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 |  | It's a season of new things - a new semester and an exciting new look to Grissom Hall! Our faculty, students and alumni continue to forge ahead in new areas and win awards and recognition.
 Read below about the impressive growth in our graduate and undergraduate programs, and faculty and staff in the school. I hope you can come celebrate with us on October 9 & 10 as we reopen our transformed Grissom Hall.It's a new era for Purdue Industrial Engineering, and we're glad you're a part of it.
Boiler Up! 
  Abhijit Deshmukh
 James J. Solberg Head
 Purdue University School of Industrial Engineering
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 | Grissom Hall Celebration Events
 Come celebrate with us on October 9 & 10Join us to celebrate a Purdue milestone! All IE Alumni & Friends are invited to celebrate the beginning of a new era for Grissom Hall and the School of Industrial Engineering. |  | 
 
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 U.S. News & World Report ranks Purdue IE undergrad program #3 in nation!
 The Purdue School of Industrial Engineering moved up to the No. 3 spot in the latest undergraduate program rankings from the U.S. News & World Report released on September 9.
The Purdue IE graduate program is currently ranked #8 in the U.S. | 
 
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 Welcome new faculty and staff! As part of Purdue Engineering's Strategic Growth Initiative, the School of Industrial Engineering has added ten new faculty members this year. We've also hired six new administrative personnel. We're happy to welcome the new faculty and staff below to the Purdue Engineering family! |  | 
 
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 Bringing alumni and students togetherThe
 Purdue School of Industrial Engineering welcomes Jerry Alberts as the 
new Director of Development. Alberts started in IE in February 2015, 
after holding development positions in the Purdue College of Technology 
(now Purdue Polytechnic Institute), Clemson University, Penn State, and 
the Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI).
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 News & Awards Our faculty, staff, students and alumni are making news and winning awards in research and teaching! See below for more details:
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