WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 20, 2016)— The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Panos M. Pardalos, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of the University of Florida Paul and Heidi Brown Preeminent Professor in Industrial and… Read More

Student Sheldon Barrett's entrepreneurial skills were praised at last Monday's 2nd Annual U.Pitch College Elevator Pitch Competition & Showcase event in Chicago, awarding him $3,000 in prizes – congratulations! Sheldon showcased his product Coconut Twist to hundreds of attendees, including… Read More

Stan Uryasev has been named George and Rolande Willis Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida. Uryasev came to UF in 1998 and has been a professor since 2004. Uryasev was awarded for this professorship for… Read More

The UF ISE team won the first place in the 2014-2015 Material Handling and Logistics Student Design Competition sponsored by the College Industry Council on Material Handling Education and the Order Fulfillment Solutions Council. This competition, now in its 21st… Read More

Dr. Jean-Philippe P. Richard joined the Department in 2008, after having been on the faculty at Purdue University. He earned his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. His teaching and research interests focus on the design and application of methods for the global solution of… Read More

Dr. Guanghui (George) Lan joined the Department in 2009, after earned his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. His teaching and research interests focus on theory, algorithms and applications of stochastic optimization and nonlinear programming.  His research efforts lead to numerous awards including INFORMS Computing Society Best Student Paper Award (First Place) 2008, INFORMS George… Read More

Dr. Panos Pardalos was awarded the EUROPT Fellow for his outstanding work and achievements in the area of continuous optimization. He was awarded this honor at the 13th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization (July 8-10, 2015 in Edinburgh). http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/hall/EUROPT15

Dr. Yongpei Guan joined the Department in 2009.  His research interests include stochastic and discrete optimization, supply chain management, and renewable energy integration and power system operations. His research efforts lead to numerous awards including NSF CAREER Award 2008, ONR YIP Award 2010, and the ones as a… Read More

Dr. Serdar Kirli joined the Department in 2001.  He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Florida in 1999. His teaching and research interests include decision support systems, software engineering and information technology as well as real-time control and… Read More

UF’s student chapter of IIE, the Institute of Industrial Engineers, received the Gold Student Chapter Recognition Award for the 2014-2015 academic year. The chapter has received this honor from IIE Nationals 14 out of the past 15 years. Student chapters across the… Read More