Announcements

Take advantage of two in-depth, preconference workshops at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo in Seattle May 21-24:

 

"What is the Theory of Constraints and How Can It Be Used to Improve Patient Flow?" Presenters: Danilo Sirias, Saginaw Valley State University and Gary Wadhwa, 8 a.m. - Noon, May 21 | "Aligning Productivity with Retention via Compassionate Servant Leadership" Presenter: Dr. Rupy Sawhney, University of Tennessee, 1 - 5 p.m., May 21

The Lean Six Sigma & Data Science Conference Sept. 19-21 in Atlanta offers a global hub for sharing organizational transformation discoveries. ISEs are invited to submit abstracts by May 22. Inspire discussion and development and put yourself and your organization at the forefront of the industry. Plus, connect with other great minds. 200 words or less - submit today.

Sign up now for a new one-day workshop, “Advanced Manufacturing of Flexible Electronics and Nondestructive Testing for Quality Assurance,” on Saturday, May 21, 2022, as part of the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2022 in Seattle. The workshop is generously sponsored and organized by the University of Washington, Iowa State University, University of Wisconsin – Madison, and SEMI-FlexTech. The workshop is FREE for participants, but pre-registration is required.

Congrats to Wenhai Experimental School China (Zhejiang Province). IISE National Chapter (DC) President Chris Tupino, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, presented the 2022 Future City award for Excellence in Systems Integration sponsored by IISE to the Wenhai School virtually on March 23. Watch the video presentation at https://link.iise.org/FutureCity22 (IISE award at 53:07).

Learn how to use the fastest growing and easiest to use work measurement system to achieve tangible business results using reliable data. Register now for the MODAPTS Certification Livestream - IISE Training Center, April 11-13. 

ISE magazine is a regional finalist in the 2021 Azbee Awards of Excellence. IISE Managing Editor Keith Albertson earned the nod for his August 2021 article "ISE students help deliver a shot in the arm" about a group of industrial engineering students at Iowa State University who applied their classroom knowledge to help create a centrally located vaccination site on campus. Azbees are presented by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

Women in #STEM fields face challenges throughout their education and careers. In honor of Women’s History Month, the Smithsonian Institution is displaying 120 statues of #WomeninSTEM around DC from March 5-27. Check them out!

The Lean Six Sigma & Data Science Conference - presented by the Operational Excellence Division Sept. 19-21 in Atlanta - offers a global hub for sharing organizational transformation discoveries. ISEs are invited to submit abstracts by April 18. Inspire discussion and development and put yourself and your organization at the forefront of the industry while connecting with other great minds.

You could be the next Outstanding Innovation in Service Systems Engineering Award recipient. Enter by March 2. Details: iise.org/innovationaward

Congrats! Nick Sahinidis, a professor of ISE at Georgia Tech, is the latest IISE member to be chosen to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest honors in engineering. NAE praised him “for contributions to global optimization and the development of widely used software for optimization and machine learning.”

The Energy Systems (ES) Division is calling for nominations for two board directors whose terms will begin on June 1, 2022, with a two-year commitment.  Nominees must be a current IISE member and an ES Division member. If you are a current IISE member, you can choose to be an ES Division member for free. Self-nomination is welcome!  

 

The vision of the ES Division is to become the premier division for researchers and practitioners committed to advancing excellence in innovative modeling and exploring industrial and systems engineering tools for energy systems.  Main responsibilities of the division board director include: i) attending division board meeting, ii) organizing division actives (e.g., leading awards committee and scheduling division presentations) in IISE Annual conference, and iii) participating in other division activities (e.g., division newsletters and division webinars).   

 

ES Division currently has four great board directors, and they are Assistant Professor Ahmed Aziz Ezzat at Rutgers University – New Brunswick, Assistant Professor Benjamin D. Leibowicz at University of Texas – Austin, Associate Professor Ekundayo Shittu at George Washington University, and Associate Professor Pingfeng Wang at University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign.     

 

Please consider joining us and spend 5 minutes to complete and submit this Nomination form at your earliest convenient time. Please contact me for any other questions.  

IISE professional members have elected new leaders. Balloting was held from Dec. 13, 2021, to Jan. 28, 2022, to choose leaders for three Board of Trustee positions, two posts on the Technical Operations Board and six regional operations vice presidents. The winners, who assume their posts April 1, are:

 

• President-elect: Eileen Van Aken, professor and department head of the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech
• Senior vice president, international: Gino Lim, professor and chairman, Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Houston
• Senior vice president, industry: Renee Thiesing, Vice President of Products at Simio LLC
• Technical vice presidents, Technical Operations Board: Nadiye Erdil, associate professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of New Haven; and Omar Ashour, associate professor of industrial engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College
• Regional vice president, Asia: Min Xie
• Regional vice president, Central and South America: Martha Ramirez-Valdivia
• Regional vice president, México: José Cervantes-León
• Regional vice president, Northeast: Michael Testani
• Regional vice president, Southeast: Dean Athanassiades
• Regional vice president, Western: Shokoufeh Mirzaei

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The Operations Research Division Nominating Committee is making a call for nominations for 1 President-Elect and 2 dynamic directors whose terms will begin June 1, 2022.  All nominees must be current, regular members of the Operations Research (OR) Division. Students are not eligible.   Take advantage of this excellent opportunity to serve your division in a significant way. If not you, then perhaps someone you know is qualified to take a leadership position on the OR Division Board.   Participating in a leadership role for the division is a challenging, yet at the same time, very rewarding experience. Each year, we attempt to maintain a broad distribution of board members with a balance between academia, industry and government representation.   The position is a two-year commitment with fantastic opportunities to network and give back to the profession. Generally the time commitment is three to five hours per month - about half of the time is during traditional business hours - with the term beginning June 2022. Interested candidates or nominators should complete the nomination form by January 28, 2022, for consideration by the OR Nominating Committee. Take a few minutes to consider submitting your name or that of a colleague to astraub@iise.org at IISE Headquarters.    Contact Katie McConky nominating committee chair, if you have questions about the positions and responsibilities. Please consider giving back to your profession through a Society leadership position.

IISE Annual Conference: The Performance Excellence Track Detailed Overview | Feb. 8, 11:30 a.m. ET ... A Team's Journey to the Ergo Cup Competition | Feb. 10, 2 p.m. ET ... Tips on Transitioning from Academia to Industry | Feb. 11, 11 a.m. ET ... Integrated LeanSigma: How to Ensure You Are Tapping into its Full Potential | Feb. 22, 11:30 a.m. ET ... Model-Based Interactive Storytelling: Exploiting Convergence of Systems Engineering and Entertainment Arts | Feb. 24, 12 p.m. ET

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.​

Go Ahead, Get Ahead…

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

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