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Bilkent Industrial Engineering students from the
Operational Research Club travelled to Holland last
semester to take part in the European Students of
Industrial Engineering and Management (ESTIEM) board
meeting. With member groups from 20 different
nationalities throughout Europe, ESTIEM organizes
activities and projects at both the local and European
levels for individuals to meet and gain useful
international experience.
As an observer group for ESTIEM, the Operational
Research Club organized the local qualification
Tournament in Management and Engineering Skills (TIMES)
at Bilkent on December 11, 1999. Twelve groups of four
students each participated. A jury composed of one
management and three industrial engineering professors
awarded the group of Yiğit Özkan, Çağrı Sönmez, Orçun
Molvalıoğlu and Gürkan Üstünkar first place for the best
solution and presentation. The group thus earned the
right to go to Warsaw, Poland from March 4 to 8 for the
semi-finals and placed respectably as Bilkent's
first-ever entrants in TIMES.
Every year, hundreds of Europe's top Industrial
Engineering Management (IEM) students come together to
match their skills at TIMES. The only tournament of its
kind in Europe, TIMES is organized in three stages:
local qualifications, semi-finals, and the final. At
each of these stages, teams have to solve case studies
and present their solutions to a jury. The first-place
winners in the final are introduced to well-known
companies as a first step towards a successful
professional life. With hard work and preparation,
first-place honors could very well go to Bilkent
students in the future!
Feyza Barutçu (IR/II)
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