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Keeping pace with IISE in the November 2016 issue of ISE
VOLUNTEER SNAPSHOT: When two become one
Clemson's Mason has helped create a single,
transformed IISE Annual Conference

Scott Mason's most recent driving passion has been turning
two conferences into one.
And IISE's senior vice president of continuing education will
get to see his passion become reality May 20-23, 2017, at the
David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. That's
when the IISE Annual Conference and Expo debuts its new
format.
For years, the annual gathering has been divided into the
Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference
(ISERC) and the Applied Solutions Conference. But as Mason,
the Fluor Endowed Chair and Professor of Industrial Engineering
at Clemson University, emphasized, the ISERC gala
included many applied academic talks that practitioners could
benefit from by seeing how academia was developing solutions
that could work in industry. And many researchers in industry
are doing interesting work where academics could learn how
the tools they teach are deployed in the real world.
"As an attendee, not having to choose between a quote research
or academic talk or session … and industry is going be a
boon for me," Mason said.
Mason's passion for conferences started early. During his first
faculty job at the University of Arkansas, John English, now
dean of the university's College of Engineering, emphasized the
importance of IISE, conference attendance and volunteering.
"Basically, I was told it was the right thing to do as a brand
new assistant professor and I took that advice to heart," Mason
recalled.
Since then, he has gone up the proverbial leadership ladder,
from IISE Annual session chair to session organizer to track
chair to entire conference chair. Outside of conferences, he got
involved in the Operations Research Division and became a
technical vice president.
When Mason joined the board of trustees in 2015, he knew
it was time to build on the work of his predecessor as SVP of
continuing education, John Fowler, who piloted the one conference
idea by picking a few tracks and building joint sessions
between the industry side and the academic side.
"I really think that we have the perfect storm of the set of
volunteers who share the collective vision of the annual conference,
and they're willing to put in the time and the effort to do
it," Mason said.
Practitioners are partnering with researchers, and the academics
in the Council of Industrial Engineering Academic
Department Heads (CIEADH) oversight committee have welcomed
practitioners into those phone calls, Mason said.
"So far it's been very well-received," Mason said. "And I
really think folks are going to be pleasantly surprised with the
outcome in Pittsburgh and hopefully for the rest of the future
conferences."
Youth shall lead the way
DiscoverE's New Faces of Engineering deadline is Nov. 18
DiscoverE is accepting nominations for professional New Faces of Engineering for 2017.
IISE and 15 other professional societies work with DiscoverE
each year during Engineers Week to honor an exceptional
group of young engineers who are making significant
contributions to society with real-world applications of their
skills and training. The program also promotes the image of
engineering throughout the world, and the New Face for each
engineering society puts real faces and stories to the profession,
helping young engineers and engineering students understand
that they are part of a global community of engineering professionals.
The New Faces candidates also act as ambassadors
for their profession.
Here are the IISE nomination criteria:
- Nominees must be 30 years old or younger as of Dec. 31.
- Nominees must be members of IISE.
- Nominees must have a degree in industrial engineering
from an ABET-accredited U.S. college or university or
from an equivalent international educational institution.
The selected nominee will be featured in national and local
media outlets during Engineers Week Feb. 19-25, 2017, on the
DiscoverE and IISE websites, and in ISE magazine.
Go to www.discovere.org/newfaces to apply. The website includes a nomination guide and forms. Nominations require a
headshot, a list of accomplishments and four short essays. Applicants can include an "action" photo at work, in training or
in class. The deadline to apply is Nov. 18.
For questions about the program, criteria or nomination
process, contact Karen Kuhn, director of operations at DiscoverE,
at (703) 684-2864 or karen@discovere.org. You may
also contact Monica Elliott, IISE director of communications,
at melliott@iise.org.
Hashemite University fields successful forum
More than 200 attendees learn how to transition to the work world
For the second year in a row, the student chapter at Hashemite University in Jordan fielded The IISE Forum, which focused on minimizing the gap between
industrial engineering students and the work world.
This year's forum, held on Sept. 8, included eight
speakers, seven different universities from two countries
and drew more than 200 attendees. The forum's theme
was a "Path to Business." Speakers examined how fresh
graduates could be equipped with the tools necessary
to join the business world without delay, said Marah B.
Taha, the chapter's social media team leader and secretary.
The forum included debates and workshops on topics
that included the importance of industrial engineering,
business initiation, excellence models, business and
management, communication skills and self-development,
ERP and other topics of interest to industrial and
systems engineers and students throughout the region.
IISE in India
International chapters continue their march to the future
Local chapters are the lifeblood of any
professional or educational organization,
and IISE is no different.
Founded as the American Institute
of Industrial Engineers in 1948, AIIE
dropped the American in 1981 to emphasize
that industrial engineering is indeed
international and offers improvements
to virtually every sector across
the world. The now Institute of Industrial
and Systems Engineers continues its
global outreach, and international chapters
continue to grow.
This year saw IISE's first chapter in
India. On Aug. 1, IISE-VIT was inaugurated
at VIT University in Vellore,
India. Attendees included the school's
chancellor, G. Viswanathan, and faculty
coordinator Vijaya Kumar Manupati.
Student affairs director Harshita Raj
highlighted how VIT was the first university
in India to have an IISE chapter
and encouraged other colleges to follow
its lead. Viswanathan's welcome address
noted how the new chapter would be
crucial in helping VIT students get access
to opportunities to develop new and
efficient technologies to drive the world
forward.

