Posts by Keith McAleer
Announcing the 2020 Jengyee Prize Recipients
Congratulations to Sang-Min Kim and Nicholas Foo for winning the 2020 Jengyee Prize, Leadership for a Better World scholarship. Sang-Min Kim is a graduating senior in Political Science with a minor in Public Health. For the past seven years, he has been actively involved in promoting human rights causes, including reunification of North Koreans with their…
Read MoreFinTech Feature: Alex Chen, MEng ’20
Prof. Max Shen comments on supply chain disruption caused by COVID-19 & how operations research can help in Berkeley Conversation
Announcing the 2020 Jengyee Prize – Win A $2000 Scholarship!
Attention all Berkeley undergraduates! The 2020 Jengyee Prize – Leadership for a Better World — is now accepting applications. The $2,000 prize is awarded annually and is open to all undergraduate students with a sophomore or higher standing, regardless of gender, race, creed, or national origin. The Jengyee Prize – Leadership for a Better World aims to…
Read MoreAlumna Profile: Courtney Chow
Diana Salazar recognized with Chancellor’s Award for Public Service
IEOR staff member Diana Salazar has just been awarded the 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Civic Engagement – Staff Award. Each year, the Chancellor recognizes students, staff, faculty, and community partnerships that embody UC Berkeley’s proud tradition of public service and commitment to improving our local and global community. Diana was nominated for her work to…
Read MoreIEOR paper selected as finalist at the American Control Conference (ACC)
The paper titled “Homotopy Method for Finding the Global Solution of Post-contingency Optimal Power Flow” by IEOR PhD student SangWoo Park, ME PhD student Elizabeth Glista, associate professor Javad Lavaei, and assistant professor Somayeh Sojoudi has been selected to be a finalist at the 2020 American Control Conference (ACC). ACC accepts over 1,000 papers for…
Read MoreResearch by Shen and collaborators suggest new ways cities can deal with ride-sharing issues and help taxi drivers survive
IEOR Holiday Party 2019!
The IEOR department hosted its annual holiday party at the Wozniak Lounge in Soda Hall this year. Almost 100 faculty, students, and staff showed up to celebrate the (near) end of the semester. The event featured live holiday music with Prof. Rob Leachman on the keyboard and James Percy on the drums. Guests also enjoyed…
Read MoreDesign the next IEOR t-shirt!
Do you have a design idea for the next great IEOR t-shirt? The IEOR department will be printing t-shirts to give to IEOR students and volunteers in spring 2020. With your help, we want to make a memorable, awesome design! Rules & Guidelines Participants: Up to 4 people can be on a team, and at…
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