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SUMMER 2003 IOE News

The Newsletter of the

Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering PhD Alumni Look at the Past and the Future of IOE

On November 22 and 23, 2002, the second PhD reflections by IOE PhD alumni. Alumni Reunion was held in Ann Arbor. Thirty- On Friday, alumni and faculty gathered at five PhD alumni and their guests joined current the Campus Inn. Following a buffet lunch, the and former faculty in celebrating the past, present afternoon meeting began with a welcome by and future of Industrial and Operations Engineer- Jack Muckstadt ’66. All present were asked to ing at the University of tell about themselves, tell a story from their Michigan. Through- experiences as a student, and tell why out the weekend, they came to the reunion. alumni renewed Alumni recalled the “bullpen” in the friendships and ex- West Engineering Building (mice, bats, pressed gratitude to a ratty couch, a place to play cards even the current and though an umbrella might former faculty for mak- be needed). Many ing Michigan “a special alumni expressed place.” affection and INSIDE The idea for a PhD alumni reunion was gratitude for the Chair’s Message ...... 4 hatched in early spring by a group of alumni, faculty who Featured Program ...... 5 headed by Don Chaffin and Jack Muckstadt, mentored them Student Success ...... 7 who felt that it was time for the alumni to and sometimes Faculty News ...... 8 New Faculty ...... 9 form an active alumni organization. The goals served as surrogate Special Honors ...... 11 of the organization would be to provide social parents. “We all owe a lot to some of the and networking opportunities, and a means to people here,” said Thom Hodgson ’70. Emeri- inform alumni about the exciting things that are tus faculty who attended the reunion included going on within the department and the Walt Hancock, Dan Teichroew, Dick Wilson opportunities to improve it in the future. and James Miller. The reunion provided an excellent opportu- Alumni also reflected on the value of the nity for alumni to reconnect. All 277 PhD education they received. “The kind of education alumni who were contacted were asked to send that Industrial Engineering gave us was to open in a profile along with photos from the past and our minds to systems of all kinds,” said Hasan present. The resulting scrapbook is a remark- Sayani ’73. able compilation of personal and professional Larry Seiford, the current chair of IOE, gave

CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Bob Burkhalter ’64 takes a turn at recalling his days as a grad student in IOE.

the alumni a picture of the department assist the department in realizing a today. “We are a solid department with particular need, and that Brad Canale or high national recognition,” Seiford said. Lin Cargo in the College Relations and He spoke about the challenges of Development Office would be glad to retaining and attracting talented faculty. work with anyone who is interested in Don Chaffin ’67 spoke to the group assisting the department. Lin can be about the capital campaign that has reached at: [email protected], or begun at the U-M. He said: “It is clear (734) 647-7036. that to maintain the The final portion Thom Hodgson ’70 chats with Emeritus Professor outstanding quality of of the meeting was and jazz musician Dick Wilson ’61 at the evening our faculty, student devoted to ideas from social event. We are a solid body and programs alumni on how to during a time of department with advise and support diminishing state high national the IOE department. support will require recognition. Locating all PhD the funding of a -Larry Seiford alumni and past variety of activities. faculty, and develop- The funds from ing an alumni organi- Alumni are needed to zation structure were continue to provide: 1) additional mentioned as primary goals. See the scholarships, 2) outstanding seminar box on page 3 for a list of objectives speakers and visiting lecturers, 3) suggested by alumni. endowed professorships, 4) new faculty Unfortunately, time ran out before an research initiatives and travel grants, 5) Alumni Organization structure could be student travel grants, and other discre- developed. In a follow-up letter to the tionary requirements.” Chaffin pointed alumni, Larry Seiford thanked all who Marlin Thomas ’71, Fred Schanne ’72, and Pete out that sometimes groups of alumni participated and asked that the dialogue Cherry ’72 reconnect. have been able to pool their funds to be continued. “If you would like to step

