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Pittsburgh, PA - USA

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Carnegie Mellon Universitys 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) 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 CMUAfrica 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 civicminded 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 masters degree programs in Engineering & Public Policy and in Engineering & Technology Innovation and Management and a researchoriented Ph.D. program. Our students build skills in policy analysis risk assessment data science and decisionmaking needed to solve todays 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.



EPP seeks an accomplished leader to provide strategic vision and outstanding operational management to oversee worldclass 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 highquality student experience promote diversity within the department and institution build alumni interactions and fundraising demonstrate a commitment to highquality administration and oversee the daytoday 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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