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Giving to Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering (ISE) is transforming how people, technology and data work together to solve society's most complex challenges. Our students and faculty design systems that power health care, energy, manufacturing, logistics, AI and human-centered innovation across every major sector.
When you give to ISE, you become part of a community dedicated to advancing our vision for an optimized society. Your generosity strengthens our work, accelerates innovation, attracts exceptional talent and expands opportunities for the next generation of industrial and systems engineers.
Together, we will...
Empower Faculty Excellence
Exceptional faculty drive discovery, elevate our national leadership presence and shape the systems that power modern life. Investments such as named chairs, professorships and faculty scholarships and fellowship programs ensure we can attract and retain the innovators defining the future of industrial and systems engineering.
Fuel Graduate Research
Graduate students are the engine of ISE's research enterprise. Named graduated fellowships enable us to recruit top global talent and support the pioneering ideas that tackle society's most complex challenges.
Elevate the Student Experience
ISE students learn by doing, designing real solutions for real industries. Your support expands scholarships, experiential learning, Senior Design Capstone projects and leadership and professional development opportunities. These investments directly shape the next generation of ISE leaders.
Accelerate Department Leadership and Innovation
Flexible, strategic resources allow ISE to move fast: launching new initiatives, responding to emerging opportunities and strengthening our long-term vision. Leadership-level gifts and department naming opportunities create transformational impacts that propel the future of ISE.
Ways to Give
Your support ensures that we remain a leader in engineering education, discovery, innovation, and sustained excellence.
To make a gift, choose which path you'd like to take.
Join the ISE Excellence Campaign
Every gift, regardless of size, helps build a stronger, more innovative ISE. Whether you wish to establish a legacy with a named gift or provide flexible support through unrestricted funds, your investment facilitates lasting impact on the ISE community.
Priorities
- Leadership & Innovation
- Faculty Excellence
- Graduate Fellowships
- Student Experience
Vanessa Blas, (Systems Engineering, '21)
Engineering Visionary Scholarship Recipient
“Receiving this scholarship inspires me to pay it forward. In the future, I hope to create a non-profit organization and help bring advancing technologies to low-income community schools.”
Yara Aoun, (Systems Engineering, '26)
Brian Slavenas IISE Outstanding Member Scholarship Recipient
“It's inspired me to give back in the future and support students like me who are passionate about engineering but may need a little extra help to pursue their dreams.”
Bernadette Wilk, (Systems Engineering, '25)
David B. Kennedy Scholarship Recipient
“Beyond supporting my current studies, this scholarship will also help me in my path towards attaining a master's degree following graduation.”
Kaitlin Skurnak
Jerry S. Dobrovolny Fellowship Recipient
“This fellowship has inspired me to give back in the future — not just monetarily, but also by contributing to the community that has offered me so many great opportunities.”
Jiaxin Song
Jerry S. Dobrovolny Fellowship Recipient
“This fellowship has allowed me to dedicate my mornings to research in the library, without distraction of financial stress...[and] pursue my academic goals wholeheartedly.”
Advancement & Alumni Relations Contacts
Julie Murphy
Associate Director for Alumni, Corporate and Student Relations
(217) 244-0095
jdg5@illinois.edu
Please reach out for more information about other giving opportunities, questions about making a gift or to discuss how you would like to make an impact with the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering.