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A landmark paper that shares sweeping recommendations for how the industrial engineering profession can address global issues — an initiative spearheaded by UCF researchers — has been published in the International Journal of Production Research. The work, “Grand Challenges in Industrial and Systems Engineering,” shares a set of eight key…

  As the technology industry grows each year, so does the need for experts who create innovations that fuel this sector and educate the workforce that powers it.   With this demand in mind, UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) has broken a hiring record with a total of…

UCF has given Rob Kantor ’97, ‘04MS, ‘09MBA three degrees and more than three decade’s worth of memories as a Knight. Now he’s giving back to his alma mater as chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems’ advisory board. Kantor, the vice president of Business Analytics and…

A Pegasus Professor who has led his department for the last 17 years has been honored for his exceptional mentorship and extraordinary dedication to his students by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). Waldemar Karwowski, chair of the UCF Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, was selected…

Every year on the first Wednesday of April, UCF honors the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of our people on Founders’ Day, our annual celebration of the employees, faculty, and students who keep reaching for the stars. The entire UCF community was invited to join us at these special events, held…

The American Society for Quality has awarded the 2024 Distinguished Service Medal to Professor Ahmad Elshennawy. This is the highest honor for service that a member of ASQ can achieve. The Distinguished Service Medal recognizes the lifetime contributions of a person who has served the quality industry as well as…

The faculty will help strengthen university research initiatives starting Fall 2024 through Summer 2025.   Three UCF faculty members have been awarded fellowships by the UCF Office of Research to advance the university’s research efforts over the coming year. The selected fellows — Vladimir Boginski, Nichole Lighthall and Dinender Singla…

When Mark Calabrese ’78BSE ‘79MSE moved from New York to Florida to attend college, he knew that he was starting an academic journey to become an engineer. What he didn’t realize was how much he would grow to love his new university, that it would play a role in his career…

UCF faculty members across the university, including several from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, achieved significant career milestones in earning promotions and tenure for the 2023-24 cycle. The 104 approved faculty — 63 for promotion, 40 for promotion and tenure and one for tenure — underwent a rigorous…

The UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science has pioneered several academic firsts, from the first Master of Science in Travel Technology and Analytics to the first Smart Cities track for the Master of Science in Civil Engineering. CECS is ready to launch another notable academic program – the first…