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Scholarship reception celebrates student success

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) celebrated its annual Scholarship Reception on Thursday, November 14, 2024, in the atrium of the Mechanical Engineering Building. The…

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November 19, 2024

Scholarship reception celebrates student success

The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) celebrated its annual Scholarship Reception on Thursday, November 14, 2024, in the atrium of the Mechanical Engineering Building. The…

Xinzhi Zhong at video interview
November 19, 2024

A deeper dive on ‘why’ transportation with Xinzhi Zhong

As a student focusing her studies in the realm of transportation, Xinzhi Zhong, fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has found an abundance of opportunities…

UW Crest with engineering background
November 18, 2024

Eduardo Carbajosa: 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient

BSIE and mathematics ’91 (MBA ’01, New York University)CEO, Acme Smoked Fish Corporation An industrial engineer and executive whose business acumen has enhanced his companies’ culture of innovation, driven growth,…

UW Crest with engineering background
November 18, 2024

Eric Anderson: 2024 Early Career Award recipient

BS applied math, engineering and physics ’09; MSIE ’11, PhDIE ’15Principal Engineer, Anderson Optimization by PVCase An industrial and systems engineer and energy-industry entrepreneur who is helping leading global power…

composite photo of three professors receiving an award at the same podium with the University of Wisconsin crest on it
October 24, 2024

Celebrating Excellence: Investiture Ceremony Recognizes UW-ISyE Professors

On October 3rd, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering held a memorable investiture celebration honoring three outstanding professors.

UW Crest with engineering background
October 8, 2024

CHESS continues work on mental health, substance-use disorder treatment with $17M in federal grants

The Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS), based in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a series of federal grants totaling…

A woman receiving an honorary plaque stands between a man and a woman who are the presenters. They all stand in front of bright blue curtains. The awardee is earing a white blouse under a houndstooth jacket and has short dark hair. The presenters each of dark dress clothes on.
October 2, 2024

Mehta leads list of honorees at annual conference

Professor Ranjana Mehta received the prestigious Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award at the annual conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) in September. This annual meeting, recently renamed…

PhD student Rebecca Alcock with her dog in Lucerne, Switzerland.
October 1, 2024

Fulbright award sends PhD student to Switzerland

Rebecca Alcock, a PhD student in industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a Fulbright/Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship to spend 10 months in Switzerland conducting research….

Badger Solar Racing Car with student standing behind
September 25, 2024

Cross-college collab drives innovation: Badger Solar Racing

Badger Solar Racing is a team of dedicated undergraduate and graduate students from across the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison committed to building a solar-powered car for…

UW Crest with engineering background
September 24, 2024

UW-Madison ranks 7th among publics in U.S. News undergraduate engineering program rankings

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering was ranked seventh overall among public universities in the 2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Engineering Schools undergraduate rankings. Individual…