Category: Doctoral Students
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Engaging Detroit’s next generation of engineers
With help from an Engage Detroit grant, U-M IOE and Robotics empower future engineers through hands-on learning and community building.
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Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day: Meet three IOE students leading the way
This International Women in Engineering Day, we’re celebrating three students from the University of Michigan (U-M) Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) who are paving the way for future female engineers.
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Jennifer Zamudio and X. Jessie Yang awarded PACE Fellowship
This fellowship honors doctoral students and their faculty mentors who foster a positive program climate and support student success.
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U-M IOE faculty and students awarded at IISE Annual Conference and Expo
IOE faculty and students awarded for industrial and systems engineering research and scholarship.
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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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IOE graduation speakers reflect on their Michigan Engineering journeys
Each spring, the University of Michigan (U-M) College of Engineering selects two student speakers for the undergraduate and graduate commencements. This year both speakers are from the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE). Undergraduate student Bella Wash and Ph.D. student Dr. Leena Ghrayeb will share their unique paths and their commitment to human-centered engineering.
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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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More efficient wind turbine reliability simulation
Digitally testing the reliability of large-scale structures can be computationally intensive, but a new method significantly boosts efficiency while maintaining accuracy.
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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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Celebrating the IOE graduate class of 2024
This spring 58 students graduated from the U-M IOE PhD and master’s program. Many of whom were honored with awards.
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University of Michigan IOE PhD Student Yifan Li honored with teaching awards
Yifan Li has been honored with the 2024 Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement, the Distinguished Leadership Award from the College of Engineering and the Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Award
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IOE PhD student Jianhao Ma awarded a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports PhD students who have achieved candidacy and are actively working on dissertation research and writing
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Students celebrated at U-M IOE Graduation Reception
On Thursday, April 27, 2023 students, faculty, and staff from the Univerisity of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering (U-M IOE) Department came together to celebrate the accomplishments of their graduating graduate students at the Michigan League. This spring 67 students graduated from the U-M IOE PhD and master’s program. Many of whom were honored with…
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Jacqueline Hannan awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to further neonatal ventilation research
U-M IOE PhD student Jacqueline Hannan has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF. The purpose of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to ensure the quality, vitality, and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce of the United States.
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U-M IOE hosts its second annual Graduate School Workshop
The workshop is part of a multi-year diversity, equity and inclusion initiative to broaden participation in the field of industrial engineering.