{"261091":{"#nid":"261091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Retired ISyE Professor Jerry Thuesen Reflects on Tenure with ISyE","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt has been over 40 years since Jerry Thuesen first stepped foot on the Georgia Tech campus as an associate professor in what is today the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE). In 1968, with just 16 faculty members, industrial engineering at Georgia Tech had grown to become the largest academic program of its kind in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt that time, industrial engineering was housed in the\u0026nbsp;A. French Building, located behind Tech Tower.\u0026nbsp; To\u0026nbsp;get to any of the three floors, one could use the button-controlled freight elevator that was enclosed with wooden slats, or take the stairs (which was preferred by faculty).There was only one restroom in the A. French Building, which had stalls, but lacked doors. The whistle from the nearby power plant, which sounded five minutes to the hour, alerting students it was time to change classes, \u201cmade your head swivel,\u201d Thuesen recalls. Though the building lacked in modern conveniences, it was impressive in those days that an industrial engineering school simply had a building of its own.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHired by Bob Lehrer, ISyE School chair from 1966 to1978, Thuesen came to Georgia Tech to teach engineering economics, an area of expertise he shared with Lehrer. During his career, he taught four courses within the engineering economics discipline to both undergraduate and graduate students in ISyE, as well as those in other engineering schools on campus. Class sizes ranged from 25 to 35 students in the ISyE classes and up to200 students in classes from other departments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 1971, Thuesen revised and released the 4th editionof \u003Cem\u003EEngineering Economy\u003C\/em\u003E, originally written by his father, H.G. Thuesen, a pioneering IE professor at Oklahoma State University. That same year, Thuesen received notice of tenure via \u201ca handwritten note slid under his office door,\u201d and later in 1977 he was promoted to full professor in ISyE.\u0026nbsp; During his career, he served on the American Society for Engineering Education Board of Directors and the IIE Board of Trustees, and he was the editor of \u003Cem\u003EThe Engineering Economist\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAside from his research, Thuesen spent much of his career giving back to the School, by contributing his time as well as through financial support.\u0026nbsp; In 1983, the same year ISyE moved across campus to the Groseclose Building, Thuesen worked with a group of faculty and staff to start the Evelyn Pennington Endowment, the first endowment fund in ISyE.\u0026nbsp; The fund was created in memory of Evelyn Pennington, who worked as an academic advisor and secretary in the chair\u2019s office and continues to support student activities in ISyE today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo have a high level of expertise, you must have outside funding.\u0026nbsp; Philanthropic donations allow the School to be competitive and maintain a group of faculty that are respected around the world,\u201d said Thuesen. \u201cGeorgia Tech has a strong loyalty from alumni, which is the very basis of being successful at fundraising.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile at Stanford undergrad, Thuesen played varsity basketball for three years. To this day, he still holds the free throw career percentage record. With his sports background, it comes as no surprise that Thuesen was actively involved in athletics at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; He organized an industrial engineering intramural volleyball team, comprised of faculty members and undergraduate students. The team played so well together they reigned as the School champions from 1970 to 1980. He also played on the Georgia Tech ISyE intramural basketball team and served on the Georgia Tech Athletic Board.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThuesen retired from Georgia Tech in 1996 after nearly 30 years of service. He continues to support the School\u0026nbsp;through contributions to various funds, and encourages\u0026nbsp;faculty to become active in fundraising efforts on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis article first appeared in the Fall 2013 ISyE Alumni Magazine.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt has been over 40 years since Jerry Thuesen first stepped foot on the Georgia Tech campus as an associate professor in what is today the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE). 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However, many students in ISyE begin making an impact as leaders long before graduation, serving in various roles across campus.\u0026nbsp; Dan Blitch, IE 1953, Carey Brown, IE 1969, Tiffany Massey, IE 2003, and Eran Mordel, IE 2013, all served as president of the Student Government Association (SGA) during their time at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; They recently took a moment to reminisce about their individual experiences in this role and how it shaped their futures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Blitch, IE 1953\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI served four years on the SGA and in 1953 I was elected president by the SGA officers. Back then, the environment at Georgia Tech was a lot different than it is today.\u0026nbsp; ROTC was very active on campus, with many cadets leaving after graduation to serve their country. In the fall of 1953, Georgia Tech welcomed its first female students, after a close Student Council vote the previous year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs president, one of my responsibilities was leading the student government in tasks such as distributing student fees across campus, most of which went to football and sports. I was responsible for setting up committees who worked to improve relations among Georgia Tech students and students at other universities, including Auburn and the University of Georgia.\u0026nbsp; While serving as president, I also helped collect money for the original Alexander Memorial Coliseum (now the Hank McCamish Pavilion).\u0026nbsp; I remember going from classroom to classroom speaking to students about the coliseum and taking up spare change they contributed to the project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe interaction with other students, particularly those on student council, was a wonderful experience that helped me develop my leadership skills.\u0026nbsp; One of the greatest benefits of serving as SGA president was having the opportunity to get to know outstanding men, such as Bobby Dodd and Dean George C. Griffin, dean of students from 1946 until his retirement in 1964. I also felt that my involvement in student government was a key factor in having the opportunity to go to Harvard Business School after graduating.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E-Dan Blitch, IE 1953\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarey Hall Brown, IE 1969\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI was elected student body president in the fall of 1967.\u0026nbsp; Dean Jim Dull worked closely with me and the Student Government. He was very much a hands-pn dean of students as well as a supportive, wonderful, caring man. The SGA controlled all the student activity fees: Athletic Seating, Student Parking, Concerts, Freshman Camp at Rock Eagle (with the YMCA), Honor Board, and Ramblin\u2019 Reck Club. Anything that had to do with student life and affairs was controlled and run by the SGA committees with direction from the Dean of Students office.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce elected, I immediately engaged Dean Dull and stated I wanted to make a difference while in office. He handed me several copies of his recent annual reports to the president.\u0026nbsp; The theme he repeated every year was there were ashamedly few facilities for students to exercise and participate in intermural sports athletics. What followed were plans for the SAC \u201970 (Student Athletic Complex), which was born believing we could convince Governor Lester Maddox\u2019s office to authorize the funds for building such a facility on campus by 1970.\u0026nbsp; We had previously gained authorization from the School of Architecture to assign 5th year student Bo Powell to create a design for SAC.\u0026nbsp; Bo and I traveled to several schools at our own expense to view other student athletic facilities. Bo had created such a wonderful design and a presentation that when we visited with Maddox, he immediately stated he would ask Georgia Tech President Edwin Harrison to place the capital request for the building at the top of his list.\u0026nbsp; In the years that followed, successive student leadership, which included John Hayes, Chris Bagby, Bruce Milligan, and others kept the dream alive. SAC \u201970 finally became a reality. For me, getting the Student Athletic Complex project off the ground was definitely a highlight during my time as SGA President.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E-Carey Hall Brown, IE 1969\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEran Mordel, IE 2013\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy tenure as student body president was the busiest, sometimes most frustrating, and most rewarding time during my years at Georgia Tech. Seeing the results of our efforts unfold over the year, working with students from every background imaginable, traveling, and many other opportunities were incredibly rewarding. Beyond the time and crisis management, and people skills that I learned, the biggest takeaway was appreciating being a student at Georgia Tech. Even the simplest thing \u2013 a football game -- has endless politics, balance sheets, and countless miscellaneous responsibilities behind scenes that make the experience a reality. This behind the scenes action sealed my appreciation for Georgia Tech and made me proud to be a Yellow Jacket.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring my time as president, I worked to revamp commencement policy with the President\u2019s Office to increase ticketing; released Course Critique 2.0 under a more stable platform with many added features, which has seen over 153,000 page views from over 5,900 visitors in one month; hosted the inaugural\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFriday Buzz\u201d stress-relief pep rally event with over 500 attendees; implemented the inaugural \u201cBuzzinga\u201d competition, encouraging team-styled campus improvement competition with $10,000 of funding\/support for implementation; hosted the first-ever \u201cGT Wreck the Vote\u201d campaign with 300+ first-time registrants and 700+ attendees over a few events; secured approximately $500,000 in additional Student Activity Fee funds through the Budget Office; and advocated and lobbied against Sequestration (fiscal cliff), for the Higher Education Opportunities Act, Student Center expansion and renovation, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile my classes have prepared me to do my future job, it\u2019s the students here that have taught me how to make a difference in the world. The true value of college isn\u2019t only the traditional learning, but also the process of maturing and growing as a person. Becoming involved outside the classroom and taking advantage of every opportunity is the most beneficial experience for any career. There are two qualities in IEs that coincide with leadership. First, the fast-paced, difficult curriculum pushes IEs to critically think, work hard, and be resourceful. Second, the program at Georgia Tech emphasizes working with others while being individually productive. Approaching the professor during office hours, forming study groups, Senior Design, are all experiences that teach us to work well with others. Still, we must be valuable members of the team. The IE program fosters a challenging curriculum and a collaborative environment that lends itself to the qualities of leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne story really captures my approach to the role and the type of people and environment we had at Georgia Tech. Two weeks after being sworn in, Dr. Paul Kohn, the vice provost for enrollment services, invited Amit, the vice president of SGA, and me for lunch. Towards the end of the hour, I gracefully managed to launch ketchup all over Dr. Kohn\u2019s shirt and tie. To make things better, Dr. Kohn was on his way to Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson\u2019s office with other Georgia Tech executive leadership. Needless to say, Amit\u2019s and my time in office started off on an interesting foot! Amid the humor, I took away a few lessons from the experience: not to take ourselves too seriously, the students, administrators, and faculty are all a pleasure to work with, and remember to focus on what is important.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETiffany Massey, IE 2003\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDuring my time as student body president, Georgia Tech was in the midst of the transformation. It was a great time to be engaged with the continual improvement mindset we ISyEs share. I remember meetings with institute leadership examining existing processes \u2014 whether it was the stinger schedule or process class registration. We would collaboratively explore ways to improve the experience for all Georgia Tech students. This was spot on in my ISyE wheelhouse and it definitely felt very rewarding to be a part of creating a better Georgia Tech for students to come.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPast IE SGA Presidents\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDan Blitch, IE 1953\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPatrick Edward Bolger, IE 1957\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHazard Earl Reeves, IE 1958\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWilliam J. Vanlandingham, IE 1959\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOscar Newton Persons, IE 1960\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERonald D. 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For most, this could be well over 24 hours.\u0026nbsp; The key to survival is to be able to vertically lie in the water with only the top of your head exposed.\u0026nbsp; It\u2019s possible to float this way because most individuals\u2019 body density is 98% water. The process is to take a deep breath, let your body go limp while 98% of it is submerged, let out about a third of your breath, and allow yourself to \u201chang\u201d in the water. When you are ready for another breath, exhale, and move one arm or leg enough so that you can lift your head out of the water and take another deep breath. Again, let your head submerge with only the top back part of it above the water line.\u0026nbsp; By repeating this procedure, you can float in the water as long as you can stay awake.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThroughout the course, we had several tests, including the first test which was to tie your hands behind your back and your feet at your ankles, drop into the deep end of the pool, and float for one hour. We all felt that if we could pass that test, we could not only pass any swimming test, but we could pass any test in any school at Georgia Tech! Each student had a partner when we took the tests.\u0026nbsp; The partner would jump into the pool and pull us out of the water if our heads went under and we were not able to make it back up to the top.\u0026nbsp; This kept us from drowning!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy partner was a heavyset boy who was a football running back in high school. His body was denser than water; therefore, when he went limp, his body would sink! The first time he did the first test with his hands and feet tied, he sank nine times in a row and I had to go in and pull his head up and out of the water to keep him from drowning. Coach Lanoue would not let me go in until my partner was almost out of breath. After attempting the first test, I recall my partner yelling as he came out of the water, \u201cWhere the \u2018H\u2019 were you?\u0026nbsp; I almost drowned!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith his heavy body density, he had to fight through every test. When he completed the course, Coach Lanoue gave him a good grade because he kept fighting and never gave up.\u0026nbsp; Over the years, I have found that life is a lot like that swimming course.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWritten by: \u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Flood\u003C\/strong\u003E, IE 1958, chairman and CEO of Chattahoochee Health Resources. His clients include hospitals, state hospital associations, and large physician practice groups. 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Still, he added, \u201cit teaches you a lot in terms of working and meeting deadlines.\u201d His father, Mike Anderson, graduated from ISyE nearly three decades earlier. But his senior design work still stands out to him too, and he cites it as one of the key courses in his Georgia Tech career.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMemories of that class came up time and time again in interviews with ISyE alumni, students and professors. As the Stewart School continues to grow in size and scope, some changes are inevitable, and its stakeholders are optimistic about the future. But they also know that some things remain steadfast. The core principles that defined ISyE decades ago are still very much alive today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo explore the ties between the ISyEof yesteryear and the one of today, we spoke to some of its alumni, students and professors \u2014 many with ISyE family connections.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEXPERIENCING ISyE \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike countless students before and after him, Ed Rogers grew up loving Georgia Tech. His father,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EISyE alumnus and professor emeritus Nelson Rogers (recently deceased), had been taking him to Yellow Jacket football games since he was a boy. Once he was a Tech student, he decided to study industrial engineering partly as a function of his personality, which is driven to create order out of chaos.