IISE HONORS & AWARDS 2024

The best of IISE gets annual recognition in Montreal

Every year, the premier gathering of industrial and systems engineering types offers numerous honors, awards and scholarships to mark how the profession is making a difference in the world. Here are the 2024 recipients of IISE's Honors & Awards.

Fellow Awards

Aloysius (Al) A. Attah, Macval Associates, LLC
Amanda Mewborn, Yoga Six Roswell
Amy Ellen Mainville Cohn, University of Michigan
Ann Dunkin, U.S. Department of Energy
Brad Kramer, Kansas State University
Burak Eksioglu, University of Arkansas
Dave Soukup, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Fazleena Badurdeen, University of Kentucky
Guiping Hu, Oklahoma State University
Jing Li, Georgia Tech
Joseph Michels, Solomon Bruce Consulting, LLC
Jun Zhuang, State University of New York
Lawrence V. (Larry) Snyder, Lehigh University
Lewis Ntaimo, Texas A&M University
Nga Hin Benjamin Fong, Purdue University
Pratik J. Parikh, University of Louisville
Rajiv Saxena, Kenco Logistics
Rohan Ajit Shirwaiker, North Carolina State University
Thomas C. Sharkey, Clemson University

Frank & Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award

Sponsored by The Wm. Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University

Bopaya Bidanda, University of Pittsburgh

Captains of Industry

Ann Dunkin, U.S. Department of Energy

David Poirier, The Poirier Group

Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator

Sunderesh S. Heragu, Oklahoma State University

David F. Baker Distinguished Research

Yuehwern Yih, Purdue University

UPS Minority Advancement

Sponsored by UPS

Elizabeth Schweizer, Rungway

Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering

Sponsored by the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida

Farzan Sasangohar, Texas A&M University

IISE Joint Publishers Book of the Year

Bopaya Bidanda, University of Pittsburgh, “Maynard’s Industrial and Systems Engineering Handbook, 6th Edition”

Society for Engineering and Management Systems Outstanding Management

Kiran Kumar Dandu, Moderna

Innovations in Education

Sponsored by the IISE Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads (CIEADH)

Lesley Strawderman, Brian Smith and Jenna Johnson, Mississippi State University, “Engineering Leadership Excellence: An Innovative Dual Degree Program at Mississippi State University”

Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Early Career Industrial Engineering in Academia

Maryam Zahabi, Texas A&M University

James W. Barany Student Award for Excellence

First place: Aziz Malouche, Virginia Tech
Second place: Matthew Nenninger, Liberty University
Third Place: Kathryn Sloan, Virginia Tech

Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award

First place: Collin Small, University of Texas-Austin
Second place: Cheolhei Lee, Virginia Tech
Third Place: Mykyta Makovenko, Texas A&M University

Graduate Research Award

Emmanuel Yangue, Oklahoma State

IISE Transactions awards

Service Awards

Russell Meller, Fortna Inc. Department Editor of Design and Manufacturing,
Raed Al Knotar, University of Michigan, Associate Editor of Data Science, Quality and Reliability,
Andrew Schaefer, Rice University, Department Editor of Operations Engineering and Analytics,
Ana Muriel, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Associate Editor of Supply Chain and Logistics

Data Science, Quality and Reliability issue

Best Paper: Lujia Wang, Todd J. Schwedt, Catherine D. Chong, Teresa Wu and Jing Li, “Discriminant subgraph learning from functional brain sensory data”
Honorable Mention: Chiwoo Park, Peihua Qiu, Jennifer Carpena-Núñez, Rahul Rao, Michael Susner & Benji Maruyama “Sequential adaptive design for jump regression estimation”
Best Application Paper: Andi Wang, Tzyy-Shuh Chang and Jianjun Shi, “Multiple event identification and characterization by retrospective analysis of structured data streams

