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Engineering Empathy: How XR and AI Can Reconnect Us

Discover how a group of researchers from the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems are using XR and AI to reshape empathy training in healthcare and law enforcement.

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NPR Academic Minute: ISE Adjunct Professor Caroline Cao on Medical Training Using Simulation in Extended Reality

In the Media
November 10, 2025

Mentorship that Matters: Alumnus Brian Truesdale Brings Real-World Impact to ISE's Senior Design Program

ISE News
November 10, 2025

We sat down with Grainger Engineering alumnus and Elevate Healthcare CEO Brian Truesdale to learn about how he brings real-world industry experience to ISE’s Senior Design program, helping students apply systems engineering to health care innovation and leadership development.

How will the government shutdown impact air travel?

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In the Media
October 17, 2025

At the Heart of Health Care Innovation: Human Factors in Action

ISE News
October 15, 2025

Professor Abigail Wooldridge of the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering applies human factors and systems engineering to redesign healthcare around the people who make it work. Her research spans AI, surgery, and maternal health, creating safer, smarter systems that improve both clinician performance and patient outcomes.

Human-Centered Solutions, Systems-Level Impact: Insights from the 2025 Chittenden Symposium

ISE News
October 13, 2025

On October 8, faculty, students and researchers from the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering and Department of Health and Kinesiology gathered at the iHotel for the 2025 Chittenden Symposium: “Lifelong Health by Design – Human-Centered Innovations in Chronic Disease Prevention.” The event united experts across disciplines to explore how engineering precision and health science insight can combine to design systems that foster long-term, equitable health outcomes.

New Tool Brings Accessible Gait Evaluation for Children with Cerebral Palsy

ISE News
October 1, 2025

Yiwen Dong, assistant professor in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, co-authored a study introducing the Clinical GENI, a low-cost, video-based tool that helps clinicians identify gait abnormalities and underlying neuromuscular impairments in children with spastic cerebral palsy. The tool showed strong agreement with gold-standard 3D gait analysis, making advanced evaluation more accessible. Findings highlight muscle weakness as a key driver of gait issues, pointing to new opportunities for more targeted treatment strategies.

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