Honors & Awards
Virginia Tech ISE is ranked #3 in Best Undergraduate Programs!
The Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering is proudly ranked #3 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for our undergraduate program, and #6 for our graduate program. Our department is home to world-class faculty and students performing cutting-edge research, participating in experiential and hands-on learning, and shaping the future of industrial and systems engineering each and every day.
Fall 2023 Awards
HFES Student Chapter at Virginia Tech
Silver Level Award
Awarded by: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Manhua Wang
Alphonse Chapanis Award
Awarded by: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
John Casali
Oliver Hansen Outreach Award
Awarded by: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Ranjana Mehta
Fellow of HFES
Awarded by: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Shiyu Deng/Jinwoo Oh
3rd Place, Health Care Technical Group Best Student Paper Award for: “Assessing Laparoscopic Surgical Skills of Trainees with Scene Independent and Dependent Eye Gaze Metrics.”
Awarded by: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Jiayuan Dong, Md Shafiqul Islam, Manhua Wang
Student Member with Honors Award
Awarded by: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Mungyeong Choe
Honorable Mention Award
Awarded by: Korean HFES Affinity Group
Hayoun Moon
Best Paper Award
Awarded by: Korean HFES Affinity Group
INFORMS Student Chapter
Magna Cum Laude Award
Awarded by: The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Kwok Leung-Tsui
2023 Class of INFORMS Fellows
Awarded by: The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Spring 2023 Awards
Faculty and student recognitions include:
- Winner of IISE Manufacturing and Design Division Track Best Student Paper Competition: Rongxuan Wang, James Kong
- Winner of ProcessMiner Inc. QCRE Data Challenge Competition: Bo Shen, Raghav Gnanasambandam, Jihoon Chung
- Winner of Data Analytics and Information System Track mobile/web app competition: Rongxuan Wang, Yinan Wang, James Kong
- Winner of IISE Transactions Data Science, Quality and Reliability Best Paper Competition: Yinan Wang, Weihong "Grace" Guo, Xiaowei Yue
- Winner of IISE Transactions Design and Manufacturing Best Paper Competition: Yinan Wang, Kaiwen Wang, Wenjun Cai, Xiaowei Yue
- Finalist of IISE Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) Track Best Paper Competition: Jihoon Chung, James Kong
- Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Oustanding Early Career IE in Academia Award: Xiaowei Yue
- Innovation in Education Award: Natalie Cherbaka and Kimberly Ellis
- Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award: Don Taylor
Student award recipients include:
- Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2nd place: Yinan Wang
- First Place for the James Barany Student Award for Excellence: Jessica Aujla
- Second Place for the James Barany Student Award for Excellence: Amber Clauss
- Oustanding Capstone Award, 4th Place: Will Carlyle, Ashley Girod, Drew Martin, Sam Barnes, Zach Schwinger
Student scholarship recipients include:
- Kathryn Sloan, UPS Minority Student Scholarship
- Aziz Malouche, Dwight D. Gardner Scholarship
- Nabil Habib, Dwight D. Gardner Scholarship
- Emma Grace Woolsey, IISE Council of Fellows Scholarship
- Ann Osi, John S.W Fargher Scholarship
Ph.D. candidate Alexandria Rossi-Alvarez named the Virginia Tech Graduate Student of the Year.
Ph.D. candidate Mohammed Baaoum was recognized with the Graduate Student Service Award.
John Luksas won the Outstanding Masters Award, and Raghav Gnanasambandam won the Outstanding Doctor of Philosophy award.
ISE students recognized with the Outstanding Service Award during Senior Symposium by the ISE Undergraduate Awards Committee include:
Avintha Anumolu
Amber Clauss
Theresa Mull
Allison Tieman
Additional award winners include:
Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, presented to Jarrett Johnson
Outstanding Junior Award, presented to Kathryn Sloan
Outstanding Senior Award, presented to Jessica Aujla
ISE Advisory Board Don Taylor Leadership Award, presented to Marah Ghanem
Amber Clauss and Theresa Mull (both B.S. ‘23), and Rongxuan Wang (Ph.D., ‘23) were awarded national scholarships from Alpha Pi Mu, the honor society for industrial and systems engineering students. Of 11 national scholarships awarded, three belong to Virginia Tech ISE students.
Professor James Kong was recognized as the College of Engineering’s 2023 Outstanding Faculty Mentor award during the Virginia Tech Graduate School Awards Ceremony.
Two ISE faculty were recognized at the 2023 College of Engineering Dean’s Awards Ceremony.
- Natalie Cherbaka, Excellence in Teaching Award
- Charlie Klauer, Excellence in Research Award