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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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Saif Benjaafar to succeed Larry Seiford as co-director of the Tauber Institute
The Institute, a joint effort of the U-M College of Engineering and School of Business, provides students from both engineering and business with a unique educational and industry experience that prepares them for leadership positions in industry.
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Eunshin Byon has been promoted to Professor with tenure at the University of Michigan
Since joining the U-M IOE Department in 2011 she has spearheaded a strategic effort to modernize the data analytics curriculum in order to prepare students for the contemporary workforce and advanced studies.
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University of Michigan Faculty Members Recognized with Prestigious IISE Awards
Albert Berahas, Amy Cohn, Eunshin Byon and Raed Al Kontar have all been honored with awards from IISE for their work in the field of industrial and systems engineering.
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Raed Al Kontar receives promotion to associate professor with tenure
Since joining the U-M IOE department he has developed and taught data analytics courses that impact students and secured $1.75 million in research funding.
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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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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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Amy Cohn named as IISE Fellow
This designation is exceptionally prestigious, with the Institute conferring the title of Fellow upon less than 20 individuals annually from a membership exceeding 10k.
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University of Michigan Hosts Optimaize Day to Spark Interest in Engineering Among Detroit High School Students
In partnership with the Detroit Educational Takeover Team, Optimaize Day bridges theoretical understanding of engineering with everyday applications, leaving a lasting impression on the minds of potential future engineers.
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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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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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Nick Tran selected for the Aviation Week Network’s 2024 20 Twenties Class
These top 20 students are poised to make significant strides in the arenas of aviation, aerospace or defense.
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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