Category: Research

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 Clemson IE students, Amogh Bhosekar and Kade Gilstrap, are the winners of the “Best Student Track Paper” organized by the Healthcare Systems Division of IISE during the 2018 Annual IISE Conference. Their paper is titled “Simulation Optimization of Automated Guided Vehicle System in a Health Care Facility.”  This paper summarizes the findings of their […]

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. […]

The Clemson University Student Chapter of INFORMS cordially invites you to attend our students’ presentations at the 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Houston the week of October 22-25. Featured Presentations Sunday, October 22nd Zahra Azadi Stochastic Optimization Models for Joint Pricing and Inventory Replenishment of Perishable Products Rob Curry An Augmenting Flow Algorithm for a […]