Alyssa Ball

About Me

I am a senior Industrial Engineering (IE) and Operations Analytics major with a minor in Engineering Management at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR where I currently serve as Course Assistant for Intro to IE and a Front Office Assistant. I formerly served as a Research Assistant for the System Design and Analytics Laboratory.

Student Groups

My extracurricular involvement includes being a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Research Interests

My academic contributions within the IE Department throughout my undergraduate career have spanned topics such as high-impact and educational best practices, research and curriculum development targeting the cultivation of engineering students’ career trajectories, and the strategic alignment between academia and industry. My research has spanned topics such as return on investment modeling for military installation climate resilience projects, climate risk analysis, and installation decision support.