2 ioe.engin.umich.edu / INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING / COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING forward and lead one of the particular initiatives that was suggested at the meeting, please let me know,” he wrote. Alumni Objectives: “And, of course, if you have any other comments or suggestions about how we ■ Form an external advisory committee, to assist the can continue to tap the spirit, enthusi- department in long term strategic planning issues asm, and commitment of our alumni, I’d love to hear them.” The group reconvened at 6:30 p.m. ■ Promote the recruitment and retention of faculty, by for a cocktail reception followed by an alerting the department about potential new faculty elegant dinner in the Regency Ballroom candidates, and assisting new faculty hires who are of the Campus Inn. Alumni, faculty interested in meeting people who could assist them in and guests were treated to a surprise establishing their professional and research contacts performance by the UM Men’s Glee Club at the conclusion of the dinner. ■ On Saturday morning, alumni had Improve the graduate experience by offering to give the opportunity to meet with current guest lectures and mentoring select students PhD students who had prepared posters to highlight their research. The poster ■ Develop an alumni organization structure (which will session took place on the third floor of include all alumni) to further enhance the quality of the the Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center department on North Campus. Graduate students were energized by the interaction with alumni. “It is much more fun than sitting at a desk writing about my work,” said PhD candidate Ken Hung. Following a “tailgate” brunch in Lurie, the group moved to the adjacent IOE Building. Watching on a big screen in the warmth of an IOE classroom, they cheered for the Maize and Blue as they battled Ohio State. Following the Ohio State game, the formal alumni Dan Reaume ’97 and wife festivities were concluded, but several Michelle chat with grad student informal dinners are rumored to have Ted Lambert at the Saturday gone on for quite a while. morning poster session.

Photos from the Alumni Weekend are posted on the IOE website: http:// ioe.engin.umich.edu/alumni. All alumni are asked to update their personal informa- tion at http://ioe.engin.umich.edu/alumni/alumnilist.asp to facilitate the next steps in our attempt to improve our relations with alumni and friends of the department. And please let us know if you would like to become involved in helping us in this important endeavor.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING / INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING / ioe.engin.umich.edu 3 Photos from the Alumni Weekend are posted on the IOE website: http://ioe.engin.umich.edu/ Chair’s Message

industry worldwide. The first year students. I’m pleased to say that, despite Welcome successes of our three new faculty, the difficult job market, our students Professors Amy Cohn, Sebastian Fixson, continue to be in demand. However, Welcome to the first edition of our and Dushyant Sharma are featured in universities all across the country are newly designed departmental newsletter. this issue. And finally, we are pleased to facing the challenges of tough economic Our plan is to replace the lengthy yearly welcome the two newest members of our times, and the University of Michigan is publication you’ve been receiving with faculty starting this fall, Professors Goker no exception. Reduced state revenues two shorter issues, which will come out Aydin (Stanford) and Vlad Babich (Case have resulted in a budget reduction that twice a year. We’ve revamped the format Western), who will be featured in the will have real consequences. Since IOE to highlight specific key initiatives and next edition of this newsletter. continues to be a popular department of activities that would be of interest to the I am sad to report that Professor choice, with approximately 550 under- majority of our readers rather than Emeritus Daniel Teichroew passed away graduates and 210 graduate students reviewing the activities of every program. on July 8, 2003 following a brief illness. from all over the world, staffing courses We hope you like it! remains a continual challenge. Unfortu- Having just finished my third year as nately, vacant faculty positions have chair of IOE, I continue to be pleased been put on “hold” for the coming year. and proud to be a member of this However, we recognize the need to outstanding department of students, preserve the core academic quality of faculty, and staff. Through their joint our teaching and research missions, and efforts, both our undergraduate and we will continue to devote ourselves to graduate programs continue to be maintaining the high standards in ranked number two in the nation. James teaching, research, and service that you Boomis, featured in this newsletter, is an expect of us. outstanding example of the caliber of I close with a final note of apprecia- student enrolled in our programs. IOE tion to our dedicated staff who continue has many award winning student to support all areas of academic effort leaders—the best and brightest of with professionalism, dedication, and Michigan Engineers! good cheer. I’d particularly like to Our faculty continue to distinguish recognize Nancy Murray, editor of this themselves in numerous arenas. Profes- newsletter, for her tireless efforts in this sor Robert Smith has been appointed journalistic challenge. the first Altarum/ERIM Russell D. Dan was a remarkable man who had a This is your newsletter, and we’d love O’Neal Professor of Engineering; great impact on the discipline of to hear from you. Please send your Professor Yili Liu has been named an software engineering and the automation comments, suggestions, etc. to Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Professor of the software life cycle. Many of his [email protected]. Monroe Keyserling was elected a Fellow colleagues consider him the “father” of of the American Industrial Hygiene CASE tools. It is apparent from the Sincerely, Association. Many of our faculty are many letters and emails I have received, engaged in a variety of interdisciplinary that his loss is deeply felt across our Lawrence M. Seiford research efforts with University of field. Chairman and Professor Michigan colleagues from both the On another note, you may be Industrial and Operations Engineering Medical School and the Business School. wondering how the economy is affecting Others continue to build strong ties to our department, and particularly our