Design and Manufacturing issue

Best Paper: Jaesung Lee, Chao Wang, Xiaoyu Sui, Shiyu Zhou and Junhong Chen, “Landmark-embedded Gaussian process with applications for functional data modeling”
Best Application Paper: Zhaohui Geng, Arman Sabbaghi and Bopaya Bidanda, “Reconstructing original design: Process planning for reverse engineering”

Operations Engineering and Analytics issue

Best Paper: Zahra Ghatrani and Archis Ghate, “Inverse Markov decision processes with unknown transition probabilities”
Best Application Paper: Haoxiang Yang, Daniel Duque and David P. Morton, “Optimizing diesel fuel supply chain operations to mitigate power outages for hurricane relief”

Supply Chain and Logistics issue

Best Paper: Ohad Eisenhandler and Michal Tzur, “Multi-period collection and distribution problems and their application to humanitarian gleaning operations”
Honorable Mention: Lu Zhen, Jiajing Gao, Zheyi Tan, Shuaian Wang and Roberto Baldacci, “Branch-price-and-cut for trucks and drones cooperative delivery”
Best Application Paper: Foad Ghadimi, Tarik Aouam and Reha Uzsoy, “Safety stock placement with market selection under load-dependent lead times”

Scholarship awards

(One scholarship of $1,000 each)

AO Putnam Memorial Scholarship

Jayden Matzek, University of Louisville

CB Gambrell Undergraduate Scholarship

Olivia Poppen, Iowa State University

Dwight D. Gardner Scholarship

Danielle Lewis, North Carolina State University

EJ Sierleja Memorial Scholarship

Vishwajeet Prakash Ransing, Clemson University

Gilbreth Memorial Scholarship

Sarvesh Sawant, Clemson University

Harold & Inge Marcus Scholarship

Julie Davenport, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Henry & Elisabeth Kroeze Memorial Scholarship

Deema Saddik, San Jose State University

IISE Fellows William Biles, Hamid Parsaei and Victor Zaloom Endowed Scholarship

Kinsey Ballard, University of Louisville

John L. Imhoff Scholarship

Maryam Aghamohammadghasem, University of Arkansas

John S.W. Fargher Jr. Scholarship

Zihan Zhang, Georgia Tech

Lisa Zaken Award For Excellence

Enrico Laoh, Oklahoma State

Marvin Mundel Memorial Scholarship

Lillian McCloud, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Society for Health Systems Scholarship

(Sponsored by FlexSim, awarded at #HSPI2024)

Mia Ferrante, Northeastern University

IISE Council of Fellows Undergraduate Scholarships

(3 at $2,000 each)

Willem Potter, Iowa State University
Audrey Westlund, North Carolina State University
Vikas Devulapalli, Purdue University

Presidents Scholarships

(2 at $1,000 each)

Grace Schildhauer, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Mollie McKee, Virginia Tech

UPS Scholarship for Female Students

(2 at $4,000)

Lauren Jones, University of Arkansas
Mia Ferrante, Northeastern University

UPS Scholarship for Minority Students

(2 at $4,000)

Ana Paula Córdova Oña, Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Querétaro
Maya Jain, University of Pittsburgh

Vinod and Gail Sahney Scholarship

($5,000)

Allison Kirby, Kansas State University

Competition awards

IISE Innovation Cup

Sponsored by the University of Tennessee Knoxville Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Gold: Aniket Ramekar, Timothy Cockram, Aaron Clark and Kelly Nowicki, Mayo Clinic, “Revolutionizing Healthcare Hospitality: Utilizing Robotics to Optimize Food Service Operations”
Silver: Ian Slater, Faujia Islam and Raul Banerjea, Inova Health System, “Inova Health System – Access”
Bronze and Award of Excellence (People’s Choice): Jesus Silva, Pedro Matehuala, Mario Munoz and Herbierto Ramirez, Bilstein, Mexico, “Reduction Time in Changeover”

IISE/Rockwell Automation Student Simulation Competition

Sponsored by Rockwell Automation

First: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Illini-Optimizers”
Second: École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), “Daytech”
Third: Texas A&M University, “Aggie Enjuneers”

