Announcements

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. 

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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.

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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.

More Information and Registration

The International Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, virtual edition, takes place Feb. 22-24. The theme is “Challenge and Trends for Sustainability in the 21st Century,” looking ahead to bridge theory and practice of economic, social and environmental sustainability. IISE is an organizing institution of the conference.

Upcoming LIVESTREAMED courses - in the pandemic world, IISE comes to you virtually - you don't have to come to us!

 

Six Sigma Black Belt: Jan. 25-29, Feb. 22-26, and March 22-26, 2021; 14 CEUs

Six Sigma Black Belt for Healthcare: Jan. 25-29, Feb. 22-26, and March 22-26, 2021; 14 CEUs

Lean Green Belt: Feb. 1-12, 2021 (10 days, 2 hours per day); 2.1 CEUs 

Introduction to Engineering Analytics: Feb. 8-9, 2021; 1.4 CEUs

Advanced Engineering Analytics: Feb. 10-12, 2021; 2.1 CEUs

Technical Communications: March 1-11, 2021 (9 days, 2 hours per day); 2.1 CEUs

Service Systems Engineering Best Practice Virtual Benchmarking

Global Performance Excellence Webinar, presented by IISE's Logistics and Supply Chain Division

Jan. 7, 11 a.m. EST (GMT -5)

Presenter: Vittal Prabhu, Ph.D.

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This award recognizes IISE Energy Systems (ES) Division members under the age of 35 for their technical contribution to energy systems.

 

Eligibility requirements

• Must be a member of IISE and the ES division.
• Must be under 35 years of age on October 15 of the year in which the nomination is submitted.
• High impact research as evidenced by the quality of the nominee's research endeavors including publications, intellectual property and other funding and dissemination activities.

 

Application process

• Candidates can be nominated by others. Self-nominations are not allowed.
• Nominations are due by Feb. 15, 2020, 5 p.m. Eastern time.
• Email nomination package (single PDF file) to the committee chair: Zhimin Xi (zhimin.xi@rutgers.edu).

 

Nomination package must include

• Candidate’s name, affiliation, contact information and birth date.
• Candidate’s personal statement of specific technical contribution(s) that qualify them for this award (max. 2 pages).
• Candidates’ Curriculum vita (max. 10 pages).
• Three letters of recommendation (each limited to 2 pages). This includes the nominator’s letter highlighting candidate’s technical contributions and achievements.
• Nominator’s name, affiliation and contact information.

 

An award committee chaired by an appointed member of the ES board will review all applications following the division's award evaluation procedures.

 

Recognition Process (first place only)

• Framed certificate provided by IISE.
• Recognition at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo and at the ES town hall meeting
• Recognition in ISE magazine
• Recognition on ES website and in the newsletter

 

Deadlines

Nomination deadline: Feb. 15, 2020, 5 p.m. Eastern time

Winner notified: March 15, 2020

For questions, please contact Bonnie Cameron (bcameron@iise.org).

Healthcare Adoption of AI/Machine Learning Paradigm 

Presented by Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference (HSPI) - OPEN TO ALL
Jan. 12, 1 p.m. Eastern time
Presenters: Tarun Mohan Lal, Janine Kamath, Derek Haas, Eric Makhani, M.D

Disruptive Innovation in Distribution: From Weeks to Days to Hours

Global Performance Excellence Webinar, presented by IISE's Logistics and Supply Division

Dec. 9, 1 p.m. EST (GMT -5)

Presenters: Bob Pudlo, FedEx; Rajiv Saxena, Kenco Group; Rodolfo Portillo, Senior Corporate Executive, Supply Chain Researcher, major online distributor; Russ Meller, Fortna

Attend the Lean Green Belt Livestream course Dec. 8-10 with Dr. Elizabeth Cudney, Associate Professor of Business Data Analytics in the John E. Simon School of Business at Maryville University. 2.1 CEUs.

You now have even more time to share your work, insights and discoveries! Be noticed on the global stage. Abstracts for the 2021 VIRTUAL Annual Conference & Expo, May 22-25, are due Nov. 29.

The IISE Operational Excellence Division invites nominations for the 2021 Operational Excellence Division Teaching Award. This award is presented each year at the IISE Annual Conference to recognize one or two faculty members who have developed innovative and effective approaches to teaching process improvement concepts (e.g. lean, Six Sigma, etc.).

A full description of the award criteria and the required nomination materials is available at the link below.

Please note that one of the required materials is a nomination letter from a faculty colleague or a student who has taken the course.

