Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Master Lecturer

University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering seeks a full-time, twelve-month, non-tenure-track faculty member at the rank of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Master Lecturer (working title Assistant/Associate/Full Instructional Professor).

About the role

The position supports the continued growth of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering. It will complement other current full-time instructional faculty appointments within the department and the college. The department offers B.S., M.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees and serves approximately 550 undergraduate and 200 graduate students. Research areas include advanced manufacturing, energy systems, healthcare systems, human-in-the-loop systems, supply chain systems, transportation systems, data analytics, human systems engineering, manufacturing, optimization, simulation, and stochastic analysis. There are outstanding opportunities for interdisciplinary work across the UF campus.

Responsibilities

• Teach, revise, and develop the Industrial and Systems Engineering curriculum.
• Collect data on student performance and manage course contents for accreditation purposes.
• Engage students outside of the classroom in undergraduate research, college and university committees, and student organizations.
• Teach a range of courses depending on departmental priorities and candidate expertise, with versatility across multiple areas of the curriculum, particularly in Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering Management, Production and Logistics, and Systems Engineering.
• Demonstrate excellence in teaching and, at the Associate and Full levels, leadership in program/course development and student mentorship, including capstone design and undergraduate research.
• Stay at the cutting edge of teaching pedagogy and conduct research in Engineering Education that complements and improves teaching.
• Pursue additional research in Industrial and Systems Engineering related topics (optional).

The tentative instructional faculty portfolio consists of 75% teaching and 25% department/professional service and research.

Requirements

• PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering or a closely related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering or a closely related field.

Benefits

The University of Florida is the flagship campus of the State of Florida university system and is consistently ranked among the nation’s top public universities. UF is home to HiPerGator, the fastest AI supercomputer in higher education, and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering is undergoing a major expansion in faculty, research, and facilities with a strong focus on artificial intelligence. In Fall 2023, UF opened Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology, a 260,000-square-foot facility that serves as the hub for AI.