NEW YORK, NY: Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) is a career development institution aimed at helping those from underrepresented groups unlock their potential through skill development, coaching and door-opening relationships. ISE seniors Ernesto Mandowsky and Oscar Oropeza are two of… Read More
Month: December 2012
Boucher Replaces Hartman as Editor of The Engineering Economist
GAINESVILLE, FL: Dr. Joseph Hartman, Professor and Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering, concluded his eight-year tenure as Editor-in-Chief of The Engineering Economist, a quarterly refereed journal published by Taylor and Francis for the Institute of Industrial Engineers and American… Read More
Lan Wins National Science Foundation CAREER Award
ARLINGTON, VA: Dr. Guanghui (George) Lan, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has won the prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his proposal entitled “Reduced-order Methods for Big Data Challenges in Nonlinear and Stochastic Optimization.”… Read More
ISE LinkedIn Alumni Group Reaches 600 Members
GAINESVILLE, FL: The Industrial & Systems Engineering Department Alumni Group on LinkedIn recently passed an important milestone, eclipsing 600 members. The group on LinkedIn allows the Department and Alumni to keep in contact with each other, share professional activities, and… Read More
Large Fall Graduating Class Well Placed in Industry
GAINESVILLE, FL: The College of Engineering held its graduation ceremony for bachelor’s and master’s students on Saturday, December 15. Doctoral ceremonies were held on the previous Friday evening. The ISE Department graduated over 40 undergraduates, the largest fall class in… Read More
Oxilien Inducted into Engineering Leadership Honorary
GAINESVILLE, FL: The leadership honorary Epsilon Lambda Chi (ELC) inducted ISE student Jennifer Oxilien (bottom right). She joins fellow ISE students Sheldon Anderson (second row from bottom on right), Cortland Russel (not pictured), and Elizabeth Gillett (second row on left)… Read More
Pie-A-Professor Raises Money for Shands Hospital for Children
GAINESVILLE, FL: Professors Joseph Hartman and Serdar Kirli volunteered their faces to receive whipped cream pies on Friday, December 7, 2012 to raise money for Shands Hospital for Children. The event, organized by the student chapter of the Institute of… Read More
Senior Design Presentations Conclude Exciting Semester
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, Coca-Cola, Costa Farms, Crowley Maritime Transportation, Nielsen, Northrop Grumman, PepsiCo, Rockwell Collins, and U.S. Navy… Read More
Ellyson (BS ’93) Talks Entrepreneurship and Manufacturing
GAINESVILLE,FL: East West Manufacturing CEO Scott Ellyson (BS ISE 1993) delivered the Fall 2012 Gregory Lecture on Tuesday, December 4 in Emerson Hall. He covered a variety of topics of interest to students studying Sales Engineering, including the career steps… Read More
Alpha Pi Mu Inducts 95th Pledge Class
GAINESVILLE, FL: The Florida Chapter of Alpha Pi Mu (APM) initiated its 95th pledge class on December 3rd, 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