News & Events
Industrial and Systems Engineering students, faculty and staff welcomed the accepted Class of 2029 and their families who visited RPI on Saturday as part of the RPI Accepted Student Celebration.
Yicheng (Catherine) Wang won the student ARPA-E PITCHES Competition this week at the US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C. She pitched her research with Dr. Kristen Schell and Prof.
Dr. Azita Hirsa is building a culture of connection, cohesion, and collaboration through her Leaders in Action Conversations series. This initiative enables RPI's faculty, staff and students to meet and network with alumni that are inspirational and exemplify the value of an RPI degree. More information can be found here.
Spring 2025 Schedule
We are happy to announce that Jiayu Liu, a current PhD student, recently had his first journal article published. Jiayu is first author in an article published in Expert Systems with Applications. The article, entitled "Uni-3DAD: GAN-Inversion Aided Universal 3D Anomaly Detection on Model-free Products” was collaborated on with Dr. Yinan Wang, and two others.
Professor Bopaya Bidanda from the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh will present a talk on "Innovation & AI: Balancing Efficiency, Sustainability and Developing Emerging Roles for IE, and Implications for IE Education." This colloquium will be in DCC 324 from 11:00 - 11:50, followed by a reception until 12:45. Everyone is welcome.
The Industrial & Systems Engineering Dept. and IISE student chapter, along with Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Headquarters, present a short course on Lean Green Belt at RPI (2/21-23). Taught by Dr. Asish Ghosh. Register by 2/7/2025 to receive a discounted rate. Last day to register for the course is 2/17/2025.
Vanessa Lewis and her husband, Matthew recently welcomed a baby girl - Lauren. Congratulations!
Dr. Yinan Wang’s proposal, “Model Optimization and Hardware-aware Neural Architecture Search for Spatiotemporal Data Mining” was selected as a Future of Computing Research Collaboration (FCRC) project, a partnership between RPI and IBM. This research program is focused on developing a comprehensive framework for hardware-aware neural architecture search and model optimization for on-edge spatiotemporal data mining.
Students, alumni, faculty and staff attended the IISE Holiday Party held on campus December 4, organized by the RPI IISE Student Chapter. Pictured far left is Alli Fitzpatrick welcoming everyone to the event. Current undergrad and grad students, alumni, faculty and staff enjoyed a delicious meal and sharing the holiday spirit as the Fall semester winds down. Even Santa took time out of his busy schedule to pay a visit.
Richard Little, Visiting Research Scholar, recently had a Letter to the Editor published in the New York Times regarding how much more heat can humans stand.
