[Iefac.list] IISE QCRE Best Student Paper Competition

[Na Zou]

*IISE QCRE Best Student Paper Competition*

*For presentation at the 2022 IISE Annual Conference & Expo*

*Seattle, WA, May 21 – May 24, 2022*



The Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) division of the
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) is sponsoring a
student paper competition as part of the IISE Annual Conference & Expo, May
21 – May 24, 2022, in Seattle, WA. 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 the 2022 IISE Virtual Annual Conference &
Expo. The winner will be acknowledged in the QCRE newsletter and website.



*Eligibility Criteria*

The following conditions apply to submissions for this competition:

   - The paper topic must fit the QCRE themes.
   - 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 original results presented in the paper are
   due to the student's efforts rather than the advisor or other collaborators
   involved in the work.*
   - The paper must have been completed during the first author's (i.e.,
   student's) undergraduate or graduate studies.
   - 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.
   - The first author (i.e., the student) must be an IISE QCRE member and
   be willing and able to present the paper in the QCRE student paper
   competition session at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo.
   - 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).
   - The paper must not have won or been considered for an award in another
   competition.



*Important Note*s

*·*       Papers submitted for this competition will NOT be published in
the ISERC proceedings.

*·*       IISE and the QCRE division do NOT own the copyrights of the
papers submitted for this competition. However, the papers must be
available to the QCRE division to be posted on their web page.



*Formatting and Submission Guidelines*

*·*       Papers must be 8-10 pages long (1-inch margins, single column,
single-spaced, 12-point font, and Times New Roman) and must begin with a
50-word abstract. The submitted papers must follow the format or will be
returned without review.

*·*       Entrants must submit both a blinded and an unblinded version of
the paper along with *a formal signed statement from the student's advisor*,
all in electronic format (.PDF files ONLY), to competition coordinators,
Dr. Mingyang Li, (mingyangli at usf.edu <zhaojun.li at wne.edu>), Dr. Na Zou (
nzou1 at tamu.edu), Dr. Chen Kan (chen.kan at uta.edu) *by 03/11/2022*. Late or
incomplete submissions will be ineligible for the competition.

*·*       All submitted papers will be reviewed and ranked by a review
committee, and four finalists will be selected and announced on *04/15/2022*
.



*Competition coordinators:*

Dr. Mingyang Li, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida

Dr. Na Zou, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Dr. Chen Kan, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington


Na Zou
Assistant Professor
Corrie & Jim Furber '64 Faculty Fellow
Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
Texas A&M University

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