{"60004":{"#nid":"60004","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Invites You, Your Family, and Friends to Attend the GT Women\u0027s Basketball Game","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGEORGIA TECH vs. VIRGINIA\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2003 - 2:00 PM\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlexander Memorial Coliseum at McDonald\u0027s Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAdmission is only $1.00! (FREE ADMISSION with Buzz Card).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis game will be televised on ESPN2. Show your support of Georgia Tech as the ISyE family comes together to support GT Women\u0027s Basketball.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAstronaut Mike Massimino, former ISyE faculty member, was scheduled to appear at this game as an Honorary Coach.  Due to the recent tragedy of the Space Shuttle Columbia,  Mike had to postpone his appearance until next season.  In recognition of Mike and the entire NASA family, a moment of silence will be observed in memory of the seven STS-107 crewmembers:  Mission Specialist David Brown, Commander Rick Husband, Mission Specialists Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla and Michael Anderson, Pilot William McCool and Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile returning from orbit on Feb. 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia and all seven STS-107 crewmembers were lost over north central Texas. Columbia was returning from a 16-day scientific research mission.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2003-02-06 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"60003":{"#nid":"60003","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Giddens Adds Two Associate Deans to College of Engineering Staff","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Engineering Dean Dr. Don Giddens today announced the appointment of Professor Ray Vito as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/people\/profile.php?id=1458\u0022\u003EProfessor Francois Sainfort\u003C\/a\u003E as Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Programs, respectively, effective March 1, 2003. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVito is a professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Tech and Sainfort is a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn making the announcement Giddens said \u0022Drs. Vito and Sainfort will each be one-half time in the Dean\u0027s Office and will devote one-half time to research, teaching and other academic duties in their respective schools.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGiddens cited a need for the College of Engineering to take a more active leadership role in engineering education, faculty career development and the pursuit of interdisciplinary research. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe said he believes these appointments are the beginning of that effort.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2003-02-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"60002":{"#nid":"60002","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IE Senior Design Group Explores Redesign of the Stinger Route","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile most of the other groups in their senior design class were working with companies outside of Tech such as Boeing and UPS, industrial engineering students Alanna Millman, Bryan Karlan, Megan Kirk, Jessica Kirk and India Haddock chose something a little closer to home- improve the Stinger route.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the full story at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nique.net\/issues\/spring2003\/2003-02-21\/14.html\u0022 target=\u0022blank\u0022\u003ETECHNIQUE\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2003-02-24 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"59999":{"#nid":"59999","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jane Ammons Elected IIE Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/people\/profile.php?id=1349\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJane Ammons\u003C\/a\u003E, NSF Advance Professor of Engineering and Professor of ISyE, has been named a Fellow of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iienet.org\/ \u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute of Industrial Engineers\u003C\/a\u003E (IIE). The IIE Fellow award acknowledges outstanding leaders of the profession who have made significant, nationally recognized contributions to industrial engineering. With more than 17,000 members and 150 chapters worldwide, IIE is the world\u0027s largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmmons, an IIE member for 28 years, is recognized for her \u0022significant and sustained technical and service contributions to the field of industrial engineering,\u0022 according to IIE officials. \u0022Dr. Ammons has achieved outstanding accomplishments in manufacturing systems research, in engineering education scholarship, in service to IIE, and in service to interdisciplinary activities as an ambassador for the industrial engineering field.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EShe joins several current and emeriti ISyE faculty who have been honored with IIE Fellow distinction, including:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERobert Lehrer (1963), James Apple (1968), Harold Smalley (1968), Cecil Johnson (1980), Gerald Thuesen (1987), Michael Thomas (1988), Jack Lohmann (1996), Leon McGinnis (1996), Don Ratliff (1996), John Jarvis (1997), Justin Myrick (2000), Donovan Young (2000), Jerry Banks (2002)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2003-05-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"59998":{"#nid":"59998","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kwok Tsui Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/people\/profile.php?id=899\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKwok Tsui\u003C\/a\u003E, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2003. The fellow status is the highest grade given to ASA members. The citation of his fellow nomination reads as follows: \u0022For significant contributions to robust parameter design, statistical process control, data mining, and industrial statistics;  for his leading role in the interface between statistics and industrial engineering; and for his dedicated professional service.