{"59941":{"#nid":"59941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Receives Thumbs Up From Academic Program Review Committee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) has successfully completed an Academic Program Review (APR). Every five years, ISyE participates in an APR which affords the opportunity to assess the quality of the academic degree programs while determining ways to improve the quality of education, research and service. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u0022ISyE has a rich tradition of ongoing institutional improvement,\u0022 said Chelsea C. White III, Chair of ISyE.  \u0022Participating in an academic review process is just one of several strategies we use as a vehicle for continuing to improve what we do.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe committee\u0027s report, received on March 18, 2007, reconfirmed that ISyE continues to be the preeminent industrial engineering program in the U. S. and the world.  This is also validated by the recent rankings by the U. S. News and World Report.  The committee\u0027s report also stated that ISyE is using its funds effectively to educate and train students at all levels, to develop strong research programs, and to foster active relationships with industry and government agencies worldwide. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u0022The committee\u0027s findings are a reflection on the quality of our students, faculty, and staff and helps the Stewart School of ISyE to maintain its reputation as producing top-notch graduates, offering an extremely innovative curriculum, and generating exceptional research,\u0022 said White. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe program review committee was comprised of faculty from peer programs and institutions around the country.  The Program Review Committee included: \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E(Chair) \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Louis Martin-Vega\u003C\/strong\u003E, Dean of Engineering,\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\nNorth Carolina\n\n\nState\n\n\nUniversity ; \n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Susan L. Albin\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor and Director of the Graduate Program, Department of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering,\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\nRutgers\n\n\nUniversity ; \n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrancisco Barahona\u003C\/strong\u003E, Research Staff Member,\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\nIBM\n\n\nWatson\n\n\nResearch\n\n\nCenter ; \n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. William Meeker\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor of Statistics and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts, Department of Statistics,\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\nIowa\n\n\nState\n\n\nUniversity ; \n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Yossi Sheffin\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems, Director, MIT Center for Transportation \u0026amp; Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-04-25 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59954":{"#nid":"59954","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Leon McGinnis honored by NC State\u0027s Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDefault text in editor\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-02-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59937":{"#nid":"59937","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Graduating Students Leave Mark On Workforce Communication Lab","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs spring semester drew to a close, students from Senior Design and the related workforce presentation instruction left their mark on the Workforce Communication Lab, located on the first floor of the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It has become a tradition for students to sign the wall of the lab, offering words of appreciation, reflection, and even some advice for next year\u0027s classes,\u0022 said Dr. Judith Norback, ISyE\u0027s director of Workplace and Academic Communication. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlyson Lee from the 2007 graduating class commented on the unique opportunity: \u0022[Signing the wall] signifies the end of a chapter in my life*graduating from Georgia Tech.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn recent semesters, this unique and visible activity has been a highlight for students, and now 100s of signatures cover the walls of the lab foyer, the two columns, as well as other parts of the wall outside the small group practice stations. Sometimes students include quotes, and there is always a wide variety of languages such as Chinese and Japanese.  Some student teams will sign as a group, and even the famous George P. Burdell has left his mark. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe mysterious George P. Burdell is a cherished part of Georgia Tech\u0027s history and culture that continues to survive today.  His enduring presence at the Institute never fails to bring delight, laughter, and the retelling of the many stories of his escapades. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMore on the Workforce Communication Lab:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe ISyE Workforce Communication Lab is utilized by students enrolled in core courses with a concentration in workforce communication.  Students spend time enhancing their communication skills by receiving feedback and instruction as they practice in small groups.  The instruction is unique in that it is based on actual interviews with industrial engineers, managers, and CEOs of organizations that recruit and employ industrial engineering majors.  To date the ISyE Communications Lab has had over 7,000 student visits since it opened in 2004.  For additional information, please contact Judith Norback at \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:judith.norback@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ejudith.norback@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E or visit the ISyE Communication Lab web site at \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/communication\/index2.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/communication\/index2.htm\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-05-08 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-05-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-05-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59955":{"#nid":"59955","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Seong-Hee Kim selected as a 2007 NSF CAREER Award recipient.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeong-Hee Kim has been selected as a 2007 recipient of a CAREER Award\u003Cbr \/\u003Efrom the National Science Foundation. Her award is in the area of\u003Cbr \/\u003EOperations Research under the CMMI division.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-02-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59953":{"#nid":"59953","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s School of ISyE Joins the Vanguard Academic Partnership Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFebruary 2, 2007 - Vanguard Software Corporation, the leader in Web-based collaborative modeling software for enterprise simulation and planning, has partnered with the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\nSchool\nof\n\nIndustrial\n\nand Systems Engineering (ISyE) through the Vanguard Academic Partnership Program. As part of this program, Vanguard Software donated licenses of the new Vanguard System to ISyE. \n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We deeply appreciate this gift from Vanguard Software Corporation. The Vanguard System is a cutting-edge decision support solution and will be a valuable resource for our students and faculty,\u0022 said Chelsea C. White III, the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in ISyE and the Schneider National Chair in Transportation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Vanguard System software is intended to provide valuable student learning experiences in classrooms and computer labs as well as to help faculty advance the state of research. The Vanguard System is the first business analytics application to support modeling and simulation on an enterprise scale, and combines all the elements necessary for Web-based, enterprise-wide decision-making, collaborative modeling, knowledge-capture, and sophisticated analytics.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022ISyE is the top industrial\/manufacturing engineering program in the world and we are delighted to work with its faculty to integrate the Vanguard System in the classroom curricula and research activities,\u0022 said Brian Lewis, Vanguard Software\u0027s VP of Professional Services. \u0022It is also personally gratifying to be able to give back to my alma mater.\u0022 Dr. Lewis received his Ph.D. from ISyE in 2005, working with Professors Chip White and Alan Erera.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E The Vanguard Academic Partnership Program also offers faculty members a new teaching and research outlet, the Vanguard Global Knowledge Portal. The Global Knowledge Portal is a Wiki-style, Web portal for Vanguard\u0027s free-access, shared library of models that were created by the Vanguard System user community. Through continued use and contribution, the Global Knowledge Portal has become a key resource for analytical modelers and decision-makers. It reaches a world-wide audience of academic, business, and government users. The Global Knowledge Portal can be found at: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/wiki.vanguardsw.com\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/wiki.vanguardsw.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMore about Vanguard Software Corporation:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVanguard Software, the leader in Web-based collaborative modeling software for enterprise simulation and planning, is a privately held corporation founded in 1995 to develop business Decision Support software. Customers in over 60 countries and in every major industry use Vanguard\u0027s software for forecasting, resource optimization, Web-based expert systems, and financial modeling. For more information about Vanguard Software Corporation, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/vanguardsw.com\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/vanguardsw.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E. For more information, contact Katherine Robertson, Vanguard Software Corporation, at (919) 859-4101 ext. 161 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:katherine.robertson@vanguardsw.com\u0022\u003Ekatherine.robertson@vanguardsw.com\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.vanguardsw.com\/\u0022\u003Ewww.vanguardsw.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-03-02 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59938":{"#nid":"59938","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Eva Lee Wins 2007 Franz Edelman Award for Advancing Cancer Treatment","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Eva K. Lee, associate professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, in conjunction with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) won the prestigious 2007 Franz Edelman Award for work entitled \u0022Operations Research Advances Cancer Therapeutics.\u0022  The award was announced at the annual INFORMS conference on Operations Research Practice in Vancouver on April 30, 2007.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Eva, in conjunction with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , has made an extraordinary difference in the health and well-being of cancer patients,\u0022 Chip White said. \u0022I couldn\u0027t be more proud of the work they are doing to help extend access to quality health care for more Americans.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking with Dr. Marco Zaider, head of Brachytherapy Physics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), Lee devised sophisticated optimization modeling and computational techniques to implement an intra-operative 3D treatment planning system for brachytherapy (the placement of radioactive \u0022seeds\u0022 inside a tumor) that offers a safer and more reliable treatment of cancer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELee\u0027s optimization models and algorithms guide doctors toward the most effective dose provided by each radioactive seed, the shape of the organ being treated, the locations of tumor cells within the organ and critical structures for which radiation dose should be limited, the sensitivity of tissues to radiation, and the expected shrinkage of the organ after treatment. The system\u0027s goal is to provide consistent tumor-killing radiation doses to the tumor cells while limiting potentially damaging doses to nearby critical structures. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe real-time intra-operative planning system eliminates pre-operation simulation and post-implant imaging analysis.  Based on the range of costs of these procedures, Lee estimates conservatively that their elimination nationwide could save on the order of $450 million a year for prostate cancer care alone. Effectively, this work improves the survival rate of patients with prostate cancer, reduces the side effects of treatment, and reduces costs to the health care system.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs reported in a recent article by Dr. Michael Zelefsky and his colleagues at MSKCC \u0022real-time intraoperative planning consistently achieved optimal coverage of the prostate with the prescription dose with concomitant low doses delivered to the urethra and rectum. Biochemical control outcomes were excellent at 5 years and late toxicity was unusual. These data demonstrate that real-time planning methods can consistently and reliably deliver the intended dose distribution to achieve an optimal therapeutic ratio between the target and normal tissue structures.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResulting reduction of complications (45-60%)  due to plans that deliver less radiation to healthy structures improves the quality-of-life for patients, and has a profound impact on the cost for interventions to manage side-effects. Drs Lee and Zaider also reported that the procedure uses significantly fewer seeds and needles compared to current best-practice procedures. Thus the procedure time is shortened and less invasive, and there is less blood loss. As a result, patients experience less pain and recover faster.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe system is licensed to a medical software company, and its distribution will allow achievement of consistent treatment planning across different clinics, thus reducing the variability in the quality of treatment plans. The resulting plans limit urethral dose, decrease the operator-dependency, and reduce the influence of the learning curve associated with prostate brachytherapy. These all have important consequences for the outcome of treated patients. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe system allows for dynamic dose correction; thus clinicians can make adjustments (and re-optimize) on-the-fly during operations to arrive at the best-possible plan. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe planning system is also an important training tool for inexperienced clinicians and residents to develop effective and safe treatment plans. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBesides prostate, Lee has also been working with medical specialists on advancing treatments for breast, lung, cervical, brain and liver cancers, as well as early diagnosis and prediction of disease for proper intervention.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year, the Franz Edelman competition recognizes outstanding examples of operations research (O.R.) projects that have transformed companies, entire industries and people\u0027s lives.  O.R. uses advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions and is a disciplined way by which management can improve organizational performance in a wide variety of situations, in nearly any type of organization in the public or private sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s Franz Edelman finalists included Coca-Cola, The U.S. Coast Guard, Hewlett-Packard and Daimler-Chrysler. Past winners of the award include Motorola, Merrill Lynch, Canadian Pacific Railway and IBM. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is the first time that INFORMS has awarded the Edelman prize for a medical treatment.  Further, the win demonstrates how operations research and mathematics are increasingly bringing improvements to health care, not only in the areas of policy, finance, and public health, but in diagnosis and treatment as well.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-05-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59952":{"#nid":"59952","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NUS Officials Tour ISyE","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn March 1-2, 2007, Chip White, chair of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), and Harvey Donaldson, director of ISyE\u0027s Supply Chain and Logistic Institute, welcomed Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, deputy president and provost, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Professor Lai Choy, vice provost, NUS, to the School.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E During their visit to Georgia Tech, they met with President Wayne Clough, Provost Gary Schuster, College of Engineering Dean Don Giddens, Vice Provost Wayne Hodges, ECE Professor Chin-Hui Lee, and Director of the Office of Organizational Development Hal Irvin to learn more about the Institute. They also received a briefing on the many relationships ISyE has with multi-national companies in Singapore; the Logistics Institute * Asia Pacific\u0027s outstanding educational program and industry research programs; and the Asia Study Abroad Program for Georgia Tech undergraduate students studying in Beijing and Singapore.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E After lunch, students studying in the NUS\/Georgia Tech dual master\u0027s program (DMP) discussed the value of the program. This prestigious program is the first of its kind to be offered in Singapore and the region. It distinguishes itself from the others by being the first program in Singapore where successful graduates are conferred two Master of Science degrees, a Master of Science in Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Management from NUS and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E Professor Tan noted that he enjoyed hearing from and meeting the students and this visit reaffirmed his belief that this is a valuable and important educational program. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific program, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tliap.nus.edu.sg\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.tliap.nus.edu.sg\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.tliap.nus.edu.sg\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-03-09 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59936":{"#nid":"59936","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Hosts Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) hosted Dr. Gail Pesyna, Director of the Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Program and more than forty Sloan Industry Studies researchers from twenty universities across the southeastern United States on March 30, 2007 at the\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\nGeorgia\n\n\nTech\n\n\nGlobal\n\n\nLearning\n\n\nCenter .  \n\u003Cp\u003EChelsea C. White III, ISyE School Chair and the Director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Trucking Industry Program welcomed the group to the Tech campus, along with Professor Pat McCarthy who is the Director of Georgia Tech\u0027s other Sloan industry studies center, the\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\nPaper\n\n\nIndustry\n\n\nCenter .  \u0022We were delighted to host this first regional meeting at Georgia Tech.  The meeting gave us a wonderful opportunity to showcase our research work and promote Georgia Tech and \n\n\nAtlanta as a global innovation center\u0022 remarked White. \n\u003Cp\u003EIn her keynote luncheon presentation, Dr Gail Pesyna focused on the growing importance of Sloan Foundation sponsored industry studies on the global economy. \u0022Whether it is globalization of R\u0026amp;D or the role of tourism in regional economies, Industry Studies researchers are recognized for their thought leadership.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing Pesyna, Professor Frank Giarrantani from the\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\nUniversity of\n\n\nPittsburgh talked about the impact that\n\n\n\nIndustry\n\n\nStudies\n\n\nCenter participation has had on his career.  Profressor Giarrantani stated \u0022While I still have a strong interest in theoretical economics, my industry studies work in regional economic development is very interesting and is having a direct impact on the \n\n\nPittsburgh area\u0027s economic growth.\u0022 \n\u003Cp\u003ETo promoting collegiality and collaboration among meeting participants, the afternoon session was structured to promote informal information sharing and networking. Eleven ongoing industry studies projects were featured with colorful posters and informal briefings by researchers.  The projects included:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPatrick Conway\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Dept. of Economics,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n    University of\n\n\n    North Carolina at Chapel Hill), The North Carolina Textiles Project; \u003Cem\u003EAnalysis of the Impact of International Competition on the Textiles Industries\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EAlan L. Erera, Mike Hewitt, Burak Karacik, and Martin Savelsbergh\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Trucking Industry Program, Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003EDriver Management for Less-than-Truckload Carriers\u003C\/em\u003E  \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EPankaj Jain\u003C\/strong\u003E, (University of \n\n\n    Memphis ), \u003Cem\u003ETechnology, Regulatory, and Competitive Evolution of the Stock Exchange Industry and its Spillover Effects:  A Global Perspective\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003ERonald Kalafsky\u003C\/strong\u003E, (\n\n\n    University of\n\n\n    Tennessee , Geography Dept.), \u003Cem\u003EExamining the Challenges of \n\n\n    Charlotte Manufacturers\u003C\/em\u003E \n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EPinar Keskinocak, Banu Yuksel Ozkaya, Julie Swann\u003C\/strong\u003E, (H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003EEffect of Manufacturer Rebates in the Automobile Industry \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EEarl Kline and David Brinberg\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Sloan Forest Industries Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute), \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Woods to Goods\u0022 Demand Driven Supply Chains \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EFrancine LaFontaine and Laurie Valerie Malaguzzi\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Trucking Industry Program and\n\n\n\n    University of\n\n\n    Michigan ), \u003Cem\u003EThe Deregulation of International Trucking in the European Union:  Form and Effect \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EPatrick McCarthy\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies,\n\n\n\n    Institute of\n\n\n    Paper Science and Technology at Georgia Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003EIndustry Connectivity\u003C\/em\u003E \n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003ESteven M. Morris, Alan L. Erera, Chelsea C. White III\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Trucking Industry Program, Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003EImpact of Using Deregulated Secure Rest Facilities on Single Lane Truck Dispatching Productivity \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAnu Nagarajan and Chelsea C. White III\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Trucking Industry Program and Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Georgia Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003EInnovation in Logistics The Drive to Business Excellence\u003C\/em\u003E \n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EH. Don Ratliff, John Langley, Henrietta Chang and Mehmet Gokhan Samur\u003C\/strong\u003E, (Trucking Industry Program, Institute of Technology), \u003Cem\u003ENew Car Delivery\u003C\/em\u003E \n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoPlainText\u0022\u003EThis meeting was the first of several regional meetings that will be organized in the next twelve plus months.  The main objective of these gatherings is to promote awareness of common interests and to build collaborative relationships among industry studies scholars.  To learn more about how you can participate in these regional initiatives, email \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:industrystudiescommittee@sloan.org\u0022\u003Eindustrystudiescommittee@sloan.org\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-05-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59951":{"#nid":"59951","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE professors make their NCAA picks (as featured in the AJC)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003ERatings system has favored 22 of past 28 Final Four teams\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Journal Constitution\u003C\/em\u003E * March 12, 2007\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe work of three ISyE professors was featured in the \u003Cem\u003EAJC\u003C\/em\u003E for creating a system to rate tournament teams. The system, called \u003Cem\u003EA Logistic Regression\/Markov Chain Model for NCAA Basketball\u003C\/em\u003E, \u0022predicted tournament games more accurately than the selection committee\u0027s seedings, the RPI, the Associate Press, and ESPN\/USA Today polls and the Massey and Sagarin ratings.\u0022  And it\u0027s free for the download.  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/content\/sports\/finalfour\/stories\/2007\/03\/12\/0312ratings.html\u0022\u003ERead full article here\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-03-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59950":{"#nid":"59950","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Professor Esogbue receives NASA award and medal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor his service and leadership on the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel that was formed in the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, ISyE Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EAugustine Esogbue \u003C\/strong\u003Ehas received NASA\u0027s Space Flight Team Awareness Award and its Public Service Medal.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEsogbue was also installed as a 2006 Laureate of the Nigerian National Order of Merti by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who noted his \u0022contributions to scholarship and research which have contributed in notsmall way to national development inthe field of engineering and technology.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-03-14 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59949":{"#nid":"59949","#data":{"type":"news","title":"McKenney, Stewart awarded Joseph Mayo Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00221\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022\u003E\n\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year the Georgia Tech Alumni Association\u0027s Gold \u0026amp; White Honors ceremony recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves in service to the Institute. This year, two alumni of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, \u003Cstrong\u003EDavid M. \u0022Dave\u0022 McKenney,\u003C\/strong\u003E Phys 1960, IE 1964,\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003EH.\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EMilton Stewart, Jr.,\u003C\/strong\u003E IE 1961, were among four alumni to be awarded the \u003Cem\u003EJoseph Mayo Pettit Alumni \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDistinguished Service Award\u003C\/em\u003E.  The Distinguished Service Award is the highest award conferred by the\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\nAlumni Association given to an alumnus or honorary alumnus who has set a standard by exceptional and outstanding support of the Institute and the Alumni Association.\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Milt Stewart and David McKenney exemplify what it means to give back to Tech and the community,\u0022 said Chair of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, Janice Wittschiebe, Arch 1978, M Arch 1980.  \u0022They were honored for their generosity and kindness in addition to the spectacular impact they have made in advancing Georgia Tech and the Alumni Association.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESuccess in the business world, \u003Cstrong\u003EDavid M. McKenney\u003C\/strong\u003E once told a Georgia Tech audience of aspiring entrepreneurs, requires facing risk head-on and managing it * and the best way to do that, the former Marine advised, was to \u0022prepare and follow a good business plan.\u0022 It\u0027s a strategy that has served Atlanta-based McKenney\u0027s Management Corp. well. The firm made a big splash when it was hired as mechanical contractor for the Georgia Aquarium, the world\u0027s largest. McKenney is chairman and chief executive officer of the firm founded by his father, John M. McKenney, Com 32, in 1943. His son, John, IE 90, is president and represents the third generation to manage the company.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout 500 co-op students have been hired by McKenney\u0027s since 1976 and in 2005, Tech\u0027s Briarean Society named McKenney the Co-op Employer of the Year. He was named to the Stewart\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\nSchool of\n\n\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering Hall of Fame in 2002 and the College of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni in 1994 and received the Georgia Tech Young Alumni Service Award in 1974. McKenney received the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers ALCO\u0027s award for distinguished public service in 2006 and the Greater Atlanta Engineer of the Year in Construction Award in 1974 and 1991.