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Fred Buie Named 2008 Distinguished Fellow

Fred Buie, an alumnus of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was honored with the 2008 Distinguished Fellow Award. Fred Buie is president and owner of Keystone Electrical Manufacturing Company in Des Moines, Iowa. Serving electric utilities throughout the nation, the company manufactures elements used in the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power. Buie’s professional career…

May 1, 2008


Three Students Receive Outstanding Senior Awards from Alpha Pi Mu During Spring 2008 Initiation Ceremony

Three ISE students were named the winners of the Alpha Pi Mu Outstanding Senior Awards at the Spring 2008 Initiation Ceremony held at Chapel of Memories. Based on academic achievement, campus involvement, and faculty recommendations, the awards are given annually to outstanding senior members by the industrial engineering honor society. This year, Lynsey Stubblefield and…

April 29, 2008


Mississippi Alpha Chapter of Alpha Pi Mu Welcomes Ten New Members During Spring 2008 Initiation Ceremony

Ten Industrial & Systems Engineering students were inducted into the Mississippi Alpha Chapter of Alpha Pi Mu during an initiation ceremony held on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in Chapel of Memories on the campus of Mississippi State University. Daniela Gonzales, Xuan Liu, Robin Littlejohn, Chris Magee, Kevin Martin, Greg Schuster, Missie Smith, Arashish Tarapore, William…

April 29, 2008


ISE Student Wins National Honor Society Scholarship

Congratulations to ISE senior Josie Smith. She competed nationally to receive one of nine scholarships from the industrial engineering honor society Alpha Pi Mu. Josie was also recently inducted into the Bagley College of Engineering Student Hall of Fame. The hall of fame award recognizes students who have made outstanding contributions to their departments, the…

March 13, 2008


ISE Student Takes 1st Place at IIE Regional Conference

MSU industrial and systems engineering student, James “Stan” Morelock, won 1st place in the Student Technical Paper Competition during the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Region 3 student conference held at Mississippi State University on February 28 to March 2. The Region 3 is composed of 16 universities in the southeastern United States including Georgia…

March 5, 2008


ISE and SSRC Helping to Improve Highway Watch Program

Researchers from the Social Science Research Center (SSRC) and ISE faculty members Lesley Strawderman, Mingzhou Jin, and Kari Babski-Reeves are serving as co-principal investigators on an approximately $1.7 million project entitled “The National Highway Watch Analysis and Improvement Program.” The project is a joint effort by SSRC and ISE, with Art Cosby and Royce Bowden…

February 25, 2008


ISE Professor Named Associate Editor

Dr. John Usher, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been named associate editor of the International Journal of Collaborative Enterprise (IJCEnt). The IJCEnt provides a global forum for exchanging research findings on new concepts for the systematic integration of methods dealing with people, process and technology that can lead to the development of capability…

December 19, 2007


ISE Students Honored by Alpha Pi Mu

Three Industrial and Systems Engineering students were inducted into the Mississippi Alpha Chapter of Alpha Pi Mu during an initiation ceremony held on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 in McCain Engineering Building. Amy Bullington, David Callahan, and Carl Morris all accepted invitations to join the industrial engineering honor society that recognizes outstanding students. To be considered…

December 11, 2007


ISE Student Selected for Congressional Internship

Elliott Flaggs has been selected for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation/Wal-Mart Emerging Leaders Internship Program. The emerging leaders program is designed to give students internship opportunities within the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the Federal government. Elliott will be representing Congressman Bennie Thompson’s District, Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. Elliott was honored with…

December 4, 2007


SE Grad Student Receives SMART Scholarship

Jackson Rice, an ISE graduate student advised by Dr. Burak Eksioglu, is the recipient of the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship from the Department of Defense. Jackson received one of approximately 100 awards from a pool of 1,500 applicants. The scholarship includes annual stipend, full tuition, book allowance, health insurance, paid summer…

September 17, 2007