{"46062":{"#nid":"46062","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Two Senior-level Industrial Design Faculty Sought at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Architecture is currently searching for two senior-level faculty positions in Industrial Design. The first is for a new director of Industrial Design and the second is for the Oliver Professor of Practice in Design, named for alumnus James L. Oliver II (ID 1965, ME 1967).  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs Industrial Design continues to grow and strengthen its connections across the Institute and with the professional community, it is imperative that we continue to build our capacity in this discipline,\u201d explained College of Architecture Dean Alan Balfour.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe director will be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member who will head the Industrial Design faculty and oversee the graduate program, as well as have other administrative, teaching and research responsibilities. The successful candidate should have an advanced degree, academic experience and a demonstrated ability to lead. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the Oliver Professor, the College is looking for candidates who have expertise in design and engineering, significant leadership experience and a passion for collaboration and integration. \u201cThe primary goal of the Oliver Professorship, the first such position to be shared between the Colleges of Architecture and Engineering, is to advance the study of design across the various disciplines within the two colleges,\u201d said Balfour. \u201cThis pivotal member of the Georgia Tech faculty will lead interdisciplinary research pursuits and actively create a new breed of multidisciplinary professionals able to tackle the most complex issues.\u201d \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the oldest programs in the country, the Industrial Design Program has a rich and celebrated history at Georgia Tech and consistently ranks among the top design schools by \u003Cem\u003EBusinessWeek\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003EDesignIntelligence\u003C\/em\u003E. Currently the program has 127 undergraduate students, 37 graduate students and a diverse alumni body of nearly 1,000.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor additional information about the positions, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/id\u0022\u003EIndustrial Design at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Positions available include Director and Oliver Professor of Practice."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Architecture is currently searching for two senior-level faculty positions in Industrial Design.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Positions available include Director and Oliver Professor of Pra"}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2009-10-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"46063":{"id":"46063","type":"image","title":"School of Industrial Design","body":null,"created":"1449174347","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:25:47","changed":"1475894409","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:09","alt":"School of Industrial Design","file":{"fid":"190099","name":"schoolofid.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/schoolofid_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/schoolofid_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":71538,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/schoolofid_0.jpg?itok=NJCAYTTn"}}},"media_ids":["46063"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7001","name":"design professors"},{"id":"7002","name":"design teaching positions"},{"id":"3128","name":"Industrial Design"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeri Nagel - College of Architecture\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["teri.nagel@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}