Call for Papers and Abstracts
5th North American Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Conference
Detroit, Michigan, USA, August 9-11, 2020
Hybrid Mode: Virtual/Online and Onsite (Fully Virtual based on COVID-19 Situation)
Website: http://www.ieomsociety.org/detroit2020/
Submission Link: https://www.xcdsystem.com/IEOM/abstract/index.cfm?ID=M6q7kay
IEOM Society International is organizing the 5th North American Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Conference in Detroit, Michigan, USA during August 11-13, 2020. Conference is planned with hybrid mode (virtual + Onsite) due to current COVID-19 global outbreak. Based on the situation, it could be fully online. IEOM has become a premier international platform and forum for academics, researchers, scientists and practitioners to exchange ideas and provide insights into the latest developments and advancements in the fields of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. IEOM has successfully organized previous international conferences in Dhaka (2010), Kuala Lumpur (2011), Istanbul (2012), Bali (2014), Dubai (2015), Orlando (2015), Kuala Lumpur (2016), Detroit (2016), Rabat (2017), Bristol, UK (2017), Bogota (2017), Bandung (2018), Paris (2018), Washington DC (2018), Pretoria (2018), Bangkok (2019), Toronto (2019), Riyadh (2019), and Dubai (2020).
Some the events and activities that are planned include: keynote speakers, global engineering education, Industry 4.0, industry solutions, women in industry and academia, undergraduate student paper competition sponsored by Siemens, graduate student paper competition sponsored by Eaton, Doctoral Dissertation Competition, Masters Thesis Competition, Simulation competition, senior design project competition, undergraduate research competition, high school STEM competition, undergraduate and graduate poster competition, panel sessions, and awards.
Authors can submit full paper(s) or abstract(s) only. IEOM Society encourages to submit full paper(s). All full papers will be subjected to double peer review. Accepted papers will be published in Proceedings and indexed by Scopus.
TRACKS: Topics covering industrial issues/applications and academic research include, but are not limited to:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Automation and Control
- Business Management
- Case Studies
- Computers and Computing
- Construction Management
- Data Analytics and Big Data
- Decision Sciences
- Defense Management Science
- Design and Analysis
- E-Business and E-Commerce
- Energy
- Engineering Economy
- Engineering Education
- Engineering Management
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Facilities Planning and Management
- Financial Engineering
- Healthcare Systems
- Human Factors and Ergonomics
- Industrial Management
- Information Technology/Information Systems Inventory Management
- Lean and Six Sigma Logistics Management
- Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA)
- Modeling and Simulation
- Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
- Operations Management
- Operations Research
- Product Design and Development
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Production Planning and Management
- Project Management / Program Management
- Quality Control and Management
- Reliability and Maintenance
- Sensors and Sensing Systems
- Service Systems and Service Management
- Smart Mobility
- Software Testing and Quality Assurance
- Statistical Process Control
- Statistics and Empirical Research
- Supply Chain Management
- Sustainability and Green Systems
- Sustainable Manufacturing
- Sustainable Production and Quality Management
- Systems Dynamics
- Systems Engineering Technology Management
- Total Quality Management
- Transportation and Traffic
- Work Design, Measurement and ISO
SPECIAL TRACKS
- Global Engineering Education (GEE)
- Global Business Management Education
- Industry 4.0
- Industry Solutions
- Diversity and Inclusion / Women in Industry & Academia (WIIA)
- Panel Sessions on Global Engineering Education, Industry 4.0 and Lean Six Sigma
COMPETITIONS
- Undergraduate Student Paper Competition
- Graduate Student Paper Competition
- Doctoral Dissertation Competition
- Master Thesis Competition
- Undergraduate STEM Research Competition
- Senior Capstone Design Project Competition
- High School & Middle School STEM Competition
- Poster Competition
- Simulation Competition
- Lean Six Sigma Competition
- Logistic Supply Chain Competition
Conference Chairs:
- Muhammad Sohail Ahmed, Professor, Engineering Management, School of Engineering, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA
- Ahad Ali, Associate Professor and Director of Industrial Engineering Program, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
- Leslie Monplaisir, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
- Wilkistar Otieno, Associate Professor and Chair, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Industry Chairs
- Steven Sibrel, Quality Manager, Harman / Becker, Novi, Michigan, USA and Professional Development Chair & Past Chair-ASQ Greater Detroit
- Saso Krstovski, Lean Manufacturing Coach/Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Van Dyke Transmission Plant, Ford Motor Company, MI, USA
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Ahad Ali, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSIE)
Director, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (MSIE)
Director, Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group
Coordinator, Siemens Electro-Matic Industrial Engineering Lab
A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan, MI 48075, USA
Phone: 248-204-2531, Fax: 248-204-2576, Email:
sali@ltu.eduIndustrial Engineering Page:
https://www.ltu.edu/engineering/industrial/------------------------------