GAINESVILLE, FL: Sixty ISE students divided into 15 teams presented solutions to problems posed by their sponsors in the Senior Design course required by all ISE students to graduate (if they do not participate in the Integrated Product and Process… Read More
Month: April 2013
UF Lauded as “Green” University
FRAMINGHAM, MA: UF was recently designated a “green” college by the Princeton Review, according to the site’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges. The list includes universities in the United States and Canada. Other schools in Florida who made the cut… Read More
Brown (BS ’84) Inspires through Benton Lecture
GAINESVILLE, FL: Paul Brown (BS ISE 1984), with wife, Heidi (Shreves) Brown (BS ISE 1983), by his side, delivered the Robert Tyrie Benton Lecture, “Finding Success in Life and Career: Simple Lessons from a Corporate Executive,” to students, faculty and… Read More
Entrepreneur Deane (BS ’63) Illustrates Limitless Options for Engineers
GAINESVILLE, FL: Randall Deane (BS IE 1963) delivered the Gregory Lecture, entitled “Unlimited Career Opportunities with an Engineering Degree,” to students in the Sales Engineering Seminar on Tuesday, April 23. As his career has spanned from engineering and management at… Read More
Alpha Pi Mu Initiates 96th Pledge Class
GAINESVILLE, FL: The Florida Chapter of Alpha Pi Mu (APM) initiated its 96th pledge class on April 22, 2013. APM is the Industrial Engineering Honor Society and induction is by invitation through academic merit. Each semester, the top 1/5th of… Read More
UF Designated “Pre-eminent” by Legislature, Governor Scott
TALLAHASSEE, FL: On Monday, April 22, Governor Scott signed SB 1076, designating the University of Florida as a pre-eminent research university, a designation that allows extra flexibility, autonomy, and allows UF to require incoming freshman take up to 12 credit hours of… Read More
UF Among Universities with Happiest Freshmen, Highest Retention
GAINESVILLE, FL: According to a recent CBS News article, the University of Florida ranked highly when compared to other university’s freshmen retention rates. The University of Florida, ranked 8th nationally, retained an astounding 95.6% of it’s freshmen last year. UF… Read More
Akcali Blends her Art and Science Talent
GAINESVILLE, FL: Elif Akcali sits at a sunny kitchen table absorbed in her work. She’s an industrial engineer by training, but today she is busy folding colored squares of paper into hundreds of palm-sized origami cranes. This particular flock is… Read More
ISE Undergraduate Selected as Winner of FICE/ACEC Scholarship
GAINESVILLE, FL: Industrial and Systems Engineering undergraduate student, Michelle Gauthreaux, was selected as the winner of the $5,000 scholarship awarded by The Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers/American Council of Engineering Companies of Florida (FICE/ACEC of Florida). Since 2004, FICE/ACEC of… Read More
Professor Pardalos Named Dunlevie Professor
GAINESVILLE, FL: Dr. Panos Pardalos, Distinguished Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was appointed as an Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Honors Term Professor for the 2013-2014 academic year. According to a UF news release, the professorships are made possible by a generous endowment gift… Read More