Prof. Çinlar and Student Iyla Ryzhov Receive Excellence Award
Monday, 05 May 2008
The Excellence in Teaching Award is the product of engineering student input designed to express appreciation and respect for an instructor's abilities. This year, ORFE Professor Erhan Çinlar and graduate student teaching assistant Ilya Ryzhov for the course ORF309, "Probability and Stochastic Systems". (via School of Engineering & Applied Science: Awards & Honors)
 
Outstanding Teaching Commendation List Announced
Monday, 05 May 2008
ORFE congratulates Professors Patrick Cheridito, Erhan Çinlar, and Alexandre d'Aspremont on their Commendations for Outstanding Teaching during the Fall 2007 semester.  Also making the list is ORFE Graduate Student Kazutoshi Yamazaki, whose commendation comes by way of departmental nomination. (via School of Engineering & Applied Science: Awards & Honors)
 
ORFE Senior awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
Princeton Senior Mateusz Plucinski is one of two recipients of this year's Gates Cambridge Scholarships.  The scholarship is awarded to approximately 100 students outside of the UK each year.  The award affords students the opportunity to further their study at the University of Cambridge.

Mateusz plans to build on his education here in the department and as vice-president of the Princeton Operations Research Society and continue his study in the field of computational research. (via News at Princeton)
 
About ORFE
Welcome to the Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering, part of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University. ORFE is engineering for business, commerce, and industry.
Our students are innovators and entrepreneurs. They acquire the skills to become leaders in finance, information technology, management consulting, insurance, and operations planning. Our researchers develop the tools used to make better decisions, improve the performance of complex systems, and manage resources efficiently.
The Department was formed in 1999 and traces a distinguished history to activities at Princeton between 1930 and 1960.