ISE Impact — Short Video Contest
The ISE-Impact Short Video Contest showcases a wide variety of interesting/impactful/fun applications of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) to intended audiences such as undecided first-year college students and high school students, their families, teachers, and college counselors.
Now in its fourth round, you can check out the wide range of applications and creativity of previous winning submissions on the IISE
website and
YouTube . To complement the existing videos, this round encourages submissions focusing on applications that have not been covered by previous videos and showcasing specific details on how ISE tools are used to create value.
Format
Streaming video in English and with English subtitles that can be published to multiple social media outlets (e.g., YouTube, TikTok, Instagram) and complies with fair use of copyrighted materials guidelines.
Length
The ideal length is between 30 and 60 seconds. Longer submissions will need to be shortened accordingly for consideration.
Content
A short video describing specific application of ISE techniques within an internship, job, senior/capstone design, or real-world situation that would help the intended audience understand how our discipline can help solve critical societal problems. Be creative!
Special consideration will be given to videos that:
- Are exciting and engaging, with appropriate graphics, background, or places that will enhance the message.
- Connect to skills/interests/goals that high school students would typically relate.
- Provide clear details on how ISE tools create value in that setting.
In addition, we will also strongly consider videos that follow popular trends such as “A day in the life of…” or directly, but creatively, answer the question: “Why I chose ISE.”
Recipe for award-winning videos
- First few seconds are key to engaging audience
- Keep it short and fast-paced
- Use humor
- Include cool videos, graphics, and music (but no copyrighted material!)
- Make good transitions to next visual or idea
- Describe interesting job/project outcomes
- Make content easy to understand providing clear examples and visuals
- Add captions
Eligibility
Students, faculty, practitioners, alumni — all are welcome to share their ISE impact stories.
Submit Your Video
Prizes
Top videos will receive a cash prize, potentially in different categories:
- Up to three 1st place awards of $500
- Up to five 2nd place awards of $250
Funding will be provided by the Council for IE Department Heads (CIEADH) and the winning videos will be shown at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo. An awards ceremony will be scheduled on
Zoom to honor the awardees and present the prizes.
Conditions
- Videos should be program-agnostic; they should not show any university logo or refer to any specific program, just Industrial and Systems Engineering.
- Videos are not required to display the company name. But if you wish to do so, then you must attach with your submission the permission received from the company (on their letterhead).
- All submitting entries will be judged by a CIEADH Committee. Entries must be received by Jan. 15, 2026. Winners will be notified by March 15, 2026.
- All submitted content can be used freely to promote ISE and meets fair use of copyrighted material (including background music/songs) guidelines endorsed by "YouTube" or the original author/composer.
- Production content must be submitted in English and include English subtitles.
- There is no limit on the number of submissions by an individual.
Before submitting, please check:
- Sound quality and volume are appropriate:
- Music does not make it hard for the audience to hear the speaker.
- No university name or logo appears or is mentioned in the video:
- You can mention your name, major, and current status, if desired.
- Captions are free of errors:
- The video is ready for immediate dissemination to promote visibility of ISE:
- No copyrighted material is used.
If you have any questions, please contact the chair of the competition, Professor Ana Muriel at
muriel@umass.edu.