2015 IIE Global and regional undergraduate student technical paper competition winners

Global first, second and third place winners:

First Place: Southeast region
Nishi Anand, Georgia Institute of Technology 
Identification and Allocation of Increased-risk Encephalitis Organs 

Second Place: Northeast region 
Rohan Rath, Rutgers University 
Three-dimensional Scaffold Writer for Fabricating Fiber-reinforced Materials 

Third Place: North Central region 
Molly Kotrba, Milwaukee School of Engineering 
World Bike: A Recumbent Human Powered Vehicle 

Regional first place winners:

Canadian region:
Kaitlin Miles, Dalhousie University
"IWK Morgue Process Implementation 

Central & South American region:
Ivan Jimenez, Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas
Analysis of Uncertainty Associated with the Quantity and Quality of the Returned Products in the CLSC Based on System Dynamics 

Great Lakes region:
Marcela Sanchez, Wayne State University
Comparing the Tradeoffs Between Sequencing and Buy Back Incentives for High and Low Value End-of-life Products 

Mexican region:
Enrique Hernandez Reyes, Universidad Politecnica de San Luis Potosi
Implementation of a Problem Analysis and Solution System in the Production Area Plant 2 

Mid Atlantic region:
Amelia Hardee, North Carolina State University
Additive Manufacturing Approach to Design, Manufacture and Encapsulate the Battery-pack for a Medical Implant 

South Central region:
Andrea Lewis, Oklahoma State University
Delivery Vehicle Routing at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma 

Western region:
Jeffrey Roberts, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Process Improvement of the Autoclave System at Aero Inc.