Innovative Practices in Service Systems

Shenle Pan, Eric Ballot, Yu Liu, Thierry Coupaye, Pauline Folz, Fano Ramparany, Sebastien Bolle, “Online Cognitive Digital Twins for Last Mile Delivery Services in Smart Cities”

IISE Undergraduate Student Technical Paper Competition

First: Ethan Schmidt, Jenna Kochendorfer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Second: Claudia De Fazio, University of Waterloo
Third: Ray Wood, University of Missouri

Outstanding Capstone Senior Design Project

Sponsored by CISE, The Ohio State University Department of Integrated Systems Engineering (Scott and Beatrice Sink Giving Accounts), Oklahoma State University, Penn State College of Engineering, University of Arkansas, Virginia Tech Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Product Systems

First: Virginia Tech, “Resource Allocation Playbook for Woodward”
Second: Ohio State University, “Improving a highly variable production yield for Transmet Corporation”
Third: Kennesaw State University, “Marble Tube Mill Quality and Process Improvement Using Statistical Quality and Process Control”
Fourth: North Carolina State, “Leveraging Tableau and Python to create a Software Solution with Machine Learning for Carrier and Freight Data”

Service Systems

First: Georgia Tech, “No pane, no gain: Home Depot Installation Services Scheduling Redesign”
Second: Dalhousie University, “Revolutionizing Patient Transfers: The Implementation of Algorithmic Solutions to Reduce the Long-term Care Inter-facility Transfer Waitlist”
Third: University of Michigan, “A Scheduling Algorithm to improve patient access to chemotherapy at Mayo Clinic utilizing at-home infusion”
Fourth: Northeastern University, “US Open Tennis Championships Electronic Officiating Quality Control”

Society and Division awards

Construction Engineering & Management Division

Best Track Paper
Md Hadisur Rahman, Nishat Binte Alam and JuHyeong Ryu, West Virginia University, “A Scientometric Exploration of Physical Fatigue and Risk Management in Construction”

Data Analytics & Information Systems Division

Best Student Paper
Xinchao Liu, Dzung Phan, Youngdeok Hwang, Levente Klein, Kyongmin Yeo and Xiao Liu, Georgia Tech, “Optimal Sensor Allocation for Emission Source Detection with Linear Atmospheric Dispersion Processes”

Best Track Paper
Neng Fan and Guangrui Tang, University of Arizona, “Solution Path Algorithm for Kernel Distributionally Robust Support Vector Machines”

Professional Achievement Award
Jing Li, Georgia Tech

Teaching Award
Anahita Khojandi, University of Tennessee

Mobile/Web App
Angineh Keshishian, Xiaoyu (Lareina) Liu, Lingchao Mao and Wenting Zheng,

University of Pennsylvania, “MTrip, Your Personalized Multi-Modal Trip Planner”

Data Analytics
Haixu Liu, Zerui Tao, Wenzhen Dong and Qiuzhuang Sun, University of Sydney, “nnY-Net: Swin-NeXt with Cross-Attention for 3D Medical Images”

Energy Systems Division

Energy Systems/QCRE/PG&E Energy Analytics Challenge
Sponsored by Pacific Gas and Energy (PG&E)
Salih Salihoglu, Afshin Asadi, Ramin Moghaddass and Ibrahim Ahmed, University of Miami, “Leveraging LSTM Networks for Precision Forecasting in Electricity Pricing: A Holistic Approach to 24-Hour Prediction Vector Generation”

Best Student Paper
Michael Beacher, Tarun Arasu, Mark Rodgers, David Coit and Jennifer Senick

Rutgers University, “Quantification of Human Health Externalities Associated with Power Grid Expansion Plans”

Best Track Paper
Abdallah Chehade, Isaiah Oyewole and Youngki Kim, University of Michigan, Dearborn
“A Controllable Deep Learning Model with Knowledge Transfer for State-of-Charge Estimation of Lithium-ion Batteries.”

