{"id":46395,"date":"2026-04-28T11:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/?page_id=46395"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:22:22","slug":"seminars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/news\/seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last Updated<\/strong>: 05\/26\/2026 | All information is accurate and still up-to-date<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-events ncst-events layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n                                <a\n              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AM<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n      <h3 class=\"ncst-event__title\">Seminar Series: ISE Department Overview<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ncst-event\">\n  <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-tyler-kroon-09-04-2026\/\"\n    class=\"ncst-event__link\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Events Block\" data-ua-action=\"Event Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-tyler-kroon-09-04-2026\/\"\n  >\n    <div class=\"ncst-event__date\">\n      <span class=\"ncst-event__month\">Sep<\/span>\n      <span class=\"ncst-event__number\">04<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ncst-event__details\">\n      <p class=\"ncst-event__meta\">\n                  Friday<span class=\"ncst-event__time\">10:15 AM<\/span>\n              <\/p>\n      <h3 class=\"ncst-event__title\">Seminar Series: Tyler Kroon<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Seminars<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"layout-two-column is-text wp-block-ncst-link-list\">\n        <ul class=\"link-list__container\">\n      \n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2026\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2026<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2025\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2025<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2024\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2024<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2023\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2023<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2022\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2022<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2021\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2021<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2020\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2020<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2019\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2019<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2018\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2018<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2017\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2017<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n<li class=\"ncst-component__bold-link-container wp-block-ncst-bold-link\">\n      <a \n      href=\"#2016\"\n      class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\"\n                >\n    <span class=\"text\">2016<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n  \n\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2026\">2026<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-0\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Ken Huang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-kun-huang-04-17-2026\/\" id=\"47185\"><strong>April 17, 2026<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Kun Huang, Director of Data Science, Consumer Products at Roblox, as he discusses how optimization evolves in the real world.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Ling Zhang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-ling-zhang-04-10-2026\/\" id=\"47173\"><strong>April 10, 2026<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Ling Zhang, Senior Research Scientist at Amazon, as he reflects on his six years at Amazon.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jeff Hong<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-jeff-hong-04-03-2026\/\" id=\"47169\"><strong>April 3, 2026<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Jeff Hong, professor at the University of Minnesota, as he discusses data-driven convex simulation optimization.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Zhan Pang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-zhan-pang\/\" id=\"47166\"><strong>March 27, 2026<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Zhan Pang, professor at Purdue, as he discusses optimistic online learning and dynamic pricing.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Zheming Gao<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-zheming-gao-03-13-2026\/\" id=\"47160\"><strong>March 13, 2026<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Zheming Gao, assistant professor at UNC-Charlotte, as he discusses robust kernel-free SVM classification methods.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Om Prakash Yadav<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-om-prakash-yadav-02-27-2026\/\" id=\"47130\"><strong>February 27, 2026<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Om Prakash Yadav, professor at NC A&amp;T, as he discusses emerging challenges for network reliability assessments.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Iulian Ilies<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-iulian-ilies-02-13-2026\/\" id=\"47117\"><strong>February 13, 2026<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Iulian Ilie\u015f, Principal Statistician at Veeva Systems, as he discusses applied statistics and industrial engineering across academia and industry.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Yuehwern Yih<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-yuehwern-yih-01-23-2026\/\" id=\"47091\"><strong>January 23, 2026<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Yuehwern Yih, professor at Purdue University, as she discusses how to bridge the cyber\u2013physical gaps in healthcare and humanitarian assistance.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2025\">2025<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-1\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Henry Lam<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-henry-lam-11-21-2025\/\" id=\"271\"><strong>November 21, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Henry Lam, an associate professor at Columbia University, as he discusses current topics in industrial engineering.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Tony McDonald<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-tony-mcdonald-11-14-2025\/\" id=\"265\"><strong>November 14, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Tony McDonald Zhang, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, as he discusses current industrial engineering topics.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Xudong Zhang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-xudong-zhang-11-07-2025\/\" id=\"260\"><strong>November 7, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Xudong Zhang, professor at Texas A&amp;M University, as he <\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Reha Uzsoy<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-reha-uzsoy-10-31-2025\/\" id=\"255\"><strong>October 31, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming ISE&#8217;s own Reha Uzsoy, C.A. Anderson Distinguished Professor, as he discusses current industrial engineering topics.