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…
Congratulations to ISE senior Josie Smith. She competed nationally to receive one of nine scholarships from the industrial engineering honor society Alpha Pi Mu. Josie was also recently inducted into the Bagley College of Engineering Student Hall of Fame. The hall of fame award recognizes students who have made outstanding contributions to their departments, the…
MSU industrial and systems engineering student, James “Stan” Morelock, won 1st place in the Student Technical Paper Competition during the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Region 3 student conference held at Mississippi State University on February 28 to March 2. The Region 3 is composed of 16 universities in the southeastern United States including Georgia…
Dr. John Usher, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been named associate editor of the International Journal of Collaborative Enterprise (IJCEnt). The IJCEnt provides a global forum for exchanging research findings on new concepts for the systematic integration of methods dealing with people, process and technology that can lead to the development of capability…
Three Industrial and Systems Engineering students were inducted into the Mississippi Alpha Chapter of Alpha Pi Mu during an initiation ceremony held on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 in McCain Engineering Building. Amy Bullington, David Callahan, and Carl Morris all accepted invitations to join the industrial engineering honor society that recognizes outstanding students. To be considered…
Elliott Flaggs has been selected for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation/Wal-Mart Emerging Leaders Internship Program. The emerging leaders program is designed to give students internship opportunities within the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the Federal government. Elliott will be representing Congressman Bennie Thompson’s District, Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. Elliott was honored with…