Join ISE Professor Benita Beamon at the June 5, 2012, Queen Anne Science Cafe for a discussion about Food Sustainability and Humanitarian Relief. Click here for more information.
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Why Industrial & Systems Engineering?
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ISE Newsletter
For your reading enjoyment, the Autumn 2010 ISE Newsletter.
Preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse
Disaster Preparedness 101 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on surviving a zombie apocalypse.
News & Events
"Engineering for Life" Lecture by Professor Benita Beamon
Open Faculty Position
ISE invites applications for a full-time Research Professor with experience in the areas of Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering and/or Operations Research as applied to health care. Click here for more information.
ISE Assistant Professor receives NSF Career Award
ISE Assistant Professor Archis Ghate has received the prestigious NSF Career Award. The research objective of his project is to mathematically develop a novel cancer radiotherapy paradigm that optimally adapts treatment to the spatiotemporal evolution of a tumor's biological condition.
Engineering in the Headlines: A Lecture by Professor Linda Ng Boyle
"Mobile phones, PDAs, GPS devices, and glowing digital dashboards can easily draw a driver's attention away from the road." Watch lecture >>