<div dir="ltr"><div>Greetings! <br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><div>This is Zimo from Binghamton University. I would like to share information about the Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) division's best student paper competition at the IISE Conference 2025.</div><div><br></div><div>Could you help spread the information below? Thanks in advance for your help!  </div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Zimo </div><div> </div><div><br></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 QCRE Student Paper Competition</span></span></p><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">For presentation at the 2025 IISE Annual Conference & Expo</span></span></p><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">May 31 – June 3, 2025, Atlanta, Georgia, USA</span></span></p><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"></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 Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) is sponsoring a student paper competition as part of the IISE Annual Conference & Expo, May 31 – June 3, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The purpose of this competition is to honor outstanding papers in the field of quality and/or reliability engineering research and practice. Awards will be presented at the QCRE town hall meeting during the IISE Annual Conference & Expo. The winners will be acknowledged in the QCRE newsletter and the website. </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><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">Both undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit papers. The following conditions apply to all submissions for this competition:<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" 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><ol><li><span style="box-sizing:border-box">The paper topic must fit the QCRE themes.</span></li><li>The applicant must be a full-time student at the time of submission.</li><li>The student must be the first author and an IISE QCRE member.</li><li>The paper must present original research results and cannot be accepted for publication elsewhere at the time of submission (it can, however, be submitted and/or under review for possible publication at the time of submission for this competition).</li><li>The paper must not have won or been considered for an award in another competition.</li><li>Previous finalists who wish to compete again should submit an entirely different paper. Past winners are not eligible for the competition.</li></ol><p></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 Notes</span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" 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">     1. </span><span style="box-sizing:borde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gba(0,0,0,0.02)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Zimo Wang (</span><a href="mailto:zimowang@binghamton.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,48,135)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">zimowang@binghamton.edu</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box">), The State University of New York at Binghamton</span></p></div><div>======================</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><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">School 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>