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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><br>
<b>Best Student Paper Award</b></span></p>
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<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></p>
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<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>
<p class="elementToProof" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The IISE Manufacturing & Design (M&D) division invites nominations to the 2024 IISE
M&D Best Student Paper Award (BSPA) to recognize outstanding student's contributions in Manufacturing and Design that will be presented at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Annual Conference. The award will be presented during the M&D
Townhall Meeting at the IISE Annual Conference. Please refer to the <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/b-59584e83/?url=https%3A%2F%2Femailarizona-my.sharepoint.com%2F%3Ab%3A%2Fg%2Fpersonal%2Fshafae1_arizona_edu%2FEQ2TfZ2f_o5Ji6SrJ738icABD-B24fV13tpKi8Wai8SCuQ%3Fe%3DG38cuY&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7C9f2fc703be454dcffc6908dc25c55abc%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638426776765595026%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bBno3Kgt6cnsQbHcafwQvaWWPQTuXREWkAhHtwLVWgE%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://emailarizona-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/shafae1_arizona_edu/EQ2TfZ2f_o5Ji6SrJ738icABD-B24fV13tpKi8Wai8SCuQ?e=G38cuY" shash="NCdfSUvwzB1WGRKwQqKa565W3eiFe8bMEBWEgV3Svrua0PSxad5WNlueN+t/hYSBo2Wwsh8IamRwad9VTupRqopgQUs6i6YnBe2/sTEHcGFzAxrd4UykznVmFvSJBPAx1eOBYIPWvesD8y/dHfHfdo/JZ9Mq+T/4puhBhlTLlMU=" id="OWA1b3cebd1-69a3-627a-a6c8-fd4c8abf4d93" class="OWAAutoLink none" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ogsc="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
attached/linked document</a> for more details on the Eligibility Criteria, Application/Nomination Process, and Recognition Process. </span></p>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><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);"><b>Paper submission deadline: February 9, 2024</b></span></li><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; list-style-type: circle;">
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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 in order to appear in the conference proceedings.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A PDF copy of the full-length, final version of the paper must be included as part of the award application/nomination package.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Award application/nomination deadline: February 12, 2024</b></span></li><ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; list-style-type: circle;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Application/nomination package must be submitted by a faculty member or instructor who is familiar with the body of work (i.e., advisor, course instructor).</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Submit the BSPA application/nomination package to the selection committee chairperson: Dr. George Tan (Texas Tech University), george.z.tan@ttu.edu.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Direct all inquiries related to this award
</b>to the selection committee chairperson, Dr. George Tan (Texas Tech University), george.z.tan@ttu.edu.</span></li></ul>
<p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof">On behalf of the 2024 Manufacturing & Design (M&D) Track Chairs:<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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