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IISE students host North Central Regional Conference

On February 7-8, the University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) hosted the 2025 North Central IISE Conference, bringing together over 130 students from peer organizations across the region.

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Laura Albert
Defining Operations Research

September 6, 2023

ISyE PhD Candidate Weijun Shen
March 5, 2025

PhD student Shen honored for teaching

Weijun Shen, a PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is among 31 University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students to receive a 2024-25 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Award. Shen,…

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February 20, 2025

In memoriam: Professor Emeritus Jerry L. Sanders

Dr. Jerry Sanders, a respected professor emeritus in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, passed away on December 19, 2024, at the age of 89.

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February 13, 2025

IISE students host North Central Regional Conference

On February 7-8, the University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) hosted the 2025 North Central IISE Conference, bringing together over 130 students from peer organizations across the region.

Hantang Qin
February 4, 2025

Qin honored as distinguished faculty advisor

SME, previously known as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers has named the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Hantang Qin among its 2024 Distinguished Faculty Advisor Award winners. Qin, an assistant professor of…

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December 17, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: Michelle Ranavat, CEO of RANAVAT

UW-ISyE Alumni Spotlight series: Michelle Ranavat, CEO of RANAVAT

Gabriel Zayas-Caban
December 4, 2024

Zayas-Caban exploring ways to improve predictive models in healthcare

Gabriel Zayas-Caban, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, is co-leading a new project funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to develop methods to better integrate risk prediction…

Jah’inaya Parker
December 4, 2024

Meet grad student Jah’inaya Parker: Making sense of multitasking

Jah’inaya Parker is a PhD student in industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A Graduate Engineering Research Scholar, she is co-advised by Emerson Electric Quality & Productivity…

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November 27, 2024

UW-Madison ISyE alums on the forefront of autonomous vehicle safety

On October 9-10, 2024, the “Workshop on Computational Models of Human Road User Behavior for Autonomous Vehicle Evaluation” was held at Kasteel de Wittenburg in the Netherlands. This exclusive, invitation-only…

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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…

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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…