Achievements

Industrial Engineering recipients of the prestigious National Science Foundation’s Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award

Building a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.

Dr. Kelly Sullivan received the 2018 NSF CAREER  for his research improving the reliability of wireless ad hoc sensor networks. Whether they’re used for detecting terrorist threats, tracking forest fires or observing ecosystems, sensor networks play a critical role in everyday life, and Sullivan’s research is designed to find out how to keep them running. You can learn more abou this exciting research here.

Dr. Ashlea Bennett Milburn received the 2017 NSF CAREER Award for her research to develop decision-support models that identify scenarios in which the integration of information posted to social-media could improve emergency response. You can read more about Dr. Milburn's research here.

Dr. Sandra Eksioglu received the 2011 NSF CAREER Award for her research on reducing the cost of bioenergy via optimization models that integrating supply chain design and management decisions.

Dr. Haitao Liao received the 2010 NSF CAREER Award for his research on developing a cohesive, adaptive operational coordination methodology for overall uncertainty reduction in product life cycle reliability and service logistics.

The National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.

The title Fellow is used to describe the highest level of membership in most professional societies. Requirements to achieve the level of Fellow vary among organizations. Fellows are typically nominated by other Fellows, have demonstrated exceptional achievement in their field, and devoted service to the organization. The Industrial Engineering Department proudly recognizes faculty who have achieved this prestigious status.

American Society for Engineering Education

• Kim Needy

American Society for Engineering Management

• Kim Needy
• Heather Nachtmann
• Edward A. Pohl

Arkansas Research Alliance

• Anahita Khojandi
• Heather Nachtmann

Fellow of the Institute of Engineering & Technology

• Karl Schubert

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

• Greg Parnell

Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers

• Richard Cassady
• Sandra D. Eksioglu
• Haitao Liao
• Heather Nachtmann
• Kim Needy
• Edward A. Pohl
• Chase Rainwater
• Manuel Rossetti

International Council on Systems Engineering

• Greg Parnell

Lean Systems Society

• Greg Parnell

Military Operations Research Society

• Greg Parnell
• Edward A. Pohl

Society for Decision Professionals

• Greg Parnell

Society of Reliability Engineers

• Richard Cassady
• Edward A. Pohl

Industrial Engineering Named Recipient of Daniel E. Ferritor Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching

April 2, 2018

The University of Arkansas Teaching Academy and the Office of the Provost recently announced the Industrial Engineering Department, in the College of Engineering, as the second annual recipient of the Daniel E. Ferritor Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching. A faculty committee made the selection based on applications submitted by academic departments last fall.

The Industrial Engineering Department was selected because of its sustained commitment to high-quality teaching, student learning, faculty development, and student success. The department will receive a one-time $10,000 supplement to its operating budget and a permanent trophy, as well as having the department name placed on a traveling university plaque housed in the department for a year. Formal recognition of the Industrial Engineering Department will occur with the award presentation at the Faculty Appreciation Week reception, Thursday, April 12.

Ed Pohl, department head, said, "We are excited and honored to receive this award. While our department strives to produce top-notch research, our faculty and staff also work diligently to maintain a student-focused culture within the department. We are fortunate to have outstanding teachers, mentors, advisors, and staff who are passionate about student success. The preparation of the nomination package was truly a team effort. We learned a lot about ourselves as a department, including our strengths and where we can continue to improve. I truly appreciate the efforts and leadership of Chancellor Emeritus and Distinguished Professor John White, who chaired our nomination committee."

Jeannie Whayne, chair of the Ferritor Award Review Committee, helped present the award. She said, "The faculty at the University of Arkansas understand that the ability of students to succeed is greatly enhanced by the quality of the classroom instruction they encounter. The dedication of faculty to the teaching mission of the university has long been understood and appreciated, and the Daniel E. Ferritor Award recognizes the teaching excellence of specific departments that have demonstrated a departmental culture that incentivizes and recognizes the teaching mission. The awards committee was truly impressed with the many submissions for the Ferritor Award and gratified by the number of departments that collectively demonstrate excellent teaching."

The departmentwide teaching award is named in honor of Daniel E. Ferritor, chancellor from 1986-1997 and interim chancellor during 2015, in recognition of his longstanding commitment to students and faculty and his consistent support for excellence in teaching and learning at the University of Arkansas. The Teaching Academy, organized by Ferritor in 1988, seeks to advocate and represent teaching interests, promote and stimulate an environment of teaching and learning excellence, and encourage recognition and reward for exceptional teaching.

News story here.

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