Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. LUNCH & LEARN: "Leveraging Your IOE Degree as an Entrepreneur" — Mike O'Connell (September 11, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/76872 76872-19772609@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 11, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Leveraging Your IOE Degree as an Entrepreneur

Abstract:
Join this webinar with Michael O’Connell, IOE advisory board member and president of The Woodmar Group, a California based winery, for career advice about how to start and grow a successful business.

Bio:
Mike O’Connell is the founder and President of The Woodmar Group, a California based winery. The Woodmar Group started in 2004 in Napa, California with the focus of using Napa Valley winemaking skills to produce wines that retail in the $10 - $15 price point. The brands include Grayson Cellars, Block Nine, Logan Farrell, Freelander, Ghostrunner and Hanging Vine and are sold into 50 states and 25 countries. He has served on non-profit boards including Culver Academies Legion Board, Galactic Unite, and Chairman of Culver Clubs International. He holds a BSE in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:56:27 -0400 2020-09-11T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-11T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Mike O'Connell
LUNCH & LEARN: "Data Analytics for Detecting Prostate Cancer Using Radiographic Imaging" — Brian Denton (September 18, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77134 77134-19798504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title:
Data Analytics for Detecting Prostate Cancer Using Radiographic Imaging

Abstract:
Predictive models have an important role to play in detecting asymptomatic cancer. This presentation will discuss approaches for using patient data and machine learning to predict whether patients will benefit from radiologic imaging, like CT scans, for diagnosing the presence of metastatic cancer.

Bio:
Brian Denton is Chair of the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests are in data-driven decision making and optimization under uncertainty with applications to medicine. Before joining the University of Michigan he worked at IBM, Mayo Clinic, and North Carolina State University. He is an INFORMS Fellow, past Chair of the INFORMS Health Applications Section, and he served as Secretary of INFORMS, and President of INFORMS.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:27:04 -0400 2020-09-18T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Brian Denton
LUNCH & LEARN: "Systems Engineering Methods for Return to Operations During a Pandemic" — Siqian Shen (September 25, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77018 77018-19788567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 25, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Systems Engineering Methods for Return to Operations During a Pandemic

Abstract:
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to huge challenges for schools, workplaces, and communities trying to return to operations while ensuring everyone's safety during the pandemic. In this talk, we present a few examples to demonstrate how optimization models and data analytics tools can be used for understanding (i) how infection status dynamically affects mobility patterns and travel behavior, (ii) how to optimize business/state reopening and closedown strategies, and (iii) how to redesign public transit systems like city buses to reduce passengers’ infection risk.

Bio:
Siqian Shen is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and also serves as an Associate Director in the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE). Her theoretical research interests are in integer programming, stochastic/robust optimization, and network optimization. Applications include optimization and risk analysis of energy, healthcare, cloud computing, and transportation systems. She is a recipient of the IIE Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award (1st Place), IBM Smarter Planet Innovation Faculty Award, and Department of Energy (DoE) Early Career Award, and several best paper prizes from INFORMS. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, and industry funds.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:49:34 -0400 2020-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2020-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Siqian Shen
LUNCH & LEARN: "Adulting: Preparing for the Working World" — Debra Levantrosser (October 2, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77099 77099-19796505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 2, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Adulting: Preparing for the Working World

Abstract:
Are you wondering how to make professional contacts or what the first step is in getting your first internship or job? This session will cover topics such as how to network, how to prepare for an interview, which position to accept if you have multiple offers and most importantly how to build confidence to ensure professional success. We can’t wait to discuss these topics with you in an engaging format.

Bio:
Debra Levantrosser has over 27 years of executive level international leadership and management experience in many industries. She is currently a Lecturer at the University of Michigan (U of M) in the College of Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering department where she teaches lean manufacturing, leadership for engineers, senior design and coordinates career readiness workshops. She has also been a faculty advisor for the Tauber Institute for six years.

