News and Research
Snowballing Innovation: IISE at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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In 2027, the chapter is excited to host the North Central IISE Regional Conference - “Snowballing Innovation”, welcoming peer organizations from 17 top engineering schools for a two-day program of site visits, hands-on workshops, networking, and professional development.
Moments That Last a Lifetime
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ISyE alumna Jessica Thorne shares moments from her time in the ISyE IDP program that have now seeped into her everyday career.
Following the Exciting Problems
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As a member of the second graduating class of ISyE undergraduates in 2016, ISyE alumnus Alex Stroh recalls the impact that ISyE had that helped him become the person he is today, both personally and professionally.
A Place that Feels Like Home
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Graduating in March 2026 with her MS in Data Science in Operations Research (formally the MS in ISyE, Analytics track), ISyE student Yazhou Li knows her hard work and the department’s guidance have prepared her for the road ahead.
Optimizing Student Success
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ISyE 3rd-year PhD student Deyi Kong is a finalist of INFORMS Quality, Statistics, and Reliability (QSR) Best Student Paper Award.
The Warmth of a Department: A Student Perspective
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ISyE PhD student Ting-Tsen Lin reflects on how the warm and supportive department has impacted her graduate experience.
Philosophy in Engineering
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Though his focuses are technical and are about fine tuning parameters in order for the system to behave the way it was intended, he sees the true nature of his work as one that reflects his values. Thus, in all of years in academia, ISyE Professor Shuzhong Zhang reflects that one aspect of his research has never changed – the human aspect.
Scaling Up the Carsharing Community
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As demand for carsharing grows in the Twin Cities, ISyE professor Martín Zubeldía partners with professors from the University of Michigan to help a local non-profit scale up everyday transportation to help the community.
Optimizing What We Reveal: Information Design in Operations
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ISyE Associate Professor Krishnamurthy Iyer studies how platforms and service systems can share the right information to improve decisions, performance, and welfare.
Closing the User-centric Design Loop
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ISyE Assistant Professor Yiling Zhang looks specifically at two systems to explore an interdependency in user-centric ideas for the transportation and energy system.