2018 News and Notes
Posted November 30, 2018
- IE graduate student, Shaida Kargarnovin won 2019 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) with $500. Congratulations to Shaida and her advisor (Dr. Onal). Shaida Kargarnovin's thesis proposal, entitled "Selected Tasks Of Cleaning Occupation Comparison With And Without Participatory Ergonomic Approach," aims to measure repetitive motions of cleaning worker tasks and implement ergonomic solutions.
- IE graduate student, Andrew Parcels (BS IE) has been selected to one of the inaugural IISE Student Leadership Boards. He has been selected as the Secretary and Director of Conferences and Awards in the Work Systems Division. This is a great opportunity to improve visibility of SIUE IE Program to the entire IE community.
- Dr. Sinan Onal has been elected as the director of IISE DAIS (data analytics & information systems) Division for 2018-2020. This is a great opportunity to improve visibility of SIUE IE Program to the entire IE community.
- Three IE graduate students, Andrew Parcel, Guney Uzun and Shaida Kargarnovin presented their research work in 2018 IISE Conference, Orlando FL, May 19-22, 2018.
- IE graduate student, Goksu Avdan won 2018 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) with $500. Congratulations to Goksu and his advisor (Dr. Lee).
- Dr. Cho, together with Drs. Neumeister and Gupta at SIU School of Medicine, won "Innovator of the Year" award in Medical Device Category during the inaugural 2018 Illinois Capital Innovation Competition. The team invented a syringe system for fluid separation during surgery that helps reduce the time a patient is under anesthesia, as well as the time the surgeons and anesthesiologist are in the operating room. The University of Illinois Springfield, Innovate Springfield and the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine honored eleven central Illinois individuals and organizations with "Innovator of the Year" awards during the inaugural Illinois Capital Innovation Competition on April 6, 2018, at the UIS Student Union.
- For more story, click here: https://www.innovatespringfield.org/single-post/2018/04/08/UIS-iSPI-SIU-Illinois-Capital-Innovation-Awards
- IE Senior and President of Manufacturing Engineers Student Club in IE, Tyler Marquess has been selected as a recipient for Outstanding Student Organization Officer of the Year. We are so proud of his accomplishments and all he does. Tyler will be recognized during the Kimmel Leadership Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 23, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. in the Morris University Center, Meridian Ballroom.
- Dr. Onal's paper, titled "Green Roof Energy Savings Analysis for Pilot Regions in Florida using Image Processing Technique" has been selected as the Best Paper Award of Energy Systems Division of IISE 2018 Conference. The award will be formally announced on May 20, 2018 during IISE conference.
- Dr. Eneyo provided the Lean Supermarket Training Workshop for Schnucks during this spring break. There were 23 attendees from 7 different Schnuck stores.
- IE IPAC members and students had Career Planning Q&A Session on February 22, 2018.
- Two IE graduate students, Deniz Sahin and Saygin Sop presented their MS thesis research during annual IE Research Day Event on February 22, 2018.
- Deniz Sahin, Time-Optimal Scheduling for High Throughput Screening Systems (Advisor: Dr. Chen)
- Saygin Sop, MRI-Based Three-Dimensional Modeling and Assessment of Cardiac Adipose Tissue (Advisor: Dr. Klingensmith, Dr. Lee)
- IE junior, Brittany Booten has been selected as a SIUE-Schnucks intern via the SIUE ENGTEC Internship Program. She will investigate the current labor standards by taking work measurements in various departments at Schnucks and develop a tool to perform optimal scheduling by taking into account all attributes and constraints of a department. Dr. Ko will mentor Brittany with his expertise in data analytics and optimization. Through the ENGTEC Internship Program, SIUE will receive $16,560 from Schnucks for this project that begins on January 8, 2018 and ends on August 31, 2018.