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrankly, I\u2019d always preferred to be in situations that are run efficiently,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s just the way I\u2019m wired.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERogers, now a director of global strategy at UPS, received his bachelor\u2019s degree in industrial engineering in 1982. (Twenty years later, he was among the graduates of Tech\u2019s very first Executive Master\u2019s in International Logistics program.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe shares his alma mater with his son, Matlock, and he knows their experiences in ISyE share some common themes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech undergraduate engineering is by nature rigorous and demanding,\u201d he said. \u201cIt always has\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ebeen and it always will be; my son Matlock tells me it\u2019s certainly still the case.\u201d Matlock Rogers, who got his bachelor\u2019s from ISyE in 2011, said he\u2019s grateful for the rigor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough he stresses that \u201cthe coursework was challenging,\u201d he appreciates the depth at which he was expected to understand material. Early in his college career, his classes focused mostly on theory, but as he advanced in the curriculum, Rogers found himself applying his theoretical knowledge to complex, real-world situations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EISyE professor Julie Swann (who earned her own industrial engineering B.S. from Tech in 1996) enjoys teaching the undergraduate senior design course for that very reason.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat I like is that students join together to work on projects, and it\u2019s real-world experience,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMatlock Rogers, meanwhile, now works for Anheuser-Busch as a project manager. His years as an ISyE student, he said, \u201cgave me the right tools and the right exposure to industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFROM CLASSROOMS TO THE WORKPLACE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs chief executive officer of GameStop, Paul Raines leads a busy life. 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The class taught her more about what kinds of companies hire ISyE graduates, and several program alumni spoke about their experiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPaul Raines, meanwhile, still vividly remembers the challenges of a course from later in his Tech career: senior design. Back then, Georgia Tech ran on a quarter system, which meant his class was split into two parts. After spring break, Raines said, he returned to school to find the company he was working for had restructured.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt was pretty scary, when you\u2019re about to graduate, to have that happen,\u201d he said. But it was also a key learning experience, giving him and his classmates a taste of the last-minute crises that can impact projects in the workplace.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough his daughter is still in the early phase of her ISyE career, she said she already knows the program will prove \u201cchallenging but rewarding.\u201d She\u2019s eyeing jobs that combine engineering and business \u2013 much like her dad.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome of ISyE\u2019s newer offerings are specifically tailored to reflect the modern working world. For example, the Executive Master\u2019s in International Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Strategy Program, which leads to an MS in International Logistics, is designed for leaders in an increasingly globalized workplace.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EParticipants spend time on four continents over the course of 18 months, meeting for classes in each location about regional influences on logistics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEd Rogers, who earned that master\u2019s degree in 2002, said it \u201cwas the perfect program in order to get a global, more strategic understanding in challenges and opportunities in logistics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ISyE school at large is committed not only to logistics in the corporate world, but in humanitarian work as well. In her research, Julie Swann focuses on humanitarian supply chains and health issues in Georgia and across the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur current graduates need to be globally savvy,\u201d she said, \u201cbecause even if they take a job in Georgia, their companies may have interactions with suppliers all over the world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELOOKING TO TOMORROW\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;n a field that\u2019s constantly evolving, the future can be tough to predict. 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Since her days as a student, she said, Tech has become more diverse in languages spoken and nationalities represented.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother change highlighted by alumni was the very type of humanitarian work Swann is involved in. Mike Anderson, for example, envisions future graduates becoming more involved with nonprofits, and he\u2019s looking forward to seeing the impacts today\u2019s ISyE students will make in that realm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI see IE doing that on a state, region, national and worldwide level \u2014 and being able to provide some solutions,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThen, of course, there\u2019s the wildcard: technology. Chris Anderson pointed out that technology has shifted in innumerable ways since his own father was in school, and that more changes will bring more opportunities to ISyE students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBack when Paul Raines was in school, there was a brand-new program at ISyE: PC rental. Students could sign up to rent one themselves, which Raines found amazing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI thought, \u2018Man, this is the future!\u2019\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETimes have changed, but Raines is pleased to see ISyE keeping up with technology and growing to meet the modern world\u2019s demands.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s just such a comprehensive program,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETHE ZALESKYS\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECharlene and Zola Zalesky are your typical Yellow Jackets, but they\u2019re also a million miles from average.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn their family of four, everyone is a Georgia Tech graduate or a current student. But Charlene and Zola also share an ISyE connection: Charlene earned a bachelor\u2019s in health systems in 1977, and Zola, her daughter, is now an ISyE student herself.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRecognizing my mom\u2019s career success across four different industries is what initially sparked my interest in industrial engineering. I saw how the IE degree led to a wide variety of career opportunities,\u201d Zola said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough they share many of the same ideas about and passions for ISyE, the generational divide between them underlines the changes the school is making to face its future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen Charlene was a student, computations were done on slide rules, and computers took up whole buildings. These days, personal laptops rule the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd, when she began at Georgia Tech in 1973, there was just one female student for every 20 male students. 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In high school, I was very headstrong and opinionated. I always took charge in group projects and made sure everything went my way. However, many people in Grand Challenges are just the same way. Everyone wants to succeed and voice their ideas. So I realized that it\u2019s not important that I get my way; it\u2019s more important that everyone is heard and satisfied. When everyone agrees, things run much more smoothly. With seven other people on our Grand Challenges team, it was a struggle at first to figure out how to work together effectively, but after a while, it was easy because I work with such talented and hard-working people.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor our project, we are designing an energy recovery system that collects grey water and rainwater. Using gravity, the water will spin turbines to generate electrical power. We hope to find a way to make this concept not only energy efficient, but also cost effective. 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Instead, we learned that the very essence of solving some of society\u2019s problems were in multi-faceted solutions that not only addressed the core issue, but also potential problems that could arise.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of this project is to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity by using elementary schools as a vehicle to promote healthy lifestyles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOur program is based on two main concepts: an interactive school play that encourages active learning and an interactive website and pedometer tool that allow students to demonstrate their knowledge and learn more about fitness. Our program targets early elementary school children through use of the arts to teach the importance of proper dietary choices and exercise habits. The program will also use interactive media to promote healthy lifestyles because computers and interactive programs have been shown to be an effective tool for student education. 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The debate over the potential impact of the Canal\u2019s considerable development plans begs the question of whether widening this heavily trafficked waterway will lead to a seismic shift in China-U.S. supply chains as some analysts predict or simply have a subtle impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents from two of Georgia Tech\u2019s Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering\u2019s graduate programs paired up to examine this issue. They were from the Executive Master\u2019s Program in International Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Strategy (EMIL-SCS), which leads to a Master of Science in International Logistics, and the Master of Science in Supply Chain Engineering (MS SCE) program. 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Their work will help extend engine life through improved condition-based maintenance scheduling and may also be a source for future design enhancements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENowadays, virtually every industrial or engineering system new or in design is embedded with dedicated microelectromechanical devices. These high-speed, highly sensitive sensors capture and transmit data in real time about dozens, sometimes hundreds, of key measures\u2014 everything from chemical interactions and energy consumption to product quality and output volume. This information helps engineers fine-tune systems so as to improve efficiency and reliability, and reduce costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESorting, processing and analyzing the enormous amount of sensor output into useful, actionable data requires engineers with a high degree of expertise in a number of areas. Recognizing the growing need for these specialists, ISyE introduced a Ph.D. specialization in system informatics and control (SIAC) in 2008.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe newest of ISyE\u2019s Ph.D. specializations, SIAC develops research and education programs that provide a scientific base for the design, analysis and control of complex manufacturing and service systems in data-rich environments, according to\u003Cstrong\u003E Jan Shi\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and professor in ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe conventional methods for system modeling and analysis are either physical-driven or data-driven. However, each method has its own limitations for a complex system,\u201d said Shi, who heads the SIAC program. \u201c The SIAC group emphasizes data fusion through developing engineering-driven statistical methods for system modeling and analysis, which\u0026nbsp; leads to much better performance of system monitoring, diagnosis, and control.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGebraeel\u2019s failure-prediction project relies on a jet-engine simulator \u2014 a physical engine would be too expensive \u2014 with 21 sensors streaming data 24\/7.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a big challenge just handling that amount of data,\u201d he said. \u201cWe first had to develop a selection algorithm to determine which of the 21 sensors were the most informative. Not all the information you get from all 21 sensors is necessary. Bad information contaminates good information, so you want to exclude data that causes inaccuracies in the prediction.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENext, the data is fused through a sophisticated algorithm called multivariate functional principle component analysis or MFPCA. This is a data reduction process \u2014 what\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGebraeel calls \u201cdimensionality reduction of the information\u201d \u2014 that does not sacrifice the information content.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe final step is to study and model the fused data such that the remaining lifetime of key engine components that are functioning in the field can be predicted accurately and in real-time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother applied research project, conducted by Shi and his graduate students, concerned a traditional industry: steel. This work, funded by the Department of Energy and conducted in partnership with OG Technologies of Ann Arbor, Mich., involved the use of in-line sensing devices at a U.S.-based steel mill.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe analyzed real-time data from the production line and developed algorithms for the on-line measurement of quality in the product, which is very, very hot \u2014 a thousand degrees or more,\u201d Shi explained. \u201cWe also provided suggestions about how to improve production efficiency.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project substantially reduced the number of defects, thereby lowering energy consumption and environmental costs due to less waste and less product re-work. The steel company client followed up by deploying the quality- control algorithm at its mills elsewhere in the U.S., plus Europe, Japan, and China.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to its research component, the SIAC concentration includes six core courses and a minimum of three courses from related fields such as stochastics and simulation, statistics, and dynamics and control.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKaibo Liu\u003C\/strong\u003E is a recent graduate of the SIAC Ph.D. specialization. In November 2013 he joined the faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an assistant professor. Liu first learned about the SIAC concentration as an undergraduate at the University of Hong Kong, from two of his professors who happened to be former students of Professor Shi\u2019s.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was very interested in and good at applied statistics,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd as an engineering student, I also had a strong foundation in engineering fundamentals and in-depth domain knowledge. The SIAC program was a perfect match for me, as it requires developing quantitative models to integrate data extraction and engineering knowledge, and employs the models in the analysis and control of complex manufacturing and service systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELiu credits the SIAC program with imparting the research skills he needs in his new position. \u201cThis program taught me how to develop novel research ideas, formulate and solve interesting problems, and write-up the results for journals and research papers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother SIAC alumnus is Ran Jin, who was particularly impressed by the SIAC faculty. \u201cI think the SIAC group has the best scholars in this field,\u201d said Jin, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at Virginia Tech. \u201cAlthough they have very different backgrounds and skills, their areas of expertise are complementary, which makes the courses and research strong.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWritten by: \u003C\/strong\u003EGary Goettling\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis article first appeared in the Fall 2013 ISyE Alumni Magazine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENagi Gebraeel\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Chandler Family Associate Professor in ISyE, and his Ph.D. students use sensor data from a turbojet simulation to document the various scenarios that predict engine malfunction or failure, helping extend engine life and may also be a source for future design enhancements.