Welcome to the UF Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering‘s digital newsletter. Each semester, you will receive a message from us highlighting departmental updates and successes. We look forward to connecting with you.
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ISE Spring 2025 Newsletter: A Message from the Chair
Hello ISE friends and colleagues, It’s hard to believe the spring semester is already coming to a close and commencement is just around the corner. This time of year offers…
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Otter PR CEO, UF engineering grad makes the Gator100. Again
For the second consecutive year, Scott Bartnick, a 2015 graduate of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida, has been named a Gator100 honoree. The award honors UF alumni who have created some of the fastest-growing businesses in the world. Bartnick is the co-founder…
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For associate professor Xiang Zhong, engineering has family roots
Xiang Zhong grew up with her role model. “My mother was an engineering faculty member in a Chinese university,” said Zhong, Ph.D., an associate professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.
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NSF awards ISE researcher CAREER grant to study new learning-based optimization methods
By David Schlenker The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded University of Florida engineering professor Aleksandr Kazachkov $550,213 to develop integer optimization technology that may enhance power system operations, vehicle routing, and even organ transplant allocation. The NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program grant will fund research to improve…
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Meet Allen Kurian, a man with a plan – and a few goats
By Megan Howard ISE Student Profile From farming to government to engineering, University of Florida Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) junior Allen Kurian doesn’t spend much time relaxing. On the weekends, he can be found on his family’s Newberry-area farm, working in the barn or driving the tractor. During the weekdays,…
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“Proud to be a Gator!” ISE’s new Alumni Hall of Famers Continually Advance Technology
The Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering added two more successful executives to its Alumni Hall of Fame on Sunday, honoring two men who took their University of Florida degrees to new heights. Inducted were Kevin Teehan, a 1988 UF graduate and current technology consultant, and Eric R. Stern, a 1983 (bachelor’s)…
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A true Gator legacy: Haldeman gifts still powering ISE graduate students
Nearly 10 years after his death, diehard Gator and lumber magnate Harold D. Haldeman, Jr. continues to make a difference for engineering students at the University of Florida. A 1950 graduate of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering who first established a fellowship for ISE…