Category: Faculty News

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. […]

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 […]

Honcheng Liu, Ph.D., an assistant professor for the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE), is working with “small” data to provide personalized and highly accurate radiation therapy treatment. His work supports the effective elimination of tumors and promotes safety for critical structures surrounding tumors. In some healthcare practices, the amount of data that is […]

Dr. Panos M. Pardalos, a distinguished professor for the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida has received the Humboldt Research Award. This award, granted by the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, is given to 100 researchers annually in recognition of their entire academic achievements with the expectation that they will […]

Panos M. Pardalos, the Paul and Heidi Brown Preeminent Professor for the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE), has received a 2018 University Term Professorship. The professorship is for three years from 2018-2021. Pardalos was recognized for his record of achievements in 2015-2017. Pardalos has been with the University of Florida since 1991 and […]

University of Florida alums, Mike (BSCEN 1993) and Kimi (BSADV 1992) Cottmeyer and their family have established two gifts for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering: a faculty fellowship for the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) and student scholarships for the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE). The Cottmeyer Family […]

Dr. Maciej Rysz was awarded over $1 million to continue his autonomous vehicle research as part of UF REEF.

Assistant Professor Dr. Michelle Alvarado, a recent hire for the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, won first place in the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum (MIF) Paper Competition for her paper, “Chemotherapy appointment scheduling under uncertainty using mean-risk stochastic integer programming.” The paper discusses the issues that can arise when oncology clinics must schedule cancer […]