{"50031":{"#nid":"50031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ammons Elected President-Elect for IIE Board of Trustees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJane Ammons, associate dean of engineering and professor of industrial and systems engineering with Georgia Tech, was elected as president-elect for the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) headquartered in Metro Atlanta. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn her new role Ammons says, \u0022I will support IIE\u0027s strategic plan \u0027A Framework for Success,\u0027 which includes enhancing the image of the industrial engineering profession, international growth, and outreach, industry participation, academic involvement, education, and expansion of volunteerism.*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmmons has been a member of IIE for more than 30 years. Ammons currently serves on the industrial engineering deans\u0027 council, and is an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) program evaluator for industrial engineering. She also served as secretary to the board of trustees from 1999-2001. Among her many honors and awards, are the WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women in OR\/MS, the Georgia Tech Woman of Distinction Award, Outstanding Faculty Member, and the IIE Transactions Award for Best Feature Application Paper.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmmons received her BSIE and MSIE from the University of Alabama, and her Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout IIE\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIIE is the world\u0027s largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity. Founded in 1948, IIE is an international, non-profit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and development of industrial engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIIE sponsors four yearly conferences, publishes four periodicals, offers corporate and classroom training, and supports member chapters around the world. IIE has offices in the United States and Mexico, and also collaborates with other industrial engineering associations in Europe, Latin America, South America, and Asia. The association\u0027s Web site is \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.iienet2.org\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.iienet2.org\/\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":"Jane Ammons, associate dean of engineering and professor of industrial and systems engineering with Georgia Tech, was elected as president-elect for the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) headquartered in Metro Atlanta.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ammons Elected President-Elect for IIE Board of Trustees"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2008-03-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:53","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-03-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-03-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"50032":{"id":"50032","type":"image","title":"Jane Ammons","body":null,"created":"1449175354","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:34","changed":"1475894447","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:47","alt":"Jane Ammons","file":{"fid":"126899","name":"tym70076.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tym70076_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tym70076_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":60054,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tym70076_0.jpg?itok=Kaf2ss6_"}}},"media_ids":["50032"],"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":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"7922","name":"IIE"},{"id":"7987","name":"Jane Ammons"}],"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":""}}}