Following a winning tradition
Super Bowl winning quarterbacks go to Disney World. This year’s crop of award winners came close, as the IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2012 was held in Orlando, Fla., land of Disney, Mickey Mouse and dreams. We can’t report with surety that the victors visited Mickey after the honors and awards presentation. But at least some of their dreams came true. This year’s winners are listed below:
Frank & Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award
Louis Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University
Captains of Industry
John McGlade, Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
Susan Story, Southern Company Services
Medallion Award
Adedeji Badiru, Air Force Institute of Technology
David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award
Ron Rardin, University of Arkansas
Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award
Alice Smith, Auburn University
Fellows
Jim Benneyan, Northeastern University
Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas
Sila Cetinkaya, Texas A&M University
Garry Coleman, Transformation Systems Inc.
Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting
Dave Goldsman, Georgia Tech
Kathy Kilmer, Disney
John Kobza, Texas Tech University
Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University
Sabah Randhawa, Oregon State University
Manuel Rossetti, University of Arkansas
Helmut Welke, John Deere
Ming Jian Zuo, University of Alberta
UPS Minority Advancement Award
Sponsored by UPS
Gloria Bender, TransSolutions
Fred C. Crane Distinguished Service Award
Toni Doolen, Oregon State University
Eileen Van Aken, Virginia Tech
Middle Career Leadership Award
Rona Pepmeier, Rolls Royce North America
Outstanding Young IE Award – Industry
Peter Buczkowski, Disney
Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Young IE Award – Education
Satish Bukkapatnam, Oklahoma State University
Award for Technical Innovation
Ola Harrysson, North Carolina State University
Graduate Research Award
Saisrinivas Nageshwaraniyer, University of Arizona
Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award
First place: Siqian Shen, University of Michigan
James W. Barany Student Award for Excellence
First place: Erika Moody, Northeastern University
UPS Female Scholarship
Sponsored by UPS
Dunia Villaverde, University of Central Florida
UPS Minority Scholarship
Sponsored by UPS
Tatiana Viecco, University of Central Florida
Innovations in Curriculum Competition
First place: Joel Sokol and Steve Hackman, Georgia Tech
Second place: Julie Drzymalski, Western New England College
Third place: Diana Crossley and Larry Seiford, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, University of Michigan
Lean Division Best Practice Competition
First place: Ron Phipps, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Second place: Chris Nelson and Keith Rigoni, BAE Systems Inc.
Second place: Mark Nash, Pelco Inc.
IIE/Rockwell Automation Student Simulation Competition
Sponsored by Rockwell Automation
First place: Younghwa Kang, Minho Kim, Hyunseok Shin, “Super Awesome,” Kyonggi University; Advisor: Myeonsig Cho
Second place: Matthijs Brouns, Helene van Heijningen, “Huisje 8,” Technische Universiteit Delft; Advisor: L. J. Kortmann
Third place: Jonathon Brust, Joseph Timmer, Alan Toomsen, “Team Huskies,” Northern Illinois University; Advisor: Reinaldo Moraga
IIE Undergraduate Student Technical Paper Competition
Sponsored by John Deere
First place: Austin Buchanan, Oklahoma State University (South Central Region)
Second place: Xuanya Zhang Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Northeast Region)
Third place: Keveh “Kevin” Shamuilian, Cal Poly – Pomona (Western Region)
IIE Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year
“Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory,” Lawrence Snyder, Lehigh University and Zuo-Jun Max Shen, University of California-Berkeley
IIE Transactions Awards
Operations Engineering and Analysis Best Paper: “Approximate Dynamic Programming for Dynamic Capacity Allocation with Multiple Priority Levels,” Alexander Erdelyi and Huseyin Topaloglu
Operations Engineering and Analysis Best Application Paper: “Skart: A Skewness- and Autoregression-Adjusted Batch-Means Procedure for Simulation Analysis,” Ali Tafazzoli and James R. Wilson
Quality and Reliability Best Paper: “An Age- and State-Dependent Markov Model for Degradation Processes,” Massimiliano Giorgio, Maurizio Guida and Gianpaolo Pulcini
Quality and Reliability Best Application Paper: “Characterization of Nonlinear Profiles Variations using Mixed-Effect Models and Wavelets,” Kamran Paynabar and Jionghua (Judy) Jin
Scheduling and Logistics Best Paper: “Risk Analysis of Commitment-Option Contracts with Forecast Updates,” John Buzacott, Houmin Yan and Hanqin Zhang
ISERC Best Track Papers Awards
Computers and Information Systems: “Fast Detection of Overlapping Communities in Online Social Networks,” Akshay Ghurye and Soundar Kumara
Engineering Economy: “Time Valued Technology: Evaluating Infrastructure Replacement with Rapidly Emerging Technology,” Kevin Ochs, Michael Miller and Alfred E. Thal Jr.
