PSIMES GOLD Award

The Penn State Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Society (PSIMES) and the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) have developed the Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award to annually recognize and honor one outstanding IME alumnus.

The key objectives of this award are to:

• build/strengthen connections between the department and early career alumni
• provide ongoing professional assistance to the Department where appropriate
• identify "role models" for current industrial engineering undergraduates that demonstrate successful career development and achievement of accomplishments relatively soon after graduation
• complement the Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award, which tends to recognize individuals later in their careers

Qualifications

The candidate will have:

• received a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in industrial engineering from Penn State, University Park campus, within ten years of the nomination date
• demonstrated outstanding technical and leadership excellence resulting in significant accomplishments
• shown great potential for continued success in their career

Selection Criteria

• Responsibilities and achievements
• Position advancements
• Awards and recognition
• Significant business and leadership contributions
• Community contributions
• Extracurricular leadership activities
• Positive influence on others within their community, their profession, and/or Penn State
• Role model for success
• Potential for continued success: contributions, advancement, leadership, and role model

Nomination Procedures

The nomination may come from anyone with direct knowledge of the nominee’s career accomplishments and activities. The nominator need not be a Penn State alumnus.

The following documents need to be received by the nomination deadline: a resume or CV of nominee (two-page limit) and a completed nomination form.

A call for nominations goes out to PSIMES members in January, with a deadline of the last day in February. The PSIMES board of directors reviews all nominees and then votes on a winner. The alum selected is notified in March and recognized at the IME banquet held in the spring semester annually.

Award Presentation

The GOLD Award is announced annually at the IME Awards Banquet in the spring, which is hosted by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers student chapter.