industrial-engineering

CLASS OF 2026 - Having earned her Bachelor's in Industrial & Systems Engineering in December 2025, this USC Viterbi graduate is now crossing the finish line of her Master's in Engineering Management — and she's just getting started. The post Built Different: How a Lima Factory Girl Earned Her Viterbi Degree appeared first on USC Viterbi | School of Engineering .

CLASS OF 2026 - The first engineer in her family, this Industrial & Systems Engineering graduate from USC Viterbi's Daniel J. Epstein Department is heading to PwC this fall — with two degrees, a passport full of band trips, and a philosophy she learned the hard way. The post From First-Gen Engineer to PwC: A Four-Year Yes Strategy appeared first on USC Viterbi | School of Engineering .

Advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping the field of industrial engineering, shifting its focus from optimizing processes to designing systems that deploy intelligence at scale, said UC Berkeley alum Patrick Tam (B.S. ’99, M.S. ’00 IEOR) Tam, vice president of operational excellence at ServiceNow, delivered keynote remarks at the 2026 Institute of Industrial and Systems… The post UC Ber…

The National Academy of Engineering has elected Ken Goldberg, a professor of industrial engineering and operations research (IEOR) at the University of California, Berkeley, to its membership—one of the highest professional distinctions in engineering. Election to the NAE honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education, including advances…

Whether it is a ridesharing driver seeking a fare at a crowded airport or a patient hoping for a life-saving organ, modern life depends on queues and mechanisms that match people with limited, time-sensitive resources. Queueing theory, one of the earliest pillars of industrial engineering and operations research, began in the early 20th century with… The post The Strategy of Waiting appeared firs…

Berkeley IEOR undergraduate program climbs one spot in 2025 rankings The undergraduate program in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley has been ranked No. 4 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, rising from No. 5 last year. The new ranking reflects continued recognition of Berkeley’s strength in preparing students… The post UC Berkeley IEOR Undergraduate Progr…

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Industrial Engineer as the #1 Best Engineering Job for 2025. The recognition underscores the increasing value of industrial engineering in today’s data-driven, efficiency-focused economy. According to the report, the field of industrial engineering is expected to add approximately 25,200 job openings annually between 2023 and 2033, driven by… The post Industria…

Berkeley IEOR faculty and students brought home several awards and honors at The 2024 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting. Below is a list of notable achievements: Shuo Sun, PhD candidate, was named a finalist for the Revenue Management and Pricing Section’s 2024 Jeff McGill Student Paper Award for her… The post Berkeley IEOR Shines at the 2024 I…

After a career spanning over four decades, Berkeley IEOR Professor Robert Leachman has announced his retirement. Professor Leachman’s significant contributions to academia and industry leave a remarkable legacy of research, mentorship, and consulting expertise. As we bid farewell to this influential figure, his pioneering work and exceptional achievements will continue to inspire future generatio…

Faculty in Northwestern’s Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences Department, like SONIC’s own Noshir Contractor, are reimagining what industrial engineering can do for society by applying its principles to make energy more efficient, combat misinformation, and improve how teams function. More on this in this video: https://twitter.com/northwesterneng/status/1600897135389671424?s=46&t=X-vc…

According to the latest U.S. News & World Report survey, UC Berkeley’s Industrial Engineering and Operations Research graduate program ranked 2nd in the nation, with the Georgia Institute of Technology ranking 1st. Further, Berkeley’s College of Engineering also ranked 3rd in the U.S. for its overall graduate engineering programs. MIT was ranked 1st, and Stanford University… The post Berkeley IEO…

The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR) is excited to announce the establishment of the Ronald W. Wolff Chair and the Ronald W. Wolff Fellowship. The Ronald W. Wolff Chair and Graduate Student Fellowship are made possible by generous donations from IEOR Professor Emeritus Ron Wolff to attract the brightest minds in the… The post Professor Emeritus Ronald W. Wolff Est…

ASU industrial engineering students Nathan Chmelnik and Katelyn Johnson organized the virtual 2021 conference of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers for the U.S. Western Region, which was held in February 2021. “We got to do a lot of trailblazing in terms of organizing the online conference space, especially for IISE, which was very new to this kind of virtual setting,” says Johnson…

Berkeley IEOR PhD student Anna Deza has been selected as one of 10 finalists for the 2020 INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize. Anna’s submission, which she worked on during her undergraduate program at the University of Toronto, was titled A Multistage Stochastic Integer Programming Approach to Distributed Operating Room Scheduling. Along with the other finalists,… The post Berkeley I…

The paper authored by Salar Fattahi, a recent IEOR PhD grad and incoming Assistant Professor at University of Michigan, Cedric Josz, a former IEOR/EECS postdoc and Assistant Professor at Columbia University, and Reza Mohammadi, an IEOR postdoc, along with Professors Javad Lavaei and Somayeh Sojoudi was selected as a Best Student Paper Award Finalist at… The post Berkeley IEOR researchers selected…

Professor Zuo-Jun “Max” Shen has just been named to be the next chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley. Professor Shen will take over for Professor Ken Goldberg who will complete his term as chair at the end of 2018. Shen obtained his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from… The post Max Shen Named To Succeed Ken Goldberg…

The post MEng Alum David Kalinowski: ‘I always knew I wanted to be an engineering leader’ appeared first on UC Berkeley IEOR Department - Industrial Engineering & Operations Research .

George Dantzig is considered a founding father of industrial engineering and operations research, but one of his most incredible achievements took place while he was still a doctoral student at Berkeley. Arriving late to a statistics class, Dantzig scrawled down two problems written on the blackboard, thinking that they were a homework assignment. He solved the problems… The post Berkeley 150 Pro…

For the past six years, first as an undergraduate and now as a doctoral student, Logan Mathesen has used industrial engineering to find solutions to big data problems. His hard work and dedication are paying off, as Mathesen was recently selected as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Logan Mathesen arrived at Arizona State University with the intention of earning bachelor’s a…

The world has no shortage of worthwhile causes to support. Diseases need cures. Environments need preservation. People need a higher quality of life. For Douglas C. Montgomery, an eminent scholar and statistician, supporting graduate student education in industrial engineering is his top priority. That’s why he’s making a personal contribution of $2 million to Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fu…