Message from the President
Dear Members,
The 2022 IISE Annual Conference in Seattle in May was a success for the Construction Engineering and Management Division! Our Town-Hall meeting included a round-table discussion about the needs of the division and ideas for future growth. Both the need for more involvement with our Division members through either social media or the IISE Connect platform, and the continued search for more volunteer board members, were topics of discussion. We had three attendees to the Town-Hall that expressed interest in joining the Division, which was both exciting and encouraging. The Division also had 11 paper presentations ranging from topics in Advances in Construction and BIM, to Project Management and Risk Analysis, to Supporting Sustainable Infrastructure. We had a great mix of non-board members and board members to speak within the track, and all the presentations were well-attended. I want to congratulate everyone who spoke and volunteered. Everyone had great presentations that were both informative and a great addition to the work being done within the Construction Engineering and Management discipline. The conference also included inspiring guest speakers, including industrial engineers from Boeing Co., Georgia Tech, and Nordstrom Inc. Along with the plethora of engaging presentations across the other divisions, the 2022 conference was an overwhelming success after two years of virtual-only options.
Thank you to our board members, the IISE staff, and the Annual Conference Track Chairs and volunteers for the work and planning they did to make the 2022 Annual Conference a success! We look forward to seeing everyone again at the 2023 Annual Conference scheduled for May 20-23 in New Orleans, LA. As always, please feel free to reach out to me at ewall@cavse.msstate.edu, or any of the other board members, if you wish to get involved.
Thanks,
Emily Wall, PhD, PE
President, Construction and Engineering Management Division
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Call for Board Nominations
We are seeking nominations again of individuals to serve as members of the Board of the IISE Construction Engineering and Management Division. Serving on the Division Board is a wonderful opportunity to link with highly motivated and interesting folks with a shared interest in improving the state of construction engineering and management. If you know of folks with interest in serving who have relevant experience in academia, industry, or government, please reach out to Emily Wall with their names and contact information.
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Member Spotlight
Shelia Barnett is a Research Engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Institute for Systems Engineering Research (ISER). Before joining ISER, Shelia spent over 11 years in aircraft maintenance for the Department of the Air Force. She developed process flow for new and existing aircraft depot workflow managing a team of maintainers and engineers for F-15 and Global Hawk, managed multi-million-dollar facility and equipment projects, and championed predictive analysis for incoming depot workload for C-5, C-130 and F-15. She also championed a team to inspect, identify or predict required facility repairs and equipment replacement needs in order to accurately budget and plan for facility maintenance or upgrades prior to failure.
Shelia has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University as well as a M.S in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University. Her educational and work experience have allowed her to be involved in a wide range of projects in the Department of Defense, private industry, and academia. She is currently working with the Navy on remote maintenance initiatives and with the Army on weather-related decision-making with AI, energy management, and remote surveillance. She also teaches as an adjunct Industrial Engineering professor at Mercer University.
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Call for Entries to Division Newsletter
Keep us in the loop about what’s happening in the world of construction engineering and management! Please share anything relevant to the Division that you think our readers should learn about. We are interested in applications of industrial and systems engineering to the construction industry, including construction design, value engineering, project management, engineering management, research, safety and ergonomics. Get in touch with William Leonard about any material you would like to see featured in the next Division newsletter.
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Message from the Editor
Hello, everyone!
A recent article from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) discusses how construction engineers are designing building materials for greater energy efficiency. (Full disclosure: the USACE is my employer.) The article "Protecting, modernizing our nation’s infrastructure" discusses how using special paints and coating on infrastructure could potentially support absorption of solar energy in the wintertime and reflection solar energy in the summertime, resulting in greater sustainability. The use of such an approach would be of great benefit to areas with limited access to safe and reliable energy supplies. I hope that researchers continue to innovate so that new and even cleverer means of promoting energy efficiency are achieved, with the end result of reductions in energy requirements and maybe even in carbon footprints.
The 2023 IISE Annual Conference and Expo is scheduled for May 20-23, 2023. Please make sure to keep an eye out for the abstract-submission deadline later this year. We look forward to seeing your material for the Construction Engineering and Management Track, and finding out how you are applying construction engineering and management principles in your own occupation or coursework.
The Division is always looking for new members to sign up and provide great insights – whether from industry, academia, government, or another sector. Please contact us to find out more about getting involved with the Division today!
Respectfully,
William Leonard
Newsletter Editor
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Media and Connect Information
Be sure to follow the Division on social media! We are on LinkedIn (IISE Construction Division) and Twitter (@IISEConstrDiv).
We’ll keep you updated about all the important deadlines for the next IISE Annual Conference & Expo (scheduled for May 20-23, 2023). Be sure to keep an eye out for abstract-submission information in the coming months. We look forward to celebrating the 75th anniversary of the IISE together in New Orleans next year. In the meantime, please follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter to keep up with IISE events, workshops, and activities, along with the latest news in the world of industrial engineering and construction.
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