{"535641":{"#nid":"535641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Spotlight: And the Spring 2016 Senior Design Finalists Are:  Teams Interface Prod, reFUEL, and UPS Air Opt","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwenty-eight Senior Design teams from the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) completed real-world Capstone projects for the spring 2016 semester. Altogether, this group of Senior Design teams demonstrated the potential for more than $30 million per year in savings or increased profits.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cISyE has a very large impact on society, both locally and around the world, through our Senior Design program,\u201d said Leon McGinnis, Senior Design coordinator. \u201cWe can be very proud of our students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 28 teams presented their projects at the spring 2016 Capstone Expo on April 26, 2016. Out of this group, three teams \u2014 \u003Cstrong\u003EInterface Prod\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EreFUEL\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EUPS Air Opt\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014were chosen as finalists to compete in the Best of Senior Design on May 4. Team Interface Prod was selected as the first-place winner.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003EInterface Prod\u003C\/strong\u003E team developed a sales and operations planning system for Interface, Inc., the world\u0027s largest modular carpet tile manufacturer. The software-based system takes in sales history for demand forecasting and production planning. With customizable inputs, the system generates potential production scenarios to run through a simulator of the entire production process. The simulator outputs production time and cost information on a station-level for each production run. This allows Interface to analyze results, compare trade-offs, and make continuous improvements. With the team\u2019s recommendations, the system predicts production savings of $2.2 million for the first quarter of 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInterface plans to implement the project by the end of the third quarter in 2016. It will build the foundation of a sales and operations planning team, which Interface did not have prior to the Senior Design project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Interface team is proud to have worked with the Georgia Tech ISyE Senior Design team. Their work to develop a sales \u0026amp; operations planning system gives us the ability to quickly evaluate various production and inventory strategies given a certain demand scenario. This system gives us the scenario-planning tool we need to continuously adapt our strategy to changes in the marketplace,\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E said Chris Turk, senior vice president for manufacturing and operations at Interface.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam members included \u003Cstrong\u003EYaodong Jia, Lisa Liu\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAlexandria Schmid\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAntong Su\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EKattelie Thys\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EZiyu (Tino) Zhang\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EJingyu Zhu\u003C\/strong\u003E. They were advised by Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EAlexander Shapiro\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam \u003Cstrong\u003EreFUEL\u003C\/strong\u003E developed a random forest classification model using machine learning to detect and prevent fraud for FLEETCOR. The company is a leading independent global provider of specialized payment products and services including fleet cards, food cards, corporate lodging discount cards, and other specialized payment services for businesses throughout the world. FLEETCOR, which is liable for all fraudulent transactions on their cards, can use this model to save upwards of $5 million in fraud payouts each year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam members included \u003Cstrong\u003ESaharsh Chordia\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAndree Curran\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew Faenza\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EMary Elizabeth Herndon\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EKyung Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EHaeun Park\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJulia Wayne\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EHaidan Zhou\u003C\/strong\u003E. They were advised by David M. McKenney Family Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ESebastian Pokutta\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam \u003Cstrong\u003EUPS Air Opt\u003C\/strong\u003E has enabled UPS International Air Freight to take full advantage of package consolidation for international shipments by redesigning their routing decision process. This was accomplished through the development of an optimization-based tool that effectively combines dense and volumetric cargo on flights.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor 15 percent of the system, UPS will see an immediate estimated annual savings of $3.5 million by using the suggested guidelines. Going forward, the team proposed an alternative routing paradigm that could see an annual savings of $5.9 million.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUPS has already begun to implement the project by using the optimization tool in the UPS International Air Freight business unit. After the tool has been fully vetted using sample data, the optimization tool will be implemented as a stable analytical tool that complements the business unit\u2019s existing toolkit of evaluation software\/methods, according to Jack McPherson of UPS Corporate Transportation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam members include \u003Cstrong\u003EAbubaker Abubaker\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJames Alcock\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EPeter Alcock\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ECristian Barron\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EEmily Dong\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ENicole Gottret Murillo\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EEduardo Prieto\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003ESebastian Salazar\u003C\/strong\u003E. They were advised by Virginia C. and Joseph C. Mello Chair and Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Griffin\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the 2016 Capstone Expo, a panel of alumni judges chose Senior Design team \u003Cstrong\u003ESecond Self\u003C\/strong\u003E as the ISyE winner. This team worked with local microbrewery Second Self (founded by two Georgia Tech alumni) to implement a project that will enable the brewery\u0027s scalable growth, from a local to a regional brewery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESecond Self team members include \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Cho\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EBrian Homans\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EYikyung Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EGloria Lozano\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Na\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ECharles Oliva\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ESue Pedapudi\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew Zerkus\u003C\/strong\u003E. They were advised by Coca-Cola Material Handling \u0026amp; Distribution Chair and Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EBenoit Montreuil\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwenty-eight teams presented their projects at the spring 2016 Capstone Expo. Out of this group, three teams \u2014 \u003Cstrong\u003EInterface Prod\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EreFUEL\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EUPS Air Opt\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014were chosen as finalists to compete in the Best of Senior Design on May 4.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Twenty-eight teams presented their projects at the spring 2016 Capstone Expo. 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