Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. IOE JOB TALK PRACTICE: Data Analytics & Operations Research for Vulnerable Populations - Anna White (November 30, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89488 89488-21663319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract: Studies of vulnerable populations have an important and growing presence in the field of operations research and data analytics. In this talk, l will present one chapter of my dissertation work in which I use inferential modeling to better understand location characteristics for illicit massage businesses in the United States. Illicit massage businesses are a venue for sex and labor trafficking in the US and are primarily regulated at the state and local level, allowing for transience and spatial variation across local boundaries. Using web-scraped advertisement data over a 6-month period, I modeled illicit massage business prevalence at the Census tract and county levels. I used publicly available data to analyze location characteristics using a single- and multi-stage inferential machine learning model. Significant contributors to IMB prevalence included the state in which they were located and the racial composition, religious presence, and rent and income levels in the area surrounding the IMB. I will close the talk by discussing my insights on thoughtfully using data to model and understand vulnerable populations.

Bio: Anna White is a PhD candidate in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and a member of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Certificate Program. She specializes in applications-driven research using operations research tools including data analytics, simulation modeling, predictive modeling, spatial data analysis, and applied optimization. In her dissertation work, she has tackled issues including discriminatory housing policy, human trafficking, cell phone network resilience, and treatment access for opioid use disorder. She has also worked with the Air Force Research labs on communication systems modeling and simulation. In 2020, she served as President of the UM INFORMS Student Chapter, which received the Dean’s North Campus MLK Spirit Award for their work on anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion including a virtual fundraiser and journal club. She also led a pro-bono consulting project to design a facility layout for a new neighborhood tool lending library with a local neighborhood organization and Habitat for Humanity. Prior to Michigan, she received her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, where she conducted research on bus fleet electrification for the Clemson campus.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:08:30 -0500 2021-11-30T15:00:00-05:00 2021-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Anna White
SEMINAR: "Finding low-dimensional structure in messy data" – Laura Balzano (December 2, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86875 86875-21637058@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

Title: Finding low-dimensional structure in messy data

Abstract:
In order to draw inferences from large, high-dimensional datasets, we often seek simple structure that models the phenomena represented in those data. Low-rank linear structure is one of the most flexible and efficient such models, allowing efficient prediction, inference, and anomaly detection. However, classical techniques for learning low-rank models assume your data have only minor corruptions that are uniform over samples. Modern research in optimization has begun to develop new techniques to handle realistic messy data — where data are missing, have wide variations in quality, and/or are observed through nonlinear measurement systems.

In this talk I will give a high-level overview of recent research in this area. Then I will focus on the problem of learning linear subspace structure from multiple data sources of varying quality. This is common in problems like sensor networks or medical imaging, where different measurements of the same phenomenon are taken with different quality sensing (eg high or low radiation). In this context, learning the low-rank structure via PCA suffers from treating all data samples as if they are equally informative. I will discuss our theoretical results on weighted PCA. I will then present new algorithms for the non-convex probabilistic PCA formulation of this problem and a novel SDP relaxation.

Bio:
Laura Balzano is an associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and of Statistics by courtesy, at the University of Michigan. She is recipient of the NSF Career Award, ARO Young Investigator Award, AFOSR Young Investigator Award, and faculty fellowships from Intel and 3M. She received the Vulcans Education Excellence Award at the University of Michigan. Her main research focus is on modeling with big, messy data — highly incomplete or corrupted data, uncalibrated data, and heterogeneous data — and its applications in a wide range of scientific problems. Her expertise is in statistical signal processing, matrix factorization, and optimization. Laura received a BS from Rice University, MS from the UCLA, and PhD from the University of Wisconsin in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:33:25 -0400 2021-12-02T15:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Laura Balzano, University of Michigan
LUNCH & LEARN: CAREER TALKS — Mike Miller, Stripe (December 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84394 84394-21624977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

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

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio:
Mike Miller is the Head of Global Payment Acceptance at Stripe, a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet, aiming to lower the barriers to entrepreneurship and grow the GDP of the internet. In this role Mike and his team are responsible for global payment methods, payment infrastructure, payments APIs, and hosted user experiences, including Elements and Checkout. Formerly, Mike was the Director of Amazon Brand Program & Selling Partner Development. Prior to joining Amazon, Mike was in graduate school at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon and the University of Arizona College of Law and is an active member of the WA state bar. He holds an undergraduate Industrial & Operations degree from the University of Michigan, where he was the President of his engineering class.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:08:38 -0500 2021-12-03T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-03T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Mike Miller, Stripe
LUNCH & LEARN: LIFE PLANNING WORKSHOP — Dave Ostreicher, Toyota (December 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89364 89364-21662354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alumni of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alumni will talk about their roles, their career path, and give advice on making the most of a degree from IOE.

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

The Career Talks event series is also the focus of the course, IOE 190. IOE Careers: Find Your Purpose, a 1-credit course open to all U-M students and available in the Fall. For more information about enrolling in IOE 190 please contact IOE Undergraduate Student Advisor, Leonora Lucaj < lucajl@umich.edu>.

Bio: Dave Ostreicher is a Manager in the Purchasing Supplier Development Division at Toyota’s North American Research & Development Headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In this role, he leads all facets of the procurement process for the billions of dollars of components needed for all Toyota and Lexus sedan production in North America.

Dave’s previous roles at Toyota have included the education and development of more than 350 supply chain professionals, the leadership of all supplier-facing information systems, and responsibility for North American stamped body shell components – valued at $1.5 billion per year. Dave was also selected for two different multi-year assignments in Japan at the company’s headquarters, the second of which will begin in 2022.

Prior to joining Toyota in 2004, Dave earned a BSE and MSE in Industrial & Operations Engineering, and an A.B. in Japanese Language & Literature from the University of Michigan.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Nov 2021 11:24:59 -0500 2021-12-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-10T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Dave Ostreicher, Toyota
Fall 2022 application deadline: U-M IOE master's program (January 15, 2022 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/90570 90570-21671702@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, January 15, 2022 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The U-M Industrial Operations Engineering master’s degree requires 30 credit hours and is intended for students with a technical undergraduate degree.

The GRE is not required for master’s Fall 2022 admissions.
The application fee is waived for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.

For more information about the U-M IOE master's program please visit: ioe.engin.umich.edu/graduate/faqs/

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Other Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:47:53 -0500 2022-01-15T00:00:00-05:00 2022-01-15T23:59:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Other
LUNCH & LEARN: Anne Lambrecht, Ernst & Young Technology Consulting (February 11, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91737 91737-21687052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 11, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Discover and develop your personal career interests and acquire professional development skills through seminars and conversations with alums of U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering.

Alums will discuss their roles, their career path and give advice on making the most of a degree from a U-M IOE.

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

Title: A Digital Take on the Fashion and Retail Space: EY’s SAP Consulting

Description: In our increasingly complex day and age, how has an industry like fashion and retail been impacted by technology? Specifically, how have tools like SAP (System Applications and Products in Data Processing) impacted the space, and how can you, as a future consultant, help to drive this success? In this session, Anne Lambrecht will discuss technology consulting and how it drives the technology business at Ernst & Young drawing on fashion retail case studies.

Bio: Anne Lambrecht is a Partner in the Ernst & Young North American Consumer Products and Retail segment, with more than 20 years of consulting experience. Currently, she is responsible for the SAP fashion and retail practice that serves Fortune 500 clients. Lambrecht has led numerous large-scale business transformations with SAP at the core, working with clients on global implementations focused on delivering value through digital transformation, optimizing the application landscape, and migrating to the cloud. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Anne served as a Managing Director at Accenture, where she led their Consumer Goods and Services practice.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Feb 2022 11:29:35 -0500 2022-02-11T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-11T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Anne Lambrecht, Ernst & Young Technology Consulting
U-M IOE Co-op and Internship Info Session (February 23, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92331 92331-21690194@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 5:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Learn about U-M IOE specific co-op and internship experiences and opportunities from a variety of guest speakers! Snacks will be provided.

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Presentation Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:20:39 -0500 2022-02-23T17:00:00-05:00 2022-02-23T18:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation IOE Co-Op and Internship Opportunities
Ph.D. Defense: Anna White (February 25, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92130 92130-21687043@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 25, 2022 10:00am
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title of dissertation: Operations Research and Data Analytics for Vulnerable Populations

Chair: Seth Guikema

Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/97424769799. For password please contact mirelan@umich.edu.

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Presentation Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:09:20 -0500 2022-02-25T10:00:00-05:00 2022-02-25T11:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Ann White Dissertation Defense
HFES annual biomechanics dinner (March 17, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93366 93366-21703970@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 17, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Deanna Gates, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Movement Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Robotics at the University of Michigan. She earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia (2002), M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University (2004), and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin (2009). Dr. Gates worked in engineering consulting and in civilian and military clinical gait laboratories, before arriving at the University of Michigan in 2012. The goal of her research program is to improve function and quality of life in individuals with musculoskeletal impairments. Her lab focuses on understanding how individuals adapt their neuromechanics in response to assistive technology. Her research explores the factors that relate to a person’s ability to successfully use assistive devices, how to train individuals for optimal use, and the development of appropriate outcome measures to assess the success of new technology. Her work has been funded by the DoD, DARPA, NSF, and NIH. Dr. Gates is also an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation, a Consulting Editor for the Journal of Biomechanics, and Graduate Program Chair for the Movement Science Program at the University of Michigan

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:44:37 -0400 2022-03-17T16:00:00-04:00 2022-03-17T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Social / Informal Gathering
The resilient supply chain: Harnessing agility for a post-pandemic world (March 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92790 92790-21695694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The supply chain field has never been more relevant. From the pandemic, to major logistical disruptions, to shortages due to increased demand, it’s hard to turn on any popular press or social media channel and not hear a comment about the supply chain. In this session, meet Kinaxis executives John Sicard, CEO, and Dr. Anne Robinson, CSO, and hear their stories from the front lines of the supply chain. They’ll cover how companies are looking to navigate their supply chain challenges in new and innovative ways, and the relevant skills required to be successful.

