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Student Competitions
Students can sign up for competitions till July 1

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Competitions for Undergraduate Students

  • Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by SIEMENS
  • Undergraduate Research Competition
  • Final Year Project (FYP)/Senior Capstone Design Project Poster Competition
  • Undergraduate Poster Competition

Competition for High School Students

  • High School STEM Competition

Competitions for Graduate Students

  • Graduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by EATON Corporation
  • Master Thesis Competition
  • Doctoral Dissertation Competition
  • Graduate Poster Competition

Case Study Competitions to solve current challenge problems

  • Human Factors and Ergonomics
  • Simulation Competition
  • Lean Six Sigma Competition
  • Supply Chain and Logistics Competition
  • COVID-19

Poster Competition – http://www.ieomsociety.org/rome2020/poster-competition/


Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by SIEMENS
The IEOM UNDERGRADUATE Student Paper Competition Sponsored by SIEMENS will recognize outstanding papers in the field of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, operations research, engineering management and operations management written by student(s). Selected papers will be considered for the competition and must be presented at the IEOM Rome Conference. They will be judged based on the technical content and presentation. A group of academics / professionals will serve as judges. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging. Winners will receive award certificates.

GUIDELINES

Please contact Competition Chair for details:
Abbas Mahmoudabadi Ph.D.
Director, Master Program in Industrial Engineering
MehrAstan University, Gilan, Iran
Tel: +98 13 4216 6112, Cell: +98 912 159 7537
Other email: abbasmahmoudabadi@gmail.com


Graduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by EATON Corporation
The IEOM GRADUATE Student Paper Competition sponsored by Eaton will recognize outstanding papers in the field of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, operations research, engineering management and operations management written by student(s). Selected papers will be considered for the competition and must be presented at the 2021 IEOM Rome Conference. They will be judged based on the technical content and presentation. A group of academics / professionals will serve as judges. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging. Winners will receive award certificate.

GUIDELINES

Competition Chair
Dr. Suat Kasap, Industrial Engineering, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait


Master Thesis Presentation Competition
IEOM Master Thesis Presentation Award recognizes outstanding research in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, operations research, engineering management, operations management and related areas. Students must enroll in the masters’ program during the current academic year.

Submit a synopsis of your thesis synopsis online and present at the conference event.

GUIDELINES

Competition Chair
Dr. Seifedine Kadry, Beirut Arab University Lebanon


Doctoral Dissertation Presentation Competition
IEOM Doctoral Dissertation Presentation Award recognizes outstanding research in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, operations research, engineering management, operations management, and related areas. Students must enroll in the doctoral program during the current academic year.

Submit your dissertation synopsis online and present at conference event.

GUIDELINES

Competition Chair
Dr. Mehran Doulat, Center for Quality and Sustainability, School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, UTM Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Capstone Design / Senior Design / Final Year Project Poster Competition
The IEOM Capstone Student Design Project / Final Year Project (FYP) Presentation Competition will recognize outstanding design projects in the field of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, engineering management and operations management prepared by student team. Capstone student design project team can showcase their engineering design project by submitting a summary of the project as an abstract and present it. It should highlight problem solving, creative thinking, innovation, project planning, and teamwork through a challenging design and build project. Each submission must be presented at the 2021 IEOM Rome Conference. The presentations will be judged based on the technical content and presentation. Winners will receive award certificates.

GUIDELINES

Competition Chair
Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, University of Sharjah, UAE (mshamsuzzaman@sharjah.ac.ae)


Undergraduate Research Competitions

The IEOM Undergraduate Research Competition will recognize outstanding research presentation in the field of industrial engineering and operations management presented by student(s). Students can submit abstract only and present at the IEOM Rome Conference. The presentation will be judged based on the presentation only. A group of academics / professionals will serve as judges. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging. Winners will receive award certificates. The winning awards will be given at the IEOM Rome Conference.