\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his Tech degrees, McKenney holds a master\u0027s in business administration from\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\nGeorgia\n\n\nState\n\n\nUniversity. He is a trustee of the Georgia Tech Foundation and chair of the Bobby Dodd Institute. He formerly was president of the executive committee of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, vice chairman of the Atlanta Campaign Steering Committee and chair of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Advisory Board. He is a deacon and ordained elder of St. Luke\u0027s Presbyterian Church in\n\n\nDunwoody, Ga. He and his wife, Sarah, have two other grown children Susan and Scott, and live in\n\n\nAtlanta.\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a student, \u003Cstrong\u003EMilt Stewart\u003C\/strong\u003E worked for Frank F. Groseclose, founder of Georgia Tech\u0027s industrial engineering program, who encouraged him to continue his studies and earn a graduate degree. But after graduating with an industrial engineering degree in 1961, Stewart returned home to help grow the family business, Standard Telephone Co., in Cornelia. At 31, he became head of the company, expanding it as such opportunities as cable television arose. In 1987, he and his sister, Kay Swanson, established the Standard Group. Arkansas-based Alltel purchased Standard Telephone in 1998.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2006, he and his wife, Carolyn, in a spectacular demonstration of philanthropy, made a $20 million commitment to Georgia Tech. In turn, the Institute named its\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\nSchool of\n\n\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering in his honor. Stewart has been generous in his support of Tech. He established the H. Milton Stewart Jr. Endowment Fund for ISyE Programs in 1995 and the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in 1999. He also has supported scholarships for female students coming to Georgia Tech from\n\n\n\nHabersham\n\n\nHigh School.\n\u003Cp\u003EHe earned an MBA from\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\nEmory\n\n\nUniversity in 1981 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from\n\n\n\nPiedmont\n\n\nCollege in 1989. Stewart was elected to serve on the Georgia Tech Alumni Association board of trustees in 1988 and three years later to the executive committee, becoming its president in 1995. He is a trustee emeritus of the Georgia Tech Foundation, former chairman of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Advisory Board and former member of the\n\n\n\nCollege of\n\n\nEngineering Advisory Board.\n\u003Cp\u003EThe family has a white-and-gold tradition. Stewart\u0027s son, Jeb, Cls 91, is married to Stephanie, CE 97. Stewart\u0027s daughter, Jill, Mgt 93, is married to Glenn Archer, Mgt 91.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-03-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59935":{"#nid":"59935","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Welcomes New Advisory Board Members","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMike Anderson\u003C\/strong\u003E (BIE 1979), \u003Cstrong\u003EWalter G. Ehmer\u003C\/strong\u003E (BIE 1989), \u003Cstrong\u003EEdward M. Rogers\u003C\/strong\u003E (BIE 1982, MS IL 2002), \u003Cstrong\u003EStephen J. Rogers\u003C\/strong\u003E (BIE 1981), and \u003Cstrong\u003EJulio Villafane\u003C\/strong\u003E (BIE 1985) recently joined the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Advisory Board. The Board, comprised of distinguished professionals and community leaders, serves as a sounding board for the School Chair in an advisory capacity as well as assists with the School\u0027s development goals.  Each member brings extensive industry knowledge and unique expertise to this role and will serve a five year term (2007-2011). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are delighted to welcome our newest members to the ISyE Advisory Board. Their commitment and dedication to the Stewart School is extremely valuable to ISyE\u0027s continued success,\u0022 said Chelsea C. White, III, ISyE School Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMike Anderson\u003C\/strong\u003E is corporate services vice president for the Georgia Power Company.  His responsibilities include corporate safety, labor relations, fleet management, and building services. Anderson also serves as president and CEO of Georgia Power Childcare, LLC.  Since joining Georgia Power in 1979, Anderson has held numerous leadership positions in Capital Budgeting, System Planning, Customer Operations, Information Technology, Marketing, and External Affairs.  Prior to joining Georgia Power, Anderson was recruited from Texas Instruments Government Products Division in Dallas, Texas where he authored design criteria of nuclear warhead guidance systems technology for the U.S. military.  Anderson is an Atlanta native.  He and his wife Andreane have one son, Christopher, a senior at Georgia Tech.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWalt Ehmer\u003C\/strong\u003E is president and chief operating officer of Waffle House. He joined the company in the Purchasing Department in 1992. He was promoted to director in 1996, vice president in 1999, chief financial officer in 2001 and president and chief operating officer in 2005. In addition, he serves as chairman of Ozark Waffles, an operation of 38 Waffle House restaurants in Arkansas. He was president of Alpha Tau Omega and has continued his involvement with the fraternity, since graduation, by serving on its board. He was co-chair of the Thousand Club for the 54th Roll Call Leadership Circle, and he has served on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Ehmer also has raised funds for cancer, leukemia and cystic fibrosis research. He lives in Dunwoody, Georgia, with his wife, Cindy, and their three children, Gregory, Anna Kate and Lesley.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEd Rogers\u003C\/strong\u003E is a senior staff manager with United Parcel Service\u0027s corporate strategy group in Atlanta, Georgia. He has twenty-five years of experience in industrial engineering, program management, management consulting, business process redesign, operations improvement and strategy development. Rogers joined the UPS corporate industrial engineering department in 1994 and has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility.  Prior to UPS, he served as a U.S. Air Force officer from 1983-87, managing programs to modernize defense industry manufacturing capabilities and reduce acquisition costs. He was an engineering management consultant with BDM International in Dayton, Ohio from 1987-1989 and later with the SysteCon division of Coopers \u0026amp; Lybrand Consulting from 1989-94 where he consulted on a variety of manufacturing and logistics systems improvement projects for more than twenty clients, including UPS.  In addition to his Georgia Tech degrees, Rogers earned a master\u0027s in engineering management from the University of Dayton in 1994.  He and his wife Jeanette, ChE 1983, have three children and reside in Roswell, Georgia. Their eldest daughter Kyla is an undergraduate at Georgia Tech; their other two children, Matlock and Kay, are students at Roswell High School.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESteve Rogers\u003C\/strong\u003E is vice president of integrated supply chain for IBM Integrated Supply Chain, where he has worked for 25 years.  He joined IBM in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1981 after graduating from Georgia Tech.  He spent the first five years in various production engineering and planning roles for IBM printing and banking products.  After receiving an Executive MBA from Wake Forest University in 1986, Rogers held various financial management positions including manager of Financial Analysis for IBM\u0027s Personal Computer Division.  He was the division controller for IBM\u0027s PC business in North and South America.  Later he became the server group controller for Manufacturing where he had responsibility for all IBM\u0027s server manufacturing locations worldwide and had a seat on IBM\u0027s Corporate Manufacturing Operations Board in Somers, New York.  He then became worldwide VP of Finance and Operations for IBM\u0027s System X Server division in Raleigh, North Carolina.  In January of 2002, Rogers joined the newly formed IBM Integrated Supply Chain organization as director of supply chain for the Retail Store Solutions business.  In August of 2003, Rogers returned to New York to take on the role of VP for Demand\/Supply and Inventory Planning for all IBM hardware brands.  In June of 2006, Rogers took on his current role where he is responsible for the end to end supply chain execution for two separate multi-billion dollar brands.  He currently resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut with his wife of 21 years and three sons.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJulio Villafane\u003C\/strong\u003E is vice president of strategic account management for Motorola Sales and Services Inc. He is responsible for managing Motorola\u0027s business efforts with Telefonica Latin America, the region\u0027s largest telecommunications company with over $53 billion dollars invested and 112 million customers across 19 Countries.  In his ten years with the company, Villafane has implemented aggressive market penetration strategies that resulted in increased revenues, increased market share and solid relationships with the region\u0027s telecommunication power players.  These efforts helped position Motorola as the undisputed leader in several arenas including radio communications, digital video, and MSO broadband technologies.  Prior to joining Motorola, Villafane held several international telecommunications sales management roles with EF Johnson (EFJ) Company, a leader in the two way radio industry.  He helped to establish and staff the Latin American go to market organization with offices in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and HQs in Miami, Florida.  He first entered the telecommunications industry as an outside plant facilities engineer at BellSouth, and developed his management and sales skills as an international management consultant at Peat, Marwick and Mitchell.  In addition to his Georgia Tech degree, Villafane holds an MBA in Finance and International Business with national academic honors from Mercer University.  He is of Salvadoran descent and lives in Miami with his wife, and four children.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-05-24 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-05-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59948":{"#nid":"59948","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Top industry executives interact with students: session videotaped, available for download","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach semester, Dr. \u003Cstrong\u003EJudith Norback\u003C\/strong\u003E, ISyE\u0027s director of Workplace and Academic Communication, pulls together a group of top industry executives from a variety of fields to interact directly with ISyE students in Senior Design. This year\u0027s panel included \u003Cstrong\u003EChip Robert\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1960, recently retired chairman and treasurer of Robert Ltd.; \u003Cstrong\u003EDavid McKenney\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1964, chairman and CEO of McKenney\u0027s Inc.; \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn McKenney\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1990, president of McKenney\u0027s Inc.; and\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cstrong\u003EJeb Stewart\u003C\/strong\u003E , Cls. 1991 chairman and CEO of SciHealth Holdings, Inc. and president of Xana Management.\n\u003Cp\u003EThe discussion can be downloaded in \u003Ca class=\u0022moz-txt-link-freetext\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/video\/2007\/04\/wcp32907.wmv\u0022\u003EWindows Media\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca class=\u0022moz-txt-link-freetext\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/video\/2007\/04\/wcp32907.mov\u0022\u003EiPod format\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022All our panel discussions are interactive and give students a rare opportunity to ask questions of CEOs. The panelists discuss the most important communication skills needed to move up the career ladder,\u0022 said Norback.   The executives in Norback\u0027s panels also concentrate on communication skills for cross-cultural business interaction. After the one-hour panel interaction, time is allowed for students to meet the executives one-on-one. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Panel is one part of the workforce communication instruction for the Senior Design course.  Making our graduate\u0027s job competitive and enabling them to move quickly up the career ladder are the two goals of the instruction.  Other workforce communication instructional elements include small group feedback in the Workforce Communication Lab before and after class presentations, videotaping of class presentations, and an in-class Tutorial on Workforce Presentation. The instruction is based on interviews conducted with practicing ISyEs, managers, and CEOs of organizations employing many IEs.   \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPast executives and companies who have participated in the ISyE Senior Executive Panel on Workforce Communication include: \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBird Blitch\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1997, Broadsource\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPepper Bullock\u003C\/strong\u003E, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWally Buran\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1975, MSIE 1978, Edenfield Executive-in-Residence, ISyE at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlan Dabbiere\u003C\/strong\u003E, Wandering WiFi\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETom Dozier\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1963, GoldMech\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChuck Easley\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIM 1886, Kurt Salmon Associates\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMel Hall\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1967, Comprehensive Health Services\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJody Markopoulos\u003C\/strong\u003E, GE\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDon Pirkle\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1958, Dow Chemical\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBill Reed\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1957, MSIE 1963, Kurt Salmon Associates\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChip Robert\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1960, Robert Ltd.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Sanders\u003C\/strong\u003E, Delta Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJeb Stewart\u003C\/strong\u003E , Cls. 1991, SciHealth  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the panel, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/communication\u0022\u003Ewww.isye.gatech.edu\/communication\u003C\/a\u003E.  \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-04-02 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59934":{"#nid":"59934","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ROUTE 2007 Provides International Forum for Scientific Exchange","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EROUTE 2007, a biennial international workshop on vehicle routing and transportation, took place on May 13-16 at Jekyll Island, Georgia.  The purpose of the workshop was to provide a forum for scientific exchange and cooperation in the fields of vehicle routing, intermodal transportation and related areas.  The Stewart School\u0027s Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL) supported this year\u0027s program.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This year\u0027s workshop was a great success because it was attended by most of the leading academic researchers in the area of transportation,\u0022 said Conference Chairperson Dr. Martin Savelsbergh.  Attendees included close to forty experts representing universities from across the globe.   \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s presentations are available online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/presentations\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/presentations\/\u003C\/a\u003E.  Previous editions of ROUTE have been hosted by the Technical University of Denmark (2000, 2003) and the University of Bologna (2005).  The next ROUTE workshop is scheduled to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about ROUTE 2007, contact Martin Savelsbergh at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:martin.savelsbergh@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emartin.savelsbergh@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or visit the website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-06-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59947":{"#nid":"59947","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE takes top billing once again in U. S. News and World Report * America\u0027s Best Graduate Schools for 2007 * 2008","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech took top billing once again as the number one graduate program in the category of industrial\/manufacturing engineering, according to \u003Cem\u003EU. S. News and World Report\u0027s 2007 * 2008 Graduate Rankings\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThis year nine of the 11 programs within Georgia Tech\u0027s\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\nCollege of\n\n\nEngineering ranked among the top 10 in their respective disciplines, led by ISyE.   ISyE was ranked number one for the 17th straight year.\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EChelsea C. White III, ISyE School Chair, is pleased to see the School continue to receive this prestigious ranking, \u0022ISyE continues to excel in the U. S. News and World Report rankings, reflecting a lot of hard work on the part of the faculty and staff this past year and in years past. I take pride in the fact that our effort and dedication to excellence in education and research are being recognized.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003ETech\u0027s graduate engineering curriculum maintained its national stature, ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.  The nine engineering programs ranked in the top 10 are: aerospace (5th), biomedical (2nd), civil (4th), computer (6th), electrical (7th), environmental (6th), industrial and systems (1st), materials (9th) and mechanical (7th).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E published the 2008 rankings this April in a special edition, \u0022America\u0027s Best Graduate Schools\u0022 guidebook. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E--\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering \u003C\/strong\u003Eat Georgia Tech is the largest and most prestigious program in industrial engineering in the United States. More than 10,000 graduates of the School can be found in consulting, engineering, financial services, healthcare, transportation, nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurial enterprises, law, retail, and major academic institutions around the world. Nearly one in ten Georgia Tech ISyE graduates rise to the top positions of their respective organizations, and distinguished faculty members are internationally known for their research in virtually every subdiscipline of industrial and systems engineering and operations research. For more information about ISyE at Georgia Tech, please visit the ISyE homepage at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-04-03 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59946":{"#nid":"59946","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wu Receives Honorary Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E Jeff Wu, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics and professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, recently received an Honorary Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for his research contributions in statistical theory, methods and quality engineering and for fostering collaborations and interactions between the statistical communities in the U.S. and China. Wu states \u0022As China\u0027s economy is rapidly expanding, its science and technology will play a more prominent role in the world stage. I hope my connections with CAS will help contribute toward Georgia Tech\u0027s initiatives in building closer collaborations with .\u0022 Wu is the first statistician to have received this honor from CAS.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EWu is known for his innovative and high-impact work in modern Design of Experiments (DOE) which has helped western manufacturing industries greatly improve quality. Over the years, his research groups from the University of Wisconsin, the University of Waterloo in Canada, the University of Michigan, and Georgia Tech, have developed various methods to build a comprehensive system for running experiments, modeling data, and system optimization\/robustness. This work has culminated in the publication of two books:  \u003Cem\u003EExperiments: Planning, Analysis, and Parameter Design Optimization,\u003C\/em\u003E (with Hamada) 2000, John Wiley; and \u003Cem\u003EA Modern Theory of Factorial Designs\u003C\/em\u003E (with Mukerjee) 2006, Springer.\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EEstablished in 1955, the Academic Divisions of the\n\n\n\nChinese\n\n\nAcademy of Sciences (CASAD) is the highest advisory body of the State in science and technology. It is comprised of six divisions:  Mathematics and Physics, Chemistry, Life Sciences and Medicine, Earth Sciences, Information Technical Science, and Technological Sciences. It offers advice on the programs, plans and major decisions of the State on S\u0026amp;T development, provides research reports on major S\u0026amp;T issues in China\u0027s economic construction and social development, presents suggestions on strategies and mid and long-term objectives of various disciplines, and gives evaluation and guidance to academic issues in major research fields and organizations.\u003C\/h2\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-04-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59944":{"#nid":"59944","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Eva Lee and Client Sloan-Kettering Chosen as Finalist in International Competition for Operations Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EATLANTA, GA, April 17, 2007 * ISyE Associate Professor Eva K. Lee, in collaboration with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), has been named one of only five finalists for the Franz Edelman award, an international competition acknowledging exceptional achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Lee and her client, MSKCC, are being recognized for their entry entitled \u0022Operations Research Answers to Cancer Therapeutics.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EAs the world\u0027s oldest and largest private cancer center, MSKCC seeks next-generation cancer treatment advances to enhance its ability to treat patients effectively, both in terms of improved care and reduced cost. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003ELee holds dual appointments as associate professor in both ISyE and the Winship Cancer Institute in the\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\nSchool of\n\n\nMedicine at\n\n\n\nEmory\n\n\nUniversity . Further, Lee serves as director of the Center for Operations Research in Medicine and HealthCare, a collaborative education and research center established between ISyE, Georgia Tech\/Emory Health Systems Institute, and medical and healthcare researchers in different disciplines.\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe winner of the Franz Edelman competition will be announced at a special awards banquet during The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS\u003Csup\u003E*\u003C\/sup\u003E) Conference on O.R. Practice in \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\nVancouver from April 29-May 1, 2007. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/Practice07\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/Practice07\/\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EEvery year, the Franz Edelman competition recognizes outstanding examples of Operations Research (O.R.)-based projects that have transformed companies, entire industries, and people\u0027s lives. O.R. uses advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions and is a disciplined way by which management can improve organizational performance in a wide variety of situations, in nearly any type of organization in the public or private sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EPast Franz Edelman winners have included Motorola, Merrill Lynch, Canadian Pacific Railway, and IBM.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EOperations researchers working with Sloan-Kettering devised sophisticated optimization modeling and computational techniques to implement an intra-operative 3D treatment planning system for brachytherapy (the placement of radioactive \u0022seeds\u0022 inside a tumor) that offers a safer and more reliable treatment. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe real-time intra-operative planning system eliminates pre-operation simulation and post-implant imaging analysis. Based on the range of costs of these procedures, Professor Eva Lee has estimated conservatively that their elimination nationwide could save on the order of $450 million a year for prostate cancer care alone. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EAs reported in a recent article by Dr. Michael Zelefsky and his colleagues at MSKCC \u0022real-time intraoperative planning consistently achieved optimal coverage of the prostate with the prescription dose with concomitant low doses delivered to the urethra and rectum. Biochemical control outcomes were excellent at 5 years and late toxicity was unusual. These data demonstrate that real-time planning methods can consistently and reliably deliver the intended dose distribution to achieve an optimal therapeutic ratio between the target and normal tissue structures.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EResulting reduction of complications (45-60%) due to plans that deliver less radiation to healthy structures improves the quality-of-life for patients, and has a profound impact on the cost for interventions to manage side-effects. Drs Lee and Zaider also reported that the procedure uses significantly fewer seeds and needles compared to current best-practice procedures. Thus the procedure time is shortened and less invasive, and there is less blood loss. As a result, patients experience less pain and recover faster.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003ENational distribution of this system will allow achievement of consistent treatment planning across different clinics, thus reducing the variability in the quality of treatment plans. The resulting plans limit urethral dose, decrease the operator-dependency, and reduce the influence of the learning curve associated with prostate brachytherapy. These all have important consequences for the outcome of treated patients. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe system allows for dynamic dose correction, thus helping the training of clinicians and residents to develop effective and safe treatment plans. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EThe additional 2007 Franz Edelman finalists are:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Col type=\u00221\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECoca-Cola\u003C\/strong\u003E, for a project entitled \u0022Optimizing Distribution at Coca-Cola Enterprises\u0022\n\n\u003Cp\u003E    \u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Coast Guard\u003C\/strong\u003E, for \u0022Maximizing Aircraft Availability by Managing Aircraft Maintenance Throughput at the Coast Guard Aircraft Repair and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\n\n    Supply\n\n\n    Center \u0022\n\n\u003Cp\u003E    \u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHewlett-Packard\u003C\/strong\u003E, for \u0022Procurement Risk Management at Hewlett-Packard Company\u0022\n\n\u003Cp\u003E    \u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDaimlerChrysler and J.D. Power\u003C\/strong\u003E for \u0022PIN Incentive Planning System: A Decision Support System for Planning Automobile Manufacturers\u0027 Pricing and Promotions\u0022 \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EAdditional information about the Edelman Competition is online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scienceofbetter.org\/Edelman\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.scienceofbetter.org\/Edelman\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-04-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59942":{"#nid":"59942","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The 2007 Edition of the Great Package Race is Underway","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003Ctable width=\u0022220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00227\u0022 cellpadding=\u00220\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\n\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGreat Package Race is underway. Professor Bartholdi  assists student in stuffing packages.\u003C\/td\u003E\n\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Friday, April 13th, Professor Bartholdi\u0027s class contacted UPS, FedEx, and DHL to carry identical packages to contacts in:  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYangon\u003C\/strong\u003E: until recently, capital of Myanmar; formerly known as Rangoon, Burma \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETikrit\u003C\/strong\u003E: administrative center of the province of Salah ad Din, Iraq \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHarare\u003C\/strong\u003E: the capital of Zimbabwe \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFlorianopolis\u003C\/strong\u003E: an island off the coast of southern Brazil \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EApia\u003C\/strong\u003E, Samoa: in the western pacific \u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\n\u003Ctable width=\u0022220\u0022 height=\u0022188\u0022 cellspacing=\u00227\u0022 cellpadding=\u00221\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\n\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPackages include GT memorabilia\u003C\/td\u003E\n\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E  Sites are chosen based on locations that challenge the business processes of the multinational package carriers. It is remarkable that most packages eventually reach their destinations, even under difficult circumstances, but there have been some dramatic lapses. One package was carried back-and-forth across the Atlantic Ocean nine times before delivery. Another was sent to Costa Rica instead of Croatia. One carrier claimed that the destination country did not exist. (It does.) \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere have been dramatic finishes as well. In 2006, UPS beat DHL to Croatia by 3 minutes. One race ended in a tie when delivery folk from competing companies arrived at the door simultaneously, even though the packages had taken completely different routes to the destination. Technically FedEx made the delivery first, but we gave extra credit to the UPS person for courtesy in holding the door. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jjb\/wh\/package-race\/package-race.html\u0022\u003EFollow the 2007 Package Race here.\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-04-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59940":{"#nid":"59940","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Eleventh Annual 3PL Study released","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn an annual basis, Dr. C. John Langley Jr. of Georgia Tech conducts an industry-leading study on the use of third party logistics services in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.  Working with and sponsored by industry experts at Capgemini LLC, DHL, and SAP, this research examines critical trends among key markets and key customers in the 3PL industry.  The study is recognized as one of the most valuable, continuing sources of up-to-date information on this major logistics industry sector.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe final report of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/studies\/2006.3PL.Report.pdf\u0022\u003E2006 Eleventh Annual 3PL Study is available for download\u003C\/a\u003E.  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On April 4th, the group toured Norfolk Southern\u0027s John W. Whitaker Intermodal Terminal in Austell.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022In class, we teach operations research, industrial engineering, and information systems, but in an abstract way.  To provide a link between what they learn in class with real world practice, we schedule about 10 tours throughout the semester of various manufacturing, distribution, and transportation facilities,\u0022 said Professor Chen Zhou. \u0022These tours really complement what they learn in classes.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E Norfolk Southern\u0027s Hub Manager, Dave Beasley, led the tour of the terminal.  The first stop was the control tower where students could view the 450 acres of the terminal that includes 3,300 parking spaces as well as 20,000 feet of unloading track.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ctable height=\u0022198\u0022 cellspacing=\u00220\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 width=\u0022220\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022\u003E\n\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\n\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe tour stops long enough to capture a group photograph. \u003C\/td\u003E\n\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\n\u003C\/table\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENorfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) is a Virginia-based holding company with headquarters in Norfolk. It owns a major freight railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, which operates approximately 21,800 route miles in 22 states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario. The Austell hub is an intermodal hub. 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The program was created to develop logistics professionals with logistics and supply chain management knowledge as well as research and industrial expertise in the context of and the Asia Pacific region. The program, which is jointly conducted by NUS and Georgia Tech, leads to two degrees: a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMore on the Global Logistics Scholars: \u003C\/em\u003EThe Global Logistics Scholar is a certificate program sponsored by the Supply Chain Logistics Institute (SCL) at Georgia Tech. The curriculum is designed for MSIE students and includes logistics seminars and tours, TLI professional education short courses, and other special events (at least one event per semester). Selected students participate in academic and extra-curricular activities with students enrolled in other international programs, allowing them to interact with logistics faculty, industry professionals and potential employers.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-04-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"57791":{"#nid":"57791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Global Red Alert: Humanitarian Relief Logistics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Summer 2007 issue of \u003Cem\u003EEngineering Enterprise\u003C\/em\u003E features the work of Professors Ergun, Keskinocak, and Swann in humanitarian relief logistics.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/news\/pdfs\/EEHumanitarianRelief.pdf\u0022\u003ERead the article\u003C\/a\u003E where they discuss how many crisis response inefficiencies can be avoided with advanced planning and capacity building, as well as effective management of response activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Summer 2008 issue of \u003Cem\u003EEngineering Enterprise\u003C\/em\u003E features the work of Professors Ergun, Keskinocak, and Swann in humanitarian relief logistics. 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Out of the twenty student groups who competed, three were selected as finalists to present their projects to faculty, students, and industry sponsors on December 12, 2007.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ESteven Hackman\u003C\/strong\u003E, the faculty coordinator for Senior Design stated \u0022Although we had several strong projects completed this semester, these three really stand out in terms of technical challenges as well as the potential value they bring to the sponsor.\u0022  Finalists engaged in projects sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office Depot, and Whirlpool Corporation.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOf the three finalists, the winning team included \u003Cstrong\u003EAllan Garcia\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJason Hoff\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EMary Beth LaHatte\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAlejandro Leyva\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Shea\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EAshley Thompson \u003C\/strong\u003Ewho worked with the CDC on a project entitled \u0022Developing an Effective Production and Distribution Method to Eradicate Mosquitoes in Sudan, Africa.\u0022  Based on the technical expertise involved in this project and the resulting impact to the client, these students were awarded first prize in the overall competition.  The sponsor contact was Dr. Mark Benedict with Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ECraig Tovey \u003C\/strong\u003Eserving as faculty advisor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe CDC has proposed the use of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to reduce the Anopheline mosquito populations in Sudan, Africa.  SIT is a method of biological control that involves the mass rearing of insects in a production facility and the sterilization of males by exposing them to low doses of radiation, or to chemosterilants.  Malaria is transmitted exclusively by female mosquitoes.  SIT effectively breaks the chain of reproduction when a female mates with sterile males, as female mosquitoes mate once in a lifetime.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe purpose of this project was to establish and provide a set of guidelines and recommendations that will aid in the implementation of SIT to\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nreduce the Anopheline mosquito populations in Sudan.  Team members began by estimating the population densities of adult mosquitoes at the designated release sites in Merowe and determining a location for the production facility.  They not only designed the production process, but provided tools for decision making, and performed an analysis of the most significant costs involved in implementation.  Their research showed that the most effective means to implement SIT depends on the conditions in Merowe, such as time of year and the river level.  As a result of this finding, the group developed a software tool that finds the best strategy based on a set of factors input by a user.  This software tool can be used to determine the best SIT strategy in other parts of the world affected by malaria.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERunners-up in the competition included team members \u003Cstrong\u003EAhmed Bajwa\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAlison Kao\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EStephanie Lake\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EEmil Loewy\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ESantiago Quintero\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EVivian Hernandez\u003C\/strong\u003E.  These individuals worked with Office Depot on a project entitled \u0022Depot Materials Handling Model.\u0022  The sponsor contact was Scott King and the faculty advisor was Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ESeong-Hee Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOffice Depot has a 550,000 square foot warehouse in Atlanta that services 156 retail stores in the Southeast.  One of the problems Office Depot faces in this facility is that they are unable to determine the optimal number of material handling devices and batteries necessary to maneuver pallets and pick material.  Further, it is difficult for the company to determine how many of these devices they should purchase verses how many they should rent.  To address the problem, team members developed and implemented simulation and optimization models to 1) minimize the total number of machines required, 2) create an equipment schedule, 3) determine the best number of machines and batteries to purchase and rent, and 4) provide a standardized equipment usage model.  As a result, students showed Office Depot a potential savings of more than 33% from current costs, which equates to approximately $550K annually.  In addition, the students\u0027 model can be applied to other Office Depot facilities with a total potential savings of more than $9M annually.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is the third group I have sponsored since participating in the program myself as a student, and I have a fourth group slated for next semester,\u0022 said \u003Cstrong\u003EScott D. King\u003C\/strong\u003E, BS IE 2004, project engineer, Office Depot. \u0022It is truly amazing what a group of young minds are able to accomplish in such a short time. It\u0027s a testament to the education and training they receive at the institute. Many of my colleagues agree that the particular discipline of engineering a student pursues is not as essential as learning the skills of analytical problem solving (or as we refer to it \u0022thinking like an engineer\u0022). These design project present the students with real-world problems, and are the perfect opportunity to put this into practice.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe third finalist team to present included \u003Cstrong\u003EBrandon Tubandt\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJacob Robinson\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJessie Spencer\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EKathryn Oliver\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003ETimothy Dennis \u003C\/strong\u003Ewho worked with Whirlpool Corporation on a project entitled \u0022Quality Express Routing.\u0022  The sponsor contact was Hisham Khaki and Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EShabbir Ahmed \u003C\/strong\u003Eserved as the team\u0027s faculty advisor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhirlpool supplies the Atlanta region with more than 1700 different appliance types, all from a distribution center located in Ellenwood, Georgia.  The distribution center receives orders from multiple sources on a daily basis and routes trucks to make the deliveries.  The routes produced by the current process are inefficient, resulting in high transportation costs.  To address Whirlpool\u0027s routing problem, team members developed a software tool, Quality Express Routing, which takes input from Whirlpool\u0027s database and mapping software and uses optimization techniques to determine improved routes while reducing overall mileage.  Further, the output is in a standardized format, making it easy to understand.  Based on comparisons between the current routes and the routes produced by Quality Express Routing, implementation of the tool will reduce transportation costs by more than 22%, resulting in close to $600,000 in annual savings.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\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.  Students typically work in teams of five to six individuals with 15-25 Senior Design groups running each semester.  Each group is advised by an ISyE faculty member, and the faculty coordinator manages the overall course.  Companies interested in submitting a project for consideration can either contact the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Dr. \u003Cstrong\u003EChen Zhou \u003C\/strong\u003Eat 404 894-2326, or they can post a project through the ISyE webpage at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\u0022\u003Ewww.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\u003C\/a\u003E.  Senior design teams look for projects before the start of the fall and spring semesters. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree student teams working with the CDC, Office Depot, and Whirlpool Corporation competed to win first prize in ISyE\u0027s Senior Design competition at the end of fall semester, 2007.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Senior Design Finalists Compete for First Prize"}],"uid":"27216","created_gmt":"2007-12-20 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:39","author":"Ruth Gregory","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-12-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-12-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57781":{"id":"57781","type":"image","title":"CDC project team","body":null,"created":"1449176051","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:54:11","changed":"1475894506","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:46","alt":"CDC project team","file":{"fid":"190658","name":"trg69439.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trg69439.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trg69439.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":29356,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/trg69439.jpg?itok=lCOuGaHx"}},"57782":{"id":"57782","type":"image","title":"Office Depot project team","body":null,"created":"1449176051","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:54:11","changed":"1475894506","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:46","alt":"Office Depot project team","file":{"fid":"190659","name":"tzl68990.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzl68990.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzl68990.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39526,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tzl68990.jpg?itok=MMmi-WyS"}},"57783":{"id":"57783","type":"image","title":"Whirlpool project team","body":null,"created":"1449176051","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:54:11","changed":"1475894506","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:46","alt":"Whirlpool project team","file":{"fid":"190660","name":"tcx68990.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tcx68990.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tcx68990.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":28509,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tcx68990.jpg?itok=XTlskBBP"}}},"media_ids":["57781","57782","57783"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"123","name":"CDC"},{"id":"2227","name":"Craig Tovey"},{"id":"8005","name":"Hackman"},{"id":"8004","name":"Office Depot"},{"id":"167319","name":"senior design"},{"id":"169602","name":"Seong-Hee Kim"},{"id":"169661","name":"Shabbir Ahmed"},{"id":"170903","name":"Stewar School"},{"id":"8003","name":"Whirpool"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"57619":{"#nid":"57619","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bees, Order Picking and Self-Organizing Logistics Systems","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESupply Chain Digest\u003C\/em\u003E - July 6, 2007\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo what is \u0022self-organizing logistics?\u0022  Well, it has something to do, literally, with the birds and the bees, or I guess the bees and the ants.  Somehow, Dr. \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Bartholdi\u003C\/strong\u003E observes, bees in the hive are able to run incredibly effective \u0022logistics\u0022 operations, without the benefit of software, pick-to-light systems, or even RFID.  In fact, they don\u0027t even have a boss.  The queen gets treated royally, but she doesn\u0027t tell the drones what to do.  To read the complete article, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scdigest.com\/assets\/FirstThoughts\/07-07-06.php?cid=1110\u0022\u003Ewww.scdigest.com\/assets\/FirstThoughts\/07-07-06.php?cid=1110\u003C\/a\u003E   \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-07-06 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:32","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"57644":{"#nid":"57644","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wine:  A Case for Consistency","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIndustrial Engineer\u003C\/em\u003E - August 2007; Volume 39, Number 8\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Supply Chain and Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech\u0027s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering is leading an international consortium to improve temperature-controlled supply chains and reduce the variability that wine is subject to in its journey to the consumer.  With the expertise of professors John Bartholdi, Ph.D., and Don Ratliff, Ph.D., the Georgia Tech team is collaborating with colleagues from around the world to form the Wine Supply Chain Council.  There are many challenges to moving wine, said Bartholdi, beginning with its status as a natural product.  Since timing is determined by nature, not planning schedules, the initial portion of the supply chain is a push system.  This must be matched with the remainder of the supply chain which is a pull system, moving products only in response to customer demand.  To read the full story, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iienet.org\u0022\u003Ewww.iienet.org\u003C\/a\u003E (membership required).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-08-01 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:32","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-08-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-08-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"56524":{"#nid":"56524","#data":{"type":"news","title":"EMIL Graduate Named President of World\u0027s 2nd Largest Free Trade Zone","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavid Cohen Solis, MS IL 2006, was recently named president of the \u0022Asoaciacion de Usuarios de la Zona Libre de Colon\u0022 which is the Business Association of the Colon Free Zone.  Founded in 1979, the Colon Free Zone is now the world\u0027s second largest free trade zone, and a tremendous entity at the Atlantic gateway to the Panama Canal.  It is dedicated to re-export an enormous variety of merchandise to Latin America and the Caribbean.  Cohen Solis states \u0022Its primary roll is to look for new business opportunities for its associates through commercial missions to different countries in the region [and] to promote the opportunities and advantages that the Colon Free Zone offers such as a 0% Income Tax on income from exports.\u0022  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPart of the reason for its rapid growth is its strategic advantage of being located near the Panama Canal, which allows it to efficiently serve the entire Americas region.  Nearly all world routes pass the Colon Free Zone, located at the Atlantic gateway to the Panama Canal with access to both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.  The Colon Free Zone also serves several other important functions.  These include collecting donations for community projects in the region and facilitating meetings with diplomats and government officials from around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to taking this new position, Cohen Solis was director of operations at International Hardware in Panama, a wholesaler and distributor of hardware products.  When he entered the Stewart School\u0027s Executive Master\u0027s in International Logistics program, he had 12 years of experience in the business, including international sales and marketing for Ace International in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFurther information about the Colon Free Zone is available at: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.colonfreezone.com\u0022\u003Ewww.colonfreezone.com\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-10-01 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:11","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-10-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-10-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"56523":{"#nid":"56523","#data":{"type":"news","title":"EMIL Offers Scholarships and Hands-on Learning Approach","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause there is such a strong need for educational development in the humanitarian relief community and little money to support that effort, the Executive Master\u0027s in International Logistics (EMIL) program offers a limited number of scholarships for individuals who work in the field of humanitarian logistics.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo read the full article \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/eemag\/pdfs\/20071Summer.pdf\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-10-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:11","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"56525":{"#nid":"56525","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Greg Andrews Joins EMIL as Managing Director","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGreg O. Andrews\u003C\/strong\u003E will join the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering as the Managing Director of the Executive Masters in International Logistics (EMIL) program in August. With 27 years in the logistics and transportation industry and a graduate of the EMIL program, he brings an ideal mix of industry and academic expertise to the program. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Greg has the right blend of experiences across modes as both a provider of and customer for logistics services,\u0022 said EMIL Executive Director John Vande Vate. \u0022As an EMIL alum and advisory board member, he understands the program and is hooked into the alumni network. He is committed to the vision of delivering top quality education in international logistics and supply chain strategy for experienced professionals.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E As managing director, Andrews will coordinate offering annual EMIL classes beginning with a new class in January, 2008 and every September thereafter. He will lead and expand EMIL\u0027s recruiting efforts as well as share in the design and delivery of the international residences.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022I am thrilled to get the chance to return to Tech and to take on this challenge,\u0022 said Andrews. \u0022We have great leadership in Dr. Vande Vate and the supporting faculty. They are an outstanding, knowledgeable group of folks that I really look forward to working with. Engaging major corporations around the world, having our students look at significant global supply chain problems, and helping to re-write the book as we solve global complexities is the very reason that I accepted the job. What better place could there be, right in the heat of the fire. You sharpen steel with steel, that is what we will be doing, sharpening, challenging, and testing our collective knowledge of global logistics and supply chain strategies as the global economy continues its metamorphosis.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E For the past seven years, Andrews has served as Director of Global Logistics and Transportation with ADTRAN Inc., an OEM manufacturer of high-speed telecommunications network transmission equipment located in Huntsville, Alabama. He was responsible for overseeing the logistics infrastructure necessary to support the distribution and manufacturing efforts in Mexico, China, Australia, Taiwan, Europe, and the U.S. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E Prior to joining ADTRAN, Andrews held the position of assistant director, International Intermodal Center for the Port of Huntsville, a multi-modal transportation cargo hub providing air, sea, rail, and truck transportation services for the North Alabama and the Tennessee Valley Region.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E Prior to his work at the International Intermodal Center and the Port of Huntsville, he spent six years in the LTL business working for Smith Transfer and Yellow Freight Corporation. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Administration with a Major in Transportation from the University of Alabama in 1980, and a Master\u0027s of Science in International Logistics from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2005.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E He serves on the Board of Directors for the North Alabama International Trade Association, is an active member of the National Industrial Transportation League serving on its Air Cargo Committee, is a member of The International Intermodal Association of North America, serves on the FedEx Air Cargo Customer Advisory Committee, The Eagle Global Logistics Customer Advisory Board, and has served on the Advisory Board for EMIL. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E He is married to his wife Sharon of 26 years, and has two sons Vincent and Jacob, who both are currently attending the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. In his free time, he enjoys golf, fishing, and the restoration of classic Mopar muscle cars. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-07-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:11","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"50184":{"#nid":"50184","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Receives Thumbs Up From APR Committee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) has successfully completed an Academic Program Review (APR). Every five years, ISyE participates in an APR which affords the opportunity to assess the quality of the academic degree programs while determining ways to improve the quality of education, research and service. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022ISyE has a rich tradition of ongoing institutional improvement,* said Chelsea C. White III, Chair of ISyE.  \u0022Participating in an academic review process is just one of several strategies we use as a vehicle for continuing to improve what we do.* \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe committee\u0027s report, received on March 18, 2007, reconfirmed that ISyE continues to be the preeminent industrial engineering program in the U. S. and the world.  This is also validated by the recent rankings by the U. S. News and World Report.  The committee\u0027s report also stated that ISyE is using its funds effectively to educate and train students at all levels, to develop strong research programs, and to foster active relationships with industry and government agencies worldwide.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The committee\u0027s findings are a reflection on the quality of our students, faculty, and staff and helps the Stewart School of ISyE to maintain its reputation as producing top-notch graduates, offering an extremely innovative curriculum, and generating exceptional research,* said White. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program review committee was comprised of faculty from peer programs and institutions around the country.  The Program Review Committee included: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E(Chair) Dr. Louis Martin-Vega\u003C\/strong\u003E, Dean of Engineering, North Carolina State University; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Susan L. Albin\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor and Director of the Graduate Program, Department of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, Rutgers University; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrancisco Barahona\u003C\/strong\u003E, Research Staff Member, IBM Watson Research Center; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. William Meeker\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor of Statistics and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Yossi Sheffin\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems, Director, MIT Center for Transportation \u0026amp; Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) has successfully completed an Academic Program Review (APR). Every five years, ISyE participates in an APR which affords the opportunity to assess the quality of the academic degree programs while determining ways to improve the quality of education, research and service.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE Receives Thumbs Up From APR Committee"}],"uid":"27216","created_gmt":"2007-05-30 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:12","author":"Ruth Gregory","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50185":{"id":"50185","type":"image","title":"ISyE","body":null,"created":"1449175428","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:48","changed":"1475894471","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:11","alt":"ISyE","file":{"fid":"127137","name":"txd17335.