Anne Robinson bio: As Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Anne is responsible for accelerating Kinaxis strategic development to add further value to customers. She and her team collaborate closely with customers, external stakeholders, and the rest of the senior executive team to drive the strategic roadmap, thought leadership, and to identify emerging technologies and new industry opportunities.
A proven leader in analytics and digital transformation, with expertise in operations, supply chain, and strategy, Anne has extensive experience managing supply chains for complex, global organizations. As Executive Director of, Global Supply Chain Strategy, Analytics, and Systems at Verizon, Anne was responsible for the strategic vision of the company’s global end-to-end supply chain, driving excellence through world-class data analytics, process innovation, and employee empowerment. Before Verizon, Anne spent several years at Cisco, where she was responsible for managing advanced analytics, business intelligence, and performance management teams.
Anne is a past president of INFORMS (the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences), a seasoned industry speaker, and has served on several advisory boards. She is the recipient of the 2020 Martin K. Starr Excellence in Production and Operations Management Practice Award as well as a Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2020 Pros to Know. Originally from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Anne has a BScH from Acadia University, MASc from the University of Waterloo, and an MSc and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.

John Sicard bio: John assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kinaxis in Jan. 2016. With over 25 years’ tenure at Kinaxis, John first started at the company as a key contributor to the architecture and development of Kinaxis’ supply chain management solutions in early 1994 and has since held a number of senior management roles in development, professional services, business consulting, sales, marketing, and customer support. Prior to his current appointment, John was Chief Products Officer (CPO), overseeing all aspects of the product life cycle, including product vision and strategy, design and development, product management, and quality assurance. Before joining Kinaxis, John held senior software architect and management positions in research and development at FastMAN Software Systems Inc. (also known as Promira before being purchased by Manugistics) and Monaco Agra. John earned a Bachelor of Computer Science, from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, with a strong focus on software architecture and UI Design. John is also a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

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Presentation Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:31:57 -0500 2022-03-18T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-18T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Anne Robinson and John Sicard
IOE Community Event: Coffee & Donuts (March 23, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93264 93264-21702112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Join us by the circle drive in front of the U-M IOE for coffee and donuts!

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:25:12 -0500 2022-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-23T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Social / Informal Gathering Coffee and Donuts
Matt Olfat, PhD, Quantitative Analyst at Citadel (March 23, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93756 93756-21708088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title: Fairness in Machine Learning
Date and Time: 12-1:30 PM ET - March 23
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99223932320

The purpose of these presentations is to get senior/master students acquainted with recent tools in modern data analytics. Attendance is open to all U-M students.

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Presentation Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:35:17 -0400 2022-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation
On Being an Editor in EER (Engineering Education Research) (March 23, 2022 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92421 92421-21691390@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

On being an editor in EER
Maartje Van den Bogaard

Maartje has been a long time reviewer for the European Journal of Engineering Education and has served as a deputy editor for that journal since early 2018. During that time EJEE has revised its aims and scope to make sure we continue to connect with an audience of scholars and practitioners in a multidisciplinary field of discipline-based education research. Maartje is also an editor for Educational Planning and for Springer Nature Social Sciences. Maartje has a background in the social sciences and has been active in engineering education for 15 years. In this talk she will share her experiences as an editor in a multidisciplinary field and discuss her views on what makes a quality paper.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:58:10 -0500 2022-03-23T12:30:00-04:00 2022-03-23T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Maartje Van den Bogaard
Michigan Engineering's Destination Survey & Swag (March 29, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93794 93794-21708127@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 11:00am
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Visit 1602 IOE from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM on Tuesday, March 29th to pick up your FREE Michigan Engineering Alumni T-Shirt!

All you need to do is complete Michigan Engineering's Destination Survey. You may fill the survey out online prior to picking up your t-shirt, or you can complete the survey in 1602 IOE between 11 AM and 1 PM on Tuesday, March 29th.

The survey takes approximately 3 minutes to complete, and all individual responses are kept confidential. All survey respondents will also be entered into a drawing to win additional prizes.

Survey Instructions:
Login to Engineering Careers, by Symplicity!
Select the Surveys Tab at the left of the page
Select Edit underneath Destination Survey for April 2022 Graduates
Update your responses to reflect your current employment status
Submit your updated responses

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Other Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:55:01 -0400 2022-03-29T11:00:00-04:00 2022-03-29T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Other Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Python Workshop Session 2 - Gurobi (March 29, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93877 93877-21709210@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

> We will be going through how to use Gurobi (optimization solver) and include syntax, tips, and tricks when using it to solve your optimization problems. This is a great tool that can help your classwork and research.
> This is a great session if you understand the basics of Python, but want to learn how to use this powerful optimization solver!!

We kindly ask you install Gurobi prior to the session.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:58:30 -0400 2022-03-29T15:00:00-04:00 2022-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar
899 Seminar Series: Karmel S. Shehadeh, Lehigh University (March 31, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93814 93814-21708495@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 31, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

In this talk, we present two distributionally robust optimization (DRO) models for a mobile facility (MF) fleet sizing, routing, and scheduling problem (MFRSP) with time-dependent and random demand, as well as methodologies for solving these models. Specifically, given a set of MFs, a planning horizon, and a service region, our models aim to find the number of MFs to use (i.e., fleet size) within the planning horizon and a route and time schedule for each MF in the fleet. The objective is to minimize the fixed cost of establishing the MF fleet plus a risk measure (expectation or mean conditional value-at-risk) of the random operational costs over all demand distributions defined by an ambiguity set. In the first model, we use an ambiguity set based on the demand’s mean, support, and mean absolute deviation. In the second model, we use an ambiguity set that incorporates all distributions within a 1-Wasserstein distance from a reference (empirical) distribution. To solve these DRO models, we propose a decomposition-based algorithm. In addition, we derive valid lower bound inequalities that efficiently strengthen the master problem in the decomposition algorithm, thus improving convergence. We also derive two families of symmetry-breaking constraints that improve the solvability of the proposed models. Finally, we present extensive computational experiments comparing the operational and computational performance of the proposed models and a stochastic programming model, demonstrating where significant performance improvements could be gained and derive insights into the MFRSP.

Presenter Bio:
Dr. Karmel S. Shehadeh is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Systems and Engineering (ISE) at Lehigh University. She currently serves as one of the directors of the Operations Research Division at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. Before joining Lehigh, she was a Presidential and Dean Postdoctoral Fellow at Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. She holds a doctoral degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, a master's degree in Systems Science and Industrial Engineering from Binghamton University, and a bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology.

Shehadeh’s broad methodological research expertise and interests include integer programming, stochastic optimization, and scheduling theory and algorithms development. Her primary application areas and expertise are in healthcare operations and analytics. Her research group is currently working on solving emerging and challenging real-world optimization problems within and outside healthcare operations. These include healthcare scheduling and capacity planning, home care, hospital readmission, facility location, and disaster response operations.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:06:54 -0400 2022-03-31T15:00:00-04:00 2022-03-31T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Karmel: 899 Seminar Series
Pedro Hespanhol, PhD, Quantitative Researcher at Aquatic Capital Management (April 6, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93757 93757-21708089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title: How to train autonomous agents to play games: AlphaGo analysis and implementation from Dynamic Programming principles
Date and Time: 12-1:30 PM ET - April 6
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99223932320

The purpose of these presentations is to get senior/master students acquainted with recent tools in modern data analytics. Attendance is open to all U-M students.

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Presentation Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:37:19 -0400 2022-04-06T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-06T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation
Low Back Disorder Causality? (April 7, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92931 92931-21698084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 7, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Seminar Abstract:
Low back disorders (LBDs) are a common world-wide problem that leads to disability, pain and excessive medical costs. While one can find volumes of information relating to the casual pathways associated with LBDs, our rates of LBDs have been increasing over the decades and the treatment costs have increased by over 300 percent in recent years. This situation begs the question: What do we really know about LBD causality? This presentation will review the efforts that have been underway at the Spine Research Institute over the past several decades to unravel the casual pathway puzzle. These efforts involve observational field studies, biomechanical laboratory studies, modeling and more recent attempts to phenotype patients using patient-centered studies. These efforts will be presented as a pattern of evidence to better appreciate the casual pathways associated with LBD that can be used to inform prevention as well as treatment efforts.

Presenter Bio:
William S. Marras, Ph.D.

William S. Marras holds the Honda Chair in Integrated Systems Engineering at the Ohio State University and serves as the Director of the Spine Research Institute at the Ohio State University where he leads NIH, NSF, DoD and privately funded research efforts. Dr. Marras holds joint academic appointments in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Department of Neurosurgery, and the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. His research is focused on understanding multidimensional causal pathways for spine disorders through quantitative epidemiologic evaluations, laboratory biomechanical studies, personalized mathematical modeling, and clinical studies of the lumbar and cervical spines. His findings have been published in over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles, hundreds of refereed proceedings, and numerous books and book chapters including a book entitled The Working Back: A Systems View. Professor Marras has been active in the National Research Council (NRC) having served on over a dozen boards and committees and has served as Chair of the Board on Human Systems Integration for multiple terms. He has also served as Editor-in-Chief of Human Factors and is currently Deputy Editor of Spine. Dr. Marras holds Fellow status in six professional societies and is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering (the National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine), recorded a TEDx talk entitled “Back Pain and your Brain” and has been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered.

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Presentation Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:32:49 -0500 2022-04-07T15:00:00-04:00 2022-04-07T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation William Marras
How can you leverage your IOE degree towards executive leadership roles? Learn from three successful IOE alums (April 8, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93065 93065-21700318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 8, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

IOE alums work in a wide range of industries, from consumer products to private equity to consulting, with many ultimately reaching executive leadership roles like Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Managing Partner, to name a few. The panelists for this lunch and learn will share their lessons learned in defining a career path to the highest levels of management in industry organizations like Amazon, Crate & Barrel, McKenzie-Childs, Unilever, Stride Consumer Partners, and more.

Sharon’s Bio:
Sharon Fox joined Stride as a founding member in 2019. She works closely with the investment and portfolio company management teams to identify and develop growth opportunities. Over the last 20+ years, she has gained hands-on experience across a wide range of customers, brands, and companies – specifically in brand and performance marketing, brand strategy, eCommerce development, new product innovation, consumer insights, digital product features, customer service, and omni-channel management. Prior to Stride, she was the CMO at Freshly and Melissa & Doug. Fox also led brand management for several organizations, including Amazon, Ralph Lauren, and Unilever. Fox grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Fox has a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Steve’s Bio:
As part of the founding team at Stride, Steve Berg helps entrepreneurs and founders build the next great consumer brands while building a next-generation investment firm. Prior to Stride, Berg was a Managing Partner at Castanea Partners. He joined Castanea because he wanted to work with entrepreneurs at a critical stage in their companies’ development to help them build their businesses. Prior to Castanea, Berg worked in the private equity group at Bain Capital, where I was involved with larger consumer and retail brands. He holds a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Wharton.

