Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas |
Master of Science in Operations Analytics
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The Department of Industrial Engineering will offer a new graduate program in fall 2020. The Master of Science in Operations Analytics (M.S.O.A.) is open to students interested in leveraging data to make organizations run more efficiently. |
Heather Nachtmann, professor and director of MarTREC, received the Bernard Sarchet Award from the American Society for Engineering Management. The Sarchet Award is the highest award given by the society. It recognizes a lifetime of achievement in the engineering management field and is named after one of the founding fathers of the academic discipline of engineering management. |
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Associate professor, Kelly Sullivan, earned the College of Engineering - Rising Teaching Award. Sullivan effectively and innovatively delivers a variety of industrial engineering courses, is a leader in the development and implementation of the Industrial Engineering Honors Research Experience, and is an outstanding mentor of graduate and undergraduate students. |
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Letitia “Tish” Pohl, teaching associate professor, was the recipient of the Industrial Engineering Division Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. The award recognizes exemplary service to the Industrial Engineering Division and is presented to a member of the division who has provided significant service to the division. |
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Associate Professor, Ashlea Milburn, was inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Industrial Engineering in April of 2019. The Academy was founded in 1986 to recognize the achievements of University of Arkansas Industrial Engineering graduates and to provide continuing guidance and support to the Department of Industrial Engineering. |
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Faculty Promotions The following faculty have been promoted: Manuel Rossetti, University Professor Carrie Beam, Teaching Associate Professor Letitia "Tish" Pohl, Teaching Associate Professor |
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Doctoral candidate, Samira Karimi, and professors Haitao Liao and Ed Pohl were the second place winner of the Thomas L. Fagan, Jr., RAMS Student Paper Award. They presented the paper, “Covariate Selection Considering Measurement Error with Application in Accelerated Life Testing,” at RAMS 2020. They will be recognized at RAMS 2021 with a plaque and honorarium.
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Yu “Chelsea” Jin received the honor of Outstanding Graduate Student for 2020 from the Department of Industrial Engineering. A doctoral candidate, Chelsea is currently serving as the President of the INFORMS Student Chapter, Jin has distinguished herself nationally with service to both the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and the Quality, Statistics, and Reliability section of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE).
Jin has published papers in IISE Transactions, the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, and has one paper under review with the Rapid Prototyping Journal, in addition to numerous conference papers and presentations. |
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May graduate, Caroline Rhomberg, was offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the upcoming academic year. Caroline will use her Fulbright Award to complete a two-year master’s degree in industrial engineering and operations research at the University of Ghent in Ghent, Belgium. |
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We had two students receive scholarships from the Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society. This was especially exciting as the organization only provides five scholarships nationally each year. Lexxy Gentile received the 2019-20 Robert and Jean Dryden Service Scholarship, and Karlton Haney received the John L. Imhoff Globalization Scholarship. Lexxy was also our 2020 Oustanding Senior, in addition to being the recipient of the 2019 Undergraduate Research Award. |
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Team members Tevari Barker, Douglas Kamarade, Diego Rodriguez Kan and Bradley Taylor were awarded first place the national logistics and supply chain case competition hosted by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers.
The team is advised by Sandra Eksioglu, Hefley Professor in Logistics and Entrepreneurship in the Department of Industrial Engineering. In addition to this award they were also the recipient of the Hytrol Challenge Award, sponsored by our industry partner Hytrol.
A team competition in the Facility Logistics course is the basis for the award, with the best team chosen by student vote. |
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Two of our doctoral alumni have been awarded the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards.
Assistant Professor, Yisha Xiang (MS ‘06, PhD ‘09) Texas Tech University - Whitacre College of Engineering and Assistant Professor, Yanchao Liu (MS ‘08) Wayne State University College of Engineering, were both selected to receive the award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). |
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The Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services recently named Josh McGee the state’s chief data officer.
McGee (BS ‘03, MS ‘07), the associate director of the Office for Education Policy in the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas, will lead the state’s effort to bring disparate data together and put it to use to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of state government.
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Check out all the news from Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas
in our latest edition of the
State of the Department Report! |
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Support industrial engineering students as they navigate
the school year during COVID-19! 50 For Our Future is a drive to raise $50,000 for every department in the College. Thanks to the generosity of our alumni and friends, we’ve already received a $25,000 matching gift, so every dollar you give will be matched until we hit $50,000! Visit https://fundrazor.uark.edu/50forourfuture
Sept. 15 and 16 and make a gift to support our students! Thank You! |
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