Industrial Engineering

IE Student Wins National Award

Emily Huffer

Emily Huffer received the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) James W. Barany Student Award for Excellence in May 2019.  She was formally recognized at the IISE Annual Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida.  This highly-competitive award recognizes undergraduate students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship and campus leadership.  Emily was the single recipient of this […]

Ask an Alum: Alyson Brown

Name: Alyson Brown Year Graduated: 2017 Degree from Clemson: BS in Industrial Engineering, Minor: Spanish   What are you doing now? I recently graduated from UT Austin’s MS in Business Analytics program and am now a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. How did your experience at Clemson University help you find your first position after […]

Chakararajan Madhusudanan on defending his thesis

Chakararajan Madhusudanan is a full-time sustainability enthusiast while also working to get his master’s degree in Industrial Engineering. After two years in the program, Chakararajan successfully defended his thesis on July 16th. Almost two years ago, when his advisor Dr. Sandra Eksioglu sent out an email saying she needed a research assistant, he didn’t think […]

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 […]

Ask an Alum: Meet Christopher Greco

Name: Christopher Greco   Year Graduated: 2014   Degree from Clemson: B.S. Industrial Engineering   Chris also serves on Clemson University’s Board of Young Alumni for Industrial Engineering.   How did your experience at Clemson University help you find your first position after graduation?  Clemson provided me with both the skills and the opportunities to succeed in the […]

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 […]

Two CECAS Students Win Spark Challenge and are Headed to CA

Congratulations to Dial Devaney, a recent Industrial Engineering December 2018 graduate, and Silas Adams, a senior in Computer Science on winning the Spark Challenge with their “Freedom Fence” pitch and $2500 bucks to head to CA! The Spark Challenge is Clemson’s premier pitch competition for any idea, business, product, or service. Freedom Fence is the […]

Ask an Alum: Meet Philip Cook

Name: Philip Cook   Year Graduated: 2010   Degree from Clemson: B.S. Industrial Engineering   Philip also serves on Clemson University’s Board of Young Alumni for Industrial Engineering.   How did your experience at Clemson University help you find your first position after graduation?    I went straight to graduate school after graduation from Clemson.   If you […]

Ask an Alum: Meet AJ Hobbs

Name: AJ Hobbs   Year Graduated: 2014   Degree from Clemson: B.S. in Industrial Engineering   AJ also serves on Clemson University’s Board of Young Alumni for Industrial Engineering.   How did your experience at Clemson University help you find your first position after graduation?  After Clemson, I attend Purdue and got a M.S. in Industrial Engineering with […]

Ask An Alum: Meet Michelle Jahn Holbrook, Class of 2013

  Name: Michelle “Shelly” Jahn Holbrook   Year Graduated: 2013   Degree from Clemson: B.S. in Industrial Engineering   Shelly is also serves on Clemson University’s Board of Young Alumni for Industrial Engineering.   How did your experience at Clemson University help you find your first position after graduation?  I worked with human factors professors on various research […]