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May 6, 2014
IE Alumni - Mica R. Endsley to be Keynote Speaker at upcoming IIE Annual Conference
Mica R. Endsley is the chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force. She serves as the chief scientific adviser to the chief of staff and secretary of the Air Force and provides assessments on a wide range of scientific and technical issues affecting the Air Force mission. The IIE Annual Conference will be held in Montreal – May 31 to June 3, 2014.
April 25, 2014
April 11, 2014
IE Graduate Student Harsh Aggarwal received 2nd place in the 8th Annual Elevator Pitch
In the open division, Harsh Wardhan Aggarwal was second, receiving $500 for his pitch on Sustainable Waste Remodeling. Harsh is a graduate student of Professor Steve Landry. Congratulations!
April 9, 2014
April 8, 2014
Professor Ji Soo Yi Promoted
Congratulations to Professor Ji Soo Yi on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure. The School of Industrial Engineering is delighted to have Ji Soo join the senior leadership of the school, and wish him a long and productive career at Purdue.
April 8, 2014
Robots Coming to the Workplace?
Robotics students at Purdue are trying to find new ways robots can assist people in the workplace.
In a joint venture between the schools of Engineering and Technology, students and faculty are programming a robot to pick up surgical tools and hand them to the doctor. The Baxter robot was designed by the company Rethink Robotics.
In a joint venture between the schools of Engineering and Technology, students and faculty are programming a robot to pick up surgical tools and hand them to the doctor. The Baxter robot was designed by the company Rethink Robotics.
April 3, 2014
Michelle Jahn - IE PhD Student receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Michelle Jahn (Shelly), a PhD student working with Dr. Barrett Caldwell in the School of Industrial Engineering, has been selected to receive a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in the field of Human Computer Interaction.
March 25, 2014
Professor Lehto leads High-Performance Government TAP Pilot Study for the Lafayette Police Department
Under the leadership of Industrial Engineering Professor Mark Lehto, the Purdue Technical Assistance Program (TAP) recently completed a successful project with the Lafayette Police Department (LPD) that significantly reduced the backlog of police reports. This was a pilot study of the high-performance government project, and served as a first step toward the LPD operational improvement initiative.