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IISE Honors Sandra Eksioglu with Fellow Status
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Eileen Van Aken, Professor and Department Head of the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech; Bopaya Bidanda, past president of IISE; Sandra Eksioglu and
current president of IISE, Amanda Mewborn. |
Faculty Member Honored As Distinguished Alumni
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Gold Awards from the Office of Nationally
Competitive Awards
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Specking recognized by Honors College for Outstanding Student Support
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Under Eric Specking's leadership in recruitment, the College of Engineering continues to enroll a stellar cohort of new honors students each year. He has also played an important role in the prestigious fellowship selection process, serving as both an application reviewer and an interviewer for many years now. "We sincerely appreciate Eric for the energy and passion he brings to his job, especially when it comes to recruiting outstanding engineering honors students to the university," said Noah Pittman. Specking serves the College of Engineering as assistant dean of enrollment and retention and an instructor in the Industrial Engineering Department. |
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College of Engineering Recognizes
Faculty and Staff Excellence
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Kim Needy, Dean of the College of Engineering; Kelly Sullivan, Haitao Liao,
Ashley Reeves and Ed Pohl, I.E. Department Head |
The College of Engineering held the Annual Faculty and Staff Meeting on Friday, May 6th. All departments of the College were on hand to acknowledge faculty and staff with awards of excellence. In the Department of Industrial Engineering, Kelly Sullivan was recognized with the 2021-2022 Award for Outstanding Service to Students, Haitao Liao as Outstanding Researcher 2021-2022 and Ashley Reeves received the Staff Excellence Award for 2021-2022. (Not pictured: Chase Rainwater, 2022 Outstanding Teacher and Xiao Liu, Rising Star Award.)
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Parnell Recipient of 2022
Geren/Koski Award
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Greg Parnell was one of three university employees recognized with the 2022 Collis R. Geren and Patricia R. Koski award for excellence in graduate education. Parnell has actively grown the Operations Management and Engineering Management programs over the last seven years as well as recruited and mentored multiple students to the Industrial Engineering PhD program. Parnell was nominated… |
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College of Engineering Leads Preparation of Future
Advanced Air Mobility Leaders
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The U of A is offering a new graduate micro-certificate in Advanced Air Mobility Autonomous Operations to prepare leaders for the evolution of transportation and supply chain systems. This new offering prepares adult learners who have little or no background in aviation to obtain their Federal Aviation Administration Remote Pilot Certificate, obtain complex FAA waivers and program unmanned aircraft systems (drones) to perform complex tasks such as building 3D models, doing thermal inspections, performing aerial surveying, measuring volume or distance remotely and tracking construction projects over time. Both NASA and the FAA point to emerging needs... |
2022 UP.Summit Community Day
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Industrial Engineering Seniors Take Top
Arkansas Alumni Association Honors
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Shantal Sarmiento, 2022 Senior of Significance and Razorback Classic. Coleman Warren, 2022 Senior of Significance, Razorback Classic and Senior Honor Citation. |
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The Arkansas Alumni Association announced the 2022 Seniors Awards on May 11. Selected based on their academic achievements, leadership skills and extracurricular campus and/or community activities, the Seniors of Significance are the only students on campus who are eligible for the next two tiers of the Alumni Association’s Senior Awards program: The Razorback Classics and Senior Honor Citation. Learn more about these
outstanding students... |
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Industrial Engineering Students Recognized
With Department Awards
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The Department of Industrial Engineering recognizes students each spring at the Annual Industrial Engineering Student Awards Banquet. This year, the event returned to the pre-pandemic format with faculty, students, staff and alumni meeting together at the Fayetteville Town Center on April 27. The department handed out its most prestigious awards, and the Arkansas Academy of Industrial Engineering awarded more than $224,500 in scholarships to 62 deserving students. Departmental awards included... |
I.E. Student Surprised by Good Morning America Visit
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Good Morning America correspondent, and U of A alum, T. J. Holmes stopped by Fayetteville to spotlight the community, which included a visit with I.E. senior and Rhodes Scholar, Coleman Warren and his company, Simple + Sweet Creamery. Check it out here! |
Industrial Engineering Seniors Recognized with Awards
for Two-Semester Capstone Projects
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College of Engineering Celebrates Alumni
at Awards Banquet
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College of Engineering Dean Kim Needy, center, celebrates with L. Lee Johns Lane, left,
and Charles "Micky" Mayfield, right, after they were inducted into the college's Hall of Fame. |
College of Engineering alumni, faculty, staff and guests gathered Saturday, April 9, to induct two new members into the college's Hall of Fame and recognize 18 graduates with Distinguished Alumni and Early Career awards. The black-tie event featured... |
Arkansas Academy of Industrial Engineering Inducts
New Members, Announces Faculty, Staff Awards
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Ways to Give Back... Would you like to help the Department continue to provide world-class industrial engineering education and relevant, cutting-edge research? Below are some options to do just that! Annual Giving: Annual gifts to IE are generally unrestricted to help meet the greatest current needs of the department. Endowments: Endowments are created to provide support into perpetuity. Examples of endowments in IE are scholarships, fellowships, and faculty chairs. Planned Giving: Planned gifts can be as simple as a bequest (included in your estate plans). Other options include trust vehicles and annuities, which have potential to provide an income stream and significant tax benefits. Are you ready to help today? Go to onlinegiving.uark.edu choose
“Other department, program or fund (enter below)”
and enter account number: 30003454 |
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