[Iefac.list] IIE Lean Student Paper Competition 2008 Sponsored by J T. and Carol S. Black

[Ahad Ali]

Lean Student Paper Competition 2008

Sponsored by J T. and Carol S. Black

IIE Lean Division

 

Purpose: 

The Student Paper Competition will be held each year to honor outstanding
papers in the field of lean research and practices. The papers should
demonstrate or describe the use of techniques such as simulation, lean
principle implementation, alternative designs, Kaizen implementation, etc.
Both undergraduate and graduate students and design teams are invited to
submit papers. The award will be given each year at the IIE Annual
Conference if there is a suitable recipient. 

 

Three awards may be given upon recommendation of the selection committee.
The winners must present their papers in the IERC Lean track at the 2008 IIE
Annual Conference. All authors will receive a certificate stating place
awarded. The lead authors of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place papers will receive
the following awards, which they may share with any co-authors at their
discretion:

 

First Place: $600 and complimentary IIE annual conference registration

Second Place: $300

Third Place: $100

 

Eligibility Criteria:

The following conditions apply to submissions for this competition: 

1.       The applicant must be a full time student at the time of
submission.

2.       The paper must present original research results.

3.       The research must have been conducted while the applicant was a
student.

4.       The paper must not have won or been considered for an award in
another competition. 

5.       At least one author must be an IIE member and present the paper at
the 2008 Annual Conference, May 17 - 21, 2008, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

6.       Winning papers will appear on the IIE Lean Division Website.

7.       Authors will be asked to sign an ethics statement stating that they
are full time students and that the research and writing are their own work.

8.       Advising by a non-student is allowed, such as an academic or
industry advisor.  However, only students can be authors or co-authors since
this is a student competition.

 

Important Dates:

Submission deadline for the 2008 Student Paper Competition is December 15,
2007.

Winner Announcement for the 2008 Student Paper Competition in January 2008.

 

Each paper must be submitted in electronic format (.PDF file) to the
Committee Chair Ahad Ali ( <mailto:aali at ltu.edu> aali at ltu.edu) to be
received no later than December 15, 2007.

 

Guidelines for IIE Lean Division Student Competition Paper:

Authors must follow the IERC 2008 paper guidelines since the winning papers
will be published in the IERC proceeding. The paper formatting guidelines
will be available at http://www.iieannual.org/. 

 

 

 

 

Lean Student Paper Competition - SUBMISSION FORM

 

Please type or print all information.

 

Date _________ 

Title of Paper ________________________________________________________

 

Name, membership number, address, phone number, and email for each author

(Designate one person as the primary author. The primary author will make
the oral presentation at the IERC Lean Division Track)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Ethical Statement:  It is certified that this work is the original
work of the author(s) and it was completed while students. It is also
confirmed that the primary author is a member of IIE and full time student.

 

 

 


Lead Author Name                  Signature                     University


 

No paper shall be received without this certification.  

 

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