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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.

The Purdue Industrial Engineering Graduate Student Organization (IEGSO) held its annual Research Symposium on April 25. The symposium included a graduate student poster competition and a panel discussion with five Outstanding Industrial Engineering (OIE) alumni and a visiting lecturer alumnus.

An IE graduate student received a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Morocco during the 2019-2020 academic year.

Five undergrad IE students competed in the 2019 “Beautify Grissom” painting competition. Launched by the Purdue chapter of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) in 2013, students compete yearly by painting what IE means to them.

Purdue University will honor some of its highest academic-achieving graduating seniors May 10-12 during commencement ceremonies, including four Purdue IEs.

IISE Transactions published an article by two Purdue Engineering researchers and one Purdue IE alumnus in April. It was also featured in the March 2019 issue of ISE Magazine.

IE 431 Senior Design Capstone Project students learn about real-world business projects and help companies by providing practical recommendations for improvements.

Six IE undergraduates presented their research projects at the 2019 Office of Undergraduate Research Conference.

An IE undergrad is the co-founder of AlgoBank, a new software as a service that leverages 12 financial algorithms to profit from the market on a daily basis.

A Purdue IE faculty member and several graduate students were honored at two recent college and university events.

The School of Industrial Engineering held its annual Outstanding Industrial Engineer (OIE) Awards Ceremony on April 25.