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Keep up to date with the latest Industrial and Systems Engineering news.

Companies get brainpower, students get industry experience via UB’s Six Sigma program
1/13/20

The program, now in its 16th year, invites companies to sponsor one or more students.

Dr. Jun Zhuang to Serve the UB Faculty Senate
1/6/20

Congratulations to Dr. Jun Zhuang for being voted in as a SEAS senator on the UB Faculty Senate for the 2019-2021 term.

Zhuang honored with Buffalo Business First’s 40 Under 40 Award
12/16/19

Industrial engineering professor Jun Zhuang was one of 40 young leaders recognized for their professional success and community involvement by  Buffalo Business First. 

Reducing wildfire risks for better management and resource allocation
12/11/19
An article in ScienceDaily on reducing wildfire risks cites research reviewed by Jun Zhuang, professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, who studied burning prescribed fires to design a model to calculate the effectiveness of these fires to reduce risks.
Here’s what it will take to adapt the power grid to higher wildfire risks
11/5/19
Science News quotes Sayanti Mukherjee, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, in an article about what it will take to adapt the nation’s energy grid to the increased risk of wildfires.
17 SEAS faculty and staff recognized at UB's Celebration of Excellence
11/3/19
Seventeen faculty and staff from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are among those who were honored for notable achievement, service and teaching at UB's 16th annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff Academic Excellence.
Sixth Annual SEAS Awards Night honors alumni, corporate partners and students
10/30/19
On Thursday, October 3, 2019, over 100 members of the UB community gathered in Slee Hall to honor exceptional alumni, students and corporate partners at the Sixth Annual School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Awards Night.
ISE faculty and students share research on risk analysis at local conference
9/12/19

“Risk Analysis in the Digital Era," was the theme of this year’s conference, which involved presentations from several industrial engineering faculty and students.