{"74501":{"#nid":"74501","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bill George on Authentic Leadership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBill George (BSIE 1964, Honorary PhD 2008),\nprofessor of management practice at Harvard Business School, is the author of\nfive best-selling books: 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis, True North:\nDiscovering your Authentic Leadership, Finding Your True North (workbook),\nAuthentic Leadership, and the recently released True North Groups: A Powerful\nPath to Personal and Leadership Development. At Harvard, George teaches\nleadership and leadership development.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorge is the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic\nand currently serves on the boards of ExxonMobil and Goldman Sachs. He is also\na trustee of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the World Economic\nForum USA. He has made frequent appearances on television and radio, and his\narticles have appeared in numerous publications. He has been named to the \u201cTop\n25 Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years\u201d by PBS.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorge received his bachelor\u2019s in industrial\nengineering with high honors from Georgia Tech, his MBA with high distinction\nfrom Harvard University, where he was a Baker Scholar, and honorary PhDs from\nGeorgia Tech, St. Thomas University, and Bryant University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1999, he and his wife Penny founded the George\nFamily Foundation as a way to foster wholeness in mind, body, spirit, and\ncommunity and to further the development of authentic leaders. Their interests\ninclude integrative medicine, leadership, spirituality, and community.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georges, who reside in Minneapolis, MN, also\nsupport academia at Georgia Tech through fellowships and an endowed chair in\nthe area of health systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\nare some characteristics you believe every leader should possess?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG\u003C\/strong\u003E:\nLeadership is about character, not characteristics. I could give you a list of\ncharacteristics that are desirable, but I could also show you leaders who have\nthose characteristics and are poor leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2006, we conducted research on 125 outstanding leaders\nasking them this same question. What we learned was that these leaders were not\ninterested in talking about characteristics. They wanted to discuss life\nstories and their crucibles, and how they can stay true to their values. This\nresearch was the basis for my book, True North. Your \u201ctrue north\u201d is what you\nbelieve at your deepest level\u2014your beliefs, values, and principles. The essence\nof leadership is captured in your character.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\nare some frequent mistakes you witness in leaders?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG\u003C\/strong\u003E:\nOne mistake is when leaders deviate from their true north. It is quite easy\nwhen things are going well to practice good values. It is far more difficult\nand important to stay true when things do not go your way. A good question to\nask yourself is: are you true to your values when the pressure is on?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EClosely associated with that is putting your own\npersonal interest ahead of the organization for which you are responsible\nbecause you want to get ahead or look good. Another mistake is when leaders do\nnot own responsibility and blame others instead.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\nadvice would you give students who want to prepare for future leadership\nopportunities?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG\u003C\/strong\u003E:\nGo lead! There are myriad opportunities on campus to lead, whether at the\ngraduate or undergraduate level. I had tremendous opportunities when I was at\nTech. In my freshman and sophomore years, I lost some elections, until some\nfriends helped me get on track. After that, I ended up leading many student\norganizations at Tech. I learned a lot from those experiences, both in being\nrejected and in landing leadership roles. When I was at Medtronic, some of\nthose early leadership experiences on campus kept coming back to me\u2014the\nmistakes I made, what I\u2019d learned from them, and how to build genuine\nrelationships with people. In my courses at Harvard, students learn to lead\nthrough a lot of personal sharing about their life stories, their crucibles,\nand their leadership experiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\nadvice would you give someone going into a leadership position for the first\ntime?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG\u003C\/strong\u003E:\nI would advise them to learn everything they can about the experience and to\nengage in it 100 percent. Don\u2019t look ahead to your next job, but make it a\nhabit to learn from the people around you, especially from you subordinates.\nTake some risks, and ask for help when it is needed.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is extremely helpful to have a support group of\npeers around you, a true north group. This is a group of trusted peers with\nwhom you communicate on a regular basis. When you face dilemmas and difficult\nproblems, you can take them to your group. They will probably not give you\nmagic answers. However, they will be able to give you insights and help you\nuncover your blind spots which are essential in effective leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow\ndo you select people to participate in your true north group?