She is the founder and lead adviser of Arbed Solutions, a consulting company dedicated to helping and teaching businesses to make positive, productive and strategic changes to their work. She is the hostess of The Leaning Edge radio show (podcast) on The Michigan Business Network and is the founder of the Michigan Lean Consortium, an organization utilizing Lean principles statewide to help rebuild the state’s economy
(www.michiganlean.org) .

Levantrosser is the majority owner of Shimmy Shack, Michigan’s first and only 100% vegan and gluten-free restaurant and food truck based in Plymouth, MI. She has been vegan for 30 years and ran a vegan catering business out of her apartment at Michigan State University in the early 1990s.

Before coming to U of M, she was The Change Leader for Johnson & Johnson leading the transformation of the global supply chain organization and she was also the Executive Director of Lean Strategy and Deployment for the corporation. Prior to that, she was Director of the Southeast Asian Automotive Practice in Bangkok, Thailand for PricewaterhouseCoopers helping to build it to the top firm in Asia. She has held leadership positions at Ford, Exide Technologies, Vassar Brothers Hospital and her own companies, leading strategic and tactical problem-solving efforts using a continuous improvement mindset. She is a Lean Master Black Belt and enjoys teaching others about lean thinking; especially the change management, coaching and leadership aspects of it. She has worked with many senior leadership teams around the world to focus on the true meaning of lean and the role of leadership in a transformation.

She has lived on three continents and worked in 50+ countries. She attended Michigan State University where she received two undergraduate degrees in German and in Political Science with a minor in health studies. She attended Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY for her MPA degree and has remained very active with Marist by being a member of the School of Management Advisory Board and establishing a scholarship for women entering leadership positions. She has completed three years of studies towards her PhD. She lives in Plymouth, Michigan with her three dogs and enjoys dark chocolate with peanut butter as a daily treat, especially after yoga.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:06:59 -0400 2020-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Debra Levantrosser
LUNCH & LEARN: "A Michigan IOE - Oh the Places You’ll Go!" — Heather Mason (October 9, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77880 77880-19939568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 9, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
A Michigan IOE - Oh the Places You’ll Go!

Abstract:
Your degree will lend itself to such a wide variety of businesses and roles - you are really only limited by your, and perhaps your potential employer’s, imagination. Where there are processes, problems to solve and the need for integration, your education will serve you well. As will well-developed “softer” skill, including creativity, listening, speaking, writing, managing and leading. Let’s explore options as you consider your place in the world after Ann Arbor (or wherever you are Zooming from)!

Bio:
Heather Mason is an accomplished corporate executive, leader, and strategist with 25+ years of experience building and restructuring organizations for rapid, sustained growth. Throughout her career, she has steered multibillion-dollar businesses through major industry and economic changes- growing profits and outpacing competitors around the world.

For most of her career, Heather served as corporate officer of Abbott Laboratories. As head of Abbott Nutrition, she overhauled the $7B consumer-focused business to deliver products that were first and fast to market, with rising gross margin profiles. Her efforts increased free cash flow and delivered above-market growth in China, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. Before directing the nutrition business, Heather served as senior vice president of the $1.3B Diabetes Care division. In this position, she led the creation of the revolutionary FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system, which prompted to-to-bottom organizational transformation and has since generated >$1B in annual revenue.

In prior roles, she launched blockbuster products (HUMIRA®, LAETRA®, AND BIAXIN®), drove >20% top-line growth in Latin America, shaped a groundbreaking pricing and access approach to the global HIV pandemic, and rolled out new products in Brazil, China, India, and Russia. Heather continually unearthed new ways to reach global markets, and boldly challenged the status quo with regard to pricing and reimbursement- applying deep knowledge of market drivers to overtake the competition.

