Announcements

Donald Harold Liles, Ph.D., age 74, of Arlington, Texas, passed away on Jan. 7, 2022. Condolences to family, friends and the ISE community at large. He was a longtime faculty member in the Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Arlington. The college website expressed that “Liles truly cared about students..." A memorial service will be held Friday, Jan. 21, 2-3 p.m. at Moore Funeral Home, 1219 North Davis Drive, Arlington. Following the memorial service will be a graveside service from 3-4 p.m. at Moore Memorial Gardens at the same address.

Stanley Elson Honig of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Paris, France, died on Dec. 3, 2021, aged 93. Condolences to family, friends and the ISE community at large. He was a Life Member of IISE for 64 years. “After a ten-year career as an Industrial Engineer in the New York area he moved to Lancaster in 1962 and joined the firm of Hershey and Gibbel in Lititz as a Partner. He retired as Treasurer of the Lititz Mutual Insurance Company in 1993. Subsequently he served as a Director of the Old Guard Insurance Group.”

The December issue of ISE magazine is now online. Purdue researchers write how industrial engineers can apply data analytics to combat hunger in the U.S. We also highlight the best episodes from Problem Solved: The IISE Podcast. And, much more. Reminder: To view magazine content at iise.org/ISEMagazine, you must create a new online account to access members-only content, join/renew or register for an event. Click here to complete the process!

Tim Cook, Captains of Industry Award recipient at IISE's virtual Annual Conference & Expo in May, received the plaque prior to the Alabama-Auburn Iron Bowl from Alice Smith, an IISE Fellow and the Joe W. Forehand/Accenture Distinguished Professor of ISE at Auburn and Annie Dorsey, Auburn IISE chapter president, who interviewed Cook for the Annual Conference. Smith nominated Auburn IE alum Cook for the prestigious award.

Don’t miss your chance to recognize peers in your industry! Nominate a worthy ergonomist for the Applied Ergonomics Conference 2022’s Practitioner of the Year or Young Investigator award. Deadline is Dec. 1. Reconnect with your peers for #AppliedErgo2022, March 21-24 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Business Process Management 4.0 - Glimpses of What's Ahead - IISE Performance Excellence Series - Oct. 7, 11 a.m. EDT - Presenter: Jared Frederici, The Poirier Group.

Veteran thought leader Frederici will provide perspectives and points of view on how the art and science of Business Process Management and Improvement is evolving.

Online, on-demand IISE Microlearning Refreshers are an ideal way to keep your skills up to date and earn Continuing Education Units or Professional Development Hours. Use it or lose it applies to all skills, and ISEs need the full toolset.

The Operational Excellence Division Townhall is Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lean Six Sigma & Data Science Conference, Sept. 20-22 at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead, Atlanta. Registration info: iise.org/LeanSixSigma/Register.

#Lean6Data2021 attendees, speakers, exhibitors, sponsors: Make sure to let your networks know about LSSDS, Sept. 20-22, at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta with sample social media posts. Prep for the event by reviewing the program. Before you go, check out safety details and updates at link.iise.org/hyatt_safety. Not registered yet? You can do so on-site - registration details.​

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Sign up for an IISE-MoreSteam online course.

From process modeling to Lean IT for leaders and teams, this exciting IISE-MoreSteam partnership brings “new content and value to IISE’s members and customers.” Go to iise.org/MoreSteam and get started today!

Aug. 24: “Engineering Social Service Systems,” noon-1 p.m. EDT |

Aug. 27: “Lean Manufacturing Laboratory for Hands-on Learning in Industrial Engineering,” 2 p.m. EDT |

Sept. 9: “SHS Data Analytics,” 1 p.m. EDT

Webinar, Aug. 19, 11-12 a.m. EST -
Operational Analytics: How it supports Business Cases, Evaluation Studies, Benefits Realization Confirmation -

Scott Sink, Jared Frederici from The Poirier Group and Jim Dobson from Disney discuss the role that Operational Analytics plays in Business Case Development and Benefits Realization Evaluation for Process Improvement Projects.

