{"id":135,"date":"2017-04-15T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T11:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom2018\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:11:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:11:23","slug":"master-thesis-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ankara2026\/master-thesis-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Thesis Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Master&#8217;s Thesis Competition<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The IEOM Master Thesis Award<\/strong> recognizes outstanding research in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, operations research, engineering management, operations management and related areas. Students must enroll in the master\u2019s program during the current academic year. These awards are presented at the 2026 Ankara Conference.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The submitter must enroll in a master\u2019s program or be a recent graduate<\/li>\n<li>A synopsis of the thesis should be submitted<\/li>\n<li>Master\u2019s research must be presented at the 2026 Ankara Conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>IEOM Competition Rubrics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overall content: 1-5 points<\/li>\n<li>Data analysis and results: 1-5 points<\/li>\n<li>Presentation skills: 1-5 points<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge of the topic \/ confident: 1-5 points<\/li>\n<li>Answering questions: 1-5 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Important Dates<\/strong><br \/>\nDeadline for submission of abstract \/ paper \/synopsis: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">May 1, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission<\/strong><br \/>\nSubmit a synopsis of your thesis online and present at the conference event: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/abstract\/index.cfm?ID=lK4RpvA\">https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/abstract\/index.cfm?ID=lK4RpvA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Judging<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of academics \/ professionals will serve as judges and evaluate the papers and presentations. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winners<\/strong><br \/>\n1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive award certificates and a monetary prize based the sponsorship.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any question for the IEOM Student Competition, please contact: <a href=\"mailto:info@ieomsociety.org\">info@ieomsociety.org<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">WINNERS<\/span> &#8211; Master Thesis Competition Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1<sup>st<\/sup> Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master&#8217;s Thesis Competition The IEOM Master Thesis Award recognizes outstanding research in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, operations research, engineering management, operations management and related areas. Students must enroll in the master\u2019s program during the current academic year. These awards are presented at the 2026 Ankara Conference. Eligibility Criteria The submitter must enroll in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ankara2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ankara2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ankara2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ankara2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ankara2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ankara2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1792,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ankara2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/1792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ankara2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}