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/txd17335_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/txd17335_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":19673,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/txd17335_0.jpg?itok=yAoAfDGo"}}},"media_ids":["50185"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8076","name":"Academic Program Review Committee"},{"id":"8077","name":"APR"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"50140":{"#nid":"50140","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Hosts*2007 IRMSE Workshop","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe second International Workshop on Interdisciplinary Research in Management Science and Engineering (IRMSE) was held in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech on August 8-10, 2007.  Following the initial IRMSE meeting held at Peking University in China, this workshop provided a forum to discuss timely and important issues in energy, environmental science, nanotechnology, and logistics research.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EServing on the Program Organizing Committee, Stewart School Professor Shijie Deng stated \u0022To host a gathering of the leading researchers from the top universities in China and the U.S. at Georgia Tech is an honor.  Researchers shared insightful views at the forefront of interdisciplinary research issues in logistics, energy policy and risk management, environment and public health, making the second IRMSE meeting a remarkable success.*  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop consisted of formal presentations, designed to serve as catalysts for discussion.  Presenters included:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESession Chair:  \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Shijie Deng\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Professor, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Charles Liotta\u003C\/strong\u003E, Vice Provost of Research and Graduate Studies, Georgia Tech; Welcome Address\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Ming Lei\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor and Chair, Management Science and Engineering Department, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Regional Green Input-output Accounting Analysis: Case Study of Ningxia Province in 1990s*\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Martin Savelsbergh\u003C\/strong\u003E, Schneider Professor, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Per-seat, on-demand air transportation\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Shaun Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Robert W. Batten Chair of Actuarial Science, Robinson School of Business, Georgia State University; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Liquidity and Valuation with Implications in Risk Management\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESession Chair:  \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Ming Lei\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor, Management Science and Engineering Department, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Chelsea White\u003C\/strong\u003E, H. Milton Stewart School Chair and Schneider National Chair, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Logistics and Supply Chain Systems: Trends and Research Opportunities\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Tao Huang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Professor, Management Science and Engineering Department, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022A Supplementary Heuristic Algorithm for Symmetric TSP\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Xiaoming Huo\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Professor, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Recent Developments in Dimension Reduction in Statistical Modeling and Applications\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Dongning Yang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Accelerated Environmental Regulation and Shareholder Returns\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Zhidong Liu\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Professor, Management Science and Engineering Department, Central University of Finance and Economics; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022A Portfolio Selection Model and its Hybrid Genetic Quantitative Algorithm\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESession Chair: \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Ellis Johnson\u003C\/strong\u003E, Coca-Cola Chair and Professor, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Craig Tovey\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Who, What, Why, and How: Four Keys to Successful Interdisciplinary Research\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Craig Hill\u003C\/strong\u003E, Assistant Professor, Robinson School of Business, Georgia State University; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022The Effect of CPFR on Firm Performances: An Empirical Evaluation\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. John Bartholdi\u003C\/strong\u003E, Manhattan Associates Professor of Supply Chain Management, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Deterministic Chaos in a Model of Discrete Manufacturing\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Xin Zhai\u003C\/strong\u003E, Assistant Professor, Management Science and Engineering Department, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Alternative Information Scenarios in Managing and Routing in a 1-Warehouse N-Retailer Distribution System\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESession Chair: \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Tao Huang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Ellis Johnson\u003C\/strong\u003E, Coca-Cola Chair and Professor, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Recent Advances in Airlines Industry Research\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Valerie Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E, Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Reducing Energy Use in Air Transport\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Eva Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Professor, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Multi-modality Mass Dispensing Strategies and Emergency Response for Biodefense and Infectious Disease Outbreaks\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EWenhui Li\u003C\/strong\u003E, Director of Information Technology, Beijing HeLiShi Information Technology Ltd Corporation; \u003Cem\u003E\u00224E Based Design of Beijing Energy Synthesis Management Information System\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Dongjun (D.J.) Wu\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Professor, College of Management, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022IT Contract Design and Procurement Auctions\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EFred Zahrn\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D. Student, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Managing Transportation for Package Delivery: Contracts and Spot Markets\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESession Chair: \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Menglong Le\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor, Shanghai JiaoTong University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, Regents Professor and CoE Distinguished Professor, School of Material Science \u0026amp; Engineering, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Nanotechnology and Nano-biotechnology\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. John-Paul Clark\u003C\/strong\u003E, Associate Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech; \u003Cem\u003E\u0022Towards the Optimum Air Transportation System\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Ellis Johnson\u003C\/strong\u003E, Coca-Cola Chair and Professor, Stewart School of ISyE, Georgia Tech; Workshop Closing Remarks\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2007 IRMSE Workshop was jointly sponsored by the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech and the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in China.  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With the increasing occurrence of natural and man-made disasters that leave massive devastation in their wake, quicker response-times and improved coordinated humanitarian relief efforts are needed to get populations in crisis the aid that they need. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA recently established Center for Humanitarian Relief Logistics at the Stewart School of ISyE seeks to develop advanced response methods and technologies that will have a global impact in this critical area.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"How the Stewart School of ISyE is Making a Global Impact"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Engineering Enterprise is the alumni magazine for the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech.  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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.  GSAC hosts a variety of weekly and annual activities, one being the ISyE Weekly Teas.  These gatherings take place every Wednesday (2:30-3:30PM) during Spring and Fall semesters, providing an informal setting that allows students and faculty to interact.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe weekly tea is a great opportunity for graduate students and faculty to get to know each other and meet new people.* says Dan Steffy, GSAC\u0027s Weekly Tea organizer.  From the start, these events have been very popular with students and faculty alike.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGSAC\u0027s overall role is to provide input to the associate chair for Graduate Studies as it relates to broad issues affecting graduate students in the school as well as to matters that have the potential to enhance the interface between graduate students and school faculty and administration.  The committee consists of four, full-time graduate students, at least three of whom are pursuing Ph.Ds. Members are appointed by the associate chair for Graduate Studies, and term membership is two years.  Current GSAC members include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EClarence Wardell \u003C\/strong\u003E(president), \u003Cstrong\u003ELori Houghtalen\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EFatma Kilinc Karzan\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EDan Steffy\u003C\/strong\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EISyE\u0027s GSAC hosts various activities such as intramural sports teams, the annual Fall Picnic, as well as relevant seminars for faculty and graduate students.  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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) were awarded the Management Science Strategic Innovation Prize (MSSIP) from the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) in July 2007.  \u003Cstrong\u003EAssistant Professor Ozlem Ergun\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAssociate Professor Joel Sokol\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EPh.D. student Lori Houghtalen \u003C\/strong\u003Ewere recognized for their work on air cargo alliances.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir paper entitled \u0022Designing Mechanisms for the Management of Carrier Alliances* addresses the operational issues that arise when cargo carriers form an alliance, taking into account the technical and legal challenges associated with integrating information systems of autonomous carriers and how to best manage alliances to ensure sustainability.  Dr. Sokol states \u0022This research could help airlines decide how to choose alliance partners, how to make themselves more attractive to potential partners, and how to realistically manage the alliance\u0027s resources and revenues in ways that benefit all participants.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEURO offers the MSSIP for outstanding contributions in theory or in practice to a well-chosen scientific area encouraging innovative researchers and possibly entire research groups to focus their work on a domain of a particular strategic interest.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, the scientific domain was LOGISTICS and the prize was awarded at EURO XXII in Prague.  The prize amount of $12,000 Euros is sponsored by SAP AG and it is awarded annually.  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Students, faculty and staff of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering enjoyed an afternoon filled with sunshine, fun, food, music, and games. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHeld on the lawn outside of the Instructional Center, attendees participated in a hot dog eating contest and relay races to win prizes. Faculty awards were given to some of ISyE\u0027s finest:  Associate Chair \u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Griffin \u003C\/strong\u003Ereceived the \u0022Most Well-Rounded Professor* award, Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EAugustine Esogbue \u003C\/strong\u003Ewas voted \u0022Most Difficult Professor* and Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EJoel Sokol \u003C\/strong\u003Ewon the \u0022Most Helpful Professor* award at the afternoon\u0027s festivities. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"IIE and APM hosted the 2007 IE Spring Picnic on April 24, outside the Instructional Center on Georgia Tech\u0027s campus.  Faculty, staff, and students participated in relay races, and other games for prizes.  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As part of this program, Vanguard Software donated licenses of the new Vanguard System to ISyE.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We deeply appreciate this gift from Vanguard Software Corporation. The Vanguard System is a cutting-edge decision support solution and will be a valuable resource for our students and faculty,\u0022 said Chelsea C. White III, the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in ISyE and the Schneider National Chair in Transportation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Vanguard System software is intended to provide valuable student learning experiences in classrooms and computer labs as well as to help faculty advance the state of research. 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For more information, contact Katherine Robertson, Vanguard Software Corporation, at (919) 859-4101 ext. 161 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:katherine.robertson@vanguardsw.com\u0022\u003Ekatherine.robertson@vanguardsw.com\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.vanguardsw.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.vanguardsw.com\u0022\u003Ewww.vanguardsw.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Receives substantial donation of Vanguard System software"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVanguard Software Corporation, the leader in Web-based collaborative modeling software for enterprise simulation and planning, has partnered with the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) through the Vanguard Academic Partnership Program. 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In an effort to help SCL with the formation of its new centers in these areas, the H. Milton Stewart School of ISyE has appointed \u003Cstrong\u003EStephen Downs \u003C\/strong\u003Eas the Edenfield Executive-in-Residence.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDowns has served the Military and Federal Healthcare Systems for over 25 years.  He has held a myriad of senior leadership positions in hospital administration, supply chain management, technology research, acquisition, program support, and healthcare policy development. He is a graduate of the George Washington University Federal Inter-Agency Institute for Health Care Executives, a Senior Fellow with the Council for Excellence in Government in Washington DC, and a former Georgetown University LEGIS Health Care Policy Fellow.  His experience, connections, and drive will be invaluable in establishing ISyE as a leading institution in the area of healthcare and humanitarian logistics.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs Edenfield Executive-in-Residence Downs will contribute to ISyE\u0027s efforts to establish a research and educational program and healthcare and humanitarian logistics in several ways:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E*\tAssist in formulating a strategic plan\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tAssist in formulating a research agenda\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tHelp build a network of collaborating and supporting organizations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tHelp attract research funding\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESCL researchers have interacted with Steve numerous times over the past nine months and have found him to be an energetic, stimulating, and goal oriented person.  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The suffering, loss of productivity, expenditure of scarce health-care resources, coupled with the rising resistance of many pathogens such as MRSA (shown below), make this issue urgent and important.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the challenges of HAIs is that it is difficult and expensive to observe colonization and ascertain whether a patient was infected prior to, or during hospitalization.  In addition, the process by which pathogens spread depends on the behavior of patients, health-care workers, visitors and the community at large. SCL researchers \u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Griffin\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ERay Hagtvedt\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EPinar Keskinocak \u003C\/strong\u003Ehave teamed up with Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta, Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and the Centers for Disease Control to design and evaluate possible approaches to reduce HAI including screening, isolation, and improved hygiene approaches. In addition they are working towards quantifying the non-health-care productivity costs that need to be included in any cost-benefit analysis of policies. The researchers are using simulation to model how different strategies may impact rates of HAIs, their costs in the long and short term, as well as the overall interaction between hospitals and the community.  The research is being funded in part by the Health Systems Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESCL researchers \u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Griffin\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ERay Hagtvedt\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EPinar Keskinocak \u003C\/strong\u003Ehave teamed up with Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta, Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and the Centers for Disease Control to design and evaluate possible approaches to reduce hospital-acquired infection (HAI) including screening, isolation, and improved hygiene approaches.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SCL Researchers Develop Strategies to Reduce HAIs"}],"uid":"27216","created_gmt":"2007-09-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:12","author":"Ruth Gregory","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-09-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50135":{"id":"50135","type":"image","title":"Scanning electron micrograph showing a grouping of","body":null,"created":"1449175428","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:48","changed":"1475894468","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:08","alt":"Scanning electron micrograph showing a grouping of","file":{"fid":"127108","name":"tby19427.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tby19427_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tby19427_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30371,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tby19427_0.jpg?itok=CRy9AKjq"}}},"media_ids":["50135"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"549","name":"HSI"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"167077","name":"scl"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"50207":{"#nid":"50207","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Seong-Hee Kim wins*2007 NSF CAREER Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeong-Hee Kim has been selected as a 2007 recipient of a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering as the Carolyn J. Stewart Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering in January 2008, pending approval by the Board of Regents.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are delighted to have Professor Shi join our faculty,* said Chelsea C. White III, Stewart School Chair. \u0022Jan is an outstanding international research and development leader in quality science and engineering for complex manufacturing.   His innovative research will significantly enhance the School\u0027s reputation and impact in manufacturing.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Shi comes to Georgia Tech from the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan.  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He has led various research projects funded by the National Science Foundation, NIST Advanced Technology Program, General Motors, Daimler-Chrysler, Ford, Lockheed-Martin, Honeywell, Pfizer, and various other industrial companies and funding agencies. The technologies developed in his research group have been implemented in various production systems with significant economic impacts. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Shi has received numerous awards and honors. His most recent awards include the NUTN 2007 Distance Education Innovation Award; 2007 Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers; 2007 Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineering, 2007 Monroe-Brown Foundation Research Excellence Award; Sloan-C 2006 Program Profile Award; and the 2006 Best Paper Award at the Industrial Engineering Research Conference.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Shi is the founding chairperson of the Quality, Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Subdivision at INFORMS. He also serves as the Director of Program in Manufacturing, co-Director of Global Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering, and Director of Laboratory for In-Process Quality Improvement Research (IPQI) at the University of Michigan. He is also the founding Director of the Quality Science Center at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe is currently serving as the (Interim) Editor of IIE Transactions on Quality and Reliability Engineering, Senior Editor of Chinese Journal of Institute of Industrial Engineering and associate editor for the International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems. 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Rouse\u0027s \u003C\/strong\u003Enewest book is \u003Cem\u003EPeople and Organizations:  Explorations of Human-Centered Design\u003C\/em\u003E (John Wiley, published June 2007).  Rouse identifies and discusses the people who operate, maintain, design, research, and manage complex systems, ranging from air traffic control systems, process control plants and manufacturing facilities to industrial enterprises, government agencies and universities. The focus is on the nature of the work these types of people perform, as well as the human abilities and limitations that usually enable and sometimes hinder their work. He also addresses serendipity and how unforeseen connections and distinctions enable innovative approaches to problems as well as solution concepts.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPeople and Organizations \u003C\/em\u003Eis Bill Rouse\u0027s 25th book in a 28 year period.  It integrates 40 years of research, engineering, management, and consulting for a wide range of research sponsors and corporate clients.  Commenting on the integrative nature of this book, Bill noted, \u0022In retrospect, at least, all the pieces of this puzzle fit together quite nicely.  However, as this work was pursued, there were many serendipitous insights and tangents that led to some of our best results.  Looking backward, the patterns are clear, but looking forward, they were by no means as apparent.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Rouse is Executive Director of the Tennenbaum Institute at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Professor in the Institute\u0027s College of Computing and Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. He has held faculty positions at several other leading universities and has founded and led two innovative software companies. He is the author of hundreds of articles. Among his other recent books are \u003Cem\u003EEnterprise Transformation\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EOrganizational Simulation\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EEssential Challenges of Strategic Management\u003C\/em\u003E, all published by Wiley.  Dr. Rouse is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the IEEE, INCOSE, INFORMS, and HFES. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"In \u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam B. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, in conjunction with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) won the prestigious 2007 Franz Edelman Award for work entitled \u0022Operations Research Advances Cancer Therapeutics.*  The award was announced at the annual INFORMS conference on Operations Research Practice in Vancouver on April 30, 2007.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Eva, in conjunction with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , has made an extraordinary difference in the health and well-being of cancer patients,* Chip White said. \u0022I couldn\u0027t be more proud of the work they are doing to help extend access to quality health care for more Americans.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking with Dr. Marco Zaider, head of Brachytherapy Physics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), Lee devised sophisticated optimization modeling and computational techniques to implement an intra-operative 3D treatment planning system for brachytherapy (the placement of radioactive \u0022seeds* inside a tumor) that offers a safer and more reliable treatment of cancer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELee\u0027s optimization models and algorithms guide doctors toward the most effective dose provided by each radioactive seed, the shape of the organ being treated, the locations of tumor cells within the organ and critical structures for which radiation dose should be limited, the sensitivity of tissues to radiation, and the expected shrinkage of the organ after treatment. The system\u0027s goal is to provide consistent tumor-killing radiation doses to the tumor cells while limiting potentially damaging doses to nearby critical structures. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe real-time intra-operative planning system eliminates pre-operation simulation and post-implant imaging analysis.  Based on the range of costs of these procedures, Lee estimates conservatively that their elimination nationwide could save on the order of $450 million a year for prostate cancer care alone. Effectively, this work improves the survival rate of patients with prostate cancer, reduces the side effects of treatment, and reduces costs to the health care system.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs reported in a recent article by Dr. Michael Zelefsky and his colleagues at MSKCC \u0022real-time intraoperative planning consistently achieved optimal coverage of the prostate with the prescription dose with concomitant low doses delivered to the urethra and rectum. Biochemical control outcomes were excellent at 5 years and late toxicity was unusual. These data demonstrate that real-time planning methods can consistently and reliably deliver the intended dose distribution to achieve an optimal therapeutic ratio between the target and normal tissue structures.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResulting reduction of complications (45-60%)  due to plans that deliver less radiation to healthy structures improves the quality-of-life for patients, and has a profound impact on the cost for interventions to manage side-effects. Drs Lee and Zaider also reported that the procedure uses significantly fewer seeds and needles compared to current best-practice procedures. Thus the procedure time is shortened and less invasive, and there is less blood loss. As a result, patients experience less pain and recover faster.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe system is licensed to a medical software company, and its distribution will allow achievement of consistent treatment planning across different clinics, thus reducing the variability in the quality of treatment plans. The resulting plans limit urethral dose, decrease the operator-dependency, and reduce the influence of the learning curve associated with prostate brachytherapy. These all have important consequences for the outcome of treated patients. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe system allows for dynamic dose correction; thus clinicians can make adjustments (and re-optimize) on-the-fly during operations to arrive at the best-possible plan. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe planning system is also an important training tool for inexperienced clinicians and residents to develop effective and safe treatment plans. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBesides prostate, Lee has also been working with medical specialists on advancing treatments for breast, lung, cervical, brain and liver cancers, as well as early diagnosis and prediction of disease for proper intervention.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year, the Franz Edelman competition recognizes outstanding examples of operations research (O.R.) projects that have transformed companies, entire industries and people\u0027s lives.  O.R. uses advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions and is a disciplined way by which management can improve organizational performance in a wide variety of situations, in nearly any type of organization in the public or private sector.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s Franz Edelman finalists included Coca-Cola, The U.S. Coast Guard, Hewlett-Packard and Daimler-Chrysler. Past winners of the award include Motorola, Merrill Lynch, Canadian Pacific Railway and IBM. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is the first time that INFORMS has awarded the Edelman prize for a medical treatment.  