Academic leadership strategies for engineering faculty

The faculty member of today confronts some unique challenges in order to succeed. The attainment of tenure and subsequent career advances call for excellence in the triple missions of higher education, viz., research, teaching, and service. Although these responsibilities appear to be in conflict, it is indeed possible to succeed in all three missions by appropriate management of strategies and time. This paper provides one faculty member's personal perspective on achieving success in the research, teaching, and service missions, primarily in a doctorate-granting research university environment.