Congratulations again to Mohammad Samara and Yulin Liu on their receipt of Graduate Student Awards for Excellence in Research! Both of these exemplary students were recognized in a campus-wide ceremony earlier today. Congrats again, Mohammad and Yulin! #BingPride

Congratulations to Maya Abuarayes!! Maya received the 2026 Katie C. Root Award, which recognizes excellent academics who have prevailed over adversity. She is an ideal recipient of this Watson College award and we couldn't be more proud of her. Congrats again, Maya! 🎉#BingPride

BS ISE seniors are working hard to finalize their senior design solutions. Last year a team also took home first place at the General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference at West Point. We can't wait to see what this year's grads have in store for the judges! #BingPride

Dr. Khasawneh, Dr. Santos, and Dr. Srihari recently reconnected with Dr. Suhas Chivukula (MS and PhD alum). He is now Sr. Program Manager (Associate Director) for Integrated Business Planning team at Sam's Club, and prior held positions with Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, and others.

Thank you to alum Sawyer Kerr for sharing a guest lecture with students in the Engineering Project Management class! Sawyer is the New York Operations Manager for J.W. Didado Electric, where he oversees regional operations and supports large-scale electrical projects. #BingPride

Exciting news! INFORMS is now at Binghamton University. All students interested in operations research (OR), management science, and analytics are welcome! Reach out to their e-board if you may want to get start getting involved or join them at an upcoming GIM. #BingPride

The #IISE student chapter at Binghamton University is top-notch in delivering interactive and exciting engagement opportunities for its members! The group recently visited a Tesla facility near Buffalo. Students looking to get engaged can contact its e-board here: https://bit.ly/4lw1Zud

Interested in management training with a technical edge? Join us to learn how to handle data, manage projects, and optimize operations to promote success across domains and enable expert management of even the most technically demanding tasks and teams. https://bit.ly/GoGradSSIE

Congrats to alumna Arushi (Agarwal) Mehan on her receipt of an #IISE Outstanding Early Career IE in Business/Industry Award! 🎉 The award recognizes engineering contributions in the application, design, research or development of IE methods. Congrats again, Arushi! 🏆 #BingPride

Congratulations to Jhanille Hurde! On March 4, 2026 Jhanille defended her thesis "An Integrated Human Factors Framework for Measuring Cognitive Load Induced by Hospital-based Incident Reporting Systems." Congrats again, Jhanille!

Thanks again to our academic partners and hosts at REVA University! Dr. Yong Wang recently visited this academic partner campus, met with faculty and students, and shared information about SSIE, its graduate programs, and potential career pathways available. https://bit.ly/GoGradSSIE

Thanks again to our academic partners and hosts at SASTRA! Dr. Yong Wang recently visited this academic partner campus, met with faculty and students, and shared information about SSIE, its graduate programs, and potential career pathways available. https://bit.ly/GoGradSSIE

Congrats to Dr. Luís M. Rocha & Dr. Ahmed Abdeen Hamed on their SUNY - The State University of New York AI Platform Award to support work on “LLM-Accelerated Multilayered Network Construction for Breast Cancer Drug Repurposing and Combination Discovery through Agentic AI Collaboration." #BingPride

Thanks again to our academic partners and hosts at SRM Trichy! Dr. Yong Wang recently visited this academic partner campus, met with faculty and students, and shared information about SSIE, its graduate programs, and potential career pathways available. https://bit.ly/GoGradSSIE

Welcome back to Dr. Yong Wang and thank you to our academic partners and hosts at Sathyabama University! There he met with faculty and students and shared information about SSIE, its graduate programs, and potential career pathways available. https://bit.ly/GoGradSSIE

Congratulations to Malak Fora and Jianming Zhou on their recent receipt of Doctoral Focus Fellowships! These prestigious awards aim to support significant, timely progress toward completing a high-impact dissertation. Congrats again, Malak and Jianming! 🎉#BingPride

Many thanks to our academic partners and hosts abroad! Shown here are some select photos from Dr. Hiroki Sayama's recent travels to visit partners in Pune, Lavasa and Mumbai, India. Students who who may like to receive more information can join us here: https://bit.ly/GoGradSSIE

