New Poster Competition!

In accordance to the IISE organization, the Southeast Regional Conference is hosting a technical paper competition! Winners of the competition will receive an award, and the first place winner will be eligible to compete in the Undergraduate Technical Paper Competition Global Finals at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo later this year. 

 Submission deadline had been extended and is due no later than March 8th at 11:59PM.

In order to be eligible for consideration:

• Students must be an undergraduate student when the nominated paper is written.
• Paper can be projects done for a company as part of a course, internship, or other activity. They may be undergraduate research projects done at the home institution.
• A faculty member may serve as an advisor on a project, but the work should primarily be done by the students.
• A faculty member cannot be a co-author of the paper.
• Only IISE members are eligible to participate.
• Each participating university, including the host institution, may submit up to two papers as entries.

The paper should be written in a professional journal format, including page numbers and table of contents. Every principal author must make an oral presentation at their respective University Region Conference. The first place winner will be eligible to compete in the Undergraduate Technical Paper Competition Global Finals at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo.

At the regional level, the paper may be written and delivered in the language of the region, or in the language established by the host committee (host committees should, of course, confer with the other chapters in the region before making any decision). The conference host committee is strongly encouraged to budget funds for translation of the document into English, should it be necessary.

English is the official language of the IISE Annual Conference & Expo. The written document must be submitted in English for judging at the international level. Translation services are not provided by IISE.

  Papers must adhere to the following guidelines: 

• 8½-inch x 11-inch paper
• The paper should not exceed 20 pages including appendices.
• Font should be Times New Roman, point size 11.
• Margins of 1 inch (2.5 cm) all around.
• Single spacing
• Full text justification
• The following information should be placed at the top of the first page:
•  Paper title: 16 point Times New Roman bold and centered.
• Author(s) listing: 12 point Times New Roman bold, centered and include names, university, city, state, zip code and country.
• Text should be organized into sections and subsections, with an introduction and a conclusions section being advisable. A single line should separate paragraphs; no indentation should be used. Font guidelines are as follows:
•  Section headings: numbered, 12 point, bold, upper and lower case, left-justified and leave one blank line above only.
• Section sub-headings: numbered, 11 point, bold, upper and lower case, left-justified and leave one blank line above only.
• Regular text: 11 point Times New Roman, full justified and a single line between paragraphs.
• Sub-bullets must be indented.
• Figures, tables and their captions
  Tables and figures when included in the main text need to be as close to the point of their introduction as possible. It is noted that figure and table numbering should be independent. Captions guidelines are as follows.
•  Figure captions: 10 point Times New Roman, centered and place below the figure, leave one blank line above and below.
• Table caption: 10 point Times New Roman, centered and place above the table, leave one blank line above only.
• Equations should be centered and numbered, with the number in parentheses, positioned flush to the right margin. Preferably, they should be prepared with an equation writer.

Papers and presentations will be judged on the following criteria:

• Depth, significance and originality of subject matter
• Excellence of written presentation
• Excellence of oral presentation

Presentations are to be pre-recorded and submitted at the time of the written paper's submission. The time limit of the presentation is 15 minutes and should highlight the following in a neat and concise fashion:

• Worthiness of project to company or to the body of knowledge.
• IE Tools and Techniques adequately used.
• Originality – reflects student’s work.
• Synthesis of solutions / recommendations / action plan.

There will be a first, second, and third place prize given out.

• First Place - $500
• Second Place - $300
• Third Place - $200

For more information on the complete list of rules and other criteria please click the link below. 

Please submit all materials for consideration by clicking the link below.