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Wed, 03/15/2017 | Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

ISE undergraduate team wins FlexSim competition

Congratulations to the ISE team on winning the FlexSim competition! The team was composed of undergraduate students Rungpatch Nethnapat, Brandon Pittaway, Courtney Seto, and Dustin Wang. Up against thirty other teams, the team took first place, and the $2,500 prize, at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers FlexSim Software Student Simulation Competition.

Mon, 02/13/2017 | College of Engineering

Painting by numbers: Engineering, art and data science

College of Engineering spoke with alumna Susie Lu about how her unique double-major in Painting and Industrial & Systems Engineering set her on a career path to data visualization.

Mon, 01/30/2017 | Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

ISE undergraduate team one of three finalists in the IISE FlexSim Software Student Simulation Competition

Congratulations to ISE undergraduates Rungpatch Nethnapat, Brandon Pittaway, Courtney Sato, and Dustin Wang for being selected as finalists in the IISE FlexSim Software Student Simulation Competition. The team will compete in the finals at the Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference in March.

Fri, 01/13/2017 | Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

ISE alumni thrive in diverse and rewarding careers

ISE caught up with a few of our exceptional alumni to learn how their time in the department shaped them and their post-graduation experiences.

Thu, 12/29/2016 | International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Ph.D. Graduate Fah Thamsuwan recognized for highly cited paper

Ph.D. Graduate Fah Thamsuwan was recognized by the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics for her highly cited paper. The paper, "Whole body vibration exposures in bus drivers: A comparison between a high-floor coach and a low-floor city bus," was one of the five most cited papers published in the journal in the past three years. Congratulations Fah!

Wed, 11/16/2016 | College of Engineering

Scholarships unlock a world of opportunity for ISE student Yoel Tekle

Engineering student Yoel Tekle discusses how scholarships have allowed him to pursue a degree in ISE and conduct research in Professor Linda Ng Boyle's Human Factors and Statistical Modeling Lab.

Fri, 10/28/2016 | Society for Medical Decision Making

Ph.D. student Ying Lin wins research prize

Ying Lin is the winner of the Lee B. Lusted Student Prize for outstanding presentations of research in quantitative methods and theoretical developments at the 38th Annual North American Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. Her research is titled “Adaptive Monitoring of Depression Patient Population: A Selective Sensing Approach.” Congratulations to Ying!

Mon, 08/22/2016 | National Science Foundation

Ph.D. student Wei Guo wins NSF Travel Award

Wei Guo, a 2nd year Ph.D. student in the Department, has won an NSF Travel Award to attend the Doctoral Consortium at the prestigious 2016 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering. She is advised by Assistant Professor Ashis Banerjee and her work is on Methods and Applications of Feature Extraction Using Topological Data Analysis.

Sun, 07/31/2016 | The Seattle Times

Distracted driving is the focus for UW researcher

ISE's Chair & Professor Linda Boyle is the leader in distracted driving studies at the UW!

Mon, 07/25/2016 | College of Engineering

Crafting a dream: An engineer’s passion for brewing

Since 2010, Mike Francis, ’06, has been an emerging leader in the Northwest’s craft brewing industry, thanks to a degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering.

Wed, 07/20/2016 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Virtual reality 'grandfather' Tom Furness fears technology's potential to create violent worlds

ISE Professor Tom Furness was back in the news, raising awareness about technology's potential to create violent worlds.

Wed, 06/15/2016

IND E 498 Professional Practice Seminar Series

Did you miss the Professional Practice Seminar Series Autumn Quarter 2015?  Catch up now.

Wed, 03/23/2016 | IEEE Visualization & Graphics Technical Committee

Tom Furness receives IEEE VGTC Career Award

Professor Tom Furness received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Virtual and Augmented Reality Career Award for his significant contribution to the community through his research.

Wed, 12/30/2015

Thank you from ISE!

Thank you from ISE's faculty, staff and students!

Wed, 12/30/2015 | National Public Radio

Grandfather Of VR: The Virtual Can Show The Beauty Of The Real

Professor Thomas Furness was featured on NPR for his work in Virtual Reality!

Wed, 11/25/2015

30th Anniversary

ISE is having a 30th Anniversary!  October 21 & 22, 2016.  Join us!

Shuai Huang

Mon, 05/06/2024

Shuai Huang receives a new grant to study type 1 diabetes risk scores for multi-ethnic populations

Shuai’s team will develop an open-source repository that other diabetes researchers can access for analysis and creation of accurate and equitable prediction models.