NORCROSS, GA: UF’s student chapter of IIE, the Institute of Industrial Engineers, received the Gold Student Chapter Recognition Award for the 2011-2012 academic year. This is the eleventh consecutive year in which the chapter has received this honor. Student chapters across the… Read More
Month: August 2012
Hudson (BS ’71) Named to Board of Directors for Bank of America
CHARLOTTE, NC: President and CEO of BAE Systems, Linda Hudson (BS SE 1971), has been named one of four new members of the Board of Directors for Bank of America. In describing the new directors, Bank of America Chairman Charles… Read More
Pardalos to be Keynote Speaker at Italian Conference
TAORMINA, ITALY: ISE Distinguished Professor, Dr. Panos Pardalos, will be a keynote speaker at the 12th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature. He will give a talk entitled “Global equilibrium search algorithm for combinatorial optimization problems.” An expert… Read More
UF Among Universities Growing Startup Companies and Royalty Revenue
DEERFIELD, IL: According to survey results from the Association of University Technology Managers, universities and their inventors earned more than $1.5 billion from royalties (earned on the sales of products) generated from academic research in the 2011 fiscal year. According… Read More
Seminar: Control Techniques for Complex Networks
Gainesville, FL: Dr. Sean Meyn, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the director of the Laboratory for Cognition and Control at the University of Florida, will present a seminar entitled, “Control Techniques for Complex Networks, Or, Why I do not believe… Read More
Stern (BS ’83, ME ’11) Named Division COO at Esterline
SYLMAR, CA: Alumnus Eric Stern (BS ’83, ME ’11) has taken a new position with Esterline Control Systems in California. He will serve as the Chief Operating Officer in the Mason Division. This new position came with a cross country move… Read More
New Academic Year Underway!
GAINESVILLE, FL: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, marks the beginning of the fall semester at the University of Florida. The ISE Department welcomes nine new Ph.D. students, and fifty-eight new Master’s students (in addition to those in the new Outreach Engineering Management program). … Read More
Latest, and Largest, OEM Installment Kicks Off Program in Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, FL: Students in the Outreach Engineering Management (OEM) Class of 2014 began their program of study this weekend in Gainesville. This class is the largest one in history, with 58 students. For the seventh straight year, classes will be held in… Read More
Summer Graduation Concludes Busy Session for ISE
GAINESVILLE, FL: The University conferred its degrees last weekend in two commencement ceremonies. The ISE Department was represented by thirteen undergraduate degrees, seventeen Master’s degrees, and seven doctoral degrees. The M.S. and M.E. degrees included those earned on campus and online.… Read More
ISE Student, Sheldon Anderson, wins Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award
GAINESVILLE, FL: Integrity is a characteristic emulated by Sheldon Anderson, and for this reason, he was chosen to represent UF’s College of Engineering for the 2012-2013 school year as one of five Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award winners. (Winners… Read More