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2013-12-17 08:43:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:33","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"261911":{"id":"261911","type":"image","title":"The systems informatics and control faculty","body":null,"created":"1449243999","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:46:39","changed":"1475894948","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:08","alt":"The systems informatics and control faculty","file":{"fid":"198413","name":"phd_article_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/phd_article_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/phd_article_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":213678,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/phd_article_0_0.jpg?itok=Oq_hZguk"}}},"media_ids":["261911"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"261471":{"#nid":"261471","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ten Ways to Collaborate with ISyE","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) works closely with a wide network of collaborators. Here are 10 commonly employed mechanisms in which ISyE and the professional community are working together for mutual benefit. However, this is by no means an exhaustive list, and we are always eager to explore new and creative ways to collaborate with our alumni and industry friends. For more information, visit \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/about\/how-to-work\/\u0022\u003Ewww.isye.gatech.edu\/about\/how-to-work\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E1.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIndustry Research Opportunities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EISyE\u2019s faculty and graduate students regularly work with corporations and other organizations to perform in-context research that provides new knowledge, tools, and insights.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E2.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProject Opportunities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EISyE capstone courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, provide a unique opportunity for companies and organizations to partner and interact with a team of bright, creative, and dedicated students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E3.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPresentations and Learning Opportunities in the Classroom\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndustry executives from a variety of fields can interact directly with ISyE students through class presentations, panels, and lectures to inspire and steep students in real-world problems and solutions. For example and as seen in the photos, Caterpillar, Inc. brought its production systems game into the classroom so that students could learn how to run productions efficiently.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E4.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETour of Industry Facilities\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETouring industry facilities, such as warehouses and distribution centers, is a great opportunity for students to see how principles taught in the classroom are put into action.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E5.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMentoring Students\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMentor Jackets is an alumni-to-student mentoring program sponsored by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association and the Georgia Tech Student Alumni Association.\u0026nbsp; Mentoring pairs develop their partnerships through face-to-face interactions, electronic communication, telephone conversations, video and teleconferencing, special events, and programming exclusively designed for members of the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E6.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECooperative Education and Internships\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough undergraduate and graduate co-ops and internships, companies have the opportunity to work with some of the nation\u2019s top students while evaluating their effectiveness and potential as future employees. Students also benefit by gaining valuable work experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E7.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecruiting\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInteresting in hiring one of our students? Companies are encouraged to send job announcements to our various lists.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E8.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECareer Fairs\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EParticipate in one of Georgia Tech\u2019s Career Fairs to enhance your company\u2019s visibility to future job candidates in ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E9.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContinuing Professional Education\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute in ISyE offers a comprehensive professional education curriculum in supply chain and logistics. You can select short courses for an in-depth knowledge of a specific topic or enroll in one of the multi-course certificate programs for a complete and highly sought after supply chain education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E10.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhilanthropy and Sponsorship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOutside support through philanthropy and sponsorship allows us to enhance our programs, increase the number of graduate fellowships and undergraduate scholarships, provide endowed chairs and professorships, and much more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis article first appeared in the Fall 2013 ISyE Alumni Magazine.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) works closely with a wide network of collaborators. 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The Capstone Expo brought together undergraduates in various disciplines including ISyE, BME, ME, ID, and ECE to showcase their research projects they have been working on throughout the year.\u0026nbsp; With over 3,800 attendees, 130 teams on display, and 200 judges, it was one of the biggest non-athletic events of the year for Georgia Tech. Out of all the participating teams, 24 were from ISyE Senior Design, making the fall event one of the largest capstone expos at any university.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom the 24 ISyE teams that were judged at the expo, three teams have placed as finalists: Coca-Cola Refreshments, The Home Depot, and United Soft Plastics. These teams will move on to present their project at the ISyE Senior Design Finalist presentation on Wednesday, December 11 at 6:30pm in Klaus 1443.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Coca-Cola Refreshments team members include \u003Cstrong\u003EErinn Manby, Drew Downey, Meredith Freeman, Kevin Jamison, Sahil Ramakrishnan, Natalie Souther,\u003C\/strong\u003E and\u003Cstrong\u003E Max Tanski\u003C\/strong\u003E. Their faculty advisor is \u003Cstrong\u003ETon Dieker\u003C\/strong\u003E. The team worked with the Coca-Cola Refreshments Procurement Team with a goal of optimizing inventory levels at three bottling plants by implementing new ordering policies for the raw materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Home Depot team members include \u003Cstrong\u003ELauren Kley, Drew Keller, Michael Gilkenson, Bryce Ferguson, Robert Faulk, Silvana Vivanco, Jing Mei Ho, \u003C\/strong\u003Eand\u003Cstrong\u003E Melanie Ostis\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Their faculty advisor is \u003Cstrong\u003ESteve Hackman\u003C\/strong\u003E. 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Worry no more. Judith Norback has authored a new book that has the answers you seek. It will help you learn how to be stellar in oral communication, and the best part is, it\u0027s free---go\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.2200\/S00510ED1V01Y201307PRO003\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to download your copy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe book is different because it is based on input from over 75 executives from various companies where engineers and scientists work,\u201d said Norback. \u0026nbsp;\u201cThe executives, of course, might eventually be your boss; or if not your boss, the research shows that your actual boss will have similar views about presentations.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe books\u0027 content has already been used in instruction improving Georgia Tech ISyE students\u0027 presentation skills. Slides actually used in courses at Georgia Tech and 11 other universities complete the real-life aspect of the book. \u0026nbsp;Through a special arrangement, you can download a free copy of this book from the publisher.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou can learn the following skills from Oral Communication Excellence: presenting clear, professional talks, for example, by answering questions effectively and by clearly connecting the points on each slide with the big picture; communicating in meetings and in teams; excelling at phone communication; choosing the right electronic medium to support your oral communication; listening; communicating across cultures; and designing and presenting posters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou will also learn how to give engaging elevator pitches.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Norback is the Director of Workplace and Academic Communication in ISyE. Over the past 13 years, she has developed the ISyE Workforce Communication Program, which is based on executive and faculty input. \u0026nbsp;Her research on the communication skills required for engineers\u0027 success in the workforce and the assessment of those skills has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Engineering Information Foundation, and many ISyE alumni.. Norback is Chair of her division of the American Society for Engineering Education, Vice President for External Relations of INFORM-ED (the Education Forum of INFORMs), and she recently served as Associate Chair for the Capstone Design Conference. \u0026nbsp;Norback\u0027s numerous articles have appeared in INFORMS Transactions on Education, the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, the International Journal of Engineering Education, and IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJudith Norback\u003C\/strong\u003E recently released her new book,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EOral Communication Excellence for Engineers and Scientists\u003C\/em\u003E, with free access to Georgia Tech Students .\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2013-09-30 09:06:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:00","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"241121":{"id":"241121","type":"image","title":"Norback Releases New, Free Book, \u201cOral Communication Excellence for Engineers and Scientists\u0022","body":null,"created":"1449243688","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:41:28","changed":"1475894916","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:36","alt":"Norback Releases New, Free Book, \u201cOral Communication Excellence for Engineers and Scientists\u0022","file":{"fid":"197784","name":"judithnorback.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/judithnorback_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/judithnorback_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1237732,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/judithnorback_0.jpg?itok=MO0pih8_"}}},"media_ids":["241121"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"75151","name":"Judith Norback"},{"id":"75161","name":"published"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"241881":{"#nid":"241881","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Associate Professor Nicoleta Serban Speaks About Her Role as a Foster Parent","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThere is a tremendous need for foster parents in Georgia and one Georgia Tech professor has taken it upon herself to help meet that need. In this month\u0027s employee profile we talk to Nicoleta Serban (ISyE) about her decision to become a foster mother, the process involved, and the unique mindset it requires.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow long have you been at Georgia Tech and what is your role?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u0027ve been here since 2005 and I am an associate professor. My background is in statistics. In the last few years I\u0027ve started working in the healthcare area and I work on some projects related to improving the Medicaid system. I have some collaborators who do work in pediatric healthcare. That\u0027s where most of my research is focused right now.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat got you interested in becoming a foster parent?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2011 my sister fell ill with leukemia. She spent about nine months in a hospital and she eventually passed away. That experience changed my perspective related to life and priorities. I learned a lot about myself as well because I was her primary caregiver during that time. I was tested, and I learned about caring for others physically and emotionally. That\u0027s when I started playing with the idea of adopting or foster care. I kept hearing about foster care so I looked into it and learned more through the community \u0022Single Mothers by Choice.\u0022 I talked to a woman I met through an agency who fostered and I learned about the experience and process through her.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is the process for becoming a foster parent?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou have to go through some training and show that you have a stable income. They want to make sure you\u0027re going to be able to provide a good home. You also have to go through impact training. In my case it was a weekend full of classes. You get connected to other people in the foster world and you learn more about it. They try to scare you away a little bit, to make sure you really want to do it, and about half of the people drop it at that point. And that\u0027s fine. You need to know if it\u0027s for you or not. After that training you have to take some more classes, like CPR and other things you may take anyway if you are a parent. You have to take 15 hours a year of classes, which is not a big deal. Then you are approved, you enter the system, and you start getting phone calls.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EHow were you connected with your foster child?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI have a little boy who is now six months old. I\u0027ve had him with me since he was born.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI wanted to have an experience with a young child. I thought I\u0027d be able to have a better impact that way, so I chose 0-6 months. Down the road I may be interested in other foster ages but this is what I wanted to start with.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI was in NYC and they called me on a Friday saying \u0022We have this little boy who was just born and he needs a home. Would you be willing to take him in?\u0022 I came home on Sunday and picked him up on Monday. It was very short notice to put everything together, but that\u0027s how it works. You have to understand it and be prepared for it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow difficult is it to be a parent for him knowing that he may not be with you for a long time?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou have to think one day at a time and love one day at a time because you don\u0027t know the future for your child. You don\u0027t know how long they will be with you, so you don\u0027t think about what you will get back or what the future holds. You get back what you get today and you don\u0027t expect anything tomorrow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI realize not everyone can do it, but that I can. I know my little one will probably go back someday to his family. People ask me how I\u0027ll be able to give him back, but I just don\u0027t think about it. I just enjoy my time with him now.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe time commitment is very open ended. Sometimes it might only be for a weekend and other times it may be for two or more years. Some foster parents end up adopting the children. Some want to but can\u0027t because they go back to their families. You have to enter the process with no expectations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy should others consider becoming foster parents?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor families with children of their own, it\u0027s a great experience for children. I talk to families who have cared for foster children and their children all talk about how much they learned. The children keep in touch with the foster kids and it helps them appreciate what they have. They also learn how to care for others and be compassionate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt sounds like an intimidating process because it\u0027s a big investment of time and energy. You think \u0022Why should I invest like that in somebody else\u0027s child?\u0022 But it\u0027s not about getting a return. It\u0027s about helping others and once you do it it\u0027s so rewarding. It\u0027s just a different mindset from what many people are used to. When the time comes for me to let my little boy go, I just have to let him go. That\u0027s part of the deal. That\u0027s what I signed up for.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is something I will probably do all of my life. It just makes sense to me. It\u0027s a very special relationship with the child because you love completely unconditionally.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EWhere can people go to find out more about foster parenting?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI work with an agency called \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gcacofgeorgia.com\/Home.aspx\u0022\u003EGiving Children A Chance\u003C\/a\u003E. They, or any other agency would be happy to tell you more about it. They\u0027re very helpful at teaching you about the process and determining if it\u0027s a good fit for you.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI would encourage people to strongly consider being foster parents. 