The Institute of Industrial
Engineers-Greater Detroit Chapter hosted its annual Student Technical Paper
Competition Saturday, January 26, 2008 at
According to IIE-GDC president Gary Altman, with more
than ten IIE-GDC Board Members, competitors and guests, this year's
competition had the highest attendance this annual event has seen the last
four years.
Three of the many different aspects of Industrial
Engineering were represented in this year's submissions including work
design, labor/production planning and Six Sigma analysis. The entries for
the competition were...
Proposed Pharmaceutical
Pill Counting Tool Design - Siddharth Babbar
Labor Requirement
Calculator - Louis Mailloux
Surgical Care Improvement
Project & Pay for Performance - John Tesluk
The first place paper this year was...
Surgical Care
Improvement Project & Pay for Performance
Tesluk won the first place prize of $100 presented by
Gary Altman. Babbar and Mailloux were awarded honorable mention prizes
of $50 and both will be given an additional $100 for attending the upcoming
regional conference where they will be submitting their papers for
competition. The Greater Detroit Chapter wishes them the best of luck.
John
Tesluk
President., IIE-GDC