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the American Statistical Association, please visit their website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.amstat.org\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.amstat.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2003-05-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-05-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-05-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"59997":{"#nid":"59997","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Continues National Prominence in U.S. News Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDefault text in editor\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2003-05-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"59996":{"#nid":"59996","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jeff Wu Joins ISyE Faculty","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/people\/profile.php?id=18\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJeff Wu\u003C\/a\u003E joins ISyE as the Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics. Wu comes to Georgia Tech from the University of Michigan, where he served as H.C. Carver Professor of Statistics and Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering. Prior to this he was the GM\/NSERC Chair in Quality and Productivity at the University of Waterloo. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA world-renowned statistician, Wu received the prestigious COPSS (Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies) Presidents Award in 1987. This award, commissioned by five statistical societies, is given to the best researcher under the age of 40. He is also an elected member of Academia Sinica and a Fellow of the American Society of Quality, the Institute for Mathematical Statistics, and the American Statistical Association. He has won numerous awards, including the 1990 Wilcoxin Prize for the best practical application paper in Technometrics; the Brumbaugh Award for the single most important paper to quality control among publications sponsored by the American Society for Quality Control; and the 1997 Jack Youden Prize for the best review paper in Technometrics. He was the 1998 P.C. Mahalanobis Memorial Lecturer at the Indian Statistical Institutes. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHis research work is widely cited, and is listed as \u0022ISI Highly Cited Researcher\u0022 in 2003 on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isihighlycited.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.isihighlycited.com\u003C\/a\u003E. He is also well cited in professional journals and magazines, including a feature article about his work in \u003Cem\u003ECanadian Business\u003C\/em\u003E and a special issue of \u003Cem\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/em\u003E on quality. He has served as editor or associate editor for several prestigious journals, such as \u003Cem\u003EAnnals of Statistics\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EJournal of American Statistical Association\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ETechnometrics\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EStatistica Sinica\u003C\/em\u003E. Wu has published more than 100 research articles in peer review journals. He has supervised 29 Ph.D.s; 14 of these are now working in major research departments in statistics\/engineering\/business in the U.S. and Canada, and two are senior vice presidents at major U.S. companies. He also co-authored, with Mike Hamada, the award winning book \u003Cem\u003EExperiments: Planning, Analysis, and Parameter Design Optimization\u003C\/em\u003E (Wiley, 2000).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWu is excited about joining the ISyE faculty. \u0022One of my lifetime goals is to develop an industrial statistics program that will become a new paradigm and role model in the engineering college,\u0022 he says. \u0022During my first visit to ISyE in February of 2002, I was immediately impressed and convinced that this would be the place for me to carry out this vision. With their resources, reputation, and innovative outlook, Georgia Tech and ISyE provide an ideal environment to develop a world-class program in engineering statistics and quality engineering.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWu earned his bachelor\u0027s in Mathematics from National Taiwan University and his doctorate in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2003-08-11 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2003-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"59994":{"#nid":"59994","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Professor Says Better Coordination Needed to Save U.S. Aviation System From Peril","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech professor, who helped develop the findings of a recent National Research Council report on the state of air transportation in the U.S., says the system is in peril, as is the nation\u0027s dominance in world aviation. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report, called \u0022Securing the Future of U.S. Air Transportation: A System in Peril,\u0022 was released in September and looks at a broad range of problems in the aviation industry, from safety and security, to the capacity of the air transportation system, to consumer satisfaction. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?id=1454\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAmy Pritchett\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor who holds dual appointments in Georgia Tech\u0027s schools of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, was a member of the report committee. The group was charged with helping to plan the nation\u0027s aviation strategy for the next 50 years. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022While the European Union, China and India all have ambitious aerospace agendas, the United States is falling behind, without a clear, long-term plan and without a broad base of basic research to support long-term innovation,\u0022 Pritchett said in an interview this week. \u0022While air transportation is a vital part of our growing economy, the capacity of our air traffic control system is reaching fundamental limits to growth. These limits can\u0027t be solved by technology alone, and there is no one \u0027silver bullet\u0027 solution.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInstead, Pritchett said she believes the nation needs to change the underlying operational concepts, economic structures, and role of humans and machines used in air transportation, while maintaining a safety level unique to aviation. