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IISE's 2018 university regional conferences kick off this
month, and competition winners can present their papers at
the IISE Annual Conference & Expo May 19-22 at the Loews
Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando.
Except for the to-be-scheduled Asia conference, the dates,
locations and contacts for the university conferences are:
Canada – Jan. 25-28
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
CONTACTS: Student Conference Chair RJ Sivanesan,
sivanesr@uwindsor.ca; Faculty Conference Chair Ahmed
Azab, azab@uwindsor.ca
Great Lakes – Feb. 2-3
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Student Conference Co-Chairs Georgia Lindner,
lindner.55@osu.edu, and Gunnar Smyth,
smyth.39@osu.edu; Faculty Conference Chair Carolyn
Sommerich, sommerich.1@osu.edu
Southeast – Feb. 2-5
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
CONTACTS: Student Conference Chair Vooha Vellanki,
vvellanki3@gatech.edu; Faculty Conference Chair Dawn
Strickland, dawn.strickland@gatech.edu
Mid-Atlantic – Feb. 9-11
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
CONTACTS: Student Conference Co-Chairs Cameron
Shaffer, cashaffe@ncsu.edu, Nicole Niemer, niemer@ncsu.
edu, Matthew Parker, mhparke4@ncsu.edu, and Musaab
Alamoudi, mmalamou@ncsu.edu; Faculty Conference Chair
Julie Swann, jlswann@ncsu.edu
Western – Feb. 15-18
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
CONTACTS: Student Conference Chair Keeli Ginsbach,
keeliginsbach@email.arizona.edu; Faculty Conference Chair
Sherilyn Keaton, keatons@email.arizona.edu
Middle East – Feb. 16-17
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
CONTACTS: Student Conference Co-Chairs Aseel Abu
Shanab, asyy_abushanab@hotmail.com; Muna Sukkar,
muna.sukkar995@gmail.com, Ahmad Adwan,
ahmadwan61@gmail.com, Abdullah Melhem,
melhem966@gmail.com, Suhaib Mismar, suhaib.mismar
@gmail.com, Hamza Hajjir, Hamzahajjir@gmail.com,
Rand Abu Dayyeh, Rand.abudayyeh@hotmail.com, and
Zeyad Al Haj, zmhajmohd@gmail.com; Faculty Conference
Chair Raghad Hemeimat, raghad_hemeimat@hotmail.com
North Central – Feb. 22-24
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
CONTACTS: Student Conference Co-Chairs Mandy
Gavin, uiowaiise@gmail.com, Jacob Anderson, jacob-
anderson-1@uiowa.edu, and Molly Blasberg, molly-
blasberg@uiowa.edu; Faculty Conference Chair Priyadarshini
(Priya) Pannathur, priyadarshini-pennathur@uiowa.edu
South Central – March 2-4
Texas A&M; University, College Station, Texas
CONTACTS: Student Conference Chair Brian Hsu,
brianbrianhsu@tamu.edu; Faculty Conference Chair Erick
Moreno-Centeno, emc@tamu.edu
Central and South America – March 14-16
Instituto Techologico de Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica
CONTACTS: Student Conference Chair Anthony Valverde
Rojas, aevalverde.93@gmail.com; Faculty Conference Chair
Diógenes Alvarez Solórzano, diogenes.alvarez@gmail.com
Mexico – March 20-23
Universidad Politecnica de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi,
Mexico
CONTACTS: Student Conference Chair Andrea Gatica
Ferrer, 140100@upslp.edu.mx; Faculty Conference Chair
Fernando Nino, lfnino@upslp.edu.mx
Northeast – March 23-25
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
CONTACTS: Student Conference Chair Dimple Joseph,
dj6093@rit.edu; Faculty Conference Chair John Kaemmer-
len, jtk3@rochester.rr.com
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