Graduate Activities

Graduate students in the School of IE have the opportunity to participate in two research discussions in the department.

Graduate Seminar Series

The Graduate Seminar Series features discussions of cutting-edge research topics from faculty within the School of Industrial Engineering and experts across the country. Our students are introduced to exciting research areas in academia and industry and learn from the brightest in a number of industrial engineering and related fields.

Some recent speakers in our Fall 2008 seminar series included the following.

     
Theodore Trafalis

Theodore Trafalis, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Industrial Engineering
University of Oklahoma

Topic: Optimization, Kernel Methods and Applications

Date: September 12, 2008

   
Binil Starly 

Binil Starly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Industrial Engineering
University of Oklahoma

Topic: Engineering Living Tissue Systems

Date: October 17, 2008

   
Dragan Djurdjanovic 

Dragan Djurdjanovic, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of Texas

Topic: Embedding Immune System Functionalities into Manufacturing and other Complex Engineered Systems

Date: November 7, 2008

   
Larry Long

Larry Long, Ph.D.
Consultant
Long and Assoctes

Topic: Career Path and Entrepreneurship

Date: December 5, 2008

 
Michael Richman

Michael Richman, Ph.D.
E.K. Gaylord Presidential Professor
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma

Topic: Advances in regionalization and classification through kernel-based principal component analysis

Date: February 13, 2009

 
Thom Hodgson

Thom Hodgson, Ph.D.
James. T. Ryan Distinguished University Professor
Alumni Distinguished Research Professor
Director, Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering Institute
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
North Carolina State University

Topic: Monkey with a Typewriter

Date: February 27, 2009

 
Ellen Bass

Ellen Bass, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Systems and Information Engineering Department
University of Virginia

Topic: Impact of Increased Spatio-Temporal Radar Data Resolution on Forecaster Wind Assessments

Date: April 3, 2009

 

Graduate Research Colloquium

The newly established Graduate Research Colloquium provides graduate students an opportunity to present research ideas to other graduate students. Students are able to learn from each other in a relaxed, student-led environment. Learn more about our recent Graduate Research Colloquium topics.