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News from Industrial Engineering
Fall 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Dear All,
 
The past two years have been transformative for our department. We have realized tremendous growth in our faculty numbers and research productivity, enrollment in our graduate programs, and student success.
 
In this newsletter, we summarize some of the key achievements of our faculty and students:

  • Five-fold increase in extramural funding
  • Dr. Gentili collaborating on a major NSF grant
  • Dr. Aqlan leading an NSF-IUSE project for undergraduate and high school students
  • Establishment of a new university-center, CORE 4.0, based on a $1 million EDA grant and led by IE faculty
  • Rejuvenation and renaming of the Center for Ergonomics
  • Recognition of our IISE and INFORMS student chapters

 
We welcome you to review these below.
 
From all of us in the IE Department and the Cardinal Family at UofL, have a great rest of the semester and happy holidays in advance!

Regards,
Pratik J. Parikh, Ph.D., Department Chair
Go Cards!

Department by the Numbers 
RESEARCH UPDATE
Dr. Monica Gentili Part of NSF Research Grant Team 

Dr. Monica Gentili is part of a research team that has received a nearly $1 million grant from NSF. The grant titled, "Evolution of Global Illicit Kidney Trade Networks: Identification, Reconstruction, and Disruption," is a four-year multi-disciplinary, multi-university effort including George Mason University (Dr. Koizumi, Lead PI and Dr. El-Amine, Co-PI), University of Maryland (Dr. Fu, Co-PI), and University of Louisville (Dr. Gentili, Co-PI). This grant aims to understand the complex dynamics of global illicit kidney trade networks.

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Dr. Faisal Aqlan Hosts REU Students  
This project aims to serve the national interest by improving educational environments that contribute to strengthening and diversifying the regional STEM workforce, especially in the Rust Belt cities. Eleven interns participated this Summer to work on 3 different community-engaged projects with community mentors. Students came from Purdue University, UNC-Chapel Hill, UofL, and other local high schools. The three projects were: (i) an empathic design project focusing on increasing the walkability of the downtown area, (ii) a debris tracking program, and (iii) a food justice project. 

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CORE 4.0 Launched at Speed School 
Two IE faculty, Dr. Aqlan and Dr. Bai, are co-directing a new Center for Organizational Readiness toward Enterprise (CORE) 4.0.The center has been launched at Speed School of Engineering, focused on helping companies prepare for smart and connected technology such as automation, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. Funded by an approximately $500,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, CORE 4.0 will provide research, assessment, recommendations and workforce development to industries looking to adopt —or adapt to —the disruptive technology at the core of the fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0.

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UofL Center for Ergonomics Changes Name, Expands Research Themes 
University of Louisville's Center for Ergonomics has been renamed to the Center for Human Systems Engineering (CHSE) to better reflect the Center’s renewed vision, mission and alignment with the new Speed School of Engineering research emphasis area ‘Health & Human Systems.’Dr. Jason Saleem (top left) and Dr. Faisal Aqlan (bottom left), serve as the Center Co-Directors, and Dr. Xiaomei Wang (top right) and Dr. Xiaoyu Chen (bottom right) serve as theme directors. The Center’s expanded research themes are: Work Environment Design (Saleem), Human-Systems Integration (Wang), Extended Reality (Aqlan), Process Improvement (Aqlan), and Human-Centric AI (Chen). 

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STUDENT SUCCESS
IISE Student Chapter Wins 3rd Consecutive Gold
INFORMS Student Chapter Receives Cum Laude Recognition for Second Year

PhD Research Competition 

The Department hosted its first PhD research competition and it was a great success with 13 students participating. The competition had two rounds: a three-min pitch (to select top three) and a 10-min presentation (to select two winners). Congratulations to Ms. Lin Lin (1st prize) and Mr. Amanat Ur Rahman (2nd prize). Winners were awarded travel grants by the department. Dr. Monica Gentili, Dr. Xiaoyu Chen, and the INFORMS Chapter officers were instrumental in organizing this event.
FUN ACTIVITIES

Fall Faculty Retreat  

Graduate Student Picnic 

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