Further, the win demonstrates how operations research and mathematics are increasingly bringing improvements to health care, not only in the areas of policy, finance, and public health, but in diagnosis and treatment as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. Eva K. 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The main objective of these gatherings is to promote awareness of common interests and to build collaborative relationships among industry studies scholars.*To learn more about how you can participate in these regional initiatives, email \u003Ca href=\u0027mailto:industrystudiescommittee@sloan.org\u0027\u003Eindustrystudiescommittee@sloan.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) hosted the Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Program at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center on March 30, 2007. This regional program involved more than forty Sloan Industry Studies researchers from twenty universities across the southeastern United States, and highlighted the growing importance of sponsored industry studies on the global economy.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE showcases research at Industry Studies Program"}],"uid":"27216","created_gmt":"2007-05-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:12","author":"Ruth Gregory","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50199":{"id":"50199","type":"image","title":"ISyE","body":null,"created":"1449175437","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:57","changed":"1475894471","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:11","alt":"ISyE","file":{"fid":"127145","name":"tzj17270.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzj17270_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tzj17270_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":19673,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tzj17270_0.jpg?itok=1Jn9teih"}}},"media_ids":["50199"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5044","name":"Foundation"},{"id":"8085","name":"Industry Studies program"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"169413","name":"Sloan"},{"id":"7995","name":"Trucking Industry Program"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"50200":{"#nid":"50200","#data":{"type":"news","title":"JC Lu Named Fellow by ASA","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJye-Chyi (JC) Lu \u003C\/strong\u003Ewas recently inducted as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), a recognition that honors outstanding career contributions in the field of statistics.  Lu joins Stewart School colleagues \u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Kvam \u003C\/strong\u003E(inducted in 2006), \u003Cstrong\u003EKwok-Leung Tsui \u003C\/strong\u003E(inducted 2003), and \u003Cstrong\u003EJeff Wu \u003C\/strong\u003E(inducted 1985), with this distinguished honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The election to fellow is one of the highest honors that the American Statistical Association bestows upon a member,\u0022 said Chelsea C. White III, ISyE School Chair. \u0022Through JC\u0027s exemplary leadership and commitment, he has provided substantial contributions to the field of statistics. I am proud that he joins Paul, Kwok, and Jeff in receiving this notable honor.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELu is a professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech. He received a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1988, and served on the faculty of North Carolina State University (NCSU) before joining ISyE in 1999. He serves as associate editors of \u003Cem\u003ETechnometrics\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Quality Technology\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003EIEEE Transactions on Reliability\u003C\/em\u003E and as session organizer and chair for a number of conferences.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELu is very active in promoting research, education, and extension-service programs that focus on industrial statistics and interdisciplinary studies between statistics, signal processing, semiconductor manufacturing and supply-chain management areas. Among his honors, Lu received the David D. Mason Outstanding Faculty award in Statistics in 1996, the North Carolina State University PAMS College Outstanding Faculty Outreach Award in 1997, and the North Carolina State University Outstanding Extension Service award in 1998. For full biographical details, visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/JC_Lu\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/JC_Lu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe American Statistical Association (ASA) is a scientific and educational society founded in 1839 to promote excellence in the application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year, ASA members nominate their peers as fellows of the ASA. The honorary title of Fellow of the Association recognizes full members of established reputation who have made outstanding contributions in some aspect of statistical work. Given annually, this is a great honor as the numbers of recipients are limited to no more than 1\/3 of 1% of the ASA membership.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Jye-Chyi (JC) Lu was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), a recognition that honors outstanding career contributions in the field of statistics.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"JC Lu Named Fellow by ASA"}],"uid":"27216","created_gmt":"2007-05-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:12","author":"Ruth Gregory","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50201":{"id":"50201","type":"image","title":"Jye-Chyi (JC) Lu","body":null,"created":"1449175437","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:57","changed":"1475894471","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:11","alt":"Jye-Chyi (JC) Lu","file":{"fid":"127146","name":"thy09846.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thy09846_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thy09846_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":27016,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thy09846_0.jpg?itok=DYNxqItf"}}},"media_ids":["50201"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8089","name":"American Statistical Association"},{"id":"8088","name":"ASA"},{"id":"2697","name":"fellow"},{"id":"8086","name":"JC"},{"id":"8087","name":"Lu"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"50194":{"#nid":"50194","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Welcomes New Advisory Board Members","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMike Anderson \u003C\/strong\u003E(BIE 1979), \u003Cstrong\u003EWalter G. 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White, III, ISyE School Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMike Anderson \u003C\/strong\u003Eis corporate services vice president for the Georgia Power Company.  His responsibilities include corporate safety, labor relations, fleet management, and building services. Anderson also serves as president and CEO of Georgia Power Childcare, LLC.  Since joining Georgia Power in 1979, Anderson has held numerous leadership positions in Capital Budgeting, System Planning, Customer Operations, Information Technology, Marketing, and External Affairs.  Prior to joining Georgia Power, Anderson was recruited from Texas Instruments Government Products Division in Dallas, Texas where he authored design criteria of nuclear warhead guidance systems technology for the U.S. military.  Anderson is an Atlanta native.  He and his wife Andreane have one son, Christopher, a senior at Georgia Tech.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWalt Ehmer\u003C\/strong\u003E is president and chief operating officer of Waffle House. He joined the company in the Purchasing Department in 1992. He was promoted to director in 1996, vice president in 1999, chief financial officer in 2001 and president and chief operating officer in 2005. In addition, he serves as chairman of Ozark Waffles, an operation of 38 Waffle House restaurants in Arkansas. He was president of Alpha Tau Omega and has continued his involvement with the fraternity, since graduation, by serving on its board. He was co-chair of the Thousand Club for the 54th Roll Call Leadership Circle, and he has served on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Ehmer also has raised funds for cancer, leukemia and cystic fibrosis research. He lives in Dunwoody, Georgia, with his wife, Cindy, and their three children, Gregory, Anna Kate and Lesley.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEd Rogers\u003C\/strong\u003E is a senior staff manager with United Parcel Service\u0027s corporate strategy group in Atlanta, Georgia. He has twenty-five years of experience in industrial engineering, program management, management consulting, business process redesign, operations improvement and strategy development. Rogers joined the UPS corporate industrial engineering department in 1994 and has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility.  Prior to UPS, he served as a U.S. Air Force officer from 1983-87, managing programs to modernize defense industry manufacturing capabilities and reduce acquisition costs. He was an engineering management consultant with BDM International in Dayton, Ohio from 1987-1989 and later with the SysteCon division of Coopers \u0026amp; Lybrand Consulting from 1989-94 where he consulted on a variety of manufacturing and logistics systems improvement projects for more than twenty clients, including UPS.  In addition to his Georgia Tech degrees, Rogers earned a master\u0027s in engineering management from the University of Dayton in 1994.  He and his wife Jeanette, ChE 1983, have three children and reside in Roswell, Georgia. Their eldest daughter Kyla is an undergraduate at Georgia Tech; their other two children, Matlock and Kay, are students at Roswell High School.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESteve Rogers\u003C\/strong\u003E is vice president of integrated supply chain for IBM Integrated Supply Chain, where he has worked for 25 years.  He joined IBM in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1981 after graduating from Georgia Tech.  He spent the first five years in various production engineering and planning roles for IBM printing and banking products.  After receiving an Executive MBA from Wake Forest University in 1986, Rogers held various financial management positions including manager of Financial Analysis for IBM\u0027s Personal Computer Division.  He was the division controller for IBM\u0027s PC business in North and South America.  Later he became the server group controller for Manufacturing where he had responsibility for all IBM\u0027s server manufacturing locations worldwide and had a seat on IBM\u0027s Corporate Manufacturing Operations Board in Somers, New York.  He then became worldwide VP of Finance and Operations for IBM\u0027s System X Server division in Raleigh, North Carolina.  In January of 2002, Rogers joined the newly formed IBM Integrated Supply Chain organization as director of supply chain for the Retail Store Solutions business.  In August of 2003, Rogers returned to New York to take on the role of VP for Demand\/Supply and Inventory Planning for all IBM hardware brands.  In June of 2006, Rogers took on his current role where he is responsible for the end to end supply chain execution for two separate multi-billion dollar brands.  He currently resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut with his wife of 21 years and three sons.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJulio Villafane\u003C\/strong\u003E is vice president of strategic account management for Motorola Sales and Services Inc. He is responsible for managing Motorola\u0027s business efforts with Telefonica Latin America, the region\u0027s largest telecommunications company with over $53 billion dollars invested and 112 million customers across 19 Countries.  In his ten years with the company, Villafane has implemented aggressive market penetration strategies that resulted in increased revenues, increased market share and solid relationships with the region\u0027s telecommunication power players.  These efforts helped position Motorola as the undisputed leader in several arenas including radio communications, digital video, and MSO broadband technologies.  Prior to joining Motorola, Villafane held several international telecommunications sales management roles with EF Johnson (EFJ) Company, a leader in the two way radio industry.  He helped to establish and staff the Latin American go to market organization with offices in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and HQs in Miami, Florida.  He first entered the telecommunications industry as an outside plant facilities engineer at BellSouth, and developed his management and sales skills as an international management consultant at Peat, Marwick and Mitchell.  In addition to his Georgia Tech degree, Villafane holds an MBA in Finance and International Business with national academic honors from Mercer University.  He is of Salvadoran descent and lives in Miami with his wife, and four children.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Mike Anderson (BIE 1979), Walter G. Ehmer (BIE 1989), Edward M. Rogers (BIE 1982, MS IL 2002), Stephen J. Rogers (BIE 1981), and Julio Villafane (BIE 1985) join the H. 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This year\u0027s panel included \u003Cstrong\u003EChip Robert\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1960, recently retired chairman and treasurer of Robert Ltd.; \u003Cstrong\u003EDavid McKenney\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1964, chairman and CEO of McKenney\u0027s Inc.; \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn McKenney\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1990, president of McKenney\u0027s Inc.; and \u003Cstrong\u003EJeb Stewart\u003C\/strong\u003E, Cls. 1991 chairman and CEO of SciHealth Holdings, Inc. and president of Xana Management. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022All our panel discussions are interactive and give students a rare opportunity to ask questions of CEOs. The panelists discuss the most important communication skills needed to move up the career ladder,* said Norback.   The executives in Norback\u0027s panels also concentrate on communication skills for cross-cultural business interaction. After the one-hour panel interaction, time is allowed for students to meet the executives one-on-one.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Panel is one part of the workforce communication instruction for the Senior Design course.  Making our graduate\u0027s job competitive and enabling them to move quickly up the career ladder are the two goals of the instruction.  Other workforce communication instructional elements include small group feedback in the Workforce Communication Lab before and after class presentations, videotaping of class presentations, and an in-class Tutorial on Workforce Presentation. The instruction is based on interviews conducted with practicing ISyEs, managers, and CEOs of organizations employing many IEs.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPast executives and companies who have participated in the ISyE Senior Executive Panel on Workforce Communication include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBird Blitch\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1997, Broadsource Pepper Bullock, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWally Buran\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1975, MSIE 1978, Edenfield Executive-in-Residence, ISyE at Georgia Tech\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlan Dabbiere\u003C\/strong\u003E, Wandering WiFi\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETom Dozier\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1963, GoldMech \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChuck Easley\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIM 1886, Kurt Salmon Associates\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMel Hall\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1967, Comprehensive Health Services\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJody Markopoulos\u003C\/strong\u003E, GE \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDon Pirkle\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1958, Dow Chemical\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBill Reed\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1957, MSIE 1963, Kurt Salmon Associates\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChip Robert\u003C\/strong\u003E, BSIE 1960, Robert Ltd.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Sanders\u003C\/strong\u003E, Delta Technology\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJeb Stewart\u003C\/strong\u003E, Cls. 1991, SciHealth\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the panel, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/communication\u0022\u003Ewww.isye.gatech.edu\/communication\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEach semester, Dr. Judith Norback, ISyE\u0027s director of Workplace and Academic Communication, pulls together a group of top industry executives from a variety of fields to interact directly with ISyE students in Senior Design. 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The focus for the spring gathering was to discuss and exchange ideas on how capacity and infrastructure issues impact the supply chain, and how these issues create challenges for supply chain managers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. John Langley\u003C\/strong\u003E, Director of Supply Chain Executive Programs and SCL Professor of Supply Chain Management, welcomed the group to Tech\u0027s campus and posed some key questions for the group to address throughout the Forum. Included were the following:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E*\tWhat types of capacity and infrastructure issues are in existence today?  Where are they in evidence, and what types of problems do they cause?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tHow are these issues impacting supply chain managers?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tWhat role(s) can technology play to respond to and mitigate capacity and infrastructure issues?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tAs citizens and business people, what should we expect in terms of future issues relating to transportation capacity and congestion?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tWhat creative, innovative solutions are being considered to make progress on the problems at hand?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tWhat legislative and regulatory priorities are trying to respond to capacity and infrastructure issues, and what is their likelihood of successful implementation?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tWhat are some of the unique industry perspectives on the issues of concern?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKeynote speaker, \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Clendenin\u003C\/strong\u003E, CEO and founder of Inner Circle Logistics, Inc., shared his thoughts on how the internet infrastructure can be managed for competitive advantage. Essentially, it is important first for supply chain managers to fully understand the complexity of the international supply chain, in concert with the enterprise applications environment.  Consistent with this objective, it is then necessary to understand the process and technical issues that occur among business and trading partners, internal country governments, border nations, and the international community.  According to Mr. Clendenin, \u0022even with the complexity of the international supply chain systems, we can think through these things if we have the right people thinking it through.*  Among his suggested areas of priority is the need to provide supply chain data and document management capabilities that assure the connectivity required to complete the \u0022last mile* of supply chain integration in an inexpensive and easy-to-use format.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Michael Meyer\u003C\/strong\u003E, P.E., Director of the Georgia Transportation Institute, and Professor  of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, presented a session on capacity and congestions issues in transportation.  Dr. Meyer provided  a thought-provoking discussion on the importance of transportation planning, and highlighted a variety of data points that suggest and validate the serious capacity and infrastructure issues that will be experienced in the years ahead.  For example, he pointed out the nearly doubling of growth in vehicle miles traveled in several major metropolitan areas over the next 15-20 years, with little increase in the capacity of our highway infrastructure.  Similar examples were used by Dr. Meyer to suggest the serious nature of the problem for other modes of transportation, and for domestic as well as international transportation.  Dr. Meyer rounded out his presentation with a discussion on the importance of wisely investing in the transportation infrastructure.  \u0022Investment in transportation infrastructure is the key to national, state, and metropolitan economic success.*\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n \u0022We\u0027re in a serious situation.  We can make improvements, but we will not completely resolve congestion problems.*  To more strategically analyze and relieve issues of congestion, he discussed seven objectives.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E*\tImprove the operations of the existing freight transportation systems\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tAdd physical capacity to the freight transportation system in places where investment makes economic sense\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tUse pricing to better align freight system costs and benefits and encourage the deployment of new technologies\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tReduce\/remove statutory, regulatory, and institutional barriers to improve freight transportation performance\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tProactively identify and address emerging transportation needs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tMaximize the safety and security of the freight transportation system\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tMitigate and better manage the environmental, health, and community impacts of freight transportation\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBruce Dahnke\u003C\/strong\u003E, president of SkyTech Transportation , and Dan Gilmore from the Supply Chain Digest, discussed an innovative approach toward potentially solving the infrastructure crisis through technology.  Reminding the group of the invention of the cargo container by Malcolm McLean in 1970, SkyTech Transportation\u0027s STS Framework proposes using new technology to move containers and even whole tractor-trailers down monorail-like tracks.  The tracks use electromagnetic energy and in some cases levitation, and promise to reduce costs per mile to move freight, eliminate the need for costly expansion of existing highways, reduce pollution and traffic congestion, and enhance the overall reliability of freight movement. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn M. Cutler, Jr., \u003C\/strong\u003Eattorney at McCarthy, Sweeny \u0026amp; Harkaway, PC, presented a briefing on policy and current discussions in Washington.  Among the topics discussed by Mr. Cutler were:  control of Congress by Democrats; elimination of anti-trust immunity; capacity, congestion and infrastructure issues; and increasing importance of railroads.  Among Mr. Cutler\u0027s suggestions were that * Mr. Cutler discussed a number of governmental priorities and suggested that \u0022Washington is now beginning to recognize that infrastructure growth is far behind growth in demand.*  Overall, his suggestions included a need for shippers and carriers to work together, with the government, to help lessen the current and future capacity, congestion, and infrastructure issues.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Forum concluded with a stimulating panel discussion moderated by \u003Cstrong\u003EGene Tyndall\u003C\/strong\u003E, founding partner of Supply Chain Executive Advisors.  Panel members included: \u003Cstrong\u003ETom Escott\u003C\/strong\u003E, president, Schneider Logistics; \u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Griffith,\u003C\/strong\u003E vice president, Supply Chain Management, Schenker\/BAX Global; \u003Cstrong\u003EMike Miller\u003C\/strong\u003E, general manager, Modalgistics, Norfolk Southern Corporation; and \u003Cstrong\u003EChris Munro\u003C\/strong\u003E, CEO, RoadLink USA. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next meeting of the Supply Chain Executive Forum is scheduled for \u003Cstrong\u003EOctober 10-11, 2007\u003C\/strong\u003E.  For more information on how to become a member and participate in the Supply Chain Executive Forum, please call the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute at 404-894-2343, or visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/scef\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/scef\u003C\/a\u003E\/.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent Supply Chain Executive Forum Member Organizations include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAdtran\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAgility\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAmerican Port Services\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCaterpillar Logistics Services\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChain Connectors\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChatsworth Products, Inc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDSC Logistics and Supply Chain Management\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeneral Motors Corporation\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIntel Corporation\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJDA Software Group\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKuka Robotics Corporation\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLXP * Leveraged Execution Providers\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nManhattan Associates\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMeridian IQ\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMetro Atlanta Logistics Industry Council\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMilliken \u0026amp; 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The system, called A Logistic Regression\/Markov Chain Model for NCAA Basketball, \u0022predicted tournament games more accurately than the selection committee\u0027s seedings, the RPI, the Associate Press, and ESPN\/USA Today polls and the Massey and Sagarin ratings.\u0022  \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The work of three ISyE professors was featured in the AJC for creating a system to rate tournament teams.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE professors make their NCAA picks"}],"uid":"27215","created_gmt":"2007-04-02 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:12","author":"Mike Alberghini","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8097","name":"final four acc"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"50175":{"#nid":"50175","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SCL Studies Temperature-Controlled Supply Chains","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMost supply chains require that temperature sensitive products be protected by keeping the temperature within an acceptable range.  For example, consider fresh fish, fruit, wine, or vaccines.  These supply chains are especially challenging because the product is at risk of spoilage, and refrigeration or heating makes space aboard trucks or warehouses very expensive.  Maintaining a proper and constant temperature is also a challenge. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL) at Georgia Tech\u0027s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering has begun a new project to study and improve temperature-controlled supply chains.  Leading this effort are Professors John Bartholdi and Don Ratliff.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our first project is devoted to the international supply chains that move wine from the great producing regions to the United States,* said Bartholdi.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo do this, the SCL team is collaborating with colleagues around the world to form the Wine Supply Chain Council.  Current members, in addition to Georgia Tech, include the Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) of Melbourne, Australia; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile of Santiago, Chile; and the Council of Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) of Cape Town and Pretoria, South Africa.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Bartholdi, the challenges in moving wine are many.  First is that wine is a natural product, the timing of which is determined by nature, not man, and so the initial portion of the supply chain is a \u0022push* system.  This must be matched with the remainder of the supply chain, which is a \u0022pull* system in which product moves only in response to customer demand at the other end.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother set of challenges arises when the grapes are ready to be picked, crushed, and fermented.  Processing the grapes and juice requires specialized, capital-intensive equipment.  This equipment is in sudden and constant demand during the harvest season and must be scheduled carefully so that the grape juice is guided with care to its realization as wine.  This journey requires management by expert wine-makers and is in some ways more akin to an artisanal process than an industrial one.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the wine is finally ready, there is the significant decision of when to bottle it. Some wines are bottled \u0022to stock* and stored until ordered, while others are allowed to rest and are bottled only when ordered.  But when the wine is ordered, it is loaded into 20\u0027 or 40\u0027 containers, driven to the port, and later loaded aboard a ship for travel.  If the wine is traveling, say, to the United States from Chile, it must be decided whether to ship through the Port of Los Angeles, which may be congested, and then move the product eastward by truck.  Alternatively, the product may travel through the Panama Canal (paying toll fees) and then to the Port of Savannah or Elizabeth, NJ, from where the distance by truck may be considerably less.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn either case, temperature is sure to be an issue.  Extreme temperatures are an enemy of wine and can destroy the beauty of a product over which farmer and vintner have labored.  