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Five IOE students on winning Spotlight! teams

by Rod Capps
Industrial and Operations Engineering
September 29, 2016
IOE students Alberto Arguello, Susan Biggart, Kyle Gilbert, Ryan Kennedy and Matt Riley are among members of the winning teams for the 2016 Tauber Institute for Global Operations Spotlight! competition.| Short Read
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IMAGE:  Event: Spotlight! Team Project Showcase Scholarship Competition Photo: Philip Dattilo

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Spotlight! 2016 competition and their faculty advisors. Read the full article here.

Article and photo courtesy of Tauber Institute for Global Operations 

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