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Excited to launch the INFORMS Clemson Lunch and Talk series! Join us Feb 20 (12–1 PM, Freeman Hall 123) for: “Estimating Decision Uncertainty from Preference Uncertainty: Application to Ground Vehicle Design” Speaker: Chia-Ruei Liu Bring your lunch. We’ll bring the drinks.

🥳Great evening at Clemson IE’s Discover IE Night! Our CU INFORMS Student Chapter enjoyed meeting first-year engineering students and sharing what INFORMS and Operations Research are all about. Shout-out to Sabhasachi Saha, Zhiwen (Ivan) Huang & Md Zahidul Islam for the help!🐯

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S04E01 of the Optimality Gap Podcast! We welcome Dr. Esra Buyuktahtakin Toy, Professor in the Grado Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Watch on YouTube: lnkd.in/eStuEXs3 Listen on Spotify: lnkd.in/ek44eSU5

Introducing the 2025–2026 INFORMS Clemson Student Chapter Leadership Team 🎉 President: Md Zahidul Islam (3rd year PhD, IE) Vice President: Zhiwen (Ivan) Huang (2nd year PhD, IE) Secretary: Chia-Ruei Liu (2nd year PhD, IE) Treasurer: Christian Collins (Junior, IE)

The INFORMS Clemson Student Chapter kicked off Fall 2025 with our Welcoming Event! A great start under our new 2025–26 officer team — and special thanks to Dr. Hamed Rahimian for joining us. Excited for a semester of growth, collaboration, and community!

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Join our 2025 welcoming event. 📅 Friday, September 5, 2025 🕔 5:00 – 7:00 PM 📍 Freeman Hall, Room 138 Pizza & refreshments are on us! 🍕🥤 RSVP here: lnkd.in/eV7Cv4sE

What an incredible retreat! 🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s INFORMS Student Chapter Retreat! It was a pleasure to spend time with our fellow student chapters from: INFORMS Student Chapter at Georgia Tech Auburn INFORMS

🎓✨ Congratulations, Sushendhar Reddy Akkali! ✨🎓 The Clemson INFORMS Student Chapter proudly celebrates the graduation of our Secretary SUSHENDHAR REDDY AKKALI, who has completed his Master’s in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University.

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🎙️🌍 New Optimality Gap Podcast Episode is LIVE! 🌍🎙️ *Presented by Clemson INFORMS* We’re honored to welcome Dr. Julie Swann , Department Head of the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State University. Link: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/in…

Our Clemson INFORMS chapter had a blast at 3 STEM events this spring! 🚀 We brought hands-on science fun to kids at James M. Brown, West Pelzer & Varennes Elementary. Big thanks to our IE Dept & amazing volunteers! 👏 #ClemsonINFORMS #STEMOutreach #FutureEngineers

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🎙️🔥 New Optimality Gap Episode OUT NOW! 🔥🎙️ Hosted by Homa Khakan | Presented by Clemson INFORMS We’re honored to feature Dr.Lewis Ntaimo, Professor and Department Head of the Wm Michael Barnes ‘64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University!

Hello Everyone, We are thrilled to invite you to an exciting seminar featuring our Clemson IE alumni Dr. Vinay Mehendi, on April 7th, 2025, at 5:30 PM. He is the CEO of OceanFrogs Software. RSVP -docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

This time, we’re thrilled to welcome Dr. David Brown, the Snow Family Business Professor in Decision Sciences and Faculty Director for the Center for Energy, Development, and Global Environment at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in our podcast. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/infor…

🚀 New Episode Alert! 🎙️ Join us on the Optimality Gap Podcast, as we welcome Dr. Ali E. Abbas, Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Public Policy at the University of Southern California (USC) creators.spotify.com/pod/show/infor…

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that the INFORMS Clemson University Student Chapter has been honored with the 2024 INFORMS Student Chapter Annual Award: Magna Cum Laude! 🏆 A big thank you to all our members, advisors, and supporters who made this achievement possible!🌟

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🎓 Introducing Dr. Hamed Rahimian – Advisor for Clemson INFORMS Student Chapter 2024! 🎓 We are honored to introduce Dr. Hamed Rahimian, the esteemed Advisor of the Clemson INFORMS Student Chapter 2024.

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Dr. Thomas Sharkey, Professor of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, will be delivering a keynote at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting on a crucial topic: "The Importance of Lived Experience for Better, Smarter O.R. Models to Disrupt Sex Trafficking."

🎉 Meet Sabhasachi Saha – Director of Communication for Clemson INFORMS Student Chapter 2024! 🎉 We are thrilled to introduce Sabhasachi Saha, our enthusiastic and skilled Director of Communication for the Clemson INFORMS Student Chapter 2024!

🎉 Meet Farhatul Janan – Media and Outreach Officer of Clemson INFORMS Student Chapter 2024! 🎉 We’re excited to introduce Farhatul Janan, our dedicated Media and Outreach Officer for the Clemson INFORMS Student Chapter 2024.

The INFORMS Clemson Student Chapter has achieved an incredible milestone! We are proud to announce that our chapter has won the prestigious INFORMS Student Chapter Annual Award 4 years in a row! This marks a total of 5 awards in our 8-year existence. 🏆 Go Tigers! 🐯