{"50008":{"#nid":"50008","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Best of Senior Design Spring*2008","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents enrolled as seniors in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) culminate their undergraduate educational experience with a capstone course called Senior Design.  Students work in teams of five to six individuals on a current, real-world design project.  While projects vary in scope, all projects have some design component and provide a value-added change within an organization. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis semester\u0027s Senior Design course wrapped up with another round of high quality projects that had impressive results.  Out of the twenty-six student teams who competed, five teams were selected as finalists to present their projects to a room full of faculty, students, and parents on April 30 in the Best of Senior Design Spring 2008 competition.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOf the five finalists, the winning team included \u003Cstrong\u003ESiddharth Coelho-Prabhu, Arpit Dharia, Akshay Kotak, Jason Dumar, Shyam Mehta, and Ranjini Ragunathan\u003C\/strong\u003E with adviser \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Vande Vate\u003C\/strong\u003E who worked on a project with Intel titled, \u003Cem\u003EDesigning Cost-Effective Distribution Strategies for Intel\u0027s Proposed Ultra Low-cost PC Chip Line\u003C\/em\u003E. The aim of this project was to provide Intel with strategic intuition of the cost-effective distribution of its proposed Ultra Low-cost PC ships. Given the strategic nature of the project the team designed a model that made minimal parametric assumptions, modeling inventory using Brownian motion.  The team then developed a set of decision-mailing tools that illustrate the relationships between demand conditions and transportation rates, supply strategies, systems performance and bottom line costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFour teams were honored as runners-up in the competition.  The runners up are (in alphabetical order by organization): Next Wave, advised by Ozlem Ergun; UPS Direct Ship, advised by Joel Sokol; UPS NAAFN, advised by Alan Erera; and World Health Organization, advised by Julie Swann. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Next Wave team members included \u003Cstrong\u003EJuan Araya, Steven Butts, Owen Carroll, Emily Sarver, Justin Stowe, and Jan Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E with adviser \u003Cstrong\u003EOzlem Ergun\u003C\/strong\u003E.  This group worked on a project entitled, \u003Cem\u003EOcean Carrier Bid Optimization for the Next Wave Agency\u003C\/em\u003E. The team designed an analytical tool to help ocean carriers determine the best bid prices to win contracts in a program where the United States Government sends food aid to impoverished countries through the Food for Peace program. This tool uses forecasting techniques, an optimization model to simulate the contract awarding process, and analysis tools to aid Next Wave Agency in selecting the best bid price.  The tool is being implemented during the May 2008 round of bidding.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe UPS Direct Ship team members included \u003Cstrong\u003EKatie Buckler, Carlanna Cunningham, Jay Hennington, Kevin Kitchens, Patrick Odneal, and Richard Ward\u003C\/strong\u003E with adviser \u003Cstrong\u003EJoel Sokol\u003C\/strong\u003E.  In their project titled, \u003Cem\u003EDesign and Implementation of Auctions for Constrained Third-Party Carrier Networks at UPS\u003C\/em\u003E, the team recommended constrained combinatorial auctions to determine which third-party carrier should service each land of UPS\u0027s Direct Ship network.  The team\u0027s computer application awards lanes to carriers while meeting UPS\u0027s need to increase on-time performance, use fewer carriers, and balance carrier assignments.  It also lets UPS compare multiple scenarios, add custom constraints, and identify bids where negotiation is most valuable.  The project should save UPS approximately $1.3 million\/year and improve customer and carrier satisfaction.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe UPS NAAFN team members included \u003Cstrong\u003EJessel Dhabliwala, Megan Patrick, Tom Pelling, Nathan Petty, Vikas Venugopal, and Selin Yilmaz\u003C\/strong\u003E with adviser \u003Cstrong\u003EAlan Erera\u003C\/strong\u003E.  In their project titled, \u003Cem\u003ETruck Scheduling for the North American Air Freight Network (NAAFN) Division of United Parcel Service (UPS), \u003C\/em\u003Ethe team developed new methods for scheduling truck capacity for the NAAFN, minimizing total weekly scheduled and unscheduled trucking costs.  Currently, truckload schedules are derived from average weekly demand.  In this project, methodology was first developed to estimate day-of-week truckload demand distributions for all lanes.  Stochastic scheduling models were then developed to determine truck schedules minimizing expected weekly costs. Results indicate that the new truck schedules may yield cost savings of 10%, or $6M annually.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe World Health Organization team members included \u003Cstrong\u003EMichele Cataldi, Christina Cho, Cesar Gutierrez, Jeff Hull, Phillip Kim, and Andrew Park\u003C\/strong\u003E with adviser \u003Cstrong\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/strong\u003E.  In their project titled, \u003Cem\u003EResource Allocation for Malaria Prevention\u003C\/em\u003E, the group developed a process for allocation and deployment of resources used for malaria prevention in Africa.  Using Swaziland as a pilot, the team quantified at-risk populations and times for malaria and intervention costs for spraying or bed nets.  They developed recommendations for number and placement of facilities with scheduled deployment for labor, chemicals, and trucks.  The team designed an interface to test and visualize Swaziland results and to evaluate benefits of adapting the methodologies throughout Africa.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event concluded with Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies \u003Cstrong\u003EChen Zhou\u003C\/strong\u003E recognizing outgoing Senior Design Coordinator \u003Cstrong\u003ESteve Hackman\u003C\/strong\u003E for his significant contribution to the program.  Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EJoel Sokol \u003C\/strong\u003Ewill serve as the new Senior Design Coordinator.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECompanies interested in submitting a project for consideration can either contact the Senior Design Coordinator \u003Cstrong\u003EJoel Sokol\u003C\/strong\u003E at 404 894-6484, or they can post a project through the ISyE webpage at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.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":"This semester\u0027s Senior Design course wrapped up with another round of high quality projects that had impressive results.  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