{"125041":{"#nid":"125041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Honored by Boeing for Exceptional Performance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology was honored by Boeing on April 18 for its exceptional performance and contributions to the company\u2019s overall success during 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was one of 16 organizations to receive a Boeing Supplier of the Year Award. The Institute was selected from a pool of more than 17,500 Boeing suppliers in more than 50 countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was honored in the category of Academia, which recognizes outstanding performance as a strategic university. As one of Boeing\u0027s eight strategic universities, Georgia Tech provides increased knowledge and understanding of fluid flow, advanced manufacturing technology, design and aircraft technology through basic and applied research, which is based in Georgia Tech\u0027s Manufacturing Research Center (MaRC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Boeing award recognizes multidisciplinary research by Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Professors Steve Danyluk and Ari Glezer, Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering Professor Leon McGinnis, Aerospace Engineering Professor Dimitri Mavris and College of Computing Professor Henrik Christensen.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoeing supports various research activities at Georgia Tech related to manufacturing technologies, such as control and control systems on cranes, mobile platforms and robotics for moving parts in a factory environment and active flow control for wing tips, said Danyluk, professor and Morris M. Bryan Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am very pleased that Boeing has expressed their confidence and support in Georgia Tech by providing the resources to conduct research and development on manufacturing problems of critical significance to their business,\u201d said Danyluk, former director of MaRC. \u201cOur faculty are excited and energized by the Supplier of the Year Award, and we\u0027ll continue to excel in developing the tools and processes that will keep the U.S. in a lead position in manufacturing sciences.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther professors and research engineers from across campus who help support Georgia Tech\u0027s work for Boeing include\u0026nbsp;Bert Bras, Jon Colton, Bill Singhose, Rick Cowan, Shreyes Melkote, Russell Peak, Chris Paredis, Tina Guldberg, Marc Goetschalckx, Joshua Vaughn, Frank Mess and Andrew Dugenske.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Boeing global supply chain is among the most geographically dispersed in manufacturing. The company annually purchases more than $50 billion in goods and services from approximately 28,000 suppliers that employ more than 1.2 million people around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn today\u2019s challenging business environment, an agile supply chain that continuously delivers excellent performance is critical,\u201d said Jack House, vice president of Supplier Management for Boeing Defense, Space and Security and the leader of Boeing\u2019s companywide Supplier Management program. \u201cThe supplier partners receiving 2011 Supplier of the Year Awards have demonstrated outstanding commitment to providing our customers with the best-value, highest-quality products and services, while meeting the customers\u2019 requirements and anticipating their needs for the future.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology was honored by Boeing on April 18 for its exceptional performance and contributions to the company\u2019s overall success during 2011.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech receives Boeing 2011 Supplier of the Year award for outstanding performance as a strategic university."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-04-19 12:56:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:04","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"125811":{"id":"125811","type":"image","title":"Boeing 787","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Boeing 787","file":{"fid":"194505","name":"boeing_plane.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/boeing_plane_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/boeing_plane_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1940563,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/boeing_plane_0.jpg?itok=7XtoCM6T"}},"125361":{"id":"125361","type":"image","title":"Boeing award","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894749","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:49","alt":"Boeing award","file":{"fid":"194498","name":"georgia_tech_soy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/georgia_tech_soy_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/georgia_tech_soy_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4663616,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/georgia_tech_soy_0.jpg?itok=MnI9dV94"}}},"media_ids":["125811","125361"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.boeing.com\/aboutus\/supplier_of_the_year\/soy2011_gallery.html","title":"Video - Georgia Tech named Boeing 2011 Supplier of the Year"},{"url":"http:\/\/boeing.mediaroom.com\/index.php?item=2227\u0026s=43","title":"Boeing Honors 16 Suppliers of the Year for Exceptional Performance"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.marc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Manufacturing Research Center (MARC)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4358","name":"boeing"},{"id":"169486","name":"Steven Danyluk"},{"id":"171200","name":"Supplier of the Year award"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}