The IMSE Department would like to congratulate Carl Kirpes on finishing second place at this year’s IIE Regional Conference Paper Competitions held at North Dakota State University. Carl presented his paper “John Deere Des Moines Works 637 Disk Welding & Assembly Line Synchronization” to a panel of three judges on March 2nd of this year. He not only thoroughly impressed the judges, but all of the students in attendance at the Paper Competition as well. Congratulations to Carl on a job well done!