Before Bjorn Borgen (BSME ’62) built a multibillion-dollar investment firm, before he settled out west in the Rocky Mountains, before he even set foot on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, he was a teenager working…
Industrial engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who are interested in learning the basics of optimization—mathematical techniques that can solve problems such as choosing the quickest route from point A to point B—can sign…
Jeff Linderoth and Jim Luedtke, professors of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have earned a best paper award from the journal Mathematical Programming Computation for their…
Three projects involving researchers from the College of Engineering have earned mini grants through the American Family Funding Initiative, a competition administered by the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute…
The case for using more renewable energy is an easy sell: It’s cheaper than legacy power sources, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and curbs air and water pollution. From a power…
Jim Luedtke, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, is the UW-Madison principal investigator on a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy that is part of…
Making decisions under uncertainty is something we do all the time: When, for example, should I leave to take my child to soccer practice, not knowing how road construction will…
When Ashley Peper started to get serious about finding a career that would scratch her math itch, her teachers at Stevens Point Area Senior High floated the standard ideas: accountant or math teacher. “I don’t…