{"214561":{"#nid":"214561","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Humanitarian Relief: What does ISyE think?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013 resulted in loss of life and heart-wrenching devastation.\u0026nbsp; ISyE works in a variety of ways to support humanitarian relief by system transformations through education, outreach, projects and research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Amplifier\u003C\/em\u003E) \u003Cstrong\u003EOzlem Ergun\u003C\/strong\u003E is co-director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics and explains what happens next in the clean-up process. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/amplifier.gatech.edu\/articles\/2013\/05\/clean-options-oklahoma\u0022\u003ERead more.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Amplifier\u003C\/em\u003E)\u0026shy;\u0026shy;\u0026shy; \u003Cstrong\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/strong\u003E, co-director of the Humanitarian Logistics Center at Georgia Tech, explains what is the best way to reach those in need. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.amplifier.gatech.edu\/articles\/2013\/05\/best-way-help-oklahoma-tornado-victims\u0022\u003ERead more.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday, unsolicited in-kind donations from well-intended donors often cripple relief operations and create what is known as the \u0022second disaster.\u0022 To address the issue, NGOs have mounted public education campaigns for \u0022cash only\u0022 donations. This effort has not been effective in reducing the flow of unsolicited in-kind donations in response to disaster. ISyE Ph.D. Student \u003Cstrong\u003EMoin Islam\u003C\/strong\u003E along with Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Vande Vate\u003C\/strong\u003E are working on a \u0022Retail Donation Model\u0022 that can help NGOs covert the energy and willingness of well-intended donors, who want to do something specific, to productive in-kind donations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on these efforts, visit the Georgia Tech Health \u0026amp; Humanitarian Logistics Center at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/humanitarian.scl.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/humanitarian.scl.gatech.edu\/home\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013 resulted in loss of life and heart-wrenching devastation.\u0026nbsp; ISyE works in a variety of ways to support humanitarian relief by system transformations through education, outreach, projects and research.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2013-05-24 10:00:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:20","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"214571":{"id":"214571","type":"image","title":"The tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma resulted in loss of life and heart-wrenching devastation.","body":null,"created":"1449180096","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:01:36","changed":"1475894879","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:59","alt":"The tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma resulted in loss of life and heart-wrenching devastation.","file":{"fid":"197029","name":"292914_570469282973371_879095451_n.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/292914_570469282973371_879095451_n_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/292914_570469282973371_879095451_n_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":101995,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/292914_570469282973371_879095451_n_0.jpg?itok=2Zn1nWjs"}}},"media_ids":["214571"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11745","name":"disaster relief"},{"id":"66821","name":"Georgia Tech Amplifier"},{"id":"14233","name":"Georgia Tech Health \u0026 Humanitarian Logistics Center"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"66851","name":"John Vande Vate"},{"id":"1237","name":"Julie Swann"},{"id":"8029","name":"Moin Islam"},{"id":"66831","name":"Moore"},{"id":"66841","name":"Oklahoma"},{"id":"1238","name":"Ozlem Ergun"},{"id":"1233","name":"tornado"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"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":""}}}