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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>The 2024 IISE Manufacturing & Design (M&D) Division</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Best Track Paper Award</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>For presentation at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference & Expo</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Montreal, Canada May 18 – May 21, 2024</b></span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Manufacturing & Design (M&D) division invites you to submit your paper for consideration in the 2024 IISE M&D Best Track Paper Award
(BTPA) which recognizes outstanding contributions in Manufacturing and Design that will be presented at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Annual Conference and published in the Annual Conference proceedings. The award will be presented
annually during the M&D Townhall Meeting at the IISE Annual Conference. Please refer to the
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document</a></span> for more details on the Eligibility Criteria, Application/Nomination Process, and Recognition Process. </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Important Dates and Information</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Paper submission deadline: February 9, 2024
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The full-length, final version of the paper must be submitted into the conference submission system to appear in the conference proceedings.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Direct all inquiries related to this award to the BTPA Selection Committee Chairperson: Dr. Ashif Iquebal (Arizona State University), aiquebal@asu.edu.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The winner will be notified no later than: March 8, 2024</span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>On behalf of the Manufacturing & Design (M&D) Track Chairs:</b><br>
Mohammed Shafae (shafae1@arizona.edu)<br>
Ahmed Qureshi (ajqureshi@ualberta.ca) <br>
Manoj Meda (medam2@corning.com)<br>
George Tan (george.z.tan@ttu.edu) <br>
Ashif Iquebal (aiquebal@asu.edu) </span></p>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
<div>Mohammed</div>
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<div>Mohammed Shafae, Ph.D.</div>
<div>Assistant Professor</div>
<div>Systems and Industrial Engineering</div>
<div>The University of Arizona</div>
<div>Tucson, AZ 85721</div>
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