<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The
Manufacturing & Design (M&D) Division of the Institute of Industrial
& Systems Engineers (IISE) invites you to submit nominations for the
following 2023 Annual Conference M&D paper awards:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Best Student Paper
Award</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;text-indent:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Best Track Paper Award</span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The IISE M&D Division
sponsors both awards to recognize outstanding M&D contributions to the
Annual Conference Proceedings and are presented in the M&D Track during the
annual conference. The winners will be
recognized at the conference during the M&D Town Hall meeting with a
certificate, on social media and in the M&D newsletter.</span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><u><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
FOR BOTH AWARDS</span></u></b><u><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></u><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The lead author must
be registered to attend the annual conference by February 10, 2023.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The full paper must
be submitted into the conference submission system by February 10, 2023 for
inclusion in the conference proceedings.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The work must be
clearly distinct from any works:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(33,33,33)">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Submitted by any of the authors for another award in the
M&D Division, other IISE division or societies during the current year.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(33,33,33)">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Previously published
by the authors.</span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><u><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:
IISE M&D Best Student Paper Award (BSPA)</span></u></b><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The “eligibility
criteria for both awards” must be met.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The lead author must:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(33,33,33)">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Be a student member of IISE and the M&D Division when
the paper is submitted.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(33,33,33)">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Continue to be a member of both until the paper topic is
presented at the conference.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The lead author has
not won the BSPA during the previous two years.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The faculty member who
oversaw the work shall complete the nomination form and email it to Dr.
Chaitanya Mahajan, PhD (</span><a href="mailto:cmahajan@kettering.edu" style="color:blue">cmahajan@kettering.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">) and Mr. David Vance, PE (</span><a href="mailto:vancecd@mail.uc.edu" style="color:blue">vancecd@mail.uc.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">). The email must be
sent by 10 Feb, 2023.</span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u>ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: IISE
M&D Best Track Paper Award (BTPA)</u></span></b><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The “eligibility
criteria for both awards” must be met.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The lead author must:</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(33,33,33)">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Be a member of both IISE and the M&D Division when
the paper is submitted.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:rgb(33,33,33)">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Continue to be a member of both until the paper topic is presented
at the conference.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">The lead author has
not won the BTPA Award during the previous two years.</span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><u><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">NOTES
FOR BOTH AWARDS</span></u></b><u><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">:</span></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Papers nominated for
the BSPA are ineligible for the BTPA.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.25in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Nominated paper
topics must be presented in-person at the IISE Annual Conference. Failure to do so can result in revocation of
the award.</span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Please contact Dr. Chaitanya
Mahajan, PhD or Mr. David Vance, PE regarding either award.</span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">M&D Track Co-Chairs, 2023
IISE Annual Conference</span></p>
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