As a core contributor to boards and executive committees, Heather has charted the course for global, national, and local organizations. She currently serves on the board of the Assertio Therapeutics asa member of both the audit and compensation committees; Advisory board member and co-chairs of the Innovation Committee for the University of Michigan College of Engineering; Steering Committee member for the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Kilts Center for Marketing; she’s on the Board of Directors of Kids in Danger, a consumer safety organization; she was Board Chair of the Institute for FOrmula Manufacturers; she served on the Board of Directors of the California Life Sciences Association, and chaired the Board of Directors for Bay Bio’s foundation, Bay Bio Institute.

Heather holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:15:02 -0400 2020-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Heather Mason
LUNCH & LEARN: "Using Your Writing Skills and Expertise for Public Engagement" — Panel: Jennifer Judge Hensel, Seth Guikema, Nicole Moore (October 16, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/78223 78223-19994970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 16, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Using Your Writing Skills and Expertise for Public Engagement

Abstract:
Communicating your ideas to the public helps inform decision-makers and often leads to new opportunities to build connections with other experts and establish yourself as an authority. This panel brings together three experts from the College of Engineering to learn how to communicate your ideas effectively and avoid common pitfalls.

Bios:

Jennifer Judge Hensel is the executive communications and marketing officer for the College of Engineering where she leads an award-winning team of writers, designers, videographers, developers and marketers who steward the brand for Michigan Engineering. Her background is rooted in the science of communications; the theory of collaborative leadership, elegant communication and managing complexity; and the practice of visual communications, journalism and digital strategy. She has presented at conferences such as HighEdWeb and CASE, and has taught courses in visual communications and web strategy.

Nicole Casal Moore is an award-winning science communicator who serves as news director at Michigan Engineering, where she leads efforts to tell the world about the impactful research and education happening at the college. She has previously worked as a journalist, a public affairs specialist and a university science writer. She's driven by a duty to inform the public and advance science literacy.

Dr. Seth Guikema is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan as of August 2015. Prior to this, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering (DoGEE) at Johns Hopkins University. He is also an adjunct Professor II in the Department of Safety, Economics, and Planning at the University of Stavanger in Norway, and a Data Science Research Fellow at One Concern, Inc., a Silicon Valley start-up.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:08:22 -0400 2020-10-16T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-16T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Lunch and Learn
LUNCH & LEARN: "Location Modeling and Why it Still Matters" — Mark Daskin (October 23, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77022 77022-19790530@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 23, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Location Modeling and Why it Still Matters

Abstract:
Facility location modeling has been a traditional area of study in industrial engineering and operations research for decades. In this lunch-and-learn seminar, I will outline some of the key problems the area has addressed and why they remain critical in today’s era of extensive e-commerce. I will also touch on some of my own recent research in this area including supplier sourcing decisions at Ford, drug shortages, and emergency preparedness.

Bio:
My research focuses on supply chain network design in general and facility location models in particular. I also study problems in health care operations and funding and financing higher education. I am a past-president
of INFORMS, and am the former chair of the Industrial and Operations Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. I am a past editor-in-chief of both Transportation Science and IISE Transactions, the flagship journal of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers.

Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Michigan I was a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University. I served as the chair of the IEMS department for six years.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:46:59 -0400 2020-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2020-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Mark Daskin
LUNCH & LEARN: "Human-Machine Teaming in Aviation Operations: How and Why It Breaks Down" — Nadine Sarter (November 6, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77428 77428-19854011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 6, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Human-Machine Teaming in Aviation Operations: How and Why It Breaks Down

Abstract:
Breakdowns in human-machine teaming have resulted in numerous aviation incidents and accidents. In this talk, Dr. Sarter will use examples of recent mishaps as well as research in her laboratory to illustrate how technology-centered design contributes to problems with human-machine collaboration and how resulting accidents and inefficiencies can be avoided by employing a systems engineering approach that applies knowledge and techniques from cognitive ergonomics, interface design and behavioral science throughout system design and development.

