Finding her place — and helping others find theirs

Faculty and graduate students from Purdue University's Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering received numerous awards and recognitions at the 70th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), held October 19-23 in Reno, Nevada.

Purdue industrial engineering professor recognized for advancing human factors research through artificial intelligence, wearable sensing and innovative approaches to workplace safety

Hyesun Chung, assistant professor in the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, is studying how people work together when artificial intelligence becomes part of the team. Her research looks at how trust, individual differences and leadership affect collaboration when multiple people work alongside multiple AI agents.

Student spotlight: Caitrin Duffy

This past summer, 3 teams representing the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering advanced to the next round of the ShahLab.AI competition.

Article originally posted by College of Engineering October 8, 2026

Yuehwern Yih, Tompkins Distinguished Professor in Purdue University's Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, has been selected as a 2026 Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). She is one of 12 leaders named to this year's class.

The Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering is currently seeking to fill multiple faculty roles.

As we prepare to send more people and hardware into space, there is a growing desire to establish standards between members in the space industry. Professor Caldwell discusses how Industrial Engineering aids in that preparation.

PhD student Claire Woo and Young-Jun Son, the James J. Solberg Head and Ransburg Professor of Industrial Engineering, received the Best Poster Award in the “Infrastructure, Mobility & Robots” poster session at the 39th U.S.–Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2026).

Wenzhuo Wu and his research team have developed a form of self-powered wearable triboelectric nanogenerators to be used in monitoring cardiovascular health.

Purdue University’s College of Engineering recognized faculty, lecturers and staff members for their outstanding dedication to teaching in an Aug. 24 Purdue Exponent advertisement.