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This issue marks the nineteenth year that ISyE has been ranked as the foremost program of its kind in the nation at the undergraduate level in the industrial\/manufacturing specialty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThanks to the outstanding work of our faculty, staff, students and partners, Georgia Tech enjoys a long track record of continued excellence,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe are committed to building on our success in teaching and research, developing leaders and innovators who will improve the human condition in Georgia, the U.S., and around the globe.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering maintained its 5th place ranking for undergraduate engineering programs that award doctoral degrees. With eight of its engineering programs ranked in the top five, Tech also continued its strong showing in individual disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School is honored to receive the U.S. News and World Report\u0027s (USNWR) top ranking for its graduate and undergraduate programs. 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Rogers, MS IE 1956","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech engineering alumnus and Professor Emeritus, Nelson Kimball Rogers, MS IE 1956, passed away on September 15, 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERogers was born on May 17, 1928 in Flushing, New York, the son of Lewis Edward Rogers and Marion Nelson Rogers, both formerly of Cartersville. He was a graduate of Cartersville High School, the United States Naval Academy, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a veteran of the Korean War. During his early career he was vice president of operations for the Sea-Land Corporation, where he was instrumental in building the industry\u2019s first container ships. He also did considerable engineering consulting, most notably for Coca-Cola, and various marine transportation corporations as well as textile corporations. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERogers received a B.S. at the U.S. Naval Academy in Marine Engineering in 1950 and went on to complete an M.S. in IE at Georgia Tech in 1956. His career in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) began in 1965 as a lecturer.\u0026nbsp; Four years later he became an Associate Professor where he was actively involved in research, publishing and thesis student advising. In 1973, he took a position as the Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs. His responsibilities were vital to the ongoing thrust of excellence at ISyE and worked to enhance the reputation of the school. He won the \u201cOutstanding Professor Awards\u201d in ISyE the year of 1979, 1981 and 1984. He also won the \u201cGeorge C. Griffin Award \u2013 Outstanding Teacher at Georgia Tech\u201d in 1985, awarded by the Georgia Tech Student Government. After spending twenty nine years at Georgia Tech, Rogers retired in 1993.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Rogers is survived by his wife Marian Morris Rogers of Cartersville; son Edward Morris Rogers (Jeanette) of Roswell, GA; daughter Kimball Amanda Rogers (LaVon Napier) of Nashville, TN; son James Madison Rogers of Cartersville; granddaughter Kyla Louise Rogers of Atlanta, GA; grandson Matlock Nelson Rogers of St. Louis, MO; granddaughter Kirby Lee Rogers of Nashville, TN; brother Madison Leete \u0022Pete\u0022 Rogers (Sally) of Cartersville; and nephew Lewis Charles Rogers (Lusiya) of Shanghai, China. If desired, memorials may be sent to Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church, 100 Church Street, Cartersville, GA 30120 or to the charity of your choice. Owen Funeral Home, Cartersville, GA is in charge of arrangements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EComments from Faculty \u0026amp; Staff\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNelson was appointed to his position as the undergraduate chair at or shortly after I was hired in 1971.\u0026nbsp; He was devoted to undergraduates and he seemed to know them all. \u0026nbsp;He was one of the last of a breed at Tech.\u201d -\u003Cstrong\u003E Gary Parker, Professor Emeritus and former Graduate Associate Chair\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNelson was a wonderful human being and was invaluable to the quality of the undergraduate program.\u0026nbsp; In the 1980s we had about 600-700 undergraduates in ISyE and he seemed to know every one of them.\u0026nbsp; Not once did I go to talk to him about an undergrad, whether because they were doing very well or doing very poorly, that Nelson did not know. He always knew how good a job we were doing in our teaching because he talked to so many students and they trusted him.\u0026nbsp; If your teaching got worse, he told you, and if your teaching got better, he told you. A typical Nelson Rogers story: one of our juniors was still doing well in her courses in the winter quarter, but was slipping a little and was not as perky as usual. Nelson knew that she had taken courses two summers in a row and saw that she was in danger of burning out. He arranged a good-paying summer job for her in the shipping business.\u0026nbsp; When she came back she was her old self, and she had an excellent senior year.\u0026nbsp; For Nelson, that was all part of a day\u0027s work.\u0026nbsp; I\u0027ll miss him.\u201d\u0026nbsp; -\u003Cstrong\u003ECraig Tovey, David M. McKenney Family Professor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNelson retired quite some time ago, but there are still those around who remember him.\u0026nbsp; He was my \u2018boss\u2019 for many years.\u0026nbsp; He taught me many wonderful lessons about working with young people.\u0026nbsp; He influenced my method of advising undergraduate students.\u0026nbsp; He was a wonderful teacher, mentor, and friend.\u201d -\u003Cstrong\u003EPatti Parker, Academic Advising Manager\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNelson Rogers played a key role in the development of container shipping, but \u0026nbsp;after many years of \u2018climbing the golden ladder\u2019 and traveling the world, he choose to come to GT and work with Bob Lehrer to build the best IE department in the world.\u0026nbsp; He was a fixture, for sure, and there are literally thousands of ISyE alums who will join all Nels\u0027s friends in mourning his passing.\u201d -\u003Cstrong\u003ELeon McGinnis, Professor Emeritus\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech engineering alumnus and Professor Emeritus, Nelson Kimball Rogers, MS IE 1956, passed away on September 15, 2013.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2013-09-17 14:22:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:53","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"239581":{"id":"239581","type":"image","title":"Nelson K. 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The Chandler Family\u0026nbsp;Early Career Professorship is designed to enhance the ability of ISyE to \u201cattract and retain eminent teacher-scholars.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGebraeel\u2019s accomplishments to date are impressive. His research focuses on improving the accuracy of predicting unexpected failures of engineering systems by leveraging real-time sensor-based data streams. His major research interests are in the areas of sensor-based prognostics and degradation modeling, reliability engineering, and maintenance operations and logistics. 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In 2007 the National Science Foundation (NSF) recognized Gebraeel with a CAREER Award.\u0026nbsp; Gebraeel is a member of IIE, INFORMS, and AIAA.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; He was the President of the IIE Quality and Reliability Engineering Division(2011-2012).\u0026nbsp; He received his MS and PhD from Purdue University in 1998 and 2003, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Chandler Family early career professorship appointment provides a well-deserved opportunity to enhance Gebraeel\u2019s growing research and educational impacts,\u201d said Jane Ammons, ISyE School Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENagi Gebraeel has been appointed Chandler Family Associate Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering for a three year term of service, beginning August 15, 2013.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2013-09-04 14:43:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"234021":{"id":"234021","type":"image","title":"Dr. Nagi Gebraeel","body":null,"created":"1449243641","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:41","changed":"1475894908","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:28","alt":"Dr. Nagi Gebraeel","file":{"fid":"197624","name":"gebraeel_nagi_-_bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gebraeel_nagi_-_bust_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gebraeel_nagi_-_bust_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2683014,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gebraeel_nagi_-_bust_1.jpg?itok=cPwIcPuU"}}},"media_ids":["234021"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"72861","name":"chandler family associate professor"},{"id":"6411","name":"Dr. Nagi Gebraeel"},{"id":"72871","name":"idustrial engineering"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"234041":{"#nid":"234041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ergun Appointed Coca Cola Associate Professor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u00d6zlem Ergun has been appointed the Coca Cola Associate Professor in the Stewart\u0026nbsp;School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) for a three year term of service, beginning August 15, 2013. 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The Fouts Family \u0026nbsp;Early Career Professorship is designed to enhance the ability of ISyE to \u201cattract and retain eminent teacher-scholars.\u201d\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhether attracting worldwide attention for the development of a highly accurate method for predicting the outcomes of the NCAA basketball tournament or having one of his research papers recognized with the 2007 EURO Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize in Logistics, Sokol\u2019s accomplishments are remarkable in both teaching and research. \u0026nbsp;Sokol\u2019s primary research interests are in sports analytics and applied operations research and he has had the opportunity to work with teams and leagues in all three of the major American sports.\u0026nbsp; Sokol is the recipient of one of Georgia Tech\u2019s highest awards for teaching and his LRMC method for predictive modeling of the NCAA basketball tournament is an industry leader.\u0026nbsp; He currently serves as INFORMS Vice President of Education, and is a past Chair and founding officer of the INFORMS section on sports operation research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESokol\u2019s contributions to education include leading ISyE\u2019s current efforts to develop an MS Analytics degree program and enhancements to Senior Design that have been recognized at the National Academy of Engineering Foundations of Engineering Education Symposium, by the Georgia Tech Class of 1934 Outstanding Use of Innovative Educational Technology award, and by the 2011 Institute of Industrial Engineers\/Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads Innovation in Curriculum Award.\u0026nbsp; In addition, Joel\u2019s teaching awards include the 2010 IIE Excellence in Teaching Operations Research Award, the 2009 Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellow, the 2008 Class of 1940 W. Roane Beard Outstanding Teacher Award, the 2007 institute-wide Apple Award, the 2007 Women in Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2006 CETL\/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, and the 2005 ANAK award. \u0026nbsp;Sokol\u2019s PhD in operations research is from MIT, and his bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics, computer science, and applied sciences in engineering are from Rutgers University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Fouts Family early career professorship appointment provides a well-deserved opportunity to enhance Joel\u2019s growing research and educational impacts,\u201d said Jane Ammons, ISyE School Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoel Sokol has been appointed as the Fouts Family Associate Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering for a three year term of service, beginning August 15, 2013.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2013-09-05 15:50:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:49","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"55507":{"id":"55507","type":"image","title":"Joel Sokol, ISyE associate professor","body":null,"created":"1449175533","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:45:33","changed":"1475894491","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:31","alt":"Joel Sokol, ISyE associate professor","file":{"fid":"190304","name":"Sokol_Joel_-_Bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sokol_Joel_-_Bust_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sokol_Joel_-_Bust_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2017737,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Sokol_Joel_-_Bust_0.jpg?itok=_NHtZSzU"}}},"media_ids":["55507"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"73131","name":"Dr. joel sokol"},{"id":"73141","name":"fouts family associate professor"},{"id":"1191","name":"industrial engineering"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"232041":{"#nid":"232041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Shapiro Receives Khachiyan Prize from INFORMS","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE Professor Alexander (Alex) Shapiro is the recipient of the prestigious Khachiyan Prize for outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of optimization by an individual or team for his life-time achievements in the field of optimization.\u0026nbsp; This prize is awarded annually by the 2013 INFORMS Optimization Society Prize winners. The award winners will give a presentation in a special session sponsored by the Optimization Society during the INFORMS annual meeting in Minneapolis, MN in October 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis citation read \u201c\u003Cem\u003EAlexander Shapiro has been one of the most prolific scholars in the field of Operations Research, contributing significantly to nonlinear analysis (specifically sensitivity and optimality), and to stochastic programming, where his work on complexity analysis and risk-averse decision making has been highly influential.\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis current research interests are focused on stochastic programming, risk analysis; stimulations based optimization, nondifferentiable optimization and nonsmooth analysis, sensitivity analysis and optimization of queuing networks, sensitivity analysis of nonlinear programs, multivariate statistical analysis.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Shapiro serves on an editorial board of a number of professional journals.\u0026nbsp; He was an Area editor (optimization) of the operations Research journal and currently is the Editor-In-Chief of the Mathematical Programming, Series A, journal.\u0026nbsp; In 2004, Dr. Shapiro joined the list of ISI Highly Cited Researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE Professor Alexander (Alex) Shapiro is the recipient of the prestigious Khachiyan Prize for outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of optimization by an individual or team for his life-time achievements in the field of optimization.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2013-08-27 14:33:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:46","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"231551":{"id":"231551","type":"image","title":"Professor Alex Shapiro","body":null,"created":"1449243602","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:02","changed":"1475894906","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:26","alt":"Professor Alex Shapiro","file":{"fid":"197561","name":"shapiro_alex_-_bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shapiro_alex_-_bust_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/shapiro_alex_-_bust_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2675146,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/shapiro_alex_-_bust_0.jpg?itok=Xf3MHikL"}}},"media_ids":["231551"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"72411","name":"Alex Shapiro"},{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"1191","name":"industrial engineering"},{"id":"6204","name":"INFORMS"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"232301":{"#nid":"232301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jim Dai Appointed Chandler Family Chair","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Jiangang (Jim) Dai was appointed the Chandler Family Chair in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) beginning August 15, 2013. The Chandler Family Chair is designed to enhance ISyE\u2019s ability to \u201cidentify and employ a senior professor of international eminence in the fields associated with the missions of the School. The appointee will be an individual with a distinguished research record as evidenced by a significant record of publications in outstanding journals, prize paper awards, editorships of high quality journals, and elected positions in national professional organizations.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDai is currently on leave at the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University. He has been a Special Term Professor at Tsinghua University since 2002 and a Visiting Professor in Decision Sciences at National University of Singapore since 2009.\u0026nbsp; Dai received his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in mathematics from Nanjing University in China. He received a Ph.D. from Stanford University in applied probability and joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 1990. For more than twenty years, he has worked on stochastic models arising from communications, manufacturing, and service systems that include data switches, semiconductor wafer fabrication lines, call centers, and healthcare-delivery systems. Dai is an elected fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics and an elected fellow of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).