To use the example of Chile again, some wines that are produced near Mendoza, Argentina are trucked over the Andes to one of the ports in Chile.  During July the wine may be exposed to subfreezing temperatures.  But then the ship must cross the equator, during which it may experience temperatures exceeding 105 degrees F (40 C).  If the container of wine is unloaded on Friday afternoon, there is a chance it may bake in the sun until picked up Monday.  The result could be a diminished quality of final product for the consumer and possible harm to the reputation of the winery, importer, and restaurant or wine store.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo study the extent of this risk, the Wine Supply Chain Council is conducting a global experiment in which \u0022Thermochrons* (tiny devices to record both temperature and time) will be placed into cartons of wine being shipped to the United States.  At the same time, movement of the cartons will be tracked by noting when they are scanned at various points in the supply chain (for example, arrival to and departure from key locations).  When a carton of wine is finally opened and the Thermochron has been retrieved, temperature and location data will be synchronized to learn the temperature variations to which the wine is exposed, where, and why.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022By tracking hundreds of cartons from all over the world, we hope to piece together a picture of this supply chain that is unique in scale and detail,* says Bartholdi.  \u0022We will work with the wineries, carriers, and distributors all along the supply chain to improve the care and efficiency with which the product is handled.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Wine Supply Chain Council held an initial meeting in Atlanta in June 2006.  During the meeting, they studied the challenges of distribution in the United States where every state has its own set of restrictions, customs, and laws.  The second workshop was held in Santiago during March 2007.  Participants visited wineries to observe the harvest and processing of grapes.  The next meeting is tentatively planned for Australia later this year, and for South Africa in July 2008.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Council plans to broaden its work in wine supply chains by adding new members, especially in Europe; and by looking at the transportation of fresh fruit and fish.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In addition, we plan to use what we learn here to tackle similar problems in the movement of vaccines and other perishable medicines,* said Bartholdi.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL) at Georgia Tech has begun a new project to study and improve temperature-controlled supply chains. 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medal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor his service and leadership on the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel that was formed in the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, ISyE Professor Augustine Esogbue has received NASA\u0027s Space Flight Team Awareness Award and its Public Service Medal.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEsogbue was also installed as a 2006 Laureate of the Nigerian National Order of Merti by Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who noted his \u0022contributions to scholarship and research which have contributed in notsmall way to national development inthe field of engineering and technology.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"For his service and leadership on the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel that was formed in the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, ISyE Professor Augustine Esogbue has received NASA\u0027s Space Flight Team Awareness Award and its Public Service Medal.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE Professor Esogbue receives NASA award \u0026amp; 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Ehmer \u003C\/strong\u003E(BIE 1989), \u003Cstrong\u003EEdward M. Rogers\u003C\/strong\u003E, (BIE 1982, MS IL 2002), \u003Cstrong\u003EStephen J. Rogers\u003C\/strong\u003E, (BIE 1981), and \u003Cstrong\u003EJulio Villafane\u003C\/strong\u003E, (BIE 1985) recently joined the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Advisory Board. The Board, comprised of distinguished professionals and community leaders, serves as a sounding board for the School Chair in an advisory capacity as well as assists with the School\u0027s development goals.  Each member brings extensive industry knowledge and unique expertise to this role and will serve a five year term (2007-2011).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are delighted to welcome our newest members to the ISyE Advisory Board. Their commitment and dedication to the Stewart School is extremely valuable to ISyE\u0027s continued success,* said Chelsea C. White, III, ISyE School Chair. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMike Anderson\u003C\/strong\u003E is corporate services vice president for the Georgia Power Company.  His responsibilities include corporate safety, labor relations, fleet management, and building services. Anderson also serves as president and CEO of Georgia Power Childcare, LLC.  Since joining Georgia Power in 1979, Anderson has held numerous leadership positions in Capital Budgeting, System Planning, Customer Operations, Information Technology, Marketing, and External Affairs.  Prior to joining Georgia Power, Anderson was recruited from Texas Instruments Government Products Division in Dallas, Texas where he authored design criteria of nuclear warhead guidance systems technology for the U.S. military.  Anderson is an Atlanta native.  He and his wife Andreane have one son, Christopher, a senior at Georgia Tech.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWalt Ehmer\u003C\/strong\u003E is president and chief operating officer of Waffle House. He joined the company in the Purchasing Department in 1992. He was promoted to director in 1996, vice president in 1999, chief financial officer in 2001 and president and chief operating officer in 2005. In addition, he serves as chairman of Ozark Waffles, an operation of 38 Waffle House restaurants in Arkansas. He was president of Alpha Tau Omega and has continued his involvement with the fraternity, since graduation, by serving on its board. He was co-chair of the Thousand Club for the 54th Roll Call Leadership Circle, and he has served on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Ehmer also has raised funds for cancer, leukemia and cystic fibrosis research. He lives in Dunwoody, Georgia, with his wife, Cindy, and their three children, Gregory, Anna Kate and Lesley.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEd Rogers \u003C\/strong\u003Eis a senior staff manager with United Parcel Service\u0027s corporate strategy group in Atlanta, Georgia. He has twenty-five years of experience in industrial engineering, program management, management consulting, business process redesign, operations improvement and strategy development. Rogers joined the UPS corporate industrial engineering department in 1994 and has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility.  Prior to UPS, he served as a U.S. Air Force officer from 1983-87, managing programs to modernize defense industry manufacturing capabilities and reduce acquisition costs. He was an engineering management consultant with BDM International in Dayton, Ohio from 1987-1989 and later with the SysteCon division of Coopers \u0026amp; Lybrand Consulting from 1989-94 where he consulted on a variety of manufacturing and logistics systems improvement projects for more than twenty clients, including UPS.  In addition to his Georgia Tech degrees, Rogers earned a master\u0027s in engineering management from the University of Dayton in 1994.  He and his wife Jeanette, ChE 1983, have three children and reside in Roswell, Georgia. Their eldest daughter Kyla is an undergraduate at Georgia Tech; their other two children, Matlock and Kay, are students at Roswell High School.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESteve Rogers\u003C\/strong\u003E is vice president of integrated supply chain for IBM Integrated Supply Chain, where he has worked for 25 years.  He joined IBM in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1981 after graduating from Georgia Tech.  He spent the first five years in various production engineering and planning roles for IBM printing and banking products.  After receiving an Executive MBA from Wake Forest University in 1986, Rogers held various financial management positions including manager of Financial Analysis for IBM\u0027s Personal Computer Division.  He was the division controller for IBM\u0027s PC business in North and South America.  Later he became the server group controller for Manufacturing where he had responsibility for all IBM\u0027s server manufacturing locations worldwide and had a seat on IBM\u0027s Corporate Manufacturing Operations Board in Somers, New York.  He then became worldwide VP of Finance and Operations for IBM\u0027s System X Server division in Raleigh, North Carolina.  In January of 2002, Rogers joined the newly formed IBM Integrated Supply Chain organization as director of supply chain for the Retail Store Solutions business.  In August of 2003, Rogers returned to New York to take on the role of VP for Demand\/Supply and Inventory Planning for all IBM hardware brands.  In June of 2006, Rogers took on his current role where he is responsible for the end to end supply chain execution for two separate multi-billion dollar brands.  He currently resides in Ridgefield, Connecticut with his wife of 21 years and three sons.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJulio Villafane\u003C\/strong\u003E is vice president of strategic account management for Motorola Sales and Services Inc. He is responsible for managing Motorola\u0027s business efforts with Telefonica Latin America, the region\u0027s largest telecommunications company with over $53 billion dollars invested and 112 million customers across 19 Countries.  In his ten years with the company, Villafane has implemented aggressive market penetration strategies that resulted in increased revenues, increased market share and solid relationships with the region\u0027s telecommunication power players.  These efforts helped position Motorola as the undisputed leader in several arenas including radio communications, digital video, and MSO broadband technologies.  Prior to joining Motorola, Villafane held several international telecommunications sales management roles with EF Johnson (EFJ) Company, a leader in the two way radio industry.  He helped to establish and staff the Latin American go to market organization with offices in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and HQs in Miami, Florida.  He first entered the telecommunications industry as an outside plant facilities engineer at BellSouth, and developed his management and sales skills as an international management consultant at Peat, Marwick and Mitchell.  In addition to his Georgia Tech degree, Villafane holds an MBA in Finance and International Business with national academic honors from Mercer University.  He is of Salvadoran descent and lives in Miami with his wife, and four children.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering is pleased to welcome five new members to the ISyE Advisory Board.  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This year, two alumni of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, David M. \u0022Dave* McKenney, Phys 1960, IE 1964, and H. Milton Stewart, Jr., IE 1961, were among four alumni to be awarded the Joseph Mayo Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award.  The Distinguished Service Award is the highest award conferred by the Alumni Association given to an alumnus or honorary alumnus who has set a standard by exceptional and outstanding support of the Institute and the Alumni Association.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Milt Stewart and David McKenney exemplify what it means to give back to Tech and the community,* said Chair of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, Janice Wittschiebe, Arch 1978, M Arch 1980.  \u0022They were honored for their generosity and kindness in addition to the spectacular impact they have made in advancing Georgia Tech and the Alumni Association.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESuccess in the business world, David M. McKenney once told a Georgia Tech audience of aspiring entrepreneurs, requires facing risk head-on and managing it * and the best way to do that, the former Marine advised, was to \u0022prepare and follow a good business plan.* It\u0027s a strategy that has served Atlanta-based McKenney\u0027s Management Corp. well. The firm made a big splash when it was hired as mechanical contractor for the Georgia Aquarium, the world\u0027s largest. McKenney is chairman and chief executive officer of the firm founded by his father, John M. McKenney, Com 32, in 1943. His son, John, IE 90, is president and represents the third generation to manage the company.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout 500 co-op students have been hired by McKenney\u0027s since 1976 and in 2005, Tech\u0027s Briarean Society named McKenney the Co-op Employer of the Year. He was named to the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Hall of Fame in 2002 and the College of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni in 1994 and received the Georgia Tech Young Alumni Service Award in 1974. McKenney received the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers ALCO\u0027s award for distinguished public service in 2006 and the Greater Atlanta Engineer of the Year in Construction Award in 1974 and 1991.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his Tech degrees, McKenney holds a master\u0027s in business administration from Georgia State University. He is a trustee of the Georgia Tech Foundation and chair of the Bobby Dodd Institute. He formerly was president of the executive committee of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, vice chairman of the Atlanta Campaign Steering Committee and chair of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Advisory Board. He is a deacon and ordained elder of St. Luke\u0027s Presbyterian Church in Dunwoody, Ga. He and his wife, Sarah, have two other grown children Susan and Scott, and live in Atlanta.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a student, Milt Stewart worked for Frank F. Groseclose, founder of Georgia Tech\u0027s industrial engineering program, who encouraged him to continue his studies and earn a graduate degree. But after graduating with an industrial engineering degree in 1961, Stewart returned home to help grow the family business, Standard Telephone Co., in Cornelia. At 31, he became head of the company, expanding it as such opportunities as cable television arose. In 1987, he and his sister, Kay Swanson, established the Standard Group. Arkansas-based Alltel purchased Standard Telephone in 1998.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2006, he and his wife, Carolyn, in a spectacular demonstration of philanthropy, made a $20 million commitment to Georgia Tech. In turn, the Institute named its School of Industrial and Systems Engineering in his honor. Stewart has been generous in his support of Tech. He established the H. Milton Stewart Jr. Endowment Fund for ISyE Programs in 1995 and the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in 1999. He also has supported scholarships for female students coming to Georgia Tech from Habersham High School.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe earned an MBA from Emory University in 1981 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Piedmont College in 1989. Stewart was elected to serve on the Georgia Tech Alumni Association board of trustees in 1988 and three years later to the executive committee, becoming its president in 1995. He is a trustee emeritus of the Georgia Tech Foundation, former chairman of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Advisory Board and former member of the College of Engineering Advisory Board.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe family has a white-and-gold tradition. Stewart\u0027s son, Jeb, Cls 91, is married to Stephanie, CE 97. Stewart\u0027s daughter, Jill, Mgt 93, is married to Glenn Archer, Mgt 91.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"IE\u0027s McKenney, Stewart among recipients"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"This year, two alumni of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, David M. \u0022Dave\u0022 McKenney, Phys 1960, IE 1964, and H. 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The purpose of the workshop was to provide a forum for scientific exchange and cooperation in the fields of vehicle routing, intermodal transportation and related areas.  The Stewart School\u0027s Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL) supported this year\u0027s program.  The Workshop, organized by ISyE Professors Martin Savelsberg and Alan Erera along with Michelle Powers, included close to forty experts representing universities from across the globe.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This year\u0027s workshop was a great success because it was attended by most of the leading academic researchers in the area of transportation,* said Savelsbergh.    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERoute 2007 presentations are available online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/presentations\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/presentations\/\u003C\/a\u003E.  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The next ROUTE workshop is scheduled to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the Route 2007 Workshop, contact:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EMartin Savelsbergh\u003C\/strong\u003E at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:martin.savelsbergh@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emartin.savelsbergh@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Cstrong\u003EAlan Erera\u003C\/strong\u003E at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alan.erera@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ealan.erera@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or visit the website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/route2007\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Route 2007 workshop provided a forum for scientific exchange and cooperation in the fields of vehicle routing, intermodal transportation and related areas.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ROUTE 2007 Provides Forum for Scientific Exchange"}],"uid":"27216","created_gmt":"2007-06-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:12","author":"Ruth Gregory","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8047","name":"Martin Savelsbergh"},{"id":"8061","name":"ROUTE 2007"},{"id":"167077","name":"scl"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"50209":{"#nid":"50209","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE takes top billing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE)\u003C\/strong\u003E at Georgia Tech took top billing once again as the number one graduate program in the category of industrial\/manufacturing engineering, according to U. S. News and World Report\u0027s 2007 * 2008 Graduate Rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year nine of the 11 programs within Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Engineering ranked among the top 10 in their respective disciplines, led by ISyE.   ISyE was ranked number one for the 17th straight year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChelsea C. White III, ISyE School Chair, is pleased to see the School continue to receive this prestigious ranking, \u0022ISyE continues to excel in the U. S. News and World Report rankings, reflecting a lot of hard work on the part of the faculty and staff this past year and in years past. I take pride in the fact that our effort and dedication to excellence in education and research are being recognized.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0027s graduate engineering curriculum maintained its national stature, ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.  The nine engineering programs ranked in the top 10 are: aerospace (5th), biomedical (2nd), civil (4th), computer (6th), electrical (7th), environmental (6th), industrial and systems (1st), materials (9th) and mechanical (7th).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report published the 2008 rankings this April in a special edition \u0022America\u0027s Best Graduate Schools\u0022 guidebook. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E--\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe \u003Cstrong\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E at Georgia Tech is the largest and most prestigious program in industrial engineering in the United States. More than 10,000 graduates of the School can be found in consulting, engineering, financial services, healthcare, transportation, nonprofit organizations, entrepreneurial enterprises, law, retail, and major academic institutions around the world. Nearly one in ten Georgia Tech ISyE graduates rise to the top positions of their respective organizations, and distinguished faculty members are internationally known for their research in virtually every subdiscipline of industrial and systems engineering and operations research. For more information about ISyE at Georgia Tech, please visit the ISyE homepage at \u003Ca href=\u0027www.isye.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ewww.isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The \u003Cstrong\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE)\u003C\/strong\u003E at Georgia Tech took top billing once again as the number one graduate program in the category of industrial\/manufacturing engineering, according to U. S. News and World Report\u0027s 2007 * 2008 Graduate Rankings.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report - Best Graduate Schools"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-04-03 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:12","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50210":{"id":"50210","type":"image","title":"U. S. News \u0026amp; World Report - Best Graduate Scho","body":null,"created":"1449175437","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:57","changed":"1475894471","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:11","alt":"U. S. 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Andrews\u003C\/strong\u003E will join the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering as the Managing Director of the Executive Masters in International Logistics (EMIL) program in August.  With 27 years in the logistics and transportation industry and a graduate of the EMIL program, he brings an ideal mix of industry and academic expertise to the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Greg has the right blend of experiences across modes as both a provider of and customer for logistics services,* said EMIL Executive Director John Vande Vate.  \u0022As an EMIL alum and advisory board member, he understands the program and is hooked into the alumni network.  He is committed to the vision of delivering top quality education in international logistics and supply chain strategy for experienced professionals.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs managing director, Andrews will coordinate offering annual EMIL classes beginning with a new class in January, 2008 and every September thereafter. He will lead and expand EMIL\u0027s recruiting efforts as well as share in the design and delivery of the international residences.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am thrilled to get the chance to return to Tech and to take on this challenge,\u0022 said Andrews.  \u0022We have great leadership in Dr. Vande Vate and the supporting faculty. They are an outstanding, knowledgeable group of folks that I really look forward to working with. Engaging major corporations around the world, having our students look at significant global supply chain problems, and helping to re-write the book as we solve global complexities is the very reason that I accepted the job. What better place could there be, right in the heat of the fire. You sharpen steel with steel, that is what we will be doing, sharpening, challenging, and testing our collective knowledge of global logistics and supply chain strategies as the global economy continues its metamorphosis.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the past seven years, Andrews has served as Director of Global Logistics and Transportation with ADTRAN Inc., an OEM manufacturer of high-speed telecommunications network transmission equipment located in Huntsville, Alabama. He was responsible for overseeing the logistics infrastructure necessary to support the distribution and manufacturing efforts in Mexico, China, Australia, Taiwan, Europe, and the U.S.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to joining ADTRAN, Andrews held the position of assistant director, International Intermodal Center for the Port of Huntsville, a multi-modal transportation cargo hub providing  air, sea, rail, and truck transportation services for the North Alabama and the Tennessee Valley Region.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to his work at the International Intermodal Center and the Port of Huntsville, he spent six years in the LTL business working for Smith Transfer and Yellow Freight Corporation.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe obtained his Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Administration with a Major in Transportation from the University of Alabama in 1980, and a Master\u0027s of Science in International Logistics from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2005.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe serves on the Board of Directors for the North Alabama International Trade Association, is an active member of the National Industrial Transportation League serving on its Air Cargo Committee, is a member of The International Intermodal Association of North America, serves on the FedEx Air Cargo Customer Advisory Committee, The Eagle Global Logistics Customer Advisory Board, and has served on the Advisory Board for EMIL. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe is married to his wife Sharon of 26 years, and has two sons Vincent and Jacob, who both are currently attending the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.  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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, recently received an Honorary Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for his research contributions in statistical theory, methods and quality engineering and for fostering collaborations and interactions between the statistical communities in the U.S. and China. Wu states \u0022As China\u0027s economy is rapidly expanding, its science and technology will play a more prominent role in the world stage. I hope my connections with CAS will help contribute toward Georgia Tech\u0027s initiatives in building closer collaborations with .\u0022 Wu is the first statistician to have received this honor from CAS.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWu is known for his innovative and high-impact work in modern Design of Experiments (DOE) which has helped western manufacturing industries greatly improve quality. Over the years, his research groups from the University of Wisconsin, the University of Waterloo in Canada, the University of Michigan, and Georgia Tech, have developed various methods to build a comprehensive system for running experiments, modeling data, and system optimization\/robustness. This work has culminated in the publication of two books:  Experiments: Planning, Analysis, and Parameter Design Optimization, (with Hamada) 2000, John Wiley; and A Modern Theory of Factorial Designs (with Mukerjee) 2006, Springer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEstablished in 1955, the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASAD) is the highest advisory body of the State in science and technology. It is comprised of six divisions:  Mathematics and Physics, Chemistry, Life Sciences and Medicine, Earth Sciences, Information Technical Science, and Technological Sciences. It offers advice on the programs, plans and major decisions of the State on S\u0026amp;T development, provides research reports on major S\u0026amp;T issues in China\u0027s economic construction and social development, presents suggestions on strategies and mid and long-term objectives of various disciplines, and gives evaluation and guidance to academic issues in major research fields and organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Jeff Wu, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics and professor in the H. 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White III, was one of four keynote speakers invited to participate in the 2nd International Conference on Transportation Logistics (T-LOG 2007) held in Shenzhen, P.R. China in July.  T-LOG 2007 provided a technical forum for the 100 participations from 27 countries to gather to exchange knowledge and experience concerning current problems, solutions, and the future development of transportation logistics. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his keynote presentation, Dr. White focused on issues of globalization, complexity, cost, lead-time mean and variance, transportation congestion, major disruptions, and real-time supply chain control.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Supply chains are becoming more and more global because shippers perceive that the total cost of manufacturing, and in some cases designing, off shore and then transporting the manufactured good to the U.S. market is lower than if the manufacturing is done domestically* said White.  \u0022However, as experience with these global supply chains grows, costs thus far hidden are slowly being revealed.  The length of time it takes to move a product from, say, China to the U.S. is turning out to be more variable than expected, producing more unexpected stockouts or inventory oversupply.  This variability is at least partially due to port, canal, road, and rail congestion.  Add to this the increasing cost of fuel and that major disruptions are more likely to occur for long and complex supply chains, and sourcing closer to the U.S. market * in, say, Mexico or the Caribbean rather than in China - is starting to take on greater appeal.*\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther keynote speakers at this year\u0027s conference included: Professor Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Director, ITS Laboratory, Centre for Research on Transportation at the University of Montreal in Canada; Mr. Takeshi Muraoka, from the Port and Harborf Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Japan; and Mr. Liming He, President, China Society of Logistics in China.