Faculty News

UF ISE Faculty Retire After Years of Service

This year, two senior faculty retired from the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida, including Panos Pardalos, Ph.D., and Suleyman Tufekci, Ph.D. In October 2021, the ISE Department celebrated the two faculty members to commemorate their many years of success.   Panos Pardalos, Ph.D.  Dr. Pardalos joined the… Read More

Remembering Donald W. Hearn

Donald W. Hearn, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida (UF), passed away on July 9, 2021, in Pinehurst, NC. Dr. Hearn received a bachelor’s degree in physics from the… Read More

Mostafa Reisi Gahrooei, Ph.D., Develops Data-Driven model to Detect Transportation Disruption During Extreme Events

UF Industrial & Systems Engineering Assistant Professor Mostafa Reisi Gahrooei, Ph.D., has received funding from the National Science Foundation for his research in developing a proactive, data-driven framework for monitoring road transportation networks during extreme events. The detection of abnormal… Read More

UF ISE Welcomes Two New Faculty

The Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida has hired five new faculty in 2019 and 2020. Sima Sabani, Ph.D., and Yu Yang, Ph.D., both joined the department this fall. Sima Sabani, Ph.D. Lecturer Sima… Read More