\u0026nbsp; He is currently the Editor-in-Chief for Mathematics of Operations Research, a past Area Editor for Operations Research,\u0026nbsp; a past Series Editor for Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Jim Dai was appointed the Chandler Family Chair which is designed to enhance ISyE\u2019s ability to \u201cidentify and employ a senior professor of international eminence in the fields associated with the missions of the School.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2013-08-28 11:28:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:46","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50149":{"id":"50149","type":"image","title":"Professor Jim Dai","body":null,"created":"1449175428","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:48","changed":"1475894468","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:08","alt":"Professor Jim Dai","file":{"fid":"127116","name":"txi37661.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/txi37661_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/txi37661_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":25988,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/txi37661_0.jpg?itok=VcmfRef8"}}},"media_ids":["50149"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"69441","name":"Chandler Family Chair"},{"id":"1191","name":"industrial engineering"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"8050","name":"Professor Jim Dai"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"231121":{"#nid":"231121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Building the Future Power Grid:  Researchers Tackle Energy Challenges with Technology Development and Policy Analysis","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn a warm afternoon in August 2003, a high-voltage power line in a rural area of Ohio brushed against some untrimmed trees, tripping a relay that turned off the power it was carrying.\u0026nbsp; As system operators tried to understand what was happening, three other lines sagged into trees and were also shut down, forcing other power lines to shoulder the extra burden until they also tripped off, starting a cascade of failures throughout southeastern Canada and eight northeaster U.S. states.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlmost 10 years later, out electric power system continues to be challenged, by increasing demands of a digital society, the need to accommodate renewable energy generation, growing threats to infrastructure security and concerns over global climate change. The technology for a smart grid \u2013 with a two-way flow of electricity and information between utilities and consumers \u2013 could help address these challenges, but technical, regulatory and financial obstacles have slowed its deployment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech are helping to advance the smart grid.\u0026nbsp; They are developing technologies, creating methodologies and analyzing policies that will allow for integration of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles in the grid, with dynamic electricity pricing, and improved assessment and monitoring of the grid and its components.\u0026nbsp; Here are some highlights of how researchers at the Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) and their colleagues are researching and studying these issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIntegrating Renewables into the Grid\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe electricity grid is a large, complex system of power generation, transmission and distribution.\u0026nbsp; High-voltage transmission lines carry power from large power plants to load center hundreds of miles away.\u0026nbsp; Next, lower-voltage distribution systems draw electricity form the transmission lines and distribute it to individual customers.\u0026nbsp; This long-standing electricity paradigm is being challenged as the grid becomes equipped with advanced sensing, communication, and control systems, and as an increasing quantity of power is generated by renewable sources.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWind and sunshine constantly ebb and flow with the slightest weather shifts, creating a variable supply.\u0026nbsp; So even when the renewables are going strong, conventional power plants must always be ready to step in and carry the load. Renewable energy sources \u2013 wind, sun, water, wood, organic waste, organic waste, and geo thermal \u2013 generated about 12 percent of the electricity in the United States in 2012. Increasing that percentage will require redesign of the power grid control architecture, scheduling framework and market mechanisms to balance supply and demand in the presence of these energy sources.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIntegrating renewable electricity into the grid requires a transition by the electric industry from a centralized control architecture to a more distributed and flexible one that allows many actors to participate. To help accomplish that, Georgia Tech researchers in 2012 received a three-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop and demonstrate a distributed electric power grid that would support high levels of renewable energy generation and storage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe architecture is based on the emerging concept of electricity \u201cprosumers\u201d \u2013 a combination of the words \u201cconsumer\u201d and \u201cproducer\u201d \u2013 which are economically motivated small-scale energy ecosystems that can consume, produce, and store electricity. For example, prosumers could include homeowners who consume energy from the grid while also producing power onsite from solar panels on their homes\u2019 roofs that feeds back into the grid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe power network from generation to transmission and distribution to consumption, needs to undergo the same kind of architectural transformation that computing and the communications network have gone through in the past few decades,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003ESantiago Grijalva\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate director for the electricity at the Strategic Energy Institute and the Georgia Power Distinguished Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). \u201cWe are taking one step toward transformation by developing a reliable architecture that will allow the electricity industry to operate with characteristics similar to the Internet \u2013 distributed, flat, layered, and scalable.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo develop the architecture, Grijalva is collaborating with \u003Cstrong\u003EMarilyn Wolf\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Farmer Distinguished Chair in Embedded Computing Systems and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in ECE; Magnus Egerstedt, the Schlumberger Professor in ECE and a robotics expert; and \u003Cstrong\u003EShabbir Ahmed\u003C\/strong\u003E, a professor in ISyE.\u0026nbsp; The system will be backward compatible with the current electricity industry model, deployable by incrementally enabling prosumer services and interoperable with emerging smart grid technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system relies on a computational cyber infrastructure and an autonomous secure prosumer energy scheduler that allows small-scale producers to offer energy and grid services based on their capabilities and desire to achieve their sustainability, efficiency, reliability, and economic objectives, while contributing to system-wide reliability and efficiency goals.\u0026nbsp; The researchers have teamed with industry partners ISISoft, PJM, Midwest ISo, and Duke Energy to demonstrate the architecture and software using realistic utility datasets. They are also exploring commercialization opportunities for the technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECraig Tovey, \u003C\/strong\u003Ethe David M. McKenny Family Professor in ISyE, is taking an inverse optimization approach to determining the least expensive way for a utility company to produce, store, and use electricity to meet demand in an area that contains prosumers.. Tovey and \u003Cstrong\u003ETanguy Hubert\u003C\/strong\u003E, and electrical and computer engineering graduate student, are developing a computational model to determine what prices to offer small-scale producers to provide enough incentive that they will make production, storage, and use choices consistent with utility company\u2019s optimal production plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo solve this real-world inverse optimization problem, we need to decide what action we want the prosumer to take so that the overall goal is to achieve and then determine what price to offer so that when they minimize their own costs, they will select the action that is optimal for the general welfare,\u201d said Tovey.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndy Sun\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor, has been collaborating with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and ISO New England to create an adaptive optimization model that makes robust unit commitment decision and ensures system reliability, while considering real-time uncertainly from renewable energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWind and solar energy sources are intermittent and uncertain because they are greatly impacted by slight changes in weather and because predicting wind or sunshine amounts a day ahead can be difficult,\u201d said Sun. \u201cUnlike coal or natural gas plants, when wind farm is scheduled to generate 100 megawatts of electricity at 7 a.m., there is no guarantee that amount of power will be produced.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith support from ISO New England, the team tested its model on the large-scale system operated by the organization and compared its model with the current approach of overcommitting generators to create a \u201cjust \u2013in-case\u201d reserve.\u0026nbsp; Reserves can be expensive to maintain and ineffective due to the mismatch of supply and demand. The adaptive model demonstrated sizable savings on average operating and total costs and significantly reduced the volatility of the operating cost. A paper on the model was published in the February 2013 issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003EIIE Transactions on Power Systems\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Europe, power exchanges run the day-ahead auctions, rather than independent systems operators, but the exchanges consider network constraints regarding system feasibly and reliability provided by the system operators.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003ESebastian Pokutta\u003C\/strong\u003E, ISyE assistant professor, and researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat-Erlangen-Nurnberg in Germany, created a model of the European electricity market, with support from the German Stock Exchange \u201cDeutsche Borse Frankfurt.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDetermining the price of power in Europe has recently become more difficult with power market coupling, an initiative to integrate transmission allocation and power trading across national borders so that cheaper electricity generation in one country can meet demand and reduce prices in another country.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhile market coupling creates a more efficient market because of a strong interaction between price zones, it creates a very challenging real-world optimization problem that needs to be solved daily,\u201d said Pokutta. \u201cThe market coupling optimization problem involves demand and supply orders of different exchanges that need to be matched to maximize the total gains from trade.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPokutta and his colleagues analyzed optimization techniques for determining the price of electricity that would maximize the financial surplus of all participants, while considering quantity and price constraints. The algorithms matched energy demand and supply for 24 hours and calculated all market prices, net positions, and cross-border flows at the same time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the European Union aim to deliver 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources, which is based on a target in the European Renewables Directive of 2008. The increase in renewable generation will require an intraday market that will allow for adjustments after the closure of the day-ahead market.\u0026nbsp; Pokutta plans to create an intraday market model and combine the market models he has developed with atmospheric models to consider air quality, sustainability and energy generation together.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExamining the Effect of Electric Vehicles on the Grid\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElectric vehicles could make it easier and cheaper to have renewables \u2013 particularly wind energy \u2013 on the grid and make it easier to manage electricity with its peaks at high demand times, according to the preliminary findings of a new study.\u0026nbsp; The study was conducted by \u003Cstrong\u003EValerie Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems at ISyE; \u003Cstrong\u003EDeepak Divan\u003C\/strong\u003E, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and their graduate students \u003Cstrong\u003EDong Gu Choi\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EFrank Kreikebaum\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers modeled the electricity system in six eastern and midwestern regions of the United States and are examining the interplay among the use, availability, and cost of different energy sources in those regions and electric vehicle adoption levels, electric vehicle charging methods, fuel economy standards, and renewable portfolio standards. Initial results from the study show how the time of day that users charge their electric vehicles affects how much electricity must be generated and the sources and costs of that power.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur preliminary findings indicate that controlled charging of electric vehicles reduces cost and makes it significantly less expensive to have large amounts of renewables in the electric system,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cThe main cost saving is from reduced electric system capacity requirements.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EControlled charging occurs when a driver plugs in a vehicle after completing the last trip of the day, but charging doesn\u2019t begin until off-peak nighttime or early-morning hours when the cost of electricity is lowest.\u0026nbsp; This contrasts with uncontrolled charging, when charging commences immediately upon plugging in the vehicle.\u0026nbsp; Additional findings of the study detail the effects of electric vehicle adoption levels, electric vehicle charging methods, fuel economy standards, and renewable portfolio standards on gasoline consumption, electricity cost, greenhouse gas emissions, and consumer cost. 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The TTW [tank-to-wheels] efficiency of the truck depends strongly on the drive cycle, and the electric truck is more likely to provide higher benefits with the NYCC-style driving conditions than with the CSHVC or similar conditions. Given the same drive cycle and thus the same vehicle efficiency, the electric truck would be more attractive to fleet operators with high truck utilization (VKT [vehicle kilometers traveled] demand), of course within the electric drive range.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBattery replacement is another key factor; to maximize the benefits from electric trucks, the durability and reliability of the automotive Li-ion battery are crucial, which might be advanced with technological development. Recycling of the EV Li-ion battery could also improve life-cycle energy consumption and GHG emissions. There is also variation by state in the electric truck\u2019s comparative energy consumption and GHG emissions. 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The developed system achieves average savings worth 11% per week in transportation costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe UPS Worldport team, guided by faculty advisor Doug Bodner, was made up of students Yuelin (Lyn) Chen, Diana Chow, Stefan Ferguson, Sohyun Kim, Jianing (Jessica) Le, Nirmit Shah, Zhixun (Herman) Wu, and Brandon Wykoff.\u0026nbsp; UPS Worldport is the world\u2019s largest package sorting facility. For their project, \u201cAircraft Arrival Schedule Optimization for UPS Worldport,\u201d The team developed a flexible optimization model for aircraft arrival scheduling to address the problem of operational delays due to irregular volume inflow. This provided an annual value of approximately $1.7 million in reduced overtime and downstream costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll senior students in ISyE culminate their undergraduate educational experience with the Senior Design course in order to provide firsthand experience at solving real world problems in a team environment. 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The recommendation for governments of the region is to optimize road infrastructure and connectivity between regions of production\/consumptions and develop strong and resilient road links to ports. Access roads should be developed to support container traffic and reduce delays in container pick-up and delivery.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study, conducted by Ramudhin with the Georgia Tech Logistics Innovation \u0026amp; Research Center Panama, included individual country reports and the Think Piece assessing overall port performance and the impact of the widening of the Panama Canal on the countries studied.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe expansion of the Panama Canal will very likely create one or more mega hubs on the Atlantic side and it is crucial that countries work with the carriers and liner services to develop good connectivity with these hubs,\u201d said Ramudhin. \u0026nbsp;\u201cThe ports in Panama and Caucedo in the Dominican Republic are natural candidates as no other ports in this study, whether in the Pacific or Atlantic, can handle the larger vessels that will come through the expanded Canal.