Category: Industrial and Operations Engineering
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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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Explainable AI: New framework increases transparency in decision-making systems
Achieving high interpretability and accuracy at a low computational cost, the technique can improve medical diagnostics with trustworthy AI
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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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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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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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Students showcase innovation at IOE Senior Design Expo
U-M IOE Senior Design Expo highlights graduating seniors’ real-world research and solutions.
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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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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.