Systems & Industrial Engineering

This section of the college news site gathers stories that feature the faculty, students, staff and programs of the UA Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering. For detailed information about all other aspects of SIE, please visit the department website.

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Systems & Industrial Engineering News

UA-Built Concussion App in NCAA Competition

Feb. 1, 2016 | Emily Litvack

Sports-related concussions are now part of the national conversation, and a team of UA researchers — including football players Jason Sweet and Scooby Wright — is teaching athletes to recognize and report the signs.

Virtual Diagnosis for a Real Threat >>

UA Traffic Engineer Larry Head Wins Best Paper Award from Transportation Research Board

Jan. 26, 2016 | Jill Goetz

SIE Professor Larry Head receives a second D. Grant Mickle Award for best paper from the U.S. Transportation Research Board, and his former student wins the first-ever award for best dissertation from a Chinese transportation organization.

Accolades from Transportation Researchers >>

Students Program Soccer-Playing Robots with Help of UA Professor

Jan. 22, 2016 | Natalie Robbins

UA Engineering researcher Ricardo Valerdi, a professor in the department of systems and industrial engineering, teaches engineering principles to middle school students by showing them how to build autonomous soccer-playing robots.

Achieving STEM Goals via Robotics >>