The second dean candidate for the Graduate School and International Education, Ed Pohl, will hold an open forum from 3:15 - 4 p.m. today, April 17, in the E.J. Ball Courtroom in the Law School. 

During the open forum, Pohl will present his vision for the future of the Graduate School and International Education, which will be followed by a question-and-answer session. 

The forum is open to the public, and the campus community can attend in person or virtually using Zoom and the information provided below:

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A recording will be available within 24 hours following the presentation at this link for those who are unable to attend in person.

U of A faculty and staff can provide their feedback on the second dean candidate by completing an evaluation form. Faculty and staff must sign in with their university credentials to access the form.

About Ed Pohl

Pohl currently serves as department head of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the U of A. He also holds the Twenty-First Century Professorship in Engineering and is a professor of industrial engineering. Prior to his role as department head, Pohl was director of the Master of Science in Operations Management degree program. Before joining the U of A faculty, Pohl spent 21 years in the United States Air Force, where he served in a variety of engineering, operations analysis and academic positions during his career before retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

As a scholar, Pohl has led research in risk, reliability, engineering optimization, healthcare logistics, and supply chain risk analysis, decision making and quality. He is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management, the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers and the Society of Reliability Engineers. Pohl is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Society for Quality. He is a diplomate in the Society of Health Systems. He is also a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, and the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management.

Pohl received his Ph.D. in systems and industrial engineering from the University of Arizona. He holds an M.S. in systems engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, an M.S. in reliability engineering from the University of Arizona, an M.S. in engineering management from the University of Dayton and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Boston University.

For more information on Pohl, view his curriculum vitae.

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