{"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":"2025-07-22T00:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T00:51:52","slug":"master-thesis-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/capetown2026\/master-thesis-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Thesis Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Master Thesis Competition<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Submission Link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/abstract\/index.cfm?ID=4NV4t3A\">https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/abstract\/index.cfm?ID=4NV4t3A<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Registration Link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/attendee\/index.cfm?ID=oU2n27y\">https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/attendee\/index.cfm?ID=oU2n27y<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The IEOM Master Thesis Presentation 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 masters\u2019 program during the current academic year. These awards are presented at the IEOM Cape Town, South Africa 2026 conference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The submitter must enroll in a masters\u2019 program or be a recent graduate<\/li>\n<li>A synopsis of the thesis should be submitted<\/li>\n<li>Masters\u2019 research must be presented at the IEOM Cape Town, South Africa 2026 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<p><strong>Submission<\/strong><br \/>\nSubmit a synopsis of your thesis online and present at the conference event.<\/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>1st place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2nd place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>3rd place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master Thesis Competition Submission Link:\u00a0https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/abstract\/index.cfm?ID=4NV4t3A Registration Link:\u00a0https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/attendee\/index.cfm?ID=oU2n27y The IEOM Master Thesis Presentation 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 masters\u2019 program during the current academic year. These awards are presented at the IEOM Cape Town, South Africa [&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\/capetown2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/capetown2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/capetown2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/capetown2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/capetown2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/capetown2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2922,"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/capetown2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/2922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/capetown2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}