Sandra Eksioglu, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, received a Visiting Industrial Scholar Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU). The award is designed to facilitate visits by senior industrial scientists to ORAU member institutions. The primary goal of the awards program is to foster interactions between faculty and students at member institutions…
Senior industrial and systems engineering student, Carl Morris, won 3rd place honors in the engineering competition during the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Region 3 Student Conference held at Louisiana State University on February 13 – 15, 2009. The Region 3 is composed of 16 universities in the southeastern United States including Georgia Institute of…
ISE senior, Josie Smith, has been awarded the Harry Charles F. Simrall award from the Association of Retired Faculty. The prestigious award is given to an outstanding senior in the Bagley College of Engineering for their academic achievements, professional leadership, and community service. Ms. Smith has received several academic awards and scholarships for her educational…
Congratulations are befitting for ISE doctoral student Jihun Kang. His paper entitled “Detecting Mental Workload Fluctuation During Learning a Novel Task by Thermography,” which was co-authored by Dr. Kari Babski-Reeves, was selected as a Best Paper by the Perception and Performance Technical Group during the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 52nd Annual Meeting in New…
Dr. Kari Babski-Reeves received the Alexander C. Williams, Jr., Design Award at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 52nd Annual Meeting in New York this fall. The national award recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to the conception or design of any product, service, or system that has had a significant impact on users…
Dr. Burak Eksioglu received the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) 2008 Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Operations Research. The award was presented to him at the international conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Eksioglu has provided leadership in ISE through his dedicated service as the chair of the Operations Research and Statistics…
Congratulations are in order for Dr. Mingzhou Jin and Joyce Zhang. Professor Jin received the 2008 Faculty Research Award and Ms. Zhang received the 2008 Graduate Student Award. Both awards are from the Mississippi State University Office of Research. Dr. Jin and Ms. Zhang research and develop new methodologies important to operations research in logistics…
Fred Buie, an alumnus of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was honored with the 2008 Distinguished Fellow Award. Fred Buie is president and owner of Keystone Electrical Manufacturing Company in Des Moines, Iowa. Serving electric utilities throughout the nation, the company manufactures elements used in the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power. Buie’s professional career…
Three ISE students were named the winners of the Alpha Pi Mu Outstanding Senior Awards at the Spring 2008 Initiation Ceremony held at Chapel of Memories. Based on academic achievement, campus involvement, and faculty recommendations, the awards are given annually to outstanding senior members by the industrial engineering honor society. This year, Lynsey Stubblefield and…
Ten Industrial & Systems Engineering students were inducted into the Mississippi Alpha Chapter of Alpha Pi Mu during an initiation ceremony held on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in Chapel of Memories on the campus of Mississippi State University. Daniela Gonzales, Xuan Liu, Robin Littlejohn, Chris Magee, Kevin Martin, Greg Schuster, Missie Smith, Arashish Tarapore, William…