4 ioe.engin.umich.edu / INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING / COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Featured Program IOE and the Engineering Global Leadership Honors Program

IOE is proud to be a major participant program leads to two degrees after an Diamond Technology Partners, in the College’s Engineering Global average of five years at Michigan: a BSE McKinsey & Company and Price Leadership (EGL) honors program. Jim in Industrial and Operations Engineer- Waterhouse Coopers. Bean (IOE professor and currently ing and an MSE in Industrial and Twenty five percent of EGL 2002 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs) Operations Engineering. graduates accepted manufacturing established EGL ten years ago in order Employers recognize that EGL management positions, 75 percent to address two perceived gaps in engi- students are not typical master’s degree joined consulting firms. The average neering education at that time: the graduates, and that they do not fit into starting salary for the 2002 EGL’s was inability of most professionals to either the traditional “engineering” job role. In $73,500 in manufacturing management communicate across the engineering and response to this, some companies have and $58,700 in consulting. business boundary or to operate com- created new positions and job rotation Perhaps one of the most interesting fortably in another culture. programs specifically for EGLs, to take and enjoyable features (from both The core curriculum of the EGL student and faculty viewpoints) is the program addresses both of these gaps by existence of the student-run EGL Honor combining a traditional engineering Because of IOE’s Society. The organization has combined curriculum with “core” courses in the leadership in estab- weekly social events (including what School of Business Administration and lishing and nurturing looks like an attempt to eat at every in the School of Literature, Science, and this honors program, ethnic restaurant in Ann Arbor) with Arts or at foreign institutions. The community service projects, informa- it has attracted the former address leadership and organiza- tional sessions and research forums. tional issues, and the latter expose attention of other Because of IOE’s leadership in students to the language, history and departments. establishing and nurturing this honors customs of a (student-selected) region of — Steve Pollock program, it has attracted the attention of the world having competitive and other departments. After admitting engineering importance. The curricu- some ME students last year, there are lum also requires students to complete a plans to explore extending this exem- “synthesis” team project that places their advantage of their unique skills and plary honors program to all undergradu- learning in an industrial context, has talents. ate students in the College of Engineer- them apply their technical knowledge in Employers of EGL students include ing. the field, and develop their teamwork manufacturing companies such as Allied So once more IOE is at the forefront skills. Signal, Cummins Engine Company, of educational innovations. Indeed, a Since EGL is an honors program, the DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Dell number of you reading this must have admissions requirements are quite high Computer Corporation, Ford Motor been EGL graduates within the past 6 and the added requirements are time- Company, Intel Corporation and years - let’s hear from you and let us consuming, but the benefits are clear. Lucent Technologies; and consulting know how your experiences in EGL The enthusiasm and accomplishments of firms such as A.T. Kearney, Bain have helped you in your careers. the students are exemplary, and the Consulting, Boston Consulting Group, Stephen Pollock EGL Program Director

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Newsletter Staff Erhan Çinlar, 2002 IOE Alumni Merit Award winner, is congratulated by Stephen Director, Nancy Murray, Editor Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering, and Larry Seiford, chairman of IOE. [email protected]

