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Dr. Kwasa’s research focuses on value-based systems engineering and multidisciplinary design optimization. Dr. Kwasa’s current research involves UAS design and applications, healthcare systems integration and organization design for large-scale complex engineered systems. Kwasa attained his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate degrees from Iowa State University between 2008 and 2017. His B.Sc and Ph.D were earned in Aerospace Engineering while his M.Eng was earned in Systems Engineering. Originally from Kenya, Kwasa very much enjoys looking for ways to solve engineering problems by lessons learned from numerous life experiences growing up in a developing nation.

About the Founder's Award, Student Chapter

This award recognizes ASEM student chapter excellence.

More information about the award is available here:
Founder's Award, Student Chapter

A list of past recipients is available here:
List of Past Recipients

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Steven M. Corns an Associate Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He received his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University in 2008. Dr. Corns research interests include computational intelligence applications, the mechanics of information transfer in evolutionary algorithms, and model based approaches for complex systems design and analysis.

About the Founder's Award, Graduate

This award recognizes graduate engineering management program leadership.

More information about the award is available here:
Founder's Award, Graduate

A list of past recipients is available here:
List of Past Recipients

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Friends, it is an honor to serve as your ASEM President and I look forward to the upcoming year. I hope that each of you, whether members of long standing or new members from recent conferences, will feel free to reach out to me with any comments or suggestions to make this YOUR society. I hope that many of you were able to share your thoughts in the recent survey and I want to promise you that we are listening. We will spend the year expanding our professional training offerings and making sure that all products and services fit your needs as engineering managers, whether in academia or industry.

Speaking of conferences, another hearty thank you to our hosts, technical program committee, and our wonderful ASEM WHQ staff for making the 2018 IAC an amazing success! A special thank you to three wonderful women: Angie Cornelius, Ean Ng, and Denise Engelbrecht. I think all will agree that they were the life and soul of the meeting! Wow! What an incredible program of offerings, surrounded by an unbelievable venue! I came back energized and proud to be part of ASEM; I hope all who attended felt the same.

When I say that this is your society, I truly mean that and hope that each of you will consider opportunities to give back to ASEM and help it grow. There are several opportunities for service across a range of activities. We are actively looking for committed volunteers for our professional membership and professional/product development committees. We’re also looking for an Associate Executive Director to support operational needs with the World Headquarters and will send out separate communications on this soon.

Also, it is important that we look back at all we’ve accomplished in the past year and offer our heartfelt thanks to those who have rotated out of previous positions! Several others have changed positions, so I’ll save introductions of the incoming team for next time. Sincere thanks to Trish Simo Kush, Brian Galli, Patrick Kush, and Tugrul Daim as they complete their service. We won’t say good-bye, but rather until our next posting to borrow from an old saying in the Cavalry!

With gratitude to all and strong hopes for the future,

Suzie

Edward A. Pohl is a Professor and Head of the Industrial Engineering Department and holder of the 21st Century Professorship at the University of Arkansas. Ed also served as the Director of the Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics (CIHL) and past Co-Director of the Institute for Advanced Data Analytics at the University of Arkansas. He has participated and led reliability, risk and supply chain related research efforts at the University of Arkansas. Before coming to Arkansas, Ed spent 21 years in the United States Air Force where he served in a variety of engineering, operations analysis and academic positions during his career. Previous assignments include the Deputy Director of the Operations Research Center at the United States Military Academy, Operations Analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense where he performed independent cost schedule, performance and risk assessments on Major DoD acquisition programs, and as a munitions logistics manager at the Air Force Operational Test Center.

Ed received his Ph.D. in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona. He holds a M.S. in Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and M.S. in Reliability Engineering from the University of Arizona, an M.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Dayton, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boston University.

His primary research interests are in risk, reliability, engineering optimization, healthcare and supply chain risk analysis, decision making, quality. He has served as a PI or Co-PI on 45 Research grants totaling more than $7,000,000. His grants have been funded by DoD, DHS, DOT, NSF and AFOSR. Ed has published more than 50 peer reviewed Journal Articles, over 50 peer reviewed conference papers and given more than 100 presentations at national and international conferences. Ed is the Co-Editor of the Journal of Engineering Management, an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transaction on Reliability, the Journal of Risk and Reliability, Journal of Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, and the Journal of Military Operations Research, on the Editorial Board of the IEEE Transaction on Technology and Engineering Management, and Systems.