The nomination deadline is March 1, 2021 and the materials should be submitted to me via email. Award winner(s) will be selected by a committee, and the winners will be notified by March 31, 2021

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2020 "OpEx Division Best Student Paper Competition"

Here are the 2020 winners announced at the IISE OpEx Division Town Hall on 26 Oct:

HSPI 2021 Pre-Conference Workshop Preview - Presented by Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference (HSPI) - OPEN TO ALL
Nov. 10, 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenters: Laura McMichael, Thomas West, Eddie Perez-Ruberte, Ashley Benedict

The Role of Ergonomic Leadership During COVID - Presented by Applied Ergonomics Conference (AEC) - OPEN TO ALL
Nov. 12, 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenter: Bobbie Watts, director of ergonomics, Michelin Americas

IISE Fellow Yu Ding, Ph.D., has been selected as the next editor-in-chief of the IISE Transactions journal beginning January 2021. The Mike and Sugar Barnes Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, begins his four-year term in January 2021, replacing current editor Jianjun (Jan) Shi of Georgia Tech. Learn more about Ding here.

Best Practices for Effective Virtual Presentations at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2020 -

Learn best practices with conference speakers on how to deliver effective virtual presentations taking in consideration the platforms used at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2020, Nov. 1-3.

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The International Association for Continuing Education and Training website shines the spotlight on IISE today and features the Institute at the top of IACET’s list of Accredited Providers that offer “continuing education and training dedicated to the profession of teaching and quality education.”

 

This event is open to anyone, even those not attending the Virtual IISE Annual Conference. 


Don't miss this year's OR Town Hall Meeting featuring a Teaching Panel Discussion with three past winners of our division's Teaching Excellence Award. Please join us as our panelists share insights on teaching strategies, experiences during covid-19, development of course materials, the award application process, and more. Our panelists consist of:

2020 Winner - Ramteem Sioshansi, Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University
2018 Winner - Lizhi Wang, Associate Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University
2016 Winner - Thomas Sharkey, Professor, Industrial Engineering, Clemson​

We hope you can join us for this interactive Town Hall event.  Connection details are being finalized and will be shared soon.

Sneak Preview! Download the preliminary live and pre-recorded sessions for the first-ever VIRTUAL IISE Annual Conference & Expo Nov. 1-3:

Join ISEs around the world for the largest industrial and systems engineering event of the year from your office, desk or deck!

IISE Fellow Heather Nachtmann, Ph.D., has been selected as the next editor-in-chief of IISE’s The Engineering Economist journal. The IE professor at the University of Arkansas College of Engineering takes over for current editor Sarah Ryan, Ph.D., of Iowa State University, and begins her four-year term in January 2021. Nachtmann is currently a cost estimation and accounting area editor for the publication. To learn more about Nachtmann, see her bio here.

Longtime IISE member John English, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas, will serve as vice chancellor for research and innovation, effective Nov. 1. English, who also holds the Irma F. and Raymond F. Giffels Endowed Chair in Engineering, will serve a 12-month term.

Congrats! IISE Fellow and Past President (2013-14) Kim Needy, dean of the Graduate School and International Education, has been named to a one-year appointment as dean of the College of Engineering.

IISE-NITIE Chapter will be celebrating an Engineer's Day on Sept. 15, 2020; 4:15-6:45 p.m. (IST). This program is organized by the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai in collaboration with IISE. All NITIE students, alumni, faculty & IISE members are invited to attend online.

Benchmarking Industry: How to Engineer to Performance Excellence

Presented by Chapter # 1 and UPS - OPEN TO ALL 
Sept. 1, 11 a.m. Eastern time

The IISE Board of Trustees is seeking nominations for new editors-in-chief to oversee two of its journals, IISE Transactions and The Engineering Economist. Both positions are four-year, non-renewable terms that will begin Jan. 1, 2021. LEARN MORE: Full position descriptions, nominations process and qualifications are available here. Nominations will be accepted through Sept. 15.

Don't miss IISE webinars including "How to Model 'Diseases' and Use those Models to Drive Timely Decisions and Actions that Produce Rapid Benefits," 11 a.m. ET Aug. 18. OPEN TO ALL.  

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Progress and Performance Assessment from an ISE Perspective

Aug. 12, 11 a.m. EDT

Presenters: Tonya Smith-Jackson, Ph.D., CPE, NC A&T State University, and D. Scott Sink, Ph.D., PE, The Ohio State University

IISE Student Members can Register at No Charge for  IISE ELSS Conference and AI Symposium on 12-14 Oct 2020

The Engineering Lean & Six Sigma Conference 2020 offers a global hub for sharing organizational transformation discoveries fueled by Lean and Six Sigma thinking. Lean Six Sigma improves the quality of management, working processes and applies resources in a targeted way that can dramatically increase the productive and creative potential across a business population.
The conference has an audience of industrial, management, manufacturing and quality engineers, healthcare professionals, consultants, operational and supply chain managers and professional educators.
Lean Six Sigma in the Age of Big Data: Lean and Six Sigma methodologies can complement a wide variety of tools to help organizations and practitioners yield top-notch results. In this sub-track, we invite presenters to share case studies and lessons learned from big data, Cloud computing, machine learning and Artificial Intelligence in Lean and Six Sigma projects. 
The AI Symposium complementing #ELSS2020 themes of Artificial Intelligence and big data. Speakers from industry and academia will discuss some of the ways AI will help solve business woes and build a better tomorrow in the Cognitive Era.

