iise Manufacturing and Design (m&d) division Outstanding Young Investigator Award
This award recognizes outstanding early-career Manufacturing and Design (M&D) Division members for their technical contribution to manufacturing and design.
Award promotion process
Each year a call for nominations will be released in October through the IEFAC list serve and an email broadcast to all M&D Division members.
Eligibility requirements
- Member of IISE and the M&D division.
- Must have made high-impact scientific contributions to the manufacturing and design field as evidenced by their research endeavors including publications, intellectual property and other funding and dissemination activities.
- Be within 6 years from graduation of terminal degree (Ph.D.) or 10 years from graduation of Bachelors degree as of July 1 of the year of the award.
- 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 made high impact scientific contributions to the manufacturing and design field as evidenced by their research endeavors including publications, intellectual property and other funding and dissemination activities.
- Have not previously received the Manufacturing and Design Outstanding Young Investigator Award.
Application process
- Candidates can be nominated by others. Self-nominations are not allowed.
- Nominations are due by Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. Eastern time.
- Email nomination package, one single PDF file to the OYI Award Committee Chair,
Guha Manogharan.
Nomination package
must include
- Name
- Affiliation
- Position
- Contact information
- Birth date
- Nominator’s complete contact information
Attachments:
- Candidate’s personal statement of specific technical contribution(s) that qualify them for this award (max. 2 pages).
- 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.
General information
- An award committee chaired by an appointed member of the M&D board will review all applications following the division’s award evaluation protocols. The award recipient will be notified by the committee chair (an M&D board officer) by email no later than April 1, 2023.
- Registration for the IISE Annual Conference & Expo is not required for 2023.
Recognition Process
- Framed certificate provided by IISE.
- Recognition at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo: magazine
- at the M&D Town Hall Meeting
- in Honors and Awards program
- Recognition in ISE
- Recognition on
M&D website and in the newsletter
Deadlines
- Nomination deadline: 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Feb. 28, 2023
- Email nomination package, one single PDF file to the OYI Award Committee Chair,
Guha Manogharan.
- Winner will be notified: April 1, 2023
For questions, please contact
Amy Straub.
2023 Winner
Dr. Wenmeng Tian
Mississippi State University
Past winners
Manufacturing and Design Division page