{"49974":{"#nid":"49974","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Wu Garners Four Awards for Innovative Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. C. F. Jeff Wu\u003C\/strong\u003E, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics at Georgia Tech\u0027s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, cleaned up this summer carrying away four prestigious awards for his seminal contributions to improve statistical theory and methods and applications to quality and productivity.  He received the esteemed \u003Cstrong\u003E2008 Shewhart Medal\u003C\/strong\u003E from the American Society for Quality (ASQ); an \u003Cstrong\u003Ehonorary doctorate degree from the University of Waterloo\u003C\/strong\u003E in Ontario, Canada; the \u003Cstrong\u003EAmerican Statistical Association Quality and Productivity Research Conference Honoree\u003C\/strong\u003E; and the \u003Cstrong\u003E2008 Pan Wen-Yuan Award\u003C\/strong\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn May 5, Professor Wu received the 2008 Shewhart Medal from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) for \u0022\u0022seminal contributions to parameter design and quality improvement; for defining and building a modern system of experimental design; for education of a generation of quality professionals and professors; and for dedicated professional and editorial service in promoting quality improvement.\u0022  The Shewhart Medal, named after Walter Shewhart, pioneer of modern quality control, is ASQ\u0027s highest honor for outstanding leadership in the field of modern quality control.  The medal was presented during the ASQ World Congress in Houston.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn June, Professor Wu received an honorary doctorate degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He also delivered a speech to the graduating class at Waterloo during their commencement ceremony on June 13. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Wu was also selected as the 2008 ASA Quality and Productivity Research Conference Honoree for \u0022seminal contributions to statistical theory and methods for quality and productivity.* The conference, jointly honoring Professor Wu and fellow statistician Professor George Box, was held on June 4 in Madison, Wisconsin. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Wu also won the 2008 Pan Wen-Yuan Award. The Pan Wen-Yuan Award, with its cash prize, is regarded as Taiwan\u0027s most prestigious technical award. He is the first statistician or applied mathematician to have won this award. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Wu is a professor at the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and holds the Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics.  Before joining Georgia Tech in the summer of 2003, he was the H. C. Carver Professor of Statistics and Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, the GM\/NSERC Chair in Quality and Productivity at the University of Waterloo, and a professor in the Statistics Department at the University of Wisconsin. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from National Taiwan University and Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. C. F. Jeff Wu, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics at Georgia Tech\u0027s H. 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