<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align:center;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call
for Nominations for the IISE Operational Excellence Division’s Teaching Award</span></b></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">IISE's Operational Excellence Division offers a
number of awards to recognize the contribution of individuals to advancing the
knowledge and practice of operational excellence concepts. The division's
teaching award is given out annually to honor the services of a person/group of
people who have developed curriculum and disseminated courses in the subject
area. The division now invites nominations for the Operational Excellence
Teaching Award. The award will be presented at the IISE Annual Conference &
Expo, in Atlanta, Georgia, May 31-June 3, 2025. <b></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3.75pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Eligibility Criteria</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The
candidate must be a member of IISE.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The
course for which they are being recognized must be an operational
excellence (process improvement) course within an industrial engineering
department or a closely related program (examples of closely related programs
include systems engineering and engineering management, examples of course
titles might be lean manufacturing systems, lean system modeling and
simulation, lean logistics, lean supply networks, lean practice and management,
just-in-time production system, lean Six Sigma, total quality management,
process improvement, etc.).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Course
materials for which they are being recognized must have been developed and
taught by the candidate for at least two times or more.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The
awardees for the past five years are not eligible to apply for this award.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 3.75pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Evaluation Criteria</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The
following criteria will be used by the judges in evaluating the applications
submitted. Applicants are encouraged to provide supporting documentation to
demonstrate their contributions in these areas.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Leadership:
demonstration of creating or fostering leadership and excellence in the
teaching of operational excellence (process improvement) techniques and
tools</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Design
and Content Quality: the appropriateness/relevance of the course content to
educating the target audience</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Applied
Learning: the development and use of materials to empower students to apply and
implement operational excellence (process improvement) techniques through
the use of games, hands-on simulations and assignments/projects, etc.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Innovation:
use of innovative approaches to teach the principles and practices
of operational excellence (process improvement) systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Student
Satisfaction: evidence that teaching of operational excellence (process
improvement) concepts are of value to department, student and community as
shown in the course evaluations and statements from students</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10.5pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Letters
of support from the nominator and two other individuals; at least one of the
three letters must be from a faculty member in the same department and one from
a student who enrolled and completed the course</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Course
syllabus and supporting items such as samples of different instructional
materials used</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Summary
copies of teaching evaluations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Curriculum
vitae of the candidate</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">A
one-page reflective statement by the individual being nominated</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:15pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">All supporting documents in the
nomination package should be submitted in <b>One PDF File via email. </b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">The deadline for nominations is<b> </b></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Feb 10, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);letter-spacing:-0.2pt">. Please email the entire
package to </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Farnaz Ghazi
Nezami (<a href="mailto:fghazinezami@kettering.edu">fghazinezami@kettering.edu</a>),<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> Associate
Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Kettering University. The
winner will be notified by <b>March 10, 2025.</b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="1"><br></font><div><font color="#0000ff" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Farnaz Ghazi Nezami, PhD, CSSGB</b></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Interim Department Head</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Associate Professor </span><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Phone: (810) 762-7974</span><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Fax: (810) 762-9924</font></div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">1700 University Avenue ~ Flint, MI 48504</font><br></font></div></div><div><b style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Kettering University</font></b><br></div></div></div></div></div>