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Simge Kucukyavuz<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-simge-kucukyavuz-10-17-2025\/\" id=\"250\"><strong>October 17, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Simge Kucukyavuz, chair at Northwestern University, as she discusses current industrial engineering topics.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Linda Boyle<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-linda-boyle-10-10-2025\/\" id=\"244\"><strong>October 10, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Linda Boyle, vice dean for research at New York University, as she discusses current industrial engineering topics.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/event\/seminar-series-jun-zhuang-10-03-2025\/\">Seminar Series | Jun Zhuang<\/a><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-jun-zhuang-10-03-2025\/\" id=\"238\"><strong>October 3, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Jun Zhuang, professor at SUNY Buffalo, as he discusses current industrial engineering topics.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/event\/seminar-series-jie-xu-09-26-2025\/\">Seminar Series | Jie Xu<\/a><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-jie-xu-09-26-2025\/\" id=\"232\"><strong>September 26, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Jie Xu, professor at George Mason University, as he discusses AI-supported simulations.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Xu Xu<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-xu-xu-09-19-2025\/\" id=\"221\"><strong>September 19, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming ISE&#8217;s own Xu Xu, associate professor, as he discusses using data to improve workplace safety.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Ozge Surer<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-ozge-surer\/\" id=\"216\"><strong>September 12, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Ozge Surer, assistant professor from Miami (OH) University, as she discusses stochastic simulation modeling.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Tyler Kroon<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-tyler-kroon-09-05-2025\/\" id=\"210\"><strong>September 5, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Tyler Kroon, an engineering research librarian at NC State, as he gives you more information about NC State libraries.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | ISE Department Overview<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-ise-department-overview-08-29-2025\/\" id=\"208\"><strong>August 29, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Russell King, ISE Director of Graduate Programs, as he introduces some of our students and faculty.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/event\/seminar-series-russell-king-08-22-2025\/\">Seminar Series | Requirements for Graduate Degrees<\/a><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/event\/seminar-series-requirements-grad-degrees-08-22-2025\/\" id=\"201\"><strong>August 22, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Russell King, ISE Director of Graduate Programs, as he welcomes ISE&#8217;s new graduate students and discusses the graduate degree requirements.<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/event\/seminar-series-john-lee\/\">Seminar Series | John Lee<\/a><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 16, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming John Lee, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, as he discusses cognitive engineering.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Erick Jones<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 7, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Erick Jones, an assistant professor from the University of Texas-Arlington, as he discusses tariffs, policy and supply chain.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Sait Tunc<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 2, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Sait Tunc, an assistant professor from Virginia Tech, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Xi Chen<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 26, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Xi Chen, an associate professor from Virginia Tech, as she discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Peter Haas<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 19, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Peter Haas, a professor from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, as he discusses graph and generative neural networks.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Ahmed Aziz Ezzat<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 5, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Ahmed Aziz Ezzat, an assistant professor from Rutgers University, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Andrew Lowy<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 27, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Andrew Lowy, a postdoc from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<br><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Gal Mendelson<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\">January 16, 2025<br>Join us in welcoming Gal Mendelson, an assistant professor from Technion, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jaydeep Karandikar<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 13, 2025<br><\/strong>Join us in welcoming Jaydeep Karandikar, a Senior R&amp;D staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jacob Peloquin<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 9, 2025<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Jacob Peloquin, a Ph.D. candidate from Duke University, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2024\">2024<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-2\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Josh Domeyer<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>December 6, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Josh Domeyer, a research scientist at Toyota, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Zhenyu Kong<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 22, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Zhenyu Kong, a professor from Virginia Tech University, as he discusses Smart Additive Manufacturing.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series: Sneha Narra<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 15, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Sneha Narra, an assistant professor from Carnegie Mellon University, as she discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series: Denis Cormier<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 8, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Denis Cormier, a professor from Rochester Institute of Technology, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series: Hamed Rahimian<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 1, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Hamed Rahimian, an assistant professor from Clemson University, as he discusses stochastic optimization.