The cover of the Fall 2014 edition of inGear Magazine featuring Nobel Prize winner and ISE alum Rajendra K. Pachauri

Past Publications

Through past inGear publications, you can explore the stories, achievements and milestones that have shaped the ISE Department over the years.

Last Updated: 05/18/2026 | All information is accurate and still up-to-date

Since launching in spring 2007, inGear Magazine has continued to grow and evolve alongside the department. Through past publications, you can explore the stories, achievements and milestones that shaped our community over the years.

The cover of the 2025 edition of inGear Magazine

inGear 2025

Featuring:
From Passing Notes to Paying it Forward
The Rising Value of OR and ISE Careers in a Changing World
AI Pioneer Turns Professor and Mentor
ISE Jumps Two Spots, Eyes Top 10
Four Reasons YOU Don’t get Involved

The cover of the 2024 edition of inGear Magazine

inGear 2024

Featuring:
Revolutionizing Global Nutrition
From Cheese Girl to Cheese Champion
We Built a Peanut Butter Axe
Remembering Ed Woolard…
Jahangir Masters MEM in 10 Months

The cover of the 2023 edition of inGear Magazine

inGear 2023

Featuring:
Math, Mischief and Medium-sized Holes
Rwanda Bound
Four Aces
Teach a Person to Fish…
Supporting All North Carolinians

The cover of the 2022 edition of inGear Magazine

inGear 2022

Featuring:
World Champ of Cheese
They put Their Money Where Their Hearts are
Lean Manufacturing on Steroids
5 Questions with Anita Vila
Top 4 Reasons YOU Don’t Get Involved

The cover of the 2021 fall edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2021

MEM Producing Female Leaders at a Super Rate
Sizes, Scales and Powers of 10
Cohen’s Caring Earns him Distinguished Educator Award
Faculty Spotlight: Xiaolei Fang
Grad Student Spotlight: Karl Schuchard

The cover of the 2021 spring edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2021

Manufacturing and Medicine Team up to Save Dog
He Gives Back by Taking Away
Bhavana Bartholf: The Way she Kept Things the Same was to Change
He was up for the Challenge
Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Nikki Gorrell

The cover of the 2025 fall edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2020

A Long History of a Brand New Building.
How I Spent my Pandemic.
A Seeker of Science
ISE to the Rescue
Faculty Spotlight: Binil Starly

The cover of the 2020 spring edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2020

Run ISE Run
ISE Goes GREEN Program
Practice Skills, Pay Bills
4 Things to Do After Getting an ISE Degree
Grad Student Spotlight: Carlan Ivey

The cover of the 2019 fall edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2019

From: Donors To: Babies
Students Meet Their Grand Challenges
5 Reasons to Get a Graduate Degree in ISE
Challenge Me!
Meet Leila Hajibabai

The cover of the 2019 spring edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2019

Outreach and Engagement
A 21st-Century Solution to a 19th-Century Problem
WELCOME New Data Analytics Faculty Member
5 Questions with Misha Dawson
Ambassador Program Showcases Department

The cover of the 2018 fall edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2018

Students “Having a Butcher’s” at London
Distinguished Alumni Shares How Studying Abroad Changed His Life
Knocking BIG DATA Down to Size
5 Questions with Neil Brittian
Faculty Profile: Osman Ozaltin

The cover of the 2018 spring edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2018

Alumni Show Support with First-of-its-kind Gift
Creator of Worlds
4…3…2…1…HOMECOMING!
5 Questions with Lisa Cook
Faculty Profile: Rohan Shirwaiker

The cover of the 2017 fall edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2017

NC State Engineering Alumna, SAG Actress, and Science Communicator: Tamara Robertson Does It All
She’s Eager to Tell the ISE Story
ISE Researchers Use Simulator to Make Roads Safer
Faculty Profile: Ola Harrysson
He’s Glad to be Back Home

The cover of the 2017 spring edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2017

One Well to Change 700 Lives
Revolutionizing Patient Data: Sharing Between Classes
5 Questions with Ziteng Wang
ISE Retirements

The cover of the 2016 spring edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2016

The IEiest Place on Earth
Pomp and Unusual Circumstance
5 Questions with Brian Betts
OLYMPIC-SIZED Pride
Teen Researcher

inGear Spring 2016

Predicting the NFL’s Future
Atala Talks Partnership
BEST DAY EVER!
The Engineering Oval
Brotherly Operations Research Love

The cover of the 2015 fall edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2015

Music City Engineering
Wrangling Space Cowboys
Remembering Fred Gant
ISE Ranked #2 Department in the Country
7 Most Common Things you’ll do as a New Industrial Engineer

The cover of the 2015 summer edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Summer 2015

Improving NC Medicine
Wysk Talks Engineering and Medicine
Westmore Wins Award
39th Annual C.A. Anderson Awards
Faculty Profile: Shu-Cherng Fang

The cover of the 2015 winter edition of inGear Magazine

inGear Winter 2015

ISE Invades San Francisco
5 Questions with Joe Pleasant
Job Explosion for 3D Printing
Germ Killer App
Alumni Survey Results

