[Iefac.list] Sustainable Manufacturing - Faculty Positions

[Ratna Babu Chinnam]

Wayne State University

Faculty Positions in Sustainable Manufacturing

 

The College of Engineering at Wayne State University (WSU) is seeking
applicants for tenure-track faculty positions in the area of Sustainable
Manufacturing as a part of new cluster hire for the creation of a Center
of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, with up to four positions in the
cluster.  Rank will be at the assistant or associate professor levels for
the 2013-14 academic year. Specific areas of interest in the Sustainable
Manufacturing area include but are not limited to: Modeling for
Manufacturing Sustainability, Green Manufacturing, Product Design &
Development for Manufacturing Sustainability, Information Technology for
Manufacturing Sustainability, Optimization for Manufacturing
Sustainability, and Policies for Manufacturing Sustainability. 

 

Areas of interest for the Center of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
include but are not limited to (1) the synthesis and evaluation of
innovative designs, high-performance concrete (fiber-reinforced and silica
fume composites), intelligent construction materials, energy-optimized
structures,  green manufacturing/construction, infrastructure
sustainability, and nanofibers and nanobiocides in water purification, (2)
design, synthesis, and manufacturing of chemicals and adaptive materials,
nano-bio materials engineering and manufacturing, and sustainable process
systems engineering, (3) manufacturing sustainability and related product
development, information technology and optimization and policies, and (4)
sustainable materials, additive manufacturing, material joining, mixed
materials, lean and flexible manufacturing, computational modeling,
metamaterials, lightweight composites and out-of-autoclave processing.
Based on the qualifications of the faculty and interest, they will become
members of any of the following departments: Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Industrial and
Systems Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

 

Wayne State University is a comprehensive research university that offers
generous and competitive start-up packages. The successful candidates
should have a Ph.D. in a related field with an outstanding record of
scholarship. Desired qualifications include a record of acquiring external
funding and publication in top-tier journals with real-world impact and a
commitment to transdisciplinary teaming. Candidates are expected to
develop vigorous research programs and participate in undergraduate and
graduate teaching. 

 

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2012. Candidates must
complete an online faculty application at the following website:
https://jobs.wayne.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?p
ostingId=476217. Provide a curriculum vitae, a cover letter with detailed
descriptions of teaching and research interests, reprints of  2 selected
publications, and the names and addresses of at least three references
should be attached as .pdf documents to the on-line application. (Note: If
the website link does not directly take you to the posting, please try a
second time without closing the browser and/or look for Posting Number:
039057)  

 

For further information regarding the Center, contact Professor Golam
Newaz, Chair, Search Committee (gnewaz at eng.wayne.edu; 313-577-3877). 

 

Interested candidates for the Industrial
<http://engineering.wayne.edu/ise/index.php> & Systems Engineering
Department are encouraged to contact Dr. Ratna Babu Chinnam
(ratna.chinnam at wayne.edu) or Dr. Kyoung-yun Kim (kykim at wayne.edu). The
Industrial & Systems Engineering Department currently has 12 full-time
faculty with over 45 PhD students and 150 MS students with a small and
growing UG program. The faculty bring annually over $2M in external
funding and have very strong research relations with the automotive
companies and healthcare facilities in South-East Michigan. The department
also offers a Global Executive PhD track, the first such program in the
U.S.

 

Posting Details:

Posting Number: 039057  

Position Title: Assistant/Associate Professor  

Number of Vacancies: 4  

School/College: College of Engineering  

Essential Functions (Job Duties): Cluster Hiring of Advanced Materials and
Manufacturing Faculty

Website:
https://jobs.wayne.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?p
ostingId=476217 

Best Regards, 
Dr. Chinnam


 


 


Ratna Babu Chinnam, Ph.D.
Professor & Graduate Chair

Director, Global Executive PhD Program
Director, Center for Supply Chain Research

Industrial & Systems Engineering Department

Address:

Wayne State University 

4815 Fourth Street
Detroit, MI 48202
 <http://maps.wayne.edu/view/#manufacturing-engineering> Map

Tel: +1.313.577.4846
Fax: +1.313.578.5902

 <mailto:Ratna.Chinnam at wayne.edu> Ratna.Chinnam at wayne.edu 

 <http://ise.wayne.edu/> http://ise.wayne.edu

 

 

 

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