Author: Jessalyn Tamez
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Uday V. Shanbhag named inaugural Katta G. Murty Collegiate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
This new professorship recognizes department excellence and honors U-M IOE Professor Emeritus, Katta G. Murty who has been a part of the Department for over 50 years.
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Three IOE faculty promoted
On May 15 Leia Stirling and Mariel Lavieri were promoted to full professors and Michael Craig was promoted to associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE).
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Three students recognized with NSF GRFP honorable mentions
Doctoral students Drew Hidalgo, Harrison Sims and Jennifer Zamudio, have been given honorable mentions for the 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
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Michigan IOE welcomes two new faculty
Dr. Sushil Varma joins from INRIA Paris, where he designed algorithms for online marketplaces and EV-based transportation. Dr. Manhua Wang joins from Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, focusing on trustworthy, adaptive human-AI collaborations in intelligent transportation and automated vehicles.
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Hyesun Chung named 2025 Barbour Scholar
Barbour Scholars are selected from among the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship awardees and represent outstanding female scholars from Asia and the Middle East pursuing graduate degrees at U-M.
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Celebrating IOE Student Excellence at the 2025 Leaders and Honors Banquet
This year, five IOE students have been recognized for their accomplishments including Sinan Abdulhak, Ethan George, Jacqueline Hannan, Jiahao Shi and Aubree Xia.
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Leia Stirling honored with the 2025 Neil Van Eenam Memorial Undergraduate Teaching Award
This prestigious award recognizes faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding dedication to undergraduate education, mentorship and curriculum innovation.
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Sinan Abdulhak selected for the Aviation Week Network’s 2025 20 Twenties Class
A celebration of the master’s student’s achievements took place at the 20 Twenties awards banquet in Washington D.C.
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Alexander Salazar
Alexander Salazar is an engineer at Blue Origin, a privately funded American company building Space Rockets and a Space Station.
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Estrada-Garcia awarded 2025 IES graduate and postdoctoral fellowship
Juan-Alberto Estrada-Garcia, a PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering has been awarded a 2025 U-M Institute for Energy Solutions Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship for his work in power systems amidst wildfires.
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Berahas named member of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research 2025 Young Investigator Program
Albert S. Berahas will use this opportunity to develop, analyze and implement algorithms for solving noisy constrained derivative-free optimization problems, prevalent in fields such as engineering design, medicine and machine learning.
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U-M IOE Building Grand Opening: A Celebration of Community
The newly renovated University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering Building was unveiled on January 22, marking the completion of a $4.5 million transformation aimed at making it a hub for connection and progress in engineering excellence.
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Laura Glick
Laura Glick is the Chief Investment Officer for the Spencer Foundation and manages their $700 million endowment.
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Lanie Dixon
Lanie Dixon is the Executive Director of Patient Experience at Atlantic Health System.
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Kevin Gilligan
Kevin Gilligan is the President of Food and Nutrition at Graham Packaging where he manages a $700 million business.