2009 Honors and Awards Winners
Leadership Awards
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering
F. Stan Settles, University of Southern California
Captain of Industry Award
Rajesh Soin, Soin International
David F. Baker Distinguished Research
Hsu-Pin (Ben) Wang, FAMU-Florida State University
Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator
Richard Wysk, The Pennsylvania State University
Fellows
Kamran Abedini, California State Polytechnic University
Cihan Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rasaratnam Logendran, Oregon State University
Russell Meller, University of Arkansas
James E. Moore II, University of Southern California
Celestine Ntuen, North Carolina A&T State University
Mickey Olsen, Retired from Coats North America
Patrick Patterson, Texas Technological University
Doug Rabeneck, Accenture
Meenakshi Sundaram, Tennessee Technological University
Yuehwern Yih, Purdue University
Zelda Zabinsky, University of Washington
UPS Award for Minority Advancement
Majid Abab, The Boeing Co.
Outstanding Young IE Award – Business/Industry
Jairo de Jesus, Farmland Foods Inc.
Dr. Hamed K. Eldin Outstanding Young IE Award – Education
Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University
Fred C. Crane Distinguished Service
Michael Leonard, Mercer University
Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering
Kevin Gue, Auburn University
Russell Meller, University of Arkansas
Graduate Research Awards
Nurcin Koyuncu Celik, University of Arizona
Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award
First place
Melike Meterelliyoz, Georgia Institute of Technology
Student Award for Excellence
First place
Lauren Hale, Northeastern University
Outstanding Faculty Advisors Awards
Global Level Honoree
Jorge Galvez Choy, Instituto Tecnologico de Ciudad Madero
Regional Level Honorees
Mid-Atlantic Region: Kevin Taaffe, Clemson University
Southeast Region: Christopher Geiger, University of Central Florida
South Central Region: Malgorzata Rys, Kansas State University
Mexico Region: Jorge Galvez Choy, Instituto Tecnologico de Ciudad Madero
Canada Region: Saeed Zolfaghari, Ryerson University
Publication Awards
IIE/Joint Publishers of the Year
“Simulation of Industrial Systems: Discrete-Event Simulation Using Excel/VBA” – David Elizandro, Hamdy Taha
Outstanding IIE Publication
“A Sequential Stochastic Passenger Screening Problem for Aviation Security” – Sheldon Jacobson, Laura McLay
IIE Transactions Award – Design & Manufacturing
“Clusters and Filling-Curve-Based Storage Assignment in a Circuit Board Assembly Kitting Area” – Wei Hua, Chen Zhou
IIE Transactions Award – Design & Manufacturing Applications
“Production System Design for Quality Robustness” – Dennis Blumenfeld, Jingshan Li, Samuel Marin
IIE Transactions Award – Operations Engineering
“Selecting the Best System when Systems are Revealed Sequentially” – L.J. Hong, Barry Nelson
IIE Transactions Award – Operations Engineering Applications
“An Effective Methodology for the Stochastic Project Compression Problem” – Ted Klastorin, Gary Mitchell
IIE Transactions Award – Quality & Reliability
“Optimal Specifications for Degrading Characteristics” – Roshan Vengazhiyil, I-Tan Yu
IIE Transactions Award – Quality & Reliability Applications
“Determining the Number of Operational Modes in Baseline Multivariate SPC Data” – Susan Albin, Hang Zhang
IIE Transactions Award – Scheduling & Logistics
“Coordination of Marketing and Production for the Price and Leadtime Decisions” – Paul Griffin, Pinar Keskinocak, Pelin Pekgun-Cakmak
IIE Transactions Award – Scheduling & Logistics Applications
“On a Mixed Zero-One Separable Non-Linear Approach for Water Irrigation Scheduling” – Marcos Alminana, Laureano Escudero, Mercedes Landeta, Juan Monge, Alejandro Rabasa, Joaquin Sanchez Soriano
IERC 2009 Best Track Papers Awards
Computer and Information Systems
Soundar Kumara, Supreet Reddy Mandala and Tao Yao, The Pennsylvania State University
“Detecting Robust Community Structures: A Robust Optimization Approach”
Construction
Cheng Guo, Sourish Sarkar and John Shewchuk, Virginia Tech
“Ergonomic Design and Planning for Panelized Residential Construction”
Engineering Economics
Levis Cabrera-Abinader and German Giraldo, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
“A Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis for the FDI in Latin-American Countries”
Engineering Management
Lien Beck and Tinne Lommelen, Hasselt University, Friso den Hertog, UNU-MERIT KIZOK Joint Research Group, and Raf Sluismans, University of Maastricht
“Designing Plans for Organizational Development, Lessons from Three Large-Scale SME Initiatives”
Facility Logistics
Krishna Krishnan and Vignesh Krishnamurthy, Wichita State University
“Performance Analysis of Distributed and Process Layouts under Manufacturing Disruptions”
Health and Service Systems
Daiki Min and Yuehwern Yih, Purdue University
“Dynamic Programming Approach to Surgery Schedule Considering Patient”
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Michael Agnew, Leanna Horton, Sunwook Kim, Ranjana Mehta, and Maury Nussbaum, Virginia Tech
“Effects of Alternative Hospital Bed Design Features on Physical Demands”
Lean
Theodor Freiheit and Sainath Gopinath, University of Calgary
“A Waste Relationship Model for Better Decision Making in Lean Manufacturing”
Logistics and Inventory
David P. Morton and Michael V. Nehme, University of Texas at Austin
“Tightening a Network Interdiction Model”
Manufacturing and Design
Satish T. S. Bukkapatnam and Hui Yang, Oklahoma State University
“Recurrence-Based Performance Prediction and Prognostics in Complex Manufacturing Systems”
Modeling and Simulation
SeungHo Lee and Young-Jun Son, University of Arizona
“Learning in Human Decision Behavior under the Extended Belief-Desire-Intention Framework”
Operations Research
Sunarin Chanta, Maria Mayorga, and Margaret Wiecek, Clemson University, and Laura McLay, Virginia Commonwealth University
“A Bi-Objective Covering Location Model for EMS Systems”
Quality Control and Reliability
Judy Jin and Qingyu Yang, University of Michigan
“Separation of Individual Operation Signals from Mixed Sensor Measurements”
Chapter Awards
Excellence Awards – Professional Chapters
Gold
Greater Detroit
Greater Kansas City
National Capital (D.C.)
