The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida has experienced significant growth in the number of students enrolled in both graduate and undergraduate programs offered through the department. David Kaber, Ph.D., Dean’s Leadership Professor and… Read More
UF Ranked No. 1 Public Institution by Wall Street Journal
NSF Grant Supports Researchers to Develop Privacy-Preserving AI Models for Agricultural Farms
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1.18 million grant to a team of researchers at the University of Florida. Led by Mostafa Reisi Gahrooei, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE), the… Read More
UF ISE Alum Honored as 2023 Gator100 Awardee
Gator100 honors the 100 fastest-growing, Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses in the world. Congratulations to Industrial & Systems Engineering alumnus Michael Hirsch, Ph.D., who made the list for leading one of the World’s Fastest Growing Gator Companies! Michael Hirsch, Ph.D. Industrial… Read More
UF ISE Holds Panel on Women in Academia
In recognition of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, on March 10, 2023, the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Inclusive Excellence Committee held a panel to discuss unique challenges and hurdles that women experience in academic careers.… Read More
Two ISE Alumni Inducted into Department’s Hall of Fame
At the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering’s annual awards celebration, Josh Bass, vice president of Data, Products and Analytics for J.M. Family Enterprises (JM&A) Inc., and Trey Lauderdale, founder and former CEO of Voalte Corp., were recognized for exemplary… Read More
ISE Graduate Program Moves up 2 Spots in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
The Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) graduate program moved up two spots to No. 11 in the latest U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) rankings among public graduate engineering programs, the department’s highest rank in the past five years. “This… Read More
Autodesk Invests in 2 UF Colleges to Drive Student Success and Innovative Integration
On April 5, the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and the College of Design, Construction and Planning (DCP) received a $300,000 gift from Autodesk Inc., an American multinational corporation based in San Francisco that provides software products and services for… Read More
UF Center for Applied Optimization Hosts PanOptiC Workshop
The Center for Applied Optimization (CAO) at the University of Florida recently hosted a two-day workshop titled, “A PanOptiC View on Global Optimization.” The purpose of the workshop was to promote collaborations among scholars in global optimization and to honor… Read More
UF Announced as Hub to Expand Machine Tools Workforce Training Centers in Florida
The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) announced recently that it is expanding America’s Cutting Edge (ACE), a national initiative aimed at revitalizing U.S. manufacturing, to three locations in Florida, including the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the… Read More