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ET-LOG 2007 was hosted by the Research Center for Modern Logistics in the Graduate School at Shenshen of Tsinghua University and jointly coordinated by the Center for Transportation Research at the National University of Singapore, and by The University of Tokyo.   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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering as an assistant professor in July 2007.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The opportunity to become part of ISyE\u0027s faculty is an honor,* said Gebraeel.  \u0022The School\u0027s research excellence and educational mission are driven by an outstanding faculty body, and the potential to collaborate with the world\u0027s experts in different areas of the industrial engineering discipline is extremely beneficial and rewarding.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGebraeel specializes in research that plays a vital role in the ability to accurately predict unexpected failures in complex engineering systems, such as manufacturing and service systems, transportation, civil structures, nuclear power plants, national infrastructure, among others.  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Current projects include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tReal-time Degradation-Based Prognostics (funded by the NSF-Career Program)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tPrognostics of Electronic Systems (in collaboration with Rockwell Collins)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tPrognostics of Avionic Systems (in collaboration with the Joint Strike Fighter Program and Global Strategic Solutions)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tPrognostics of Power Systems for Military Aircrafts (in collaboration with Naval Air Systems Command and Global Strategic Solutions)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGebraeel will be teaching courses in probability and statistics, reliability, and special topics on prognostic methods beginning Fall Semester.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are delighted to have Nagi join the Stewart School faculty as an assistant professor,* said Chelsea C. White III, Stewart School Chair.   \u0022Nagi is a future academic leader and scholar whose research is currently focused on the use of sensor information for component reliability degradation analysis and for system maintenance management.  For his innovative work and research promise, he has recently received an NSF CAREER award. He will help to strengthen the engineering side of the statistics-quality group and will serve as a bridge with other groups in ISyE, notably the manufacturing group, and with other schools like Mechanical, Electrical and Materials.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGebraeel comes to Georgia Tech from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa, where he served as assistant professor of Industrial Engineering.  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He has a wide interest and expertise in supply chain and logistics engineering and management, and industrial and systems engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of the current research projects supervised by Dr. Le include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tWater Transportation System of Shanghai of Yangshan Deepwater Port\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tPlanning of Yangkou of Chemical Logistics Park and Nantong Port\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tEconomical Feasibility Analysis of Kemen of Fuzhou Port\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tHinterland Economical Analysis and Cargo Volume Forecasting of Dongwu, Putian Port\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tLogistics System Design for Ningbo Chemical Industry Zone\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tDevelopment Strategy of International Container Transport\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tDomestic Container Transport\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tCoal Transport System in various ports such as Ningbo Port, Shantou Port, Guangzhou Port, etc. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Le also has experience in simulation. The Shiphandling Simulator finished by Dr. Le and his team is the first one in China. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe has published four works and textbooks, 53 journal papers, and has given numerous presentations invited by Japanese, Korean, and domestic institutions. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe has received a range of awards and honors including:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tThe Best Faculty Member, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2003\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tExcellent Young Educator, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2002\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tSiyuan Award, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2001\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tExcellent Tutor Award, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2001\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tThe Best Scientific Paper, the Association of Science and Technology of Shanghai, 1999\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tDr. Luohuangfeng Scholarship, Dr. Luohuangfeng Fund, 1999\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tThe Prize of Development of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Communications of China, 1999\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tLeading Scholar, the Ministry of Communications of China, 1997\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tThe Award of Invention, jointly by the Association of Science and Technology of Shanghai, Shanghai Patents Bureau and the Association of Invention of Shanghai, 1998\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELe received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Shanghai Maritime University and received a Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe H. 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Endowed professorships help support outstanding faculty, ensuring them the resources they need to remain at the forefront of their fields and to lead teaching and research efforts in their key areas.  The Schneider Professorship is supported by a gift from the Schneider National Company, one of the Nation\u0027s largest national truckload carriers, in order to support research and development in logistics and supply chain engineering in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChelsea White, Stewart School Chair, stated in announcing the award, \u0022Martin Savelsbergh is an outstanding internationally well-known and respected academic leader, scholar, and teacher in logistics and supply chain engineering.  He has in particular made many contributions to both the academic community and the logistics and transportation industry with his innovative research.  We are delighted to have Martin as a colleague and faculty member who contributes in so many ways to the excellent reputation of the Stewart School.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMartin Savelsbergh, professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and research director of The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, is a logistics and optimization specialist with over 20 years of experience in mathematical modeling, operations research, optimization methods, algorithm design, performance analysis, supply chain management, production planning, and transportation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Savelsbergh designs and implements highly sophisticated and effective optimization algorithms and has published over 80 research papers in many of the top operations research and optimization journals.  He also analyzes practical decision problems and translates the insights obtained into optimal business solutions.  He is well known internationally for creating innovative techniques for solving large-scale optimization problems in a variety of areas, ranging from vehicle routing and scheduling problems, to per-seat on-demand air transportation problems, to lot-sizing problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of his on-going industry sponsored research projects include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tthe development of congestion management technology for Yellow Roadway Corporation, a large LTL carrier;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tthe development of order acceptance and flight scheduling technology for DayJet, a per-seat on-demand air transportation service provider;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tthe development of cost-to-serve analysis technology for Praxair, a large industrial gas distributor; and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tthe development of collaborative transportation procurement technology for RubberNetwork, a conglomerate of tire companies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther research projects that Professor Savelsbergh is involved in include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tthe analysis of the value of allowing deliveries to be split during distribution,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tthe development of technology for inventory routing problems,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tthe analysis of dispatch strategies for environments where requests for service arrive dynamically over time and where contracts are in place that guarantee service within a certain period,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tthe cost-effective delivery of blood to regional hospitals operating with vendor managed inventory policies,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tthe development and analysis of technology for effectively using meet-and-turn points in regional LTL networks,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tthe development of robust empty container management models, and carrier bid optimization in the presence of competition.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMartin Savelsbergh serves as Area Editor for Operations Research Letters, Associate Editor for Mathematics of Operations Research, Networks, and Naval Logistics Research, and he is a member of the editorial board of Computers \u0026amp; Operations Research and Constraints.  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He has given presentations and short courses on optimization and logistics in more than a dozen countries around the world.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Savelsbergh received a M.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Amsterdam and his Ph.D. from Erasmus University Rotterdam.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is an always an honor to be recognized for work done and services performed,* said Savelsbergh.  \u0022I\u0027m especially happy that it is the Schneider Professorship as my research focuses on transportation issue and Schneider has always shown a keen interest in transportation innovation.*\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Professor Martin Savelsbergh has been awarded the Schneider Professorship for a three-year term.  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G. \u0022Jim\u0022 Dai Awarded Edenfield Professorship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Jim Dai has recently been awarded the Edenfield Professorship for a three-year term.  Endowed professorships help support outstanding faculty, ensuring them the resources they need to remain at the forefront of their fields and to lead teaching and research efforts in their key areas.  James C. Edenfield (IE \u002757), CEO and President of American Software Inc, established the Edenfield Professorship as a way to support the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech in sustaining and leading the field in research and education.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn announcing the award, Chelsea White, Stewart School Chair stated, \u0022Jim Dai is an exceptional, internationally well-known and respected leader in applied probability who has received many awards for his outstanding scholarly contributions, both in basic and applied research.  Jim also has provided distinguished leadership to the stochastics group in the Stewart School.  We are very proud to have Jim on the faculty as a scholar, teacher, academic leader, and colleague.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA leading researcher in the applied probability community, Professor Dai focuses on stochastic processing networks. These networks have been used for the design, analysis and control of many complex systems including communication networks such as the Internet, manufacturing systems such as semiconductor wafer fabrication lines, and large service systems like customer call centers or web server farms. In recent years, he has also led an effort in understanding the Chinese logistics industry.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Dai is a fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) and a member of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). 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Since 2002 he has been a distinguished visiting professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJim Dai joined Georgia Institute of Technology in 1990. Since 1998 he has been a professor of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering. From 1990 to 2002, he also held a joint appointment in the School of Mathematics. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am honored to receive the Edenfield Professorship,* said Dai.  \u0022I hope this honor will bring more recognition to the work of our Stochastic Systems Group.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Jim Dai has recently been awarded the Edenfield Professorship in the Stewart School of ISyE for a three-year term.  James C. 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He is also heavily involved in research dealing with computational issues involved in treating hard discrete problems such as large instances for the celebrated traveling salesman problem.  Cook earned a BA in Mathematics from Rutgers University, an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Combinatorics and Optimization from the University of Waterloo.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Nemirovski\u003C\/strong\u003E serves as the John Hunter Chair and professor in the Stewart School of ISyE.  His primary research interests are in optimization theory and algorithms with emphasis on investigating complexity and developing efficient algorithms for nonlinear convex programs, optimization under uncertainty, and applications of convex optimization in engineering.  He is the only individual awarded all three prestigious prizes in the field of Mathematical Programming and Operations Research:  the Fulkerson Prize, the Dantzig Prize, and the John von Neumann Theory Prize.  Nemirovski earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, both in Math, from Moscow State University.  He earned a Soviet degree of Doctor of Physical \u0026amp; Mathematical Sciences from Kiev Institute of Cybernetics.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdjunct Professor appointments are made on a three-year renewable basis. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Stewart School Professors \u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam J. 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The students also explored neighboring countries immersing themselves in the customs and culture of the area.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the last 6 years, over 150 Georgia Tech students, 30 NUS students, and 80 Tsinghua students have participated in the program. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHere ISyE students Nicki Skillings, Sandesh Reddy, and Margaret Reinhard discuss their experiences and what they learned in the 2007 Beijing\/Singapore Study Abroad Program. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EQ:  \u003Cem\u003EWhat do you think is the significance of studying abroad?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENicki\u003C\/strong\u003E: The significance of studying abroad is to experience how a culture - completely different from yours - lives, functions, and thinks.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESandesh\u003C\/strong\u003E: It gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in different facets of a country\u0027s culture. 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I also believe that in order for me to stay ahead of my peers it was important for me to gain this international exposure, especially in Singapore, as so many companies do business there.  I love traveling, trying new things, making new friends, and learning about new cultures which also influenced my decision.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESandesh\u003C\/strong\u003E:  I have serious plans to work in that part of the world after graduation and this program was a great opportunity for me to get a head start on that. Besides, it fit well with my graduation schedule.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret\u003C\/strong\u003E:  Being a co-op, summer school wasn\u0027t exactly optional, but I knew I would gain so much more from studying abroad than just a normal semester on campus. I had many people tell me I would regret it if I left college having never studied in another country.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EQ:  \u003Cem\u003EWhat is (are) the most memorable or remarkable moment(s) you had while there?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENicki\u003C\/strong\u003E:  Some of the most memorable moments I had while abroad occurred while working with students from either the National University of Singapore or Tshingua University.  It was so interesting to live how they live, and learn how they think and what they like.  It made me appreciate so many little things that I have here in the States that they didn\u0027t even know they were missing. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESandesh\u003C\/strong\u003E:  I lost my train ticket from Shanghai to Beijing about 30 minutes before the train left. All other trains were sold out and I needed to get back for classes the next day. After running from one ticket office to another for 2 hours with my very limited mandarin, I finally managed to get on another train. I then met someone on the train who I have become good friends with.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret\u003C\/strong\u003E:  One of my favorite moments was our trip to Phuket, Thailand. Almost the entire group went, more than 20 of us. We all chipped in and chartered a private boat tour. The scenery was gorgeous. The day was spent snorkeling and island hopping. We all had a blast.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EQ:  \u003Cem\u003EDid the semester abroad change the way you think?  If so, how?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENicki\u003C\/strong\u003E:  It most definitely did.  I now have a greater understanding of Asian culture and feel like I can work with people from these areas more efficiently.  I appreciate everything that I own, especially my clean hot water.  I was always told that money does not buy happiness, but now I can honestly say that I believe this to be true.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESandesh\u003C\/strong\u003E:  Not really.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret\u003C\/strong\u003E:  Studying abroad has most certainly changed the way I think. As worldly and sophisticated as I thought I was, I soon came to the realization that many of the ideas I had held to be universal were really just a product of the culture I\u0027d been raised in. I now completely sympathize with anyone who finds themselves in a country without knowing the native language. I went to Beijing knowing zero Mandarin, but while the language barrier was frustrating at times, it was a lot of fun. It turned something simple like ordering dinner into a big adventure.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EQ:  \u003Cem\u003ECan you tell me at least one thing you learned?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENicki\u003C\/strong\u003E:  I learned about China\u0027s ancient history mostly up to present day, which was really interesting because I then got to go to most of the places in China that we talked about in class.  I also really enjoyed my other classes and learned valuable material that should be put to use when I begin my career.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESandesh\u003C\/strong\u003E: I learned more from just traveling and observing than through the classes. 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Then I would like to find a career in the U.S. that would require me to travel abroad often and work with companies from different countries.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESandesh\u003C\/strong\u003E: I\u0027m not entirely sure. I would ideally like to spend a few months in the States and the rest abroad.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret\u003C\/strong\u003E: My tentative post-graduation plans are to get a masters in ISyE or something focused in logistics. I plan to work in the U.S. but wouldn\u0027t mind working a few years abroad.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EQ:  \u003Cem\u003EWhen you look for a career, how important is the idea of globalization in your search?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENicki\u003C\/strong\u003E:  Honestly, not that important.  I am not going to choose a career because it will or will not take me abroad.  However, I do want to work for a large, well-established company, which most likely will mean that it will be operating abroad.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESandesh\u003C\/strong\u003E:  Very Important. I wouldn\u0027t want to be tied to a career which is localized in a single country with little or no global mobility.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret\u003C\/strong\u003E:  I can\u0027t say globalization will be the most important thing in my career search, but it will certainly be a factor and can definitely equal greater career opportunities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore about the students:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENicki Skillings\u003C\/strong\u003E, from Garland, Texas, is the Vice President of Member Development for Alpha Gamma Delta, an analysis for the Student Foundation Investments Committee, and works part time while going to school at a small company called d. Terrell.  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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) celebrated alumna \u003Cstrong\u003EAnne Marie Eaton\u0027s \u003C\/strong\u003E100th birthday at the school\u0027s annual holiday celebration on December 5, 2007.  During the festivities, School Chair Chelsea White presented Anne Marie with a certificate of appreciation, recognizing her and her husband Paul\u0027s devoted and faithful service, steadfast dedication, and generous support to Georgia Tech and ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnne Marie, Georgia Tech oldest living alumna, turned 100 on November 26 and has always been a lifelong friend of the Stewart School of ISyE and an advocate for education.  In her words of thanks to ISyE faculty and staff, she stressed the importance of learning, stating \u0022No one can ever take an education away from you.*  She and her husband Paul learned hard lessons of resilience as they migrated to the United States from Nazi Germany in 1938.  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The sponsor contact was Dr. Mark Benedict with Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ECraig Tovey \u003C\/strong\u003Eserving as faculty advisor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe CDC has proposed the use of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to reduce the Anopheline mosquito populations in Sudan, Africa.  SIT is a method of biological control that involves the mass rearing of insects in a production facility and the sterilization of males by exposing them to low doses of radiation, or to chemosterilants.  Malaria is transmitted exclusively by female mosquitoes.  SIT effectively breaks the chain of reproduction when a female mates with sterile males, as female mosquitoes mate once in a lifetime.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe purpose of this project was to establish and provide a set of guidelines and recommendations that will aid in the implementation of SIT to\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nreduce the Anopheline mosquito populations in Sudan.  Team members began by estimating the population densities of adult mosquitoes at the designated release sites in Merowe and determining a location for the production facility.  They not only designed the production process, but provided tools for decision making, and performed an analysis of the most significant costs involved in implementation.  Their research showed that the most effective means to implement SIT depends on the conditions in Merowe, such as time of year and the river level.  As a result of this finding, the group developed a software tool that finds the best strategy based on a set of factors input by a user.  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One of the problems Office Depot faces in this facility is that they are unable to determine the optimal number of material handling devices and batteries necessary to maneuver pallets and pick material.  Further, it is difficult for the company to determine how many of these devices they should purchase verses how many they should rent.  To address the problem, team members developed and implemented simulation and optimization models to 1) minimize the total number of machines required, 2) create an equipment schedule, 3) determine the best number of machines and batteries to purchase and rent, and 4) provide a standardized equipment usage model.  As a result, students showed Office Depot a potential savings of more than 33% from current costs, which equates to approximately $550K annually.  In addition, the students\u0027 model can be applied to other Office Depot facilities with a total potential savings of more than $9M annually.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is the third group I have sponsored since participating in the program myself as a student, and I have a fourth group slated for next semester,\u0022 said \u003Cstrong\u003EScott D. King\u003C\/strong\u003E, BS IE 2004, project engineer, Office Depot. \u0022It is truly amazing what a group of young minds are able to accomplish in such a short time. It\u0027s a testament to the education and training they receive at the institute. Many of my colleagues agree that the particular discipline of engineering a student pursues is not as essential as learning the skills of analytical problem solving (or as we refer to it \u0022thinking like an engineer*). 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Based on comparisons between the current routes and the routes produced by Quality Express Routing, implementation of the tool will reduce transportation costs by more than 22%, resulting in close to $600,000 in annual savings.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\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.  Students typically work in teams of five to six individuals with 15-25 Senior Design groups running each semester.  Each group is advised by an ISyE faculty member, and the faculty coordinator manages the overall course.  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Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor and director of the Center for Operations Research in Medicine and Healthcare in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Institute of Technology, is part of a research team that has been awarded more than $31 million dollars over a five year period by Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), a consortium funded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis grant, one of the largest NIH grants in Georgia history, was awarded to the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Atlanta-CTSI) a partnership of Atlanta academic, research and healthcare institutes that will focus on accelerating the translation of laboratory discoveries into healthcare innovations for patients so that new treatments can be developed more efficiently and delivered more quickly to patients.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe partnership will be led by Emory University, along with the Georgia Institute of Technology, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta.  Dr. David S. Stephens MD, executive associate dean for research at Emory University\u0027s School of Medicine, serves as principal investigator of the grant.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goals of Atlanta-CTSI mirror those of the national CTSA consortium -- to create new and innovative programs that accelerate discovery, engage communities in clinical research and the development of new scientific knowledge; train and develop interdisciplinary investigative teams; and create new research tools and information technologies that improve human health. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Lee serves as co-director of the Biomedical Informatics Program (BIP) on this grant.  BIP will transform clinical and translational research in the Atlanta-CTSI by building an integrated biomedical informatics system that links all of the Clinical Interaction Network sites. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022A highly innovative aspect of this program involves the design and implementation of a light-weight yet powerful leap-frog software infrastructure based on code generation and optimization that connects distributed clinical and translational data,* said Lee.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis software infrastructure will support the Atlanta community of clinical and translational researchers by providing smooth and secured communications among the different electronic medical record systems at such places as Emory, Grady, MSM, VA Hospital, CHOA, Kaiser-GA, and other affiliated community based practices.  In addition, the infrastructure will enhance the current translational bioinformatics capabilities by linking them to one another and to the clinical data for integrative analysis.  This integration will support the rapid translation of research advances to the medical professional and larger community, and is critical for Atlanta-CTSI community engagement and outreach. Other BIP efforts include advances in bioinformatics, clinical informatics, education, training and outreach.