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Boyi Hu, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida (UF) has received funding from the National Science Foundation in support of his research to explore potential safety and health implications of construction crews working alongside collaborative drones (co-drones) on construction job sites. The construction […]

UF Industrial & Systems Engineering Assistant Professor Mostafa Reisi Gahrooei, Ph.D., has received funding from the National Science Foundation for his research in developing a proactive, data-driven framework for monitoring road transportation networks during extreme events. The detection of abnormal traffic patterns based on incomplete traffic data and prediction of disruptions rely on advanced AI […]

Boyi Hu, Ph.D., an assistant professor for the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida (UF), has received funding from the National Science Foundation in support of his research in on human-robot collaboration in the remanufacturing industry. Remanufacturing is an industrial process that takes an old or used product and […]

Xiaochen Xian, Ph.D., an assistant professor for the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida, recently received funding from the National Science Foundation in support of her research to develop adaptive sampling strategies for administering mass testing for COVID-19. The purpose of the research is to establish a reliable framework […]

The Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Florida has hired two new assistant professors, Aleksandr Kazachkov, Ph.D., who will be joining in Spring 2021, and Alexander Semenov, Ph.D., who will be joining in Fall 2020. Aleksandr Kazachkov, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Aleksandr Kazachkov, Ph.D., joins the ISE department as an assistant professor […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

The Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida has moved up two spots in the rankings for public institution graduate schools. According to the 2020 U.S. News & World Report on Best Graduate Schools, the ISE graduate program is now ranked No. 12 among public institutions and No. 18 nationally. […]