Career Achievement Award
Yu Ding, Georgia Tech

Outstanding Young Investigator Award
Sivaranjani Seetharaman, Purdue University

Engineering Economy Division

Teaching Award
Cameron MacKenzie, Iowa State University

Wellington Award
Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh

Best Student Paper
Ryan T. Jackovic, Reem Khir and Isabella T. Sanders, Purdue University, “Financial Risk in Supply Chains: Predicting Bankruptcy in Private Firms Using Public Data”

Best Track Paper
Anshul Balamwar and Vittaldas V. Prabhu, Penn State University, “Generative AI for Predicting Interest Rates by Fusing LLM and Economic Factors”

Facilities and Design Planning

Best Track Paper
Ami Zarinchang, Jun Yang and George K. Knopf, The University of Western Ontario, “Order Batching Optimization for a Warehouse Digital Twin Based on Heuristics and Mixed Integer Programming”

Logistics & Supply Chain Division

Student Case Study
Sponsored by Logistics and Distribution Institute, University of Louisville
Ali Mahmoudi; Mona Hakimipanah, Mohsen Rasouli, Dalhousie University

Best Track Paper
Waquar Kaleem, Harshita Ayala and Anirudh Subramanyam, Penn State University, “Neural Embedded Optimization for Integrated Location and Routing Problems”

Best Student Paper
Mahdi Ghorashi Khalilabadi, Debjit Roy and Rene de Koster, Rotterdam School of Management, “Human-Robot Matching Policies in Order Picking Systems using Queuing Models”

Outstanding Industry Practitioner Award
Thomas Beil, Perfect Planner LLC

Teaching Award
Murat Erkoc, University of Miami

Manufacturing & Design Division

Best Student Paper
Imtiaz Qavi, Sampa Halder, Dongping Du and George Tan, Texas Tech University, “Machine Learning Enhanced High Fidelity and High Viability Bioprinting using Rheological and Compositional Predictors”

Best Track Paper
Esam Alhomaidhi, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, “Optimizing Ideal Time in Stochastic Assembly Line Balancing through Chance-Constrained via K-means Algorithm”

Outstanding Young Investigator Award
Hantang Qin, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Best Student Paper — Sponsored by Simio, LLC
Cole Zanni, Bernard Zeigle, James Nutaro, Sang Won Yoon, Binghamton University, “Tree-Based Recursive Modeling for Optimizing Baseball Lineups Using Expected Runs Metric”

Best Track Paper — Sponsored by Simio, LLC
Simio, LLC
Kelvin Ekun and Ana Muriel, University of Massachusetts Amherst, “Online Lead Time Quotation under Contingency”

Outstanding Practitioner Award
Bahar Biller, SAS

Teaching Award
Karthyek Murthy and Nuno Ribeiro, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Operational Excellence Division

Best Practice

First Place: Amtrak, “Amtrak Limits Compliance and Collision Avoidance System”
Second Place: Perfect Planner, LLC, Thomas Beil, “Perfect Planner: Reinventing Material Planning & Procurement”
Third Place: Flextronics Zhuhai, “Lean Journey Leading to Transformation”

Best Track Paper
Adam Riley, Kaustubh Vibhandik and Guilherme B. Zuccolotto, University of Tennessee Knoxville, “People-Centric Operational Excellence in Product Management for Small-Medium Manufacturing”

Best Student Paper
Hazel Caparas, Bulcan State University, “A Production System Analysis to Reduce the Cost of Non- Conformity in a Paper Bag Process using Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology”

Operations Research Division

Undergraduate Student Research Dissemination — Sponsored by Clemson University
Iris Layadi, Purdue University, “Contracting for Referral Coordination in a Tiered Service Network via Pareto Optimization”

Best Track Paper
Babak Aslani and Shima Mohebbi, George Mason University, “Nested Learn-to-branch-and-price Framework for Large-scale Network Optimization Problems”

Teaching Award
Albert Berahas, University of Michigan, and Ahmed Aziz Ezzat, Rutgers University

