GAINESVILLE, FL: Bob Alligood, President and CEO of Ice House America, will deliver the Gregory Lecture entitled “Sliderules and Attitudes,” on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Reitz Union, Room 349, followed by a reception. Ice… Read More
Month: November 2011
Board of Governors Proposes University Reforms
Gainesville, FL: The Florida Board of Governors, led by John Delaney, President of the University of North Florida, unveiled a number of proposals to reform the state university system, according to Nathan Crabbe of The Gainesville Sun. Items being discussed… Read More
Dasburg (BS ’66) Featured in Brickell Magazine
MIAMI, FL: ISE Hall of Famer and CEO of ASTAR Air Cargo John Dasburg (BS IE 1966) is featured on the cover of the November/December issue of Brickell Magazine. The feature article by Jorge Arauz takes a close look at Dasburg’s… Read More
Gator ISEs Honored with Gator Attribute Awards
GAINESVILLE, FL: At a reception held just off campus in the Sweetwater Branch Inn on Monday, November 14, ISE Seniors Elizabeth Gillett, Cortland Russell and Andrew Vittetoe were awarded “Attributes of a Gator Engineer, Recognition Awards” from the College of Engineering. The… Read More
NSF Grant To Bring STEM to Middle Schools
Gainesville, FL: College of Education Professor Rose Pringle and Lynda Hayes, P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School Director, have received a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help increase awareness and interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines.… Read More
Florida Board Outlines Targets for New State University
Lakeland, FL: The Florida Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida approved a list of benchmarks that the University of South Florida Polytechnic campus in Lakeland must achieve before it can become a standalone university — the… Read More
State University System Chancellor Calls for More STEM Degrees
Miami, FL: At a recent meeting of the Board of Governor’s, Florida’s State University System Chancellor Frank Brogan called for a number of reforms at state universities. Among these included additional funding for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) majors.… Read More
Call for Abstracts: 1st International Conference on Network Analysis
Gainesville, FL: The 1st International Conference on Network Analysis will take place on December 14 – 16, 2011 in Gainesville, Florida U.S.A. The conference is sponsored by the Center for Applied Optimization of the University of Florida. The purpose of… Read More
Undergraduate Program Continuing Steep Growth Rate
Gainesville: The College of Engineer released its official enrollments for the Fall, 2011 semester. The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering has 531 students enrolled in the undergraduate program, only trailing Mechanical Engineering (1094 students), Chemical Engineering (588) and Civil… Read More
Largest Group of ISEs Attend SHPE National Conference
Anaheim, CA: SHPE (The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) held their annual conference from October 26 through 30 in Anaheim, California. According to SHPE, the conference is designed to “provide educational, technical and career opportunities for professional and student engineers.” … Read More