Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition

Sponsored by CINTAS

Submission Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=8fwmHJ5
Registration Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/attendee/index.cfm?ID=ORne27j

The IEOM Human Factors and Ergonomics Competition will recognize outstanding case studies in the area of human factors, occupational ergonomics, industrial accidents, safety, OSHA and NIOSH guidelines implementations, occupational health, etc. All projects must be presented at the 5th Australian Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Wollongong, Australia during November 24-26, 2026. The projects will be judged based on the technical content and presentation. Winners will receive award certificates. These awards will be presented at the 2026 IEOM Wollongong Awards Ceremony on November 26, 2026.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Case study must be related to real-life applications.
• Practitioners or academicians can join the competition.
• Papers can be industry projects as part of a course or co-op/internship, or research projects done at the academic institution.
• The paper must be presented at the 2026 IEOM 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

Paper Guidelines:
Authors must follow the IEOM paper guidelines (under Authors menu) since the winning papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Submission:
Each paper must be submitted online:

Judging:
A group of academics / professionals will serve as judge. Scoring rubrics will be used for both parts of the judging.

Winners:
1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive award certificates.

Winners will be added here:

1st

2nd

3rd