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Ziteng Wang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 25, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Ziteng Wang, an associate professor from Northern Illinois University, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Susan Sanchez<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 18, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Susan Sanchez, a professor from the Naval Postgraduate School, as she discusses data farming.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jiming Peng<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 11, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Jiming Peng, an associate professor from the University of Houston, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Constance Crozier<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 4, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Constance Crozier, an assistant professor from Georgia Institute of Technology, as she discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Tyler Kroon<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 27, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Tyler Kroon, an engineering research librarian at NC State, as he gives you more information about NC State libraries.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jordan Kern<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 20, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Jordan Kern, one of ISE\u2019s assistant professors, as he discusses the emerging vulnerabilities in low-carbon energy systems.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Osman Ozaltin<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 13, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Osman Ozaltin, one of ISE&#8217;s associate professors, as he discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Sara Shashaani<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 6, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Sara Shashaani, one of ISE&#8217;s assistant professors, as she discusses industrial engineering topics.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Russell King<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>August 23, 2024<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming Russell King, ISE Director of Graduate Programs, as he welcomes you back and discusses graduate degree requirements.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Afi Harrington<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 18, 2024<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Afi Harrington from the Food and Drug Administration. She will be discussing leveraging analytics in government.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Lewis Ntaimo<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 28, 2024<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Mariel Lavieri<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 19, 2024<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Mariel Lavieri, University of Michigan. She will discuss personalizing treatment decisions for patients with chronic conditions.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Boyi Hu<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 7, 2024<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Seth Guikema<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 5, 2024<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Seth Guikema, professor from the University of Michigan. He will be discussing communities&#8217; resilience to natural hazards.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Shawn Sheng<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 29, 2024<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Manish Tripathy<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 27, 2024<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Erin Baker<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 22, 2024<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Erin Baker, professor from the University of Massachusetts &#8211; Amherst. She will be discussing equity integration in power systems.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Juliet Pulliam<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 15, 2024<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Ozlem Ergun, a professor from Northeastern University. She will discuss a current topic in industrial and systems engineering.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Sila Cetinkaya<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 6, 2024<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Sila Cetinkaya, a professor from Southern Methodist University. She will discuss stochastic clearing in the outbound supply chain.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Li Yang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 1, 2024<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2023\">2023<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-3\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | George Tan<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 16, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming George Tan Associate Professor, Texas Tech University, Dept. of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jeff Shamma<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 14, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Jeff Shamma, Professor and Head, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dept. of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Guha Manogharan<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 9, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Guha Manogharan, Associate Professor, Penn State University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Qi Luo<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 7, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Qi Luo, an assistant professor from Clemson University, as he discusses data-driven decision-making.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jennifer Pazour<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 2, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Jennifer Pazour, Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Bruce Rogers<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 31, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Bruce Rogers, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Duke University.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Shannon Harris<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 24, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Shannon Harris, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Business.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Qiang Huang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 12, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Qiang Huang, Professor, University of Southern California, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jay Lee<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 5, 2023<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Brandon McConnell<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 3, 2023<\/strong><br>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.