John’s Bio:
John Ling has been the CEO of passion brand MacKenzie-Childs, a high-end home furnishings retailer since September 2015. Ling spent much of his career (15 years) at Crate & Barrel, a leading home furnishings retailer with retail, catalog, and e-commerce presence. Ling provided leadership for Crate & Barrel’s e-commerce platform, international retail operations, global sourcing, vendor management, and end-to-end supply chain operations. Prior to MacKenzie-Childs, he was CEO for Artissimo Designs, the leading provider of fashion-forward and licensed wall-art to retailers. Early in his career, Ling was at Frito-Lay for 10 years with roles in plant management, industrial engineering, distribution, transportation and manufacturing engineering and subsequently spent four years with Merck-Medco Managed Care in general management, customer service, and engineering roles. Ling has a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA in Business Management with an emphasis in Finance from Southern Methodist University.

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Presentation Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:29:38 -0500 2022-04-08T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Sharon Fox, Steve Berg, John Ling
How can you leverage your IOE degree towards executive leadership roles? Learn from three successful IOE alums (April 8, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/94042 94042-21719400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 8, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

IOE alums work in a wide range of industries, from consumer products to private equity to consulting, with many ultimately reaching executive leadership roles like Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Managing Partner, to name a few. The panelists for this lunch and learn will share their lessons learned in defining a career path to the highest levels of management in industry organizations like Amazon, Crate & Barrel, McKenzie-Childs, Unilever, Stride Consumer Partners, and more.

Sharon’s Bio:
Sharon Fox joined Stride as a founding member in 2019. She works closely with the investment and portfolio company management teams to identify and develop growth opportunities. Over the last 20+ years, she has gained hands-on experience across a wide range of customers, brands, and companies – specifically in brand and performance marketing, brand strategy, eCommerce development, new product innovation, consumer insights, digital product features, customer service, and omni-channel management. Prior to Stride, she was the CMO at Freshly and Melissa & Doug. Fox also led brand management for several organizations, including Amazon, Ralph Lauren, and Unilever. Fox grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Fox has a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Steve’s Bio:
As part of the founding team at Stride, Steve Berg helps entrepreneurs and founders build the next great consumer brands while building a next-generation investment firm. Prior to Stride, Berg was a Managing Partner at Castanea Partners. He joined Castanea because he wanted to work with entrepreneurs at a critical stage in their companies’ development to help them build their businesses. Prior to Castanea, Berg worked in the private equity group at Bain Capital, where I was involved with larger consumer and retail brands. He holds a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Wharton.

John’s Bio:
John Ling has been the CEO of passion brand MacKenzie-Childs, a high-end home furnishings retailer since September 2015. Ling spent much of his career (15 years) at Crate & Barrel, a leading home furnishings retailer with retail, catalog, and e-commerce presence. Ling provided leadership for Crate & Barrel’s e-commerce platform, international retail operations, global sourcing, vendor management, and end-to-end supply chain operations. Prior to MacKenzie-Childs, he was CEO for Artissimo Designs, the leading provider of fashion-forward and licensed wall-art to retailers. Early in his career, Ling was at Frito-Lay for 10 years with roles in plant management, industrial engineering, distribution, transportation and manufacturing engineering and subsequently spent four years with Merck-Medco Managed Care in general management, customer service, and engineering roles. Ling has a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA in Business Management with an emphasis in Finance from Southern Methodist University.

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Presentation Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:17:32 -0400 2022-04-08T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-08T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Sharon Fox, Steve Berg and John Ling
Sina Aghaei, PhD Candidate, University of Southern California (April 13, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93758 93758-21708090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title: Decision-tree Based ML Models via Mixed-Integer Optimization
Date and Time: 12-1:30 PM ET - April 13
https://umich.zoom.us/j/99223932320

The purpose of these presentations is to get senior/master students acquainted with recent tools in modern data analytics. Attendance is open to all U-M students.

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Presentation Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:39:44 -0400 2022-04-13T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-13T13:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation
IOE Community Event: Coffee & Donuts (April 19, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93266 93266-21702113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Join us by the circle drive in front of the U-M IOE for coffee and donuts!

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:26:05 -0500 2022-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-19T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Social / Informal Gathering Coffee and Donuts April 19
Interventions for Patients with Complex Medical and Social Needs: Staffing Models and Open Challenges (May 3, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/94531 94531-21749300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract:
Healthcare spending in the United States is disproportionately skewed: Just 5% of the population accounts for one-half of annual spending, while 1% accounts for almost a quarter of annual spending. Many patients among these highest cost segments have multiple chronic conditions -- also known as multimorbidity -- as well as unmet social needs. Complex care interventions are one strategy for addressing the challenges facing such patients. A complex care intervention refers to a concerted effort, often by a multidisciplinary team consisting of nurses, community health workers and social workers, to help improve the health and wellbeing of such patients. Care teams strive to improve health outcomes by working closely with each of their patients, visiting them on a regular basis, reconciling medications, arranging primary and specialty care visits, and addressing social needs such as housing instability, rehabilitation from substance abuse, unemployment etc.

While such interventions have been adopted by a range of organizations including payers, primary care providers, and hospitals, operational questions that are vital to successful interventions have not yet been investigated. In this talk, we describe a complex care intervention developed by the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (CCHP), an organization with significant experience, rich data and national renown. Using a granular dataset involving longitudinal patient-care team encounters, we quantify key features of intervention progression and how they vary among patients. We then describe an algorithm that samples patient-care team encounter histories to estimate staffing levels for a multidisciplinary care team. Finally, we survey other themes and open challenges in multimorbidity research.

Bio:
Dr. Hari Balasubramanian is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He received his doctoral degree at Arizona State University in 2006. After graduation, Dr. Balasubramanian spent two years as a Research Associate at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota before joining the University of Massachusetts in 2008. His research interests are in operations research applied to healthcare. Specific applications have included capacity planning and scheduling in outpatient, inpatient and emergency room settings. Dr. Balasubramanian received a National Science Foundation CAREER award (2013-2019) focused on improving primary care delivery. His papers have been published in both operations research as well as clinical journals. His recent work is on detecting population level patterns in the prevalence of multiple chronic conditions.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:48:19 -0400 2022-05-03T15:00:00-04:00 2022-05-03T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Dr. Hari Balasubramanian
INFORMS Seminar Series: Path to Industry for Ph.D.s (May 3, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/94905 94905-21784743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

During this seminar, you will get to hear from experienced panelists who received their Ph.D. and are now working in diverse industry positions.

The panelists consist of U-M alums Matthew Aguirre, Weiyu Li, Donald Richardson and Anna White. The seminar will be an open discussion, so please come ready with questions and you are welcome to submit questions early when you RSVP.

If you have any additional questions, please contact Lauren Czerniak (czernL@umich.edu)

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 02 May 2022 08:52:28 -0400 2022-05-03T17:30:00-04:00 2022-05-03T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (August 31, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793248@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-08-31T15:00:00-04:00 2022-08-31T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (September 7, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793249@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 2022-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE Career Workshop Series: How to Succeed at The Career Fair (September 7, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97493 97493-21794644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Join a panel of recruiters and recent U-M IOE graduates for presentations and an interactive Q&A session.

The average time with a recruiter at a career fair is only 10 minutes. You have just 10 minutes to make an impression. If you are attending the Career Fair, this workshop is a must.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:19:17 -0400 2022-09-07T19:00:00-04:00 2022-09-07T20:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: Caterpillar (September 9, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98085 98085-21795574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 9, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract: Getting Real Value From Analytics: Making Sure You're Really Answering the Right Questions

The power of analytics has grown exponentially with advances in algorithms, processing power, and data availability. But successfully gaining value from analytics often remains elusive. In this talk, Dan will highlight examples from his experience as part of his philosophy for developing and deploying analytics in practice to ensure they answer the right questions to drive significant and sustainable impacts. He will also talk about internships and career opportunities at Caterpillar.

Bio: Dan Reaume has over 25 years of experience leading the development and delivery of analytic solutions and strategies for several of the world’s largest and most iconic companies. After completing his Ph.D. in IOE at the University of Michigan, Dan joined GM R&D, where he was awarded GM’s top technical award on three occasions, rose to the rank of technical fellow, and led GM’s Senior Leadership Technical Council. He subsequently held leadership positions with Dow Corning, Dow Chemical, and Revenue Analytics before assuming his current role as Chief Analytics Director of Cat Digital. Dan leads a team of over 100 data scientists applying analytics to IoT monitoring, aftermarket sales, e-Commerce, and business optimization. Dan has a long track record of service to the Analytics profession, teaching as a lecturer at IOE for almost two decades, serving on the INFORMS Roundtable, and serving on advisory boards for Purdue, Michigan State, and Wayne State Universities, the Chicago Analytics Leadership Network, and the Chicago CDO Community. Dan is also a licensed professional engineer and attorney.

This seminar series exposes students to a wide-ranging of potential careers in industrial and operations engineering such as consulting, data science, healthcare, finance, supply chain management, energy, transportation, and others. Students will learn from industry affiliates about the nature of different careers and how to prepare for success after graduation.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:22:38 -0400 2022-09-09T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-09T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Dan Reaume
What are PRONOUNS - Welcome picnic for international grad students in engineering (September 9, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97217 97217-21794152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 9, 2022 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Join us on North Campus to learn PRONOUNS, play activities, win prizes, make new friends and enjoy a free lunch!

