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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…

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Defining Operations Research

September 6, 2023

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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…

Qiaomin Xie
September 19, 2024

Xie earns NSF grant to improve decision-making in complex systems

Qiaomin Xie, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will lead a National Science Foundation-funded research project to bolster the algorithms and theory behind…

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August 20, 2024

Second annual alumni social a success

Departments from across the UW-Madison College of Engineering hosted the second annual ice cream social at the Memorial Union on August 15. Rainy weather moved the event indoors to the…

Tony McDonald
August 20, 2024

McDonald promoted to associate professor

In recognition of outstanding contributions in research, teaching and mentoring, Dr. Tony McDonald has been promoted to the position of associate professor with tenure.

Gabriel Zayas-Caban
August 20, 2024

Zayas-Cabán promoted to associate professor

In recognition of his sizable contributions in research, teaching and mentoring, University of Wisconsin-Madison Industrial and Systems engineering faculty member, Gabriel Zayas-Cabán, has been promoted to associate professor, a tenured…