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NSF awards ISE researcher CAREER grant to study new learning-based optimization methods
April 22, 2025By 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 the scalability, speed, and reliability […]
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Meet Allen Kurian, a man with a plan – and a few goats
April 17, 2025By 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, he can be found attending […]
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“Proud to be a Gator!” ISE’s new Alumni Hall of Famers Continually Advance Technology
April 14, 2025The 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) and 2011 (master’s) UF graduate […]
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A true Gator legacy: Haldeman gifts still powering ISE graduate students
March 6, 2025Nearly 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 students in 2011, Haldeman died […]
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Paying Tribute to the Life of Carlos del Sol
December 13, 2024Carlos Manuel del Sol (BSIE ’72) passed peacefully on November 24, 2024. He served as chair and member of the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Board, former chair of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) Advisory Board, and a member of the UF Alumni Association Board of Directors. After graduating […]
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UF ISE Attends 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle
December 12, 2024Students, faculty and staff from the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida made a trip to the Pacific Northwest in October to attend the 2024 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting at the Seattle Convention Center. The department had a range of representation, which […]
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ISE Faculty Addressing Climate Change by Researching New Structural System Concepts
December 12, 2024The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation has awarded a collaborative grant totaling over $830,000 to a multidisciplinary team comprised of researchers at Iowa State University, the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the University of Florida. The team consists of architects, civil engineers, industrial engineers, and […]
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