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Recently two ISE Department faculty members were honored at the 2025 Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement for their outstanding achievements and contributions to RPI this year. Dr. John E. Kelly, III, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and President Dr. Martin Schmidt presented the awards. Dr. Emily Liu was honored for being named the Chair Elect of CIEADH (Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads) . Also, Dr. Jen Pazour was honored for being named the James M. Tien ’66 Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems. Congratulations to both!
This semester several of our Industry Advisory Council members and guest Julia J. Lane lent their expertise to and taught sections of our course entitled Engineering Career Paths in Industry. Pictured here at the final class where student presentations were given are from left to right:
(front row) Julia J. Lane (judge), Prof. Emily Liu, Olivia vonNieda
(back row) Jim Daviero, John Pfaff III (judge), Colleen Cunningham, Meredith Rousseau, Prof. Rostyslav Korolov, and Ryan Loggins
Missing from the photo is Sara Laprade.
The RPI Chapter of the Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society initiated eight new members on November 12. Pictured here from left to right are Avery Halpern, Grace Lee, Julianna Demers, Alpha Pi Mu President - Cooper Carr, Tom Bertram, Alex Mele, Vivian Rost-Nasshan, and Vasili Chasabenis. Missing from the photo is Rachael Saldubehere. Congratulations to our students!
Several RPI faculty, students and alumni recently attended and presented at the INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Pictured here is Dr. Yinan Wang, Jiayu Liu, Yue Zhao, Junfeng Wu, Dr. Jennifer Pazour, Mariana Losada Agudelo, Thanaphorn Sornprom, Ran Hu, Batuhan Celik, Dr. Bahar Cavdar, Lucky Cho, Dr. Shahab Mofidi, Dr. Diego Moran Ramirez, Dr. James Bailey, Zulal Isler Ardic, Carlos Morel Figueroa, Youssef Nsouli, John Nichols, Dr. Emily Liu, Dr. Haolin Yang.
The ISE Department recently celebrated Mid Autumn Festival with our undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. The department listened to music, ate delicious snacks, and enjoyed each other’s company. We plan to have more cultural celebrations in the future!
The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering proudly celebrates Dr. Azita Hirsa, recipient of the Rensselaer Alumni Association (RAA) Teaching Award.
Established in 1994, the RAA Teaching Award honors faculty who demonstrate creative and innovative teaching, deep commitment to student success, and a lasting impact on the Rensselaer learning experience.
Alex Ngan from ZOLL Medical and an RPI Alum, recently was a guest speaker at Dr. Nima Ahmadi’s course, Human Performance Modeling and Support. The title of Alex’s talk was Leveraging Human Factors in Healthcare. Students enjoyed learning about how ZOLL Medical Acute Care Technology Division is developing medical devices such as ventilators, defibrillators, patient monitors, and AEDs.
RPI's Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) department is actively recruiting to fill several fully funded PhD positions in optimization, data science, manufacturing systems, supply chain and logistics.
To learn more, we encourage you to attend our webinar on November 7th, 2025, from 8:30am to 9:30am EST. All information session attendees will receive an application fee waiver.
Webinar registration
Please join ISE on Wednesday, October 15 at 10:00 AM in CII 3130 for a colloquium featuring Dr. Gustavo Angulo's research on Robust Admission Via Two-Stage Matching under Ranking Uncertainty!
Co-Terminal/Accelerated Master's Program
Information Session
All interested students are welcome!
Learn about the ISE master's programs:
Industrial and Management Engineering (IME)
Systems Engineering and Technology Management (SETM)
September 24, 2025
1-2pm ET
RPI News
Two RPI researchers, Ge Wang, Ph.D., Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor and director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at RPI, and Fudong Han, Ph.D., associate professor and Priti & Mukesh Chatter '82 Career Development Chair, have earned a spot on Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list.
By creating and implementing new educational, engagement, and research opportunities for students and faculty, RPI and GF are driving semiconductor innovation and producing the next generation of leaders in the semiconductor industry.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) mechanical engineering alumna Clare Severance ’18 has been honored with a place on the 2025 Society of Manufacturing Engineers 30 Under 30 list.
A team led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has made a breakthrough in semiconductor development that could reshape the way we produce computer chips, optoelectronics and quantum computing devices.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) recently held an Investiture ceremony to formally recognize Shekhar Garde, Ph.D., as the Thomas R. Farino, Jr. ’67 and Patricia E. Farino Dean of the School of Engineering, a significant moment for the Institute that will strengthen engineering at RPI across education, research, and the student experience.
