UW-Madison Industrial and Systems Engineering Department

10/13/2026

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jackie Cha, who has been named a 2026 National Safety Council Rising Star of Safety. This prestigious recognition honors emerging leaders who demonstrate innovation, leadership, and a commitment to advancing safety and preventing injuries.

Read more at https://lnkd.in/g2hy_bJK.

10/05/2026

🎉 Exciting news! ISyE PhD student Xin Xia has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 QSR Best Paper Competition.

His paper, SCAN, was chosen as one of just four finalists. The winner will be announced at INFORMS 2026. Join us in congratulating Xin on this outstanding achievement!

10/01/2026

Through a partnership with Access to Independence, Michael Biehler and his team of student researchers recently helped participants build personalized gaming controllers at the Adaptive Gaming Expo. 🎮

When Michael Biehler was a kid in rural Bavaria in Germany, his mother worked with individuals with disabilities as an occupational therapist. While Biehler gravitated toward mechanical challenges, eventually studying industrial engineering and exploring the...

09/28/2026

Big news! Congrats to Oguzhan Alagoz on a five-year, $8.7M NIH grant supporting breast cancer screening and treatment research through computational modeling.

Oguzhan Alagoz, the Procter & Gamble Bascom Professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is among a group of researchers to receive a five-year, $8.7 million...

09/18/2026

A great start to the semester with Professor Kaibo Liu and our new PhD and research master’s students in ISyE 961. We’re excited to see the impact this cohort will make.

09/16/2026

Huge thanks to everyone who came out for our Welcome Back Picnic at Vilas Park yesterday! We loved seeing so many students, faculty, and staff together to kick off this semester.

09/14/2026

Happy ! Today we celebrate industrial and systems engineering and the students, faculty, alumni, and partners who shape the field.

ISE Day is a global movement created to empower our community and highlight the impact of the discipline across industries. If you have an ISyE experience or milestone to share, feel free to add it in the comments.

09/10/2026

This summer, Katelin worked as an Industrial Engineering Intern at The Boeing Company, supporting final assembly on the AH‑64 Apache program.

During that time, she learned the value of collaboration, communication, and staying connected to the product and the people building it. As a senior this year, she’s bringing new skills and excitement for what’s ahead.

09/09/2026

Thrilled to welcome Assistant Professor Shuo Sun to ISyE!

In August 2019, on the recommendation of a few faculty members from her home institution, Tsinghua University, Shuo Sun arrived in Madison. A fourth-year industrial engineering undergraduate, she came to the United States as part...

09/02/2026

Badger spirit was out in full force at the UW-Madison College of Engineering New Student Welcome yesterday! https://engineering.wisc.edu/news/in-2026-nearly-1700-new-badger-engineering-undergrads-arrive-eager-to-make-an-impact/