Undergraduate Research Competition

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The IEOM Undergraduate Research Competition sponsored by Daikin Applied 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 7th African International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations management to be held at Cape Town, South Africa 2026 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 conference.

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 IEOM Cape Town, South Africa 2026 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.

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

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WINNERS – Undergraduate Research Competition Award

1st place

2nd place

3rd place