Alpha Pi Mu, the national industrial engineering honor society, awarded the Purdue chapter 3rd place in this year’s Outstanding Chapter Award competition! This recognition marks Purdue APM’s significant contributions towards student success and involvement in the field of IE.

Researchers in Purdue University’s College of Engineering have created new noninvasive, wearable sensors that monitor levels of uric acid in human sweat. A paper about the research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nano Energy.

Faster, more accurate measurement of uric acid levels could lead to better diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of several physiological and psychological conditions

Meet World Traveler Kirsten Brutans!

Brandon Pitts, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, has received the 2023 Stephanie Binder Young Professional Award given by the Surface Transportation Technical Group (STTG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES).

Meet Rohit Mukherjee!

Led by Oregon State University researchers, this $1.5 million endeavor aims to develop a team of underwater robots that can collect measurements of ice cavities and oceanic properties by traveling beneath ice shelves.

John Sutherland, Fehsenfeld Family Head of Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University and NAE member, was granted a courtesy appointment to the IE faculty.

The School of Industrial Engineering has welcomed its newest faculty member, and it's a robot!

Denny Yu, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, has been named a National Safety Council Rising Star of Safety.

The School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University invites applications for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant and Associate Professor.

Estrada Gomez, along with co-PI Leopold Green, have been awarded an NSF grant of over $700,000 to fund their project involving the development of a tool that can detect and treat inflammatory bowel diseases.

Assistant Professor Seetharaman was chosen for her work in the Climate and Energy sector, proving to be a rising star in the field.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Siva Seetharaman for receiving a Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) award! Seetharaman and her team, co-led by Professor Vijay Gupta, will receive their share of $18 million in grant funding awarded by the Department of Defense.

Fall of 2023 brings in two new faculty members, Souvik Dhara (Assistant Professor) and Syed Helmi (Professor of Practice). Then, in January of 2024 the School of Industrial Engineering welcomes Zhe "Jimmy" Zhang.

Industrial Engineering PhD student Guoyang Zhou has recently won the 2023 Dieter W. Jahns Student Practitioner Award!