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Each year U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering recognizes an alum who personifies the College of Engineering’s tradition of excellence.

Harriet Nembhard
Harriet B. Nembhard

2022 Alumni Merit Award Honoree: Harriet B. Nembhard

Harriet B. Nembhard, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa and U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering alum, has won the 2022 Alumni Merit Award. 

Nembhard is widely published in leading professional journals, and has co-authored a textbook, Healthcare Systems Engineering. She also works to develop an inclusive community in STEM fields focused on diversity, equity and opportunity. She has worked with numerous professional societies to further these efforts including NSF ADVANCE, NSF LATTICE, NSF TECAID, National Academy of Engineering and Society of Women Engineers.

Nembhard’s work has been recognized with election as a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE), as a Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), and as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. 

Learn more about Harriet B. Nembhard

Previous recipients:
2020 (awarded 2021)Anne Shen Smith
2019Craig Russell
2018Robert G. Sargent
2017Gary Verplank
2016Norman Harbert
2015Bill Johnson
2014Betty Chao
2013Julia Higle
2012Chakor Doshi
2011Ranvir Trehan
2010Marlin Thomas
2009David H. Gustafson
2008Kedrick Adkins
2007Mary Petrovich
2006Wally Hopp
2005Lawrence D. Burns
2005Donald C. Graham (Alumni Society Medal)
2004Karl G. Bartscht
2003W. Peter Cherry
2002Erhan Cinlar
2001Roger Kallock
2000John A. Muckstadt
1999Robert M. Brown
1998Ralph E. Reins
1997John E. Utley, Jr.
1997Robert J. Vlasic (Alumni Society Medal)
1996 J. Dann Engels
1995C. Robert Kidder
1994Myun Woo Lee
1993Richard Carl Jelinek
1992Thom Hodgson

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