[Iefac.list] Penn State IE Dept. Head Search

[Rick Koubek]

Dear Colleagues,
Please see the opportunity below....Rick Koubek

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Richard Koubek
Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Department Head Chair
Professor of Industrial Engineering
310 Leonhard Building
Harold and Inge Marcus Dept. of
 Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16801
Phone: 814.865.7601; rkoubek at psu.edu
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The College of Engineering invites nominations and applications for the
Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Department Chair and Head of the Harold and Inge
Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. The College
seeks an individual who will provide imaginative and energetic leadership
with a strong commitment to established standards of excellence in research
and higher education.  The successful candidate must possess a distinguished
record of research, teaching, and scholarship, as well as excellent
leadership, managerial, and interpersonal skills.  An earned doctorate in
Industrial Engineering or a related field is required and the candidate
should be tenurable at the full professor level.
 
The Department Head position holds the unique distinction of being the only
endowed department head chair in an endowed department at Penn State
University. These large endowments and the modern Leonhard Building present
significant opportunities for continued development and innovation.  The
Leonhard Building is a state-of-the-art facility with 60,000 sq. ft. of
laboratory, office, and classroom space.  A distinctive feature is the
10,000 sq. ft. Factory for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME), which is
an integrated high-bay laboratory with most of the elements of a real
manufacturing facility.
 
The Department has 24 full-time faculty members, 11 staff members,
approximately 340 undergraduate students and 170 graduate students. The
annual research expenditures are approximately $3.5 million with major
thrusts in traditional manufacturing, operations research, and human factors
areas as well as the newly created Service Enterprise Engineering Center.
The Department is consistently ranked among the top five IE programs in the
US, and continues to be a leading innovator in multi-disciplinary curriculum
and research activities, both within Penn State and through partnerships
with other universities and industry, nationally and internationally.  For
additional information on the Department or the surrounding community,
please visit http://www.ie.psu.edu and http://www.happyvalley.com/.
 
Review of applications will begin in early in April and will continue until
the position is filled. The intent is for the position to be filled by the
beginning of the 2009-2010 academic year. Nominations and applications will
be handled with the strictest of confidence. Applicants should send
(preferably electronically) a statement of professional interests and
philosophy of leadership, a full curriculum vitae, and the names and
addresses of five references to:
 
axf at psu.edu
Dr. Andris Freivalds, Chair
Department Head Search Committee
The Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial & Manufacturing
Engineering
310 Leonhard Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Ph: 814-863-2361
 
Penn State is committed to Affirmative Action, equal opportunity and the
diversity of its workforce.