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2010 J. Ron Walsh Outstanding Faculty and Student Awards
Ambarish Acharya, Dr. Lesley Strawderman, Dr. Sandra Eksioglu, Lucas McDowell, Nirathi Keerthi Govindu, Abby Lammons, Tugce MartaganCongratulations to the Industrial and Systems Engineering 2010 J. Ron Walsh Outstanding Award winners: Abby Lammons – Outstanding Industrial and Systems Engineering Senior Award Lucas McDowell and Tugce Martagan – Outstanding Industrial and Systems Engineering M.S. Student Award Nirathi…
ISE Professor Receives Student Association Teacher Award
Dr. John Usher, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was selected as the College of Engineering teacher recipient for the 2009-2010 Student and Teacher Recognition program sponsored by the Student Association Academic Affairs Committee. The Student and Teacher Recognition program honors students and teachers whose work and dedication greatly enhance the learning environment at Mississippi…
Faculty Member Becomes a Professional Engineer
Dr. Lesley Strawderman recently became a Professional Engineer (PE). PE licensure is the engineering profession’s highest standard of competence, a symbol of achievement and assurance of quality. The PE is granted by the National Society of Professional Engineers. To become licensed, engineers must complete a four-year college degree, work under a Professional Engineer for at…
Dr. Babski-Reeves Certified Professional Ergonomist
Dr. Kari Babski-Reeves recently became a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE). In the field of human factors and ergonomics, the CPE is the foremost certification and is granted by the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics. The Board defines a CPE as a career problem solver who applies and develops methodologies for analyzing, designing, testing, and…
ISE Professor and Student Win Best Paper Award
ISE’s Dr. Lesley Strawderman and Arash Salehi, and Chemical Engineering’s Dr. Bill Elmore won 2nd place honors in the Best Papers American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) First-year Programs Division Awards at the Austin 2009 conference. The title of the award winning paper is “Exploring the Impact of First-year Engineering Student Perceptions on Student Efficacy.”…
ISE Student Wins Poster Competition at Conference
ISE’s Ambarish Acharya took 1st place honors in the student poster competition at the Annual Southern BioProducts and Renewable Energy Conference hosted by the Mississippi Biomass Council. The title of the poster is “Supply Chain Designs for Cellulosic Ethanol: A Study of Mississippi.” The research involves the design of efficient supply chains for cellulosic ethanol…
ISE Professor Elected to IIE Board of Directors
ISE’s Dr. Burak Eksioglu has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Operations Research Division of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) is dedicated to the support of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity. The members of the Operations Research Division apply…
ISE Professor Elected to ASEE Division Board of Directors
ISE’s Dr. Lesley Strawderman has been elected to the Industrial Engineering Division Board of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) as secretary/treasurer. The Industrial Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education is dedicated to promoting and improving engineering and technology education, especially as it pertains to the field of industrial engineering.
Undergraduate Enhancement Projects Earn Students National Acclaim
Efforts to enhance their undergraduate experience have earned some Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE) students national acclaim. Two student teams placed in the national Engineering Education Service Center’s (EESC) 2009 Engineering Curriculum Contest using projects they developed for the BCoE’s technical writing course. A first for the EESC, the competition challenged teams to develop hands-on…
An ISE Students Receives Spirit of State Honors
Jenna Owen, a freshman industrial and systems engineering student, was one of five in the Bagley College of Engineering (BCoE) to receive recognition as 2009 Spirit of State award winner. Owen has many accomplishments to her name. She is president of the Freshmen Engineering Student Council, as well as a BCoE ambassador and Industrial and…