Industrial Engineering Students Earn Scholarships from Professional Society
Four industrial engineering students recently received scholarships from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers totaling over $9,500. The institute awards 43 scholarships each year; other schools garnering more than two scholarships included Virginia Tech with seven, North Carolina State with six, Iowa State and Clemson with three.
The students from U of A are:
- Valerie Jackson, Dwight D. Gardner Scholarship
- Paris Joslin, Harold & Inge Marcus Scholarship
- Aysenur Betul Cengil, John L. Imhoff Scholarship
- Abigail Harris, UPS Scholarship for Female Students
The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, the world's largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the profession, is an international, nonprofit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research and development of industrial and systems engineering.
Each year, the institute formally recognizes the accomplishments of prominent practitioners and students with a variety of awards, scholarships and fellowships. The scholarship and fellowship program recognizes graduate and undergraduate industrial engineering students for academic excellence and campus leadership.
About the Department of Industrial Engineering: The Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas was founded in 1950, led by department head John L. Imhoff who believed deeply in the global impact of industrial engineering. Today, the department averages over 200 undergraduate students and over 40 doctoral and master's students. In addition, the department has three online master's degrees: the Master of Science in Operations Management, Master of Science in Engineering Management and Master of Science in Operations Analytics. These three programs alone enroll over 600 students each academic year. To learn more about the Department of Industrial Engineering please visit our website.
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Department of Industrial Engineering
479-575-3157,
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Jennifer P. Cook, director of communications
College of Engineering
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