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG\u003C\/strong\u003E:\nYou can start with a group of trusted peers. These groups are a two- way\nstreet, as you have to be willing to offer to them as much as they offer to\nyou. You select a group of people willing to be open, honest in giving and\nreceiving feedback, willing to share openly, and willing to be authentic in\ntheir dealings and their relationships. My most recent book, True North Groups:\nA Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development is dedicated to setting\nup such a group or enabling your current group to have deeper and more\nmeaningful discussions about the vital questions of life.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\nare you doing to ensure you continue to grow and develop as a leader?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG\u003C\/strong\u003E:\nI continue to learn every day. My role shifted completely when I completed my\nterm at Medtronic in 2002. Since then, I have been focusing on helping people\nbecome more effective leaders, from college students up to CEOs. I continue to\nlearn a great deal from my students even though they may be thirty years\nyounger than I. I learn from new CEOs and the challenges they face. These days,\nI\u2019m learning how to lead better by learning directly from other leaders. At\nMedtronic, I learned the importance of learning from my subordinates. Now, I\u2019m\nexpanding my knowledge and focusing on learning from other leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHave\nyou found a vast difference in leadership styles among universities?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG\u003C\/strong\u003E:\nI have found dramatic differences among academic institutions. Essentially, it\ncomes down to two questions: does the faculty genuinely want to learn from its\nstudents and help them exchange knowledge amongst themselves or is the faculty\nprincipally oriented toward transferring knowledge to students? I see many\nacademic institutions where the latter is the case. This is a missed\nopportunity. Great academics learn from their students every day.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second question gets to the nature of the world\nin the twenty-first century. Does the faculty work together across disciplinary\nlines? We live in a world of extraordinarily complex and intractable problems\nthat are not subject to single-disciplinary solutions. Solving these problems\nrequires that people work together across disciplinary lines. Although we hail scientific\nbreakthroughs like sequencing of the human genome, without multidisciplinary\napproaches it will take decades to translate that into benefits for mankind.\nThis is one of the things Georgia Tech does very well.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow\ncan universities and businesses work together to bridge the gap from academic\nresearch to technology transfer?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG\u003C\/strong\u003E:\nSome academic institutions are far too preoccupied with research grants and\nwith publication of knowledge. They have not spent nearly enough time looking\nat how this knowledge is utilized in real-world situations. I think by engaging\nwith business, academics can learn how business operates and how it uses\ninformation. Also, academics should consider how they approach businesses when\nit comes to their theories. I think it is best to come from a place of testing\ntheir theories instead of getting businesses to adopt them. Great academic\ninstitutions seek out businesses to work with to learn what they are doing and\nthen see if they can take those specific cases and translate them to be useful\nto many other organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOften businesses are too focused on achieving\nmeasurable results and are unwilling to take the disruptive or radical\nsolutions that may be needed to improve performance. Academic institutions can\nplay leading roles by providing test beds for radical innovation. We\u2019ve seen\nthat take place in medical technology. An example is the Georgia Tech-Emory\nresearch collaboration. I\u2019ve seen it in the computing field where academic\ninstitutions were way ahead in spawning innovations like Google, Facebook, and\nApple. That\u2019s why business and industry should be hungry to work with academic\ninstitutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\nare some ways that ISyE could lead more effectively?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG\u003C\/strong\u003E:\nI think the role of industrial and systems engineering is to become the great\nintegrator and the systems thinker to guide us to those breakthrough ideas that\nwill move society forward. It is essential that we solve critical issues today\nby looking at the whole system, something that is not being done in healthcare,\nfor example.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\nI see ISyE as the\nintegrating force throughout Georgia Tech. Every student at Tech, no matter the\ndiscipline, needs to have that broader approach to systems thinking and should\nbe required to take courses in industrial and systems engineering. It is the\nonly way we are going to be able to solve the critical issues we face today in\nhealthcare, logistics, energy, the environment, and manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBill George (BSIE 1964, Honorary PhD 2008),\nprofessor of management practice at Harvard Business School and author of\nfive best-selling books, shares his thoughts on leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-12-16 14:16:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:53","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-31T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-31T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"74511":{"id":"74511","type":"image","title":"Bill George (BSIE 1964, Honorary PhD 2008)","body":null,"created":"1449178046","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:26","changed":"1475894688","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:48","alt":"Bill George (BSIE 1964, Honorary PhD 2008)","file":{"fid":"193785","name":"bill_george_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bill_george_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bill_george_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":199183,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bill_george_0_0.jpg?itok=z1vnLyWF"}}},"media_ids":["74511"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1614","name":"bill george"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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Since ancient times, mankind has been transforming raw materials into\nproducts, whether it was grinding grain and adding water for a wood-fired cake\nor smelting iron ore to cast the first weapons.