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April 8, 2015
Chittayong (Jao) Surakitbanharn Awarded a Graduate Student Participation Grant
Current IE Ph.D. student Chittayong (Jao) Surakitbanharn has been awarded a Graduate Student Participation Grant to attend the Ninth National Aviation System Planning Symposium (NASPS) in light of his research to design government policies for small airports. Jao’s work has already gained interests overseas in Australia, where his research findings will be presented to governing aviation bodies to guide future policy. Through the NASPS Graduate Student Participation Grant, he will be able to share his work with United States aviation officials to better implement his research domestically as well.
April 7, 2015
IE Graduate Students Win Awards
The School of Industrial Engineering congratulates the following Graduate Students on their recent awards: Venkata Vamsi Krishna Uppala, Baback Vaziri, Joonyup Eun, Julian Archer, Gaurav Nanda, Harsh Wardhan Aggarwal and Rodrigo Reyes Levalle.
February 10, 2015
Maria Eugenia Cabrera receives best presentation award at AAAI Conference
Maria Eugenia Cabrera, IE PhD student, has received the best three minute presentation award at the recent AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence) Conference.
January 29, 2015
Purdue to Host Great Lakes IIE Conference
The Purdue student chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) will be hosting the IIE Great Lakes Regional conference February 20-22. Representatives from many other universities are expected to attend. This conference will feature well known keynote speakers, breakout sessions on different industry segments, a career fair, and networking events. As such, it provides a great opportunity for learning and networking.
January 13, 2015
Leza Dellinger recognized by both the College of Engineering and the School of Industrial Engineering for excellence in leadership and performance
During the annual Industrial Engineering Awards dinner, the first annual “IE Outstanding Staff Award” was awarded to Leza Dellinger, IE School Coordinator. The award was voted on by IE faculty, staff and student organization Presidents. It recognizes those who continuously go above and beyond the expectations of his/her position, exhibit a consistent pattern of congenial behavior to all contacts and treat others with respect, and have a positive attitude even under the most difficult of circumstances.
December 16, 2014
IE Graduate Student Chittayong (Jao) Surakitbanharn Awarded 2015 Endeavour Research Fellowship by Australia’s Department of Education
Chittayong (Jao) Surakitbanharn’s Ph.D. dissertation work has been chosen by Australia’s Department of Education to receive the 2015 Endeavour Research Fellowship.
December 12, 2014
Advanced Manufacturing News
Recent articles highlight exciting new developments in Advanced Manufacturing.
November 24, 2014
Dadi Xing receives QSR Best Student Paper Finalist Award at INFORMS 2014
At this year’s INFORMS conference in San Francisco, Dadi Xing received the Quality, Statistics, and Reliability Section’s Best Student Paper Finalist Award. Dadi’s paper, “Supersaturated Design via Lasso” was co-authored by Industrial Engineering Professor Hong Wan and Statistics Professor Yu Zhu.
November 18, 2014
Matthew Krawczyk receives the Harold T. Amrine Award in Industrial Engineering
The Harold T. Amrine award is given to the IE undergraduate student that best portrays outstanding leadership and academic achievement. Among his many achievements, Matthew is currently the president of the student chapter of IIE and is an exceptional scholar.
November 14, 2014
Recent IE Graduate Lane Konkel featured in US Top 100 Employers
Lane Konkel, May 2013 IE Graduate
