Awards Descriptions

Educator Awards

Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award
Outstanding educators who have contributed to industrial engineering.

Innovations in Curriculum Award
Outstanding innovation in the design or presentation of an accredited IE, ISE, IEOR, or similar engineering curriculum.

Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Young IE in Education Award
Individuals in academia who have shown outstanding characteristics.

Captains of Industry Award
Business or government leaders who successfully used industrial engineering in the workplace.

Fellow Award
Leaders who have made significant, nationally recognized contributions to industrial engineering.

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award
Individuals who distinguished themselves through contributions to mankind.

Outstanding Achievement in Management Award
Executives contributing to the profession through innovative use of its methods.

Outstanding Young IE Award - Business/Industry
Honoring leadership, professionalism, and potential.

David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award
Recognizes significant contributions to the profession through outstanding research.

Graduate Research Award
Student members who have shown excellence in master’s-level research.

IIE Transactions Award
Recognizes best papers published in focused issues of IIE Transactions.

Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award
Outstanding graduate research in industrial engineering.

Scholarships and Fellowships
Awards academic excellence and campus leadership by graduate and undergraduate students.

Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering
Recognizes an innovative technical contribution to the industrial engineering profession.

Fred C. Crane Distinguished Service Award
Recognizes individual’s contributions to IIE.

Medallion Award
Impacting the profession through leadership or technical achievement.

Outstanding IIE Publication Award
Outstanding publication in any IIE-sponsored or co-sponsored medium.

Award for Excellence in Productivity Improvement
Organizations with significant achievements in productivity or quality.

Excellence Awards for Chapters
Outstanding performance by an IIE chapter.

Honorary Member Award
An individual of acknowledged eminence who is not an IIE member.

IIE/Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award
For an outstanding book that promotes industrial engineering education or profession.

Special Awards
Awards granted by the IIE Board of Trustees to recognize noteworthy achievement.

UPS Minority Advancement
Advancing women, minorities, or the disabled in the profession.

Student Award for Excellence
Students distinguished through scholarly excellence and campus leadership.

Student Simulation Competition
Undergraduate students compete in a “real-world” case study.

Undergraduate Student Technical Paper Competition
Honors outstanding technical papers of undergraduate students.