Since joining the U-M IOE Department in 2011 she has spearheaded a strategic effort to modernize the data analytics curriculum in order to prepare students for the contemporary workforce and advanced studies.
Professor Eunshin Byon has been promoted to the rank of a tenured professor in the Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) Department at the University of Michigan (U-M) — a milestone that honors her exceptional academic and research achievements.
Dr. Byon’s research focuses on data science in energy systems. Although the availability of large-scale data from multiple sources provides unprecedented opportunities, analyzing the enormous amounts of field data and integrating the associated simulation efforts present many challenging issues. By effectively synthesizing the components from many data sources, her research created quantitative schemes that model and predict system responses, dynamically update models with data streams and quantify uncertainties in engineering applications such as energy. With the push towards sustainable energy, her insights into the reliability and improvement of renewable power systems are crucial. Understanding the multifaceted stochastic behaviors of these systems and improving their resilience translate directly to a more reliable and robust renewable energy infrastructure.
Professor Byon holds a BS and MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and a PhD from Texas A&M University. Since joining the U-M IOE Department in 2011 she has spearheaded a strategic effort to modernize the IOE’s data analytics curriculum in order to prepare students for the contemporary workforce and advanced studies.
Further emphasizing her dedication to practical and theoretical engineering challenges, Professor Byon has been deeply involved with various professional engineering societies. She is an active member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Dr. Byon has also been honored with many awards throughout her career. Most recently She won the QCRE teaching award from IISE in 2024 and in the past was the recipient of the Department Faculty Award and the Richard Wilson Faculty Scholar Award. Recently, she has secured grants to work with the Ford Motor Company from 2023-25, and the NSF grant she received in collaboration with Dr. Sara Shashaani will continue work into 2025 as well. These achievements solidify her peer recognition as a leader in the advancement of digital twin technology.