<div dir="ltr">Greetings! <div><br></div><div>This is Zimo Wang from SUNY Binghamton University. I would like to share the following information for the Teaching Award announcement of the IISE-QCRE division. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks so much for helping share this information with the community!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Zimo</div><div><br></div><div>=====================================</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">IISE- Quality Control & Reliability Engineering (QCRE)  Division Teaching Award Announcement</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">The division now invites nominations for the Teaching Award. This teaching award recognizes individual faculty for sustained performance of excellence in teaching QCRE-related courses.</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"> </span>The award will be presented at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024. <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Important Dates</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Nomination deadline:</span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"> February 5, 2024</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Winner notification: </span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">March 5, 2024</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Eligibility criteria</span></span></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">The candidate must be a member of IISE and the QCRE division.</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">The candidate should be nominated for the instruction of an undergraduate or a graduate course in quality, statistics, data science/analytics, and reliability 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, Civil Engineering, and Management Science, among others). Examples of course titles for the nomination may include <i style="box-sizing:border-box">Quality Control</i>, <i style="box-sizing:border-box">Engineering Statistics</i>, <i style="box-sizing:border-box">Engineering Computation</i>, <i style="box-sizing:border-box">Reliability Engineering</i>, <i style="box-sizing:border-box">Simulations</i>, <i style="box-sizing:border-box">Production Systems</i>, and <i style="box-sizing:border-box">Decision Analysis</i>.</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">The candidate must have developed course materials for which they are being recognized.</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">If selected for the award, the candidate should be able to attend the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024, which is held in Montreal, Québec, Canada.</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">We welcome nominations from around the globe! Course materials and nomination documents must be in English.</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Nomination package</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">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 the following:</span></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Table of contents (up to 2 pages).</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">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.</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">A course syllabus and samples of course materials (up to 20 pages).</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">At least two, and up to four</span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">, recent teaching evaluations for the course being recognized (official evaluation documents containing unabridged student comments).</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Teaching vitae of the candidate (up to 2 pages).</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">A reflective statement by the individual being nominated (1 page).</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Nomination submission</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Please email the entire nomination package as <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">ONE</span> PDF document to the award committee chairs by February 5, 2024.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">The winner will be notified by March 5, 2024.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">The award will be presented at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2024.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Award selection process</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">IISE/QCRE Board of Directors will form an award selection committee to review the applications. The following criteria will be used by the judges in evaluating the applications submitted.</span></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Leadership: Solid demonstration of leading excellence in teaching QCRE concepts. This criterion will consider educational publications and outreach efforts (e.g., textbooks, community-targeted educational, teaching, and mentoring initiatives related to QCRE concepts).</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"></span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Design and Content Quality: The appropriateness/relevance of the course content to educating the target audience on up-to-date QCRE concepts (this criterion will consider whether the candidate includes recent QCRE concepts in their syllabus).</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Applied Learning: The development and use of materials/case studies/scenarios/projects to motivate students in the QCRE concepts and empower students to apply/implement the QCRE concepts throughout the course (this criterion will consider the design of assignments, course projects, and the case studies covered in the course).</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Innovation: Use innovative approaches to teach the principles and practices of QCRE.</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Student Satisfaction: Demonstration of the value of teaching QCRE concepts to the department (program), students, and community (this criterion will consider the course evaluations and student statements about the course).</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(32,34,37);font-family:Lora,Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Please email nominations and any questions to the committee chairs: </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Dr. Chao Wang (</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="mailto:chao-wang-2@uiowa.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,48,135)">chao-wang-2@uiowa.edu</a></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">) and Dr. Zimo Wang (</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="mailto:zimowang@binghamton.edu%20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,48,135)"></a><a href="mailto:zimowang@binghamton.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,48,135)">zimowang@binghamton.edu</a></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">). </span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>=====================================</div><div>--<br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="georgia, serif">Zimo Wang, Ph.D.,</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Assistant Professor,</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering (SSIE),<br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="georgia, serif"><font size="2">The State University of New York at </font><font size="2"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font size="2">Binghamton</font></font></font></font><font size="2"><br></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Office: EB-J16</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="georgia, serif">Tel.: 607-777-5012</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font size="2"><font face="georgia, serif">E-mail: <font color="#888888"><a href="mailto:zimowang@binghamton.edu" target="_blank">zimowang@binghamton.edu</a></font></font><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div>