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Shiyu Zhou<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 21, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Shiyu Zhou, the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Wei Xie<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 14, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Wei Xie, assistant professor at Northeastern University, as she discusses complex end-to-end learning in cyber-physical systems.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Merve Bodur<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 7, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Merve Bodur, assistant professor at the University of Toronto, as she discusses Markov Chain-based policies.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Amit Bandyopadhyay<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 31, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Amit Bandyopadhyay, the Boeing Distinguished Professor from Washington State University.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Abby Wooldridge<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 24, 2023<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Abby Wooldridge, assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Davis MacGregor<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\">March 3, 2023<br>Please join us in welcoming Davis Macgregor, a senior manufacturing scientist at Fast Radius, as he discusses machine learning algorithms.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Hamsa Bastani<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 24, 2023<\/strong><br>Please welcome Hamsa Bastani, Assistant Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2022\">2022<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-4\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Yu Ding<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>December 2, 2022<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Yu Ding, a Professor at Texas A&amp;M University.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Kiante Brantley<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 18, 2022<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Kiant\u00e9 Brantley, a Post-Doc researching at Cornell University.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Lauren Davis<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 11, 2022<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Lauren Davis, a Professor at the North Carolina A&amp;T State University. She will be speaking about improving equity and access in hunger relief supply chains.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Nosakhare Edoimioya<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 4, 2022<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Nosakhare Edoimioya, a Ph.D. Student at the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Dalia Echeverri<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 28, 2022<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Dalia Echeverri, Gendell Family Associate Professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Yao Xie<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 21, 2022<\/strong><br>Please join us in welcoming Yao Xie, Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Early Career Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. She will talk about her research on Point process models for discrete event data.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Russell Barton<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 7, 2022<\/strong><br>Please welcome Russell Barton from Penn State University. He will discuss some surprisingly simple metamodels for forecasting cycle-time quantiles.<br><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Leila Hajibabai<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 23, 2022<\/strong><br>Join us in welcoming ISE&#8217;s own Leila Hajibabai as she discusses transportation science and logistical solutions for smart city challenges.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2021\">2021<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-5\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Franck Diaz-Garelli<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 5, 2021<\/strong><br>Welcome Dr. Franck Diaz-Garelli as he discusses unintended consequences of breaking the first law of informatics and how industrial engineering can help.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Valerie Thomas<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 15, 2021<\/strong><br>Please welcome Valerie Thomas as she discusses how to reinvent industrial engineering to meet the challenge of climate change.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Rohan Shirwaiker<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 24, 2021<\/strong><br>Please welcome ISE&#8217;s own Rohan Shirwaiker as he shares how he has been manufacturing &#8220;living&#8221; biomedical products like tissues and organs.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Xu Xu<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 17, 2021<\/strong><br>Please welcome ISE&#8217;s own Xu Xu, assistant professor, as he shares how ubiquitous Sensing is being used to improve worker safety.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | New Student Orientation<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 3, 2021<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty, staff and fellow grad students at our New Graduate Student Orientation. We will help you with the various policies and procedures.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Kristy Borda<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>August 27, 2021<\/strong><br>Please welcome Kristy Borda, research librarian, from the NC State Libraries as she shares how to best use the resources of the NC State Libraries.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | New Student Orientation<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 22, 2021<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty, staff and fellow grad students at our New Graduate Student Orientation. We will help you with the various policies and procedures.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2020\">2020<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-6\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Eileen Taylor<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 23, 2020<\/strong><br>Eileen Taylor is a professor at NC State&#8217;s Poole College of Management. She teaches in the MBA and MAC programs and courses at Duke University.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Shelby Hallman<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>August 28, 2020<\/strong><br>Please welcome Shelby Hallman, COE Lead Librarian from NC State Libraries, as she discusses NC State\u2019s library services and introduces resources useful for conducting in-depth research.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | New Student Orientation<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>August 14, 2020<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty, staff and fellow grad students at our New Graduate Student Orientation. We will help you with the various policies and procedures.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Tiffany Chin Moore<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 28, 2020<\/strong><br>Come join the ISE Department in welcoming one of our alumni, Tiffany Chin Moore, as she discusses how to drive change through continuous improvement<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Brandon McConnell<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 17, 2020<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and students as they welcome their own, Brandon McConnell, to discuss how his research reduces the complex issues that arise when the military moves supplies around the world.