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</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;"><b>2024 IISE Annual Conference & Expo</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b><br>
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</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white;"><b>May 18 - 21, 2024, Montreal, Canada </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b><br>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;">The Quality Control & Reliability Engineering (QCRE) Track of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
(IISE) is inviting QCRE student members to participate in the Best Student Poster Competition at the IISE Annual Conference 2024.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><br>
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In the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;">Best Student Poster Competition, students will be given the opportunity to display their research posters.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;">A winner will be selected by a panel of judges and awarded a certificate.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;">Registration: To register for this session, please fill in this Google form:
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white;"><a href="https://forms.gle/vm9tn2ioYXx3jkrG8" id="OWA89d29f09-7c69-5098-8a10-00871e30d23b" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://forms.gle/vm9tn2ioYXx3jkrG8</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;"> </span></p>
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<b>April 15th, 2024</b>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;"><b>Additional Information</b>: Participation in this session is free of charge. Students who participated before are welcome to participate
again. Students who are on the job market and/or have poster presentations will be given higher priority. Prior to the conference, the participants will be asked to submit their poster and a high-resolution self-portrait photo electronically. The participants
are required to bring their physical posters to the conference. The photo and poster will be included in a brochure for maximal visibility, which will be distributed to Department chairs and employers who have interest in recruiting QCRE students.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><br>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;">Co-chairs of the Best Student Poster Competition: </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;">Mostafa Reisi (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white;"><a href="mailto:mreisigahrooei@ufl.edu" id="OWAfee3cd9b-d249-a72a-04c3-c97d71b6393d" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">mreisigahrooei@ufl.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;">)
University of Florida </span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;">Chao Wang (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white;"><a href="mailto:chao-wang-2@uiowa.edu" id="OWA36251530-5fa4-233b-1c74-b0f6f005f8de" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">chao-wang-2@uiowa.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;">)
University of Iowa </span></p>
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