University of TN, Knoxville Industrial & Systems Engineering

Students in this year’s Governor’s School for the Sciences and Engineering (GSSE) recently had the opportunity to engage in an informal Q&A session with Dr. Ming Jin from ISE at UT!

Through conversations like these, GSSE participants gain valuable insight into cutting-edge research, academic pathways, and real-world engineering challenges while connecting with faculty leaders in their fields. Experiences such as this help inspire Tennessee’s brightest young minds as they explore future opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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ISE Professor Xueping Li and a multidisciplinary team of UT leaders are applying industrial systems expertise to public healthcare with SmartSHOTs. This award-winning app tackles barriers to childhood vaccination.

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Li’s App Removes Vaccine Barriers for TN Families - Industrial and Systems Engineering ISE Professor Xueping Li is applying industrial systems expertise to public healthcare with an app that tackles barriers to childhood vaccination.

Congratulations to our Industrial & Systems Engineering who graduated last week! 🎓 Your hard work, dedication, and problem-solving mindset have prepared you to make an impact in the industry and beyond. We’re proud of all you’ve accomplished and can’t wait to see what’s next. 🧡

The IISE Annual Conference and Expo has officially kicked off in Arlington, Texas! ISE has several attendees at this year’s conference, including many presenters. Rachel Duncan and Ben are pictured below connecting with conference attendees.

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ISE were recently honored at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Awards Banquet. The banquet opened with remarks from department head Mingzhou Jin and included student chapter updates, recognition of graduates, department awards, and a Hall of Honor induction. See the full list of Honorees below!

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ISE Bestows Honors at Awards Banquet - Industrial and Systems Engineering Students, faculty, and alumni were honored at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Awards Banquet.

David E. Bernal Neira, Assistant Professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, will be on campus this Friday to discuss evaluating the performance of quantum processing units at large width and depth. Get more details at the link below ⬇️

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Sharon Davis, Associate Director of the Center for Improving the Public's Health through Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will visit this Friday to discuss responsible deployment of AI in healthcare. Learn more at the link below ⬇️

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ISE Professor and Associate Department Head James Ostrowski and ISE Assistant Professor Rebekah Herrman were jointly awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to help engineers apply quantum computing to multi-stage uncertainty optimization problems.

“Improving our ability to solve them efficiently is fundamental to helping organizations make better decisions in a complex and uncertain world.” - James Ostrowski

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Ostrowski, Herrman’s NSF Award Funds Interdisciplinary Optimization - Industrial and Systems Engineering Two ISE faculty received an NSF grant to help engineers apply quantum computing to multi-stage uncertainty optimization problems.

ISE was honored to host John Shook as our guest speaker and welcome him back to Rocky Top! John, a University of Tennessee, Knoxville graduate, reflected on his time as the first manager hired by Toyota in Japan, which included training personnel in Toyota City who would eventually work at the NUMMI factory, a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota.

John’s reflection on Lean and the importance of psychological safety when finding production issues and conducting root cause analysis was an ideal topic for our industrial engineers to hear.

In 2011, ISE piloted a new master’s degree for adults working in the nuclear security sector with just 19 . Last spring, the MS in Industrial Engineering cohort program congratulated its 232nd graduate! Read more about the program's success and why recent students find value in the cohort model at the link below.

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MSIE Teaches—and Embodies—Sawhney Model - Industrial and Systems Engineering The Master’s in Industrial Engineering program uses the Sawhney model to help working adults advance their careers.