The cover of the Fall 2014 inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2014

Change in the Weather
Meeting of Like Minds
Sam’s Declassified Career Fair Survival Guide
How to Beat the Flu
Pennies to Heaven

The cover of the Spring 2014 issue of InGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2014

Real World Problems
Citizen of the World
Back to the Head of the Class
ISE Works to Revitalize our Economy
Upwardly Mobile

The cover of the Fall 2013 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2013

ISE Looks to the Future
Library 2.0
See ISE Save Sea Snapper by the Sea Shore
Bigger Bolder Brighter
Featured Alumnus: F. Scott Moody

The cover of the Spring 2013 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2013

Pushing the Boundaries
Faster Cheaper Better
Addition by Addition
Balancing Act
Faculty Profile: Yunan Liu

The cover of the Fall 2012 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2012

Skills that Pay Bills
Award-Winning Anger
Extraterrestrial Among Us
Welcome to Camp Innovation
Study Abroad

The cover of the Spring 2012 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2012

NC State ISE Vaults into Top 10 Nationally
Big Night at Awards Show
Three NC State Industrial Engineers Honored by IIE
Dr. Vila-Parrish Wins National Advising Award
Student Chapter of IIE Hosts Mid-Atlantic Conference

The cover of the Fall 2011 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear 2011

ISE Welcomes Three New Faculty Members
ISE Students Make the Headlines
ISE Officially in the Top 10
ISE Ph.D. Student Receives AHRQ Dissertation Grant
Council on Competitiveness

The cover of the Fall 2010 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2010

High Marks for ISE Faculty
Two Universities Are Better Than One: IISE and Regenerative Medicine
Senior Design
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Richard Bernhard
Senator Hagan Visits Rapid Manufacturing and Prototyping Lab

The cover of the Spring 2010 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2010

ISE Offers Expanded Facilities and New Equipment
Students Organize Six Sigma Certification Course
Take a Tour
Two NC State ISE Faculty Members Retire
ISE Improving NC Health Care with CDC

The cover of the Fall 2009 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2009

Wysk Joins NC State ISE Faculty
Honoring our Distinguished Alumni
Hodgson Named Co-Director of OR Program
ISE to Host Grand Challenges Workshop
Faculty Spotlight: Jingyan Dong

The cover of the Spring 2009 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2009

ISE and the NAE Grand Challenges
Energy and Sustainability
Improved Medicine and Healthcare
Reduced Vulnerability to Human and Natural Threats
Expand and Enhance Human Capability and Joy

The cover of the Fall 2008 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2008

International Connections
ISE Hosts International Workshop
ISE Teacher Workshop to Help High School Math Students
See You at the Newsstand
Department Welcomes
New Faces

The cover of the Spring 2008 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2008

Bernhard and Roberts Elected Fellows of IIE
Lee Elected Fellow of ASME
ISE Assists in Space Exploration
ISE Develops Microneedles for Drug Delivery
Optimizing Disease Treatment Decisions

The cover of the Fall 2007 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Fall 2007

Celebrating a Banner Year
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs…And Pandas?
Honoring our Distinguished Alumni
On the Cutting Edge of Innovation
Welcoming New Faces

The cover of the Spring 2007 issue of inGear Magazine

inGear Spring 2007

Read it and Reap
Some of our Closest Colleagues are Half a World Away
ISE Vacates Park Shops
Hello Dolly
Number 14 with a Bullet

The Importance of inGear to our students and alumni

For nearly two decades, inGear Magazine has connected you with students, faculty and fellow alumni in NC State’s Industrial and Systems Engineering department. These past publications highlight the department’s growth, achievements and impact on industries worldwide. Since 2007, inGear has shared stories about innovation, leadership and student success. In addition, the magazine shows how industrial engineering graduates solve real-world problems in healthcare, manufacturing and supply chain systems. The publication also highlights research discoveries, student organizations and industry partnerships that shape the department’s future. As you explore these stories, you gain a deeper understanding of the department’s influence across North Carolina and beyond. You also discover how alumni continue supporting students through mentoring, networking opportunities and career guidance across many industrial engineering fields.

More importantly, these past publications help you stay connected to the department after graduation. Each issue celebrates alumni achievements, student accomplishments and industrial engineering faculty research. As a result, you can see how the NC State ISE community continues to grow and lead. The magazine also shares department milestones, industry partnerships and community support. Therefore, you can follow the department’s progress and celebrate its success. In many cases, alumni featured in the magazine inspire current students through mentorship, philanthropy and professional leadership. These stories strengthen the bond between past and future generations of NC State industrial engineering graduates.

At the same time, inGear Magazine preserves the history of NC State industrial engineering for future generations. These past publications tell the story of a strong and supportive engineering community. Furthermore, they reflect the collaboration and innovation that define the department. For many alumni, inGear strengthens your connection to NC State and reminds you that you remain part of the Wolfpack community. The magazine also demonstrates how the department continues adapting to new challenges and technologies while staying committed to student success and industrial engineering excellence.