Ed currently serves on the Board of Directors for the RAMS international conference. Ed is a Fellow of IISE, a Fellow of the Society of Reliability Engineers, a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Management, a Diplomat in the Society of Health Systems, a Senior Member of IEEE, a Senior Member of ASQ, member of INCOSE, INFORMS, ASEE, MORS and AHRMM.

About the ASEM Fellow Award

Nominees who receive majority support from the Fellows are selected as new inductees. No more than five new Fellows are elected in a given year.

More information about the award is available here:
ASEM Fellow

A list of past recipients is available here:
Link to Past Recipients

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The West Point Chapter of the American Society of Engineering Management is a club for the Department of Systems Engineering at the United States Military Academy.  The club seeks to explore how engineering management and systems engineering is applied in the real world through trip sections, luncheons, and guest speakers, and we travel to a variety of conferences and companies each year. The club exists to assist its members in developing and improving their skills as practicing managers of engineering and technology and to promote the profession of engineering management.

About the Founder's Award, Undergraduate

This award recognizes undergraduate engineering management program leadership.

More information about the award is available here:
Founder's Award, Undergraduate

A list of past recipients is available here:
List of Past Recipients

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Willy Van Overschée was the CEO of CIMCIL from Jan. 2012 until end of 2016. CIMCIL is an independant training center, specialized in workshops and education programs in Operations Management, Lean Management and Supply Chain Management, active internationally for several global enterprises.

Willy is a former IBM-er, having started in 1977 as a systems engineer, and soon after called towards commercial and management responsibilities. He continued his career in the management team of IBM Europe in various responsibilities for the industrial and distribution markets. He returns to the Benelux in 2005, serving as a member of the executive team, both covering the Industries market and supply chain roles.

He is a guest professor at the University of Ghent in the Master program in Industrial Management and CIMCIL board member since 1995. He also was a co-founder in the early existence of Möbius Research & Consulting, meanwhile a leading supply chain consulting firm in Belgium.

He was elected as a full member of the prestigious Royal Academy of Belgium in Engineering, Science and Technology in 1999, where he has been leading several cross-disciplinary academic workgroups in the field of logistics and mobility.

He co-created the European section of the ASEM association in 2018 and is driving a rapid development in the EU 27 countries.

About the Presidential Award, Local Section

This award recognizes ASEM Local Section Excellence.

More information about the award is available here:
Presidential Award, Local Section

A list of past recipients is available here:
List of Past Recipients

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Dr. Daniels is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department of the Batten College of Engineering and Technology of the Old Dominion University. He joined the EMSE faculty on July 25, 2008.

Dr. Daniels has over 30 years of experience in organizational management and leadership, communications systems, information systems, management consulting, change management, employee and leadership development and quality improvement in both government and commercial enterprises. He has over 20 years of experience in program management for large scale, mission-critical systems; system development lifecycle analysis; planning and implementation; systems engineering; line management and engineering; culture change and management consulting.  He has also served as a senior executive and Vice President for Engineering for a Fortune 500 commercial enterprise.

He has supported NASA Human Space Flight, Science and Aeronautics Research programs for over 25 years at the Goddard Space Flight Center, the Johnson Space Center, the Langley Research Center, the Ames Research Center, the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Jet Propulsion Lab. Dr. Daniels also played a key role as a contractor executive in the design, development and implementation of several U.S. national criminal justice information systems.

Dr. Daniels has extensive experience in assisting organizations in developing and implementing plans to achieve business excellence and culture change. He served for five years as a member of the Board of Senior Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Prior to his retirement from corporate life, Dr. Daniels currently served as the Director for the Space and Mission Support (SMS) Business Area for Raytheon Information Solutions (RIS). In this capacity, he had overall executive management and leadership responsibility all of the NASA related service business in RIS. The SMS Business Area generated approximately $110 million in annual revenue with over 500 technical professional employees. Dr. Daniels is also a co-founder and chief operating officer of Learning Curve Coalition, Inc. and founder and president of Leadership Dynamics, Inc.

Dr. Daniels is the founder of the ConITS Leadership Institute. In addition, Dr. Daniels is been a lecturer in the George Washington University Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Graduate Program and currently serves as an adjunct in the Old Dominion University and the Florida Institute of Technology Graduate Engineering Management programs.

