IISE Manufacturing and Design (M&D) division outstanding Service award

This award recognizes Manufacturing and Design (M&D) Division members who have demonstrated leadership and made significant contributions to public and community matters related to the manufacturing engineering profession (academia or/and industry) and have been active in the IISE M&D community.

Eligibility requirements

  • Candidates must be members of IISE and the Manufacturing and Design Division at the time of nomination for at least two years.

Application process

  • Candidates can be nominated by others. Self-nominations are not allowed.
  • Email nomination package in a single PDF file to the OS Award committee chair, Harry Pierson.

Nomination package must include

  • Name
  • Affiliation
  • Position
  • Complete contact information
  • Nominator’s contact information

Attachments:

  • Personal statement describing the candidates' service to the industrial engineering profession, leadership roles in the field and contributions to public and community matters related to the manufacturing engineering profession (maximum of two pages).
  • Curriculum vita (max. 10 pages).
  • Three letters of recommendation (each limited to two pages).

General information

  • Demonstrated dedicated and established service in the manufacturing engineering field.
  • Have demonstrated active participation in the M&D division (evidence includes but is not limited to IISE conference presentations/papers, publication in IISE Transactions, and service to the M&D division)
  • Have not previously received the Manufacturing and Design Outstanding Service Award
  • An award committee will evaluate the service records and achievements of the nominee and selection of one awardee will occur no later than April 1, in the year awarded.
  • Registration for the IISE Annual Conference & Expo is not required for 2023.

Recognition process

  • Framed certificate provided by IISE
  • Recognition at the Annual Conference:
    • at the M&D Town Hall Meeting
    • in Honors and Awards program
    • before the final day keynote address
  • Recognition in ISE magazine
  • Recognition on M&D web page and in the newsletter

Deadlines

  • Nomination deadline: Feb. 28, by 5 PM ET
    Email nomination package in a single PDF file to the OS Award committee chair, Harry Pierson
  • Winner will be notified by April 1.

Questions? Contact Amy Straub.

2021 Winner

Paul Cohen
Edgar S. Woolard Distinguished Professor
Edward P. Fits Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering
North Carolina State University (NCSU)

Past winners

Manufacturing and Design Division page

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