Leadership position expected to boost Clemson University’s profile in industrial engineering
February 9, 2015
CLEMSON, SC – Dr. Scott Mason will soon begin serving a three-year term in a leadership position at a top professional organization, helping boost Clemson University’s visibility among industrial engineers.
Mason will be introduced in March as the new senior vice president of continuing education for the Institute of Industrial Engineers. His term begins April 1.
Mason is the Fluor Endowed Chair in Supply Chain Optimization and Logistics and a professor of industrial engineering at Clemson.
Dr. Cole Smith, the chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering, said that having Mason in a leadership position at the institute will help raise Clemson’s profile.
“Scott’s appointment is a testament to the impact he has made within this major professional society, and the trust that his peers place in him for leadership,” Smith said. “His new role with IIE brings his department and the university terrific visibility among professionals and other academic institutions.”
Mason’s new position comes amid exciting times for Clemson’s Department of Industrial Engineering.
The department’s home, Freeman Hall, is undergoing an addition that will include new offices, conference rooms and a 108-seat auditorium. The $10-million project is expected to help attract top talent, while creating room for new faculty members and staff as the department expands.
Enrollment has grown more than 63 percent since 2010, reaching 546 last year.
In his new role at the institute, Mason will be a voting member of the IIE Board of Trustees and will focus on professional development, which includes all of the institute’s conferences.
Mason’s new duties will also include working with other professionals and professional organizations to ensure that the institute offers relevant, comprehensive, and up-to-date training, certifications and experiences that enhance skills and careers.
About the Institute of Industrial Engineers
Systems world view. Productivity. Efficiency. These are words that describe the distinctive attributes of industrial engineering, and IIE is the world’s largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity. Founded in 1948, IIE is an international, nonprofit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and development of industrial engineering. IEs figure out a better way to do things and work in a wide array of professional areas, including management, manufacturing, logistics, health systems, retail, service and ergonomics. They influence policy and implementation issues regarding topics such as sustainability, innovation and Six Sigma. And like the profession, IEs are rooted in the sciences of engineering, the analysis of systems, and the management of people.
