Category: Department News

Industrial & Systems Engineering Professor Yongpei Guan, Ph.D. and Assistant Professor Xiang Zhong, Ph.D., have received an Early Concept Grant for Exploratory Research from the National Science Foundation in support of their study on data-driven Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered-Infected (SEIRI) modeling and risk averse sequential planning for patient beds, staffing and personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals to […]

Barney Lee Capehart, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida (UF), passed away on January 19, 2020. After receiving his doctorate degree in systems engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1967, Capehart joined the ISE department as an assistant professor and began teaching at […]

Karen Hicklin, Ph.D., will join the faculty of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Florida as an assistant professor in August of 2020. Her research is primarily focused on mathematical modeling of stochastic systems with an emphasis on statistical and decision analysis as applied to healthcare and service environments. Upon […]

Gator100 honors the 100 fastest-growing, Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses in the world. Congratulations to Industrial & Systems Engineering alumnus Aidan Augustin who made the list for leading one of the world’s Fastest Growing Gator Companies! Aidan Augustin Industrial & Systems Engineering Augustin is the co-founder and President of Feathr, a digital marketing platform specifically tailored […]

Erin Magee, a recent graduate from the University of Florida’s Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) undergraduate program, recently received news that a research paper she had submitted to the UF Journal of Undergraduate Research was accepted to be published. Magee participated in the University Scholars Program, which pairs undergraduate students with a UF faculty member […]

The Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) continues to expand as it welcomes three new faculty members. Mengyu Li, Ph.D., Sanaz Motamedi, Ph.D., and Nick Napoli, Ph.D., joined the department in Fall 2019. Mengyu Li, Ph.D.Lecturer Mengyu Li, Ph.D., joins the ISE department as a lecturer having graduated from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, […]

The Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida has recently put in place a new team of faculty to manage existing undergraduate and graduate programs. The objectives for creating this team included increased effectiveness and efficiency in department communications and operations and expanding faculty representation and influence in department operations. […]

A natural problem solver, Scott Ellyson knew that engineering could be a perfect fit when it came time to choose a college major. His experiences at the University of Florida ultimately led him to focus on industrial and systems engineering (ISE). During an Intro to Engineering course offered for incoming freshman, Ellyson (B.S. ‘93) discovered […]

Yongpei Guan, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE). Guan has been recognized for his significant contributions to the industrial & systems engineering discipline. The Fellow award is the highest classification […]

Dr. David Kaber, chair of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Florida (UF), will serve as a lead for the UF Transportation Institute’s new Transportation Human Factors & Systems Group. The Human Factors & Systems Group is a multidisciplinary collaboration of UF researchers working in the areas of aging and […]