Pittsburgh
South Jersey Delaware Valley
Silver
Hong Kong
Lancaster-Harrisburg (Pa.)
Mississippi Valley
Puget Sound
Rochester (N.Y.)
Toronto
Twin Cities (Minn.)
Upstate South Carolina
Wichita (Kan.)
Bronze
Central Connecticut
Chicago
Dayton (Ohio)
Long Island (N.Y.)
Los Angeles
Metropolitan New Jersey
Middle Tennessee
Raleigh (N.C.)
Reading (Pa.)
Richmond (Va.)
Southern Piedmont
Most Improved Chapter
Wichita (Kan.)
Award of Merit
Quebec
Certificate of Participation
Central Arkansas
Competitions
Innovations in Curriculum Competition
Sponsored by CIEADH
1st Place, Andres Carrano and Brian Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology
2nd Place, Christina Mastrangelo, University of Washington
3rd Place, Emory Zimmers, Jr., Lehigh University
4th Place, Dale Masel, California State University and Arun Nambiar, Ohio University
IIE/Rockwell Automation Student Simulation Competition
Sponsored by Rockwell Automation
1st Place, ITESM – Monterrey, The MexiQ’s
Team Members: Alfonso Tinoco Moreno, Jose Luis Morales Carpio and Carlos Augusto Sedano Flores
Advisor: Federico Trigos
2nd Place, Kyonggi University, Noitalumis
Team Members: Chang Young Park, Ki II Choi and Jung Hyun Kim
Advisor: Myeon Sig Cho
Runner up, Ohio State University, Buckiies
Team Members: Josephine Jing, Jon Carmona and Jacob Miller
Advisor: Theodore Allen
Runner up, Seoul National University of Technology, Dream Makers
Team Members: Jin Yong Park, Suk Ju Kim and Yoon Gi Lee
Advisor: Seong Yong Jang
Runner up, University of Washington, UW Huskies
Team Members: Jerry Anson, Carlo Gandasubrata and Natasya Kasuardi
Advisor: Roberto Lu
IIE Undergraduate Student Technical Paper Competition
Sponsored by John Deere
1st Place, Mexican Region: Jose Julio Segura-Meraz, Instituto Tecnologico de San Luis Potosi
2nd Place, Western Region: Ronald Indradjaja. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
3rd Place, South Central Region: Mitchel McCowan, Oklahoma State University
Finalists:
Canadian Region: Jonathan Tourigny-Ratte, Université du Québec a Tríos-Rivières
Central & South American Region: Diana Carolina and Ramirez Hernandez, Universidad de los Andes
Great Lakes Region: David Lanier, Wayne State University
Mid Atlantic Region: Sara Lu, Virginia Tech
North Central Region: Scott Groh, Iowa State University
Northeast Region: Qi Wen, Rutgers University
Southeast Region: Brandon Pitts, Louisiana State University
Society and Division Competitions and Awards
Construction Student Paper Competition
Sponsored by the ConAm Group
Sammy Wan, University of Hong Kong
Lean Student Paper Competition
Sponsored by J.T. and Carol Black
Inder Dhillon, David Hamilton and Brian Rumao, University of Michigan
Operational Research Teaching Competition
J. Cole Smith, University of Florida
SHS Student Paper Competition
Graduate Level
Sponsored by Premier Inc.
Ali Ekici, Georgia Institute of Technology
SHS Student Paper Competition
Undergraduate Level
Zach Adams, Kristen Moore and Ashley Wampler, North Carolina State University
Golomski Award
Bruno Castanier and Thomas Yeung, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, Nantes, France
SEMS Management Award
Neal Schmeidler, OMNI Engineering and Technology Inc., McLean, Va.
Wellington Award
Adedeji Badiru, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio
Scholarships and Fellowships
UPS Scholarship for Female Students
Sponsored by UPS
Whitney Montgomery, University of Alabama
UPS Scholarship for Minority Students
Sponsored by UPS
Jessica Chretien, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
E. J. Sierleja Memorial Fellowship
Hugh Medal, University of Arkansas
Gilbreth Memorial Fellowship
Jennifer Pazour, University of Arkansas
A.O. Putnam Memorial Scholarship
Coby Durham, University of Arkansas
Benjamin Willard Niebel Scholarship
Chris Krieger, Rutgers University
C.B. Gambrell Undergraduate Scholarship
Troy Long, University of Arkansas
Dwight D. Gardner Scholarship
Martha Smith, Mississippi State University
Harold & Inge Marcus Scholarship
Carl Morris, Mississippi State University
IIE Council of Fellows Scholarship
Carrie Beyer, Kansas State University
John S.W. Fargher Scholarship
Danielle Lanigan, Clemson University
John L. Imhoff Scholarship
Brittany Bogle, University of Arkansas
Lisa Zaken Award for Excellence
Sarah Albrecht, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Marvin Mundel Memorial Scholarship
Thepphan Asvatanakul, Northwestern University
Presidents Scholarship
Ashley Dohrmann, Kansas State University
Society for Health Systems Scholarship
Katie Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology