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Winter 2017 |
![Photo of Drs. Deshmukh & Leimkuhler](IE/newsletters/2017-winter-webletter/abhi-leimkuhler-awards) | Another fall semester is nearly over! A very special highlight was welcoming back Dr. Ferdinand Leimkuhler, former Head of Purdue Industrial Engineering, to speak at the Moshe M. Barash Lecture in November. At our Awards Dinner we announced the new Ferdinand Leimkuhler Dissertation Award in his honor, which will be given every two years to outstanding IE PhD students.
We look forward to what the next semester holds, and all of us at Purdue IE wish you a warm and joyful holiday season and new year. | Dr. Abhi Deshmukh announces the Ferdinand Leimkuhler Dissertation Award | ![Graphic of Abhi Deshmukh signature](http://editor.ne16.com/industrial_engineering/abhi-sig-50_WEB.jpg) Abhijit Deshmukh, James J. Solberg Head Purdue University School of Industrial Engineering |
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Yih project receives Gates Foundation awardThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation named Yuehwern Yih's global health and development research project as one of two Purdue Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) winners. Yih, professor of industrial engineering, will work on a project titled "Demand sensing and digital tracking for maternal and child health in Uganda". Yih’s team is working to save the lives of mothers giving birth by developing a better, more efficient supply system for essential medications and supplies. |
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![Photo of cover of 2017 Fall Rethink IE magazine](/IE/newsletters/2017-winter-webletter/cover-rethinkie-2017) | Did you receive our latest Rethink IE magazine, focusing on decision making?
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Faculty News
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School News
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Events
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