Photographs Erhan Çinlar is the Norman J. Department of Operations Research and Eyvind Claxton Sollenberger Professor of Engineering at Financial Engineering. Nancy Murray , and chair of the In recognition of his contributions to Department of Operations Research and and its applications, Financial Engineering. He is best known the Institute of Mathematical Statistics for his work on probability models in elected Professor Çinlar a fellow in 1974. manufacturing and telecommunications, In 1992, the Turkish Council for and his extensive research in Markov Scientific and Technological Research processes and martingales. recognized him with its Science Prize for Professor Çinlar earned bachelor’s his contributions to engineering and degrees (’63) in both industrial engineer- mathematics. He was elected to the ing and mathematics, a master’s degree International Statistical Society in 1993. (’64) in mathematics, and a PhD (’65) in Throughout his career, he has held industrial engineering, all from the numerous leadership positions in the University of Michigan. After leaving fields of operations research, probability The Regents of the University of Michigan Michigan, he went on to teach industrial and applied mathematics. In particular, David A. Brandon, Ann Arbor Laurence B. Deitch, Bingham Farms engineering and management sciences at he has served on the editorial boards of Olivia P. Maynard, Goodrich . In 1985, he 11 scientific journals for a total of 137 Rebecca McGowan, Ann Arbor Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor joined the civil engineering and opera- work-years, and was the editor-in-chief of Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park tions research faculty at Princeton Mathematics of Operations Research, S. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe Farms Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor University, serving as chair of the the premier research journal in its field, Mary Sue Coleman, ex officio department from 1997 until 1999, when from 1987 to 1992. he became the chair of its newly created

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My name is James Boomis. As an class, Practicum in Hospital Systems. Industrial & Operations Engineering In the fall of 2000 I initiated into the master’s student, I am currently concen- Alpha Pi Mu National Industrial Name: James Boomis trating in Engineering Management. My Engineering Honor Society, Michigan Age: 23 experience at the University of Michigan Chapter. I won “Initiate of the Year” Home Town: Plymouth, MI has been excellent. It has been not only honors and was elected society president foundational, providing me with an for the 2002-2003 school year. As Education: education, but also a springboard to president, I tried to help students both BSE ’02/ MSE ’03 - Industrial & higher pursuits. Looking back to my first academically and professionally, and Operations Engineering/Engi- year of undergraduate studies, I never encouraged social activities to bring neering Management imagined that the together IOE stu- next five years would dents, faculty, and Activities: afford me the staff. In March 2003, President – Alpha Pi Mu - opportunity to I was honored with Michigan Chapter, National accomplish so much. the Wyeth Allen Industrial Engineering Honor In March 2001, Scholarship for Society my mother under- dedication and went a successful success with Alpha Pi Epeians – University of Michi- liver transplant at Mu. gan, College of Engineering University of It is said that Leadership Honor Society Michigan Hospital. It wisdom comes with was a tough time in age and here is my Sigma Phi Epsilon Social Frater- my life, trying to advice to students nity – Michigan Alpha Chapter balance my studies beginning their and also be support- academic careers. It is University of Michigan Engineer- ive of my family. Because of my essential to develop a good sense of ing Consulting Club (MECC) mother’s illness, I gained a strong priority and balance between studies, interest for healthcare. In April 2001, I exercise, healthful nutrition, sleep, and IOE Blueprint Newsletter Editor began working for the Program and social activities. I think that a lot of Operations Analysis Department at students are either too focused on Current Work: University of Michigan Hospital and academics or not focused enough. They Conducting quality improvement Health Centers. While there, I worked to should strive to work hard in school, but project for University of Michi- improve the quality, timeliness, and also develop a good balance of interper- gan Hospital and Health Centers costs of hospital processes. It was an sonal relationships, such as family and as part of the University of excellent experience that allowed me to friends. I am convinced that college Michigan Six Sigma Black Belt apply the principles that I was learning should be a time of adventure to Program. in class to real world problems of experience positive new things and, interest. I also grew professionally by thereby, grow as a person. What has Future Employment: interacting with clients and delivering helped my growth in all areas of my life Business Analyst – Deloitte presentations to the hospital’s senior is a solid foundation of family, my Consulting, Detroit, MI (August management. I continued working for Catholic faith, true morality, personal 2003) the hospital during my senior year and responsibility and a dedication to was the Graduate Student Instructor excellence. (GSI) for the IOE 481 senior design

