{"108771":{"#nid":"108771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Father and Son Share Unique Senior Design Experience","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESenior Design is known as the most important and also\nmost challenging undergraduate course in the Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering (ISyE).\u0026nbsp; The course\npushes students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to solve a\ncomplex real-world problem that has a defined bottom-line impact for a\ncorporation. \u0026nbsp;A small number of student\nteams will rise to the top as finalists in the end of semester Senior Design\nCompetition. Only the best will win the coveted first place.\u0026nbsp; Among a team of students who won first place\nthis past fall for a project sponsored by Railcar Management, Inc., was John\nKang, IE 2011.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENot only was this an exciting experience for John, it\nwas also a unique one. \u0026nbsp;His father, Chang\nW. Kang, PhD, visiting professor in ISyE, advised a team of Senior Design\nstudents who were selected as finalists in the fall 2009 competition for a\nproject sponsored by Manheim Auto Auctions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSeeing the Senior Design finalist posters displayed\nin ISyE depicting my dad and his team motivated me to prove myself through my\nown Senior Design project. I have to say that winning was somewhat of a surreal\nmoment, and joy.\u0026nbsp; As a group, we wanted to be the Senior Design finalists,\nbut to win it all was simply amazing,\u201d said John Kang.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Kang also shared in his son\u2019s excitement after\nlearning John\u2019s team was selected as first place winners.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen my son sent me the list of winners and I saw\nhis name, it was a dream come true.\u0026nbsp; I\nknew he would take Senior Design and hoped he would do well,\u201d said Dr. Kang,\nalso a professor in the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering at Hanyang\nUniversity in Korea.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo be successful in Senior Design, both John and his\nfather agree that teamwork and meaningful collaboration among the advisor,\nstudents, and client are essential.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJohn, who now works as an analyst at PROS Revenue\nManagement, the world leader in profitability management and optimization\nsoftware solutions, feels that Senior Design helped prepare him for his current\nposition.\u0026nbsp; According to him, the course\ntaught him the importance of working well with groups, as well as how to manage\ndifficult or challenging problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELike John, Dr. Kang also realizes the value that\nSenior Design has on an IE student\u2019s future.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen I see students do well in Senior Design, I know\nthey will do well in the real world,\u201d said Dr. Kang.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Kang has contributed to ISyE over the last\nseveral years through his collaborations between Hanyang University in Korea\nand ISyE.\u0026nbsp; In 2011, he co-authored a book\nwith Paul Kvam, associate chair for graduate studies and professor in ISyE,\ntitled \u003Cem\u003EBasic Statistical Tools for\nImproving Quality, \u003C\/em\u003Ean introductory book on improving the quality of a\nprocess or system, primarily through the technique of statistical process\ncontrol.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn\nKang, IE 2011, and his father Chang W. 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