Prof Fugee Tsung, Head of Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, (IELM) has been elected Academician to the International Academy for Quality (IAQ). The most prestigious international organization in the field of quality, the IAQ is comprised of peer-nominated members who admit individuals identified as global thought leaders in quality related issues.

IAQ has elected academicians in 25 countries. Prof Tsung is the second IAQ academician in Hong Kong (after Prof Way Kuo, President of City University of Hong Kong), and is one of the only six academicians in Greater China. Prof Tsung will receive the award during the European Organization for Quality Congress, which will be held June 20th 2011 in Budapest, Hungary.

Prof Tsung has a strong research record in quality control and improvement of complex systems in both manufacturing and service sectors. He is Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) for his significant contributions to quality. He received the Best Paper Award for the IIE Transactions two times, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. He is the recipient of the Outstanding IIE Publication Award in 2010 - this award recognizes an outstanding publication in any IIE-sponsored or co-sponsored medium.

Prof Tsung also has a proven record for academic leadership. He has been the Regional Vice President (Asia) of IIE since 2008, and the Chair of the Service Science Section, INFORMS, where he was the Founding Vice Chair in 2007. He was the Chair of the Quality, Statistics, and Reliability (QSR) Section, INFORMS, in 2004. He is also the Founding Chair of the Council of Industrial Engineering Department Heads in Greater China (CIEDHC).

About the IAQ

The IAQ is an independent, self-supported, not-for-profit, professional organization which is composed of members who have been nominated by their peers in recognition of their personal global prominence as well as their professional or academic contributions to quality in either management or technical fields. The IAQ is the world’s premier quality organization and the most distinguished global forum for discourse on quality-related matters. The Academy serves both regional and national quality organizations of the world by providing leadership advice and support for promotion of quality-related programs. The mission of the IAQ is to advance, worldwide, the knowledge, understanding and use of the philosophy, theory and practice of all activities involved in achieving quality for the benefit of humankind.