Gainesville, FL (April, 2011): Dr. Allen L. Soyster deliver the Ohanian Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida on Monday, April 18. His talk, “NSF and Your Career: Insights from an Insider,”… Read More

Lincoln, NE (April, 2011): Chancellor Harvey Perlman of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln proposed budget cuts which include eliminating the state’s only industrial engineering program. Leslie Reed of the Omaha Word-Herald reported on the potential closing of the Industrial and Management… Read More

Miami, FL (April, 2011): The widening of the Panama Canal will allow larger container ships to sail directly to the East Coast for subsequent distribution of the cargo. As noted by Jorge Arrizurieta of the Miami Herald, this represents a… Read More

Bethlehem, PA (April, 2011): According to the Spring 2011 Survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, engineers and other technical majors secured the top-ten highest starting salaries for college graduates. Chemical engineers headed the list, with an average… Read More

New York, NY (April, 2011): The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New York Chapter, announced results of the 54th Annual New York Emmy Awards. The video Industrial Engineers Make a Difference won in the category of “Informational/Instructional: Feature/Segment”.… Read More

Washington, D.C. (March, 2011): The American Society of Engineering Education released data from its most recent survey showing 2010 enrollment in engineering doctoral programs in the United States to be 9,025. The level is virtually unchanged over the last four… Read More

Washington, D.C. (February, 2011): Between 2004 and 2009, master’s degrees in engineering grew 4.5%, from 38,837 to 41,632 according to the American Society for Engineering Education . Master’s degrees in Engineering Management grew 27% to 2,240 in 2009. Nuclear degrees… Read More

Framingham, MA (February, 2011): The University of Florida was named third “Best Value College” among public schools in the nation by The Princeton Review. The University of Virginia claimed the top spot, followed by the New College of Florida (in… Read More

Gainesville, FL (February, 2011): Tom Hunter, former President of Sandia National Laboratories, moderated a panel consisting of Norman Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed Martin, Michael Lewis, Senior Vice President of Energy Delivery at Progress Energy, Mikel Miller, Chief Scientist of… Read More

Gainesville, FL (February, 2011): Norman R. Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed Martin and member of theNational Academy of Engineering, painted a bleak future for America’s competitiveness during his talk “Technology and Innovation in America’s Competitive Future” as part of the… Read More