GUIDELINES

Chair:


High School/Middle School STEM Poster Competition
The IEOM High School/Middle School STEM Competition recognizes the outstanding students for their accomplishment in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) for their innovative and creative projects. High school students can submit individual and/or team research projects in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or similar areas. Each submission can provide a summary of the STEM project. The projects will be judged based on the technical content and presentation. Winners will receive award certificates. These awards are presented at the conference awards ceremony.

GUIDELINES

Competition Chair
Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA (dreimer@ltu.edu)


Simulation Competition

The IEOM Simulation Competition will recognize outstanding simulation and visualization projects in the field of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, engineering management, operations management and related fields. Students can showcase their engineering simulation or design project by submitting a summary of the project as an abstract or paper and present it. Each submission must be presented at the IEOM Rome Conference. The poster presentation will be judged based on the technical content and poster presentation. Winners will receive award certificates. The winning awards will be given at the IEOM Rome conference awards ceremony.

GUIDELINES

Chairs:

  • Dr. Neil Murray, Adjunct Professor in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Manager – ZF Corporation (nmurray@ltu.edu)
  • Dr. Duane Shortt, Adjunct Professor in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Manager – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (dshortt@ltu.edu)

Lean Six Sigma Competition

The IEOM Lean Six Sigma Competition will recognize outstanding case studies in the area of lean and six sigma. Selected papers will be considered for the competition and must be presented at the IEOM Rome Conference. The paper will be judged based on the technical content and presentation. Winners will receive award certificates. The winning awards will be given at the IEOM Rome conference awards ceremony.

GUIDELINES

Chairs:

  • Dr. Saso Krstovski, Adjunct Professor in Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technology University (skrstovsk@ltu.edu)
  • Dr. Hayder Zghair, Adjunct Professor in Industrial Engineering, Lawrence Technology University (hzghair@ltu.edu)

Logistics Supply Chain Competition

The IEOM Supply Chain and Logistics Competition will recognize outstanding case studies in the area of lean and six sigma. Selected papers will be considered for the competition and must be presented at the IEOM Rome Conference. The paper will be judged based on the technical content and presentation. Winners will receive award certificates. The winning awards will be given at the IEOM Rome conference awards ceremony.

GUIDELINES

Chair:


Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition


Poster Competition (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)
The IEOM Best Poster Competition Awards recognize the best poster presentations at the 2020 IEOM Rome Conference. All poster presentations will be judged. Three awards will be given for the first, second and third places. These awards are presented at the conference awards ceremony.

Submit your paper or abstract online and bring your poster at the conference event.

Posters must be displayed during conference.

GUIDELINES

Competition Chair:
Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman, University Technology Malaysia (mizanur@mail.fkm.utm.my)

 


Completion Awards

Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by SIEMENS

First Place Winner

ID 334 How Industrial Internet of Things Enables Engineers to Work Remotely

Christopher Striff, John Takiff, Brandon Drury, Jimmy Algeo, MoummarNawaflehand Mohamed Awwad

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, California PolytechnicStateUniversity, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA

 

2nd Place Winner

ID 309 Inefficiencies of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in California

Jared McMullen, Matt Akins, Matt Grywczynski, Jack Rocca, Carter Bergquistand Mohamed Awwad

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA

 

3rd Place Winner

ID 557 A Math-Heuristic Approach for Two-Echelon Vendor Managed Inventory Routing Problem

UtkuYavuz, Mehmet Can Aydın, Alp OrhanÖzver, YarkınAkçıl, AslıErol, ÇağlaDenizÖzmen, BuseKüçükbükücü

Mehmet Can Aydın, Utku Yavuz, Yarkın Akçıl, Alp Orhan Özver, Çağla Deniz Özmen, Aslı Erol

Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering,

ÖzyeğinUniversity, Çekmeköy/ Istanbul, 34794, Turkey

 

4th Place Winner

ID 710 The Effect of ESG Rating on Credit Rating

Farhan AuliaRahman and YunietaAnny Nainggolan

School of Business and Management

Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia

 

5th Place Winner

ID 2 Reducing Inventory for a Mexican Convenience Store Network by Reducing the Order Cycle Time

Mireya Elizondo, Mariana Villarreal, Vanessa Ocañas and Bernardo Villarreal, Department of Industrial Engineering

Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, N.L. Mexico

 

Undergraduate Research Competition

 

First Place Winner

ID 382 Using Aspen Plus to Simulate Pharmaceutical Processes –An Aspirin Case Study

Alisa Douglas, Integrated Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada

Ali Elkamel, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada

 

2ndPlace Winner

ID 388 Preferences and Opinions of the University of Jeddah Students Towards Electronic Exams

Ziyad Ahmed Alghamdi, Ali Yahya Albaheth, Mohammad Talal Himidah, Sultan Jamal Alqahtani, Murad Bazar Andejany, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

College of Engineering, University of Jeddah, UAE

 

3rdPlace Winner

ID 766Stringency Index and Stock Market Return Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Emerging Stock Market Countries

Muhammad Ilham Gunawan and Yunieta Anny Nainggolan, A. School of Business and Management, Management Department, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia

 

4thPlace Winner

ID 611 Improving the Purchasing Order Process Of Model Auto And Equipment Supplies Inc. Using An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software

Jan Erica D.C. Aquino, Karlo Gabbriel D. Batto, Bonifacio A. De Jesus Iv, Aiden LemuelT. Lumibao, Lex Marco Paolo A. Miranda, Mikka Rosella C. Villarica and Grace Lorraine D. Intal

School of Information Technology

Mapua University, Philippines

 

5thPlace Winner

ID 556 Sustainable Echo Absorption Material with Recycled Plastic

Komalpreet Kaur Takhar, Undergraduate student, Department of Civil Engineering,, British Applied College, Umm Al Quwain, UAE

Dr. Saleema Panda, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, British Applied College, Umm Al Quwain, UAE

 

Sr. Design Project Competition Sponsored by Tooling Tech Group

 

First Place Winner

ID 559 Techno-Economic Analysis of Electrochemical Recovery of Metals from Waste Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)

Matthew Lam, Aidan O’Gorman, Ryan Schleehahn, and Ali Elkamel, University of Waterloo

Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

 

2ndPlace Winner

ID 448 Material Feeder Systems for Manufacturing Operations

Paul Ilovan and Tim Powell, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI 48075, USA

George Pappas, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI 48075, USA

 

3rdPlace Winner

ID 531 No-Hands Health Helper

Laura Silverman, Rachel Kristian, Angeliki Dimopulos, and Katie Cyster, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Lawrence Technological University. Southfield, MI 48075, USA

George Pappas, Department of Electrical, Computer Engineering and Embedded Software Engineering, Lawrence Technological University Southfield, MI, USA

 

High School STEM Competition

 

First Place Winner

ID 345 Ergonomic Design of Computer Workstation for College Students Studying at Home

Randolf Cabugawan, Homer Laguador, and Kelly Albert Lim, Young Innovators Research Center, Mapúa University,, Philippines

Ma. Janice J. Gumasing, School of Industrial and Engineering Management, Mapúa University, Manila, Philippines

 

2ndPlace Winner

ID 326 Sequential Pattern Mining of Electronic Health Record for Early Diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Cindy Liang, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton, TX, USA

Lily Sun, Stanford Online High School, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA

William Jin, Community Middle School Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USA

 

3rdPlace Winner

ID 349 BalletNetTrainer: An Automatic Correctional Feedback Instructor for Ballet via Feature Angle Extraction and Machine Learning Techniques

Jiayao (Emily) Li, ARQuest SSERN International, Irvine, CA, USA

Haridhar Pulivarthy, ARQuest SSERN International, Kirkland, WA, USA

 

4thPlace Winner

ID 790 Logic, Gambling, and Games

Samuel Feldman

Stanford Online High School

Redwood City, CA 94063, USA

 

5thPlace Winner

ID 717 Interest in STEM in Bay Area High School Students

Nicole Serrano

Stanford Online High School

Redwood City, CA 94063 5th

 

Graduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by EATON Corporation

 

First Place Winner

ID 438 Design for Additive Manufacturing of a horizontal axis wind turbine

Simone Cantarelli, Daniela Francia, Alfredo Liverani, Leonardo Frizziero, Department of Industrial Engineering

Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

 

2ndPlace Winner

ID 565 Technology Acceptance and Digital Divide as Correlates of Performance Among Engineering Students and Teachers: Inputs to Educational Technology Acquisition and Adaptation Model

RomalynL. Galingan, Technological Institute of the Philippines; Pamantasanng Lungsodng Marikina, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines; SSS Village, Marikina City Philippines

 

3rdPlace Winner

ID 408 Porter’s Five Generic Strategies: A Case Study from Indonesia Automotive Industry Against Covid-19

Wirawan Pratama Suwardi, T C Kusuma, Bagas Muhamad Kartiko, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, 16424, Indonesia

 

4thPlace Winner

ID 612Design of Warehouse Management System using Mobile Application for Shoe Manufacturing Industry

Robimarl B. Torres, Marvis B. Halili, Donilyn D. Salazar, Grace Lorraine D. Intal

School of Information Technology

Mapúa University 658 Muralla St., Intramuros, Manila 1002, Philippines

 

Master Thesis Competition

 

First Place Winner

ID 292 Analysis and Improvement of Product Management Processes –a Case Study

Francisco Leite (1) and José Faria (1, 2) and Américo Azevedo (1, 2)

(1) Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal

(2) INESC TEC, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Campus da FEUP, Porto, Portugal

Ivo Pereira, Polytechnic of Porto, Engineering Institute, Porto, Portugal

 

2ndPlace Winner

ID 458 Inventory Management Sourcing Policy Selection: A Focus on Wastewater Infrastructure

Mohommed Maharoof and Dr. Laoucine Kerbache

Engineering Management & Decision Sciences

College of Science and Engineering

Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Education City, Qatar

 

ID 533 EMV& Biometric for Secure Online Purchases

Youness Ridani

SEDCO Technologies

Ifrane Fes-Meknes Region Morocco

 

3rdPlace Winner

ID 460 Impact of Aircraft Model and Delay Duration on the Air Traffic Flow Management

Abdelhamid Boujarif, Industrial Engineering Laboratory, Paris-SaclayUniversity, CentraleSupélec, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Sadeque Hamdan, College of Business and Economics, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Oualid Jouini, Industrial Engineering Laboratory, Paris-Saclay University, Centrale Supélec, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

 

Doctoral Dissertation Competition

 

First Place Winner

ID 370 Data-driven throughput bottleneck analysis in production systems

Mukund Subramaniyan

Department of Industrial and Materials Science

Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden

 

2ndPlace Winner

ID 562 Optimization of consumable consumption in hypermarkets during the Coronavirus pandemic period

Kamilia Filali, Systems Engineering Laboratory, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco

Zoubida Benmamoun, GS laboratory ENSA, Kenitra, morocco

Hanaa Hachimi, Systems Engineering Laboratory, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco

 

Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition

 

First Place Winner

ID 537 Perceived Effect of Factors on Workers’ Task Performance in a Cold Storage Warehouse Facility

CyntharaB. Leonardo and Marvin I. Noroña, School of Industrial Engineering and Service Engineering Management, Mapúa University, Intramuros, 1002 Metro Manila, Philippines

 

2nd Place Winner

ID 306 Retrofitting agricultural tractors with aftermarket weather cabins: safety issues for manufacturers and users

Gattamelata Davide, Puri Daniele, and Vita Leonardo, Department of technological innovations and safety of plants, products and anthropic settlements, National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (Inail), Italy

Mario Fargnoli and Mara Lombardi, Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment (DICMA), Sapienza -University of Rome, Italy

 

3rd Place Winner

ID 335 Development and Initial Testing of Lumbar Support for Traffic Police Motorcycle Seat With Built-In Massager System: A Preliminary Study In The View of Ergonomics

Nur Athirah Diyana Mohammad Yusof, Karmegam Karuppiah, Putri Anis Syahira Mohamad Jamil, Irniza Rasdi, Vivien How, Sivasankar Sambasivam, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Kulanthayan KC Mani, Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia

