Category: Research
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Berahas Receives ONR Grant to Develop Advanced Optimization Algorithms
The grant will fund the development of cutting-edge algorithms for solving complex nonlinear constrained stochastic optimization problems. Albert Berahas, and Micheal O’Neill will lead the research to advance optimization methods and address real-world challenges.
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U-M IOE welcomes new faculty
The University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering department welcomes two outstanding faculty members; Drs. Uday Shanbhag and Amelia Warden.
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CHEPS finds new home in U-M IOE Department
The Center for Healthcare Engineering & Patient Safety (CHEPS) officially joined the University of Michigan’s Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) Department, further enhancing its mission to improve healthcare systems through systems engineering and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Viswanath Nagarajan Awarded NSF Grant
The awarded project focuses on developing advanced algorithms for stochastic optimization, tackling a fundamental challenge in algorithm design: uncertainty in input parameters.
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Saif Benjaafar Named Distinguished Fellow of MSOM Society
The University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering Professor has been named a Distinguished Fellow by the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
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Industrial and Operations Engineering alum speaks at aviation conference
Sinan Abdulhak is presenting two research papers at the 2024 International Conference on Research in Air Transportation at the University in Singapore.
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Meet the female engineers leading the field of industrial and operations engineering research
The female engineers of the University of Michigan’s Industrial and Operations Engineering Department stand out for their profound impact on both academia and industry. As the world celebrates International Women in Engineering Day, we turn the spotlight to the women in our department reshaping the frontiers of industrial engineering, systems research, optimization and human ergonomics to create better…
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IOE hosts its annual Senior Design Expo
The IOE Senior Design Expo highlights the research of its graduating seniors before they go off into the world to solve real world problems in industrial engineering and operations research.
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Shifting power operations to reduce wildfires
New method can help avoid public safety power shut-offs during fire-prone climate conditions
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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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New statistical tool to distinguish shared and unique features in data from different sources
Personalized PCA method overcomes the challenges of heterogeneous data analysis
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An augmented reality assessment designed to test astronaut adjustment to gravity changes
It’s not safe to assume astronauts are ready for mission tasks following spaceflights.
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Researchers identify behaviors that lead to interprofessional collaboration within intensive care units
Through observations, clinician shadowing, and interviews with ICU personnel, the research team from the University of Michigan identified 18 distinct behaviors, which they divided into two categories labeled ‘enablers’ and ‘collaborative activities’.
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Michigan Engineering Professors to develop novel federated learning algorithms for distributed 3D printing
Kontar and Okwudire have received a grant from Cisco Systems Inc. to develop novel federated learning algorithms that address descriptive, predictive and prescriptive machine learning opportunities in large-scale distributed 3D printing.
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Salar Fattahi receives NSF CAREER Award for work in nonconvex problems in machine learning
Salar Fattahi discusses his award-winning CAREER proposal which aims to close the current gap between optimization and statistical learning.
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Oleg Gusikhin awarded as an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow
Dr. Gusikhin was recognized for his contributions to the applications of cyber-physical systems in automotive engineering and connected vehicles.