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING / INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING / ioe.engin.umich.edu 7 Faculty News Yili Liu Receives Robert Smith In Memorium Aurthur F. Thurnau Named Professorship First Altarum/ Yili Liu, Associate Professor of Industrial ERIM and Operations Engineering, was among Russell D. O’Neal five faculty members named by the Professor of Board of Regents to the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship, an award that Engineering recognizes and rewards faculty for Robert Smith has been appointed the outstanding contributions to under- first Altarum/ERIM Russell D. O’Neal graduate education. The term of the Professor of Engineering, effective professorship is July 1, 2003-June 30, September 1, 2003. This endowed 2006. professorship was named to honor Established by the regents in 1988, ERIM’s former vice chairman, Dr. the professorships are named after Russell O’Neal. Named professorships Daniel Teichroew, distinguished Arthur F. Thurnau, a U-M student in are among the highest honors that the University of Michigan Professor 1902-04, and are supported by the College of Engineering can bestow on a Emeritus, beloved father and Thurnau Charitable Trust, which was faculty member. devoted grandfather, passed away established through his will. Recipients In his recommendation letter to the peacefully July 8, 2003 following receive a grant to support their teaching. Regents, College of Engineering Dean a brief illness. He will be remem- Liu has received many teaching Stephen Director stated that “Professor bered for his strong family values, awards, including the Industrial and Smith’s distinguished career exemplifies keen sense of humor, his clarity Operations Engineering Outstanding the highest standards in all aspects of and intellect, his tremendously Teacher Award in 1994; the Alpha Pi Mu academic performance. His research and supportive and generous nature Industrial and Operations Engineering teaching will continue to contribute with friends, associates and Professor of the Year Award in 1995, significantly to the excellent reputation students, and the much loved 2000 and 2001; and the Outstanding of the College and the University.” dogs that shared his home. Teacher Award in 1999 and 2001 from Professionally, Dan will be the CoE’s Society of Women Engineers/ remembered for his great Society of Minority Engineering intellect and his insight in the Students. In 2002, he was given the Monroe Keyserling discipline of software engineer- highly competitive Education Excellence Named Fellow ing. In fact, he is regarded by Award from CoE for sustained excel- many around the world as the lence in curricular development, Monroe Keyserling has been recognized father of software engineering instruction and guidance at the under- as a Fellow by the American Industrial having made great technical and graduate and graduate levels. Hygiene Association (AIHA) for intellectual contributions “distinguished service and siginificant establishing and advancing the contributions towards protecting the practice in the US and in such health and safety of people in the faraway places as Yugoslavia, workplace and the community, and in China, Belgium, Korea, Russia advancing the quality of the industrial and South Africa. hygiene profession.”

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Amy Cohn Sebastian Fixson Dushyant Sharma Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor

For Amy Cohn, optimization is a way of In the fall of 2002, Sebastian Fixson Dushyant Sharma looks at logistics and life. Whether it is planning her daily joined the IOE faculty as an Assistant scheduling problems and thinks in schedule or matching pilots to airplane Professor. He received his PhD in algorithms. flights, she sees “tiny pieces of a puzzle Te chnology, Management, and Policy Sharma joined the faculty in the fall that all must fit together and all those earlier that year from the Massachusetts of 2002, after receiving his PhD in pieces influence other things.” Institute of Technology. Prior to his Operations Research from MIT. His With a PhD in Operations Research work at MIT, he taught for two years at undergraduate degree was in Computer from MIT, and an undergraduate degree the Technical University of Berlin in the Science, which he earned in Kanpur, in Applied Math from Harvard, Cohn Department of Logistics. He holds a India. His research interests are in joined the faculty in 2002. Her research degree in Mechanical Engineering from modeling and algorithm development interests are in solving large-scale discrete the University of Karlsruhe in his native for discrete optimization. He is currently optimization problems. She is currently Germany. focusing on developing and analyzing focusing on modeling and solution Fixson conducts research in the field local search based techniques for solving techniques using binary variables that of Engineering Management and combinatorial optimization problems. encompass multiple decisions. She has Concurrent Engineering. His current He has applied these techniques to solve applied these ideas to applications in projects include the investigation of the problems in airline and railroad plan- airline planning, manufacturing, and role of modularity in design and ning, manufacturing, and telecommuni- supply chain logistics. Cohn received a production, the development of techni- cation network design. CRLT grant to develop a new large-scale cal cost modeling methods, and the Sharma became interested in Opera- optimization course, which she hopes study of how technology developments tions Research while taking an under-