Bio:
Nadine Sarter is a Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Robotics at the University of Michigan where she also serves as Director of the Center for Ergonomics. Her primary research interests include (1) human-machine teaming, (2) operator trust in autonomous systems, (3) adaptive function allocation, (4) attention management, (5) multimodal interface design, (6) and the design of decision aids for high-tempo operations. She has conducted her work in a variety of application domains, including aviation and space, medicine, military operations, and the automotive industry. Dr. Sarter is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES).

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:28:52 -0400 2020-11-06T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Nadine Sarter
LUNCH & LEARN: "Predictive Analytics, Energy Systems, and Storms" — Seth Guikema (November 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79210 79210-20231451@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Predictive Analytics, Energy Systems, and Storms

Abstract:
Electric power systems are critical for daily life, yet they regularly experience widespread impacts from natural hazards like hurricanes and thunderstorms. Having predictions of these impacts prior to the event has the potential to improve the response by utilities, allowing them to restore power more quickly and efficiently. This talk will present an overview of how predictive modeling can help utilities in this setting. This provides an example of the broader type of work that IOE students can do in the area of predictive modeling.

Bio:
Dr. Seth Guikema is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan. Prior to arriving at U-M in 2015, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering (DoGEE) at Johns Hopkins University. He is also an adjunct Professor II in the Department of Safety, Economics, and Planning at the University of Stavanger in Norway, and a Data Science Research Fellow at One Concern, Inc., a Silicon Valley start-up. His academic training includes a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering (Cornell University), a M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering (Stanford University), a M.E. by thesis in Civil Engineering (University of Canterbury in New Zealand), a Ph.D. in Management Science & Engineering with a concentration in Engineering Risk & Decision Analysis (Stanford University), and a postdoctoral research position in Civil & Environmental Engineering (Cornell University).

Dr. Guikema's research is highly interdisciplinary. Much of his group's recent work is focused on the problems of urban and infrastructure resilience and sustainability in a changing climate, grounded in data-driven risk analysis and complex systems simulation. One major topic is developing, testing, and implementing risk analysis methods based in machine learning, stochastica and agent-based simulation, game theory, and decision analysis. Another strong research thrust in the group is using modern simulation methods to more fully understand the role of human behavior in the evaluation of vulnerability and risk in hazard-prone regions.

Seth is currently the Area Editor for Mathematical Modeling in the journal Risk Analysis, was an Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems until 2018, and is on the editorial boards of the journals Reliability Engineering and System Safety and Performability Engineering. He previously completed a three-year term on the governing Councils of the International Society for Risk Analysis and the INFORMS Decision Analysis Society.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:18:59 -0500 2020-11-13T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Seth Guikema
LUNCH & LEARN: "Using Industrial and Operations Engineering in Healthcare: Putting Theory into Practice" — Amy Cohn (November 20, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/77426 77426-19852036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 20, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Using Industrial and Operations Engineering in Healthcare: Putting Theory into Practice

Abstract:
At the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety, faculty, students, and clinicians from many different disciplines all come together to improve patient access, optimize utilization of scarce resources, and simulate the impacts of uncertainty on complex clinical systems. In this session, I’ll discuss how students play a critical role in this work, and opportunities for interested students to get involved in the future.

Bio:
Amy Ellen Mainville Cohn is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, where she also holds an appointment in the Department of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health. Dr. Cohn is the Associate Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS). She serves on the leadership teams of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI) and the Precision Health Initiative. She holds an A.B. in applied mathematics, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and a PhD in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her primary research interests are in applications of combinatorial optimization, particularly to healthcare and aviation, and to the challenges of optimization problems with multiple objective criteria. She values teaching, mentoring, having a positive impact on society through her work, and helping to foster a vibrant, diverse, nurturing community. She and her husband Jonathan are the proud parents of two sons, Tommy and Peter.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 17 Nov 2020 10:06:44 -0500 2020-11-20T12:00:00-05:00 2020-11-20T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Amy Cohn
LUNCH & LEARN: “Resilience, Teamwork, and Confidence: Life Skills from a Navy SEAL and a Professional Golfer" (December 4, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/79494 79494-20343466@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 4, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all College of Engineering students, faculty and staff, and all U-M ROTC students.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

