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IEOR Impact
How does IEOR impact the world?
Below are stories that show how faculty, students, and alumni are applying their knowledge with industrial engineering and operations research.
Yash Bhandari (B.S. ‘22 IEOR) Helps Bring Clean Drinking Water to El Valle de San Francisco, Panama
Yash Bhandari (B.S. ’22 IEOR) Helps Bring Clean Drinking Water to El Valle de San Francisco, Panama Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA) is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides engineering services to underserved communities in the U.S. and worldwide. At UC Berkeley’s EWB-USA chapter, students team up with classmates, learn from mentors, and engage with…
What is IEOR?
What is IEOR? In this award-winning video, IEOR students explain what industrial engineering & operations research is, how their skills can improve the world, and discuss exciting careers in IEOR. IEOR is the process of inventing and designing ways to analyze and improve complex systems. IEOR improves processes to create a better world. IEOR utilizes…
Berkeley IEOR and Georgia Tech ISYE partner with Kids Teach Tech to inspire underrepresented youth with the power of engineering and data analytics
This summer, Berkeley IEOR, Georgia Tech ISYE, and Kids Teach Tech partnered to deliver The Seth Bonder Camp in Computational and Data Science for Engineering to 5th – 12th grade students. The camp introduced data science and analytics with real world applications in games, sentiment analysis, computational biology, and medical diagnosis. The camp was offered…
Ken Goldberg featured on NPR Marketplace Tech on how robots can help with supply chain issues this holiday season
With ongoing shortages of workers, supplies, products and materials, it may be tough for consumers to get their gifts in time for the holiday season. Can new robotic technology developed by Berkeley IEOR and Professor Ken Goldberg help consumers receive their gifts on time? In an interview on NPR’s Marketplace Tech podcast, Ken Goldberg, IEOR…
Accelerating the Innovation in Tele-Surgery with Deep Learning
Tele-medicine services – where doctors can meet patients over video conference to treat non-critical conditions – have been on the rise over the past decade. Many medical technologies exist to facilitate routine procedures, like taking pulse and checking blood pressure, through this remote service. On the cutting-edge of using remote medical technology for patient care…
From IEOR to Fintech Entrepreneur: Alum Haryanto Tanjo Shares His Journey
Haryanto Tanjo (B.S. IEOR ‘09) came to Cal as an international student from Indonesia. After graduation, he worked at Cisco, Bayer HealthCare, and then spent three years with Webster Pacific, a management consulting firm in the Bay Area. Haryanto went on to earn an MBA at the University of California, Los Angeles. During his MBA,…
Prof. Shmuel Oren Reflects on his Collaboration with Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Wilson
On October 12, 2020, Robert B. Wilson was co-awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences along with his long-time collaborator Paul Milgrom “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.” Robert Wilson, a Professor Emeritus at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, worked on many research areas throughout his career. These included…