TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. Gary Moynihan, professor of industrial engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently elected as vice president for Region Three of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.

Moynihan was elected to serve a single two-year term, and was chosen by direct vote within IIE’s Region Three, which encompasses 18 student and 14 professional chapters in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Puerto Rico.

“We are extremely honored to have Gary contribute so much to not only the College of Engineering but also to outside professional organizations,” said Dr. Robert Davis, professor and head of UA’s industrial engineering department.

As faculty adviser to UA’s student chapter of IIE, Moynihan has contributed to the chapter’s recent awards, including the 2003 Gold Award in IIE’s National Chapter Recognition Program, which was the third consecutive year they received this award. Also, numerous individual members have placed in the top three at IIE’s Student Award of Excellence national competitions during the last five years.

Founded in 1948, IIE is an international, non-profit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research and development of industrial engineering.

In 1837, UA became the first university in the state to offer engineering classes and was one of the first five in the nation to do so. Today, the College of Engineering, with about 1,900 students and more than 90 faculty, is one of the three oldest continuously operating engineering programs in the country and has been fully accredited since accreditation standards were implemented in the 1930s.