Title:
Resilience, Teamwork, and Confidence: Life Skills from a Navy SEAL and a Professional Golfer

Description:
What do Navy SEALs and professional golfers have in common? They perform at the highest levels under stress and uncertainty. Join us for an IOE Lunch and Learn discussion with Master Chief Terry Houin, a 26-year Navy SEAL veteran, and Paul Stankowski, a 24-year PGA Tour veteran, to hear about their approach to mental preparation and how to develop grit and focus that will help you succeed in school, relationships and your career. Mike O’Connell, IOE alum and Chair of the IOE Advisory Board Committee on Education and Professional Development, will moderate the discussion.

Bios:
Master Chief Terry Houin is a 26-year Navy SEAL Veteran who spent the majority of his career at the Naval Special Warfare Development Group where he conducted over a dozen operational deployments around the world. During his time as a SEAL, he held a variety of positions that provided him a wealth of experience leading cross-functional teams, developing critical problem-solving skills, developing training curricula, and program management. Houin’s final position was the at the Naval Special Warfare Preparatory School in Great Lakes IL. In this capacity, his mission was to mentally and physically prepare all enlisted candidates for the SEAL training pipeline, with a focus on the development of character and leadership among the next generations of SEALs.

Paul Stankowski is in his 24th year on the PGA Tour, has 2 Tour victories and 30 top-ten tournament finishes. Both of his Tour victories were in playoffs. He plays on both the PGA Tour and PGA Champions Tour. He was born in California, attended the University of Texas at El Paso and turned pro in 1991.

Mike O’Connell is the founder and President of The Woodmar Group, a California-based winery. He has served on many non-profit boards including the IOE Advisory Board where he chairs the Committee on Education and Professional Development. At age 42, he completed a one-week training course with future and former Navy SEALs outside San Diego, CA based on the ‘hell week’ portion of BUD/S. He holds a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 02 Dec 2020 08:08:22 -0500 2020-12-04T12:00:00-05:00 2020-12-04T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Lunch and Learn
LUNCH & LEARN: "A Practical Framework for Real-time Assignment Optimization: Perspectives from DoorDash" — Sifeng Lin (January 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81089 81089-20846555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all including U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
A Practical Framework for Real-time Assignment Optimization: Perspectives from DoorDash

Abstract:
While the field of delivery logistics has been well studied in academia and industry, we found the common methodologies used to optimize these systems less applicable to improving the efficiency of DoorDash’s real-time last-mile logistics platform. These common methodologies require a stable prototype environment that is difficult to build in our platform and does not allow for the accurate measurement of the algorithm change. To address our specific use case, we designed an experiment-based framework that allows us to rapidly iterate our algorithms and accurately measures the impact of every algorithm change.

Bio:
Sifeng Lin works as operations research scientist in DoorDash. In this role, he combines operations research and software engineering to solve the real-time dispatching problem, as well as tackling challenging optimization problems in other frontier of DoorDash business. He has a PhD in Operations Research from the University of Texas at Austin and previously worked as a Sr. operations research specialist in BNSF Railway.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:25:21 -0500 2021-01-29T12:00:00-05:00 2021-01-29T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Sifeng Lin
LUNCH & LEARN: "Supply Chain Design: From Academia to Industry" — Dan Kogan (February 19, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81656 81656-20941438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 19, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all including U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Supply Chain Design: From Academia to Industry

Abstract:
What is supply chain design?
Why is it so critical to corporations, our economy, and our world?
What career opportunities exist for the highly demanded supply chain analytic skill set?
Attend this fun, interactive presentation to learn the answers to these questions and more.