Congrats to students, faculty and staff who participated in #SCALECON2026 in Washington, DC, Feb. 2-3! Dr. Srikanth Rangarajan is shown here with S3IP team members and 9 participating students from Binghamton University#SCALECON2026and Purdue University, who each earned a $12K scholarship. 🎉 #BingPride

Have you met Assistant Professor Dr. Sara Kohtz? She is among the newer members of SSIE's junior faculty and you can learn more about her research in data science, physics-informed machine learning, reliability engineering and energy systems here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpBDJ4qLrJg

During Dr. Hiroki Sayama's travels abroad he got to connect with current Systems Science student Prakash Pandey. Whether studying locally or abroad, currently enrolled or long-graduated, we celebrate our network and are grateful that our students and alumni keep in touch! #BingPride

Dr. Hiroki Sayama is at the International Conference on Complex Systems Modeling, Analysis & Applications (CSMA-2026, formerly IC2SMA2) now happening at CHRIST University's Pune-Lavasa Campus (and hybrid/online). We wish him, PhD student Surendra Orupalli, and all participants a great event!

International best-selling author, mother, philanthropist, and the list goes on... Valerie Tanis is truly inspiring, and we are so proud she is one of our Ambassadors! Learn a little more about her and her journey in this SSIE Student Spotlight. #BingPride https://bit.ly/4odoncz

SSIE is at HSPIC! 😀 If you are also attending #HSPI2026 please stop by and visit our team at Booth 102. Our Director Dr. Mohammad Khasawneh and students are on-site exchanging ideas to advance healthcare. 🧑‍⚕️ Join us to learn more. https://bit.ly/GoGradSSIE

Congratulations to Tasneem Tawalbeh! In yesterday's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, her work "Is Clean Energy Truly Green?" won 3 awards, including: 2nd Place overall, the Technology Innovation Award, and the People's Choice Award. Congrats again, Tasneem! #BingPride

Congratulations to Yulin Liu and Mohammad Samara on their receipt of Graduate Student Awards for Excellence in Research! Both of these exemplary students will be recognized at an official ceremony next month. Congrats again, Yulin and Mohammad! #BingPride

Congrats to SSIE alum Subashkarthick Mohan and his wife Akhila Pugazhendhi on their exciting new venture WearPawsitive LLC! Learn more about their B2B apparel startup in the Binghamton University Magazine feature below. Congrats again and best wishes to Subash and Akhila! #BingPride

Congratulations to SSIE alumni Nishant Trivedi and Harsh Panchal on their recent presentations at the SMTA Pan Pacific (Pan Pac) Strategic Electronics Symposium! Some of the work presented at this event was also related to work done in collaboration with WISE. #BingPride

Attention undergrads! Considering 4+1? Attend the campus-wide event “Stay at Bing” Grad Options and 4+1 Accelerated Degree Mix & Mingle on Friday, Feb. 6 at 11AM to connect, ask questions, and learn about 4+1 options available at Binghamton University. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/4aaMJh1

Dr. Mohammad Khasawneh is presenting at the #IISE Conference being hosted by the University of Jordan on Bridging Campus Visions into Market Realities. The conference will feature an accomplished line-up of speakers to highlight how academic ideas can be linked to the demands of the job market.

Big news! 🎉 U.S. News & World Report ranked Binghamton University's SSIE programs #33 among the 2026 Best Online Engineering Master’s Programs. All SSIE grad programs are now available online, and we invite interested students to join us at an upcoming info session here: https://bit.ly/GoGradSSIE

Where in the world is Dr. Carlos Gershenson? ✈️ Shown here at the 4th meeting of the Spanish chapter of the Complex Systems Society #CS3 in Seville, Spain, where he gave an invited talk, we're glad to welcome him back for the start of our spring semester in Binghamton. https://cs3.es/conference-2026/

All are invited to attend the Binghamton International Business Club Speaker Event attached co-sponsored by SSIE and featuring entrepreneur and SSIE industrial advisory board member Joseph F. Paris, Jr. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/4qKtmTl Wed. Jan. 28 6 PM Academic A - AA144

Dr. Yong Wang recently visited academic partners at SRM IST and its SRM Easwari Engineering College in Chennai, India, where ongoing research collaborations and advanced graduate studies opportunities were discussed. Select photos are shown here. Thanks again to our partners and hosts at SRM!

