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

Chaoyue Zhao (PhD ’14) took second place for the 2015 Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers for her dissertation entitled “Data-Driven Risk-Averse Stochastic Program and Renewable Energy Integration”. The award recognizes outstanding doctoral dissertation research in… Read More

Joseph Geunes has won the Fellow Award, for his professional leadership and outstanding contributions to Industrial Engineering, from the Institute of Industrial Engineers the world’s largest professional society for industrial engineers. The Atlanta-based institute has about 15,000 members and has bestowed the honor on about… Read More

UF OEM Program-Upcoming Application Deadline Our department offers a part-time master’s degree program that is designed for full-time working professionals, with classes meeting only one weekend per month for 20 months.  Students in the Outreach Engineering Management (OEM) Program take… Read More