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From: Mayer Humi <mh...@WPI.EDU>
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Subject: Dept Head Position at WPI,Worcester,MA USA
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Thread-Topic: Dept Head Position at WPI,Worcester,MA USA
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Department Head, Mathematical Sciences 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) invites applications for the 
position of H
ead of the 
Mathematical Sciences Department. The department currently comprises 28 
full-tim
e faculty and 
offers outstanding academic programs, including the B.S., M.S., and Ph. D. 
in Ma
thematical 
Sciences; maintains vibrant research programs in applied and computational 
mathe
matics and 
statistics; and is the home of the Center for Industrial Mathematics and 
Statist
ics, with strong 
industry-university alliances. The department boasts over 170 
undergraduate majo
rs and 80 
graduate students and serves a vital support role for other degree 
programs. 

WPI seeks a dynamic individual with demonstrated leadership ability who 
will bui
ld upon the 
department.s strengths, recruit outstanding faculty, promote scholarly 
initiativ
es, foster corporate 
relations, and steer the department to its next level of excellence and 
visibili
ty. Applicants must 
have an earned doctorate and a strong international reputation, a 
distinguished
record of 
scholarly achievement in application-oriented mathematical sciences 
supporting t
he department 
strengths, administrative experience or clear potential, and a record of 
excelle
nce in teaching. 
The department head will be expected to represent the department within 
both the
 constituent 
and academic communities and to coordinate extramural funding activities. 
More i
nformation 
about the department and its mission, goals and objectives, undergraduate 
and gr
aduate 
programs, and faculty research areas is available at 
http://www.wpi.edu/academic
s/math.html. 

Founded in 1865, WPI is one of the nation.s oldest technological 
universities. T
oday, WPI is a 
highly selective private university with an undergraduate student body of 
over 3
600, and 1400 
full-time and part-time graduate students enrolled in more than 50 
programs. U.S
. News and 
World Report consistently ranks WPI among the top national universities. 
Its inn
ovative project-
based curriculum engages students and faculty in real-world problem 
solving, often at one of
WPI.s 25 Project Centers located around the globe. The university is 
located in 
the heart of 
Massachusetts and an hour drive west of Boston. 

Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a letter of intent that 
describe
s professional 
interests (research, teaching and administrative), and contact information 
for a
 minimum of three 
references. Applicants are encouraged to apply through MathJobs 
(www.mathjobs.or
g), but 
application materials may also be submitted (as a single PDF file) to 
masearch@w
pi.edu. 
Nominations are welcome and should be sent to masea...@wpi.edu. 
Applications fro
m women 
and minority candidates are especially encouraged. For full consideration, 
appli
cations should be 
received by November 1, 2012. Questions can be addressed to 
kwo...@wpi.edu.