2010 IIE Global and Regional Undergraduate Student Technical Paper Competition Winners

The first place winners of the regional student competitions competed at the global level at the IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2010 in Cancún, Mexico.

Global winners:

First Place:
South Central Region
Thomas Hong; Oklahoma State University
Title: An Investigation into the Current Distribution System at Ditch Witch in Perry, Oklahoma

Second Place:
Southeast Region
Scott Bruce; Georgia Tech
Title: Improving the Customer Screening Process: Fraud Analysis Using Logistic Regression and Integer Programming

Third Place:
Mexican Region
Juan Antonio Galvan Romero; Instituto Tecnologico de San Luis Potosi
Title: Increase Production Capacity at Trucks Area EMD and AC Models

Regional first place winners:

Canadian Region:
Ghadir Siyam; Ryerson University
Title: Integrating Industrial Engineering Tools and Detecting the Invisible Waster During the Planning Stages of a New Product

Central & South American Region:
Diego Jose de los Rios; Pontifica Universidad Javeriana
Title: Exploring the Usage of Genetic Programming to Construct Dominance Rules in the Scheduling Problem 1

Great Lakes Region:
Anish Patel; Purdue University
Title: The Effect of a Cognitive Addition Task on Completion of a Simulated Driver’s Task

Mexican Region:
Juan Antonio Galvan Romero; Instituto Tecnologico de San Luis Potosi
Title: Increase Production Capacity at Trucks Area EMD and AC Models

Mid-Atlantic Region:
Anne Mallow; West Virginia University
Title: Initial Development of Building Energy Assessment Procedures: Pilot Study of Daily Athenaeum

North Central Region:
Josh Thornton; University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Maintenance Inventory Storage Reduction at Avon Rubber

Northeast Region:
Adarsh Dasika; Rutgers University
Title: Automated Tennis Ball Server

South Central Region:
Thomas Hong; Oklahoma State University
Title: An Investigation into the Current Distribution System at Ditch Witch in Perry, Oklahoma

Southeast Region:
Scott Bruce; Georgia Tech
Title: Improving the Customer Screening Process: Fraud Analysis Using Logistic Regression and Integer Programming

Western Region:
Tawny Hoyt; Montana State University
Title: Seat Belt Usage Feasibility in Rural Emergency Response Vehicles