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Greg Parnell, who has served as the director for the past 10 years, will be stepping down, and David Paulus will assume the role of director in May.

With a Biggadike Innovation Grant, instructor Brandon Crisel wants to establish an ePortfolio program for students to create a purposeful collection of their work, learning progression and achievements.

Alice Squires, a teaching professor of industrial engineering, has been elected treasurer of the International Council on Systems Engineering for a two-year term starting in January.

Greg Parnell, director of the Master of Operations Management and the Master of Engineering Management programs, was the keynote speaker at Brazils Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica.

Industrial engineering students and faculty received a variety of honors at the annual conference of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers held May 20-24 in New Orleans.

Manuel Rossetti, industrial engineering professor, has received the Holzman Distinguished Educator Award, which recognizes educators who contribute significantly to the industrial engineering profession.

Suman Mitra, Cameron Murray, Tish Pohl, Kyle Quinn, Chase Rainwater, Young Hye Song and Xintao Wu were recognized with Deans Excellence Awards for their achievements in teaching, research and service.

Fifty-four industrial engineering seniors were honored this spring for two semesters of work solving real-world problems alongside industry partners.

Their gifts will create the Jan Roberts Clark and Daniel R. Clark Endowment for University Libraries and will enable the acquisition of materials that support university-wide scholarship and research.