Read the Winter 2018 IE WEBLetter to find out about our awesome alumni, student entrepreneurs, events, and more!

Senior IE student and walk-on Purdue Boilermaker quarterback Aaron Banks won the Kiwanis Citizenship Award at a banquet on December 9.

On December 5, 2018, the College of Engineering held an event to celebrate faculty external awards received in 2017-18, including two IE faculty members.

In the new ”Why Choose Industrial Engineering?“ video, Purdue IE students talk about how they chose their major.

On December 16, the School of Industrial Engineering held a Commencement Reception for IE students who graduated over the weekend.

Purdue IE alumna Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter (BSIE 1985), United States Air Force-retired, gave the keynote speech during Purdue’s two commencement ceremonies on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018.

A Purdue IE professor co-edited this month’s issue of the Materials Research Society (MRS) Bulletin and will speak in a related webinar.

An IE alumna will speak at this weekend’s commencement ceremonies on December 16.

A Purdue IE PhD student and his five team members will eat, sleep, work and live for two weeks like they’re on Mars.

Two IE professors and several grad students presented research at the recent 2018 Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting. Studies presented at this meeting utilize risk assessment and risk mitigation practices to prepare for future severe weather events because past practices are no longer adequate.

Dr. Brandon Pitts spoke at an autonomous transportation panel during a lunch discussion hosted by Discovery Park’s Purdue Policy Research Institute (PPRI).

A Purdue IE team won a 2018 College of Engineering Staff Excellence Award.

An IE professor returned to Uganda for the second phase of a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation project researching global health and development to help save the lives of Ugandan mothers.

Students in the IE 431 Senior Design class presented their company project posters at an exhibition competition on December 6, 2018. Representatives from ten different companies attended and interacted with the students while reviewing the 15 posters on display in Grissom Hall's Peter Wang Student Excellence Center.

Three Purdue IE student organizations competed in a “Club Clash” Case Competition on Nov. 14, and the winners won a grand prize of $1,000.