Industrial Engineering

New Faculty Positions Available

  The Department of Industrial Engineering invites applications for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor starting in August 2021. Clemson University is growing our expertise in the broad areas of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data Science, and Health and Bioengineering. We are seeking candidates in all areas of […]

IE Welcomes New Faculty Members

Clemson’s Department of Industrial Engineering (IE), one of the nation’s top 20 public IE programs, is pleased to announce the arrival of three outstanding faculty members.  Caglar Calayan, Assistant Professor. Dr. Caglar Caglayan joined the IE faculty after earning a Ph.D. in Operations Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology in August 2019.  Dr. Caglayan’s research […]

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 […]

IE Student Wins National Award

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

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 […]