Tenure-track and Full/Associate Positions, ISE, Lehigh

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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

The department invites applications for two faculty positions, one tenure-track at the Assistant Professor level and one at the level of Full or Associate Professor. We welcome applications from individuals with strong backgrounds in any ISE-relevant discipline, including industrial engineering, operations research, systems engineering, and computer science. Candidates for the junior position with strength in Large Scale Computational Optimization that utilizes high-performance computing and/or expertise in energy, healthcare, bioinformatics, or similar application areas are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates for the senior position with strengths in healthcare, bioinformatics, bioengineering or similar application areas are especially encouraged to apply. The candidate must demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education, conduct an active research program with strong external support, and be willing to explore interdisciplinary research opportunities within the college and university.

Established in 1926, the ISE Department currently has 17 full-time faculty members, about 150 undergraduate and 165 graduate students, 40 of whom are Ph.D. students. We offer comprehensive research and education programs at the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. levels. The ISE faculty maintains an outstanding international reputation in a variety of research areas. Active research topics include discrete optimization, non-linear optimization, interior point methods, conic linear optimization, high performance computing, financial optimization, telecommunications, and a variety of topics in logistics and supply chain analysis.

Review of applications for the junior position will begin December 1, 2010 and will continue until the positions are filled. Review of applications for the senior position will be done on a rolling basis and will continue until the position is filled. Please visit our department web site www.Lehigh.edu/ise and follow the appropriate application submission link. The application should include a cover letter, a statement of research and teaching interests, a curriculum vita, names and addresses of at least three references, and representative research paper(s). Inquiries about the senior position may be addressed to Prof. Ted Ralphs, Ted@Lehigh.edu and for the junior position to Prof. Robert Storer RHS2@Lehigh.edu.