Undergraduate Research Competition
The IEOM Undergraduate STEM Research Competition will recognize outstanding research presentation in the field of industrial engineering and operations management presented by student(s). Students can submit abstract only and at the 2026 IEOM Barcelona, Spain Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations management to be held at 2026 IEOM Barcelona, Spain Conference. The presentation will be judged based on the presentation only. A group of academics / professionals will serve as judges. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging. Winners will receive award certificates. The winning awards will be given at the 2026 IEOM Barcelona, Spain Conference.
IEOM Competition Rubrics
- Overall content: 1-5 points
- Data analysis and results: 1-5 points
- Presentation skills: 1-5 points
- Knowledge of the topic / confident: 1-5 points
- Answering questions: 1-5 points
Publication and Indexing – Proceedings
- Papers will be published in the proceedings with DOI at IEOM Index. Your papers will be in open access with ISSN and ISBN.
Eligibility Criteria
- The submitter must be undergraduate student or recent graduate.
- Research can be industry sponsored 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 abstract must be written by the student(s) with only minor outside editorial assistance. One or more advisors may appear as co-authors of an abstract or paper, but the student must be the ‘first author’.
- The abstract/paper must be presented at the 2026 IEOM Barcelona, Spain Conference.
Submission Guidelines
Author should submit an abstract or paper with IEOM formatting which can be found under authors menu.
Submission
Submit an abstract and your presentation online: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=01BNySo
Judging
A group of academics / professionals will serve as judges. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging.
Winners
Award certificates will be given for the best student papers.
Competition Chair
If you have any question for the IEOM Competitions, please contact: info@ieomsociety.org.
WINNERS – Undergraduate Research Competition Award
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place