Category: Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
IMSE’s Mirka named “University Professor”
Engineering faculty and staff to receive top university awards
Nine Cyclone Engineering faculty and staff will be honored during Iowa State University’s annual awards ceremony in September.
Cyclone Engineers receive National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship
The National Science Foundation awarded four Cyclone Engineers with their prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship.
Govindarasu, Mirka receive top faculty promotions
Two Cyclone Engineers have received top faculty promotions, recognizing outstanding excellence in teaching, research, service and professional practice. Manimaran Govindarasu has been named an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor. Gary Mirka has been named University Professor.
IE’s Kurgat Repeats as Iowa State’s Male Athlete of the Year
IE alum joins effort to combat COVID-19
Though Iowa State’s industrial engineering curriculum does not specifically cover pandemic situations, like the one the world is currently experiencing, one alum is using the skills and methods he developed at Iowa State to assist with efforts to combat COVID-19. Shubham Khoje is a manufacturing engineer for the NSK Corporation facility in Clarinda, Iowa. The …Continue reading “IE alum joins effort to combat COVID-19”
Cyclone Engineers inducted into Cardinal Key Honor Society
Nine College of Engineering students were selected as members of Iowa State’s most prestigious honorary, Cardinal Key Honor Society.
CyberSafety During COVID-19 & Working From Home
University Professor Doug Jacobson offers insight and tips on what to be looking for, and how to avoid potentially costly and potentially dangerous mishaps online.
PHOTOS: IMSE Faculty-Staff-Student Volleyball Tournament (Spring 2020)
PHOTOS: IMSE Welcome Back – Spring 2020
Discipline for Success
As a NCAA champion in cross-country, Edwin Kurgat knows about the level of discipline required to reach goals. He also applies this same level of discipline to his study habits as an industrial engineering student.
Engineering urban sustainability
A new $2.5 million grant will help an interdisciplinary team of researchers analyze innovative approaches to improving urban sustainability. Cyclone Engineers lend expertise to a team that will study various approaches to bolstering local food production in Des Moines and the surrounding area – and how those approaches could affect nutrition, waste and environmental impacts.
From engineering consultant to doctor
Former industrial engineering department chair Joseph Walkup used to say “engineers can do anything.” For one department alumnus, that “anything” involves practicing medicine. Michael Baker grew up on a farm in State Center, Iowa, roughly 30 miles east of Ames. Despite working around the farm as a kid, he knew that a career in agriculture …Continue reading “From engineering consultant to doctor”
IE team receives honorable mention in international contest
Congrats to IE students Haley Beving, Jakob Pyburn, Albert Samuel and Robert Quiles-Fernan who received honorable mention in Simio’s December 2019 Student Simulation contest, meaning they placed in the top 8 out of nearly 300 teams. The Iowa State team was tasked with using the Simio simulation software to improve operations at a fictional regional …Continue reading “IE team receives honorable mention in international contest”