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2019\">2019<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-7\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Susan Hunter<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 22, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Susan Hunter, associate professor from Purdue, as she discusses bi-objective simulation optimization on integer lattices.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Remi Goulet<br><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 15, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Remi Goulet from Saint-Gobain Research North America as he discusses the life of an R&amp;D Engineer.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Leon McGinnis<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 8, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Leon McGinnis, professor emeritus, from Georgia Tech and ISE advisory board members as he discusses the case for analysis agnostic system models.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Linkan Bian<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 1, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Linkan Bian from Mississippi State University, who will discuss a theoretical framework and partial solutions for the Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing (LBAM) process.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Xu Sun<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 25, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Xu Sun from the University of Florida, who will discuss the use of a battery-powered server in a dynamic scheduling problem for a multiclass, single-server queue.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Shelby Hallman<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 18, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Shelby Hallman from the NC State Libraries as she discusses how to take advantage of the NC State Library resources for your research.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Ola Harrysson and Russell King<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 4, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Ola Harrysson and Russell King as they discuss their sabbatical experiences.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jingyan Dong<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 27, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome one of their own, Jingyan Dong, who will discuss printing processes for viable micro\/nanomanufacturing.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Katie Homar<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 20, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Katie Homar from the Graduate School as she discusses the Graduate School Professional Development Programs and how to write concise sentences.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Barry Nelson<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 13, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Barry Nelson from Northwestern University as he discusses how Parallel Adaptive Survivor Selection (PASS) jettisons the standard framework of ranking &amp; selection to produce a new class of algorithms.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | New Graduate Student Orientation<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>August 30, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty, staff and fellow graduate students at our New Graduate Student Orientation. We will help you learn all the various policies and procedures, as well as recent changes from the NC State Graduate School.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Grad Student Policies and Procedures<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>August 23, 2019<\/strong><br>The first seminar of the semester will focus on various policies and procedures from the ISE Department and the NC State Graduate School.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Ruxian Wang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 19, 2019<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty and fellow students as they welcome Ruxian Wang from Johns Hopkins University, as he discusses current topics in the industrial engineering field.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Nan Kong<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 12, 2019<\/strong><br>Please welcome Nan Kong from Purdue University. His topic of discussion is how to optimize regional trauma centers.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Brian Paul<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 5, 2019<\/strong><br>Please welcome Brian Paul from Oregon State University. His topic is the additive manufacturing of functional alloys.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Alaa Elwany <\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 29, 2019<\/strong><br>Please welcome Alaa Elwany from the University of Texas A&amp;M. His topic of discussion is producing 3D-printed parts that have location-specific properties.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Xuili Chao<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 22, 2019<\/strong><br>Please welcome Xuili Chao from the University of Michigan. His topic is how to address the challenges of controlling perishable inventories.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Matthew Plumlee<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 8, 2019<\/strong><br>Please welcome Matthew Plumlee from Northwestern University. His topic of discussion is inexact computer model calibration: Concerns, controversy, credibility, and confidence.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Radhika Kulkarni<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 1, 2019<\/strong><br>Please welcome Radhika Kulkarni from the SAS Institute, who will discuss machine learning, artificial intelligence, and optimization.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/event\/seminar-series-namhun-kim-using-design-for-additive-manufacturing-in-the-auto-industry\/\">Seminar Series | Namhun Kim<\/a><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 22, 2019<\/strong><br>Please welcome Namhun Kim from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, who will discuss the use of Design for Additive Manufacturing in the automotive industry.<br><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Min Chi<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 15, 2019<\/strong><br>Please welcome Min Chi to the ISE Department. Chi comes from NC State\u2019s Computer Science Department. She will discuss how to use intelligent learning technologies for individualizing a student\u2019s learning experience.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Lena Abu-Haija| Parth Chansoria<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 8, 2019<\/strong><br>Please join not one, but two ISE Ph.D. students, Lena Abu-El-Haija and Parth Chansoria. Lena will discuss her research on her pancreatic cancer prioritization and screening evaluation tool. Parth will discuss that he is developing a new ultrasound-assisted 3D bioprinting process to fabricate anisotropic tissues.