CHAIR/PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA

Applications and Nominations are invited for the position of Department
Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Old Dominion University.
The faculty seek a dynamic personality with a distinguished record of
scholarly productivity, excellent communication and administrative skills
who will provide leadership in faculty and staff development. The
successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in a mathematical science, be
eligible for appointment as Full Professor, and demonstrate a strong
commitment to promoting continued growth of the department's research and
educational programs and to developing interdisciplinary research
initiatives.

Old Dominion University is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive
institution with 19,000 students and over 600 full-time faculty. The
Department of Mathematics and Statistics is one of seven degree-granting
units in the College of Sciences and currently has 25 full-time faculty.
The department offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.  Current research in
the department focuses on various areas of applied and computational
mathematics and statistics such as theoretical and computational fluid
dynamics, elasticity and fracture mechanics, radiation transport,
acoustics, finite element analysis, optimization, mathematical biology and
biostatistics.  The department is participating in a nine-institution
cooperative agreement from the DOE under the Scientific Discovery through
Advanced Computing (SciDAC) initiative to build an integrated software
infrastructure center for partial differential equation-based modeling.  A
Center for Computational Science headed by previous chair Dr. David Keyes,
in which the department plays a prominent role, has recently been
established.  Excellent collaborative research and educational
opportunities are available at the NASA-Langley Research Center, Thomas
Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Eastern Virginia Medical School
and the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, as well as in
the other departments within the university.

Interested individuals should forward a letter-of-interest, a copy of their
curriculum vitae and three names and addresses of reference to Ms. Milissa
L. Story, Recruitment Administrator, Office of the Dean, College of
Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529-0163. Nominations of
candidates may also be sent and will be welcome. A full review of
applications will begin on 15 November 2001 and will continue until the
position is filled.

Further information regarding the department and this position may be
obtained at http://www.math.odu.edu.