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U of M Carlson School's Joseph M. Juran Center announces 2007 Juran Fellows and Doctoral Awards
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL ( 5/21/2007 ) -- The Joseph M. Juran Center for Leadership in Quality at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management recently announced the 2007 Juran Fellows and Juran Doctoral award winners. Each year, the Juran Center selects and honors doctoral candidates from many leading U.S. universities whose research shows the most promise in broadening and fueling thinking and practices in the area of quality-related research in their chosen fields. Joseph Juran is credited with being the architect of quality. His philosophy is based around quality principles, including systemic improvement, systems thinking, prevention, organizational learning and strong leadership. Juran Fellows Awards Six Juran Fellows and six finalists were selected this year among 20 applicants. The Juran Fellows' research focuses on society's most important issues and meets rigorous academic standards. The review panel consisted of 57 national faculty and business leaders in quality who evaluated the research applications based on their importance in advancing knowledge of quality, their potential impact on society and several other criteria. The Juran Fellows receive $10,000 awards to expand their quality research and its applications upon graduation. The Juran Fellows and their proposed research projects include: * Wenny Chandra, industrial and manufacturing engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, for "Improving Public Health System: Disease Surveillance for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Planning;" * Aravind Chandrasekaran, operations and management science, University of Minnesota, for "Balancing between Innovation and Improvement Projects in High Velocity Environments;" * Carla Fisher, communication arts and sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, for "Competent Mother-Adult Daughter Communication: Behavior Essential to the Quality of Life when Coping with Breast Cancer across the Life Span;" * Betty Harper, higher education, Penn State University, for "An Investigation of the Role of Continuous Improvement in Promoting Student Learning;" * Ying Hong, human resource management, Rutgers University, for "One Size Does Not Fit All: Linking Customer Service Strategy with Human Resource Management;" and * Leidy Klotz, architectural engineering, Penn State University, for "The Relationships between Transparency, Process Mapping and Sustainable Building Delivery. Juran Doctoral Awards The 2007 Juran Doctoral Awards are given to stimulate doctoral students' thinking about quality principles early in their careers. Applicants submit essays, based on their research interests and plans and how quality principles link to those topics. Winners receive a $2,500 cash award. Twelve award winners were selected out of 24 applicants. They are: Kate Alder, University of Wisconsin Shaunna Barnhart, The Pennsylvania State University BeiBei Dong, University of Missouri-Columbia Richard Holden, University of Wisconsin Jain Kwon, University of Minnesota Toni Liechty, Penn State University Donald Lund, University of Missouri Brent Moritz, University of Minnesota Lela Olson, University of Minnesota Bonnie Paris, University of Wisconsin Shrihari Sridhar, University of Missouri Hua-Hung Weng, Clemson University The Juran Center for Leadership in Quality was founded in 1993 at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management to advance research in the field of quality management. In 1997, Juran -- the world's preeminent living quality expert -- gave his foundation and name to the center. With greater resources and name recognition, the Juran Center broadened its mission to help fulfill Juran's vision of the 21st century as the "Century of Quality." For more information, visit www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/juran. ---------- |
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