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report committee concluded that the government should institute a focused national leadership for aviation, guided by a strategic vision that will enable the airline industry to meet increased travel demand in the future.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022While capacity may not seem to be a pressing issue today, as recently as the summer of 2001 extremely high demand for travel caused record delays at airports and dramatically lowered customer satisfaction,\u0022 said David Woods, a member of the report committee and a professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Ohio State. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe continued: \u0022As painful as the present economic situation is for the industry, the current travel slump provides breathing room to step back and coordinate changes across the different parts of the industry and government * before demand for air travel increases again.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report illustrated the need for strategic coordination among the airlines, as well as all the other stakeholders in air transportation. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESuch strategic coordination will require new technology * specifically, computer networks that coordinate decisions among the stakeholders. One of Pritchett and Woods\u0027 areas of expertise * how people interact with computers to make decisions in high-risk environments * will be critical in carrying out the committee\u0027s recommendations. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPritchett said: \u0022Making the system function as an efficient whole is a complex issue * especially when decisions will impact many different airlines and customers in ways that they may not have chosen for themselves. We cannot do this without computers * but we can\u0027t automate it completely either. Instead, we need to develop collaborative, human-interactive technologies that enable operating concepts that we haven\u0027t even conceived of yet.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWoods said computer systems will have to be designed so that airline employees can monitor what is happening in the entire United States air travel system and accurately project the consequences of certain actions. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As daunting a task as that sounds, he said, \u0022such a system is necessary for the airlines to make appropriate decisions that affect safety and performance.\u0022 Woods offered an example. \u0022Say weather in one area begins to delay a few flights. If I\u0027m in charge of dispatching for an airline, I can make certain changes that will help my aircraft minimize delays and schedule disruptions. But what helps me could create bottlenecks for other aspects of the overall system.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo make good decisions, he said, dispatchers must be able to see the big picture, such as what is happening at the other airlines. The system must then be able to adapt to maintain capacity. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Research Council is part of the National Academies, which also comprise the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine. They are private, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology and health policy advice under a congressional charter. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPritchett and Woods\u0027 colleagues on the Council committee included researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Texas A\u0026amp;M University System, as well as members of the military and aviation industry: Durango Aerospace Inc., Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management, Flight Safety Technologies Inc., GE Aircraft Engines, United States Air Force, Rolls Royce North America, Airports Council International-North America, The Boeing Co. Phantom Works, RJR Aviation LLC, Aviation Planning and Finance, and RAND Corp. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith nearly 25 years of experience diagnosing the factors behind human error, Woods has won awards for improving the safety of automated cockpits. He recently advised the Columbia Accident Investigation Board on its efforts to diagnose the contributors to the Shuttle disaster.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2003-11-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-11-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-11-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"59995":{"#nid":"59995","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NASA Names Georgia Tech Professor to New Shuttle Safety Advisory Panel","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?id=1421\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAugustine Esogbue\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is among nine safety, management and engineering experts tapped by NASA to lead its Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP). All former members of the panel resigned in September after being criticized by Columbia Shuttle investigators and members of Congress for being ineffective.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAugustine Esogbue is a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/iscl\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIntelligent Systems \u0026amp; Controls Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new panel \u0026#8212; announced Tuesday in an effort to provide stronger, more focused oversight on safety assessment \u0026#8212; is expected to play an important role in the ongoing safety assessment and review of the Space Shuttle program as it prepares to return to flight. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEsogbue, who also serves at the director of the Intelligent Systems \u0026amp; Controls Laboratory at Georgia Tech, is one of only two members selected to the panel who hold academic appointments. The rest were selected from the military and private industry. The panel was chartered by Congress in 1967, after the tragic fire aboard Apollo 1, to act as an independent body advising NASA on the safety of operations, facilities, and personnel. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;The Columbia Accident Investigation Board report clearly indicated we need to get back to basics with our safety assessment,\u0026quot; NASA Administrator Sean O\u0027Keefe said in a written statement. \u0026quot;By recommitting ourselves to the original concept for the ASAP, we believe a stronger, more focused advisory panel will benefit the entire agency well beyond our Return to Flight efforts.