Engineering Management: “Application of Dynamic State Variable Models on Multiple-Generation Products Lines with Cannibalization across Generations,” Chun-yu Lin and Gul E. Okudan
Facility Logistics: “A Warehouse Model for Replenishment to a Bottom-Level Forward Area with Random Storage,” Lisa Thomas and Russell Meller
Healthcare Systems: “A Dynamic Network Disaster Evacuation Model to Transport Multi-Priority Patients,” Amarnath Banerjee and Hyeongsuk Na
Homeland Security Track: “Optimal Resource Allocation for Recovery of Interdependent Systems: Case Study of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill,” Cameron A. MacKenzie, Hiba Baroud and Kash Barker
Lean Systems: “U-line Design and Operation with Helper Tasks,” John P. Shewchuk
Operations Research: “Adaptive Convex Enveloping for Multidimensional Stochastic Dynamic Programming,” Sheng Yu and Enrique Campos-Nanez
Simulation and Modeling: “Improving Care Transition through Effective Discharge Planning and Decision,” Lingling Sheng, Khim Teck Yeo, Jianfeng Mao and Ian Leong
Supply Chain and Logistics: “Infinite Horizon Periodic Review Perturbed Demand Model with Lead Time,” Semra Sebnem Ahiska, James Lavin, Russell E. King, Don Warsing and Anita Vila-Parrish
Work Systems: “NASA-STD-3001, Space Flight Human-System Standard and the Human Integration Design Handbook,” Keith Holubec, Jennifer Boyer and Mihriban Whitmore
Computer & Information Systems Division Student Paper Competition
"Two-stage Robust Optimization for Power Grid with Uncertain Demand Response," Chaoyue Zhao, University of Florida
Construction Division Student Paper Competition
Sponsored by the ConAm Group
"Application of Lean Principles and Practices in Construction Management," John Gresh, Drexel University
Lean Division Student Paper Competition
Sponsored by J T. and Carol Black
"Enhancing the Service Efficiency of Non-profit Organizations Through Lean Thinking and VSM Analysis: A Case Study of Assistive Device Resource Centers, "Pu-Yuan Chang, Tunghai University
Process Industries Division Student Paper
Sponsored by DuPont and Hersheys
"Coca-Cola Process Improvement," Geoffrey Cheung, Cal Poly - Pomona
Society for Engineering & Management Systems Student Paper Competition
Sponsored by Transformation Systems, Inc.
"Long-term Demand Prediction Using Long-run Equilibrium Relationship of Intrinsic Time-scale Decomposition Components," Akkarapol Sa-Ngasoongsong, Oklahoma State University
Society for Health Systems Student Paper Competition - Graduate Level
"Dynamic Template Scheduling to Address Uncertainty in Complex Scheduling Problems: A Case Study on Chemotherapy Outpatient Scheduling," Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg, University of Toronto
Society for Health Systems Student Paper Competition - Undergraduate Level
"Consistent Detection of Cancer Biomarkers with Linear Models," Eulisa Rivera, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Lean Division Teaching Award
Beth Cudney, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Toni Doolen, Oregon State University
Logistics & Supply Chain Division Teaching Award
Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University
Operations Research Division Teaching Award
Archis Ghate
Engineering Economy Division Wellington Award
Joseph Hartman, University of Florida
Quality Control & Reliability Engineering Division Golomski Award
“Assessing Multi-Layered Social Networks Using Reliability Models,” Kellie Schneider, Edward Pohl and Chase Rainwater
Society for Engineering & Management Systems Management Award
Sreekanth Ramakrishnan, IBM
Outstanding Faculty Advisor Awards
Global Level Honoree
Saeed Zolfaghari (Canadian Region), Ryerson University
Regional Level Honorees
Central and South American Region: Gonzalo Mejia, Universidad de los Andes
Great Lakes Region: James Barany, Purdue University (Awarded Posthumously)
Mexican Region: Jose Antonio Vazquez Ibarra, Universidad Politecnica de Aguascaliente
Mid-Atlantic Region: Anita Vila-Parrish, North Carolina State University
North Central Region: Elodie Adida Goodman, University of Illinois