Ben D. Sawyer

News Highlights

Simulation Analysis Shaped UCF's Drive-Thru Move-In

Industrial Engineers helped revolutionize move-in at UCF! A group of doctoral and undergraduate students, led by Assistant Professor Adan Vela, used simulation analysis as a tool to make On-campus Housing move-in operations smoother this Fall 2020. The team effort was key to the success of the project, which provided excellent “hands-on” experience for the industrial engineering students.

#41 Ranking in 2020 by US News & World Report

In 2020, at #41 nation-wide, Industrial Engineering at UCF is ranked second in industrial, manufacturing and systems engineering graduate colleges in the State of Florida. The program in the Department of Industrial & Management Systems remains in the top 50 graduate engineering schools for industrial, manufacturing, and systems engineering in the nation and is the highest ranked program in the College of Engineering at UCF.

New Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Program

The UCF Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new online Master’s in Systems Engineering degree to be offered in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems beginning Fall 2020. Systems Engineering is a 30-credit hour program focused on the working professional that requires systems engineering skills in their workplace.

Ben D. Sawyer

Assistant Professor
Room: ENG2 419
Phone: 407-823-2204
Email: sawyer@ucf.edu

Curriculum Vitae
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Education

Ph.D. in Human Factors Psychology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, November

2015.

M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, May 2014.

B.S. Cognitive Psychology (Honors Scholar), Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, May 2010.

Areas of Specialty

Human Factors Engineering, Neuroergonomics, Human-systems Integration, Design

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