Dr. Kevin Taaffe
Chair, Industrial Engineering Department
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| Happy New Year from the department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University!
We hope your holiday season was both restful and rejuvenating. As we look ahead to the coming year, I’d like to take a moment to highlight the accomplishments that made 2025 such a strong and memorable year for Clemson IE.
Our department’s success continues to be fueled by the exceptional work of our 27 research and instructional faculty. Among our research-active colleagues, productivity remained high, with an average of four publications and more than 250 citations per faculty member this past year. For the second consecutive year, Clemson IE exceeded $5 million in research expenditures—a significant achievement, especially given the challenges many across the U.S. have faced in securing and managing federal funding. I deeply appreciate the resilience and commitment our faculty have shown.
There is plenty of excitement around the department right now. The energy and drive from our newest faculty members, coupled with the arrival this month of our new Provost, Dr. Cole Smith—an accomplished industrial engineering scholar and former Dean of Engineering at Syracuse University—bring an added sense of optimism for what lies ahead.
Wishing each of you a prosperous and successful 2026!
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Significant Faculty Publications |
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Sharkey, T. C., Foster, S., Hegde, S., Kurz, M. B., Tucker, E. (2025). A categorization of observed uses of operational research models for fundamental surprise events: Observations from university operations during COVID-19. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 76(2), 254-266.
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Ransing V., Park J., Ye Y., Park H., Kim S., Du J., Srinivasan D. (2025). Efficacy of virtual reality-based approach for users to understand the potential benefits and limitations of using exoskeletons. Human Factors, 67(11), 1136-1151.
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Ye, F., Zhang, X., Stein, M. L., Ezzat, A. A. (2025). DeepMIDE: A multi-output spatio-temporal method for ultra-scale offshore wind energy forecasting. Technometrics.
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Conner, S., Harvey, T. G., Neyens, D. M., Boyer, D. M., Kurz, M. B. (2025). Engineering identity of non-traditional students in an undergraduate transfer program. The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 73(3), 271-285.
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Bhattarai, S., Song, Y. (2025). Multi-stage stochastic programming for integrated network optimization in hurricane relief logistics and evacuation planning. Networks, 85(1), 3-37.
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Chen, S.-Y., Song, Y., Albright, D., Pang, W. (2024). Logistics planning for direct temporary disaster housing assistance under demand uncertainty. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 96, 102072.
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Hionis, J., Hegde S., Segarra G., Foster S., Balkin E. M., Rayo M., Fredendall L., Taaffe K., Catchpole K. (2025). Coordination patterns as markers of brittleness (and resilience) in complex systems: a sterile processing case study, Ergonomics.
- Khademi, A., Rahimian, H., Delshad, S. (2026). Experimentation levels and social welfare under FDA's flexible approval standards. IISE Transactions, 58(2), 227-239.
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Subasinghe D., Aviles J., Shayan A. M., Srinivasan D. (2025). Short-term adaptations to lifting and gait kinematics when using a passive back-support exoskeleton. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 53(9), 2264-2281.
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Aviles, J., Castleberry, J., Madigan, M. (2025). Effects of a low-cost prosthetic knee on amputee gait over uneven and even terrains. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 49(1), 47-50.
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Khan, S., Iqbal, M., Knijnenburg, B., Dixon, E. (2025). Inclusive recommender systems: addressing needs of users with ADHD. ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems.
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Gonzales, A., Jackson, C., Cha, J. (2025). Extended reality as a modality to train non-technical skills in healthcare: A scoping review. Applied Ergonomics, 125, 104463.
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Jeong, C., Yue, X., Chung, S. (2026). Fed-Joint: Joint modeling of nonlinear degradation signals and failure events for remaining useful life prediction using federated learning, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 267, 111833.
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DeForest, E., Catchpole, K., Lusk, C., Abernathy, J. H., Neyens, D. M. (2025). Modeling anesthesia medication delivery using the SEIPS 101 tools. Applied Ergonomics, 128, 104555.
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Koscelny, S. N., Sadralashrafi, S., Neyens, D. M. (2025). Generative AI responses are a dime a dozen; Making them count is the challenge – Evaluating information presentation styles in healthcare chatbots using hierarchical Bayesian regression models. Applied Ergonomics, 128, 104515.
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Malde, A., Işık, T. (2025). Optimal transportation mode selection and capacity allocation under uncertainty, Annals of Operations Research.
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Sabogal De La Pava, M.L., Tucker, E. (2025). Effects of geopolitical strain on global pharmaceutical supply chain design and drug shortages. European Journal of Operational Research, 327(2), 641-654.
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Faculty and Student Awards, Honors, and Service Leadership Highlights |
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- Amin Khademi, Meritorious Reviewer, INFORMS Journal of Computing
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Tugce Isik, President-Elect, Board of Directors, IISE OR Division
- Emily Tucker, Outstanding Teaching Award, IISE Logistics and Supply Chain Division
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Emily Tucker, Outstanding Regional Faculty Advisor Award, IISE Mid-Atlantic Region
- Divya Srinivasan, Keynote Speaker, Asia Pacific Health, Safety and Environment Forum, National Safety Council Networks
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Thomas Sharkey, Faculty Mentor, IISE Future Faculty Fellows (3F) Program
- Morteza Soltani, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award from the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences (CECAS) and Clemson University
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Melika Jahan Beikloo, Selected Participant, IISE Future Faculty Fellows (3F) Program
- Mitali Bhosekar, Selected Participant, IISE Future Faculty Fellows (3F) Program
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Bhargav Upadhyay, Student Member with Honors, HFES
- Krystal Liu, Gilbreth Memorial Fellowship, IISE
- Farzad Zeinali, Gilbreth Memorial Fellowship, IISE
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The Department of Industrial Engineering Newsletter is published by the Department and the PROMO Office in Clemson University’s College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences.
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