<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<br><br>We are excited to announce three open-rank Tenured/Tenure Track positions in the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at NC State University. Please feel free to pass this along to anyone who might be interested. <div><br></div><div><span id="m_-5868486317783524915gmail-docs-internal-guid-9f5fcd84-7fff-89e7-888d-39b982c35523"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at NC State strives to improve society through research and education across a broad spectrum of methods and application areas (see below). The ISE community includes more than 25 faculty, 10 core staff, 350 undergraduate students, and 250 graduate students with approximately 75 Ph.D. students. The ISE department leads three centers and multiple interdisciplinary graduate degrees, where faculty works together in a collaborative, diverse, and collegial environment (ranked 12</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super">th</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> in field by US News). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Faculty members in ISE at NC State </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">invite applications for multiple tenure-track </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">or tenured faculty positions.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"> It is anticipated that at least one position is at the assistant professor level, although applicants may be considered for appointment at Associate/Full rank, or for a named Chair professorship based on experience.  Any position may be affiliated with the Applied AI initiative of the College of Engineering and the anticipated growth, as well as centers (e.g., CAMAL) or interdisciplinary degrees (e.g., Operations Research). There may be sufficient funding to hire in other areas, such as supply chain engineering and sustainability, human systems, or emerging areas of ISE. More detail on positions is provided below. </span><br></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Position 1 (Opt/AI): applications are invited for faculty candidates in optimization and data analytics including machine learning, or artificial intelligence. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This candidate is likely to be affiliated with the Applied AI initiative of the College of Engineering, e.g., a methodological background in optimization, with impact in any area broadly of interest. Any rank is possible based on experience. </span></p></li></ol><br><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="2"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Position 2 (Manu): applications are invited for faculty candidates in Advanced Manufacturing</span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. The research areas of interest include, but are not limited to advanced manufacturing processes, additive manufacturing, smart and digital manufacturing, manufacturing automation, biomanufacturing, micro/nanomanufacturing, materials and manufacturing, etc. There is a preference for applications for Assistant Professor though any rank is possible based on experience. </span></p></li></ol><br><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="3"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Position 3 (Stochs): applications are invited for faculty candidates in stochastics, queueing, reinforcement learning, or artificial intelligence under uncertainty. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> This candidate may be affiliated with the Applied AI initiative of the College of Engineering. There is a preference for applications for Assistant Professor though any rank is possible based on experience.</span></p></li></ol><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Applicants are expected to have a PhD degree in Industrial Engineering or one of several closely related fields. Teaching responsibilities will include graduate and undergraduate instruction as well as supervision of graduate student research. Applicants will be expected to develop a sponsored research program. General research responsibilities for faculty include a commitment to original and independent work and pursuing interdisciplinary collaborations, both within and external to NC State. We are particularly interested in candidates who can contribute to the mission or vision of NC State and support the values of the institution (</span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstrategicplan.ncsu.edu%2Fcurrent-plan%2Fwolfpack-2030-powering-the-extraordinary%2F%23mission&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7C84f3b272c09a4cd9413a08dcf1e6282e%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638651223007942109%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ORphGH587C7Yi%2Bapxmvle27bjvyzOMQxLsr%2FSgJL26Y%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://strategicplan.ncsu.edu/current-plan/wolfpack-2030-powering-the-extraordinary/#mission" shash="lhlwutcwV0uSbtIMXMM1Skovs3QbCy5YAneEofUKrd+gJL6MX9/501AcAoBbobHJwvGa9YgGYNOrOucYFVD0Tn8a7rXkHasYZVQnHno8taPGkiFULvTZrSDCaJynreMZGqtp9VuFbBMOkEfSNOn35HvBCjqJ45FJDAo5w0iT9y0=" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">strategicplan.ncsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">). </span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span id="m_-5868486317783524915gmail-docs-internal-guid-dd73f0dc-7fff-35d7-7d37-e0ab0b439360"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Please submit at </span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjobs.ncsu.edu%2Fpostings%2F209256&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7C84f3b272c09a4cd9413a08dcf1e6282e%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638651223007942109%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zjA337YeNu4zDhgtxjAPAmvzRGOjBDBfuZ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