It's official: We're going all-out virtual for your favorite ISE event of the year! #IISEAnnual2020 will be virtual only Nov. 1-3 to better serve you - our attendees, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors. Learn more from IISE CEO Don Greene at: www.iise.org/Annual

IISE/Rockwell Undergraduate Student Simulation Competition

Fall session entries now being accepted.

 

Encourage a team of three undergraduate students to solve a “real-world” situational case study using Rockwell Software’s Arena simulation software. Your team could win the first place prize of $5,000.

 

Each team will have approximately eight weeks to develop its solution for preliminary judging. Three teams will be chosen to compete in the finals in New Orleans, La. at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo October 31-November 3, 2020. The winning team will be announced at the conference. Three finalist teams receive $1,250 each for travel to the finals, complimentary conference registration, cash awards and certificates. For more details about the competition and entry parameters, visit the competition web site.

 

Entry forms for the Fall session of the IISE/Rockwell Undergraduate Student Simulation Competition are due Sept 30.

 

Questions? Contact Bonnie Cameron at bcameron@iise.org or (770) 349-1105, with questions. Thank you.

SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT LIVESTREAM (10 DAYS, 2 HOURS PER DAY)

10 Days | 2.1 CEUs
Aug. 10-21
IISE Training Center

COVID-19: A Wake-Up Call for Supply Chain Professionals

Presented by Chapter #1 - OPEN TO ALL
July 23, 11 a.m. Eastern time
Presenters: Mike Sherwin, University of Pittsburgh and Jon Carmona, The Poirier Group

Sponsored by Xcentric Mold & Engineering

IISE’s Outstanding Service Systems Engineering Global Competition
July 7, 11 a.m. Eastern time

Wondering how Mentors and Mentees get matched here on IISE Connect? Visit connect.iise.org/participate/mentoring and learn all about this valuable IISE member program ... mentors share their experience and make a difference in a budding ISE's career!

Pioneering and Engineering a New World

June 16, 11 a.m. Eastern time
Presenter: Jim Dobson, senior manager, The Walt Disney Company

Healthcare is Changing and So Should We

June 16, 2 p.m. Eastern time
Presenters: Laura P. McMichael, OTR, MBA and Tom West, Green Dot Group

IISE is deeply saddened by the events surrounding the death of Mr. George Floyd in Minneapolis and similar situations elsewhere. IISE values and celebrates the diversity of participants in the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) profession worldwide ...

DEADLINE EXTENDED: The Engineering Lean & Six Sigma Conference 2020 + AI Symposium offers a global hub for sharing organizational transformation discoveries fueled by Lean and Six Sigma thinking. SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT by June 15!

Happy Friday! It is a great pleasure to report to you the result of this year’s division election as shown below:

· Johanna Ficatier, MS, MBA, PMP – President elect

· Crystal Y. Davis, CLSSBB – Director 2020-2022

· Chinweike Eseonu – Director 2020-2022

· Krishnan Krishnaiyer – Director 2020-2022

· Leigh Ann Schildmeier – Director 2020-2022

Meanwhile, the following IISE OpEx Division board members are ending their terms this month.

· Valentine Boving – Past-President

· Johanna Ficatier, MS, MBA, PMP – Director 2018-2020

· Farnaz Ghazi Nezami – Director 2018-2020

· Dave Harry, PMP® CSSBB LBC – Director 2018-2020

· Sushil Shetty, PhD. – Director 2018-2020

IISE has released the names of its annual award winners who are being honored for their achievements in leadership, teaching, research, service or academic pursuit. Key IISE award winners include Deborah Nightingale, University of Central Florida/Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who is the 2020 recipient of the coveted Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award – the highest and most esteemed honor IISE bestows.

Who can help you promote your online master’s or distance learning program, product or service? Who can help you find that right recruitment mix on IISE’s platforms – print media & digital? Answer: Trent Sexton. Contact IISE's Director of Advertising and Multimedia Sponsorship Sales at (770) 349-1100, or at tsexton@iise.org.

Introducing ISE Microlearning Refreshers, the quickest and most cost-efficient way to keep your skills up to date, earn CEUs for your Professional Engineering recertifications, enhance your digital badge collection and remind yourself what is necessary to survive and thrive in a world turned upside down. Check out:

• Healthcare Crisis Management and the ISE, 0.1 CEUs with James Swisher, PE, PMP
• Advanced Excel Tools for ISEs, 0.1 CEUs with Elizabeth Gentry, Ph.D., LSBB
• Regression Refresher, 0.1 CEUs with Larry Aft, PE