The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) hosted a rematch soccer game of students vs. faculty/staff on November 11 in the TREC.

Dr. Prasoon Diwakar, post-doctoral research associate from Purdue University, was announced as the winner in the CappSci Inventors Program to develop his "Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Detector”. He will be developing his innovation through the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science for a year. The amount of the award is $100,000 to fund his work, mentorship and support.

IE Assistant Professor Joaquín Goñi participated in the first IU Imaging Research Facility NeuroImaging Hackathon on Nov. 6 & 7 in Bloomington, IN.

Dr. Hany Abdel-Khalik was the co-author for the Best Paper/Presentation in the Reactor Physics Division (RPD) for the ANS 2015 Annual Meeting. Many excellent papers were submitted, and many excellent presentations were given, and it was determined through the ANS review and judging process that this paper was particularly good and deserving of this award of distinction.

Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) recognized IE Professor Yuehwern Yih for a patent at its 11th annual Inventors Recognition Reception on Nov. 3 at Purdue Research Park.

Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) recognized IE Professor Shimon Nof for two patents at its 11th annual Inventors Recognition Reception on Nov. 3 at Purdue Research Park.

Silver nanowires hold promise for applications such as flexible displays and solar cells, but their susceptibility to damage from highly energetic UV radiation and harsh environmental conditions has limited their commercialization. Gary Cheng, an associate professor of industrial engineering at Purdue University, works on the project with other researchers.

Purdue's IE INFORMS student chapter was selected as a Magna Cum Laude winner of the INFORMS Student Chapter Annual Award for 2015.

The IIE student group held its annual Fall Career Night on October 28.

IE PhD student Michelle Jahn entered the User Experience (UX) Day Best Paper Competition at a national meeting and earned a spot among the top five best papers.

Associate Professor Gesualdo Scutari was recently awarded two National Science Foundation grants. His projects are entitled “Communicating While Computing: Mobile Fog Computing Over Wireless Heterogeneous Networks” and “Parallel Online Algorithms for Large-Scale MRI”.

Purdue's INFORMS student chapter has been selected as a Magna Cum Laude winner of the INFORMS Student Chapter Annual Award for 2015.