Are you ready for the new semester? We prepared a welcome picnic for you. Each participant will receive some swag and a free lunch! By attending this event, you will know more about Pronouns and meet new people. Please come to join us and share the event with your friends.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:27:40 -0400 2022-09-09T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-09T13:30:00-04:00 Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Pronoun Event
INFORMS Fall 2022 General Body Meeting (September 9, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96753 96753-21796651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 9, 2022 5:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

To kick off the semester, INFORMS will be having their general body meeting for the Fall 2022 semester. The event will be hybrid (in-person + Zoom option). We kindly ask you to complete the RSVP form so that we can (1) get a head count on food for those attending in-person and (2) make sure members are interested in attending in-person. Contact Person: Lauren Czerniak; czernL@umich.edu

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:12:56 -0400 2022-09-09T17:00:00-04:00 2022-09-09T18:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE 813 Seminar Series (September 12, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98304 98304-21796465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 12, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Speaker: Amy Cohn, PhD, U-M IOE, CHEPS, MM

Description: There are many similarities between airline and healthcare systems. Both exhibit tremendous complexity, dependence on expensive and constrained resources, reliance on a highly‐trained workforce, a direct connection from quality to safety, and a significant and immediate impact on the lives of a vast population of individuals. In this talk, I will draw parallels between healthcare and passenger aviation, identifying areas, where lessons learned in one, can be applied to the other, as well as highlighting critical differences that must be considered when attempting to transfer knowledge from one domain to the other.

Bio: Dr. Amy 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 PaƟent Safety (CHEPS) and the Chief Transformation Officer at Michigan Medicine. She holds an A.B. in applied mathematics, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and a PhD in operaƟons research from the Massachusetts institute of Technology. Her primary research interest is in the application of operaƟons research tools to solving operational problems in healthcare, including paƟent access, staff scheduling, and provider wellness. She values teaching, mentoring, having a positive impact on society through her work, and helping to foster a vibrant, diverse, nurturing community of scholars. She and her husband Jonathan are the proud parents of two sons, Tommy and Peter.

The seminar series “Providing Better Healthcare through Systems Engineering” is presented by the U‐M Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS): Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi‐disciplinary, systems‐engineering approach.

For the Zoom link and password, and to be added to the weekly e‐mail for the series, please RSVP or contact genehkim@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:09:11 -0400 2022-09-12T16:30:00-04:00 2022-09-12T17:30:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Amy Cohn
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (September 14, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2022-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: Applied Safety (September 16, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97904 97904-21795708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 16, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Bio: Mr. Frantz is a Certified Human Factors Professional specializing in human factors/ergonomics, warnings, and product, occupational, and premises safety. He holds a B.S.E. and M.S.E. from the University of Michigan in Industrial and Operations Engineering and continuing product safety training through St. Louis University.
Mr. Frantz teaches a safety management course in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research and teaching include product and occupational safety, risk assessment and communication, human factors in accident causation, and assessment of walking surfaces.

Mr. Frantz has extensive experience developing and evaluating warnings and safety symbols for a wide variety of consumer and commercial products. He has been involved in the development of national standards for product warnings. He is a member of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z535.4 Subcommittee on Product Safety Signs and Labels and Z535.7 Subcommittee on Product Safety Information in Electronic Media.

This seminar series exposes students to a wide-ranging of potential careers in industrial and operations engineering such as consulting, data science, healthcare, finance, supply chain management, energy, transportation, and others. Students will learn from industry affiliates about the nature of different careers and how to prepare for success after graduation.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Sep 2022 09:13:30 -0400 2022-09-16T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-16T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Jared Frantz
IOE 813 Seminar Series (September 19, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98312 98312-21796477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 19, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Speaker: Siqian Shen, PhD, U-M IOE, MICDE

Description: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has created a global health crisis and the response to the COVID‐19 pandemic is deeply influenced by local, national, and global policies and decisions. In this talk, we present a few examples to demonstrate (i) how infection status dynamically affects mobility patterns and travel behavior, (ii) how to strategize and dynamically perform lockdown and reopening, and (iii) how to redesign public transit systems to reduce passengers’ infection risk. In particular, we show the use of data analytics tools and optimization models for solving these problems, validated using real data of COVID‐19 infection, business economy, and local mobility.

Bio: Siqian Shen is an Associate Professor and Richard Wilson Faculty Scholar in the Department of Industrial and OperaƟons Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also serves Associate Director in the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering (MICDE). She obtained a B.S. degree from Tsinghua University in 2007 and Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2011. 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, IBM Smarter Planet Innovation Faculty Award, and Department of Energy (DoE) Early Career Award.

The seminar series “Providing Better Healthcare through Systems Engineering” is presented by the U‐M Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS): Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi‐disciplinary, systems‐engineering approach.

For the Zoom link and password, and to be added to the weekly e‐mail for the series, please RSVP or contact genehkim@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:18:21 -0400 2022-09-19T16:30:00-04:00 2022-09-19T17:30:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Siqian Shen
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (September 21, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793251@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 2022-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
BIndx Welcome Meeting (September 21, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98436 98436-21796656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The Black Industrial Engineers (BIndx, pronounced BIND-ex) group is composed of IOE students and faculty who come together informally for meaningful conversations and fellowship to promote learning, mentoring, and networking. The BIndx program was initiated to promote a learning space where students feel comfortable engaging with faculty. BIndx meetings occur as informal monthly discussions to help form relationships between faculty and minoritized students. BIndx hosts a diverse group of guest speakers throughout the semester with a specific focus to facilitate conversations, build connections, and empower self-reflection.
Cuppy's Soul Food Dinner will be served to those who RSVP!

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:15:20 -0400 2022-09-21T17:30:00-04:00 2022-09-21T19:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Social / Informal Gathering Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE Career Workshop Series: How to Rock It In An Interview (September 21, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97507 97507-21794660@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

How to Rock It In An Interview

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 26 Aug 2022 15:31:57 -0400 2022-09-21T19:00:00-04:00 2022-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Departmental Seminar (899): Frank Curtis (September 22, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96923 96923-21793572@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 22, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Speaker: Frank Curtis, Professor at Lehigh University

Title: "Deterministically Constrained Stochastic Optimization"

Abstract: Curtis will present the recent work by his research group on the design, analysis, and implementation of algorithms for solving continuous nonlinear optimization problems that involve a stochastic objective function and deterministic constraints. The talk will focus on sequential quadratic optimization (commonly known as SQP) methods for cases when the constraints are defined by nonlinear systems of equations and inequalities. These methods are applicable for solving various types of problems, such as for training machine learning (e.g., deep learning) models with constraints. His work focuses on the "fully stochastic" regime in which only stochastic gradient estimates are employed, for which we have derived convergence-in-expectation results and worst-case iteration complexity bounds that are on par with stochastic gradient methods for the unconstrained setting. Curtis will also discuss the various extensions that his group is exploring.

Bio: Frank E. Curtis is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lehigh University. Prior to joining Lehigh, he received his bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary, received his master's and doctoral degrees from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Science at Northwestern University, and worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. His research focuses on the design, analysis, and implementation of numerical methods for solving large-scale nonlinear optimization problems. He received an Early Career Award from the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program of the U.S. Department of Energy, and has had other funded projects with the U.S. National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, and Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. He received, along with Leon Bottou (Facebook AI Research) and Jorge Nocedal (Northwestern), the 2021 SIAM/MOS Lagrange Prize in Continuous Optimization. He was awarded, with James V. Burke (U. of Washington), Adrian Lewis (Cornell), and Michael Overton (NYU), the 2018 INFORMS Computing Society Prize. He and team members Daniel Molzahn (Georgia Tech), Andreas Waechter (Northwestern), Ermin Wei (Northwestern), and Elizabeth Wong (UC San Diego) were awarded second place in the ARPA-E Grid Optimization Competition in 2020. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Mathematical Programming, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Mathematics of Operations Research, IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, and Mathematical Programming Computation. He previously served as the Vice Chair for Nonlinear Programming for the INFORMS Optimization Society and is currently very active in professional societies and groups related to mathematical optimization, including INFORMS, the Mathematics Optimization Society, and the SIAM Activity Group on Optimization.

The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend. There will be a reception to follow the seminar in the IOE commons from 4 -5 p.m

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:55:34 -0400 2022-09-22T15:00:00-04:00 2022-09-22T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Hacker binary attack code. Made with Canon 5d Mark III and analog vintage lens, Leica APO Macro Elmarit-R 2.8 100mm (Year: 1993)
U-M IOE Alumni Merit Award Winner Presentation (September 23, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97709 97709-21794989@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 23, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Nembhard's talk "Leading with Courage" will address why courage is needed in engineering and will call for connecting to fundamental values and beliefs to bring about positive change. It will focus on providing space for you to explore your leadership archetype as well as the language you can use to lead with courage based on that archetype.

Harriet Nembhard, Dean of Engineering at the University of Iowa is the U-M IOE Alumni Merit Award Winner this year.

Bio: Harriet B. Nembhard is dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa and holds the Roy J. Carver Professorship in Engineering. Her research takes a multidisciplinary approach to improve complex systems across manufacturing and health care, and she advocates for equity and inclusion in STEM education.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:53:05 -0400 2022-09-23T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-23T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Harriet Nembhard
U-M IOE Homecoming Tailgate (September 24, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/97711 97711-21794993@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 24, 2022 10:00am
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Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Join the IOE Department as we celebrate Homecoming before the Michigan vs. Maryland football game. IOE alumni, faculty, staff, and graduate students are welcome!

Registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ioe-tailgate-registration-338988372347?aff=mailchimp

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Recreational / Games Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:00:21 -0400 2022-09-24T10:00:00-04:00 2022-09-24T12:00:00-04:00 U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Recreational / Games
IOE 813 Seminar Series (September 26, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98313 98313-21796478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 26, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Speaker: Kevin Smith, PhD Candidate, U-M IOE

Description: Social Inequality can be defined by unequal outcomes that occur as a result of uneven distribution of resources. Many of the disparities that are observed across income quantiles occur in concentrated United States communities. Within these concentrated areas, unique social and behavioral responses exist to healthcare, health policy, and public health policy. While the US collects an enormous amount of demographic, health, and economic data at various community levels, there still exists a gap in how decision-makers can leverage these data to design appropriate community policy initiatives whose outcomes are intended to reduce the observed disparities nationwide. In this seminar, we will discuss applications of machine learning models in public health and healthcare policy and challenges in their respective outcome predictions.

Bio: Kevin B. Smith is a PhD candidate in the department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) at the University of Michigan and is co-advised by Dr. Brian Denton and Dr. Siqian Shen of IOE. His research is focused on applying industrial engineering and operations research tools to improve outcomes resulting from problems of social inequality. The mission of his research is to inform policymakers and the public of the critical factors that impact decisions with particular applications in organ allocation, pandemic risk planning, and clinical kidney stone care thus far. Additionally, he is motivated to allocate resources equitably and improve decision-making outcomes in these settings. His work aims to highlight systemic shortcomings of current healthcare and public health policies and create models that derive equitable outcomes using interpretable and accessible results.

