The three-year fellowship covers Georgia Tech tuition and fees, a monthly stipend, and travel to the annual Transportation Research Board meeting in Washington, D.C.--approximately $100,000. Lewis' research is based on understanding the tradeoffs between security practices and efficiency within intermodal transportation systems. It is a particularly timely topic, as the U.S. government continues to issue mandates on the security protocol for American roadways, airports, rail yards, and ports. His work focuses on seaports, and the reactive side of those mandates--how do you respond? How do you implement new security practices while maintaining a high level of efficiency and reliability?" Lewis says.

Lewis' professors have high praise for his efforts, especially Dr. Chelsea (Chip) White, his co-advisor and director of The Trucking Industry Program. Lewis followed Dr. White from the University of Michigan to Georgia Tech earlier this year, after completing his master's in industrial and operations engineering at Michigan in December 2001. Lewis also holds a bachelor's in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of California, Berkeley.

"Brian is an outstanding doctoral student with a terrific academic record," says Dr. White, who described Lewis as "a high achiever," Dr. Alan Elera, his other co-advisor and a faculty member in ISyE, received the same fellowship from 1997-2000 while he was a Ph.D. student at UC-Berkeley. It was he who urged Lewis to apply. " The Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowship program intends to fund truly outstanding students with significant potential to be lifelong leaders in the field of transportation research and education," says Elera. " Brian possesses the analytical research aptitude, the communications skills, and the motivation to become such a leader, and is most deserving of the award," he continued.

The School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech has ranked first among the nation's industrial engineering programs for more than a decade. It is part of Georgia Tech's College of Engineering, one of the country's finest engineering schools. For more information on the School, the College, and their programs, see the Georgia Tech website.

To learn about some of the research Brian participates in, visit the Security and Efficiency in Transportation Group (SETRA) website.

Of course, all accepted. The award will be presented to the group at a special luncheon to be held Monday, November 18, 2002, in conjunction with the annual INFORMS meeting to be held in San Jose, California.

Norback's program, which was first used during spring semester, is not a stand-alone course; it is designed to complement assignments in the senior design class. As students work through their engineering project, they receive input and feedback on oral and graphic presentations as well as written reports. "I interviewed senior executives in the workplace on an empirical basis to learn their criteria for employees," she said. "I also got permission from corporations to use their materials in the class, listing a bogus name."

Because the program integrates into the design course, Norback works closely with the professors who teach the course. Assistant Professor Julie Swann agrees that the students benefit from the added course dimension. "One student said he particularly liked the peer evaluations during class presentations. It helped the students focus and consider more effective communication tools." Swann says. "From the panel of alumni, the students heard about communication as it really is in the workplace, and learned that things like grammar, conciseness, and organization really do matter."

Some examples of techniques shared in the program include: how to make good eye contact; when to use non-technical language; how to assess and respond to evidence of a lack of understanding; avoiding the use of inappropriate gestures; and how to respond to questions and comments.

Initial funding from the program comes from Mel Hall, BIE 1967, and Hayne McCondichie, BIE 1952, MSIE 1953, in addition to contributions from the Georgia Tech Foundation through the College of Engineering. The College is watching ISyE's efforts closely, Norback said, and would like to utilize the program in all the engineering disciplines.

"The students can't get enough," she said. "They want more feedback. They're asking why they didn't get any of this before their senior year." Norback and ISyE hope to expand the program into the junior and sophomore years as soon as resources are available.

The keynote speaker was Jenifer Cistola, BIE 1981, vice president of North American Marketing for Scientific-Atlanta. She outlined the ten most important things she learned during her time at Georgia Tech and her career in the corporate world. They include being able to balance demands, maintain a positive attitude, continue to learn, and inspire the people around her. Cistola also recounted the hard work and countless hours of studying that characterize her memories of undergraduate life at Tech.

Mimi Philobos, a professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has organized the event since its inception in 1999. That year, the event drew about 100 attendees, and Philobos, who also directs the Women in Engineering Program at Tech, vowed she would make it an annual affair. Philobos closed the evening with words of thanks and encouragement. "Your hard work has been recognized by all of your peers," she said. "You are the leaders."

A new biography of Boyd will be available this fall. Written by Robert Coram of Atlanta, Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War, will be published by Little, Brown & Company. One area the book will explore is why Boyd is heavily respected by the U.S. Marines but virtually ignored by the Air Force. Some say it is because he made as many enemies as friends during his thirty-year career. When Boyd died of cancer in West Palm Beach in 1997, Charles C. Krulak, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, eulogized him as "a towering intellect who made unsurpassed contributions to the American art of war." He is credited with the development and design of both the F-15 "Eagle" and, as leader of the so-called "Fighter Mafia," the F-16 "Fighting Falcon." In addition to the "Energy Maneuverability Theory," he developed the concept of the "OODA Loop" (Observation, Orientation, Decision, Action) that is now standard in both the U.S. military and American business.

Boyd never published anything outside technical studies, but his ideas continue to have an impact on the military, academia, and business. For more information on Boyd and his theories, visit http://www.belisarius.com.

