Problem Solved: The IISE Podcast

IISE "Career Path" Series - Part 3: Paul Odomirok and Karina Suarez

Our "Career Path" series comes to its conclusion in this episode of "Problem Solved." James Swisher, IISE's director of continuing education, sits down with IISE Train...

March 23, 2021 / 56:07/S2:E15

Ergonomics from A(llread) to Z(avitz)

Ergonomists have faced numerous challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep employees safe both on site and in their home offices. Applied Ergonomics Society Presi...

March 9, 2021 / 30:13/S2:E14

The Power of Agile

IISE's digital strategist David Brandt talks about agile methodology for ISEs with Caitlin Kenney, P.E., systems engineer and agile coach at International Systems Mana...

February 23, 2021 / 49:55/S2:E13

IISE "Career Path" Series - Part 2: Adrienne Dickerson and Elizabeth Ehlman

This episode of "Problem Solved" is the second part of the "IISE Career Path" series of shows about continuous improvement in education, work and life. IISE's James Sw...

February 9, 2021 / 38:44/S2:E12

IISE "Career Path" Series - Part 1: Larry Aft and Beth Cudney

This episode of "Problem Solved" launches the "IISE Career Path" series of shows about continuous improvement in education, work and life. IISE's James Swisher talks w...

January 28, 2021 / 38:18/S2:E11

The Masked Engineers

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Harriss & Covington Hosiery Mills in High Point, North Carolina, partnered with occupational health service EHOP Health to ...

January 14, 2021 / 30:38/S2:E10

2020: ISEs Review a Year of Resilience and Rebirth

In this episode of "Problem Solved," we talk to three previous guests of the podcast – Bobbie Watts, Gretchen Macht and Ali Hobbs – about the "good, bad and ugly" less...

December 10, 2020 / 51:58/S2:E9

The State of the Society for Health Systems

This episode of "Problem Solved" focuses on the state of the Society for Health Systems, also known as SHS, one of the most active wings of the Institute of Industrial...

November 24, 2020 / 26:08/S2:E8

NASA industrial engineer sets sights on Mars

In this episode of "Problem Solved," Angie Jackman, an industrial engineer with NASA and project manager for the Mars Ascent Vehicle mission at the Marshall Space Flig...

November 12, 2020 / 34:06/S2:E7

Easing Election Day delays through industrial and systems engineering

In this episode of "Problem Solved," we highlight research by IISE members and academic leaders Laura Albert* of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Gretchen Macht...

October 22, 2020 / 51:54/S2:E6

Israeli IE professor reflects on a life of problem-solving

Industrial engineering professor Shaul Ladany reflects on his life of research and teaching, his athletic career as a world-record race walker who competed in two Olym...

October 8, 2020 / 40:29/S2:E5

To Engineer the Greatest Communicators

In this episode of "Problem Solved," IISE's David Brandt chats with Elizabeth Gentry, Ph.D. from the University of Louisville and James Swisher of Hawkeye Business Sol...

September 24, 2020 / 40:02/S2:E4

Toyota and a House of Cider?

Stefan Enjem explains how ISE and Toyota tools – along with discriminating taste buds that desire delicious, gluten-free and low-sugar refreshment, have built a house ...

September 10, 2020 / 42:00/S2:E3

ISE Academic Leaders Adapt to Pandemic's Disruptions

ISE faculty members Kim LaScola Needy and Manuel D. Rossetti from the University of Arkansas and Eileen Van Aken from Virginia Tech discuss how instructors and student...

August 27, 2020 / 52:05/S2:E2

Modeling Reality, COVID and Ebola Style, with the CDC’s Michael Washington

IE Michael Washington of the CDC discusses his team’s statistical models that help health systems monitor resources for dealing with – and tracing the explosion of – C...

August 13, 2020 / 51:52/S2:E1

Ergonomics and human factors for caretakers in COVID-19 pandemic

News reports have shared images and stories of the hardships endured by healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic, many working long hours to serve serious...

June 25, 2020 / 29:48/S1:Bonus

Engineers in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic

In this bonus episode of "Problem Solved," we play interviews with healthcare engineers from May 2020 who have insight about how health systems are managing and operat...

June 11, 2020 / 50:00/S1:Bonus

Election cybersecurity and decision analysis with Natalie Scala

Sponsored by the University of Louisville: Cybersecurity is an ongoing challenge across all industries and sectors, public and private. In an era of expanding technolo...

April 23, 2020 / 33:45/S1:E20

Tapping the Potential of Autistic Workers with Conner Reinhardt and Jhillika Kumar

Sponsored by the University of Louisville: A more diverse workforce can and should include people with cognitive disabilities who have the skills and desire to contrib...

April 9, 2020 / 33:04/S1:E19

Big Data for the Big House with Tamás Terlaky, Dr. Mohammad Shahabsafa and Anshul Sharma

Sponsored by the University of Louisville: Remember when a call from jail sparked an ISE project assigning inmates to various facilities in the Pennsylvania Department...

March 26, 2020 / 42:04/S1:E18

Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade with Tina Agustiady

Sponsored by the University of Louisville: There's a little engineer inside all of us, according to Tina Agustiady. But as it turns out, her son - a first-grader - is ...

March 12, 2020 / 27:52/S1:E17