The seminar series “Providing Better Healthcare through Systems Engineering” is presented by the U‐M Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS): Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi‐disciplinary, systems‐engineering approach.

For the Zoom link and password, and to be added to the weekly e‐mail for the series, please RSVP or contact genehkim@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:27:41 -0400 2022-09-26T16:30:00-04:00 2022-09-26T17:30:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (September 28, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-09-28T15:00:00-04:00 2022-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Departmental Seminar (899): Xiuli Chao (September 29, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97208 97208-21794136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 29, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Speaker: Xiuli Chao, Ralph. L. Disney Professor and Master's Program Director at the University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering

Title: Academia versus industry: A personal experience

Abstract: In this INFORMS Student Chapter sponsored seminar, I will share with our U-M IOE graduate students my last two years of working experience in industry and compare that with my many years of experience working in academia. I will discuss pros and cons of each of them, and address the question of what is best for you. I will also discuss some of the industry projects I worked on together with the IOE techniques needed for them. I hope this seminar will help our graduating students plan their future careers. The talk will include a Q&A so please bring your questions.

Bio: Xiuli Chao is the Ralph L. Disney Collegiate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at Michigan, and from 2020-2002 he was on leave from Michigan working full time in the SCOT (Supply Chain Optimization Technology) team of Amazon. His research interests include queueing, scheduling, financial engineering, inventory control, supply chain management, and online learning and optimization. Dr. Chao is the co-developer of Lekin Scheduling System. He is the co-author of two books, “Operations Scheduling with Applications in Manufacturing and Services” (Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 1998), and “Queueing Networks: Customers, Signals, and Product Form Solutions” (John Wiley & Sons, 1999). Chao received the 1998 Erlang Prize from the Applied Probability Society of Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), and the 2005 David Baker Distinguished Research Award from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). He has consulted for many companies on logistics, supply chains, and inventory management. Chao is a fellow of both IISE and INFORMS. He serves on the editorial boards of many professional journals, including as associate editor for Operations Research and Management Science, and Area Editor (of Inventory and Supply Chain Optimization area) for Operations Research Letters.

There will be a reception to follow the seminars in the IOE commons from 4 -5 p.m

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:56:39 -0400 2022-09-29T15:00:00-04:00 2022-09-29T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Xiuli Chao
The Center for Ergonomics (C4E) 2022 Inaugural Research Symposium (September 30, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/97103 97103-21793918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 30, 2022 9:00am
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The Center for Ergonomics labs within the University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Department and its affiliated labs will present human factors and ergonomics-related projects and topics.

Come for presentations, posters, and demos!
Breakfast, lunch, and happy hour will be provided-- RSVP to make sure we have enough!

Registration is due by Sept. 14, 2022.

RSVP is strongly recommended (especially for catering). A sign-in table is available for walk-ins.
For the online version, registration is required for a passcode.
You do not have to stay all day-- please join us throughout the event as you can!!

Opening remarks at 9:30 a.m.: Dr. Nadine Sarter
Dr. Sarter is the director for the Center for Ergonomics, the Richard W. Pew Collegiate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering, and a certified pilot.

Keynote at 12 p.m., lunch: Dr. Jim Bagian
Dr. Bagian is the founding director of the National Center for Patient Safety at the VA Hospital system, co-director of the Center for Risk Analysis Informed Decision Engineering, and a former NASA astronaut.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:26:38 -0400 2022-09-30T09:00:00-04:00 2022-09-30T16:30:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Conference / Symposium Research Symposium
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: Coupa Supply Chain Group (September 30, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98307 98307-21796468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 30, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract: Optimizing the World’s Supply Chains

Speaker: Gary Strickler, Principal Scientist

Bio: Gary has been with Coupa’s Supply Chain Group (previously LLamasoft, Inc.) for over 14 years where he is currently a Principal Scientist on the Applied Research team. Starting as one of the original supply chain design consultants for LLamasoft and then later moving on to establish both the training and support departments, Gary gained an excellent understanding of supply chain design across industries and business areas. Over the past several years, he has taken a more strategic role within the group, working across both Coupa’s internal teams and customers to improve the capability, usage, and scalability around how many of the world’s largest companies design their supply chains.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:59:13 -0400 2022-09-30T12:00:00-04:00 2022-09-30T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Gary Strickler
IOE 813 Seminar: Mustafa Sir (October 3, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99395 99395-21798579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 3, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Patient‐provider mismatch, late cancelations, frequent rescheduling, and no‐shows result in long delays in getting specialty care appointments, higher costs, and more importantly, poor health outcomes. We propose an intelligent patient access management system that uses existing clinical and transactional data to ensure that the right patient sees the right provider at the right time. To that end, we developed a software platform referred to as Priority‐Driven Patient Access Tool (PDPAT). PDPAT allows clinical departments to define their patient prioritization schema based on medical indication and other patient characteristics and makes various appointment itinerary suggestions to appointment coordinators for optimal scheduling. PDPAT dynamically reserves capacity for high‐priority patients while delaying lower‐priority patient through so‐called scheduling time windows. The time window for each priority group are optimized based on
1) patient mix targets set by the practice and
2) empirically estimated patient willingness‐to‐wait (WtW) behavior.
A pilot study at a surgical division resulted in reduced access time and increased throughput, due to better coordination of clinic and surgical calendars. The talk will also introduce a framework, which we refer to as Human‐AI dynamic dual mode, to develop a patient prioritization protocol through continuous collaboration between algorithms and human experts.
Mustafa Y. Sir, Ph.D., is a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon’s Health Services organization. He is an experienced leader managing multi‐disciplinary applied science teams to develop and implement innovative healthcare solutions for improving operational efficiency, cost‐effectiveness, and health outcomes. He has expertise in optimization and decision sciences, including large‐scale and multi-objective optimization and reinforcement learning. He also has 10+ years of hands‐on experience in developing measurement methods, predictive and prescriptive analytic and machine learning solutions for data‐driven decision‐making. Prior to Amazon, he worked at Mayo Clinic focusing on developing clinical decision support systems using complex health data from sensors and electron‐ ic medical records. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2007.
The seminar series “Providing Better Healthcare through Systems Engineering” is presented by the U‐M Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS): Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi‐disciplinary, systems‐engineering approach.
A zoom option will also be provided to those who RSVP.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:57:03 -0400 2022-10-03T16:30:00-04:00 2022-10-03T17:30:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (October 5, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE Career Workshop Series: How to Negotiate an Offer (October 5, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97494 97494-21794645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 5, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Learn how to negotiate with confidence and increase your value.

Many students don't realize that they should not accept the first offer they receive without entering negotiations to try and get a better deal. Attend this workshop to learn tips on how to confidently negotiate and understand the rules of engagement.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:14:06 -0400 2022-10-05T19:00:00-04:00 2022-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
899 Seminar Series: Myrtede Alfred, Assistant Professor at U Toronto (October 6, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98216 98216-21795736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 6, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Title: Investigating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Health Outcomes at the Health System Level

Pregnancy-related deaths and severe maternal morbidity (SMM) are increasing in the United States, with racial/ethnic disparities in outcomes for women of color persisting for decades. Both poor overall maternal health outcomes and disparities are attributable to a broad range of socioeconomic factors as well as differences in the quality of care provided by individual health systems. An estimated sixty percent of all pregnancy-related deaths and SMM cases are considered preventable with timely and appropriate care. Limited understanding of the underlying mechanisms that result in poorer quality of care for women of color represent a major impediment to advancing equity in maternal care. In addition to implicit bias, prior research suggests inequities can be designed into healthcare through the use of biased clinical decision support algorithms, discriminatory processes and policies, and integration of unreliable biomedical technology. As these factors can directly lead to disparate outcomes in maternal care and other clinical areas, health systems must take an active role improving equity in care. However, characterizing and alleviating inequities in clinical care is difficult due to the lack of a well-defined conceptual model to facilitate investigation, limited or lack of accessible race/ethnicity data, and insensitive equity measures. Using maternal health disparities as the paradigm, my research applies sociotechnical systems analysis approaches to uncover embedded inequities in clinical systems, and analyze and monitor disparities in outcomes. My research also uses human-centered and participatory design approaches to support the redesign of clinical systems for equitable care. This work exemplifies the type of multilevel effort needed to eliminate health disparities at both the population and health system levels.

Bio: Myrtede Alfred is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Toronto. She directs the Safety, Equity, & Design (SĒD) Lab which conducts patient safety research in several area, including CPR feedback efficacy, application of extended reality in patient education, and retained foreign objects. Her research also leverage sociotechnical systems analysis approaches to examine clinical system contributions to healthcare disparities. Prior to joining University of Toronto, Dr. Alfred was a research assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina where she spent three years applying her expertise to improve the delivery of care in the hospital through both research and practice. She worked closely with the risk and patient safety teams and conducted direct observation on medical floors, intensive care units, and operating rooms. Dr. Alfred has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles and has given eight invited talks. Her research has been funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Dr. Alfred obtained her PhD in industrial engineering from Clemson University (2017) where she held the Southern Regional Education Board Dissertation and the Janine Bowen Graduate Fellowships and earned multiple awards for teaching and outreach, including the MLK Jr. Excellence in Service Award. Beyond academic research, Dr. Alfred leads her STEAM education nonprofit, Marie’s Kids, in North Charleston, South Carolina.

The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend. There will be a reception to follow the seminars in the IOE commons from 4 -5 p.m

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:57:05 -0400 2022-10-06T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-06T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Myrtede Alfred
INFORMS Information Session: American Airlines (October 6, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99197 99197-21797693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 6, 2022 5:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The INFORMS Student Chapter at the University of Michigan is sponsoring an information session with American Airlines. During the session, representatives from the company will share more information about the company, share open positions, and open up the discussion for questions.
There will be pizza and drinks provided by American Airlines, so we kindly ask you RSVP by Thursday, September 29 so that we can estimate the amount of food to order. If you have any questions, please contact Dory (cjtung@umich.edu). Thank you!

