ARLINGTON, VA (October 2010): The Office of Naval Research (ONR) celebrated the 25th year of its Young Investigator Program. Recent recipient, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Yongpei Guan participated in the ceremonies which honored the more than 500… Read More
Month: April 2011
UF Considering Alternative Spring-Summer Schedule.
GAINESVILLE, FL (September, 2010): The University of Florida is considering a new scheduling option in which undergraduate students would only participate in on campus classes in the spring and summer, as the campus is currently at capacity in the fall,… Read More
ISE Posts Strong Showing in NRC Rankings.
WASHINGTON, DC (September, 2010): The National Research Council released its long awaited doctoral program rankings in 59 different fields — their first since 1995. The new rankings, which considered data gathered in 2005 and 2006, were delayed until now. ISE,… Read More
Shen Named Runner-Up in ICS Competition.
HANOVER, MD (September, 2010): Ph.D. student Siqian Shen was announced as one of two runners-up of the 2010 INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) Student Prize for the best paper on computing and operations research by a student author. Her paper, “Expectation… Read More
Employers Converge on Campus to Recruit.
GAINESVILLE, FL (September, 2010): Employers from all over the country converged on the O’Connell Center in search of talent for full-time, intern and co-op positions at the Fall Career Resource Center Showcase. A number of companies were specifically looking for… Read More
"Gladiator" Gators Place in Optimization Competition.
BETHLEHEM, PA (August, 2010): Team “Gladiator”, consisting of ISE PhD students Ruiwei Jiang, Zhili Zhou, and Siqian Shen and advised by Dr. George Lan (Assistant Professor of ISE) were named finalists in the second Optimization Modeling Competition sponsored by AIMMS… Read More
Brown Awarded Inaugural Leadership Award.
GAINESVILLE, FL (August, 2010): Alex Brown, ISE Senior, was selected as the 2010-2011 (and first ever) undergraduate recipient of the “Attributes of a Gator Engineer Recognition Award for Leadership” by the College of Engineering. He was recognized at the 2010… Read More
Florida Ranked Ninth By Corporate Recruiters.
NEW YORK, NY (September, 2010): Companies recruiting new hires favor big state schools according to a recent article by Teri Evans of the Wall Street Journal. Evans noted the efficiency of recruiting at schools with large populations and multiple majors.… Read More
ISE Graduates Summer Class.
GAINESVILLE, FL (August, 2010): The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering conferred degrees at commencement on August 7. A total of 40 degrees were awarded, led by 25 at the Master’s level. Additionally, eight undergraduates received B.S. degrees and seven… Read More
Growth Expected in Service Industry.
CHICAGO, IL (September, 2010): Job creation is expected to remain slow in the near future, as reported by Christopher Rugaber and Michael Liedtke of the AP, but economists do predict an uptick in the service section. Specifically, the article points… Read More