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Department Chair, Management Sciences, Faculty of Engineering
University of Waterloo
Nominations and applications are invited for the position of Chair of the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo, home to over 300 undergraduate students, 180 graduate students, and 26 faculty members. The Department offers a co-operative education undergraduate program in Management Engineering, as well as master and Ph.D. programs in Management Sciences, attracting the best and brightest students from across Canada and around the world. Our faculty conduct research in diverse areas that include applied operations research, management of technology and information systems. The department is rapidly growing, and several new faculty hires over the past few years rejuvenated the department's research agenda with emerging research areas such as health care, sustainable energy and analytics. The new Chair will have the opportunity to guide future hiring of vacant positions. The department has ambitions to advance its position and profile, in educating first rate management engineers and high calibre researchers in Management Sciences.
The University of Waterloo is located at the heart of Canada's Technology Triangle, just west of Toronto; researchers benefit from close connections with Canada's highest concentration of high-technology and manufacturing companies, as well as University of Waterloo's unique intellectual property policy, which vests the rights with the inventor. The Faculty of Engineering was recently recognized as the top engineering school in Canada by Business Insider, and is ranked among the top engineering programs internationally by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
The Chair will lead the department in implementing its strategic plan for education and research in the next four years, and will play a crucial role in shaping the direction of the Faculty of Engineering. The successful applicant will have: a PhD and the academic qualifications required for an appointment as a tenured faculty member in the Faculty of Engineering; a distinguished record of teaching, research and university service; and demonstrated leadership ability. The successful applicant is expected to have an engineering license for practice in Canada, or shall apply for an engineering license with the Professional Engineers of Ontario immediately upon appointment.
Applications and nominations should include a detailed curriculum vitae, a brief statement of administrative, teaching and research experience, and references. The position will become open effective July 1, 2013. The competition will remain open until the position is filled. The Search Committee is committed to respecting the confidentiality of applicants. Send applications and nominations to:
Dr. Pearl Sullivan
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3Gl
engdean@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Waterloo encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, native people, and persons with disabilities.
https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/faculty-and-staff/faculty-positions
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