Bio:
Dan Kogan is Manager, Education Services at LLamasoft (a Coupa Company) with responsibility for training, certifications, and academic outreach. Previously, Dan was a member of LLamasoft’s professional services team providing consulting and project management on supply chain design projects for Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries. Before LLamasoft, Dan worked for electronic manufacturer Garmin in multiple supply chain and software roles.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:24:58 -0500 2021-02-19T12:00:00-05:00 2021-02-19T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Dan Kogan
LUNCH & LEARN: "How Safe is Safe Enough? Lessons Learned About Risk Analysis in Space and Healthcare" — Jim Bagian (March 5, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82567 82567-21122035@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all including U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
How Safe is Safe Enough? Lessons Learned About Risk Analysis in Space and Healthcare

Abstract:
IOE Professor, Astronaut and Medical Doctor Jim Bagian will use real-world examples based on aerospace and healthcare activities to illustrate the vital role that engineers can play in increasing the likelihood of sustainable success.

Bio:
Jim Bagian is a professor of practice with appointments in the Departments of Industrial and Operations and Aerospace Engineering and was the founding director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety and the Center for Risk Analysis Informed Decision Engineering as well as a research professor in the anesthesiology department of the Medical School at the University of Michigan. He was formerly the founding director of the VA National Center for Patient Safety and first Chief Patient Safety Officer for the Veterans Health Administration at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health. He was also a NASA astronaut and veteran of two Space Shuttle flights, investigated both Space Shuttle mishaps and was a member of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel from 2006 to 2016. He was elected as a member to both the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 26 Feb 2021 10:52:31 -0500 2021-03-05T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-05T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Jim Bagian
LUNCH & LEARN: "Healthcare Engineering & COVID-19: Tales from the Trenches" — Amy Cohn (March 12, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82182 82182-21050549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 12, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all including U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Healthcare Engineering & COVID-19: Tales from the Trenches

Abstract:
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, our healthcare system had to adjust to new circumstances quickly. The virus disrupted nearly every area of the health system and meant industrial engineers had the opportunity to use their unique skillset to address the many obstacles the pandemic introduced. In this talk, I will share several real-world instances of University of Michigan engineers working directly with Michigan Medicine to have an immediate impact during this difficult time. These efforts included N-95 mask reprocessing, virus aerosolization concerns, the search for personal protective equipment (PPE), addressing postponed and backlogged elective surgeries, campus COVID testing, and vaccine distribution. In addition to projects we could begin to address immediately, I’ll discuss the opportunities for industrial engineering research to help us be more prepared for future disruptions in the healthcare system.

Bio:
Amy Ellen Mainville Cohn is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, where she also holds an appointment in the Department of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health. Dr. Cohn is the Faculty Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS). She holds an A.B. in applied mathematics, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and a PhD in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her primary research interests are in applications of combinatorial optimization, particularly to healthcare and aviation, and to the challenges of optimization problems with multiple objective criteria. She values teaching, mentoring, having a positive impact on society through her work, and helping to foster a vibrant, diverse, nurturing community. She and her husband Jonathan are the proud parents of two sons, Tommy and Peter.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:10:33 -0500 2021-03-12T12:00:00-05:00 2021-03-12T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Amy Cohn
LUNCH & LEARN: "Discovering the Keys to Engineering a Successful Digital Transformation Strategy" — Katie Horvath (April 2, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82096 82096-21034706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 2, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all including U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Discovering the Keys to Engineering a Successful Digital Transformation Strategy

Abstract:
According to leading industry experts, 70% of digital transformation projects fail. Yet, companies successful with data-driven initiatives are realizing a 20-30% increase in customer satisfaction along with profit margins between 20-50%. So, what’s the secret to success? In this session we will discover the keys to successful digital transformation and how to harness the power of your data to increase customer satisfaction and shareholder value.