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBut raw materials had to be sourced. They were\ngrown, mined, hunted, or collected\u2014perhaps in a land \u201cfar far away,\u201d so there\nwas a need for perilous sea voyages, dusty camel treks over desert dunes,\narduous hikes along treacherous mountain ranges, or perhaps just a donkey cart\nride to the next village. \u201cIf I can make one for myself, why not make more than\none to barter or sell for other useful things?\u201d\u2014enter the village marketplace.\nOf course, in the olden days people also felt the effect of seasonality, so\nthere were barns, stockpiles, and mounds of pickled fish.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMuch may have changed since the days of the Dutch\nEast India Company\u2014we now talk of inventory control, distribution channels,\nintermodal transportation, and lean manufacturing\u2014but the key activities that\ncomprise supply chains are as old as time. An outsider to the field would thus\nbe excused for wondering what the hullabaloo of the past few decades is all\nabout. The truth is that the revolutionary developments in industry and\nbusiness over the last two centuries\u2014and indeed the last few decades\u2014has\nnecessitated an entirely new approach to managing these fast-paced \u201cchains\u201d of\nactivities that now span continents and involve multiple players. Companies in\ntoday\u2019s global markets recognize that it really is no longer \u201cmy product\nagainst your product,\u201d but \u201cmy supply chain versus your supply chain.\u201d It is a\nprevailing thought that a properly deployed, balanced, and strategically\naligned supply chain is a competitive weapon in the battle for market share and\nrevenue. It is the study and pursuit of this balance, alignment, efficiency,\nand responsiveness that has spawned supply chain engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering (ISyE) has had its finger on the pulse of this new field\nsince the school\u2019s founding in 1948. Research and courses were not restricted\nto manufacturing alone, as was the norm in industrial engineering at the time,\nand included physical distribution and material handling. Beginning in the\n1960s, ISyE broadened its methodology expertise into operations research,\nentering the domain of transportation routing, network design, and inventory\ncontrol. Through the 1970s and 1980s, a variety of ISyE research centers in\nmaterial handling, logistics, and transportation were established. In 1992, the\nLogistics Institute was created to consolidate the wide range of\nlogistics-related research and education efforts that have helped ISyE\nestablish its number one ranking among industrial engineering programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe widespread recognition of the term \u201csupply\nchain\u201d has come primarily as a result of the globalization and outsourcing of\nmanufacturing since the mid-1990s. Globalization accented the need for\nlogistics strategies to deal with large and complex commercial networks. There\nhas been an increasing trend to use the term \u201csupply chain\u201d to refer to\nstrategic issues and \u201clogistics\u201d to refer to tactical and operational issues.\nThis growing association of supply chain with strategy is reflected in the\nCouncil of Logistics Management\u2019s changing its name to the Council of Supply\nChain\u0026nbsp; Management Professionals (CSCMP) in\n2005. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECSCMP made the distinction that \u201clogistics is that\npart of the supply chain process that plans, implements, and controls the\nefficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services,\nand related information between the point of origin and the\u0026nbsp; point of consumption in order to meet\ncustomers\u2019 requirements\u201d while \u201csupply chain management is the systemic,\nstrategic coordination of the\u0026nbsp;\ntraditional business functions and the tactics across these business functions\nwithin a particular company and across businesses within the supply chain for\nthe purposes of improving the long-term performance of the individual companies\nand the supply chain as a whole.\u201d Maintaining its relevance to industry, the\nLogistics Institute changed its name to the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics\nInstitute, reflecting the breadth and depth of ISyE\u2019s expanding mission of\ndeveloping technology and people to address the rapidly evolving engineering\nand management needs of the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, don\u2019t let the fact that there is a formal\ndefinition of supply chain management and an official-sounding council to\ngovern its practice fool you into thinking there is widespread agreement in the\nsupply chain industry. Debate rages regarding its definition, what it\nencompasses, and its rightful place in an organization. The discussion will\nmost likely continue for the simple reason that supply chains vary\nsignificantly from industry to industry. Despite this grappling about\ntechnicalities, there are pertinent supply chain \u201ctruths.