[Iefac.list] Student winners: SHS paper and IIE/Arena simulation (healthcare)

[Benneyan, James]

The below email and start of the semester remind me a post may not have
circulated to these lists about recent IE healthcare competition winners.
Details are summarized below and here
<http://www.coe.neu.edu/healthcare/education/competition.html> .  (An
announcement for the 2012 SHS paper competition also will circulate from SHS
shortly – which really runs FALL 2011, so please stay tuned
)

 

2011 IIE/ARENA simulation student competition:

(Sponsored by Rockwell Automation)

 

      1st place:    Southern Polytechnic State University (Larry Jackson,
Alex Moody, Thuy Nguyen)

      2nd place:   Ben-Gurion University (Israel Tzahi, Gur-arie Hadas)

      3rd place:    Lehigh University (Cristina Cannella, Yousef Janajri,
Preston Zorner)

 

Problem statement:  Rockwell Health Network regional capacity planning
problem
<http://www.coe.neu.edu/healthcare/pdfs/competition/2001SimulationCompet.pdf
> 

 

2011 Society for Health Systems student paper competition:

(Travel sponsored by Premier, SHS, and Northeastern University)


 


      Graduate SHS paper winners:


      1st place:    "Nurse Scheduling: From the Theoretical Modeling to
Practical Resolution
<http://www.coe.neu.edu/healthcare/pdfs/competition/SHS_2011_GradCompeti.pdf
> ", Martine Dagenais et al, École Polytechnique de Montréal

      2nd place:   "Cost-Effectiveness of Laposcopic Mini-Gastric,
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding", Elise Wu, University of Wisconsin

      3rd place:    “A Simulation-Based Feedback Control for a Real-Time
Scheduling System of Blood Drive Campaigns”, Jung Hyup Kim, Penn State


 


    Undergraduate SHS paper winners:


      1st place:    "Improving Inpatient Discharge Process to Reduce
Readmission
<http://www.coe.neu.edu/healthcare/pdfs/competition/SHS_2011_UGcompetiti.pdf
> ", Vanda Ametlli, Wayne State University

      2nd place:   "Simulation in Arena to Determine Potential Bottlenecks
for Dermatology Clinic Redesign", Tiffany N. Adams, Georgia Institute of
Technology

      3rd place:    "Mount Sinai Medical Center Clinical Engineering
Department Review", Christopher Maloney, University of Miami

 

Jim

 

James C. Benneyan, Ph.D., Director 

Professor of Industrial Engineering 

Center for Health Organization Transformation 

New England VA Engineering Resource Center 

360 Huntington Avenue 

Northeastern University, Boston MA 02115 

www.coe.neu.edu/healthcare 

 

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Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 12:21 PM
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Subject: [Iefac.list] IIE/Arena Student Simulation Competition

 

Hello,

 

There is new and exciting news about the IIE/Arena Student Simulation
Competition. We are now offering a Fall session in addition to the Winter
session to broaden contest participation. Attached is a document with more
information. Please put your teams together and submit your entry form,
along with the $30 US entry fee, by September 30, 2011 for the Fall session.

 

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