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
Pardalos Talks on Optimal Energy Distribution in Russia
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, RUSSIA: ISE Distinguished Professor, Dr. Panos Pardalos, gave an invited talk at the XIV HSE April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development. Dr. Pardalos’ lecture, “Optimization and Modeling in Energy Networks,” covered possible solutions to the… Read More
Gainesville Ranked 4th Best Small University City
GREAT BARRINGTON, MA: According to a new report by the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), Gainesville is ranked among the best metropolitan college destinations in cities with populations between 250,000 to 1 million residents. Factors taken into account include… Read More
UF Presence Great in Cade Museum Prize Finals
GAINESVILLE, FL: Sixteen finalists were named March 11 for the Cade Museum Prize, named for Dr. Cade, lead inventor of Gatorade. The Cade Museum Prize is an incentive for entrepreneurs and inventors and rewards creativity and impact on society. Of the… Read More
Lauderdale (BS ’04) Among Governor’s Innovators in Business Award Winners
TALLAHASSEE, FL: The Governor named Trey Lauderdale (BS ISE 2004) among his Innovators in Business Award Winners in December of 2012. Lauderdale started Voalte, a technology firm that streamlines communications for hospitals, in Sarasota in 2008. He now serves as… Read More
Connected Magazine Names Ellenberg (BS ’90) Among “Women of M2M”
CAROL STREAM, IL: Stephanie Ellenberg (BS ISE 1990) has been named to the inaugural list of “Women of M2M” by Connected World magazine. This was announced at a ceremony in February in Chicago and in the magazine in April. M2M… Read More
ISE Graduate Barbaros Tansel honored with Memorial Lecture
ANKARA, TURKEY: UF ISE graduate, Barbaros Tansel (M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1979), passed away suddenly on January 3, 2013. Most recently, he was on the faculty at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, where he served as the department head from 1999-2006. … Read More
Florida Polytechnic Planning to Offer Industrial Engineering Degrees
LAKELAND, FL: The State of Florida’s newest school, Florida Polytechnic University, is planning to offer programs in “advanced technology, science, computer science and information technology, electrical and computer engineering and industrial engineering,” according to a recent article in The Ledger.… Read More