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:14:29 -0400 2022-10-06T17:00:00-04:00 2022-10-06T18:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Careers / Jobs Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: American Airlines (October 7, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97905 97905-21795707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 7, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Bio: Marcial Lapp is Managing Director of the Revenue Engineering group at American Airlines. His group is responsible for the systems, data, and business processes that power the Commercial Groups, including Revenue Management and Network Planning. The Revenue Engineering team’s responsibilities at American Airlines span across several disciplines, including yield management &amp; pricing, ancillary pricing, revenue integrity, passenger automation, distribution technology, airline partner connectivity, and network-level passenger forecasting paired with fleet-assignment. The goal of the Revenue Engineering team is to use algorithms, data, systems, ingenuity, and grit to solve some of the toughest problems across Revenue Management, Network Planning, and the rest of the commercial team. Marcial Lapp began his career in 2010 as an intern where he developed the optimizer for the overbooking system, still in use today (it’s been significantly enhanced since then). Following his internship, Marcial joined as Chief Scientist RM, where he led the development of an improved network controls model and managed several domestic markets. Following a period of managing the Mexico, Caribbean &amp; Latin America region, Marcial had been leading the Operations Research and Data Science group, responsible for the technical implementations of systems that drive revenue Outcomes. Marcial earned a doctorate- in Industrial Engineering and a Master’s in Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan. He lives in Arlington, Texas, with his wife, Allysen, and his sons, Otto and Marlo.

This seminar series exposes students to a wide-ranging of potential careers in industrial and operations engineering such as consulting, data science, healthcare, finance, supply chain management, energy, transportation, and others. Students will learn from industry affiliates about the nature of different careers and how to prepare for success after graduation.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Sep 2022 09:12:11 -0400 2022-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-07T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE 813 Seminar: Daniel Otero-Leon (October 10, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99819 99819-21798755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 10, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Preventing chronic diseases is an essential aspect of medical care. To prevent chronic diseases, physicians focus on monitoring their risk factors and prescribing the necessary medication. The optimal monitoring policy depends on the patient's risk factors and demographics. Monitoring too frequently may be unnecessary and costly; on the other hand, monitoring the patient infrequently means the patient may forgo needed treatment and experience adverse events related to the disease. We propose a finite horizon and finite-state Markov decision process to define monitoring policies. To build our Markov decision process, we estimate stochastic models based on longitudinal observational data from electronic health records for a large cohort of patients seen in the national U.S. Veterans Affairs health system. We use our model to study policies for whether or when to assess the need for cholesterol-lowering medications. We further use our model to investigate the role of gender and race on optimal monitoring policies.
Daniel F. Otero‐Leon is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) at the University of Michigan and is co-advised by Dr. Brian Denton and Dr. Mariel Lavieri of IOE. His research interests are generally in operations research and, more specifically, in stochastic models and stochastic dynamic programming with applications to service systems, including health systems and revenue management. His dissertation research is in the area of data-driven models for improving decision-making in the context of cardiovascular disease, with the help of clinical collaborators at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. His work seeks to develop new frameworks that aim for health equity by considering patients' health disparities in disease prevention policies.

The seminar series “Providing Better Healthcare through Systems Engineering” is presented by the U-M Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS): Our mission is to improve the safety and quality of healthcare delivery through a multi-disciplinary, systems-engineering approach.

RSVP or contact genehkim@umich.edu for the Zoom link and password, and to be added to the weekly e-mail for the series.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:58:29 -0400 2022-10-10T16:30:00-04:00 2022-10-10T17:30:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (October 12, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: Sparrow Health System (October 14, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97906 97906-21795705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 14, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract title: IOE Master’s Degree and Working In Healthcare

Bio: Alli VanderStoep grew up in Holland, Michigan, where she attended Hope College and completed her bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in Spring 2019. At Hope, she participated in varsity track and field. Upon graduation, she attended the University of Michigan and completed her master's degree in IOE in Spring 2021. She currently works at Sparrow Health System in Lansing, Michigan as an IT Application Analyst and is looking to switch roles within Sparrow to an Operational Excellence Specialist. Some of her hobbies include rock climbing, baking zucchini bread, and participating in recreational sports.

This seminar series exposes students to a wide-ranging of potential careers in industrial and operations engineering such as consulting, data science, healthcare, finance, supply chain management, energy, transportation, and others. Students will learn from industry affiliates about the nature of different careers and how to prepare for success after graduation.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Sep 2022 09:09:48 -0400 2022-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-14T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Alli VanderStoep
IOE Michigan Night at INFORMS (October 17, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99452 99452-21798220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 17, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Join the University of Michigan Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering for food and drinks after a day of networking at INFORMS.

Monday, October 17, 2022 | 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Taxman CityWay
310 South Delaware Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

Hors d'oeuvres provided. Open bar 6 - 8 pm and cash bar 8 - 9 pm.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:07:49 -0400 2022-10-17T18:00:00-04:00 2022-10-17T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Reception / Open House Taxman Cityway
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (October 19, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Nuclear Science Week Virtual Lunch (October 20, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99455 99455-21798222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 20, 2022 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Hear from a panel of nuclear engineers who have taken different paths in their careers. Learn where a nuclear engineering career could take them at a nuclear generating company or at a supplier to the industry.

Panelists:

Pam Cowan, Westinghouse, President Global Engineered Systems & Solutions
Ashley Kovacs, Constellation, Director Nuclear Fuels
Jason Murphy, Constellation, Vice President Nuclear Fuels
Jeanne Tortorelli, Constellation, Director Nuclear Fuels
Moderator: Susan Korn, GE Hitachi

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:44:19 -0400 2022-10-20T11:00:00-04:00 2022-10-20T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Workshop / Seminar NSW Virtual Lunch
Telling half a story: A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Culturally Relevant Engineering Education in Nigeria and the United States (October 21, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/99928 99928-21798898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 21, 2022 9:00am
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

In 2021, the United States maintained its reputation as a destination of choice for international students around the globe. More than 80% of them are pursuing advanced degrees in STEM (Institute of International Education, 2021). Unfortunately, many of these international students come in only to experience loneliness, social disconnectedness, and a crisis of identity the longer they stay in their respective programs. The commitment to diversify and attract international students to US institutions must be followed by a clear understanding of what it takes to support these students. Among the myriad of international students that enter the US for higher education every year, I am particularly interested in the experiences of African international students. Is their performance in US higher education exclusively tied to their educational backgrounds or does it stem from a motivation to succeed in a different environment despite the odds? What might we learn about how engineering is taught in their home countries? In this study, I attempt to address these questions by designing a comparative case study using mixed methods, theoretically informed by culturally relevant pedagogy surrounding two contexts. This study poses the question of culture as an integral intrinsic aspect of learning, leveraging a socio-psychological framework to help understand how students receive support from their instructors to excel in engineering. In this presentation, I discuss emerging results of my studies investigating culturally relevant engineering education in Nigeria.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:17:58 -0400 2022-10-21T09:00:00-04:00 2022-10-21T10:15:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Moses Olayemi
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: General Motors (October 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97907 97907-21795706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract title: From IE to Digital Marketing to Data Science

Bio: Carolyn Nguyen is a Data Science Manager in the Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO) Advanced Analytics Center of Expertise at General Motors. She oversees teams responsible for developing predictive and prescriptive models for GM Sales & Marketing and Customer Experience. Carolyn also led the Emerging Issues Analytics team in Global Vehicle Safety for five years. Her teams have applied various text analytics methods in both roles to draw meaning from unstructured data. Before joining GM, Carolyn spent seven years at Dell in Digital Marketing. She earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial & Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

This seminar series exposes students to a wide-ranging of potential careers in industrial and operations engineering such as consulting, data science, healthcare, finance, supply chain management, energy, transportation, and others. Students will learn from industry affiliates about the nature of different careers and how to prepare for success after graduation.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 07 Sep 2022 09:10:38 -0400 2022-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Cider and Donuts Day (October 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100498 100498-21800012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Please join us for Cider and Donuts Day sponsored by the INFORMS student chapter and the IOE department at the UM. Enjoy some fall treats while you get to meet/chat with UM faculty and students. If you have any questions, please contact Gabi Fred (gabifred@umich.edu).

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:48:42 -0400 2022-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Social / Informal Gathering Cider and Donuts
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (October 26, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-10-26T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: OneMagnify (October 28, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99818 99818-21798753@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 28, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Valerie has over 25 years of experience managing operations, providing large-scale data and analytics services, and developing digital marketing strategies and solutions for clients in the automotive, financial services, and consumer products industries. She has a proven track record of helping automotive OEMs and dealers drive sales and service opportunities through innovative digital solutions. Before joining OneMagnify, Valerie was a Senior Manager at Deloitte, Director at Trilogy, and the Chief Operating Officer at FordDirect. She holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree in engineering management from Northwestern University, and a master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Career opportunities for industrial and operations engineering students continue to grow exponentially. In this talk, Valerie will discuss her journey as an IOE graduate and highlight potential roles and responsibilities within her organization, OneMagnify, that may be of interest to IOE students.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:26:46 -0400 2022-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-28T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Valerie Fuller
IOE Internship Info Session (November 1, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100816 100816-21800385@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Learn about IOE specific internship experiences and opportunities from a variety of guest speakers! Snacks will be provided.

If you would prefer to attend virtually, RSVP for a zoom link to be sent to you.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:11:59 -0400 2022-11-01T18:00:00-04:00 2022-11-01T19:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Careers / Jobs Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (November 2, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 2022-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Wilbert Steffy Lectureship with Jeff Wu (November 3, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99593 99593-21798375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 3, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

The Wilbert Steffy Lectureship was established in 2003 to honor one of Industrial and Operations Engineering’s early distinguished faculty, Wilbert Steffy. Jeff Wu, the Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics and Professor in the H. Milton School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, is our distinguished speaker this year.

Lurie Engineering Center (Johnson Rooms)
Thursday, November 3, 3 - 4 pm ET
Reception to follow with hors d'oeuvres.

