Srinath, Yilmazlar, Kurz and Taaffe Publish New Article

Nitin Srinath, I. Ozan Yilmazlar, Mary E. Kurz and Kevin Taaffe are proud to announce that our paper, “Introducing Preferences in Scheduling Applications,” has been published in Computers & Industrial Engineering. Read it here.

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Ibrahim Ozan Yilmazlar awarded Graduate Travel Grant

Ibrahim Ozan Yilmazlar has been awarded a Graduate Travel Grant (GTG) from Clemson University Graduate Student Government in the amount of $750 to support their travel to attend INFORMS.

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Dr. Mary E. Kurz Named Honorary Alumna

The Clemson Alumni Association recently honored Dr. Mary E. Kurz with the designation of Honorary Alumna of Clemson University, Class of 2021. The distinction of Honorary Alum is a special recognition intended for steadfast Tiger supporters whose “blood runs orange” but who never attended Clemson.

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Class of ’39 Award for Faculty Excellence, Spring 2020

Clemson University faculty have recognized associate professor of industrial engineering Mary E. Kurz as one of the very best among them by awarding her the Class of ’39 Award for Excellence. The award, endowed by the Class of 1939 to commemorate its 50th anniversary in 1989, is presented annually to one distinguished faculty member whose outstanding contributions for a five-year period have been judged by her/his peers to represent the highest achievement of service to the student body, university and community, state or nation.

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Prof. Kurz Receives Clemson University Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Excellence in Service

For more than 17 seventeen years, Clemson has honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through the Martin Luther King, Jr. Excellence in Service Award. Presented annually, the award recognizes individuals who embody the spirit of Dr. King’s vision of the beloved community, which he defines as a “a community inclusive of all people, regardless of race, gender, class, ethnicity; a community that recognizes people as individuals first, each with a unique set of life experiences that shapes their particular perspective; a community where varied perspectives are brought together in a collective effort to achieve goals for the common good.”