"Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy"

Carnegie Mellon University: College of Engineering: Engineering and Public Policy

Location: Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Description:

Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering invites applications for the position of Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy.

The Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) https://www.cmu.edu/epp/index.html at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) seeks a visionary, empathetic, entrepreneurial, and experienced leader as its next Department Head. EPP, established in 1976, is a unique department focused on bringing interdisciplinary methods to policy problems where the technical details matter and to technology problems where the social impacts matter. Moreover, EPP is one of seven departments in the College of Engineering at CMU, along with Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering. Fundamental to its mission, EPP maintains close ties with these departments as well as other schools throughout the university through joint faculty appointments, joint degrees, multidisciplinary research projects and centers, and a high level of shared educational and research activities both within the college and with other colleges, departments, and programs at CMU, including the CMU-Africa campus. EPP research spans many areas of engineering including artificial intelligence, climate and the environment, energy systems, information and communications technology, risk analysis, security and privacy, technology innovation, and the intersections with policy, societal change, equity, and the developing world. Our current efforts are civic-minded and involve working with policymakers at local, regional, state, national, and international levels. Our faculty have broad disciplinary training, strong analytical skills, and a passion for changing the world.

EPP offers an additional major for undergraduate students in the College of Engineering as well as throughout the University, master's degree programs in Engineering & Public Policy and in Engineering & Technology Innovation and Management, and a research-oriented Ph.D. program. Our students build skills in policy analysis, risk assessment, data science, and decision-making needed to solve today's complex problems in business, government, and nonprofits across the globe. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, PA, which has been designated the most livable city in the United States six times since 2000.

Qualifications:

EPP seeks an accomplished leader to provide strategic vision and outstanding operational management to oversee world-class research and educational programs. The Department Head will build upon and strengthen the culture of interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation, and respect in the department and across the university, expand the reputation of the department, lead the department in strategic planning, deliver a high-quality student experience, promote diversity within the department and institution, build alumni interactions and fundraising, demonstrate a commitment to high-quality administration, and oversee the day-to-day operations of the department. We are dedicated to continuing to build upon a diverse and inclusive research and educational environment and seek applicants who can help us do that.

Individuals with interdisciplinary expertise across a wide range of areas including the engineering, science, and policy domains will be considered. Applicants must have earned a Ph.D. or doctoral degree in a field of engineering or science closely related to department activities and have experience in the area of policy. Additionally, applicants must be qualified for an appointment at the rank of Professor of Engineering with tenure in EPP or jointly with another department.

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