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

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How mathematicians are trying to make NFL schedules fairer
4/15/19
A story on ESPN reports on work by Mark Karwan, Praxair Professor of Operations Research and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, to create an NFL schedule that is materially fair and largely disparity free.
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NSF program aims to speed discovery
4/4/19

Director France Córdova briefed a UB audience on the new Convergence Accelerator in a Critical Conversations keynote address.

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Your drone-delivered coffee is (almost) here
4/2/19
An article in The Wall Street Journal about the future of drone delivery services interviews Chase Murray, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering, who said most of the things we order on Amazon don’t warrant the urgency of a drone mission, and in the early phase of drone delivery we’ll order up only things that we need within 15 minutes.
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UB engineer awarded $1.8 million to develop aerogel insulation
3/27/19

The material could help reduce utility bills, improve energy efficiency of residential and commercial buildings.

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oSTEM builds up LGBTQ students on campus and beyond
3/26/19

Rishabh Bhandawat, a PhD student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, can imagine a world in which engineers are setting an example for inclusion and diversity, where people can express their gender identity however they choose and be met with acceptance.

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Maps: These states get less federal money for fires
3/1/19
An article on Futurity reports on research by Jun Zhuang, professor of industrial and systems engineering, that suggests that federal fire grant spending could be more balanced by adding the losses associated with human fatalities and injuries into how structure fires are calculated.
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Federal fire grant spending could be more balanced, new model suggests
2/26/19
An article on Phys Org reports on research by Jun Zhuang, professor of industrial and systems engineering, that suggests that federal fire grant spending could be more balanced by adding the losses associated with human fatalities and injuries into how structure fires are calculated.
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UB shows strong presence at TRB’s 98th annual meeting
2/25/19
University at Buffalo faculty, staff and students from civil, industrial and computer science and engineering had a strong presence at the Transportation Research Board’s 98th Annual Meeting.