Category: Research
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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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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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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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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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Engineering a smarter game for Michigan’s soccer teams
A unique collaboration between the University of Michigan College of Engineering and its soccer teams is transforming the game, one data-driven decision at a time.
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Albert S. Berahas wins Charles Broyden Prize
U-M IOE assistant professor recognized for advancements in machine learning optimization
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IOE students showcase research skills at fall Senior Design Expo
The biannual event illustrates U-M IOE seniors’ workforce preparedness by collaborating with industry partners.
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U-M IOE community excels at 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting
The University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering Department walked away with numerous awards, including an INFORMS Fellow Award for Amy Cohn and Magna Cum Laude status for the U-M INFORMS student chapter.
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IOE Symposium Highlights Undergraduate Research
The U-M IOE Undergraduate Research Symposium highlights undergraduate student research projects each fall. These include topics like AI in human factors engineering, exam room utilization at Michigan Medicine and much more.