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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2023<br>
<b>Call for Abstracts and Presentation Summaries</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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May 20-23, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Track: K-12 Research<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:12.65pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please distribute this call to K-12 teachers and students in your areas</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) is sponsoring the <b>K-12 Research (K-12) Track</b> at
the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2023. The <b>K-12 Track</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">will showcase
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">industrial and systems engineering</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> (ISE) related research conducted by high school students.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Several K-12 students have been involved in research via NSF Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering and
Computer Science programs. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The goal is to
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">give high school students a venue to present their ISE related research. We expect that the students attending this conference
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">will be</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> introduced to a broader range of ISE research and practice. The organizers of
this track will identify mentors who will help K-12 students navigate the conference and answer questions related to the field of ISE.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The IISE Annual Conference & Expo is a forum for exchanging knowledge and discoveries in the IISE research and
practitioner communities. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We
<span style="color:black">encourage students to contribute to the conference and track by submitting a 250-word abstract or presentation summary. Authors will be able to claim these works as <i>refereed extended abstracts</i>, which will be available on the
conference website and can be cited. They will not be copyrighted or indexed in the official conference proceedings, and therefore there is no limitation on reusing this material for other purposes (e.g., toward the publication of journal papers or subsequent
conference proceedings). Abstracts and presentation summaries are welcome in the following areas:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Construction Engineering & Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Data analytics and Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Energy systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Engineering economy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Engineering education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Engineering Management</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Facilities Design & Planning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Health systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Human factors and ergonomics <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Logistics and supply chain
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Manufacturing and design
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Modeling & Simulation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Operational Excellence (Lean & Six Sigma)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt;line-height:12.65pt">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Operations Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Performance Excellence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:67.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt;line-height:12.65pt">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Quality Control & Reliability Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Sustainable Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Systems Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Work Systems & Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Authors of accepted abstracts and presentation summaries will be invited to present their work in a conference
session. Regular sessions will be 80 minutes with multiple presenters. The K-12 Track will organize a competition of the presentations made by students.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:12.65pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Important deadlines: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Submission deadline for abstract/presentation summary: February 1, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Notification of decision on abstract/presentation summary: March 1, 2023 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Speaker registration deadline: March 10, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Submit you abstract via email to
</span><a href="mailto:sandra@uark.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">sandra@uark.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Lihui Bai<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Sandra D. Eksioglu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Yongpei Guan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Lian Qi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Qipeng Zheng
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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