Speaker Bio: C. F. Jeff Wu is Professor and Coca Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics at the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. He was elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2004), and a Member (Academician) of Academia Sinica (2000). A Fellow of American Society for Quality, of Institute of Mathematical Statistics, of INFORMS, and of American Statistical Association. He received the COPSS Presidents’ Award in 1987, COPSS Fisher Lecture Award in 2011, Deming Lecture in 2012. He has won other awards, including the Shewhart Medal (2008), the Pan Wenyuan Technology Award (2008), Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award and Sigma Xi Monie A. Ferst Award both at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2020. He was the 1998 Mahalanobis Memorial Lecturer at the Indian Statistical Institutes, received the inaugural Akaike Memorial Lecture Award in 2016 sponsored by the Japan Statistical Society and the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, the 2017 Box Medal from ENBIS, and an honorary doctor degree at the University of Waterloo.

He has published more than 190 research articles. He has supervised 51 Ph.D.'s, out of which more than half are teaching in major research departments in statistics/engineering/business in US/Canada/Asia/Europe. Among them, there are 24 Fellows of ASA, IMS, ASQ, IAQ, and IIE, four are editors of major statistics journals, and one is a Fellow of Royal Society of Canada (FRSC). He co-authors with Mike Hamada the book "Experiments: Planning, Analysis, and Optimization" (Wiley, 3rd ed. 2021) and with R. Mukerjee the book “A Modern Theory of Factorial Designs” (Springer, 2006).

Abstract: Most “learning” in big data is driven by the data alone. Some people may believe this is sufficient because of the sheer data size. If the physical world is involved, this approach is often insufficient. In this talk I will give a recent study to illustrate how physics and data are used jointly to learn about the “truth” of the physical world. It also serves as an example of engineering analytics, which in itself has many forms and meanings. In an attempt to understand the turbulence behavior of an injector, a new design methodology is needed which combines engineering physics, computer simulations and statistical modeling. There are two key challenges: the simulation of high-fidelity spatial-temporal flows (using the Navier-Stokes equations) is computationally expensive, and the analysis and modeling of this data requires physical insights and statistical tools. A surrogate model is presented for efficient flow prediction in injectors with varying geometries, devices commonly used in many engineering applications. The novelty lies in incorporating properties of the fluid flow as simplifying model assumptions, which allows for quick emulation in practical turnaround times, and also reveals interesting flow physics which can guide further investigations.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:48:59 -0400 2022-11-03T15:00:00-04:00 2022-11-03T16:00:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Jeff Wu, 2022 Wilbert Steffy Distinguished Speaker
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: Amazon (November 4, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98840 98840-21797257@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 4, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Justin Rogers was born and raised in Metro Detroit and began attending the University of Michigan (UofM) in September 2014. During his time at the UofM he was a key contributor to a number of different student organizations and programs, his favorites being the Educational Theater Company (ETC), the Center For Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety (CHEPS), and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). After completing his B.S.E in IOE in 2019, Justin moved out to Seattle and began working for Amazon as a business analyst on their Automated Brand Protection team. Over the last three years, he has honed his analytical skills, working across multiple teams to streamline processes, build out reporting, and generate insights that empower others to make better decisions. He is currently working to transition into a product management role which will focus on building internal tooling to improve operations.

The diverse skill set that a person receives with an IOE degree allows for a vast range of career opportunities. In this talk, Justin will focus on how his experiences in the IOE department prepared him for his current role at Amazon and how it can be used to transition into other roles as well.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:08:22 -0400 2022-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 2022-11-04T13:00:00-04:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Justin Rogers
Board Game & Mentorship Social (November 7, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100930 100930-21800515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 7, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES are hosting a Board Game and Mentorship Social on Monday, November 7. Food and drinks will be provided thanks to support from the IOE department. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the RSVP form linked below. For any questions, please reach out to Arlen Dean at arlend@umich.edu.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:47:07 -0400 2022-11-07T19:00:00-05:00 2022-11-07T21:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Social / Informal Gathering stack of board games
PhD Research Talk: Jundi Liu (November 8, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101008 101008-21800665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Over the past decade, autonomous systems have greatly improved how people live and work. However, realizing the full potential of these technologies is only possible if people establish appropriate trust in them. Therefore, prospective systems are expected to sense and respond to users' trust changes and ideally adapt to trust-aware design considerations. I will present my recent work on developing trust-aware customized adaptive systems in vehicle automation using Interactive Reinforcement Learning. We first designed an online driving simulator study to collect human trust dynamics while interacting with vehicle automation. After analyzing trust evolution characteristics, I modeled the trust as a dynamic system using the State Space (SS) model. Then, I proposed an Interactive Reinforcement Learning algorithm to integrate the previously designed trust models into the Inverse Reinforcement Learning (IRL) framework. As a result, the optimal policies recovered by the proposed algorithm can capture the driver preferences of different driving styles from large-scale naturalistic driving data and trust dynamics while interacting with the autonomous systems. Our proposed framework has implications for the design of future human-aware high-fidelity autonomous systems. I will conclude the talk with an overview of how our current work moves toward this future.

Presenter Bio:

Jundi Liu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, working with Prof. Xi Jessie Yang. He graduated from the University of Washington (UW) in September 2022 with a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering, working with Prof. Linda Boyle and Prof. Ashis Banerjee on trust-aware customized vehicle automation. Jundi received his B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2016 and his M.S. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from UW in 2018. Jundi's research interest is to improve human-autonomy interaction through understanding and modeling human trust and to develop trust-aware adaptive systems to support human users in complex decision-making tasks. His research aims to create a holistic framework that enables human-aware high-fidelity autonomous systems.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:45:16 -0400 2022-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 2022-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Jundi Liu
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (November 9, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-11-09T15:00:00-05:00 2022-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Departmental Seminar (899): Karen Hicklin (November 10, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96921 96921-21793571@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 10, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Speaker: Karen Hicklin, Assistant Professor at University of Florida

Title: "Assessing the impact of multicomponent interventions on colorectal cancer screening through simulation: What would it take to reach national screening targets in North Carolina?"

Abstract: Healthy People 2020 and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable established colorectal cancer (CRC) screening targets of 70.5% and 80%, respectively. While evidence-based interventions (EBIs) have increased CRC screening, the ability to achieve these targets at the population level remains uncertain. We simulated the impact of multicomponent interventions in North Carolina over 5 years to assess the potential for meeting national screening targets. Each intervention scenario is described as a core EBI with additional components indicated by the “+” symbol: patient navigation for screening colonoscopy (PN-for-Col+), mailed fecal immunochemical testing (MailedFIT+), MailedFIT+ targeted to Medicaid enrollees (MailedFIT+forMd), and provider assessment and feedback (PAF+). Each intervention was simulated with and without Medicaid expansion and at different levels of exposure (i.e., reach) for targeted populations. Outcomes included the percent up-to-date overall and by sociodemographic subgroups and number of CRC cases and deaths averted. Each multicomponent intervention was associated with increased CRC screening and averted both CRC cases and deaths; three had the potential to reach screening targets. PN-for-Col+ achieved the 70.5% target with 97% reach after 1 year, and the 80% target with 78% reach after 5 years. MailedFIT+ achieved the 70.5% target with 74% reach after 1 year and 5 years. In the Medicaid population, assuming Medicaid expansion, MailedFIT+forMd reached the 70.5% target after 5 years with 97% reach. This study clarifies the potential for states to reach national CRC screening targets using multicomponent EBIs, but decision-makers also should consider tradeoffs in cost, reach, and ability to reduce disparities when selecting interventions.

Bio: Dr. Karen Hicklin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida. She received her PhD in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University, her MS in Mathematics and Statistics from Georgetown University, and her BS from Spelman College where she majored in mathematics. Before beginning her faculty appointment, she completed Postdoctoral Training in the Department of Statistics and Operations and Department of Health Behavior in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interest includes data-driven approaches to model decision making for healthcare quality improvement. She focuses on using optimization methods to provide solutions and policies for improving healthcare delivery and decreasing health disparities.

The Departmental Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend. There will be a reception to follow the seminars in the IOE commons from 4 -5 p.m

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:58:26 -0400 2022-11-10T15:00:00-05:00 2022-11-10T16:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Karen Hicklin
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: Instacart (November 11, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98842 98842-21797258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 11, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Monica Lichty is a research leader with 12+ years of experience driving product innovation and user experience designs through a broad range of qualitative and quantitative methods, which have improved interactions across more than 125 consumer and commercial products, apps, websites, and digital interfaces. She leads user research teams through all phases of product development from upfront research to define needs, through the iterative design process, to summative testing. Currently working as a Senior UX Research Manager at Instacart, she has previously worked in varied industries including government consulting and durable good development.

In this talk, Monica will share her experience creating a career in user experience research across varied industries from government consulting, to durable goods, and finally tech. Through the lens of applying an IOE degree focused on human factors, she will discuss how you can utilize trends and process expertise to drive impact and direction.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:37:10 -0400 2022-11-11T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-11T13:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Monica Lichty
"Life After Undergrad" Panel (November 14, 2022 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100931 100931-21800516@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 14, 2022 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Are you aware of all of your options after you graduate with your BS in IOE? Do you want to get an industry, consulting, or non-profit/government position? Are you interested in furthering your education with a graduate degree (e.g., MBA, MS, PhD)?

INFORMS is hosting “Life After Undergrad,” a panel discussion with master and PhD students in IOE as well as alumni from IOE to talk about their graduate education and careers. The event will be via zoom on November 14th, 5:30-6:30pm.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:52:27 -0400 2022-11-14T17:30:00-05:00 2022-11-14T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion
PhD Researach Talk: Daniel Otero-Leon (November 15, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101202 101202-21800935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Preventing chronic diseases is an essential aspect of medical care. Physicians monitor patients' risk factors and prescribe necessary medication to aim toward better health outcomes, which means that all patients achieve their health potential while accounting for socially and demographic diverse patient populations. Monitoring too frequently may be unnecessary and costly; however, monitoring the patient infrequently means the patient may forgo needed treatment and experience adverse events related to the disease. To accomplish the optimal monitoring policy, we develop models that: (1) Estimate the patient disease progression and (2) Define policies to prevent chronic diseases using sequential decision-making models. We estimate these stochastic models based on longitudinal observational data from electronic health records for a large cohort of patients seen in the national U.S. Veterans Affairs health system. As a result, these models facilitate clinical interventions for cardiovascular diseases, as they help identify high-risk patients. Also, healthcare providers can now rely on additional tools to decide how to manage chronic diseases accurately across demographic subgroups. I will end the talk by discussing how I will build upon this body of work to address healthcare opportunities for improvement.

