{"49815":{"#nid":"49815","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Spring 2009: AJC Senior Design Team Wins First Place","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis spring, the Senior Design team who worked on a project sponsored by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) snagged the much sought after first place in the end-of-semester Senior Design Competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe AJC project team consisted of Megan Babb, Jonathan Baggett, Corey Barthelemy, Katie Dickenson, Amanda Hughes, and Katie Rogovin, working alongside advisor Anton Kleywegt. The team\u0027s project, entitled \u003Cem\u003ECreating Software to Compute the Optimal Number of Newspapers to Deliver to Each Sales Outlet\u003C\/em\u003E, was a complex application of the familiar \u0027newsvendor\u0027 problem. The team developed a software package that calculates the optimal number of newspapers for each of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u0027s 7,500 sales outlets on a daily basis. The team\u0027s optimization model accounts for each outlet\u0027s distinct sales revenues, printing costs, recycling revenues, advertising revenues, and the possibilities of theft and shrinkage. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are extremely thrilled to have won senior design and would especially like to thank our faculty advisor, Dr. Anton Kleywegt for his support and guidance throughout the semester,\u0022 said Dickenson.  \u0022We would also like to thank our client advisor at the AJC, Mike Burlingame, for all of his help and enthusiasm as well.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThree other teams were honored as runners-up in the competition. In alphabetical order by organization, the three finalists honored include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*  Cooper Lighting, advised by Anton Kleywegt;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*  GE Energy Airfoils, advised by Shabbir Ahmed; and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*  UPS Mail Innovations, advised by Christos Alexopoulos.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Cooper Lighting team was comprised of Melissa Gegenheimer, Tessa Hilterbrandt, Russell Kohler, Matthew Nelson, Stephanie Robbins, and Matthew Sheffield with advisor Anton Kleywegt. Their project was entitled \u003Cem\u003ECooper Lighting Sales Forecasting\u003C\/em\u003E. In 2008, Cooper Lighting experienced a 28% error in its sales forecast for one of its most popular models. To remedy this, the student team analyzed historic sales and seasonal trends to develop a sales forecasting model that incorporates both internal company data and external economic factors. The team\u0027s forecasting models and inventory management recommendations could save Cooper Lighting over $100,000 each year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GE Energy Airfoils team included Michael Chan, Tareq Dowla, Myles Lefkovitz, Tanzil Manawar, Lance Sun, and Brian Tsang with advisor Shabbir Ahmed. Their project, entitled \u003Cem\u003EImproving Quality Audits for GE Energy Airfoils\u003C\/em\u003E, employed correlation studies to reduce inspection times in the company\u0027s manufacturing processes. The team also designed an automated database to provide higher visibility for quality levels and performed a linear regression to estimate more accurate in-process tolerance levels. The project found a potential for GE Energy Airfoils to reduce defect, capital, and purchasing costs by $825,000 annually.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe UPS Mail Innovations (UPSMI) team consisted of Patrick Brown, Ricardo Corrales, Kathryn Currier, Ahmet Emre Eser, Helen Reichardt, and Jennifer Smith with advisor Christos Alexopoulos. Their project, titled \u003Cem\u003EUPS Mail Innovations Facility Expansion Design\u003C\/em\u003E, investigated the infrastructure upgrade UPS would need to undergo to extend its Mail Innovations service to parcels that weigh up to 10 pounds. The team used Automod simulation software to design the layouts for manual and automated mail-sorting facilities. The team\u0027s recommendations will help UPSMI expand into the small package market and capture a significant market share estimated at $1.7 billion per year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the senior design program, or if you are interested in sponsoring a student team, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"This spring, the Senior Design team who worked on a project sponsored by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) snagged the much sought after first place in the end-of-semester Senior Design Competition.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Spring 2009: AJC Senior Design Team Wins First Place"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2009-05-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:59","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"49816":{"id":"49816","type":"image","title":"First Place Winners in the Spring 2009 Senior Desi","body":null,"created":"1449175373","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:53","changed":"1475894453","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:53","alt":"First Place Winners in the Spring 2009 Senior Desi","file":{"fid":"127023","name":"tcp61372.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tcp61372_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tcp61372_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":110086,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tcp61372_0.jpg?itok=EP4CttcJ"}},"49817":{"id":"49817","type":"image","title":"A room full of faculty, students, parents, and pro","body":null,"created":"1449175373","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:53","changed":"1475894453","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:53","alt":"A room full of faculty, students, parents, and pro","file":{"fid":"127022","name":"tpk61427.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpk61427_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpk61427_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":64640,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tpk61427_0.jpg?itok=qdh6V1rh"}}},"media_ids":["49816","49817"],"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":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"167319","name":"senior design"},{"id":"576","name":"undergrad student projects"}],"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":""}}}