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University of Florida alums, Mike (BSCEN 1993) and Kimi (BSADV 1992) Cottmeyer and their family have established two gifts for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering: a faculty fellowship for the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) and student scholarships for the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE). The Cottmeyer Family […]

Industrial & 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 […]

Over 350 University of Florida students seeking internships and career opportunities attended the second annual Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Career Fair on September 25, 2018. During the 3-hour event, undergraduate and graduate students lined up for one-on-one interviews with 19 companies. The ISE Career Fair was created to provide an opportunity for students to […]

Dr. Maciej Rysz was awarded over $1 million to continue his autonomous vehicle research as part of UF REEF.

The UF student chapter of the Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineers received the 2018 Gold Award.

Lindsay Sowa graduated from the University of Florida (UF) Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering’s (ISE) Outreach Engineering Management (OEM) master’s program in 2016. The OEM Program was specifically developed for working professionals with interest in a master’s in ISE with a concentrated emphasis in engineering management. In this article, Sowa tells us how this […]

Four Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) students recently received the 2018 Linda Parker Hudson Scholarship. Eric Blair, Ciara Conol, Caroline Kim and Summer Provance were all awarded the scholarship during the Annual ISE Spring Banquet in March of 2018. The students had the opportunity to sit down with Hudson and discuss the challenges of working […]

Industrial and Systems Engineering welcomes two lecturers and two assistant professors in the 2018-2019 academic year.

Assistant Professor Dr. Michelle Alvarado, a recent hire for the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, won first place in the INFORMS Minority Issues Forum (MIF) Paper Competition for her paper, “Chemotherapy appointment scheduling under uncertainty using mean-risk stochastic integer programming.” The paper discusses the issues that can arise when oncology clinics must schedule cancer […]

David Kaber is acknowledged by the University of Central Florida and Texas Tech for his outstanding contributions to the profession.