[Iefac.list] IIE QCRE Student Paper Competition

[Kovach, Jami]

QCRE Student Paper Competition
For presentation at the 2013 ISERC Annual Conference
May 18-22, 2012 - San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) division of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) is sponsoring a student paper competition as part of the 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC). The purpose of this competition is to honor outstanding papers in the field of quality and/or reliability engineering research and practice. Awards will be presented at the QCRE Town Hall meeting during ISERC and the winners will be acknowledged in the QCRE newsletter.

Eligibility Criteria
The following conditions apply to submissions for this competition:
1.      The paper topic must fit the QCRE themes.
2.      The student must be the first author. Moreover, a formal, signed statement by the student's advisor must be submitted along with the paper affirming that the majority of the original results presented in the paper are due to the student's efforts rather than the advisor or other collaborators involved in the work.
3.      The paper must have been completed during the first author's (i.e., student's) undergraduate or graduate studies.
4.      Previous finalists who wish to compete again should submit an entirely different paper. Please note, however, that past winners are not eligible for the competition.
5.      The first author (i.e., the student) must be an IIE member and be willing and able to present the paper in the QCRE track at the conference.
6.      The paper must present original research results and cannot be accepted for publication elsewhere at the time of submission (it can, however, be submitted and/or under review for possible publication at the time of submission for this competition).
7.      The paper must not have won or been considered for an award in another competition.

Key Dates

Abstract submission (for conference): November 7, 2012

Paper submission (for competition): January 4, 2013
Winner Announcement: March 1, 2013

Formatting and Submission Guidelines
Authors must follow the ISERC 2013 paper guidelines since the winning papers will be published in the ISERC proceedings. The paper formatting guidelines will be available at http://www.xcdsystem.com/iserc2013/index.cfm. Each paper must be submitted with a formal signed statement from the student's advisor, both in electronic format (.PDF files ONLY) to the Committee Chair, Dr. Jamison V. Kovach (jvkovach at uh.edu<mailto:jvkovach at uh.edu>) to be received no later than January 4, 2013. Late or incomplete submission will be ineligible for the competition.

Thank you,

Dr. Jamison V. Kovach (Jami)
Associate Professor
Director, Lean Six Sigma Program
College of Technology
University of Houston
A Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university
713-743-1704
jvkovach at uh.edu<mailto:jvkovach at uh.edu>
ASQ 2010 Feigenbaum Medalist
Associate Member, International Academy for Quality

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