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Katie Homar<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 18, 2019<\/strong><br>Please welcome Katie Homar to the ISE Department. Homar is the new Technical and Academic Writing Specialist at NC State\u2019s Graduate School. She will discuss how to use basic visual design principles to organize reports (and other documents) for a variety of audiences.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | New Graduate Student Orientation<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 11, 2019<\/strong><br>Welcome, New ISE Graduate Students!! Come join ISE\u2019s faculty, staff and fellow graduate students at our New Graduate Student Orientation.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2018\">2018<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-8\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Simon Hsiang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 30, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Simon Hsiang to the ISE Department. Hsiang serves as the head of the Systems Engineering &amp; Engineering Management Department at the University of North Carolina \u2013 Charlotte.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Young-Jun Son<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 16, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Young-Jun Son to the ISE Department. Son serves as the department head of the Systems and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Arizona.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Lars Monch<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 9, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Lars Monch to the ISE Department. Monch, a professor at the University of Hagen, will discuss decomposition heuristics for reducing costs and tardiness in mixed-model aircraft manufacturing flow lines.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Alex Carroll<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 2, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Alex Carroll to the ISE Department. Carroll serves as the Research Librarian for Engineering and Biotechnology at the NC State Libraries.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Shuai Huang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 26, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Shuai Huang to the ISE Department. Huang serves as an assistant professor at the University of Washington and will discuss ways he is using data analytics to transform U.S. healthcare from reactive to preventive.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jay Wilkins<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 12, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Jay Wilkins to the ISE Department. Wilkins serves as the program manager at the Army Research Office and will share how he models complex systems.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | James Tompkins<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 28, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome James Tompkins, chairman and CEO of Tompkins International and MonarchFx, to the ISE Department. Tompkins will discuss how he has taken the New Era of Retail to another level by explaining the digital imperative that all organizations must understand in order to succeed.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/event\/seminar-series-dr-stefan-haeussler-university-of-innsbruck\/\">Seminar Series | Stefan Haeussler<\/a><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 21, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Stefan Haeussler to the ISE Department. Haeussler serves as an assistant professor at the University of Innsbruck.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/event\/seminar-series-osman-ozaltin-nc-state-university\/\">Seminar Series | Osman Ozaltin<\/a><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 18, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome The ISE Department\u2019s own Osman Ozaltin, who will present his research on using mathematical programming and statistical learning to improve healthcare.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series |  Summer Internship Program for Operations Research Technology<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 7, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Ilana Bookner to the ISE Department. Bookner is a Summer Intern in the Operations Research Technology (SPORT) programat the National Security Agency (NSA). She will discuss the advantages of the NSA\u2019s SPORT program.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | New Graduate Student Orientation<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>August 24, 2018<\/strong><br>Welcome, new ISE Graduate Students!! Come join ISE&#8217;s faculty, staff and fellow graduate students at our New Graduate Student Orientation<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Hongwei Hsiao<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 13, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Hongwei Hsiao to the ISE Department. Hsiao serves as Chief of the Protective Technology Branch at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). He will discuss the role robotics plays in the research and application of occupational safety and health.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Atin Angrish | Tyler Rose<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 23, 2018<\/strong><br>Please join ISE grad students Atin Angrish and Tyler Rose as they talk blockchain and virtual reality. Angrish will discuss how he is using blockchain technology to allow manufacturing machines to share information safely. Rose will discuss how he is using virtual reality to improve occupational training.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Steven Schmid<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 15, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Steven Schmid to the ISE Department. Schmid serves as the Manufacturing Machines and Equipment (MME) Program Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF). He will discuss research opportunities in advanced manufacturing.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Golbarg Tutunchi<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 2, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Golbarg Tutunchi back to the ISE Department. Tutunchi serves as a Senior Operations Research Specialist at SAS. She will discuss how she is using bi-criteria optimization to solve engineering problems.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Karen Hicklin<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 16, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Karen Hicklin back to the ISE Department. Hicklin serves as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She will discuss the risks that are associated with cesarean deliveries.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Dr. Clark Dickerson<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 9, 2018<\/strong><br>Please welcome Clark Dickerson to the ISE Department. Dickerson serves as a Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada). He will discuss several unique fundamental characteristics of shoulder mechanics and how developing models and representations of this body region can inform a wide range of design, clinical, ergonomic, and biological investigations and applications.