News

Wed, 05/24/2023 | ISE Website
ISE Faculty Shuai Huang honored with two DAIS Awards for advancing healthcare data analytics and educational excellence
Huang will be honored with both the 2023 Teaching Award and the Professional Achievement Award.

Tue, 04/18/2023
Inaugural ISE Distinguished Industry Lecture: Timothy Jacobs, Director of Research Science for Amazon
Join us for an insightful lecture featuring Tim Jacobs, Ph.D., P.E., a renowned expert in logistics and transportation, and Director of Research Science and Middle Mile Planning Research and Optimization Science for Amazon.

Mon, 04/17/2023
ISE Ph.D. student secures prestigious NSF fellowship to address student privacy violations
The grant will allow Monika Blue Kwapisz to investigate student privacy violations in learning management systems.

Tue, 04/11/2023
ISE Spring Lab Tour Series
Undergrads can see our labs in action, Thursdays in April & May, 4-5pm.

Fri, 04/07/2023 | UW Engineering
Capstone collaborations
Learn how ISE students are collaborating with All Wheels Up to improve the flying experience for everyone.


Thu, 12/08/2022
Ashis Banerjee on AI & automation - Faculty Spotlight
Our very own Dr. Ashis Banerjee, Associate Professor at UW ISE, was featured in an article from The National Digest, written by Contributing Reporter Moumita Basuroychowdhury, on November 22. Ashis was interviewed on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the wide-ranging significance that resulting predictive models and automation can bring across many applications - from supply chain systems to manufacturing, and all the way to self-driving cars. Read more to learn about his research and the influence of ISE!


Thu, 09/15/2022
UW ISE celebrates retirement and contributions of two exceptional faculty members
ISE faculty Tom Furness and Zelda Zabinsky retire to pursue what's next.

Wed, 08/31/2022
Graduate student spotlight: Christopher Salazar
Graduate student, Christopher Salazar, works toward a PhD in ISE to give himself limitless opportunities.


Thu, 06/30/2022
Instructor Patricia Buchanan wins faculty teaching award
Instructor Patricia Buchanan wins faculty teaching award

Thu, 06/02/2022
Prashanth Rajivan receives NSF CAREER Award
Prashanth Rajivan Receives NSF CAREER Award - Understanding the Principles of Working Memory in Phishing Decision Making.

Thu, 05/19/2022
An ISE capstone team delivers a proof of concept for more efficient time studies for Starbucks
The ISE capstone team won the department’s top 2021 award for its compelling proof of concept of using machine learning to perform time and motion studies.

Wed, 05/04/2022
Chiwei Yan receives Harold W. Kuhn Award
University of Washington (UW) Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) assistant professor Chiwei Yan has been honored with the 2021 Harold W. Kuhn award.

Wed, 02/09/2022 | UW News
UW and Amazon announce creation of the Science Hub
The collaboration will focus on advancing innovation in core robotics, and AI technologies and their applications. Professor Ashis Banerjee is part of the joint advisory committee.

Thu, 02/03/2022
ISE simulated email environment wins human factors award
Daniel Xu’s paper on creating a simulated task environment to study spear phishing behaviors wins at HFES 2021.

Tue, 01/25/2022
Richard Hansen gives to ISE
A longtime friend continues to give to ISE, energized by mentoring and developing the diverse teams of the future.

Tue, 10/05/2021
Engineering excellence for the public good
The College of Engineering's strategic plan focuses on four key areas: creating a healthier and more just world through our work; embracing the power of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); translating innovation into impact; and investing strategically in our future.

Tue, 03/30/2021 | Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Graduate student spotlight: Auður Anna Jónsdóttir
Graduate student Auður Anna Jónsdóttir is working with the Center of Dialysis Innovation on developing a mobile and wearable dialysis machine.

Thu, 03/04/2021 | Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Talking with board member Sean Xuan
Catching up with Sean Xuan, one of ISE’s newest board members, to talk about the elevator pitch night and more.

Wed, 03/03/2021 | Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Former Chair Richard Storch supports ISE faculty endowed fellowship fund for Ph.D. research
Former Chair Richard Storch helped establish the ISE Department and gives to strengthen it into the future.