Industrial Engineering

IE Faculty Appointed to Prestigious Editorial Boards

Two outstanding Clemson IE faculty members have been named to the editorial boards of significant journals in the fields of industrial engineering and operations research. Mary Beth Kurz, Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair, has been appointed as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Manufacturing Systems.  The journal is widely recognized as one of the top outlets for […]

Clemson Welcomes Dr. Jamiahus Walton to IE Faculty

Jamiahus Walton

The Department of Industrial Engineering is honored to welcome Dr. Jamiahus Walton as an assistant professor of industrial engineering this Fall 2019. Dr. Walton obtained his Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from Iowa State University this year. He earned his Master’s of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University in 2015, with a thesis comparing […]

Two IE Students Place at IISE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

Congratulations to two Clemson Industrial Engineering students, Jenny Byham and Emily Huffer, who placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the technical paper competition at this year’s IISE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference at West Virginia University. Jenny Byham presented on her research with Dr. Sarah Riggs on “Quantifying Eye Movement: Changes in Entropy and K-Coefficient,” and Emily […]

Çağlar Çağlayan Joins IE Faculty as Assistant Professor

The Department of Industrial Engineering is pleased to announce the hiring of Çağlar Çağlayan as an assistant professor. Çağlayan earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey in 2011. He earned his M.S. in Industrial Engineering at NC State University in 2013, and an M.S. in Operations Research at the Georgia Institute of […]

Clemson Welcomes Dr. Yongjia Song to IE Faculty

The Department of Industrial Engineering is honored to welcome Dr. Yongjia Song as an assistant professor of industrial engineering this Fall 2018. Dr. Song obtained his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013. He completed his graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012, where he earned his MS in both […]

New Findings on Biomass Cofiring from Clemson’s Dept. of IE

New Findings on Biomass Cofiring from Clemson’s IE Department   Coal-fired power plants in the United States face a major decision: shutting down plants or investing in transforming their current electricity generation technology. New research from Clemson University’s Industrial Engineering department investigates how biomass can help coal plants transition smoothly toward a low/zero carbon economy. […]

Taaffe’s service acknowledged in June edition of ISE Magazine

The June edition of ISE Magazine features a “Volunteer Snapshot” about Dr. Kevin Taaffe and his service involvement in IISE. The article traces his path as a student to his current leadership role where he helps shape the local chapter and region as a Regional Vice President. View full article here (scroll down to 4th story)

Dr. Laura Stanley to join Clemson IE faculty

The Department of Industrial Engineering is excited to announce the hiring of Dr. Laura Stanley as an associate professor of industrial engineering, beginning in Fall 2017. Dr. Stanley comes to the department from Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman, MT, where she served as an associate professor, the PhD Graduate Program Coordinator for the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department, and […]

The Bookshelf: Selected Refereed Journal Publications

Industrial Engineering faculty and students have produced an impressive volume of high-quality journal publications since 2016. Although the entire list will not fit here, a sampling of those works is given below. These publications all involve at least one faculty member in IE, and many of them were led by doctoral students in the Clemson […]

Beloved Dr. Greenstein ready for next chapter

After almost thirty-two years of service as a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, Dr. Joel Greenstein is about to leave behind the chapter of his life entitled “Clemson IE.” He will be retiring as soon as the spring semester concludes this May. When asked what the next chapter of his […]