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | New Graduate Student Orientation<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 12, 2018<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty, staff and fellow graduate students at our New Graduate Student Orientation (434 Daniels Hall). We will help you learn all the various policies and procedures, as well as recent changes from the NC State Graduate School.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2017\">2017<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-9\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Albert Shih<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 17, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome Albert Shih from the University of Michigan, who will discuss the cyber design and additive manufacturing of custom assistive devices.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Chris Rock<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>November 10, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome ISE\u2019s own Chris Rock as he discusses the past, present, and future of CAMAL\u2019s additive manufacturing research, including material development and biomedical design and fabrication.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | CS Nam<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 27, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome ISE\u2019s own CS Nam as he discusses how the human brain can directly communicate with the outside world through a brain-computer interface (BCI), not only for healthy people but also for patients who cannot use their muscles.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Ebru Bish<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 20, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome Ebru Bish to the ISE Department. Ward is an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech. She will discuss the challenges and opportunities that arise when performing public health screenings and how modeling can help to optimize resource allocation decisions.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Binil Starly<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 13, 2017<\/strong><br>The ISE Department welcomes our own Binil Starly. Starly is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Functional Tissue Engineering Group at the Comparative Medicine Institute. He will discuss the three B\u2019s of regenerative medicine manufacturing: bioreactors, biofabrication, and blockchain.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Sanaz Goldani | Wenjuan Zhang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 29, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome Ph.D. students Sanaz Goldani (OR) and Wenjuan Zhang (ISE) as they present their research. Goldani will share how her research will improve the way we handle disaster relief in the future. Zhang will discuss how her research is enhancing the transparency of automated systems, thereby simplifying the understanding of complex systems.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Amy Ward<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 22, 2017<\/strong><br><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Bertha Chang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 15, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome Amy R. Ward to the ISE Department. Ward is a Professor of Data Sciences and Operations at the University of Southern California. She will discuss the problem that many classic scheduling models do not incorporate customer impatience and how this assumption can lead to poor scheduling decisions.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | New Graduate Student Orientation<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>August 18, 2017<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty, staff and fellow graduate students at our New Graduate Student Orientation (434 Daniels Hall). We will help you learn all the various policies and procedures, as well as recent changes from the NC State Graduate School.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Georgia-Ann Klutke<br><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 28, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome Georgia-Ann Klutke to the ISE Department. Klutke is the Program Director for the Operations Engineering program at the National Science Foundation (NSF). She will discuss opportunities relevant to the Industrial and Operations Engineering communities.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Timothy Simpson<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 24, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome Timothy Simpson to the ISE Department. Simpson is the Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Design and Manufacturing at Penn State University. He will discuss the challenges and research opportunities in advanced manufacturing.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ise.ncsu.edu\/event\/seminar-series-ise-ph-d-research-presentations-2\/\">Seminar Series | ISE Ph.D. Research Presentations<\/a><\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 17, 2017<\/strong><br>Come join Maryam Zahabi as she shares how her research is improving in-car computer systems to make our roads safer. Joining Maryam is Wenjuan Zhang, who explains how she is assessing the impact that physical exertion has on our ability to perform mental tasks.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Halit Uster<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 10, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome Halit Uster to the ISE Department. Uster is a Professor in the Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems at Southern Methodist University. He will discuss his approach to improving the driver shortage problem in the trucking industry.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Emmett Lodree<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 3, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome Emmett Lodree to the ISE Department. Lodree is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the University of Alabama. He will discuss the effectiveness of various donation-collection strategies for transporting relief supplies from local warehouses to the hands of disaster victims.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Martin Wortman<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 27, 2017<\/strong><br>Please welcome Martin Wortman to the ISE Department. Wortman is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&amp;M University. He will discuss the three operations-engineering principles that motivated the need for government regulation of safety-critical protective systems.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | ISE Ph.D. Research Presentations<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 20, 2017<\/strong><br>Come join Ling Zhang as he shares how his research is revolutionizing how one-way car-sharing networks operate. Joining Ling is Lokesh Narayanan, who explains how he is assessing 3D biofabrication processes.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | New Graduate Student Orientation<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 13, 2017<\/strong><br>Come join ISE\u2019s faculty, staff and fellow graduate students at our New Graduate Student Orientation (434 Daniels Hall). We will help you learn all the various policies and procedures, as well as recent changes from the NC State Graduate School.