Dr. Daniels is a certified facilitator for Emotional Intelligence, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) and the Fundamental Interpersonal Relationship Orientation – Behavior (FIRO-B®) instrument and is certified as a Leadership Coach. Dr. Daniels is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), a Certified Professional Engineering Manager (CPEM), a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and has been certified as a Level 4 Raytheon Program Manager.

Dr. Daniels is a Member of the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM), where he is the Southeast Regional Director and a member of the ASEM Board of Directors.

As a member of the ODU BCET Faculty, Dr. Daniels teaches a wide range of courses, including Engineering Management, Engineering Ethics, Project Management, Project Management Professional Certification Preparation, Advanced Project Management, Agile Project Management, Finance for Engineering Managers, Capital Budgeting, Financial Engineering, Leadership, Organizational Behavior.

About the Frank Woodbury Special Service Award

This award recognizes an ASEM member who has provided outstanding service to the Society.

More information about the award is available here:
Frank Woodbury Special Service Award

A list of past recipients is available here:
List of Past Recipients

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Dr. Chamila Kalpani Dissanayake, is currently working as an Instructor at the Industrial, Manufacturing, & Systems Engineering Department (IMSE) of the Texas Tech University (TTU), Lubbock, TX. She has successfully completed her doctoral degree at the IMSE department of TTU with a major in Systems and Engineering Management and a GPA of 4.00 in August 2017. Before joining the IMSE department at the Texas Tech University, Kalpani earned her Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Major: Production Engineering), and the Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She has also completed the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) in 2016.

Kalpani has won several awards including the ‘Best Dissertation Award’ at the American Society of Engineering Management(ASEM) conference 2018, the ‘Merl Baker Award for the Best Student Paper’ at the ASEM Annual Conference 2015, the ‘J.T. and Margaret Talkington Fellowship Award 2015/2017’ from TTU, and the ‘Doctoral Degree Scholarship Award from the Ministry of Higher Education in Sri Lanka, 2013’.  Kalpani was also honored as the “Banner Bearer for the Graduate School” at the commencement ceremony, August 2017, for her best all-around achievements during the Ph.D. program.

About the Engineering Management Best Dissertation Award

To annually recognize the Ph.D. dissertation that makes the most significant contribution to the engineering management field.

More information about the award is available here:
Engineering Management Best Dissertation Award

A list of past recipients is available here:
List of Past Recipients

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Neal A. Lewis received his Ph.D. in engineering management in 2004 and B.S. in chemical engineering in 1974 from the University of Missouri – Rolla, and his MBA in 2000 from the University of New Haven. He has over 25 years of industrial experience, having worked at Procter & Gamble and Bayer. Neal also has over 12 years of full time academic experience. He was an associate professor at Marshall University and the University of Bridgeport, and is currently teaching at Fairfield University and Oregon State University. Neal is a Fellow of ASEM and a member of ASEE, and is a Certified Professional in Engineering Management.

About the William Daughton World Headquarters Service Award

This award recognizes significant contributions to the streamlining, enhancement, or improvement of the day-to-day operations of ASEM world headquarters.

More information about the award is available here:
William Daughton World Headquarters Service Award

A list of past recipients is available here:
List of Past Recipients

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Dr. Bryan Mesmer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr. Mesmer was previously a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University.  He completed his Ph.D. in August 2012 at the State University of New York at Buffalo in Mechanical Engineering.  Also at the University at Buffalo, he completed his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2010) and a dual B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2007).  His research has focused on improving the systems engineering process, particularly for large-scale complex systems.  He uses his background in decision analysis, multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization, system/subsystem modeling, design theory, and value-based design to perform research on topics including: interactions in systems and design; incorporation of end-user models and simulations in design; preference representation and communication; the arts in systems engineering; and integration of new system and design processes in government and industry practice. He is currently the University Lead of the NASA Systems Engineering Research Consortium, leading efforts on the development of systems engineering principles and the integration of modelling techniques.  

About the Meritorious Service Award, Outstanding Non-Board Member

Any member who is not currently serving on the ASEM Board of Directors and has contributed outstanding accomplishments to the operation, improvement, and/or recognition of the Society.

More information about the award is available here:
Meritorious Service Award

A list of past recipients is available here:
List of Past Recipients

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