{"49978":{"#nid":"49978","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Spotlight:  Alendria Prioleau","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlendria Prioleau\u003C\/strong\u003E, a bright, entrepreneurial 4th year ISyE undergrad, has won numerous awards and scholarships for her high academic standing, exceptional scholarship, and her leadership capabilities. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the 2008 Student Honors Program alone, she received five awards including the \u003Cstrong\u003EBriaerean Scholarship Cup\u003C\/strong\u003E for being the graduating senior co-op student with the highest grade point average; the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Society of Black Engineers Faculty Advisor Excellence Award\u003C\/strong\u003E for outstanding scholarship and leadership capabilities; the\u003Cstrong\u003E Joe T. LaBoon Outstanding Graduating Senior Co-op Award \u003C\/strong\u003Efor being the outstanding graduating co-op student who has excelled in the classroom and on the job, and who has made exemplary contributions to the co-op program; the \u003Cstrong\u003EKurt Salmon Associates Scholarship in Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E for academic merit; and \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Minorities\/Women Scholarship\u003C\/strong\u003E.  These are but a few of her acknowledgements for outstanding achievement. During 2007 * 2008, she also received the Women in Engineering General Motors Scholarship, the OMED Silver Tower Award, First Place in the Regional NSBE Academic Tech Bowl Team, a GTSBE Chapter Executive Board Member of Excellence Award, the General Motors Minority Engineering and Science Scholarship, the General Electric African American Forum Scholarship, the Caterpillar Logistics ISyE Scholarship, the Shaw Industries Academic Scholarship, and the Convergys Scholarship.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlendria entered Georgia Tech\u0027s Cooperative Education (Co-op) program in the summer of 2005 to work for UPS Supply Chain Solutions, offering her the opportunity to work on an alternating semester basis while earning academic credit.  Alendria completed her co-op experience last summer and is presently interning for AT\u0026amp;T Global Network Operations.   She will graduate this December with the Co-op Distinction.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat piqued your interest in becoming an industrial engineer?\u003C\/strong\u003E I decided I wanted to become an engineer in 10th grade mostly because my favorite math teacher at the time told me that they make a lot of money.  My interest in industrial engineering piqued when I received a Georgia Tech flier in the mail boasting the school\u0027s number 1 ranking.  I loved statistics, calculus, and CS in high school; so I figured it would be a perfect fit.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite ISyE professor?\u003C\/strong\u003E Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EChristos Alexopoulos\u003C\/strong\u003E.  He is a good teacher, very understanding of the students, and tells good jokes as well. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite ISyE course?\u003C\/strong\u003E  \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Erera\u0027s\u003C\/strong\u003E ISyE 3103 Supply Chain Logistics.  This was a fairly challenging class, but it coordinated so well with what I was doing with my co-op job.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMost interesting co-op experience?\u003C\/strong\u003E Participating in a live online carrier bid (like Ebay, only better). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProspective career goals? \u003C\/strong\u003E I really liked the work I did at UPS.  I\u0027d like to focus on supply chain and transportation logistics.  I enjoy hands-on kind of work and can picture myself working in a warehouse or dock.  One day, I\u0027d like to start my own business.  When I was in my early years of high school, I wanted to be an accountant or financial adviser.  Even though I switched to engineering, I still enjoy both.   There are a lot of people who don\u0027t have a lot of money because they were not taught how to manage it.  So I wouldn\u0027t mind working for a non-profit or even volunteering as a financial adviser for low income families to teach those skills.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiggest achievement? \u003C\/strong\u003EDiminishing my fear of public speaking.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENon-academic interests?\u003C\/strong\u003E Salsa and ballroom dancing, playing the piano, real estate investing, shopping, \u0026amp; watching movies\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFamily?\u003C\/strong\u003E Mom and Dad (high-school sweethearts) and an older brother (25 and single). I also have 20 aunts, 5 uncles, lots of first cousins, and a great grandmother.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELast book you read for pleasure?\u003C\/strong\u003E  \u003Cem\u003EPurpose Driven Life\u003C\/em\u003E by Rick Warren\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u0027s in your mp3 player?\u003C\/strong\u003E R\u0026amp;B and Reggaeton Hits from 2007\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite spot on campus? \u003C\/strong\u003EThe Student Center in the sitting area upstairs by WREK radio\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJunior\u0027s or The Varsity?\u003C\/strong\u003E Junior\u0027s.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIs there any one person who has been an inspiration to you or someone that you consider your hero? \u003C\/strong\u003E Other than my parents, Jarret Lafleur, my mentor from the Yellow Jacket Marching Band has been a great inspiration to me during my time here at Tech.  He convinced me that I really could make straight A\u0027s in college, co-op, and graduate within 5 years (and also added a class to my schedule freshmen year, first semester insisting \u0022you can handle it*).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBest piece of advice you ever received?\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cem\u003EI can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.\u003C\/em\u003E Philippians 4:13\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Alendria Prioleau, a bright, entrepreneurial 4th year ISyE undergrad, has won numerous awards and scholarships for her high academic standing, exceptional scholarship, and her leadership capabilities.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Student Spotlight:  Alendria Prioleau"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2008-06-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:56","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-06-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-06-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"49979":{"id":"49979","type":"image","title":"Harold Simmons, Director, Cooperative Education at","body":null,"created":"1449175360","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:40","changed":"1475894449","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:49","alt":"Harold Simmons, Director, Cooperative Education at","file":{"fid":"126932","name":"txh05075.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/txh05075_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/txh05075_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":41281,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/txh05075_0.jpg?itok=sAEkSDcf"}},"49980":{"id":"49980","type":"image","title":"Enjoying the Awards Ceremony","body":null,"created":"1449175360","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:40","changed":"1475894449","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:49","alt":"Enjoying the Awards Ceremony","file":{"fid":"126931","name":"tpn05075.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpn05075_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpn05075_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":38507,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tpn05075_0.jpg?itok=R-tBCkCG"}},"49981":{"id":"49981","type":"image","title":"Alendria Prioleau and Professor Augustine Esogbue","body":null,"created":"1449175360","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:40","changed":"1475894449","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:49","alt":"Alendria Prioleau and Professor Augustine Esogbue","file":{"fid":"126930","name":"tkn05075.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tkn05075_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tkn05075_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":48046,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tkn05075_0.jpg?itok=1HAIpfvU"}}},"media_ids":["49979","49980","49981"],"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":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"169275","name":"stewart school of industrial and systems engineering"},{"id":"1561","name":"undergraduate education"}],"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":""}}}