Presenter Bio:
Daniel F. Otero-Leon is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) at the University of Michigan and is co-advised by Dr. Brian Denton and Dr. Mariel Lavieri of IOE. His research interests are generally in operations research and, more specifically, in stochastic models and stochastic dynamic programming with applications to service systems, including health systems and revenue management. His dissertation research is in the area of data-driven models for improving decision-making in the context of cardiovascular disease, with the help of clinical collaborators at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. His work seeks to develop new frameworks that aim for health equity by considering patients' health disparities in disease prevention policies.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:18:08 -0500 2022-11-15T15:00:00-05:00 2022-11-15T16:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Daniel Otero-Leon
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (November 16, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-11-16T15:00:00-05:00 2022-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
IOE Community Dialog Series (November 16, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101046 101046-21800724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Natalie Levy is the Founder of She’s Independent, a women-first investment group offering an entirely new way to support women’s financial independence and influence through investing and board placements. As a member-led investment group, She’s Independent marries empowerment and action, with the ultimate mission of closing the power gap in investing by getting more women on the cap table, in the boardroom, and into positions of influence. Over the next 12 months, She’s Independent plans to deploy $1.5M of capital collectively, and has invested in 9 deals since its formation in January 2022.

An accomplished engineer turned Wall Street derivatives trader, investor, and advisor, Natalie has over a decade of tech operational experience, a portfolio of 30+ seed through later stage private investments and has experienced liquidity events across 3 of the first 4 investments in her growth technology portfolio with an average return >20X. She successfully negotiated compensation package increases at almost every employer she worked with and achieved 40+% YoY increases on behalf of herself and coaches others to achieve similar results

Natalie graduated magna cumme laude from University of Michigan with a BSE of Industrial Engineering and a minor in mathematics and resides in Boulder, CO with her loving rescue pup Beans and is passionate about gender equity and mental health awareness.

She's Independent Investments makes investing work better, for more people.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:05:01 -0400 2022-11-16T16:30:00-05:00 2022-11-16T18:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Building the Whole Black Child: Facilitating Engineering with Respect to Culture (November 18, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101152 101152-21800879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 18, 2022 9:00am
Location: GG Brown Laboratory
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Engineering education intentionally excludes and pushes out learners who do not uphold traditional Eurocentric standards for thinking and practice of the profession. Facilitators who uphold such standards gatekeep the discipline and perpetuate the marginalization of racially and ethnically diverse youth when they do not orient the learners’ cultures in their teaching and practices. Oftentimes, to obtain academic and professional achievement, facilitators encourage Black youth seeking entry into the engineering pathway to suppress their culture, linguistic literacy and practice, and history. Given the educational debt that persists in K-12 education for Black American youth, meaningful culturally oriented facilitation is crucial as it often determines whether a learner may persist or perish along their engineering pursuit. Most importantly, the culturally informed engineering facilitator has the power to extract the brilliance and ingenuity that Black youth bring into the engineering classroom. In this talk, I discuss the significance of a culturally centered engineering facilitator on Black American youth’s engineering learning. Founded on asset-focused culturally relevant and sustaining frameworks, I explain how the ethos, beliefs, and training of a multifaceted facilitator influenced engineering learning and practice for Black youth at an interdisciplinary summer camp within an urban creative arts community learning center— Hit Makers Summer Camp. I also detail how culturally relevant and sustaining facilitation guided Black youth to rationalize their place in engineering. Finally, I discuss implications for educational research, teaching, and professional development for engineering educators and initial steps on how the Engineering Education Research community could implement initial policies that maximize cultural prosperity to contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in engineering education.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:53:58 -0500 2022-11-18T09:00:00-05:00 2022-11-18T10:15:00-05:00 GG Brown Laboratory Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Tikyna Dandridge
Building the Whole Black Child: Facilitating Engineering with Respect to Culture (November 18, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101152 101152-21800881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 18, 2022 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Engineering education intentionally excludes and pushes out learners who do not uphold traditional Eurocentric standards for thinking and practice of the profession. Facilitators who uphold such standards gatekeep the discipline and perpetuate the marginalization of racially and ethnically diverse youth when they do not orient the learners’ cultures in their teaching and practices. Oftentimes, to obtain academic and professional achievement, facilitators encourage Black youth seeking entry into the engineering pathway to suppress their culture, linguistic literacy and practice, and history. Given the educational debt that persists in K-12 education for Black American youth, meaningful culturally oriented facilitation is crucial as it often determines whether a learner may persist or perish along their engineering pursuit. Most importantly, the culturally informed engineering facilitator has the power to extract the brilliance and ingenuity that Black youth bring into the engineering classroom. In this talk, I discuss the significance of a culturally centered engineering facilitator on Black American youth’s engineering learning. Founded on asset-focused culturally relevant and sustaining frameworks, I explain how the ethos, beliefs, and training of a multifaceted facilitator influenced engineering learning and practice for Black youth at an interdisciplinary summer camp within an urban creative arts community learning center— Hit Makers Summer Camp. I also detail how culturally relevant and sustaining facilitation guided Black youth to rationalize their place in engineering. Finally, I discuss implications for educational research, teaching, and professional development for engineering educators and initial steps on how the Engineering Education Research community could implement initial policies that maximize cultural prosperity to contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in engineering education.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:53:58 -0500 2022-11-18T09:00:00-05:00 2022-11-18T10:15:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Engineering Education Research Workshop / Seminar Dr. Tikyna Dandridge
IOE 101 Career Seminar Series: Consumers Energy (November 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101170 101170-21800900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Vanita is a transformational Leader with over 20 years of Lean and continuous improvement experience, working in Manufacturing and the Energy industry. Vanita’s career span includes training, workshop/Kaizen facilitation, strategic planning, and coaching leadership teams through a Lean transformation. As a Director for Consumers Energy, Vanita has the great opportunity to lead a high-performing team that is responsible for the design, development, and deployment of a Lean Operating System. In addition, she leads the Governance Council for Operational Excellence. She specializes in partnering with organizations and functional areas throughout the company to drive overall operational maturity.
Vanita holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from Eastern Michigan University and a master’s degree in Organizational Change and Leadership from Central Michigan University. She has a Greenbelt and has successfully completed the Lean Office Certification Program at the University of Michigan. In her free time, she likes to travel with her family but is not opposed to curling up with a good book in the comfort of her home.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Nov 2022 12:43:20 -0500 2022-11-18T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-18T13:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Vanita DeJesus
IOE 813 Seminar (November 21, 2022 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98896 98896-21797324@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 21, 2022 4:30pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Wayne Sternberger, PhD, CPI, Co-founder and CTO of BLOCKsynop, Inc. will lead a seminar titled “Systems Engineering: Pivot to Succeed - An Entrepreneur's Journey”.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:21:01 -0400 2022-11-21T16:30:00-05:00 2022-11-21T17:30:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Workshop / Seminar Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
PhD Researach Talk: Rohan Ghuge (November 22, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101458 101458-21801368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Combinatorial optimization captures many natural decision-making problems such as matching, load balancing, assortment optimization, network design, and submodular optimization. In this talk, I will focus on combinatorial problems under uncertainty; specifically when we only have partial knowledge about the input. Solutions to such problems are sequential decision processes that make decisions one by one “adaptively” (depending on prior observations). While such adaptive solutions achieve the best objective, the inherently sequential nature makes them undesirable in many applications. My current research seeks to answer the following: how well can solutions with only a few adaptive rounds approximate fully-adaptive solutions? In this talk, I will formally define the model, and discuss techniques used to answer this question for the stochastic submodular cover problem, which captures problems in domains like sensor placement, medical diagnosis, active learning, and hypothesis testing. I will also state limited adaptivity results that I have obtained for the stochastic score classification and dueling bandits problems. I will conclude the talk with some future work and open problems.

Presenter Bio:
Rohan Ghuge is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) at the University of Michigan where he is advised by Dr. Viswanath Nagarajan. His research interests are in optimization under uncertainty, specifically in stochastic combinatorial optimization. His dissertation research explores the role of adaptivity in stochastic combinatorial optimization. He has also worked on designing algorithms for problems arising in domains like assortment optimization, network design and online learning.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:03:32 -0500 2022-11-22T15:00:00-05:00 2022-11-22T16:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Lecture / Discussion Rohan Ghuge
INFORMS+HFES Weekly Coffee Chats (November 23, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96754 96754-21793260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

INFORMS and HFES will be starting their weekly coffee chats on Wednesday, August 31 from 3-4 p.m. EST in the IOE Commons. This event will be held every Wednesday of the fall semester at this time and location. Please swing by to catch up with friends/colleagues and grab a coffee/tea/snack!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:04 -0400 2022-11-23T15:00:00-05:00 2022-11-23T16:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Meeting Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Ph.D. Research Talk: Haoming Shen (November 29, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101667 101667-21802201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Industrial and Operations Engineering Building
Organized By: U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering

Abstract: In many real-world applications, decision makers usually need to make better decisions without the precise knowledge of the uncertainty. With limited amount of data, distributionally robust chance-constrained optimization (DRC) becomes a powerful tool for decision making because it alleviates the ambiguity in distribution by protecting the optimal solution against a family of candidate distributions, and thus generalizes better when previously unseen samples arise. However, DRC models are usually very hard to solve in general. Therefore, in this talk, I will seek to answer the following two questions: (1) how can we solve DRCs more efficiently, and (2) when are DRCs convex and/or tractable? For DRCs with a covering structure, which arise frequently in facility location, scheduling, production planning, and vehicle routing, we establish their NP-hardness, propose a two-stage reformulation and derive two families of strong valid inequalities. For general DRCs, we uncover a set of sufficient conditions under which DRCs produce a convex feasible region and design efficient algorithms for solving such convex DRCs. I will demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed solution approaches in multiple real-world applications including the emergency medical facility location problem, optimal power flow problem, and planning of charging stations for battery electric buses.

Bio: Haoming Shen is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he is advised by Prof. Ruiwei Jiang. His research focuses on data-driven optimization under uncertainty with applications to robotics, power grids, and transportation systems, and has been awarded the honorable mention award in 2022 INFORMS Optimization Society Best Student Paper Competition.

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Presentation Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:39:32 -0500 2022-11-29T15:00:00-05:00 2022-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 Industrial and Operations Engineering Building U-M Industrial & Operations Engineering Presentation Industrial and Operations Engineering Building