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October 17, 2012

IE Graduates Featured in Today in America Video

IE Graduates Kathy Kilmer and Dennis Oates are featured in Today in America hosted by Terry Bradshaw. The purpose of the video is to create higher awareness of the training and education of Industrial Engineers.
September 18, 2012

IIE Purdue Chapter received Gold Award

The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Purdue chapter is proud to announce the receipt of yet another Gold Award from the nationals this year! This prestigious award is earned by chapters that do an outstanding job of providing content for their members and their communities, including monthly meetings, plant tours, newsletters and other activities that go above and beyond what chapters normally do for the profession and their area. The Purdue IIE chapter has been privileged to have received 13 of these top honors in the last 15 years and promises to continue striving for many more such successes in the years to come.

August 31, 2012

Professor Gary Cheng featured in Purdue Today

A new "nano machine shop" that shapes nanowires and ultrathin films could represent a future manufacturing method for tiny structures with potentially revolutionary properties.

April 4, 2012

Robots and People Can All Get Along

Juan Wachs, Professor of Industrial Engineering was featured on Marketplace a part of NPR radio to discuss his research into hand-gesture recognition within healthcare.
February 27, 2012

IE Students Shine in Rube Goldberg Machine Contest

Three students in the School of Industrial Engineering were part of the winning Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. Mayark Garg, Carlos Hinojosa and Javier Garcia are members of the Purdue Society for Professional Engineers that placed 1st overall at the Regional Competition. The team also took home the Peoples Choice Award.
January 3, 2012

IIE to Honor Dr. James Barany

Institute of Industrial Engineers to rename their Student Award for Excellence to "James W. Barany Student Award for Excellence".
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