Research Highlights

Stay up to date on all the research projects underway in ISE.

  • NSF Grant to Support 3D Printing Computation
    10/30/24
    Professor Chi Zhou, in collaboration with computer science and engineering faculty Wenyao Xu and Jinhui Xu, was recently awarded a two-year project from the National Science Foundation. The project aims to develop a transformative computational paradigm of 3D printing in mass customization.
  • Measuring Engagement in Social Media Platforms
    2/12/20
    Engagement capacity is a metric that serves to measure the ability of online platform users to engage each other in communication on the platform. 
  • Developing Decision Models for More Efficient Security Screenings
    8/22/19
    ISE associate professor Jun Zhuang has been awarded a three-year grant of $306K from the National Science Foundation for research on a project ''Robust Approval Process in the Face of Strategic Adversaries and Normal Applicants.'' 
  • Applied Research at MOD-PAC Prevents Workplace Injuries
    8/22/19
    Assistant Professor Lora Cavuoto recently completed an applied research project at MOD-PAC, a local manufacturer of folding cartons and personalized print products, to proactively address concerns related to injury risk. 
  • Health Systems Research
    6/18/19
    ISE is making a difference in health system quality and effectiveness through a multidisciplinary approach that cuts across traditional areas in ISE to include faculty in service systems (Li Lin), human factors (Ann Bisantz, Lora Cavuoto, Victor Paquet) and operations research (Alex Nikolaev).
  • Using Formal Computational Techniques to Make Medical Alarms Safer
    2/28/19
    The volume and auditory properties of medical alarms can produce situations to where medical personnel cannot hear and properly respond to these alarms.
  • Optimization Can Lead to Fairer NFL Schedules
    2/28/19
    The National Football League (NFL) is the highest revenue generating sports league in the world and uses numerous complex rules in scheduling regular season games to maintain fairness, attractiveness and its wide appeal to all fans and franchises.
  • Making Traffic Safer for Sporting Games, Concerts and Other Large Events
    2/28/19
    Large scale planned special events (PSE), such as sporting games, concerts, and parades, attracting high volume of pedestrians, buses and passenger vehicles, result in significant non-recurrent traffic congestion.