Shruthi Suresh and Ting Zhang, two Purdue University doctoral students, thought had a great idea to help blind and visually impaired people. The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program helped them come up with an even better idea to launch a startup moving their innovation into the public.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.