Prof. Yuehwern Yih, Academic Director of Long-Term Assistance and Services for Research (LASER) Partner University-Led Solutions Engine (PULSE), opened its first-ever R4D Conference with two sessions on academic leadership and research ethics for strengthening development research.

The Oxford University Press published an article by a HEAL Lab PhD student and others in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).

The Spring 2019 issue of the Purdue Alumnus featured IE alumna Tamara Markey, who was named 2019 Indiana Teacher of the Year last fall.

Purdue Athletics had 70 spring sport student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten honors on May 28 as announced by the conference office, including two Purdue IE undergraduates.

In conjunction with Purdue’s 150th anniversary celebration, on March 20 the College of Engineering unveiled a “Patent Wall” in Armstrong Hall to honor top engineering alumni and patent holders.

Purdue’s robotics team, ACM SIGBots, hosted and won the largest regional qualifying tournament for VEX U, the world's biggest robotics competition. An IE undergrad who leads strategy for ACM SIGbots reflected on SIGBots and industrial engineering.

SME announced that it has recognized Purdue IE's Wenzhuo Wu as a member of its 2019 class of Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers, along with 13 other young professionals.

Professor Barrett Caldwell and the Purdue Chapter of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) are planning two initiatives to build Latin American partnerships in the coming year.

Health Services Research published research by Purdue IE’s Zachary Hass and others on the effectiveness of a nursing-home-to-community transition program.

The Purdue Industrial Engineering Graduate Student Organization (IEGSO) honored Christopher Quinn, assistant professor of industrial engineering, as this year’s recipient of the IE Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award.

On April 26 Purdue IE celebrated Steve Duket, IE Managing Director from 2009-2018. Duket graduated from Purdue IE in the early '70s, worked for IE legend Alan Pritsker for many years, then returned to Purdue to help direct the School of Industrial Engineering.

ISE Magazine interviewed Purdue IE‘s Barrett Caldwell for its “What‘s Your Story” in the magazine‘s May issue.

On May 11, the School of Industrial Engineering held a Commencement Reception for IE students graduating over the weekend.

A third-year PhD student in the Wu Group received the Materials Research Society (MRS) Silver Graduate Student Award (GSA) during its annual spring meeting.

A team of experts in health, industrial engineering and design led by Professors Yuehwern Yih and Steve Visser is working to create a set of space-saving furniture to improve healthcare at a Malawi hospital.