{"id":131,"date":"2017-04-15T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T11:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/ieom2018\/?page_id=131"},"modified":"2026-06-20T11:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:59:02","slug":"undergraduate-paper-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/panama2026\/undergraduate-paper-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Paper Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Undergraduate Student Paper Competition<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sponsored by: SIEMENS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Submission Link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/abstract\/index.cfm?ID=z2ODlfN\">https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/abstract\/index.cfm?ID=z2ODlfN<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Registration Link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/attendee\/index.cfm?ID=sejdN9d\">https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/attendee\/index.cfm?ID=sejdN9d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The IEOM Student Paper Competition sponsored by SIEMENS<\/strong> 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 IEOM Panama 2026 Conference. The paper will be judged based on the technical content and presentation during August 4-6, 2026. Winners will receive award certificates. The winning awards will be given at the IEOM Panama 2026 conference awards ceremony on August 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Eligibility Criteria:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The submitter must me student or a recent graduate<\/li>\n<li>Papers can be industry projects as part of a course or co-op\/internship, or research projects done at the academic institution.<\/li>\n<li>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).<\/li>\n<li>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 \u2018first author\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>The paper must be presented at the IEOM Panama 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>Publication and Indexing \u2013 Proceedings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Papers will be published in the proceedings with DOI at IEOM Index. Your papers will be in open access with ISSN and ISBN.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Paper Guidelines:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAuthors must follow the IEOM Panama 2026 paper guidelines (under Authors menu) since the winning papers will be published in the conference proceedings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For any question, please contact undergraduate student paper competition committee chairs: Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi (<a href=\"mailto:mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir\">mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir<\/a>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Judging:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nA group of academics \/ professionals will serve as judge. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Winners:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive award certificates.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Sponsor<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2132\" src=\"http:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/panama2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/siemens-300x71.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/panama2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/siemens-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/panama2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/siemens-195x46.png 195w, https:\/\/ieomsociety.org\/panama2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/siemens.png 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Sponsored by: SIEMENS Submission Link:\u00a0https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/abstract\/index.cfm?ID=z2ODlfN Registration Link:\u00a0https:\/\/www.xcdsystem.com\/IEOM\/attendee\/index.cfm?ID=sejdN9d The 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 IEOM Panama 2026 Conference. 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