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEmory, Georgia Tech, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Children\u0027s Healthcare will each contribute strengths to the partnership that will help create unique and valuable synergies.  Emory is a national leader in healthcare and biomedical research.  Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering is a national leader in systems  engineering and the application of innovative operations research to medicine and health care solutions. Morehouse School of Medicine is a leading historically black institution that brings ethnic diversity to the biomedical research community, addresses health disparities through successful community engagement and serves as a pipeline for training minority investigators.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy partnering with Children\u0027s, the ACTSI also will create a new and innovative pediatric clinical and translational research center that builds on the established relationship of Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta and the shared healthcare they provide and adds new research relationships with Georgia Tech in bioinformatics.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. \u003Cstrong\u003EEva K. 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He graduated in 2003 from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.  Below, he writes about his research focus in ISyE and the factors that motivate him.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat can be better than creating solutions that impact the lives of people who are in vulnerable situations across the globe? For me, I can\u0027t think of any better way to spend my time. I have always known my passion in life was for doing work that has the potential to make a difference, and that, in large part, is what motivated me to go for my Ph.D. in ISyE at Georgia Tech.  When I joined the program, I was not completely sure what I wanted to do.  But when I learned about the research in humanitarian logistics, I knew I found the perfect domain to unleash my inner interest to be able to make a positive difference in this world.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI started my professional career as a lecturer in the industrial engineering department at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, my alma mater.  When I was promoted to faculty, I realized my interest in the practical implementation of best practices\/theories that we talk about in school. So, I left my faculty position and joined a multinational Fast Moving Consumer Goods (also called Consumer Packaged Goods) company, working in the operations department at different capacities. Over the years, my desire to make a tangible difference eventually lead me to Georgia Tech, and it continues to motivate me as I work in humanitarian logistics in ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EComing from Bangladesh, a natural disaster-prone country in southern Asia, I have seen human suffering at a very close range.  My personal experience with this motivates my research in humanitarian logistics and supply chain strategy in an effort to make non-governmental organization (NGO) operations more efficient.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis summer, under the direction of my advisors Professors John Vande Vate and Julie Swann, I was able to work with World Vision (one of the leading NGOs focused on improving the lives of children in vulnerable societies) in their supply chain transformation project. I worked in Ghana and Zambia (the pilot countries for West Africa and South African region) along with the project team. My work was part of the team\u0027s effort to design a high performance supply chain across the entire organization. I focused mainly on business process mapping and re-designing related to procurement and payment processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI worked with the supply chain team in Zambia to help streamline its procurement process, ensuring on time delivery to projects in 39 areas around the country. As a result, the Zambian team at World Vision generated a savings of $47,000 over three months (May-07 to July-07) which is a very significant dollar figure at the national level of operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy work at World Vision gave me great insight into the operating environment of NGOs at the field level, which will be very valuable in terms of my research.  It was helpful for me to compare the opportunities and challenges that face the domain of humanitarian logistics to those of the corporate world.  I also learned about important regional considerations during my stay in two countries, in two different regions of Africa. The differences in local settings can vary tremendously based on geographical locations.  Based on my experience in southern Asia, my own preconceived ideas about the social and economic settings of developing countries proved grossly misconstrued in Africa. Basically, models which might be very effective in one setting can prove ineffective in another.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPersonally, I gained exposure and appreciation of these cultural and social aspects, as well as their inherent differences in different parts of the world.  Even though it\u0027s sometimes hard to see these kinds of softer issues in operational models, they have a tremendous influence.  As I continue my research in humanitarian logistics, the field continues to motivate me.  I enjoy using IE tools to generate a healthy bottom-line for business organizations that share my goal:  to create a substantial difference in the lives of individuals who need it most.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMoinul Islam is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech whose doctoral research interest is in humanitarian logistics.   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Founded in 1979, the Colon Free Zone is now the world\u0027s second largest free trade zone, and a tremendous entity at the Atlantic gateway to the Panama Canal.  It is dedicated to re-export an enormous variety of merchandise to Latin America and the Caribbean.  Cohen-Solis states \u0022Its primary roll is to look for new business opportunities for its associates through commercial missions to different countries in the region [and] to promote the opportunities and advantages that the Colon Free Zone offers such as a 0% Income Tax on income from exports.*  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPart of the reason for its rapid growth is its strategic advantage of being located near the Panama Canal, which allows it to efficiently serve the entire Americas region.  Nearly all world routes pass the Colon Free Zone, located at the Atlantic gateway to the Panama Canal with access to both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.  The Colon Free Zone also serves several other important functions.  These include collecting donations for community projects in the region and facilitating meetings with diplomats and government officials from around the world.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to taking this new position, Cohen Solis was director of operations at International Hardware in Panama, a wholesaler and distributor of hardware products.  When he entered the Stewart School\u0027s Executive Master\u0027s in International Logistics program, he had 12 years of experience in the business, including international sales and marketing for Ace International in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFurther information about the Colon Free Zone is available at: \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.colonfreezone.com\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.colonfreezone.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"David Cohen Solis, MS IL 2006, was recently named president of the world\u0027s 2nd largest free trade zone.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"EMIL Graduate Named President of Free Trade Zone"}],"uid":"27216","created_gmt":"2007-10-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:49","author":"Ruth Gregory","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50098":{"id":"50098","type":"image","title":"tae51875.jpg","body":null,"created":"1449175348","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:28","changed":"1475894445","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:45","alt":"","file":{"fid":"126852","name":"tae51875.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tae51875_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tae51875_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12192,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tae51875_0.jpg?itok=QdSy4TMK"}}},"media_ids":["50098"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8026","name":"Cohen"},{"id":"7890","name":"EMIL"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"167205","name":"Stewart School"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"50099":{"#nid":"50099","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bartholdi on Self-Organizing Logistics Systems","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. John Bartholdi, Stewart School of ISyE Manhattan Associates Professor and Research Director, The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, recently presented a lecture during the Georgia Tech Faculty Speaker Series on self-organizing logistics systems. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his presentation, Bartholdi discusses a protocol called the \u0022bucket brigade* which is based on how social insects, such as bees or ants, operate complex logistics systems that are efficient even though no agent is in charge. 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At this year\u0027s event, over 180 alumni, faculty, staff, and friends had the opportunity to reunite with colleagues and meet current faculty.  There was much delight, laugher, and the retelling of stories as guests enjoyed steamed oysters, jambalaya, portabella mushrooms, and Brunswick stew.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Oyster Roast has a long history in ISyE, thanks to Betty and Frank Peeples, IE 1949.  Betty and Frank created and hosted what has become known as a truly legendary event, made possible by Frank\u0027s vision and unparalleled dedication to ISyE.  Thanks to the Peeples, the Oyster Roast has become a wonderful homecoming tradition for Stewart School alumni, faculty, and staff.  Frank officially \u0022retired* from his role in 2005, and the Stewart School felt it was extremely important to continue this tradition of bringing the ISyE family together to kick off homecoming activities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of ISyE would like to continue the annual Oyster Roast and is currently looking for alumni to help ensure its longevity.  If you are interested in assisting, contact ISyE\u0027s Director of Development, \u003Cstrong\u003ENancy Sandlin\u003C\/strong\u003E.  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As technology advances, markets open up, and cultures homogenize, preparing students to work in a global marketplace has become an essential component to education.  As one of the many initiatives in this area, the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Tech now offers an undergraduate level dual-degree program in conjunction with Monterrey Tech (ITESM) in Mexico.  The dual degree program allows engineering students attending ITESM to transfer to ISyE at Georgia Tech during their third year.  After completing the IE degree requirements at Tech, students return to ITESM to complete the degree requirements there.  Upon completion of the program, students earn an engineering degree from ITESM and an IE degree from Georgia Tech.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program with Monterrey Tech began fall semester 2007, and it is Georgia Tech\u0027s first undergraduate level, dual-degree program with an international university.  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Our classmates have been really nice, especially during the first days when the professor wants you to look for a homework assignment on WebCT and you have no idea how to log in.  Outside of class, several students and friends, many of them from the Hispanic organizations, have helped us solve everyday issues that are a factor when you live away from home. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAllam: \u003C\/strong\u003E There have been several people who have helped us throughout our time here at GT, among them are \u003Cstrong\u003EPatti Parker \u003C\/strong\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Griffin\u003C\/strong\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlejandro: \u003C\/strong\u003E Yes, I consider \u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Griffin \u003C\/strong\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003EPatti Parker\u003C\/strong\u003E, my academic advisors, as my mentors at GT.  They have looked out for me since I got here, supported me academically and socially.  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At ITESM, they put more pressure on you, and you learn by working a little harder:  they take daily class attendance, you have three midterms per class, weekly homework, usually one project per midterm, and a final exam.  In the end, at GT you study more.  At ITESM, you work more.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAllam:\u003C\/strong\u003E  Both GT and ITESM are very demanding universities and I have greatly enjoyed being part of both of them.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EQ:  What do you find most challenging here?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPatricio:\u003C\/strong\u003E  We were the first class of this dual-degree program, and some details are still being fine-tuned.  We realized we needed to take more classes than expected, which wasn\u0027t really that bad.  At ITESM we take 7 classes per semester, but it means you have to find a way to divide your day in order to have enough time to go to class, study, do homework, help in different organizations, exercise, and go out and have fun.  It can seem easy, but if you\u0027re taking many classes, things can get out of hand and you start to lose your sleeping hours.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAllam:\u003C\/strong\u003E What I find most challenging is the management of my time to avoid leaving things until the last minute.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlejandro:\u003C\/strong\u003E  Well, because I had to take a lot of classes for the completion of the dual degree program and because the time is limited to one year, my semesters have been really loaded, especially this last one.  Allocating time to all the various school tasks has been really challenging.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EQ:  What is the most remarkable experience you had so far since you have been here?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlejandro:\u003C\/strong\u003E Being able to meet exceptional students that share the same objectives that I have and, of course, Senior Design.  Even though I\u0027m still at an interim phase, I\u0027ve learned a lot already.  It has given me an opportunity to put in practice everything I\u0027ve learned throughout my career.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPatricio:\u003C\/strong\u003E  My most remarkable experience has definitely been the football games.  One of the things I\u0027ve been most anticipating is fall semester because of football season, and that first game against Samford was a day I\u0027ll never forget.  Seeing all the people, wearing white and gold, cheering the yellow jackets, singing with the band, it\u0027s a wonderful feeling.  I really think that is something ITESM is missing.  Sadly in Monterrey, you don\u0027t see that many people wearing ITESM clothes, and although we\u0027re the national football champions, the students don\u0027t go to the games very much.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAllam:\u003C\/strong\u003E I don\u0027t think I could pin it down to just one remarkable experience.  My whole time here has been filled with interesting events that have helped me improve, not only as a student, but as an individual as well.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EQ:  What advice would you give to another ITESM student who is interested in coming here for a dual degree program that would help to make their experience more successful?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPatricio:\u003C\/strong\u003E  First, I would advise them which classes to take at ITESM so they can get credit at GT (which we have already done with the second class coming this spring).  Then I would tell them to try to get involved in all that Tech has to offer (the student organizations, the CRC, Career Service, etc.).  I would also tell them to plan the classes they\u0027re going to take throughout the 3 semesters so they are able to take advanced classes in their favorite track (Logistics, Manufacturing, EDA, etc.).  Lastly, I would advise them to attend class because it\u0027s a very important factor in order to get good grades.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAllam:\u003C\/strong\u003E  It\u0027s very easy to procrastinate, but if you avoid doing it as much as possible and go to class, you\u0027ll be successful in your studies.  Also, get involved in student groups.  There are a lot of interesting people you can meet in these groups.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlejandro:\u003C\/strong\u003E  Absolutely plan their academic load and anticipate the classes they will be taking in order to save a lot of stress and time.  I\u0027ve had a hard time managing my schedule as I\u0027ve had to take some classes I could have taken in Mexico before coming to GT.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EQ:  What are your plans after graduation?  Do you plan to work in Mexico, United States or somewhere else?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPatricio:\u003C\/strong\u003E  I would love to work in something related to financial engineering or logistics.  I\u0027ll probably work for a consulting firm in the U.S. to get more experience, and perhaps try to get a master\u0027s in IE at GT.  After a few more years, I\u0027d like to go back to school to get either an MBA or a PhD.  After I finish grad school, I would like to go back to Mexico to work in the government or for an NGO.  It would be selfish to have all this great education and opportunity and not use it to make Mexico a little better than how I found it 21 years ago.  After all, we are all here to try to make a difference in the world.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAllam:\u003C\/strong\u003E  This is a decision I have not made yet.  My home country is Nicaragua and at the moment, I am considering working in any one of these three countries.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlejandro:\u003C\/strong\u003E  Well, I don\u0027t have any expectations about where I will work, but I can assure you that the work I will be doing is what I\u0027ve studied to do.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EQ:  When you look for a career, how important is the idea of globalization in your search?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPatricio:\u003C\/strong\u003E  Once a professor said to me that you need to prepare as well as you can.  In today\u0027s world, we\u0027re not just competing with students from Mexico or the U.S., we are competing with students from all over the world.  That is very apparent at GT, and the same goes for companies, nations, etc.  Basically, the more we are able to experience different cultures, the better prepared we are going to be.  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Three other research scientists from Georgia Tech were also selected.  They are: Yuhong Fan, Ph.D., from the School of Biology; Melissa Kemp, Ph.D., from Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering; and Francesca Storici, Ph.D., from the School of Biology.  As assistant professors, each scientist is funded at $50,000 annually for five years. The Coalition selects scientists engaged in the most promising areas of cancer research.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are very proud of the four Georgia Tech researchers who were selected as Georgia Cancer Coalition scholars,* says Wayne Clough, president of Georgia Tech. \u0022We\u0027re grateful to the Georgia Cancer Coalition for their generous support of Georgia\u0027s efforts to attract the world\u0027s top scientists and researchers not only to Georgia Tech, but also to other Georgia universities and organizations.* \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYuan is an assistant professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Information Science; an M.S. in Probability and Statistics and Computer Science, and earned his Ph.D. in Statistics at University of Wisconsin. In the study of breast cancer, Yuan is developing novel computation and mathematical approaches using a wide variety of data sources in order to stratify breast cancer into biologically distinct types and correlate them with outcome and therapy response. Yuan has developed revolutionary bioinformatics techniques to successfully address questions related to aging and diabetes; it is hoped that bioinformatics techniques can similarly address questions in various cancer studies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Coalition cooperates with Georgia\u0027s research universities, medical schools, hospitals and nursing programs to recruit research scientists, with the goal of strengthening the state\u0027s research talent, capacity and infrastructure. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince its inception in 2001, the Georgia Cancer Coalition has named 113 Distinguished Scholars; 12 have been from Georgia Tech. Scholar funding is an investment not only in Georgia\u0027s future as a national leader in cancer control, but also is valuable in attracting increased funding to Georgia for cancer research. The sponsoring institutions must provide at least a dollar-for-dollar match. The review committee examines the scholars\u0027 history of grants, publications and patents and considers the researcher\u0027s potential for attracting future funding. In fiscal year 2007, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholars were responsible for securing $47 million in privately and federally funded research grants to the state of Georgia. Scholar Selection is based on how the applicant\u0027s research relates to the goals of the Coalition, the research priorities of the National Cancer Institute and the strategic plan of the sponsoring institution. Each application is reviewed by both an external scientific review committee and an advisory review committee, appointed by the Coalition in cooperation with Georgia\u0027s research universities. Kate Canterbury, director of Research Programs, staffs the Coalition committees. Members rank scholars according to predetermined scientific and technical criteria.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The National Cancer Institute has identified areas of discovery that hold promise for making significant progress against all cancers. The Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and Scientists program is the cornerstone of the Georgia Cancer Coalition\u0027s efforts to advance scientific discovery into the prevention, treatment, causes and cures of cancer. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) were honored this year at the 2007 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) annual meeting, held November 4-7 in Seattle, Washington.  Honorees included: \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam J. Cook\u003C\/strong\u003E, Lanchester Prize;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EJim Dai \u003C\/strong\u003E, INFORMS Fellow;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EBill Cooper\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ETito Homem-de-Mello\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EAnton Kleywegt\u003C\/strong\u003E, Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize (Bill Cooper and Tito Homem-de-Mello are former Ph.D. students in the School)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EOzlem Ergun\u003C\/strong\u003E, Finalist, JFIG Paper Competition\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* \u003Cstrong\u003EJuan C. 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Dai Receives INFORMS Fellow Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003EJ.G. (Jim) Dai \u003C\/strong\u003Ewas named INFORMS Fellow at this year\u0027s annual meeting in Seattle, Washington.  The INFORMS Fellow Award is reserved for distinguished individuals who have demonstrated outstanding and exceptional accomplishments and experience in operations research and the management sciences.  The contributions of a nominee are evaluated in five categories:  Research, Practice, Management, Education, and Service.  Accomplishments in at least one area must be truly outstanding.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Being elected a fellow by INFORMS is a testament to the quality of work produced by Professor Dai,* said Chelsea C. White III, ISyE School Chair. \u0022I and all of Jim\u0027s ISyE colleagues are very proud of this most deserved recognition.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Dai is a leading researcher in the applied probability community, focusing on stochastic processing networks.  These networks have been used for the design, analysis and control of many complex systems including communication networks such as the Internet, manufacturing systems such as semiconductor wafer fabrication lines, and large service systems like customer call centers or web server farms.  Professor Dai is also Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).  He has served as an associate editor for Operations Research, Management of Science, Mathematics of Operations Research, and Queueing Systems.  He is a founding editorial board member for Foundations and Trends in Stochastic Systems, and a founding associate editor for an IMS journal Probability Surveys. 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Govindaraj","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThiruvenkatasamy Govindaraj \u0022Govind\u003C\/strong\u003E,* associate professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, died the morning of December 7, 2007.  He was 58 years old.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I and all of Govind\u0027s colleagues at Georgia Tech are deeply saddened by this news,* said Chelsea C. White III, ISyE School chair. \u0022Govind was a respected colleague who was devoted to his students and research.  He will be missed by all*\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Govind was a true humanist -- he had a strong interest in and concern for human welfare, values, and dignity; more importantly, he \u0027walked the talk\u0027; he practiced what he believed -- whether it was caring for the environment or the underprivileged in any part of the world -- a remote village in India or the oppressed in Myanmar (Burma),* said Sundaresan Jayaraman, Professor of Textile Engineering at the Georgia Tech and a close friend and colleague of Govind\u0027s.  \u0022He was always ahead of his time -- he was into \u0027Green\u0027 and \u0027Sustainability\u0027 long before \u0027CSR\u0027 or Corporate Social Responsibility became a \u0027label\u0027 that everyone today wants to \u0027wear\u0027 whether they believe in it or not. He was a man of integrity and simplicity who was uncompromising when it came to principles of fairness and doing the right thing. Above all, he was a dedicated and loving husband and a caring and doting dad. Indeed, he was unique -- he was Govind.*  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGovind believed in doing serious work, but not taking himself too seriously.  His work philosophy was to \u0022always do research that was worth doing, and also to do it well.* And that he did.  He was also a gentle man of great integrity.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For Govind, matters of honor and decency were not casually assigned traits,* said Gary Parker, ISyE associate chair of graduate studies.  \u0022He set a very high bar for his own professional ethics, knowing full well that unwavering adherence to those measures did not always facilitate the most rapid route for career advancement.  He will be greatly missed by his colleagues and by his students.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Govindaraj\u0027s primary research interests were in understanding and characterizing the role of humans in technologically complex environments, with scope ranging from well-defined engineered systems to globally distributed systems in which cultural, environmental, political, and social factors were significant. In the past, the focus of his research was on cognitive systems engineering issues. More recently, he worked to enlarge the scope to include ecological, economic, and social considerations in human systems. In addition to studying human-system\/computer interaction, mainly to develop computer-based systems to assist human operators in complex, real-life, engineered environments, he was investigating the design of systems and environments that are not only \u0022just* usable by human operators, but are also pleasant to use while contributing to sustainable development over the long run.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Professor Govind was my mentor, a great person, a fabulous professor, and foremost my friend,\u0022 said Luis Herrera.  \u0022He was my PhD thesis adviser. He guided me throughout my research, and gave me his unconditional support. Thanks to him I was able to complete my research. He was going to hood me during commencement. 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The authors then show how to combine these myriad processes into a powerful optimization machine capable of solving to optimality problems with tens of thousands of cities.  They also provide challenges for improvements and sources for new directions to the TSP and other large combinatorial problems.  To allow future researchers the chance to examine and build on their work directly, the authors have made publicly available their entire computer code. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBesides providing a comprehensive view of all that is involved in solving the TSP, the book\u0027s flowing narrative blends the pieces together in a steady progression that captivates the reader.  In describing the latest applications, such as gene sequencing, data mining and X-ray crystallography, the book also shows the reach of OR\/MS into multiple new domains.  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