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• UF Center for Applied Optimization Hosts PanOptiC Workshop

  March 17, 2023

    The Center for Applied Optimization (CAO) at the University of Florida recently hosted a two-day workshop titled “A PanOptiC View on Global Optimization” from March 9-10. The purpose of the workshop was to promote collaborations among scholars in global… Read More

• UF Announced as Hub to Expand Machine Tools Workforce Training Centers in Florida

  February 17, 2023

  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

• New FinTech Certificate Program Offered to Graduate Students

  December 6, 2022

  This fall term, the Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) department began enrolling Ph.D. students in a new financial technology (FinTech) certificate program. The certificate focuses on new technologies and analytics for financial services with the objective of educating students in… Read More

• UF Engineering Researchers Will Create 2 Courses on Robotics Safety 

  November 30, 2022

  Boyi Hu, Ph.D., an assistant professor for the UF Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE), has received funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the development of course modules that focus… Read More

• Kaber Named 2023 IEEE Fellow

  David Kaber, Ph.D., Dean’s Leadership Professor and chair of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida, has been elevated to Fellow status in The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Kaber is… Read More

• UF ISE Student wins the Raytheon Technologies Competition 2022

  November 14, 2022

  View the full story, originally published here. Supply chain and operations students from across the nation came together to compete in the third annual Raytheon Technologies Invitational Business Case Competition presented by TCU Neeley’s Center for Supply Chain Innovation. The… Read More

• Gator Engineering Students Earn 2nd Place in Fifth Annual Lockheed Martin National Engineering Ethics Competition

  Two industrial engineering students set the bar high for future UF teams participating in the annual Lockheed Martin Ethics in Engineering Case Competition, as they secured a second-place finish among 31 collegiate teams from across the nation. Sponsor Lockheed Martin… Read More

• Pardalos Receives Honorary Doctorate

    This week in Greece, Dr. Panos Pardalos, Professor Emeritus of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Florida (UF), received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Athens University. In a traditional ceremony(View Ceremony), Pardalos was awarded the degree and… Read More

• Memorial to Dr. Jack Elzinga

  September 9, 2022

  D. Jack Elzinga, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida (UF), passed away on August 23, 2022, in Gainesville, Fla., at the age of 83. Dr. Elzinga received a bachelor’s… Read More

• Blast from the past: Professor Thomas J. Hodgson teaching Production & Inventory Control at UF in 1971

  September 2, 2022

  Over 50 years ago, in December 1971, Dr. Thom Hodgson was photographed teaching a production/inventory control class for Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida (UF). Today, he is Professor Emeritus with North Carolina State University. Dr.… Read More