, and a commitment to both undergraduate and graduate education. Appointment to a tenure-track or tenured position requires the Ph.D. degree or credentials equivalent to it in the judgment of the ISyE executive committee. For a tenured position, candidates should have the following: at least six years in a university faculty position, or government or industrial research position; demonstrated track record of national leadership in industrial engineering or a related field, with academic accomplishments as a scholar and teacher that meet the standards for a tenured appointment in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

Principal duties:

The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applicants for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position beginning August 2008 to complement our existing programs in health systems engineering, human factors and ergonomics, operations research and manufacturing & production systems. Key themes in each areas are provided below:

Human Factors and Ergonomics: cognitive ergonomics or human-technology interaction, or who focus on health, the elderly/aging workforce, and/or healthcare devices and technology.

Manufacturing and Production Systems: emerging paradigms in the areas of production processes, manufacturing and service enterprises, and quality systems.

Decision Sciences/Operations Research: applied probability or probabilistic modeling (including stochastic processes and simulation).

Health Systems: decision making (including cost benefit analysis and decision support) logistics of patient care delivery systems, performance measurement and quality.

We seek to complement our existing interdisciplinary strengths with scholars whose research spans across two or more of these program areas. Applicants should have an outstanding academic record, exceptional potential for creative research, and a commitment to both undergraduate and graduate education in industrial and systems engineering.

Applicants are expected to create and maintain a strong program of research, provide classroom and individual training for undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students, and contribute to the intellectual and academic life of the department.

TO ENSURE CONSIDERATION

Application must be received by: FEBRUARY 20, 2008

HOW TO APPLY:

Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and teaching and research statements to: Faculty Recruitment Group, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706. Concurrently, please ensure that three confidential letters of reference from well respected authorities in the field be sent directly to Professor Patricia Flatley Brennan at the same address.

Unless another application procedure has been specified above, please send resume and cover letter referring to Position Vacancy Listing #58061 to