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2016\">2016<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-timeline wp-block-ncst-timeline\" id=\"ncst-timeline-ncst-timeline-10\">\n        <div class=\"ncst-timeline__container\">\n        \n      <div class=\"line\" data-start=\"line\" data-end=\"line\"><\/div>\n      <ul class=\"ncst-timeline__entry-list\">\n        \n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Mary Cummings<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 21, 2016<\/strong><br>Please welcome Mary \u201cMissy\u201d Cummings to the ISE Department. Cummings is a professor from the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Edwin Romeijn<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>October 14, 2016<\/strong><br>Please welcome Edwin Romeijn to the ISE Department. Romeijn is a professor from the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | ISE Ph.D. Research Presentations<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 30, 2016<\/strong><br>Come join Katie Basinger as she shares how her research is revolutionizing the way burn patients are being treated. Joining Katie is Sha Luo, who explains how she is streamlining inventory systems.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Bertha Chang<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 16, 2016<\/strong><br>Join ISE in welcoming NC State Engineering Librarian Bertha Chang as she shares the resources and services available to ISE graduate students. Resources that will be demonstrated include engineering literature databases, patent resources and citation management software.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Michael Kay<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>September 2, 2016<\/strong><br>Join ISE professor Michael Kay as he covers the basics of getting started with your research and what is needed to complete a dissertation or thesis.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | New Graduate Student Orientation<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>August 19, 2016<\/strong><br>Welcome, new ISE Graduate Students!! Come join ISE&#8217;s faculty, staff, the GSA Student Group and fellow graduate students at our New Graduate Student Orientation.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Thayer Morrill<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 8, 2016<\/strong><br>Don\u2019t miss Thayer Morrill from NC State\u2019s Economics Department. Morrill shares the inner workings of assigning students to schools.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Amin Khademi<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>April 1, 2016<\/strong><br>Don&#8217;t miss Amin Khademi from Clemson University. He will discuss his development of a flexible optimization framework for real-time ambulance management<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Knut Haase<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>March 4, 2016<\/strong><br>Don&#8217;t miss Knut Haase from Hamburg University.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jonathan Bard<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 26, 2016<\/strong><br>Join ISE as we welcome Jonathan Bard from the University of Texas at Austin. Bard discusses how his team improved the scheduling systems for medical residents at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Joy Olabisi<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 12, 2016<\/strong><br>Don\u2019t miss Joy Olabisi from the Rochester Institute of Technology as she shares how \u201cteams of teams\u201d are driving innovation.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Jens Brunner<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>February 5, 2016<\/strong><br>Don\u2019t miss Dr. Jens Brunner from the University of Augsburg as he shares the value of the flexibility of shift scheduling at hospitals.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"ncst-timeline-entry wp-block-ncst-timeline-entry\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__container\">\n    <span class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__date\">Seminar Series | Mark Spearman<\/span>\n    <div class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__line\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"ncst-timeline-entry__description\"><strong>January 29, 2016<\/strong><br>Don&#8217;t miss Mark Spearman from Physics Factory as he shares the \u201cLaws\u201d of how production-inventory systems behave<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Importance of Seminars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/353\/2026\/05\/engineering-management-contact-us-1000x563-05-20206-01.jpg\" alt=\"A large room full of students attending seminars with the speaker on stage.\" class=\"wp-image-46898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/353\/2026\/05\/engineering-management-contact-us-1000x563-05-20206-01.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/353\/2026\/05\/engineering-management-contact-us-1000x563-05-20206-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ise-ncsu-edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/353\/2026\/05\/engineering-management-contact-us-1000x563-05-20206-01-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guest speakers from industry and other universities give you valuable learning opportunities outside the classroom. In addition, these events introduce new technologies, research and trends in industrial and systems engineering. As a result, you gain a better understanding of real-world challenges and modern engineering solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Industry professionals connect classroom concepts to practical applications. Therefore, you learn how companies improve systems, reduce costs and manage complex operations. These discussions also help you understand workforce expectations and career opportunities in different industries. You can also hear firsthand stories about leadership, teamwork and innovation from experienced professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faculty members from other institutions bring unique research experiences and perspectives to campus. Moreover, they share new ideas that encourage collaboration and critical thinking. By learning from experts with different backgrounds, you strengthen your communication skills and broaden your understanding of the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These events also help you build professional relationships before graduation. In turn, these connections can support internships, research opportunities and future careers. You may even discover career paths or industries you had not previously considered. Networking with professionals also helps you develop confidence when discussing technical topics and career goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most importantly, attending a seminar prepares you to become an adaptable and innovative engineer. Because industries continue to change, you must understand emerging technologies and evolving workplace expectations. Through these experiences, you stay informed, engaged and ready to succeed in a rapidly changing profession. 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