Tag: 2025 Spring Newsletter

Hello ISE friends and colleagues,  It’s hard to believe the spring semester is already coming to a close and commencement is just around the corner. This time of year offers a special opportunity to reflect on the accomplishments of our alumni, faculty, and students over the past few months, and what an impactful semester it […]

For the second consecutive year, Scott Bartnick, a 2015 graduate of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida, has been named a Gator100 honoree. The award honors UF alumni who have created some of the fastest-growing businesses in the world. Bartnick is the co-founder and CEO of Otter PR, […]

Xiang Zhong grew up with her role model. 

“My mother was an engineering faculty member in a Chinese university,” said Zhong, Ph.D., an associate professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.

By 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 […]

By 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 […]

The 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 […]

Nearly 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 […]