IMSE faculty members are preparing the manufacturing industry in West Virginia for the fourth industrial revolution by bringing advanced smart manufacturing processes to the workplace to improve efficiency and build sustainable futures for companies.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, a total of 168 students graduated from the IMSE department – 109 with undergraduate degrees in industrial engineering and 59 with graduate degrees in industrial engineering and safety management.

Nearly 95% of undergraduate students had job offers at the time of graduation or are attending graduate school, and the other 5% were targeting specific locations for work or were not actively pursuing work. The salary for undergraduate students ranged between $62K to $92K with a mean of $72K.

Through drive and dedication, a WVU student took a summer internship goal and transformed a production line—benefitting healthcare providers and the general public during the global pandemic.

An industrial engineering student has been named a finalist in the Collegiate Business Plan Competition and awarded $5,000 for his small business DashPlain.

A team consisting of Industrial engineering and global supply chain management students landed first place in the 8th Annual Supply Chain Management Race to the Case competition.

Avishek Choudhury joined us from the Stevens Institute of Technology and will lead the IMSE research in the areas of human factors and neuro-ergonomics. JuHyeong Ryu joined us from the University of Waterloo and will lead the IMSE research in the areas of human centric work systems. Zeyu Liu joined us from the University of Tennessee and will lead the IMSE research in the areas of system analytics.

Zhichao (Vincent) Liu and four new West Virginia University faculty members have been selected by the Office of the Provost following a rigorous application process as the recipients of the 2022-24 Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship Applied Faculty Fellowship, a multi-disciplinary initiative to bolster WVU’s culture of entrepreneurship and innovation.

In this project P2 best practices based on the latest smart manufacturing and data-driven methodologies will be identified and developed into training material and implementable P2 recommendations for the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in West Virginia and the surrounding region.

Applications are currently open for recent graduates and working professionals looking to pursue a newly launched Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Department of Industrial Management and Systems Engineering in WVU’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

Keith Harvey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kaiser Aluminum, delivered the annual Gochenour Lecture in the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering on November 10, 2022 at the Statler College.

Dear Alumni, Colleagues, and Friends:

Greetings from Morgantown!

Until a few weeks ago, Morgantown was wrapped in beautiful shades of red, pink, yellow, and green fall colors, and now with the end of the fall semester quickly approaching, we are getting ready for the winter.

I was officially appointed as the Chair of the IMSE department this fall after serving as an interim chair for one year. During my tenure as the interim chair, the IE program has had a successful ABET visit, and we started several new initiatives that are now seeing fruition. We have launched a new MS degree program in Engineering Management, three new faculty members joined the IMSE family and our students continued to bring back laurels by winning competitions at the national and international levels. I have highlighted a few recent student and faculty success stories and departmental updates in this fall newsletter.

As we move into the spring semester and the new year, the IMSE department will double down on its efforts to have student-centric career development and professional mentorship activities. The department will hire new faculty members to support its ongoing expansion and the strategic initiative of enriching graduate research and education. We will also continue exploring opportunities for online graduate programs to support working professionals' pedagogical and advanced training needs.

The IMSE department is solely committed to the success of its students, faculty and alumni and as the department aspires and work towards moving it forward to achieve greater heights, your support is invaluable and greatly appreciated. Please feel free to reach out to me with your thoughts/suggestions on further improving and taking the IMSE department forward.

I wish you and your loved ones a happy, healthy and safe holiday season.

My very best to you all!

Warm regards,

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