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.

Chittayong (Jao) Surakitbanharn’s Ph.D. dissertation work has been chosen by Australia’s Department of Education to receive the 2015 Endeavour Research Fellowship.

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.

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.

Lane Konkel, May 2013 IE Graduate

They were recognized for their outstanding leadership and career accomplishments in the Cooperative Education Program. Sue is the Lt. Governor, State of Indiana and Cindy is Vice President of American Operations for Allegion. Congratulations to Sue and Cindy!

Created in 1950, the Old Masters Program has been a long-standing tradition in which distinguished professionals are brought to Purdue’s campus to share their professional and personal experiences and inspire leadership for a lifetime. During the program, Old Masters participate in classroom talks, student organization receptions, and social activities. Those selected as Old Masters are exceptional individuals who have made significant contributions in their professional fields. Encompassing a mix of Purdue alumni and friends, Old Masters possess a desire to share leadership philosophies and life experiences with Purdue students.

The six astronaut-like crew members of the next Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) mission starting October 15 will be isolated in their dome habitat for eight months. This mission is twice as long as any previously completed at the Hawaii site, and second only to Russia’s Mars500 experiment in total duration. During the HI-SEAS mission, Jocelyn will monitor habitat systems data and develop analytics for optimizing crew schedules and mission performance.