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Industrial Operations

tamezjesJune 6, 2022

U-M student group CLAWS develops tools to help astronauts navigate space

People poses for a photo after a presentation to NASA

The University of Michigan Collaborative Lab for Advancing Work in Space participated in the NASA SUITS Challenge at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. They developed an augmented reality system to help astronauts navigate the moon.

tamezjesMay 6, 2022

Sadie Cox awarded the James W. Barany Student Award for Excellence from IISE

Sadie Cox

This award recognizes industrial engineering undergraduate students who have distinguished themselves through the excellence of scholarship and campus leadership. Every year three students receive this honor, making this a prestigious award.

tamezjesMay 4, 2022

Raed Al Kontar receives the National Science Foundation Career Award

photo of Raed Al-Kontar

This award is given by the National Science Foundation through their Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. As one of the most prestigious awards, it supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to advance the mission of their department.

tamezjesApril 18, 2022

Student spotlight: Wilson MacRitchie

Wilson MacRitchie with father, grandfather and brother

University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering (U-M IOE) undergraduate student, Wilson MacRitchie comes from a long line of U-M engineers. Now it’s 2022 and MacRitchie is set to graduate with a degree from U-M IOE.

tamezjesApril 12, 2022

2022 INFORMS Optimization Society Conference in Review

Industrial and Operations Engineering Sign

The University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering (U-M IOE) department had a strong presence at this year’s conference, with over 10 presentations from U-M IOE faculty and students.

tamezjesApril 4, 2022

University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering awarded a grant in partnership with the U-M Medical School and the University of Southern California

Salar Fattahi Portrait

Salar Fattahi, U-M IOE assistant professor, is the Principal Investigator of a team that has received a multi-institute research award from the National Science Foundation in the amount of $399,998.

tamezjesMarch 30, 2022

Joi Mondisa receives the Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineering UPS Minority Advancement Award

Joi Mondisa

This award recognizes organizations or individuals that, through innovative means, have developed programs or projects directed to the advancement of women, minorities or individuals with disabilities in the field of industrial engineering.

tamezjesMarch 29, 2022

Jon Lee has been awarded a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Jon Lee

University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering (U-M IOE) G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering, Jon Lee has been awarded a grant from AFOSR in the amount of $582,002 for his work on optimization for sensor networks.

tamezjesMarch 15, 2022

Student spotlight: Caroline Hirth

Caroline Hirth Headshot

During Hirth’s time at U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) she has contributed to finding solutions for real-world problems and systems within both Michigan Medicine and in Wayne County.

tamezjesFebruary 23, 2022

Alum Spotlight: Jeremy Atuobi

Jeremy Atuobi stands in front of the Industrial Operations and Engineering sign on 1205 Beal Street

University of Michigan Industrial Operations Engineering (U-M IOE) alumnus, Jeremy Atuobi, became a first-generation college graduate in May of 2021. He is now a Fellow at McKinsey & Company in Chicago, Ill. Like many, his journey to U-M IOE was not the path he expected.

tamezjesFebruary 14, 2022

Dr. Salar Fattahi receives a research grant from the Office of Naval Research

Salar Fattahi Portrait

University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering (U-M IOE) Assistant Professor, Dr. Salar Fattahi has been awarded $430,556 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for scientific research regarding low-rank matrix factorization.

tamezjesFebruary 2, 2022

Mohammad Zhalechian receives the Richard F. and Eleanor A. Towner Prize for Distinguished Academic Achievement

Mohammad Zhalechian portrait

This award is presented to an outstanding graduate student in each of the U-M College of Engineering degree programs.

tamezjesFebruary 1, 2022

Do Third-Party Delivery Services Benefit Restaurants?

Food delivery person rings doorbell

U-M IOE researchers discovered that a restaurant can benefit from partnering with third-party delivery services if at least one of five conditions applies to them.

Michigan EngineeringMarch 31, 2020

Tackling COVID-19 problems with industrial engineering

photo of Siqian Shen

Lessons learned from optimizing retail could help optimize our COVID-19 response.

Michigan EngineeringMarch 31, 2020

Logistics during COVID-19: Researcher creates an operations model cheat sheet

photo of Siqian Shen

A University of Michigan engineering researcher has pulled together a cheat sheet.

Michigan EngineeringMarch 9, 2020

Stronger, faster, further

leia stirling

Charting a path to powered exoskeletons: A Q&A with Leia Stirling

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