Alumni Profiles

Calling all UB ISE alumni: We'd love to share news of your positions and accomplishments, whether you graduated in 2013 or 1973!

Priya's research is in modeling the discharge processes in hospitals, with a view to understanding how health care providers and staff create and use information for patient discharge.
12/15/21
Priyadarshini Pennathur, PhD '10
Associate Professor, University of Iowa
Jiun-Yin (a.k.a. Irene) Jian is currently a Senior Human Factors Engineer at Leidos, Transportation Solutions Air Traffic program. Irene began her career at Stevens Institute of Technology as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for a project funded by Office of Naval Research. She then joined Shell Oil Company working on projects for various Shell onshore and offshore facilities.
10/30/20
Jiun-Yin (Irene) Jian MS' 96
Senior Human Factors Engineer at Leidos, Transportation Solutions Air Traffic program
Peter previously interned for Jones Lang LaSalle, Nissan North America, and Dyson, working in their Engineering, Material Handling, and Logistics department respectively. Currently, Peter is working full-time at Dyson in Chicago as their Supply Planning Analyst.
6/15/20
Peter Pranata BS '18, MS '20
Supply Planning Analyst, Dyson
Dave has led IDA projects dealing with some of the most significant issues facing the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Veterans Affairs,” said IDA President Dr. David S.C. Chu. “I am so pleased to have him assume his new role here at IDA and look forward to his contributions that he will make as the CARD director.”
9/3/19
Dave Hunter, BS '90, PHD '96
Director of the Institute for Defense Analyses’ (IDA’s) Cost Anlysis and Research Division (CARD)
Robert F. Hanley Jr.’s SAP expertise includes materials management and quality management; heavy integration experience to related modules; mentoring and training of new SAP consultants; and substantial practical experience in supportable implementations, including documents and testing.
6/25/19
Robert F. Hanley, BS '90
SAP MM/QM Business Architect at Blue Spruce Consulting
Professor Chase Murray's research interests are in the area of operations research, with a particular focus on military applications related to airborne surveillance and reconnaissance. His other areas of interest include vehicle routing and scheduling, pricing, and revenue management.
3/8/19
Chase Murray, PhD '10
Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
David Rose is a Senior Vice President at Marsh Risk Consulting. He works as a senior consultant with the Workforce Strategies Ergonomics Practice. He is a board-certified ergonomist specializing in occupational ergonomics and workplace safety. He assists clients across a broad range of industries in applying ergonomics and risk control principles and concepts that identify opportunities and intervention strategies to reduce injuries, develop best practices, become more productive, and save money.
3/7/19
David Rose, BS '85
Senior Vice President at Marsh Risk Consulting
Brian Kleiner is the Bogle Professor Fellow in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Kleiner is interested in the socio-technical systems issues associated with safety, health and performance, including a focus on function allocation in automation and collaborative and organizational aspects of engineering and design.
3/4/19
Brian Kleiner, PhD 1990
Director, Myers-Lawson School of Construction at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
In 2015, Kara transitioned to support NASA’s Human Mission to Mars in the Space Mission Analysis Branch. In this capacity, she supports development of the Exploration Medical Capability – to ensure that Mars astronauts maintain good health; habitat design for this mission; and integration of geospatial data to support mission decisions such as selecting the first human mission landing site on Mars.
3/1/19
Kara Latorella, PhD '97
Human Factors Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center
Steven E. Little is the director of the Emerson Innovation Center – Human Centered Design in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he leads the Corporate Innovation Center chartered with building competency in Human Centered Design across Emerson Electric Company. Emerson is a $24B global corporation with major business groups in Process Management, Industrial Automation, Climate Technologies, Network Power and Commercial & Residential Solutions.
3/1/19
Steven E. Little, BS '86, MS '89
Director of the Emerson Innovation Center, Human Centered Design