Undergraduate Student Paper Competition

Sponsored by: SIEMENS

The 2021 IEOM Student Paper Competition sponsored by SIEMENS will recognize outstanding papers in the field of industrial engineering and operations management written by student(s). Selected papers will be considered for the competition and must be presented at the 2021 IEOM Conference at Hilton Hotel in Singapore. The paper will be judged based on the technical content and presentation on March 9, 2021. Winners will receive award certificates. The winning awards will be given at the 2021 IEOM conference awards ceremony on March 11, 2021.

Eligibility Criteria:

The submitter must me student or recent graduate
Papers can be industry projects as part of a course or co-op/internship, or research projects done at the academic institution.
Faculty and/or an industry member may serve as an advisor on a project, but the work should primarily be done by the student(s).
The paper must be written by the student(s) with only minor outside editorial assistance. One or more advisors may appear as co-authors of a paper, but the student must be the ‘first author’.
The paper must be presented at the IEOM Singapore Conference.

Important Dates:
Deadline for submission of papers: January 30, 2021.

Paper Guidelines:
Authors must follow the IEOM 2021 paper guidelines (under Authors menu) since the winning papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Submission:
Each paper must be submitted online: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=b2S8sdu

For any question, please contact undergraduate student paper competition committee chairs: Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi (mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir)

Judging:
A group of academics / professionals will serve as judge. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging.

Winners:
1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive award certificates and plaques.

Competition Chair

Abbas Mahmoudabadi Ph.D.
Director, Master Program in Industrial Engineering
MehrAstan University, Gilan, Iran
Tel: +98 13 4216 6112, Cell: +98 912 159 7537
Other email: abbasmahmoudabadi@gmail.com