Bio:
Katie Horvath is CEO of Naveego, a leading provider of cloud-first, distributed data accuracy solutions located in Traverse City, Michigan. She is recognized as the first and only female leader in the field of big data in North America. Building on her passion for engineering and law she kicked off a prestigious career in Silicon Valley representing numerous start-ups and bluechip companies before moving to Microsoft to manage IP for the company. Katie is a serial entrepreneur launching her own law firm along with four successful healthcare businesses for some of the largest health care providers. She has been recognized at U.S. Congress with a leadership award for her innovative business models in the health care industry. Katie earned her engineering degree at the University of Michigan (IOE) and a J.D. law degree from the University of Notre Dame.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:57:12 -0500 2021-04-02T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-02T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Katie Horvath
LUNCH & LEARN: "Good to Great - Better Understand Three Key Analytical Skills" — Huizhu Crystal Wang (April 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83267 83267-21328377@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all including U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
Good to Great - Better Understand Three Key Analytical Skills

Abstract:
After working in several different analytics areas (Credit Industry, Mobility, Supply Chain), I have consistently observed three critical analytical skills that differentiate good & great data scientists:
— 1) Interpreting Data Insights - Data insights often come from spotting a special pattern or unexpected results. I will share some examples and their Aha moments.
— 2) Design Thinking - What's the central question we are addressing? We often jump into problem-solving directly, and overlook how we frame the problem. There are some cases where the right central question is the game-changer.
— 3) Prototyping/Deployment Skills - A trend shifting from presenting results to an interactive way. It makes a real difference in how users use your excellent optimization models to make data-driven decisions.
There are undoubtedly many other essential skills, optimization, simulation, statistics, machine learning, data structure, programming, communication, story-telling, visualization, data validation, etc. These three skills with examples can help you better understand them and master them.

Bio:
Huizhu Crystal Wang has been an Analytics Supervisor at Ford Motor Company for four years and has worked on several impactful analytical projects (e.g. choice model, Auto loan pricing optimization, vehicle routing problems, and supply chain optimization.) Her team successfully launched a dynamic routing product into the market in 2018. She currently leads one of Ford GDIA Supply Chain Analytics teams. She received a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Georgia Tech and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Mar 2021 09:37:26 -0400 2021-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-09T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Huizhu Crystal Wang
IOE LUNCH & LEARN: "The Toyota Way, Lean, and Toyota Kata: What’s up with this?" — Jeff Liker and Mike Rother (April 23, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83545 83545-21420818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 23, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

This event is open to all including U-M students, faculty, and staff.

Title:
The Toyota Way, Lean, and Toyota Kata: What’s up with this?

Abstract:
Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Liker (author of The Toyota Way) and MSIOE Mike Rother (author of Toyota Kata) discuss the core ideas of their books. The Toyota Way, second edition, explains Toyota’s management philosophy through fourteen principles, with scientific thinking as the central connection point. Toyota Kata explains how we move from talking about such things as scientific thinking and a growth mindset and the practice of developing people to think scientifically to work toward challenging goals of any kind.

Bio:
Jeffrey K. Liker is Professor Emeritus, Industrial and Operations Engineering at The University of Michigan and President of Liker Lean Advisors, LLC. He is author of the best-selling book, The Toyota Way, Second Edition, and has co-authored nine other books about Toyota including The Toyota Way to Service Excellence, Designing the Future, and The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership. A recent graphic novel with Eduardo Lander and Tom Root tells the story of lean transformation at a mail-order company: Lean in a High-Variety Environment. His articles and books have won thirteen Shingo Prizes for Research Excellence. He was inducted into the Association of Manufacturing Excellence Hall of Fame and the Shingo Academy.

Mike Rother is an engineer (MS IOE '89), researcher and teacher who works to develop scientific thinking in individuals, teams and organizations. He shares his findings widely and is in the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Hall of Fame.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:32:43 -0400 2021-04-23T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-23T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Jeff Liker and Mike Rother