Category: Research

UF ISE Faculty Receive NSF EAGER Award to Help Hospitals Combat COVID-19
April 23, 2020Industrial & 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 […]
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Kaber to Lead New Transportation Human Factors & Systems Group
April 29, 2019Dr. 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 […]
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April 15, 2019Honcheng 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 […]
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Xiang Zhong Uses Systems Engineering to Transform Healthcare Practices
November 30, 2018Industrial & Systems Engineering Assistant Professor Xiang Zhong, Ph.D., has received $286,655 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in support of her research methods to improve specialized medical care for people with serious illness, also known as palliative care. Due to advanced technology in healthcare, the life-expectancy rate has increased significantly. As […]
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