Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 The department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lehigh University invites applications for a 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 with a strong background in high-performance computing and/or large-scale optimization with interests in financial engineering or bioinformatics/health care 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. The department is undergoing significant growth in various area of operations research and computing. Current research thrusts include (1) optimization, (2) high-performance computing, (3) manufacturing, production, and logistics, (4) information systems, and (5) stochastic processes. Recent hires at the junior level have joined the Department in these and related areas with specializations in parallel algorithms, grid computing, mathematical programming, robust optimization, telecommunications, and supply chain analysis. Established in 1926, the ISE Department currently has 15 full-time faculty members, 130 undergraduates and 120 graduate students, about 50 of which 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, high performance computing, financial optimization, telecommunications, and a variety of topics in logistics and supply chain analysis. The Department maintains excellent computational and laboratory facilities, including a 64-processor Beowulf cluster for parallel computing. Annual research expenditures exceed $3.5 million. The Department has extensive interdisciplinary ties with the business school through the Center for Value Chain Research and finance and mathematics departments through the Analytical Finance program. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2006 and will continue until the position is filled. Send a statement of research and teaching interests, a curriculum vita, representative research paper(s), names and addresses of at least three references, and a cover letter to Professor Robert H. Storer, Search Committee Chair, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mohler Laboratory, 200 West Packer Ave., Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 18015-1582. The department web site is www.lehigh.edu/inime/ . Lehigh University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and provides equal opportunity on the basis of merit without discrimination because of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age, handicap, gender, sexual orientation, or union membership. -- Mayuresh V. Kothare R. L. McCann Associate Professor Chemical Process Modeling and Control Research Center Department of Chemical Engineering Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive Bethlehem, PA 18015, U.S.A. Office: D322 Iacocca Hall Tel: (610) 758 6654, Fax: (610) 758 5057 e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.lehigh.edu/~mvk2