{"450681":{"#nid":"450681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Montreuil Receives Most Distinguished Award from Alma Mater","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBenoit Montreuil, Coca-Cola Material Handling \u0026amp; Distribution Chair and professor of the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, has been selected to receive the 2015 Pythagore Award from his alma mater, the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res (UQTR).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes the exceptional accomplishments of an alumnus, including professional achievements, peer recognition, community engagement, and a strong relationship with UQTR. The award is \u201cthe equivalent of a gold medal,\u201d which the recipients receive for offering out-of-the-ordinary education, application of their work, and their achievements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMontreuil is also the director of the Physical Internet Center and a leader within the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute. He received his B.S. from UQTR in 1978, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1980 and 1982, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Pythagore Award is another in Montreuil\u2019s long list of awards, which recently include DC Velocity\u2019s Rainmaker of the Year and The Physical Internet Pioneer Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat makes the Pythagore Award really special, says Montreuil, is that \u0026nbsp;it\u2019s \u201cfrom my alma mater where I have been a student and then a professor (1998),\u201d and that he \u201cwas nominated by a large group of people (engineers and business notably) \u2026 and I feel that it may help people in the region [where he was born] believe that they can follow their dreams and passions and succeed to thrive with the best.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMontreuil can indeed be considered to be among the best of the best. He has become known worldwide for his breakthrough research contributions at the intersection of industrial and systems engineering, operations research, logistics, supply chain engineering, business design, strategic management, and sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMontreuil will travel to the awards gala on October 16\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E, 2015 to receive the award at UQTR.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Benoit Montreuil, Coca-Cola Material Handling \u0026 Distribution Chair and professor of the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026 Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, has been selected to receive the 2015 Pythagore Award from his alma mater, the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2015-09-23 10:03:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:36","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"450671":{"id":"450671","type":"image","title":"Benoit Montreuil, Coca-Cola Material Handling \u0026 Distribution Chair and professor of the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026 Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1449256280","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:20","changed":"1475895192","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:12","alt":"Benoit Montreuil, Coca-Cola Material Handling \u0026 Distribution Chair and professor of the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026 Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech","file":{"fid":"203327","name":"benoit_headshot_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/benoit_headshot_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/benoit_headshot_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":726387,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/benoit_headshot_1_0.jpg?itok=6imuw3yu"}}},"media_ids":["450671"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}