Month: April 2012

Senior Design Wraps Up Busy Semester

ISE students deliver a senior design presentation

GAINESVILLE, FL:  The Senior Design Project class for Industrial and Systems Engineering concluded the semester with final presentations to project sponsors, which included BAE Systems, Costa Farms, Crowley Maritime Transportation, Nielsen, Northrop Grumman, Pepsi, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, UPS and U.S.… Read More

Smith (MS ’11) Receives Mentor of the Year Honor

GAINESVILLE, FL:  Consuela Smith (MS ISE 2011), a graduate of the ISE Department’s OEM Program and Advisory Board member, was named 2011-2012 Mentor of the Year for her participation in the Gator Launch program.  Ms. Smith mentored Briana Cornish, who nominated… Read More

Alpha Pi Mu Inducts 94th Pledge Class

Alpha Pi Mu group photo

GAINESVILLE, FL: The Florida Chapter of Alpha Pi Mu (APM) initiated its 94th pledge class on April 19th, 2012. APM is the Industrial Engineering Honor Society and induction is by invitation through academic merit. Each semester, the top 1/5th of the… Read More

IPPD Celebrates 17th Year with Final Design Reviews

Keith Stanfill, director of Integrated Product and Process Design, with Joe Buzzett, director of technology programs at General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, during the programs final design review at the University of Florida in Gainesville on April 18, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Stanfill)

GAINESVILLE, FL:  On the evening of April 17, 22 Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) project teams comprising 125 students (21 from Industrial and Systems Engineering) gave their final presentations and displayed their products and systems in a Prototype Demonstration… Read More