This was emphasized by special guest
K.R. Anandakumar Nair. Nair is a former
executive director of Lucas TVS, a
joint venture between Lucas, UK and
TVS, India, that manufactures automotive
electrical systems. He used his experience
of 45 years in industry to detail
new innovations in the field and the attitude
necessary to create the breakthrough
technologies of the future.
Including IISE-VIT, 10 international
university chapters have been chartered
in 2016.
The others are:
Chapter 657: AURAK Industrial
Engineering Chapter (United Arab
Emirates)
Chapter 659: ULACIT (Costa Rica)
Chapter 660: Indian Institute of
Technology Kharagpur (India)
Chapter 661: Universidad
Veracruzana (Mexico)
Chapter 662: IPN-UPIIG (Mexico)
Chapter 663: Caribbean Chapter
(Costa Rica)
Chapter 664: Industrial Engineering
Society – AUB (Lebanon)
Chapter 666: Benemérita Universidad
Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico)
Chapter 667: Instituto Tecnológico
Superior P'urhépecha (ITSP)
(Mexico)
The worldwide roster
IISE's international chapters span the globe – an appropriate thing to note in ISE's annual international issue.
The following list of chapters includes their status as gold, silver or bronze award winners – giving other chapters a goal to shoot for next year. Chapters earn gold, silver or bronze status based on their activities, programs, communication and other criteria.
Region 13: Mexico
University chapters
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Capítulo Estudiantil Bonaterra (Silver)
Capítulo Estudiantil del Instituto Tecnológico de Reynosa (Bronze)
Capítulo IIE – UDEM
CIIUS (Capítulo de Ingeniería Industrial de la Universidad de Sotavento)
Instituto Politécnico Nacional – UPIICSA (Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes
Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero (Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria
Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Zamora
Instituto Tecnológico de la Laguna (Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida (Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey – Sinaloa
Instituto Tecnológico de Morelia (Silver)
Instituto Tecnológico de San Luis Potosí(Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca (Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz (Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de El Mante (Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Poza Rica (Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Rioverde
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de San Luis Potosí
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Tantoyuca
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Uruapan (Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Xalapa (Gold)
Instituto Tecnológico Superior P'urhépecha (ITSP)
IPN-UPIIG
ITESM Campus Guadalajara
ITESM – Monterrey (Silver)
ITESM – Querétaro (Gold)
ITESM – Toluca
ITESO – Departamento Procesos Tecnológicos e Industriales
Leans Guranís Chapter (Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Ciudad Hidalgo)
Polytechnic University of Tulancingo
Tecnológico de Puebla (Gold)
Universidad Anáhuac Mayab (Gold)
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California – CITEC
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon (Gold)
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (Gold)
Universidad Central
Universidad de las Americas (Gold)
Universidad de Noreste
Universidad Veracruzana
Universidad Panamericana – Guadalajara (Gold)
Universidad Panamericana-Mexico City
Universidad Politécnica de Aguascalientes (Gold)
Universidad Politécnica del Valle de México (Gold)
Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí (Gold)
Region 14: Canada
Professional chapters
Atlantic Provinces
Toronto
University chapters
Concordia University (Gold)
Dalhousie University
Ryerson University (Gold)
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
University of Windsor (Bronze)
Region 16: Central and South America
Professional chapter
Costa Rica (Gold)
University chapters
Alpha Chapter – Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica sede San Carlos, San Carlos, Costa Rica (Bronze)
Caribbean Chapter – Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica
Chapter Liberty – Universidad Libre, Bogotá, Colombia (Gold)
Continental University Chapter, Huancayo, Peru (Gold)
Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería, Bogotá, Colombia (Gold)
ESPOL (Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral), Guayaquil, Ecuador (Gold)
IISE Javeriana Cali, Cali, Colombia (Gold)
IISE Sergio Arboleda University, Bogotá, Colombia (Gold)
LaSalle University – Bogotá, Colombia
Konrad Lorenz IISE Chapter, Bogotá, Colombia (Silver)
Militar Nueva Granada University, Bogotá, Colombia (Gold)
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia (Gold)
ULACIT – San José, Costa Rica
UNITEC-Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Gold)
UNITEC-SPS, Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Gold)
Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia (Silver)
Universidad Central, Bogotá, Colombia
Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru
Universidad Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia (Silver)
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru
Universidad Santiago de Cali, Cali, Colombia
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador (Gold)
UPTC-Sogamoso, Sogamoso, Colombia (Gold)
Region 17: Southwest Asia
University chapters
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan
Region 18: Central Asia
University chapters
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
IISE – VIT – Vellore, India
Region 19: East Asia
Professional chapter
IISE Hong Kong Limited
Region 20: Southeast Asia
University chapter
IISE Binus University Chapter, Jakarta, Indonesia (Gold)
Region 21: Middle East
University chapters
An-Najah National University, Nablus, West Bank (Gold)
Hashemite University IISE Chapter, Zarqa, Jordan
Industrial Engineering Society, American University
of Beirut, Beirut
Islamic University, Gaza Strip
Lebanese American University, Beirut
Lebanese International University, Beirut
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Region 22: Arabian Peninsula
University chapters
American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) Industrial Engineering Chapter, Ras Al Khaimah,
United Arab Emirates
American University of Sharjah, Sharjah,
United Arab Emirates
Khalifia University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Kuwait University, Kuwait City
Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Gold)
Region 23: Europe
University chapters
IISE Istanbul Boğazici University, Istanbul
Istanbul Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul
Region 24: Africa
University chapters
AASTMT, Alexandria, Egypt
IISE University of Ibadan Chapter,
Ibadan, Nigeria