The Hindu featured Akhil Chandrasekhar Grandhi, a 2012 graduate of UB’s master’s in industrial engineering program, who founded Bon Fiction, an artisanal craft chocolate brand that at barely a year old, has stood out for its chocolates at UK’s Academy of Chocolate.
Colin Drury, PhD, CPE ret. is the recipient of the 2021 Ergonomics Practitioner of the Year Award. The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE) initiated the annual award to recognize colleagues who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to the practice of ergonomics through their professional lifetime achievements and/or specific implementation projects.
The Scott and Coleen Stevens Chair in Engineering Sustainability will focus on core areas including sustainability fundamentals, renewable energy, economics, environmental quality and engineering practice, ethics and manufacturing.
Industrial engineers find ways to optimize systems, improving things as diverse and complex as TSA, mail carrier routes, and manufacturing assembly lines. Or, with Oyinkansola Antwi’s recent project, our wellbeing.
