Category: Announcements

GAINESVILLE, FL: The 15th class of the Outreach Engineering Management, or OEM, program kicked off with orientation and classes on the weekend of August 19-21.  The class will meet once per month in Orlando, Florida for the next 20 months.  The program leads to the M.S. or M.E. in Industrial and Systems Engineering with the […]

New York, NY (March, 2011): . U.S. News and World Report released its annual rankings of graduate schools, including Engineering. UF’s College of Engineering was ranked 30th among all engineering colleges in the United States, according to the rankings, and 18th among public institutions. In the Industrial/Manufacturing category, the UF ISE program was ranked 15th […]

Washington, D.C. (February, 2011): Between 2004 and 2009, master’s degrees in engineering grew 4.5%, from 38,837 to 41,632 according to the American Society for Engineering Education . Master’s degrees in Engineering Management grew 27% to 2,240 in 2009. Nuclear degrees were up 34%, Biomedical up 62% and Aerospace up 18% over that same time frame. […]

Framingham, MA (February, 2011): The University of Florida was named third “Best Value College” among public schools in the nation by The Princeton Review. The University of Virginia claimed the top spot, followed by the New College of Florida (in Sarasota). SUNY Binghampton and the University of Georgia rounded out the top 5 for public […]

WASHINGTON, DC (January, 2011): According to information released by the American Society for Engineering Education, Florida ranked sixth in the nation in conferring B.S. Degrees in Engineering in 2008-09, with 3,641. California led the states with 8,420 degrees, followed by New York, Texas, Pennsylvania and Michigan. In all, 74,387 degrees were awarded from 341 schools.

WASHINGTON, DC (September, 2010): The National Research Council released its long awaited doctoral program rankings in 59 different fields — their first since 1995. The new rankings, which considered data gathered in 2005 and 2006, were delayed until now. ISE, evaluated under the Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering program, was ranked in a […]

NEW YORK, NY (September, 2010): Companies recruiting new hires favor big state schools according to a recent article by Teri Evans of the Wall Street Journal. Evans noted the efficiency of recruiting at schools with large populations and multiple majors. Furthermore, recruiters claim that “graduates of top public universities are often among the most prepared […]

CANCUN, MEXICO (JUNE 2010): Dr. J. Cole Smith was awarded the Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer in Education Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). As stated by IIE, this award “recognizes individuals in academia who have demonstrated outstanding characteristics in leadership, professionalism, and potential in industrial engineering. The award recognizes […]

GAINVESVILLE, FL (JUNE 2010): A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Joseph P. Geunes received his undergraduate degree from Drexel and his Ph.D. from Penn State. He joined the Department in 1998 and currently serves as Associate Chair of the Department and Director of the Outreach Engineering Management program. His research and teaching interests are in supply […]

GAINVESVILLE, FL (JUNE 2010): Dr. J. Cole Smith joined the Department in 2005, after having been on the faculty at the University of Arizona. He earned his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech and undergraduate degree (mathematics) from Clemson. His teaching and research interests lie in discrete optimization with applications ranging from the medical field to the […]