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College of Engineering

Research

The UF Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) Department leads cutting-edge research in areas ranging from foundational theory in data analytics, human performance, and operations research to applied studies in energy systems, healthcare, human systems design, and supply chain management.

Research Thrust Areas

ISE faculty expertise is organized into five major research thrusts, each supported by specialized research centers and laboratories:

  • Health Systems – Advancing medical decision-making, personalized treatment models, and quantitative human systems analyses in healthcare.
  • Human Systems  – Researching human motion monitoring, biometrics, usability in safety-critical systems, human-robot interaction, driver safety, and physiological signal processing.
  • Operations Research – Developing stochastic and discrete optimization methods, stochastic modeling and control, algorithm design, and network optimization.
  • Smart Production & Logistics Systems – Enhancing supply chain design, process data mining, statistical data reduction, machine learning for decision-making, and data-driven inventory control.

Learn more about our research centers and laboratories supporting these thrust areas.

Intradisciplinary Research

ISE faculty actively engage in intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary research, leveraging collaboration across multiple domains. The Collaborative Research Seed Funding (CRSF) Program fosters joint research efforts, supporting large-scale federal funding proposal development.

Department Research Facilitation Initiative

To support early-stage researchers, the Early Ph.D. Student Award (EPSA) Program provides funding for the first two years of Ph.D. studies. Faculty members identify outstanding Ph.D. candidates and commit to securing external research funding. Any successful funding obtained contributes to supporting the student in their third and fourth years.