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Students at UW-ISyE scholarship reception
November 5, 2026

ISyE Scholarship Reception

University of Wisconsin Industrial and Systems Engineering students, family and friends, staff, and alumni gathered on October 29 to celebrate our department’s annual scholarship reception. The evening was dedicated to…

Adhiraj Patel
November 2, 2026

Adhiraj Patel: 2026 Early Career Award recipient

BSIE ’15CEO, GD Waldner India An industrial engineer whose leadership and corporate vision support scientific discovery in wide-ranging industries across the globe. Adhiraj Patel likes to joke that he was…

Jeremy Kranz
November 2, 2026

Jeremy Kranz: 2026 Distinguished Achievement Award recipient

BSIE ’97Founder and managing partner, Sentinel Global An industrial engineer, distinguished business leader, board member and strategic advisor who bridges global venture-stage innovation and governance. After reading a book on…

Oguzhan Alagoz
September 23, 2026

Alagoz, UW-Madison-led cancer modeling consortium lands $8.7 million NIH grant

Oguzhan Alagoz, the Procter & Gamble Bascom Professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is among a group of researchers to receive a five-year, $8.7 million…

UW Crest with engineering background
July 20, 2026

College faculty reach career milestones

The College of Engineering is celebrating faculty and teaching faculty members who have received promotions, tenure and academic appointments in the 2025-26 academic year. These achievements mark important career milestones…

Zihao Sheng, Minjeong Kim and Ying Fu
July 1, 2026

Trio receives Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships

College of Engineering PhD students Zihao Sheng, Minjeong Kim and Ying Fu have received Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowships, which support and reward their scholarly excellence. Zihao Sheng is a…

UW Crest with engineering background
July 1, 2026

Fu receives Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship

Ying Fu, a PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has received a 2026–27 Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, an honor for superb doctoral students in the…

June 4, 2026

Annual IISE Conference celebrates students and faculty

Members of the UW-ISyE community traveled to Arlington, Texas last month for the annual conference of the Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). The conference always proves to be…

student and advisory board member discuss his poster.
May 20, 2026

Inaugural ISyE Student Research Symposium

The ISyE department recently celebrated student innovation at its inaugural Student Research Symposium on May 1st. Bringing together undergraduate and graduate researchers, the event kicked off with a keynote lunch…

Carla Michini
April 29, 2026

Michini honored for optimized education

On April 29, 2026, Grainger Dean Devesh Ranjan hosted a celebration at which he recognized engineering faculty and staff for outstanding daily work that shapes the heart of our college….