Thanks to the partnership of the nationally based Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS) and Microsoft Corporation, a generous software gift was recently donated to HOA. This software, Microsoft Project 2000, will allow the organization to implement a system to improve its special events planning. During spring semester 2002, an EPICS team of senior design students at ISyE needed this scheduling software to complete a project for HOA. Microsoft's University Relations (Microsoft Research) is a major sponsor of the EPICS program and allowed the software to be donated. The software has an estimated retail value of $20,000.

MS Project 2000 will be used by HOA to implement a tracking system for planning and organizing special events. "The software will allow us to manage our day-to-day activities and other detailed projects for special event planning," said Tony Chan, BIE '94, a planning and evaluation specialist at HOA. EPICS is a national organization founded at Purdue University with funding from the National Science Foundation and the Corporation for National Service. The purpose of EPICS is to enhance student volunteerism by providing large student teams with opportunities to contribute to community service and nonprofit organizations on long-term projects while earning academic credit.

ISyE Professor Dr. Faiz Al-Khayyal and Electrical Engineering Professor Dr. Mark Smith serve as program directors for EPICS. Artexas Davis is the EPICS Program Coordinator. For additional information on the EPICS program, please visit our website at http://www.isye.gatech.edu/epics/.

For more information about all of HENAAC's 2002 winners, about the conference and the Scholarship Programs please call Julie Olivas at the HENAAC office at (323) 262-0997, or visit the HENAAC website at www.henaac.org.

The Computer Equipment and Disposal Recycling Council by the 2002 Georgia General Assembly with House Bill 2 and signed by Governor Barnes on May 14. With great concern for long term hazardous waste pollution risk, this board will advise the Governor and Legislature of the state of Georgia on potential actions and policies to enhance electronics recycling and reuse.

Four years later, Ayhan has learned as she continues running and preparing for the Atlanta Marathon on Thanksgiving. It will be her fourth. This is the 41st running of the Atlanta Marathon and about 1,000 racers are expected for the 7:30am start. An additional 7,300 people will run the Atlanta Half Marathon, which begins at 7a.m. Marathoners will follow the 1996 Olympic course from Turner Field to Chamblee, which is also the half marathon start. Then they'll head back to the stadium along Peachtree.

The final five miles are hilly. "It is not the most challenging marathon by any means," said race director Julia Emmons, "but the thing to remember about Atlanta is that it's in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and you can't do a thing about that if you're running 26.2 miles." Ayhan and her husband, Anand Srinivasa, began running about nine years ago.

"The first time I ever ran, I could only run for five minutes," she said. Her job and her research pretty much confine her to a sedentary workday. She wasn't getting any exercise. "Running is part of my life now. The marathons, they are entertaining and engaging, but now I do just one a year," she said. She says she tries to run between 30 and 40 miles per week. Her husband used to be a running partner but injuries have kept him out of distance events. They still run together when she is not training for a distance event. She enjoys running in the mornings but has to work her running around her teaching schedule. The weather is never a factor. "If it is real bad outside, I just run on a treadmill," she said. She also does a little weight training twice a week for upper body strength. She says she has modest goals in terms of competing in distance races. "I have hopes to be under four hours and if I can, then that will be very good for me," she said.

As seen in Dekalb at Play from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

INFORMS (the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) is a 10,000-member professional society representing members in the fields of operations research, management science, and related disciplines. The Fellows Award recognizes distinguished individuals who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments and experience in these sciences, and who are long-standing members of the INFORMS society.

“We established this award as a means to recognize illustrious commitment on the part of our members to the INFORMS society and the industry at large in the areas of research, education, service to the profession and to the society, and the management of OR/MS organizations,” said Mark S. Daskin, Chair of the Professional Recognition Committee for INFORMS.

ISyE is pleased to honor these distinguished faculty members:

Dr. John Jarvis the former chair of ISyE and now serves as executive director of The Logistics Institute Asia-Pacific. His professional interests include transportation, distribution, and logistics; networks and linear programming; operations research; and optimization.

Dr. Ellis Johnson is the Coca-Cola Chaired Professor. His research interests in logistics include crew scheduling and real-time repair, fleet assignment and routing, distribution planning, network problems, and combinatorial optimization.

Dr. George Nemhauser is the A. Russell Chandler Chaired Professor. A former co-director of Tech’s Logistics Engineering Center, his current interests are in solving large-scale mixed-integer programming problems.

Dr. Donald Ratliff, executive director of The Logistics Institute, is UPS and Regents’ Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE). His current research and logistics competencies include intermodal network design, supply chain integration, delivery strategies, cross docking, vender managed resupply, real-time routing, shipment planning, logistics performance measurement, and container port operations.

Dr. Michael E. Thomas, former professor, chair of ISyE, and Institute provost, is the executive director of the Center for Internet Research, Policy, and Application. He is responsible for increasing collaboration, expanding research opportunities, and forging new research alliances in information security, information technology policy e-business, and new hardware and software systems.

William B. Rouse is the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart Chair of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. He has more than 30 years of experience in individual and organizational decision making and problem solving, decision support systems, and information systems. Dr. Rouse has consulted with numerous enterprises in the private, public, and non-profit sectors.