[Iefac.list] Call for Nominations: IISE OR Division Teaching Award

[sharkt]

Dear ISE Faculty and Students,

If you know a great OR teacher, please nominate that faculty for the 
Teaching Excellence Award in the OR division of IISE, which is an annual 
national award recognizing excellence in teaching Operations Research. 
The award will be presented at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo May 30 
– June 2, 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Important dates

Nomination deadline: February 15, 2020
Winner notification: March 15, 2020

Eligibility criteria

·    The candidate must be a member of IISE and the OR division.
·    The candidate should be nominated for the instruction of an 
undergraduate course in operations research methods or applications. The 
course must be offered as part of an academic program in engineering or 
management (i.e., Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, 
Engineering Management, or Civil Engineering, or Management Science 
among others). Examples of course titles for the nomination may include 
“Operations Research,” “Linear Programming,” “Optimization Methods,” 
“Simulation,” “Production Systems,” “Linear Optimization,” “Decision 
Analysis,” etc.
·    Course materials for which they are being recognized must have been 
developed by the candidate.
·    We welcome nominations from around the globe! Course materials and 
nomination documents must be in English.

Nomination package

Nominations may be made by a faculty colleague or a student who has 
taken the course from the candidate. The nomination package must consist 
of:

·    Table of contents (up to 2 pages).
·    Letters of support from the nominator and two other individuals (up 
to 2 pages for each letter). At least one of the three letters must be 
from a faculty member and one from a student.
·    A course syllabus and samples of course materials (up to 20 pages).
·    Recent teaching evaluations for the course being recognized 
(official evaluation documents containing unabridged student comments).
·    Curriculum vitae of the candidate (up to 2 pages).
·    A reflective statement by the individual being nominated (1 page).

Nomination submission

Please email the entire nomination package as a single pdf document to 
Dr. Thomas Sharkey <sharkt at rpi.edu> by Friday February 14, 2020.

For more information on the IISE Annual Conference: 
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.iise.org_Annual_&d=DwIDaQ&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=Ue5eprQ_fMYcavWXDDYHbKQI0IFAmpjoy6QR5xcYCC4Qd5ukwoooDHsBFMkK-u0r&m=Z1AnFhIa9FYQyWjzxttDLMZ4FZe1E5NN8dJcHXOjiwg&s=ZKrq8q2o1N8qaHqfOgQyMRZCLgkIexhc_LY2TQcjuYc&e= 

For additional details about the award including former winners: 
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.iise.org_Details.aspx-3Fid-3D662&d=DwIDaQ&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=Ue5eprQ_fMYcavWXDDYHbKQI0IFAmpjoy6QR5xcYCC4Qd5ukwoooDHsBFMkK-u0r&m=Z1AnFhIa9FYQyWjzxttDLMZ4FZe1E5NN8dJcHXOjiwg&s=WokvbAMAdoeC2uIbGTPSvsWmu8wnWjut4ZdXl5HNR0w&e= 


We look forward to receiving your submissions soon,

Thomas Sharkey
Awards Director
IISE Operations Research Board