Dr. Kari Babski-Reeves was elected to serve as a Director to the Board of Certified Professional Engineers (BCPE – www.bcpe.org ). BCPE provides ergonomics certification to protect the public, the profession, and its professionals by assuring standards of competency and advocating the value of certification. They develop and administer the tests, and certify individuals for the…
STARKVILLE, Miss. – An industrial and systems engineering professor has earned recognition for distance education. Stan Bullington accepted the 2014 Excellence in Online Teaching Award May 1 at Old Waverly in West Point, Mississippi. Bullington began teaching online classes in 1990. Since that time, he has taught 53 sections of distance courses. He also contributes…
Congratulations to Dr. Lesley Strawderman for being awarded Diplomate status in the Society for Health Systems (SHS). Diplomate status provides professional credentialing, and recognizes SHS members for significant contributions to the field of health systems engineering, as well as a history of volunteering with the society. SHS is a society of the Institute of Industrial…
STARKVILLE, Miss. – An associate professor of industrial engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering has assumed a leadership role in a worldwide professional organization. Sandra Eksioglu has been chosen to serve as the vice chair of the Railway Application Section (RAS) of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). In November,…
Congratulations to Sandra, Lesley, and Hugh on their award associated with the cross-college grant program. • Sandra Eksioglu, industrial and systems engineering, “Year 2: Energy Institute Working Group.” • Lesley Strawderman, industrial and systems engineering, “Transportation Safety.” • Hugh Medal, industrial and systems engineering, “Mitigating the Effects of Wildfires by Efficiently Allocating Fuels Treatment Resources.”
STARKVILLE, Miss. – After completing his first semester in the Bagley College of Engineering, an assistant professor in the industrial and systems engineering department has big plans for his first semester of teaching. Linkan Bian joined the Mississippi State University family in August 2013. He spent his first semester focusing on his research with process…
In June, Dr. Allen Greenwood, P.E., Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering was the invited keynote speaker and simulation project judge at the 4th Annual “Logistics Gala,” at Poznan Institute of Technology, Poznan, Poland. Over 300 students, faculty, and representatives from industry attended the event. In addition to Dr. Greenwood’s presentation, the event featured brief…