President's Message

Our 2025 Track Chairs

Our lead Track Chair is Denny Yu.

Denny is an Associate Professor at Purdue University and has been serving on the Work Systems board since 2022. Dr. Yu's profile can be viewed at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennyzyu/ and https://engineering.purdue.edu/IE/people/ptProfile?resource_id=134078.

Denny will be supported by a Manager from West Monroe Partners, Jon Grooms.

Jon has served as a track chair for the past two years and been an active member of Work Systems since 2021. 

Laila Cure our WS Past President, will also support Denny.

Laila is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering at Wichita State University and has served the WS board since 2019.

WORK SYSTEMS BEST STUDENT PAPER

Sponsored by Dave Hampton

The Work Systems Division (WS) recognizes students are a large part of IISE membership. With over 1,100 students in the division, this competition will serve as an incentive to encourage students to continue developing the field of Work Systems. This award includes a $250 cash prize.

Learn more.

WORK SYSTEMS TEACHING RECOGNITION AWARD

Work Measurement (WM) is a fundamental building block that enables ISEs to understand time and build solutions that optimize around it. WM is currently undergoing a “modernization” as new tools, technologies and techniques allow data collection/analysis to be more agile, granular and accessible.  We would like to engage students and/or faculty to nominate teachers who have developed courses and/or content that support the evolution of Work Measurement.

Learn more.

Conrad Mitchell, a Technical Fellow and BDS Industrial Engineer at Boeing, rejoined the Work Systems board of directors in June 2024, having previously served from 2019 to 2021. 

A University of Washington graduate, Conrad brings over 20 years of experience in the practical application of core industrial engineering principles to our board discussions.

Known for his expertise in production system design, Conrad has played a key role in advancing efficient and innovative production systems at Boeing. He emphasizes, “When designing, modifying, and operating Boeing production systems, the principles of work systems provide the foundation for everything we do.”

Thank you, Conrad, for your dedicated service to students and fellow professionals throughout the industry.

Greg Melroy

West Monroe Partners

President

Conrad Mitchell

Boeing

Director (2024-2026)

Dr. Denny Yu

Purdue University

Director (2023-2025)

Dr. Ike Ohu

Gannon University

President-elect

Jon Grooms

West Monroe Partners

Director (2024-2026)

Laila Cure, Ph.D.

Wichita State University

Immediate Past President

Dr. Chang Nam

Northern Illinois University

Director (2023-2025)

The Work Systems (WS) Division Nominating Committee is making a call for nominations for 1 President-Elect and 2 dynamic directors whose terms will begin June 1, 2025. All nominees must be current, regular members of the WS Division. Students are not eligible.

The directors serve a 2-year term. The President serves a three-year term. 1 year as President-Elect, 1 year as President, and 1 year as Past-President. Generally, the time commitment is three to five hours per month with the term beginning June 1, 2025.

Interested candidates or nominators should complete the nomination form by February 4, 2025, for consideration by the WS Nominating Committee.

To keep you up to date on Work Systems Division activities and information, we invite you to join our LinkedIn Group at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12077160.

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We also encourage you to share your innovative Work Systems related ideas/questions/notes/achievements/news either in the LinkedIn Group or at Ideas@allabouttime.org.