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Seminars

Last Updated: 05/19/2026 | All information is accurate and still up-to-date

Past Seminars

2026

  • April 17, 2026
    Join us in welcoming Kun Huang, data scientist at Roblox, as he discusses industrial and systems engineering topics.

  • April 10, 2026
    Join us in welcoming Ling Zhang, Senior Research Scientist at Amazon, as he discusses industrial and systems engineering topics.

  • April 3, 2026
    Join us in welcoming Jeff Hong, professor at the University of Minnesota, as he discusses industrial and systems engineering topics.

  • March 27, 2026
    Join us in welcoming Zhan Peng, professor at Purdue, as he discusses industrial and systems engineering topics.

  • March 13, 2026
    Join us in welcoming Zheming Gao, assistant professor at UNC-Charlotte, as he discusses industrial and systems engineering topics.

  • February 27, 2026
    Join us in welcoming Om Prakash Yadav, professor at NC A&T, as he discusses industrial and systems engineering topics.

  • February 13, 2026
    Join us in welcoming Iulian Ilieş, principal statistician at Veeva Systems, as he discusses industrial and systems engineering topics.

  • January 23, 2026
    Join us in welcoming Yuehwern Yih, professor at Purdue University, as she discusses industrial and systems engineering topics.

2025

  • November 21, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Henry Lam, an associate professor at Columbia University, as he discusses current topics in industrial engineering.

  • November 14, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Tony McDonald Zhang, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, as he discusses current industrial engineering topics.

  • November 7, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Xudong Zhang, professor at Texas A&M University, as he discusses Advancements in musculoskeletal modeling.

  • October 31, 2025
    Join us in welcoming ISE’s own Reha Uzsoy, C.A. Anderson Distinguished Professor, as he discusses current industrial engineering topics.

  • October 17, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Simge Kucukyavuz, chair at Northwestern University, as she discusses current industrial engineering topics.

  • October 10, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Linda Boyle, vice dean for research at New York University, as she discusses current industrial engineering topics.

  • October 3, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Jun Zhuang, professor at SUNY Buffalo, as he discusses current industrial engineering topics.

  • September 26, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Jie Xu, professor at George Mason University, as he discusses AI-supported simulations.

  • September 19, 2025
    Join us in welcoming ISE’s own Xu Xu, associate professor, as he discusses using data to improve workplace safety.

  • September 12, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Ozge Surer, assistant professor from Miami (OH) University, as she discusses stochastic simulation modeling.

  • September 5, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Tyler Kroon, an engineering research librarian at NC State, as he gives you more information about NC State libraries.

  • August 29, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Russell King, ISE Director of Graduate Programs, as he introduces some of our students and faculty.

  • August 22, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Russell King, ISE Director of Graduate Programs, as he welcomes ISE’s new graduate students and discusses the graduate degree requirements.

  • April 16, 2025
    Join us in welcoming John Lee, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, as he discusses cognitive engineering.

  • April 7, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Erick Jones, an assistant professor from the University of Texas-Arlington, as he discusses tariffs, policy and supply chain.

  • April 2, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Sait Tunc, an assistant professor from Virginia Tech, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • March 26, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Xi Chen, an associate professor from Virginia Tech, as she discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • March 19, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Peter Haas, a professor from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, as he discusses graph and generative neural networks.

  • March 5, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Ahmed Aziz Ezzat, an assistant professor from Rutgers University, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • January 27, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Andrew Lowy, a postdoc from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • January 16, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Gal Mendelson, an assistant professor from Technion, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • January 13, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Jaydeep Karandikar, a Senior R&D staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • January 9, 2025
    Join us in welcoming Jacob Peloquin, a Ph.D. candidate from Duke University, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

2024

  • December 6, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Josh Domeyer, a research scientist at Toyota, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • November 22, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Zhenyu Kong, a professor from Virginia Tech University, as he discusses Smart Additive Manufacturing.

  • November 15, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Sneha Narra, an assistant professor from Carnegie Mellon University, as she discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • November 8, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Denis Cormier, a professor from Rochester Institute of Technology, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • November 1, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Hamed Rahimian, an assistant professor from Clemson University, as he discusses stochastic optimization.

  • October 25, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Ziteng Wang, an associate professor from Northern Illinois University, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • October 18, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Susan Sanchez, a professor from the Naval Postgraduate School, as she discusses data farming.

  • October 11, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Jiming Peng, an associate professor from the University of Houston, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • October 4, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Constance Crozier, an assistant professor from Georgia Institute of Technology, as she discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • September 27, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Tyler Kroon, an engineering research librarian at NC State, as he gives you more information about NC State libraries.

  • September 20, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Jordan Kern, one of ISE’s assistant professors, as he discusses the emerging vulnerabilities in low-carbon energy systems.

  • September 13, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Osman Ozaltin, one of ISE’s associate professors, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • September 6, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Sara Shashaani, one of ISE’s assistant professors, as she discusses industrial engineering topics.

  • August 23, 2024
    Join us in welcoming Russell King, ISE Director of Graduate Programs, as he welcomes you back and discusses graduate degree requirements.

  • April 18, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming Afi Harrington from the Food and Drug Administration. She will be discussing leveraging analytics in government.

  • March 28, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming Suvrajeet Sen, a professor from the University of Southern California. He will discuss a current topic in industrial and systems engineering.

  • March 19, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming Mariel Lavieri, University of Michigan. She will discuss personalizing treatment decisions for patients with chronic conditions.

  • March 7, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming Boyi Hu, assistant professor from the University of Florida. He will discuss the performance challenges robots face in indoor pollination.

  • March 5, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming Seth Guikema, professor from the University of Michigan. He will be discussing communities’ resilience to natural hazards.

  • February 29, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming Shawn Sheng, a research scientist from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He will be discussing the challenges and opportunities facing the global wind industry.

  • February 27, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming back ISE alum Manish Tripathy, Senior Lecturer from NJIT. He will discuss a current topic in industrial and systems engineering.

  • February 22, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming Erin Baker, professor from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst. She will be discussing equity integration in power systems.

  • February 15, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming Ozlem Ergun, a professor from Northeastern University. She will discuss a current topic in industrial and systems engineering.

  • February 6, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming Sila Cetinkaya, a professor from Southern Methodist University. She will discuss stochastic clearing in the outbound supply chain.

  • February 1, 2024
    Please join us in welcoming back Li Yang, ISE alum and associate professor from the University of Louisville. He will discuss a current topic in industrial and systems engineering.

2023

  • November 16, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming George Tan Associate Professor, Texas Tech University, Dept. of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering.

  • November 14, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming Jeff Shamma, Professor and Head, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dept. of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering.

  • November 9, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming Guha Manogharan, Associate Professor, Penn State University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.

  • November 7, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming Qi Luo, an assistant professor from Clemson University, as he discusses data-driven decision-making.

  • November 2, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming Jennifer Pazour, Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

  • October 31, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming Bruce Rogers, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Duke University.

  • October 24, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming Shannon Harris, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Business.

  • October 12, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming Qiang Huang, Professor, University of Southern California, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.

  • October 5, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming Jay Lee, Clark Distinguished Chair Professor and Director of the Industrial AI Center in the Mechanical Engineering Dept of the Univ. of Maryland, College Park.

  • October 3, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming Brandon McConnell, research assistant professor and director of the MEM graduate program, NC State University, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

  • April 21, 2023
    Please join us in welcoming Shiyu Zhou, the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.