Dinner with Iris Rivero

Dr. Iris V. Rivero is the Kate Gleason Professor and Department Head of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She also directs the iMED Lab (Interdisciplinary Manufacturing Engineering and Design). She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering from Penn State University. Prior to RIT, she was at Iowa State University where she served as Director of Graduate Education and Associate Chair. Dr. Rivero initiated her career at Texas Tech University. Her research expertise includes additive and hybrid manufacturing processes, and design of additive manufacturing alloys. She has industrial experience in the fields of advanced manufacturing systems and materials at Detroit Diesel Corporation and Honeywell Engines & Systems. In addition, she participated as a faculty fellow at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. She is a fellow of The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE).

Dr. Rivero will be dining with our GREATS students while she holds a discussion on leadership.