First accredited in 2006, IISE has once again “complied with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU.”

Nathan Hurle, senior director for enterprise continuous improvement at Cleveland Clinic, has died, according to a spokesperson for the clinic. He was 47.

Hurle was a keynote presenter in February 2021 at the Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference.

The June issue of IISE Impact is out and full of June ISE magazine highlights, upcoming events, poll results, and more. Great content, focus on ISEs, and news just for you. Here's a quick link to the issue.

IISE Auburn student chapter President Annie Dorsey interviews Cook during the Institute’s recent Annual Conference. “Industrial engineers by nature are not satisfied people. They are always looking for a way to do something more efficient or safer or higher quality – whatever the situation might be that you’re working on, it’s the reverse of the status quo.”

Watch and share these IISE Student Chapter winning videos promoting the ISE profession. The contest is held annually by the IISE Industry Advisory Board and sponsored by Tompkins International.

1st Place: University of California-Berkeley

2nd Place: Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Mexico

3rd Place: Purdue University

Check out the awards recap, Apple CEO Tim Cook Q&A forum here + view IISE presidents presenting various categories of awards during the virtual Annual Conference & Expo May 22-25. Click on these links to view their presentations and celebrate the honorees:

President-elect Amanda Mewborn – https://youtu.be/krLwsqejBYc

President Bopaya Bidanda – https://youtu.be/YzOgkrhKDFI

Immediate Past President David Poirier – https://youtu.be/Rr8bnm3dbnk

Even if you are not attending the full IISE Annual Conference but want to participate in the IISE OpEx Division Town Hall at 3:30 PM EDT today (Sun, 23 May) and compete in our Kahoot! Quiz on "Lean Concepts and Lean Pioneers?"

Go to Link below to register for the Town Hall Meetings only at https://lnkd.in/drJMMdB

All you will need to do is create a Profile, Upload your Photo, and select the Privacy setting from the Networking tab.

Hello IISE Members,

You are receiving an announcement for the new IISE Integrated Systems Engineering Affinity Group.

If you focus on Systems Engineering in Academia or as an Industry Practitioner, "Connect" with us!
If you are working on solving mutli-disciplinary or integration problems, "Connect" with us!
It doesn't matter what industry you work in or what your role is - our focus is simply centered around all aspects of systems engineering.

We have formed a small Birds of a Feather team, including several CISE members, and are in the early stages of collaborating to develop a plan to create a systems framework and community. If you would like to participate or stay apprised of our activities, please become a member of our group by joining us through IISE Connect.

We will be hosting a few tables during the Opening and Closing IISE Conference Receptions through the Remo Platform if you would like to "drop by".
More information coming forward post the Conference to those who join our group.

Get in on all the virtual Annual Conference & Expo action May 22-25. Check out the program and register today.

Congrats! For the fourth consecutive year, the editorial flagship of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers - ISE magazine - has been awarded Azbee honors by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE).

Loaded with informative sessions, insightful keynotes and unique interactive ballroom-style networking, IISE's VIRTUAL Annual Conference & Expo May 22-25 just added Apple's CEO Tim Cook to the agenda. Cook will share insights in a Q&A with IISE's Auburn Student Chapter President Annie Dorsey on May 24 at 3 p.m. ET, and receive the prestigious Captains of Industry Award. Get the exciting details at link.iise.org/annual-apple-ceo. Register for Annual by May 3 and save.

Online voting of IISE OpEx Division is open till April 11 (Sunday) 5:00pm ET. If you haven't casted your vote, we hope to hear from you soon. Thanks!

The election of IISE OpEx Division is on now. Please cast your vote online by April 11 (Sunday) 5:00pm ET. Thanks!

The Lean Six Sigma & Data Science Conference in Atlanta, Sept. 20-22, is now accepting abstracts through April 30, 2021. Yes, present at and attend IISE's first in-person conference in nearly two years - the updated and reformulated #Lean6Data2021. Get the details and submit now.

Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the OR Division Board 2021 elections.  The race is tight! Several positions are within 5 votes, so every vote counts. 

Vote Online Here
IISE will email you your member number if you don't know it.

The Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, IISE University Chapter #660 IIT Kharagpur, India, held its virtual Doctoral Colloquium Vishleshan 2021 - Research Scholars' Day - in late February.​

Dr. Robert (Bob) Davis, 74, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, passed away on Feb. 23, 2021. Davis joined AIIE (American Institute of Industrial Engineers, as IISE was originally known through 1981) in the early 1970s and became an IISE Fellow in 1989.

Webinar Library - Online, On-demand
Visit anytime, from anywhere and learn important ISE solutions:
Performance Excellence Webinar Archive.
Society & Division Webinar Archive.

First up for March:
Data Analytics and AI: People, Process and Technology

March 9, 11 a.m. Eastern time

Due to multiple requests, the submission deadline has been extended to April 15, 2021, for a special issue of the IISE Transactions journal on Data Analytics and Decision Making for Internet-of-Things (IoT) Enabled Systems.

All papers are to be submitted through http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iietransactions.

Select “Special Issue” under Manuscript Category of your submission.  All manuscripts must be prepared according to the IISE Transactions publication guidelines.

The IISE Operational Excellence (OpEx) Division is seeking nominations for Board of Directors positions. The nomination deadline has been extended to March 5 (Friday). We look forward to receiving your nominations!

As a long-time coalition member of DiscoverE, IISE represents industrial and systems engineers in the grand scope of DiscoverE’s quest “to ensure people everywhere understand how engineers, technicians, and technologists make the world a better place.” Read February ISE’s The Front Line "Engineers Week keeps future in focus" on p. 12.

Longtime member and IISE past president (2007-08) Louis Martin-Vega, dean of the College of Engineering at NC State, is one of 106 new members and 23 international members elected to NAE for 2021. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded an engineer.

The OR Nominating Committee is making a call for nominations for dynamic directors (two-year terms) and the position of president-elect (three-year term and must be a current or past board member). All nominees must be current OR members of IISE. Students are not eligible.  Members from both academia and industry are encouraged. 

 

The new term will begin on June 1. Board members are expected to be an active participant in monthly board conference calls and to participate in various initiatives, some of which are led by committees working in partnership with the full board.

 

Board members are also expected to attend the IISE Annual Conference and to participate in the Town Hall meeting held during the annual conference. 

                                              

To submit a nomination, complete the OR Nomination form and send to Kathy Gamboa by February 12, 2021. 

 

Contact  Chase Rainwater if you have any questions about the positions and responsibilities. Please consider giving back to your profession through an OR leadership position. 

Industry Benchmarking: Operational Excellence Best Practices

Feb. 2, 11 a.m. Eastern time
Presenters: Jim Dobson, Bill Hathaway, Rupy Sawhney and Deborah Nightingale

Don't miss the IISE Training Center livestream class "Lean Green Belt," Feb. 1-12. Learn how to manage support for lean within your organization and develop a culture for continuous improvement. Still accepting registrations - hurry and reserve your seat.

HSPI Pre-Cons:

• How Does Innovation Fit into Your Process Improvement Strategy?
  Presenter: Eddie Perez-Ruberte
• Engaging Staff Through Well-Crafted Facilitation Skills in Physical and Virtual Settings
  Presenter: Ashley Benedict
• Hair Care Experience, Introduction to Design Thinking
  Presenters: Thomas West and Laura McMichael
  
  Select pre-cons when registering for the virtual Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference, Feb. 24-26. Separate fee applies.

3DEO's Intelligent Layering^® and the Production 3D Printing Revolution

Presented by IISE's Manufacturing & Design Division
Jan. 27, 1 p.m. Eastern time
Presenter: Julien Cohen, 3DEO

3D printing cannot change the world until it scales to meet the demand of today's global challenges. Tune in to learn how 3DEO is driving the next industrial revolution.

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