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Young-Jun Son Wins UA Award of Outstanding Mentorship of Graduate Students

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"Young-Jun Son, a professor in the University of Arizona systems and industrial engineering department, knows what it takes for his students to be successful, and he has an outstanding track record for helping them get there. In fact, Son’s graduate students are known for winning top awards from their professional community and
establishing careers with highly respected companies and institutions. In three of the last four years,  Son’s students took home the Graduate Research Award from the Industrial Engineering Expo, and his former PhD students are employed at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, the University of Miami, Samsung, FedEx, and John Deere."
-AZ Engineering by Karina Barrentine April 5, 2013
photo credit- AZ Engineering


Congratulations to Professor Young-Jun Son!

To read the the complete article, please click here

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EMG Student Wins 1st Place in UA Deloitte Consulting Case Challenge

 Deloitte Challenge Winners

EMG Student Gerard Torres was on the winning team that garnered 1st place in the 2013 Deloitte Consulting Case Challenge at the University of Arizona.
Gerard is on the far right.

The Deloitte Consulting Case Challenge is when undergraduate and graduate students to get a realistic experience in technology consulting through a hands-on simulation based on an actual Deloitte project.

The Teams analyzed the case and formulated a solution and recommendations. Then each team presented their work to a panel of judges. Judges from Deloitte Consulting evaluated the presentations and selected the winning teams.

This is the second year in a row that an EMG student has been on the 1st place team.
Blaine Light was a team member for the 2012 competition.

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Larry Head Hopes Radio Communication Makes Roads Safer

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Across the country more than 36,000 people were killed in car crashes in 2012.
Larry is hoping to reduce those numbers by connecting our cars through radio technology.
There is a big effort by the U.S. Department of Transportation to connect vehicles by
equipping every vehicle with a radio so that they can communicate with one another,
as well with the infrastructure.
For more about this project, watch the Channel 4 KVOA segment
and read the Arizona Daily Wildcat article

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AZ Science of Baseball's Video is a Hit!

Arizona Science of Baseball's video is a HIT!
baseballThe Arizona Science of Baseball program engages middle school students with physics and statistics from the game of baseball to encourage classroom participation and help students with the challenges of science, technology, engineering and math --
STEM subjects -- in school.
Check out this terrific video.
It will have you cheering in your seats!

http://youtu.be/fRoT_y9NkTc 

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Congratulations to our Fall Grads!

 

Congratulations to our Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering
and Engineering Management Graduates!
We are proud of you!

BEAR DOWN!

Photo courtesy of Fall EM Grad Jon Santos

 

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Arizona Science of Baseball hits a Home Run!

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From the best angle to hit a home run to how much A-Rod makes per pitch, Arizona Science of Baseball inspires middle school students in math and physics.
Ricardo Valerdi leads twenty students through the inaugural season of Arizona Science of Baseball.
They discuss science, math, nutrition and of course play a little baseball too.
Even Coach Lopez stopped by!

For more about the program, read the Arizona Daily Star article
and the Channel 4 KVOA article.
Arizona Science of Baseball website here.

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UA takes first in ASEM 2012 IAC Student Case Study Competition

ASEMUA engineering management team members
 Heidi Huettner, Grace Lo and Chi Chan
take first place in the
ASEM 2012 IAC Student Case Study Competition. 
Congrats to Jennifer Horner in SIE and ASEM student chapter advisor.

Full article on their National Championship here.

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SIE Celebrates 50 Years

50 Years of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona

Celebrate SIE’s 50th anniversary at UA’s Homecoming Weekend, November 9-11.This fun-filled weekend is your opportunity to reconnect with old friends, tour the campus, cheer on the Wildcats, celebrate and reflect on the great things we have achieved together.

This celebration will include the Engineering Breakfast, BBQ, open house, dinner, tailgate party, Homecoming football game, singing “Bear Down” and more.

For more info and to register www.sie50.com

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Larry Head Wins the ITS Arizona - Best Intelligent Transportation Systems Project

Larry and his team won the prize for the prototype "smart drive" traffic system that was developed by the University of Arizona and Maricopa County. This system helps clear red light signals and warn of traffic blockages.  SIE/ECE/Math student, Jun Ding won the best ITS Arizona student paper award.   FYI - UA had the only finalist papers. Full article available here.

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UA INFORMS WINS!

UA INFORMS Student Chapter won the Cum Laude INFORMS Student Chapter Annual Award.

Students will be presented this award at the INFORMS Annuals Meeting in Phoenix, October 15th 2012.

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