\u0026nbsp; But even these ports have to improve their performance and capability to handle the larger ship efficiently.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClick \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/issuu.com\/isyealumnimagazine\/docs\/idbportassessment\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E to view a pdf of the full report.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmar Ramudhin and Don Ratliff were authors of a recent study, titled \u0022Assessment of Port Performance and Port Connectivity Study in Belize, Central America, and the Dominican Republic,\u0022 which was released at the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in Panama March 14-17.\n \n  \n \n\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The result of the study points to the need of an integrated intermodal sea-land network to foster global trade and trade exchanges between the various countries."}],"uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2013-05-09 09:27:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:12","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"47643":{"id":"47643","type":"image","title":"Donald Ratliff, executive director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Supply Chain \u0026 Logistics Institute","body":null,"created":"1449175354","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:34","changed":"1475894447","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:47","alt":"Donald Ratliff, executive director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Supply Chain \u0026 Logistics Institute","file":{"fid":"190126","name":"don-ratliff_web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/don-ratliff_web_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/don-ratliff_web_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":43220,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/don-ratliff_web_0.jpg?itok=GD3SDGrq"}}},"media_ids":["47643"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13620","name":"Amar Ramudhin"},{"id":"7977","name":"Don Ratliff"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"2853","name":"Inter-American Development Bank"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"10306","name":"Panama"},{"id":"167228","name":"supply chain \u0026 logistics institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"212141":{"#nid":"212141","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Spotlight: Richard Lu on Undergraduate Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERichard Lu, a second year undergraduate student in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE), is going beyond his required IE coursework, and tackling real world problems through undergraduate research. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI wanted to take my learning and push boundaries, finding where IE concepts can be applied in various areas and discovering novel concepts,\u201d said Lu.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELu\u2019s research deals with the effect of uncertainty in econometrics. 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Engineers in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) are tackling the challenges of big data sets to solve logistics problems in high volume distribution centers, improve manufacturing processes, build predictive models, and make advancements in healthcare, to name a few.\u0026nbsp; Some of these projects happening in ISyE were highlighted in the Fall 2012 \u2013 Winter 2013 issue of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-Fall-Winter.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch Horizons\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u201cTackling the Challenges of Big Data.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelow are highlights of some of the ISyE projects that appear in this issue:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnraveling Logistics Problems\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHigh volume distribution centers \u2013 whether they serve WalMart, Home Depot, or the Department of Defense \u2013 ship hundreds of thousands of items to many destinations daily. If these facilities can systematically save a few seconds of labor here or a centimeter of space there, the total efficiency gain can be significant.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYet achieving big savings requires finding patterns in huge data sets. Engineers must analyze thousands or millions of customer orders and then use that information to optimize warehouse layouts and processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJohn Bartholdi is the Manhattan Associates Chair of Supply Chain Management in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. He\u2019s working on warehousing optimization for the Defense Logistics Agency, and has also performed similar research for numerous corporations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe build tools to automate the search for exploitable patterns, which can hide in vast data sets,\u201d said Bartholdi, who is also research director of the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute. \u201cWe analyze huge histories of customer orders, just like Amazon does. But instead of doing it to tune advertising and drive sales, we do it to tune the warehouse and the entire supply chain, to drive efficiencies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnderstanding the Manufacturing Process\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJianjun (Jan) Shi, the Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, employs a multi-disciplinary data fusion approach to improving manufacturing processes that involve massive information sets. Shi combines data, statistical methods, signal processing, control theory, and domain knowledge to solve manufacturing problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe frequently analyze data from a factory\u2019s information system to monitor system status and performance via system informatics and control techniques,\u201d Shi said. \u201cWe then develop automated algorithms that can be implemented directly into production systems for performance improvement.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong his projects:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWorking with major automobile manufacturers, Shi has introduced \u201cStream of Variation\u201d technology that monitors multistage assembly stations to reduce variations in manufacturing processes. The resulting information is used to pinpoint the cause of any variation problems in the final product.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIn research for a large number of U.S. and international steel companies, Shi and his team have developed data fusion algorithms for inline sensing and defect detection for product quality and production efficiency improvements. That software has been implemented in a dozen real-world production systems.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding Predictive Models\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EXiaoming Huo focuses on statistical modeling of large, diverse data sets. Huo, a School of Industrial and Systems Engineering professor, uses existing data to build predictive models \u2013 tools that forecast probable outcomes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s a distinct challenge,\u201d Huo said, \u201cbecause each data set is large and complex and its useful features are unknown.\u201d He works in areas that include geophysics, automatic control, engineering signal modeling, financial data analysis, and smart environment design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOften, the data appear in the form of images, and Huo must develop feature-extraction methods customized for each problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGiven the size of the data and limitations on the number of features that can be utilized, the task of searching for useful data points I truly like searching for needles in a haystack,\u201d said Huo, who teaches both computational statistics and financial data. \u201cDefining the predictors \u2013 the variables that you are going to utilize to build the statistical model \u2013 is the hardest question.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the approaches he uses are signal and image processing methods, along with inputs of \u201cdomain knowledge\u201d \u2013 expert knowledge of the domain in question.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn one recent geophysical project, Huo\u2019s goal was to separate desired features from many similar ones. His data source was a lard one \u2013 a 3-D image produced by some 8,000 sensors detecting manmade sonic vibrations in the earth over a 10-kilometer area.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHuo used automated image processing techniques, including Fourier domain techniques that analyze signals with respect to frequency rather than time. He extracted desired high frequency data, resulting in a ground structure image that offered important information to petroleum geologists.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPredicting Drug Response\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMing Yuan, an associate professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is using computational and mathematical approaches to analyze how gene expression evolves over time in individuals with breast cancer \u2013 and whether these patterns can predict treatment outcomes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYuan is studying how gene expression evolves during the menstrual cycle and whether there is any association between these patterns and cancer relapse. Gene expression determines how much biochemical material results from a gene, and can be used to judge how active a gene is.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur goal is to weed out the genes that just change expression level due to a woman\u2019s menstrual cycle and not because of tumor progression or treatment,\u201d explained Yuan, who is also a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar. \u201cWe want to know which genes are abnormally expressed over time and behave differently from the majority of genes, because that would make them likely drug targets.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImproved predictors of relapse risk could help cancer patients make better treatment decisions in consultation with their physicians, he added. Yuan\u2019s research is supported by the National Science Foundation and the Georgia Cancer Coalition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvancing Health-related Readiness\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEva K. Lee, a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, specializes in large-scale computational algorithms and systems modeling, with an emphasis on medical-healthcare risk and decision analysis, and logistics management. She is bringing complex modeling, machine learning, and optimization techniques to bear on a number of health informatics projects that involve very large data sets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cProblems in health systems and biomedicine can often be addressed through systems modeling, algorithm and software design, and decision theory analysis,\u201d said Lee, who is director of the Center for Operations Research in Medicine and HealthCare. \u201cBy advancing these tools, we can model very large-scale evolving and heterogeneous data sets to pursue and uncover effective solutions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong her projects:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESoftware suite for disaster medicine and emergency response\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 Lee is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local authorities on a project that uses large-scale informatics techniques to support preparedness for epidemics and other emergencies. The work addresses biological, radiological and chemical emergency incidents as well as natural disasters. It brought Lee to Fukushima, Japan, to study the response to the radiological disaster there.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStrategies for predicting the immunity of vaccines\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 This project uses novel predictive analytics to mine clinical and biological data, with the aim of predicting the effectiveness of vaccines on different groups of individuals. Under the leadership of Professor Bali Pulendran at Emory University, and in collaboration with researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Duke University, the Institute for Systems Biology, and the National Institutes of Health, Lee is developing a machine learning framework to predict vaccine outcomes based on massive genomic-temporal data.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPersonalized target delivery for optimal treatment of cervical cancer\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 Working with Rush University Medical Center, Lee and her team have been the first to incorporate sophisticated escalated dose delivery technology for cervical cancer patients. These personalized treatment plans incorporate biological information obtained from positron emission tomography that relates cancer cell proliferation with spatial distribution. The treatment object is to optimize tumor control.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo view the full issue of \u003Cem\u003EResearch Horizons\u003C\/em\u003E, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-Fall-Winter.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; For more information on big data research at Georgia Tech, please visit: (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/research\/areas\/big-data\u0022 title=\u0022www.gatech.edu\/research\/areas\/big-data\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\/research\/areas\/big-data\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEvery day, billions of bytes of data are generated from product realization, purchasing transactions, information collected from health centers, and more.\u0026nbsp; Engineers in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering are tackling the challenges of big data sets to solve logistics problems in high volume distribution centers, improve manufacturing processes, build predictive models, and make advancements in healthcare, to name a few.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2013-04-25 10:05:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:08","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"49791":{"id":"49791","type":"image","title":"John J. 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The Fouts Family\u0026nbsp;Early Career Professorship is designed to enhance the ability of ISyE to \u201cattract and retain eminent teacher-scholars.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDieker works in the area of applied probability, and his research is motivated, in part, by applications to computer networks and to business processes such as workforce management and service systems. His expertise includes stochastic processes, stochastic networks, and stochastic analysis of algorithms. His recent research recognition includes the 2012 Erlang Prize from the Applied Probability Society of INFORMS, a 2013 National Science Foundation CAREER award, and a 2013 IBM Faculty Award.\u0026nbsp; He currently serves as an associate editor for Operations Research and Mathematics of Operations Research. Dieker earned his master\u0027s degree in Operations Research from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2002. He carried out his Ph.D. research at the Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) in Amsterdam, and earned his PhD degree at the University of Amsterdam in 2006. He came to Georgia Tech from the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. Prior to that, he worked at the University College Cork, Ireland, as a postdoctoral researcher.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Fouts Family early career professorship appointment provides a well-deserved opportunity to enhance Ton\u2019s growing research and educational impacts,\u201d said Jane Ammons, ISyE School Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETon Dieker\u0026nbsp;has been appointed as the Fouts Family Assistant Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering for a three year term of service, beginning August 15, 2013.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2013-09-05 09:58:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:04","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"177171":{"id":"177171","type":"image","title":"Ton Dieker","body":null,"created":"1449179031","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:51","changed":"1475894822","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:02","alt":"Ton Dieker","file":{"fid":"195908","name":"dieker_antonius_-_bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dieker_antonius_-_bust_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dieker_antonius_-_bust_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":974754,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dieker_antonius_-_bust_0.jpg?itok=FtRH4odg"}}},"media_ids":["177171"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"73021","name":"Fouts Family Assistant Professor"},{"id":"1191","name":"industrial engineering"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"6419","name":"Ton Dieker"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"208051":{"#nid":"208051","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Hosts Annual Undergraduate Student Awards Ceremony","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) held its annual Undergraduate Student Awards Ceremony on April 18, 2013. Students, faculty, parents, alumni, and award sponsors joined together to recognize some of ISyE\u2019s exceptional undergraduate students for their outstanding academic achievement as well as for their contributions to the School and the community.