Congrats to BS ISE student Derrick Lee and his teammates on achieving 3rd Place at the 2025 BDA X EWP X 60Hertz Wind Power Forecasting Competition! They competed against 270 skilled teams in this intensive 8-month challenge to predict hourly wind power generation for three major sites in Korea.

Dr. Srikanth Rangarajan visited CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Bangalore Kengeri Campus and conducted a workshop on digital twins and data centers for students and faculty. Graduate studies opportunities were also discussed. Thanks again to our academic partners for their ongoing collaborations!

Dr. Srikanth Rangarajan visited the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) where he spoke on data centers, electronics thermal management and digital twins. Shared work on thermal modeling and thermal management of electronics is expanding, with aim to establish an "Electronic Cooling Center" at VIT.

Dr. Sreenath Chalil Madathil recently visited academic partners at the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) to meet with local leadership and faculty and discuss research and advanced graduate studies opportunities with students. Thank you to our hosts for the productive visit and discussions!

Dr. Yong Wang is one of 4 SSIE faculty recently returned from travels abroad visiting academic partners. Here you can see images from PSGR Krishnammal College for Women in Coimbatore, India. Sessions were packed. Thanks again to our partners and hosts at this remarkable institution!

With classes less than a week away, we are very glad to welcome back Dr. Sreenath Chalil Madathil from a visit to the Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT), Angamaly, Kerala, India. We look forward to ongoing collaborations with these accomplished academic partners.

Dr. Krishnaswami "Hari" Srihari was honored to participate in recent Pongal celebrations at the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and is shown here with their Chancellor, Vice Presidents, AVP, Executive Director, and other attendees. Thank you to our hosts and collaborators for sharing this.

First CoCo seminar of Spring 2026 will be by our own Carlos Gershenson! On Wed. Jan. 28th

SSIE has kicked off a new year of visiting research partners and alumni both domestically and abroad. Dr. Srihari is shown here with alumnus Vinod Mohan, who is now Apple Director of Manufacturing Design for India. We are grateful that our alumni keep in touch. #BingPride

Welcome back to Dr. Yong Wang, who recently returned from visiting academic allies at NMIMS-Mumbai. There he met with their leadership team, faculty, and students to share updates from our campus. Thanks again to our hosts and partners at NMIMS for your ongoing collaboration!

Congratulations to Dr. Sadamori Kojaku on his new grant from the SUNY-IBM AI Alliance! His project "Team Engineering for Industrial AI Systems" has received $100K in support for efforts spanning February 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027. #BingPride

Congratulations to BS ISE students Brendan Hurley, Jared Ogden, Matt Dillon, and Joseph Castano on their 2nd place finish in the 2025 ASQ Canada and Greenland Region Business Case competition (Oct 25–26, 2025)! #BingPride

Thank you to LBS Institute of Technology for Women in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India for recently hosting Dr. Sreenath Chalil Madathil to share research updates and information on opportunities for advanced studies available within SSIE at Binghamton University!

Congratulations to the Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT), Angamaly, Kerala, India on the inauguration of their "Dyuthi 7" tech magazine! SSIE's Dr. Sreenath Chalil Madathil was deeply honored to participate at this special event taking place at his esteemed alma mater.

Dr. Khasawneh and Dr. Santos have recently returned from visiting student researchers working on projects in the flexible electronics manufacturing/packaging domain with Fii research collaborators in Wisconsin. Comradery and hard work make shared successes sweeter. #BingPride

Sai Srikanth Reddy Kolli is a published student researcher. He is also a SSIE Ambassador who goes above and beyond sharing his experience with others. You can learn more about him and his journey in this latest SSIE Student Spotlight. #BingPride Grad info: https://bit.ly/GoGradSSIE

Congratulations to Aksh Patel! On December 11, 2025 Aksh defended his thesis "Advanced BGA CPU Process Development for New Product Introduction in Smart Electronics Manufacturing." Congrats again, Aksh!