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Mariel Lavieri named the IOE Department Richard Wilson Faculty Scholar

by Rod Capps
Industrial and Operations Engineering
September 6, 2017
Professor Mariel Lavieri has been named the Richard Wilson Faculty Scholar for a two-year period beginning September 1, 2017.| Short Read

Please join U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) in congratulating Mariel Lavieri. She is an outstanding teacher, researcher, mentor and colleague. This is a very well-deserved honor and follows several other major awards that Mariel and her students have won in the past 12 months.

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