Industrial Engineering

The Industrial Engineering (IE) Program of the School of Engineering (SOE) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) will provide one-time scholarship of $1,500 to each selected freshman or transfer student starting fall 2020. One objective of the IE Scholarship is to increase domestic enrollment in the Program but applications from international students are welcomed as well. 

To be eligible, applicants must have a minimum Math ACT 29 or the equivalent and GPA 3.3, and must be q...

The Industrial Engineering Program hosted a joint picnic for faculty, staff, and students with Mechanical Engineering. It was a great afternoon spent eating BBQ, playing games, networking, listening to music, as well as spending time with fellow students and professors. The highlight of the picnic was a Tug-of-War match between Industrial and Mechanical Engineering. More pictures are available under Students menu.

IE Program had an IE graduate student orientation at 11:30 AM on Friday, August 23^rd in EB 2160. Dr. Chen as IE graduate program director covered useful and important topics during the orientation. Main topics discussed are as follows: 

• Introduction of new IE graduate students
• Overview of the IE graduate program
• Election of the leadership team for the IE Graduate Student Council
• Questions and answers

The IE Graduate Student Council provided refreshments for the orientation.

IE senior, Travis Baldwin has been selected for 2019 Kenneth C. Novak Manufacturing Scholarship, sponsored by SME Education Foundation.         

Dr. Onal has been selected to receive the 2018 IISE (Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers) Regional Level Faculty Advisor. This honor will be officially announced before the keynote on May 21 during 2019 IISE Conference in Orlando, Florida.        

Three IE senior design teams competed during 2019 School of Engineering Admit Day Event.

Automated Solution Suspension Machine team has designed an automated machine to overcome the problems encountered with handmade pharmaceutical solution and suspension making (Ali Caglayan, Altug Sonmez, Batuhan Hazar Aydogan, Berkay Canogullari, Sena Boncuk, Hakan Bugra Kaynar).

Robo-Checkers team has designed an automated checker board which will allow users to play the game with people around the wor...

Dr. Onal presented his addresses on 2019 SOE Honors Day. Onal shared his inspiring story of perseverance and determination. He described to attendees his path from taking English as a Second Language courses in 2007 to attaining a doctorate, and now multiple grants and awards for his work as a teacher-scholar.          

Ms. Monica Sommer, Performance Improvement Consultant at Barnes Jewish Hospital, gave IE students an insightful talk on the link between Industrial Engineering and Healthcare operations in the first ASQ meeting of Spring 2019 semester. Also, four officers were elected during the meeting for ASQ SIUE Branch (Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eneyo), which has been officially chartered.     

Recently, SIUE IISE Student Chapter (Advisor: Dr. Onal) organized a plant tour to Caterpillar in Peoria, IL. Students were able to connect knowledge they learned from class rooms to real-life applications.         

IE Outstanding Alumnus Award Recipient, Mr. Corey Peach at Walmart presented his projects during IE Career Planning Session on February 19, 2019. Mr. Peach graduated from SIUE IE Program in 2009 and currently Senior Manager of Reverse Supply Chain Operations at Walmart in Arkansas.         

Two IE graduate students, Goksu Avdan and Oluwakemi Akande presented their MS thesis research during annual IE Research Day Event on February 19, 2019. 

Goksu Avdan, Coronary Artery Modeling and Analyses (Advisor: Dr. Lee)

Oluwakemi Akande, An Integrated Approach to Production Planning and Control Systems in Small Scale Industry (Advisor: Dr. Eneyo)

• Dr. Lee has been selected as 2018 Outstanding Teacher of IE.
• Dr. Chen has been nominated for 2018 SOE Outstanding Service Award.
• Dr. Onal has been nominated for 2018 SOE Outstanding Research Award.
• 2018 Outstanding Student Awardees:
  • Outstanding Graduate Student: Oluwakemi Akande
  • Outstanding Senior Student: Elise Rainey
  • Outstanding Junior Student: Tianna Sherman
• Mr. Corey Peach (Class 2009) has been selected for 2018 Outstanding IE Alumnus Award.

• IE graduate student, Shaida Kargarnovin won 2019 Research Grants for Graduate Students (RGGS) with $500. Congratulations to Shaida and her advisor (Dr. Onal). Shaida Kargarnovin's thesis proposal, entitled "Selected Tasks Of Cleaning Occupation Comparison With And Without Participatory Ergonomic Approach," aims to measure repetitive motions of cleaning worker tasks and implement ergonomic solutions.
• IE graduate student, Andrew Parcels (BS IE) has been selected to one of the inaugural IISE Stu...

Current President of ASQ (American Society for Quality) in St. Louis Section - Dr. Mark Lynch and Deputy Regional Director - Ms. Sandra Mohr provided an information session on ASQ SIUE Branch/Capter for IE students on Friday, November 30. Many IE students attended and signed up for a membership.         

The story for Dr. Onal's Motion Capture and Analysis Lab (MOCAL) has now been introduced in FOX2 News at:

https://fox2now.com/2018/11/08/siue-receives-research-grant-for-motion-capture-laboratory/.

• Dr. Sinan Onal's NSF grant to build Cutting-Edge Motion Capture and Analysis System has been covered in SIUE News - November 9, 2017, 2:00 PM. "Motion capture and analysis systems record the movement of objects or people, which can be analyzed or modified using computer software," said lead principal investigator Sinan Onal, PhD, assistant professor in the SIUE School of Engineering (SOE) Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. "It has found applications in the military, heal...