Department Updates

The IE Department hosted the Industrial Advisory Board meeting October 11, 2018 This IAB meeting was held on Friday October 12, 2018. The IAB board members, faculty, and students particiapated and had productive discussions to improve the UH IE undergraduate program.
Perspectives on Integer Programming in Sparse Optimization October 4, 2018 Jeff Linderoth The Harvey D. Spangler Professor and chair Depart. ISE University of Wisconsin-Madison Date: Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 Time: 1 - 1:50 pm Location: D3 W122 Abstract: Algorithms to solve mixed integer linear programs have made incredible…
An Approximation Approach for Response Adaptive Clinical Trial Design October 4, 2018 Vishal Ahuja Assistant Professor Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University Date: Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 Time: 1 - 1:50 pm Location: D3 W122 Abstract: Multi-armed bandit (MAB) problems, typically modeled as Markov decision processes (MDPs…
Trade Study:The International Space Station Propulsion Module September 24, 2018 Date: Friday, October 12, 2018 Time: 1 - 1:50 pm Location: D3 W122 Trade Study:The International Space Station Propulsion Module Abstract: The International Space Station (ISS) represents one of the most challenging engineering projects in history.…
Applied Industrial and Systems Engineering at CINTAS Corporation September 24, 2018 Date: Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 Time: 1 - 1:50 pm Location: D3 W122 Abstract: Cintas Corporation is a company with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs and provide…
Dr. Taewoo Lee Awarded NSF Grant for "Optimal performance incentives for organ transplantation centers.” September 20, 2018 The Department of Industrial Engineering would like to congratulate Dr. Taewoo Lee for his recent National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. The grant supports his collaboration with Rice University and Houston Methodist Transplant Center; NSF has…
Real World EHR Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities September 17, 2018 Date: Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 Time: 1 - 1:50 pm Location: D3 W122 Dr. Hulin Wu The Betty Wheless Trotter Professor & Chair Depart. Biostatistics & Data Science, School of Public Health Dr. Wu is the endowed Betty Wheless Trotter Professor and…
Online Assortment Optimization with Reusable Resources September 13, 2018 Biography: Garud Iyengar is a Professor in the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University. He received his B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, and…
Operational research methods and challenges in the offshore drilling services industry. September 7, 2018 The O&G slowdown has been a great opportunity for leading companies to position themselves toward technology leadership to deliver new and improve value to the ecosystem. In the drilling services space this means bringing material performance…
Town Hall Meeting for IE Undergraduate Students (Fall 2018) August 16, 2018 The meeting was held to help students with the new advising process developed by Drs Sitton and Wang.
IE Department Newsletter - Fall 2017 October 13, 2017 The fall 2017 issue of IE Optimum, an annual department newsletter, has been published.
Professor John Birge delivered a seminar talk at UHIE March 26, 2017 Dr. John Birge is Jerry W. and Carol L. Levin Distinguished Service Professor of Operations Management at University of Chicago.
Where Industrial Engineers are from and what Industrial Engineering is? March 20, 2017 This video highlights the diversity of Industrial Engineers by showing where IEs are from and introduces what Industrial Engineering is from the perspective of a University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering IE professor and students. GO COOGS…
IE Newsletter Fall 2016 October 28, 2016 The fall 2016 issue of IE Optimum, an annual department newsletter, has been published.
Fall Industrial Advisory Board meeting October 25, 2016 The industrial advisory board meeting was held last Friday, October 21, 2016.
Restoring Power After Extreme Weather October 7, 2016 Following extreme weather events, electrical blackouts can make life difficult for an entire city, affecting everything thing from emergency responders and traffic signals to healthcare facilities and residential areas. Power system restoration can…
IE at Engineering Open House February 28, 2016 IE students and faculty hosted visitors for the annual event of engineering open house. Photos and slides for the event. IE students and faculty members were busy explaining about IE to the visitors.
Dr. Jiming Peng received a grant from Texas Medical Center January 20, 2016 Dr. Peng has been informed by Texas Medical Center (TMC) that the project entitled "Increasing Healthcare Access for At-Risk-Populations: Research-based Policies for Mobile Health Clinics" has been funded by TMC Health Policy Institute…
Wenhua Cao and Gino Lim to receive a research grant from CPRIT December 2, 2015 Wenhua Cao, research assistant professor of Industrial Engineering, and Gino Lim, Chair of Industrial Engineering, were notified to receive a research grant from Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The grant ($879,362) was…
IE Doctoral Student’s Paper Selected as Finalist for the QSR Best Paper Competition in INFORMS 2015 November 9, 2015 After a thorough review of all the high-quality papers submitted to the first QSR (Quality, Statistics and Reliability) refereed track best paper competition, the paper “Markov Additive Processes for Degradation with Jumps under Dynamic Environments…