\u0026nbsp; The awards and scholarships were presented by Jane Ammons, Stewart School Chair and professor, Fran Buser, ISyE academic adviser, Maria Frantz, IE 2001, ISyE Associate Professor Anton Kleywegt, Dima Nazzal, Director of Student Services, Patti Parker, ISyE academic advisor, Jose Sarmiento, President of IIE, and ISyE Professor Jan Shi.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to the following students:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJose Sarmiento and Alexander Terry\u003C\/strong\u003E received the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering Leadership Award which is given to officers of the student chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and to the president of Alpha Pi Mu, IE\u2019s honor society.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECathy Guo\u003C\/strong\u003E received\u0026nbsp;The Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering Senior Service Award,given to a senior who has provided exceptional service to ISyE.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003EDimple Bansal, Matt Fox, Cathy Guo, Diana Lim, Jose Sarmiento, Alex Terry, and Alexey Zarnitsyn \u003C\/strong\u003Ewere given special recognition certificates as finalists for the award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndrew Frazelle \u003C\/strong\u003Ereceived the Alpha Pi Mu Academic Excellence Award.\u003Cstrong\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EThe Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society presents $500 to a senior with the best academic achievement, including GPA, difficulty in the curriculum, research, and other scholarly accomplishments. The winner\u2019s name will be added to the perpetual plaque outside of the academic office.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003EJoshua Berne, Hongfan Chen, Dylan Cross, Andrew Frazelle, Nicholas Keith, Lauren Kley, Richard Lu, Megan Sweeney, Alexey Zamitsyn, and Yuanshuo Zhao\u003C\/strong\u003E were given special recognition certificates as finalists for the award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERichard Lu \u003C\/strong\u003Ereceived the COE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award which is organized by the Undergraduate Student Research Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELauren Kley \u003C\/strong\u003Ereceived the Henry Ford II Best Junior Award which is administered in the College of Engineering and given to a student at the end of their third year with the best academic performance in ISyE.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003EDylan Cross, Wesley Hughes, Lauren Kley, Richard Lu, Alexander Terry, and Yuanshuo Zhao\u003C\/strong\u003E were given special recognition certificates as finalists for the award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHye Bae, Dylan Buczek, Nicholas Buczek, Kirsten Carella, Azeem Feroz, Samantha Smith and Caleb Steiner \u003C\/strong\u003Ewere awarded the Jack C. 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Jack Webb Scholarships are given to rising juniors or seniors in ISyE.\u0026nbsp; Recipients are awarded $1,000 for scholarship, leadership and extracurricular and community activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECatherine Hwang and Ari Siesser \u003C\/strong\u003Ewere awarded the Kurt Salmon Associates Scholarship in Industrial and Systems Engineering.\u0026nbsp; These scholarships of $1000 are awarded to selected seniors in ISyE based on academic merit and contribution in the School.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENatalie Souther \u003C\/strong\u003Ewas awarded the ALCOA Foundation Scholarship which is given to a second, third, or fourth year student who has the right to work in the United States and exhibits strong leadership skills, high energy level, solid academic performance, excellent interpersonal skills, tolerance for stress, and demonstrates initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECan Amado, Andrew Borda, Alina Cornejo, Azeem Feroz, Peter Gumulia, and Richard (Yuchen) Zheng \u003C\/strong\u003Ereceived the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Scholarshipof $2,000 which is shared by the selected awardees who have a GPA of 3.2 or above and contribute to the supply chain engineering program at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnubhav Jain, Huiqi Ma, and Adjoa Aka \u003C\/strong\u003Ereceived the Ligon Fund for Student Travel Award.\u0026nbsp; This award is to assist ISyE students\u2019 travel to conferences or other worthy activities that will benefit ISyE and the student. The award can be used to cover transportation and accommodations reimbursable from $500 - $1,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESimon Chow, Michael Noah, Binita Patel and Nolan Thomson \u003C\/strong\u003Ewere awarded ISyE Scholarships in recognition of their accomplishments in academics, leadership, and service.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESteven A. Parker\u003C\/strong\u003E received the Frantz Family Young Entrepreneurs Scholarship.\u0026nbsp; Established in 2006, this award is presented to an industrial engineering student who is interested in establishing a small business and gaining financial freedom. 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The other projects involve development of a food traceability system and a proposal to create a methodology for prioritizing future infrastructure projects in terms of their value to the country\u0027s trade chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Costa Rica as in most countries, certain medical products \u2014 primarily pharmaceuticals, either produced in-country or imported \u2014 must undergo a registration process before they can be sold there. The problem is that the procedure takes 12 months, strong evidence that it\u0027s riddled with inefficiencies. The cumbersome registration process not only results in higher costs, but the long delay prevents patients from receiving the most up-to-date treatments in a timely manner.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial engineers at the TIP Center modeled the registration procedure in detail. \u0022We determined there was a lot of duplication and unnecessary steps in the process,\u0022 said Emmanuel Hess, general manager at the center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing software developed by Amar Ramudhin, director of Supply Chain Management \u0026amp; Technology at Georgia Tech\u0027s Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL), the routine was re-engineered and a series of recommendations for its implementation was drawn up. When fully operational, the newly streamlined process will \u0022lead to savings in time and cost not only for the Ministry of Health, but also for the private producers and private distributors that are registering medicines here in Costa Rica,\u0022 Hess explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe effort will open the door for additional TIP Center projects with other government agencies, said Jaymie Forrest, managing director of SCL.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022President Chinchilla has a Competitiveness Council that\u0027s using this project as a base study to show how other internal processes need to be improved, and how they can be more efficient in other matters,\u0022 she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFood Traceability\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA product tracing requirement that documents Costa Rican agricultural exports each step of the way, from local farm to retailer in the U.S., will help ensure a safe and wholesome food supply, and could serve as a model for other Latin American countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStarted four years ago, the TIP Center\u0027s food traceability project presaged the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, a U.S. law passed in the wake of several high-profile cases of food contamination. The law mandates a number of health and safety measures for food imports, including a product tracing system requirement. The Act gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to unilaterally block any import or importer of fruits and vegetables even if there is only the suspicion of contaminated product in the food chain. Before, a problem had to be specifically identified \u2014 a painstaking process that could take months.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegulations detailing the law\u0027s requirements and implementation are still unfolding, with the FDA requesting industry feedback on the latest set of food safety standards it issued in January 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Currently we are working with local authorities in giving back comments and making remarks with regard to these rules,\u0022 said Hess. \u0022We\u0027re also trying to create a sense of urgency among small- and medium-size producers around the country as to the need to adapt and abide by the law\u0027s provisions.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETightening import rules will have a significant impact on countries that rely heavily on agricultural exports, by spurring them to deploy a formalized, country-level structure so their governments can ensure that their products are traceable to point of origin, as required by the Food Modernization Act, and all the necessary documentation is readily available if something goes wrong.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Being able to know exactly where contaminated products came from is important to a developing country because it would be devastating to their economy if all of their U.S. exports of a particular product were shut off,\u0022 Forrest said, noting that more than 60 percent of the produce Americans consume is imported. \u0022The only way you can trace an international food chain in two days is if you have a well-defined, automated system where participants are talking to each other. It really has to be an integrated supply chain.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe added, \u0022We\u0027ve probably done more in this area than anybody else right now. We want Costa Rica to be the first country in the world to be able to say that their exports are traceable with a country-level strategy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOptimizing Infrastructure Planning\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Costa Rica TIP Center has completed the necessary groundwork to conduct a structured value-chain analysis that will inform the country\u0027s decision making regarding current and future infrastructure investments. The next step is to secure funding to implement the proposal, but to date, an appropriation has not been forthcoming. Hess, however, remains optimistic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re hopeful to get funding through the Costa Rican government and the Interamerican Development Bank in the next few months,\u0022 he said. \u0022We feel this is going to happen, but we\u0027re not sure if this is going to be done under this administration, which has about a year left in its term.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe proposal, developed at the request of Vice President Luis Lieberman, calls for Georgia Tech engineers to examine selected infrastructure projects already built, under construction or on the drawing board, in terms of their overall value to the national trade chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022After analyzing the cost-benefit opportunities of these particular investments, we\u0027ll create a methodology of how to make better decisions in the future,\u0022 said Forrest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWorldwide Outreach\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Costa Rica TIP Center is one of six international logistics research centers operated under the auspices of the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute and the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECenters are located in Atlanta, Singapore, Shanghai, Panama, and Mexico. Their common purpose is to develop insights, strategies, and methodologies to improve the productivity of existing trade chains while promoting innovation for identifying and enabling new trade-chain opportunities. In addition, the centers support a range of educational activities related to trade-chain infrastructure, innovation, and productivity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWritten by: Gary Goettling\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESweeping revisions to Costa Rica\u0027s medical-products registration process are receiving one last in-house review before the final recommendations are delivered to officials at the Ministry of Health. 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Her work with HHL led Soldner to become involved in collaboration efforts with the United Nations World Food Programme as a research affiliate in 2010, a relationship that is creating a foundation for continued collaboration with the World Food Programme and Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; Soldner spent this past summer in Rome, Italy where she was given the lead on developing business requirements and designing the dashboards for the World Food Programme\u2019s Supply Chain Key Performance Indicator project.\u0026nbsp; The dashboards are set to be launched worldwide in 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to her accomplishments with HHL and the World Food Programme, Soldner has also been active on several fronts of campus leadership through her involvement with the Georgia Tech College of Engineering Graduate Student Advisory Council (COE GSAC) and the ISyE Graduate Student Advisory Council (ISyE GSAC).\u0026nbsp; As a member of the ISyE GSAC, Soldner organized the Academic Job Panel in April 2012 where she invited professors and former students to discuss career placement and the interviewing process with current ISyE Ph.D. students.\u0026nbsp; 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The country\u2019s population of just more than 3.5 million is spread out over an area roughly the size of South Carolina, an isthmus peppered with shipping ports and bisected by the 48-mile-long Panama Canal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETrade between Latin America and the United States is growing faster than trade between the United States and Asia, and Panama\u2019s geographic location and existing resources mean it\u2019s poised to become one of the most important trade hubs in the region, if not the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the moment, though, its position is precarious.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETake Panama\u2019s famous canal, for example: First dug out by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the early 1900s, the passageway is, in some places, no more than 110 feet wide\u2014too narrow to accommodate massive modern cargo ships. Those vessels\u2019 containers are often offloaded in one of Panama\u2019s many ports, loaded onto a train, shuttled across the country, then loaded onto another ship waiting at another port on the opposite side. Any snafu along the way can send the supply chain toppling like dominoes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhenever there\u2019s any sort of disruption, containers get backed up,\u201d says Don Ratliff, Regents professor in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering and executive director of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute. \u201cAnd when they get backed up, they get delayed, and when they get delayed then you have a big problem because now they miss their ship schedules and they\u2019re late getting wherever they go.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn eight-year effort is underway to broaden the passageways, but even when that\u2019s done, in 2014, Panama\u2019s internal supply chains\u2014the systems of organization, transportation and communication that keep the physical elements of its economy running smoothly\u2014still will be outdated and inefficient, and the country still will lack the academic and applied knowledge base necessary to keep it competitive among the ever-changing international marketplace. That is, unless Ratliff and the industrial and systems engineers of Georgia Tech have something to say about it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering is the largest of its kind in the United States, and it has been recognized as having the top undergraduate and graduate program in its field for 23 years. And in 2010, Tech\u2019s ISyE program brought its world-class logistics know-how to Panama with the founding of the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation \u0026amp; Research Center, which aims to bolster the supply chain and logistics systems that will power Panama into the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Center also is focused on helping Panama improve its standing with the World Bank, which annually ranks countries in terms of the ease of doing business. For 2012, Panama was ranked at No. 61, but would prefer to be closer to top-ranked Singapore.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s a tall order, but Gary May, EE 85, dean of Tech\u2019s College of Engineering, has equally high confidence. \u201cWe\u2019ve been the number one program in industrial engineering for more than 20 years, and I think the reason why you become number one is because you are providing solutions that solve challenges that are relevant to worldwide issues,\u201d he says. \u201cMy hope is that we will be able to [meet] this particular challenge and lend our expertise and demonstrate why we have the best industrial engineering minds at Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy Panama?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation \u0026amp; Research Center may be the most ambitious of its kind, but it\u2019s not the first of Tech\u2019s international trade outpost endeavors. In 1999, Tech partnered with the National University of Singapore to launch The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific to promote research and education in the field of global logistics. Tech has since mostly phased out of operations there, but similar research centers followed in San Jose, Costa Rica and Monterey, Mexico.