 

Lean Six Sigma Competition Sponsored by Tooling Tech Group

 

First Place Winner

ID 366 Develop JMP 16_Based STEAMS and Six Sigma DMAIC Training Curriculum for Data Scientist

Mason Chen, Stanford Online High School, San Jose, CA 95131

Charles Chen, Morrill Learning Center, San Jose, CA 95131

 

2ndPlace Winner

ID 554 The Use of Lean Six Sigma Tools in a South African Multinational Organization

Bheki Makhanyaand Hannelie Nel

Department of Engineering Management

University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

 

3rdPlace Winner

ID 418 Applications of Lean Manufacturing in a manufacturing company in South Africa

Mpho Karen Masemola, Bheki Makhanya and Hannelie Nel

Department of Engineering Management

University of Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Simulation Competition

 

First Place Winner

ID 391FDM-sourced Shinbone Cutting Guide in Polylacticacid-based Polymers: Heat Sterilization Effects on Part Quality

Christian Leon-Cardenas, Patrich Ferretti, MerveSali, Gian Maria Santi, Francesco Gianese, Nicola Crescentini, Leonardo Frizziero, Giampiero Donnici and Alfredo Liverani, Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento, 2 –40136, Bologna, Italy

Giovanni Trisolino, Paola Zarantonello, Stefano Stallone and Giovanni Luigi Di Gennaro, IRCCS–IOR –Rizzoli OrthopaedicInstitute, Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 40136 Bologna, Italy

 

ID 553CAD-Aided Preoperative Simulation in Pediatric Orthopedics: The Case Study of Ollier’s Disease

Leonardo Frizziero, Alfredo Liverani, Gian MariaSanti, Paola Papaleo, Francesca Napolitano and Curzio Pagliari, Department of Industrial Engineering

Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Giovanni Trisolino, Giovanni Luigi Di Gennaro, and Paola Zarantonello

IRCSS –IOR—Rizzoli OrthopaedicInstitute

Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Bologna Italy

 

2ndPlace Winner

ID 673 An Integrated Simulation Model for Water Purification and Distribution

Francesco Simone

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

 

ID 784 Efficient Optimization Model for Buffer Size Problem in Production Line with Rework Path

Hisham Alkhalefah, Mustufa Haider Abidi and Usama Umer

Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Elkaseer

Department of Production Engineering and Mechanical Design, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Port Fuad, Egypt, Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

 

Supply Chain and Logistics Competition

 

First Place Winner

ID 630 Deadlock and Collision Prevention Algorithms for Mobile Robots in Automated Warehouses

Ecem Eroglu Turhanlar and Banu Yetkin Ekren

Department of Industrial Engineering

Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey

 

2ndPlace Winner

ID 469 The Role Of Regulatory Resilience In Supply Chain Optimization: A Case Study

Saloua SAID and Hafida BOULOIZ, Systems engineering and decision support laboratory, ENSA, Agadir, Morocco

Maryam GALLAB, MIS -LISTD Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, ENSMR, Rabat, Morocco

Supply Chain and Logistics Competition

 

3rdPlace Winner

ID 305 Applications of Augmented Reality to Reduce Risk in Supply Chain Management

Angela Colabella, Collette Lee, Lane Pledger, Monique Cendejas, Vikrant Mannemela and Mohamed Awwad

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA

 

Poster Competition

 

First Place Winner

ID 535 Demand Forecasting with Real Case Analysis for Effective Retail Decision-Making

SafikaThasin, Caroline Zeidan, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Mentors: Dr. Dua Weraikat, Dr Adolf Acquaye

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department

Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai

 

2ndPlace Winner

ID 653 A Model-Based Assessment of Cyber-Resilience Evaluation for Water Purification Plants with Societal Impact

Francesco Simone, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

 

3rdPlace Winner

ID 615 Improving the Packaging Unit at AEC

Abdulaziz Alsalamah, Abdullah Alnooh, Nawaf Alsalman, Abdulaziz Alhammadi and Sobhi Mejjaouli,

Department of Industrial Engineering, College Engineering

Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 


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