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING / INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING / ioe.engin.umich.edu 9 Cohn points to the product launch as a Sharma CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 critical test. “Errors that show up here CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 typically have roots in misunderstand- will merge education and research at ings or poor decisions far upstream.” graduate course in math modeling an earlier stage. To trace the emergence of these errors that included a study of traffic lights. Operations Research attracted and to develop remedies is one of his “In OR we are dealing with real Cohn because of the limitless areas research areas. problems, not the abstract problems where it could be applied. The While teaching IOE 201 “Eco- in computer science.” principles of efficiency and nomic Decision Making” in the fall of His future research interests are in interconnectedness could improve the 2002, Fixson worked on developing a the area of creating real time decision delivery of all kinds of services such as new syllabus for IOE 523 “Compara- support systems. “Routing logistics is healthcare, finance, education, even tive Technology Management” which a big area. The problems of real time water supply. “If it is a system, it he taught in winter 2003. He rede- decision-making are very complicated. needs optimization.” signed the graduate course to help The challenge is how to make immedi- Cohn chose Ann Arbor because students to approach technology ate decisions when the data is continu- of the access to many areas of research management from multiple perspec- ously changing.” at the University of Michigan, and a tives: the course now covers long-term The decision to join the IOE sense that the IOE department was a technological developments, techno- department at the University of place where she could optimize her logical competition among firms, and Michigan was an easy one for Sharma. work and family life. “We have felt innovation and product development “The department is very strong in welcomed and included by everyone issues within firms. Fixson has also optimization and my wife and I from the dean to the office staff,” incorporated some of his research on wanted to be in a small town rather said Cohn. product architecture and its cost than a big city.” He has found the implications into this course. IOE department to be “very collegial, The considerable reputation of the a fun place.” Fixson University of Michigan contributed to

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 his decision to join the IOE Depart- ment. But beyond that he felt that the atmosphere in the department was interact with organizational design friendly and professional. “I have not and management. been disappointed. The faculty here Both his Mechanical Engineering has been very supportive.” He adds, and his interdisciplinary education “The support staff members are have shaped his research interest. “I extraordinary.” like working with tangible things, and with things that are complex.” Cars, for example, have been a major focus. “The automobile is a very complex product, whose development and production require the involvement of many different organizations along a complex supply chain.” To ensure this chain functions effectively and efficiently is a real challenge. He

10 ioe.engin.umich.edu / INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING / COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Special Honors Rackham IOE Scholarship CoE Recognizes Recognizes Winners for 2003 IOEs Among Outstanding Student Leaders Graduate Students Accenture Scholarship and Best Bradley Belsky Anne Halfmann IOE PhD Candidate, Yong Chen, has The Arlen R. Hellwarth Award been awarded the prestigious Rackham Aimee Constantine Wyeth Allen Scholarship Predoctoral Fellowship for 2003. James Boomis Distinguished Leadership Award Michael Ciulis Outstanding GSI Award from Bradley Belsky Aimee Constantine Rackham was awarded to Jennifer Julio Medal Karlin for 2003. Distinguished Leadership Award Tom Oldakowski David Ostreicher Paula Fleur Smit

The Charles F. Barth Prize Wa lton Hancock Scholarship Veronica Chin NSF Fellowship Veronica Chin Johanna Lichtmann Tau Beta Pi Award Kristi E. Schmidt received a NSF Mahshid Pirzadeh Bradley Belsky Graduate Fellowship for 2003. Sandra Turnbull Ben Wong Melinda Davey received honorable Clyde Johnson Scholarship IOE Undergraduate Distinguished mention from the NSF Graduate Christine Cha Achievement Award Research Fellowship Program. Marc Berman Mahshid Pirzadeh Eric Battjes Michael Kwaiser IOE Graduate Distinguished Achieve- Michael Ciulis ment Award Sandra Turnbull Theodore Lambert III Research Mentor Bradley Belsky Johanna Lichtmann Award Mahshid Pirzadeh Pedro Vaz Omer Tsimhoni received the Research James Boomis Mentor Award in July 2003. The Robert Wilson award was created by the CoE Gradu- Sarah Mansuri ate Student Advisory Committee and the Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Student Education.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING / INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING / ioe.engin.umich.edu 11 Celebrate and Connect!

The Michigan Engineering Alumni Weekend will be held October 16-18, 2003. In addi- tion to attending the traditional class reunions, alumni events and the tailgate and game, alumni will also help celebrate the College Sesquicentennial. For more information and to register online, go to www.engin.umich.edu/alumni. Inspired by one of the the initiatives suggested at the PhD Reunion, “to improve the graduate experience,” Sheryl Ulin ’90 hosted a brunch in her home for female PhD students. Graduate students got the opportunity to meet and share experiences with successful women PhDs.

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