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERatliff had wanted to get the ball rolling on a Panama center before the launch of the Costa Rica project, but hadn\u2019t established the needed government contacts. In 2009, the Panamanian government changed hands, and plans for the center took off.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPanama City is just a four-hour flight from Atlanta and also is in the Eastern time zone, so there\u2019s less jet lag and fewer middle-of-the-night phone calls with team members; plus the local economy accepts U.S. dollars, and many Panamanians speak English. And in terms of logistics, Panama was the perfect combination of prime location and raw potential, its canal and rail system offering relatively easy access between Asia and the eastern United States, Central America and South America.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s just naturally a good place for logistics,\u201d Ratliff says. \u201cAnd [the country] has yet to live up to that potential, so it was very intriguing to figure out why, and what it had to do to improve.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJaymie Forrest, Mgt 89, managing director of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute, puts it more bluntly. \u201cFrom a logistics standpoint,\u201d she says of Panama, \u201cit\u2019s Disneyland.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy\u0026nbsp; Logistics?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Gary May, in 2013 the study of supply chain and logistics management has \u201cprobably never been more important.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat that field is trying to do is optimize the method in which materials and goods are transported from place to place to ensure that they go from their manufacturer to the customer in such a way that it\u2019s seamless and efficient and low cost and on time,\u201d May says. \u201cThere can be a significant distance between where materials and supplies exist for a particular product, where it\u2019s manufactured and where it\u2019s ultimately sold on the marketplace. 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And there are always unknown qualities demanding to be identified; like snowflakes, every supply chain in every country is unique.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can\u2019t sit in your office in Atlanta and understand how these supply chains work,\u201d Ratliff says. \u201cIf you want to look at what the role of Singapore is or Panama is in global supply chain networks, you have to actually go there and see what\u2019s different about what they actually do\u2014what their functions are, everything about them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAcademically, the field of supply chain and logistics management is concerned with both the micro level (the most efficient way to stack pallets in a warehouse, for example) and macro level (like the complex interactions between a country\u2019s ports and railways).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSupply chains and logistics and trade are very closely interrelated,\u201d Ratliff says. \u201cThe more efficient [a country\u2019s logistics] capability is, the less friction there is in trading between countries, and the less friction there is, the better the product\u2019s going to move. If you want to improve your trade, then improving your logistics is one of the essential components of doing that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESupply chains aren\u2019t something the average person usually has to be concerned with, but they become a matter of great public significance when they are poorly organized, mismanaged or otherwise disrupted. Forrest notes that, because of a scarcity of temperature-controlled supply chain elements within Panama, the country is wasting close to 50 percent of the food that it produces. That lack of cold-chain food supply especially affects the country\u2019s more remote populations, including its indigenous tribes. \u201cIf [Panama] can improve [its] logistics performance, even if they could just save 20 percent of that food, they could feed the rest of the country,\u201d she says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s the job of the Center\u2019s team of engineers to ask: If there\u2019s a disruption within the supply chain, what can be done immediately to lessen the impact? After the disruption, what can be done to get everything back on schedule as quickly as possible? What is the best way to amplify capacity? And what\u2019s the best way to work with public officials to determine the priority of a project\u2019s solution?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost supply chain and logistics work is done in relation to private companies, but one of the many unique aspects of Tech\u2019s Panama Center is that it\u2019s about \u201ctrying to figure out how a country can do it better,\u201d Ratliff says. The concepts are the same, but the challenges are different. In the public sector, he says, the major players are elected officials, so the turnover rate is higher than within a private company\u2014and the leadership base isn\u2019t always as accustomed to thinking about their work in the logistics context.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI believe we\u2019re the only engineering group, maybe in the world, that tries to look at country-level logistics performance and the ideas to improve the ability of private sector companies to have better supply chains,\u201d Ratliff says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeet the Pyramid\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo maximize Panama\u2019s emerging role in the international trade economy, the Panama Logistics Research Center has developed a three-part plan that interlocks and builds upon itself, each element\u2014research, education, competitiveness\u2014integral to the rest. Ratliff thinks of it as a pyramid, with research as the foundation, education the middle rung, and competitiveness the pinnacle.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research aspect has been underway since Tech first established itself in Panama and began to ask the most basic questions: What is the country\u2019s supply chain system like? What are all the elements, the moving parts? What works? What doesn\u2019t?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe education component allows Panamanians to become involved with that research, to both directly benefit from it and carry it forward. The Center itself offers two professional certifications, Principles of Supply Chain and Logistics and the Lean Supply Chain series, both three-module programs aimed at quickly developing human capital to support the country\u2019s burgeoning logistics needs. And Tech has partnered with local Panamanian universities to offer dual master\u0027s degrees through a combination of university coursework in Panama, online coursework with Tech professors, a semester in Atlanta and a capstone project completed back on the ground at the Center. As those students move through the programs, their work generates more research, more data to funnel into the knowledge pool.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs more is learned about the supply chain logistics in Panama, more can be done to improve them. And as more Panamanians graduate from the Tech program, they\u2019re better equipped to work toward that improvement themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBoots on the Ground\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPablo Achurra, MS SCE 11, is a graduate of the dual master\u2019s program. His capstone project on \u201cPanama\u2019s ocean containerized connectivity\u201d complemented the Center\u2019s research agenda, and he was hired as a research engineer upon the completion of his degree. A year and a half into his stint at the Center, he\u2019s collaborating with the Inter-American Development Bank on a project relating to port performance and connectivity in Central America and the Dominican Republic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSome projects have expanded from a Panama-only scope to a regional scope. Methodologies and problem-solving techniques developed for Panama are applicable to other countries with similar logistics issues,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is a win-win situation because it facilitates future improvement of regional logistics performance and even integration.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYuritza Oliver has been a senior research engineer at the Center for a little more than two years. \u201cAt the beginning, in order to comply with our research agenda, we needed to request information in many places and knock on doors, since people did not know that much about the Center,\u201d she says. Now, though, as knowledge of the Center\u2019s purpose and reputation have spread among those higher-ups, she says, \u201cSometimes they\u2019re even the ones looking for us.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBridging the gap between the research and competitiveness components of the Center\u2019s pyramid is a cabinet of some of Panama\u2019s most influential players in the technology and transportation industries. Among them are Jose Barrios Ng, MS EE 71, deputy administrator of the Panama Canal Authority; and Roberto Roy, ME 69, MS IM 71, secretary of Metro, Panama\u2019s countrywide public transportation system. Panama\u2019s vice president, Juan Carlos Varela, is also a Tech alumnus (IE 85) and has been supportive of the Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe center\u2019s research engineers provide analytics and data-derived concepts to the cabinet, whose members are in a position of power to act on those suggestions. \u201cIt\u2019s the first time that we\u2019ve been involved with that level of activity,\u201d Ratliff says, \u201cwhere you\u2019re not only trying to do the research and the education, but you\u2019re trying to help the public sector understand what they need to do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELook to the Future\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo far, one of the Center\u2019s most visible accomplishments has been the development of the Panama Logistics Portal (logistics.gatech.pa), an extensive, open-access repository for the data gathered by researchers. It\u2019s open to Panamanian officials, industry leaders, potential trade partners\u2014even just curious internet users who want to gawk at video of cargo ships moving through locks in real time or fiddle around with the seemingly endless scalable maps.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn many ways, though, it\u2019s too early to speak of the Center\u2019s major successes or predict what its future may bring. Ultimately, it all depends on how Panama\u2019s industry leaders choose to utilize the knowledge and the skilled workers the Center produces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne way to measure the success is a tally of how many other countries call Ratliff and his team to see about installing a center on their own turf. Recently he\u2019s heard from industry leaders in Argentina and Chile interested in forging a partnership with the Institution similar to Panama\u2019s and Costa Rica\u2019s. He\u2019s had to shuffle those projects to a wish list, for now, but he recognizes that Tech is in a unique position.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMost countries want to improve their exports, and poor logistics is a barrier. And so they\u2019re very interested in what we do,\u201d Ratliff says. \u201cWhen it comes to logistics and trade, I don\u2019t believe there\u2019s another university anywhere that has comparable knowledge. If you look at people who do research in trade, they\u2019re mostly economists\u2014they\u2019re not engineers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor all its success so far, the Panama center is still an experiment, and one at the mercy of SENACYT, Panama\u2019s equivalent of the National Science Foundation, which partly funds the center. It could always pull the plug, leaving Ratliff and his team no choice but to pack it up and apply what they\u2019ve been able to learn in Panama to their next overseas foray. 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If you have a research idea or even a random question in mind, you have the capability to walk down the hall and find a world-renowned expert,\u201d said Plumlee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring his time as a student in ISyE, Plumlee has been awarded both the Morris Fellowship as well as the Tennenbaum Fellowship.\u0026nbsp; Plumlee has been invited to attend and present his work at several conferences including the 2012 IMS\/ASA Spring Research Conference, the 2012 Design and Analysis of Experiments Conference, the 2012 NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, and the 2011 NSF Summer Institute on Energy Manufacturing. Prior to coming to Georgia Tech in 2010, he received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University where he received the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship and the College of Engineering Dean\u0027s Choice Award for best poster.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlumlee is originally from Indiana and enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and camping during his free time. To learn more about Plumlee and his work as an ISyE Ph.D. student, read the interview that follows.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; What influenced your decision to get your Ph.D. at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMP\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Obviously its ranking and reputation had a huge influence on my decision, but ultimately where to get a Ph.D. comes down to potential thesis advisers and Georgia Tech had faculty members working closely within my research interests.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; What piqued your interest in becoming an industrial engineer?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMP\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; As an undergraduate in mechanical engineering, my fellow ME friends were out building solar powered cars and 3-d printers, and I was taking real analysis and algebra as electives. Industrial engineering departments tend to give students a little more freedom to study ideas in abstraction, focusing more on my interests which are math and statistics, so I switched departments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Can you explain your thesis in layman\u0027s terms?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMP\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; My thesis work is on the development of efficient techniques to analyze simulation models. People, from material engineers to financiers, have a habit of building simulation models with computer code to study problems, mostly due to the cost or infeasibility of experimenting on certain systems. For example, most people do not have the resources to create a natural disaster on the level of a hurricane or earthquake (Department of Homeland Security might have some questions if you do). Therefore, people in this department build simulations of disaster relief to find optimal procedures in the event of a catastrophic event. How do we analyze these models? Simulation models can be computationally expensive to run, so we have a sample size limited by computer power and time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; What did it mean to you to receive an award at INFORMS this year?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMP\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; It is always nice to get a pat on the back, but ultimately you always hold out hope that your research is useful to others. Luckily, people asked me for more details, wanting to try similar techniques on different problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; What are your plans for the future?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMP\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; I plan on continuing my research through the foreseeable future. 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Stewart School Chair and Professor in ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETovey received his A.B. in applied mathematics from Harvard College in 1977 and both an M.S. in computer science and a Ph.D. in operations research from Stanford University in 1981. Tovey\u0027s principal research and teaching activities are in operations research and its interdisciplinary applications to social and natural systems, with emphasis on sustainability, the environment, and energy. His current research concerns inverse optimization for electric grid management, classical and biomimetic algorithms for robots and webhosting, the behavior of animal groups, and sustainability measurement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETovey received a Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1985 and the 1989 Jacob Wolfowitz Prize for research in heuristics. 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Johnson\u2019s quantitative skills in areas such as systems analysis, processes, and operations were critical in evaluating officiating performance and improving play-calling and the overall evaluation process.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Johnson\u0027s has a deep passion for sports and sports analytics - - the use of data to improve performance and to gain a competitive edge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to his work with the NBA, Johnson held an illustrious\u0026nbsp;32 year\u0026nbsp;career in the U.S. Army where he held the title of deputy commanding general and deputy chief of engineers, the second highest-ranking senior engineer staff officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrom October 2005 until his retirement in April 2008, Johnson was assisting the chief of engineers in maintaining Army Staff oversight for organizing, training, and equipping 70,000 engineer soldiers in the active and reserve components and USACE. 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