Context:

Currently it is possible to find in various academic programs in engineering around the world multiple student groups as is the case of the Institute of Industrial & System Engineers (IISE), whose purpose is to promote the training and integration of its members with the industry and the work environment through the implementation of activities of different type and nature in a self-managed way but empirically and with little use of the few references in the literature on the subject.

Method:

Therefore, this article presents a mixed integer programming model that identifies the parameters of capacity, repetitiveness, retribution and temporality compiled from the evaluation norms of the student chapters of the IISE, with which it was possible to formulate a mathematical model with the objective of maximizing the score by optimizing the use of the human talent of the student group, taking into account the restrictions in terms of quantity and repetition of each type of activity to be performed.

Results:

It was possible to obtain a staff planning and scheduling model for an annual performance horizon of a student group, with which it is possible to establish a work strategy in flexible teams in number and purpose to perform the activities with the highest score before the IISE organization that evaluates results.

Conclusions:

The proposed model manages to establish an optimization method for the selection of critical activities to be performed during a year by a student chapter with a rational use of human talent with differentiation of work committees, types of dedication and differentiation of tasks to ensure flexibility in the allocation of members and the size in the number of members associated with the student chapter.