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Chancellor Martin with Alfonso Gutierrez.
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Chancellor Martin with ISyE students.
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Chancellor Martin visits ISyE department
 n September 17, UW-Madison Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin visited the department. Martin met with ISyE leadership and College of Engineering Dean Paul Peercy and toured the UW RFID Lab (with RFID Lab director Alfonso Gutierrez, pictured at right) and Driving Simulation Lab. She also learned more about research by Associate Professors Jeff Linderoth and Shiyu Zhou and Assistant Professor Enid Montague.
The chancellor sat down with 12 ISyE students to hear their perspectives on the department. “We spoke a lot about our professors. They’re why the department is so good, and Biddy took that pretty seriously,” says undergraduate student Anna Nachamie.
After the discussion, Martin extended an invitation to the students to visit Olin House before the next day’s football game against Arizona State and watch the game from the chancellor’s box. “We did ‘Varsity’ with her and ‘Jump Around,’” says undergraduate Yodsadhorn “Fudge” Vinitwatanakhun, referencing popular student game day traditions. “She has a really great personality.”
Nachamie agrees. “She’s so integrated with students, even though this is a big school, and it’s encouraging that she’s so involved,” she says.
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