\u0026quot;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn naming the members, NASA also announced the new panel will begin with a new charter \u0026#8212; the original charter from 1967, signed by then-NASA Administrator James E. Webb. According to NASA, the new provisions help assure an independent, long-term oversight of the agency\u0027s safety policies and programs. Some of the revisions include: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8212; The new ASAP will report quarterly instead of annually;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026#8212; The term for new members is two years, extendable to a maximum of six years in order to stagger terms of service and ensure a fresh perspective at regular intervals;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026#8212; The new ASAP focuses on NASA\u0027s safety and quality systems. ASAP will focus on industrial and systems safety, risk management, trend analysis and the management of these activities. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new panel will have the opportunity to develop its agenda in concert with the oversight findings of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, according to NASA. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;By drawing on and asking the technical support of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center, the panel will have a deep capacity to conduct comprehensive, independent, external oversight of our safety systems, operations and culture,\u0026quot; O\u0027Keefe said. \u0026quot;We welcome the members\u0027 active participation in our efforts to emerge from the Columbia tragedy a smarter, stronger and safer agency dedicated to exploration.\u0026quot;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEsogbue has been a professor at Georgia Tech since 1972. In 1976, he founded Georgia Tech\u0027s chapter of NSBE - the National Society of Black Engineers and currently serves as the chapter\u0027s faculty advisor. His research interests include dynamic programming, fuzzy sets, decision making and control in a fuzzy environment, and operations research with applications to socio-technical systems such as health care, water resource management and disaster control planning. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs director of the Intelligent Systems and Controls Laboratory, he is currently investigating a hybrid approach to intelligent control via fuzzy sets, neural networks, and reinforcement learning theories, as well as its application to various large-scale, nonlinear and uncertain dynamical systems. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHere is a list of the new panel members: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nRear Admiral Walt Cantrell, USN (Ret)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFormer Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMember, NASA Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFormer NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel member \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVice Admiral Joe Dyer, USN (Ret)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFormer Commander, Naval Air Systems Command\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeneral Manager, Military Systems Division, iRobot Corporation \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAugustine Esogbue, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor and Director, Intelligent Systems \u0026amp; Controls Laboratory,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMajor General Rusty Gideon, USAF (Ret)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFormer Commander, U.S. Air Force Safety Center, and USAF Chief of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSafety\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFormer Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFormer Commander, Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDeborah Grubbe\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDuPont Corporate Director \u0026amp;#8212 Safety and Health\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMember, National Academy of Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFormer consultant, Columbia Accident Investigation Board \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERosemary O\u0027Leary, J.D., Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor of Public Administration and Political Science, Maxwell School\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nof Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, New York\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMember, NASA Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJohn Marshall\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDelta Airlines, Vice President Corporate Safety and Compliance, Atlanta\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCo-chair, Commercial Aviation Safety Team\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBoard member, National Defense Transportation Association \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESteve Wallace\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDirector, Office of Accident Investigation, Federal Aviation Administration\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFAA representative to National Transportation Safety Board\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFormer Columbia Accident Investigation Board member \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERick Williams\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCorporate Safety Director, Alcoa, New York\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFormer Director, Human Resources, Alcoa Primary Metals, Knoxville,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTenn. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrigadier General Joseph Smith, USA \u0026#8212; Ex-Officio Member\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDirector, U.S. Army Safety Center, Fort Rucker, Ala.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERedistributed from Georgia Tech\u0027s Institute Communications and Public Affairs.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2003-11-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-11-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-11-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"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":""}}}