Quality Control & Reliability Engineering Division

Teaching Award
Eunshin Byon, University of Michigan

Best Student Paper
Yifan Li, Xiaowei Yue, Zhi-hai Zhang and Li Zheng, Tsinghua University, “An Unsupervised Embedding Method Based on High-streaming Videos for Process Monitoring in Repetitive Manufacturing”

Best Track Paper
Michael Biehler and Jianjun Shi, Georgia Tech, “RETROFIT: Real-Time Control of Time-Dependent 3D Point Cloud Profiles”

Society of Engineering Management

Best Student PaperSponsored by Manufacturing Technology Deployment (MTD) Group & Sparc Engineers, LLC
Iman Naderi, Deborah Dickerson and Maryam Ashrafi, Virginia Tech; Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), “From Crisis to Strategy and Action: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Implementing Knowledge Management in Organizations”

Best Track Paper
Heather Keathley-Herring, University of Central Florida; Jennifer Cross, Texas Tech University; and Olufunke Oladimeji, College of Charleston, “Integrated Model of Organizational Resilience: A Multi-Level System Dynamics Approach”

Teaching Award
Cecilia Martínez León, University of Buffalo

Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Award
SBP, USA – St. Bernard’s Parish

Best Student Paper
Niloofar Akbarian-Saravi, University of British Columbia, “Analytic Network Process for Multicriteria Decision-Making in Sustainable Composites Supply Chain Management”

Best Track Paper
John M. Corliss, PEER Consultants, P.C., “Unleashing Industrial and Systems Engineering and AI for Swift, Inclusive Solutions to Global Sustainability Challenges”

Work Systems Division

Best Track Paper
Patrick Fuller, Sara Kennedy, Matthew Ball, Holden Duffie, Qi Lou, Anjali Joseph, Alfredo Carbonell and Jackie Cha, Clemson University, “Understanding the Adoption of Robotic-Assisted Surgery: A Focus on Human-Robot Interactions, Training, and Built Environments”

Gold Chapter awards

Professional chapters

U.S. Northeast Region

75 Central Connecticut
132 South Jersey Delaware Valley

U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region

28 Memphis Area
66 Raleigh
73 Nashville

U.S. Southeast Region

6 Atlanta

U.S. Great Lakes

210 Indiana

U.S. South Central

10 Dallas-Fort Worth
56 Wichita
92 Greater Kansas City

U.S. North Central

25 Chicago
38 Twin Cities

U.S. Western

20 Puget Sound
23 Los Angeles
70 Arizona

Mexico

281 IISE México

University chapters

Arabian Peninsula

610 RIT Dubai
671 Khalifa University

Canada

889 University of Toronto

Central/South America

618 UNSA
699 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali
711 ESPOL (Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral)
734 Universidad San Francisco de Quito
760 Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria
977 UNITEC Honduras

Mexico

602 ITESM Puebla
606 ITSCO (Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Cosamaloapan)
616 BUAP San José Chiapa
620 Universidad Vasco de Quiroga
628 Instituto Tecnológico de Zitácuaro
653 UV Universidad Veracruzana
661 Universidad Veracruzana - Veracruz
662 IPN-UPIIG (Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería Campus Guanajuato)
666 BUAP (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla)
678 Instituto Tecnológico de Reynosa
714 Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Zapotlanejo-TSJ
717 De Ingenieros Industriales (Universidad Politécnica del Valle de México)
723 Industrial (Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes)
736 Universidad Politécnica De San Luis Potosí
750 Universidad Politécnica De Aguascalientes
763 Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Poza Rica
783 Instituto Tecnológico de Merida
789 UDEM
936 ITESM-Monterrey
953 Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL)
962 Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz
965 Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero
974 Instituto Tecnológico de Puebla
979 Tecnológico Nacional de Mexico- San Luis Potosí
982 Instituto Tecnológico de La Laguna TECM

Middle East

792 University of Jordan

Southeast Asia

716 BINUS University