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Tepper School Alumna Feryal Erhun Wins 2025 POMS Award
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Feryal Erhun (MS 1999, PhD 2002) is a recipient of the 2025 Excellence in Industry Engagement Award by the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). Dr. Erhun is Professor of Operations and Technology Management at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School in the UK, and Academic Director of the Wo+Men鈥檚 Leadership Center.
Professor Erhun accepted the award at the POMS annual conference in Atlanta, GA, and was recognized for 鈥渇aculty excellence in engagement with industry to motivate research, enhance students鈥 learning, and collaborate with industry-government initiatives to support students鈥 success, and create value for universities and other stakeholders.鈥
The main criteria for the award require demonstrated, meaningful impact, measured by evidence that the activity led to a positive change in an organization鈥檚 operations or significantly influenced a new stream of research. Along with engaging industry, government, or nonprofit organizations, other essential criteria include a contribution to the success of students, collaborators, or other researchers, or that the research resulted in a strategic partnership between the university and the external organization.
Professor Erhun focuses on practice-based research and, through collaborations including Intel Corporation, Stanford University Medical Center, and the UK National Health Service. Her research interests include strategic interactions between stakeholders in supply chains and socially responsible operations.聽