GAINESVILLE, FL: ISE honorees, graduates and their families, faculty and staff celebrated the Spring 2012 Commencement Ceremony with a banquet at the Touchdown Terrace on Saturday, May 5, 2012. During the banquet, the ISE Department recognized student award and scholarship… Read More
GAINESVILLE, FL: ISE graduating senior Elizabeth Krall served as the Female Student Commencement Speaker for the College of Engineering on Sunday, May 6. In her speech, she urged her fellow engineers to follow Newton’s three laws of physics by staying… Read More
GAINESVILLE, FL: Mr. Felix “Andy” Crawford and Mrs. Erin Wallace were named UF Distinguished Alumni at the College of Engineering commencement on Sunday, May 6, 2012. Crawford (BIE 1961) started his engineering career with Armstrong Cork Company in Lancaster, PA,… Read More
GAINESVILLE, FL: The ISE Hall of Fame gained three new members on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the annual spring banquet. The new ISE Alumni Leadership Award winners were Bruce Laval (BS IE 1969), the late Wilma Smith (BIE 1959), … Read More
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, Costa Farms, Crowley Maritime Transportation, Nielsen, Northrop Grumman, Pepsi, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, UPS and U.S.… Read More
GAINESVILLE, FL: Vernon Kelly (BS IE 1963) delivered the Gregory Lecture on Tuesday, April 24 to students in Sales Engineering. He reviewed his career, which included over 20 years as President of PGA Tour Golf Course Properties, and shared advice.… Read More
GAINESVILLE, FL: The Florida Chapter of Alpha Pi Mu (APM) initiated its 94th pledge class on April 19th, 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
ARLINGTON, VA: Dr. Jean-Philippe P. Richard, Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study railroad operations. The proposal, entitled “New Modeling and Solution Paradigms for Transportation Problems with Applications to… Read More
ARLINGTON, VA: Dr. Yongpei Guan, Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study energy systems. The proposal, entitled “Chance-Constrained and Robust Optimization for Power Systems with Intermittent Renewable Generation,” was… Read More
GAINESVILLE, FL: On the evening of April 17, 22 Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) project teams comprising 125 students (21 from Industrial and Systems Engineering) gave their final presentations and displayed their products and systems in a Prototype Demonstration… Read More