\u201d First and foremost,\nthere is no supply chain without a customer. Whether that customer is a mother\nof five buying groceries in a retail store, a billion-dollar airline expanding\nits fleet, a starving tsunami victim in need of basic necessities, or a trooper\nin need of ammunition on the battlefield, there is a need that must be\nsatisfied. What sets supply chains apart is how effectively and efficiently\nthey satisfy this need. Two other central truths are that of alignment and\nbalance. Added to this balancing act is the concept of strategic alignment with\nthe organization\u2019s goals\u2014miss this and you will find yourself walking the wrong\ntightrope\u2014 to the detriment of the organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECommercial supply chains are, by far, the most\nwidely studied and prioritized supply chains, simply because they affect every\naspect of our daily consumer lives. They have in common the overriding\nobjective of making and sustaining a profit but can differ vastly in how they\ngo about doing so. Take for example the difference between a supply chain for a\nretail distributor of fast-moving consumer goods and that of a high-tech\nelectronics manufacturer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWalmart comes quickly to mind in the retail sector.\nThey will tell you very succinctly that they are not a series of stores spread\nout over the globe but rather well-defined and managed geographically dispersed\nsupply chains. Can you question their level of success? Walmart does not\nmanufacture anything. They are best at capturing point-of-purchase demand and\nthen anticipating and even shaping demand through volume purchases and discount\npricing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIntel, on the other hand, boasts a high- tech\nelectronics supply chain that is also considered a best of breed in its\nindustry. They manufacture integrated microprocessors. Their success lies in\ntheir ability to navigate the perils of the high-tech industry, where the shelf\nlife of a product is usurped by tomorrow\u2019s technological advancements. Margins\non new product releases must be realized and captured quickly before they become\ncommoditized or replaced by advanced technology. The time criticality of the\nindustry and the nature and value of raw materials and finished goods\nprioritize lead time and speed to market as key decision variables within the\nhigh-tech industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHumanitarian supply chains are typically associated\nwith disaster-relief efforts but also include the long-term, sustained\ndistribution of services and material aid to impoverished individuals or\ncommunities. A good example of this comes from South Africa, where donated\nbreast milk is collected, pasteurized, and redistributed by an NGO to premature\ninfants with no access to their mother\u2019s own milk.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe infants\u2019 predicament is not linked to a disaster\nper se, but is the result of the HIV pandemic and a lack of infrastructure and\nresources in the country\u2019s public healthcare sector. Disaster or no disaster,\nthese supply chains do not seek to make a profit\u2014 instead they seek to spend\nevery penny to save more lives and improve quality of life. A whole different\nset of complexities comes into play. Resources are always scarce as demand\nalmost always exceeds supply. Coordination, collaboration, and flexibility are\nabsolutely necessary but difficult to achieve when lives are at stake.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn military supply chains, the word is\nreadiness\u2014poised to respond rapidly to low-probability, high-impact events that\ncould occur almost anywhere and affect the security and safety of an entire\nworld. It is understandable that these supply chains are gigantic, heavily\nregulated, and laden with inventory. When responding to one of these events,\nrobustness and reliability become the key performance measures. There can be no\ndisruption of supply to the battlefield, regardless of how many bridges get\nblown out or how many depots are infiltrated. Furthermore, soldiers in the\nfield must receive their supplies when, where, and in the condition they\nexpected, and there is very little room for error. Although military supply\nchains are concerned about the bottom line and cost-efficiency, a much higher priority\nis placed on establishing and maintaining predetermined readiness levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom these few examples, it is clear that successful\nsupply chains need to be custom built to fulfill their purpose. That is why the\nfield is termed supply chain engineering. Creating a supply chain from scratch\nor reengineering and optimizing an existing supply chain network to capitalize\non new opportunities both require rigorous analysis and thoughtful design.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor each of these scenarios, the starting point is\nunderstanding the context. This goes far beyond understanding just the\norganization\u2014which may be but one player in a vast supply chain. A deep\nappreciation of the dynamics of the entire supply chain is required. Who are\nthe players, and how do their actions affect each other? What are the competing\nsupply chains within the same industry, and what are the complementary supply\nchains in other industries? What is required to establish and maintain a\ncompetitive edge within the industry? Furthermore, if the supply chain has a\nglobal reach; one has to also understand how politics, trade agreements, laws,\nand regulations affect the supply chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAgainst this backdrop, the supply chain can be\ndesigned. Of tantamount importance is the understanding of the organization\u2019s\nstrategic objectives and securing the buy in of upper-level management.\nMisalignment is easily the most common affliction of modern supply chains. The\nwrong set of metrics drive the wrong behavior\u2014often departments are\nindividually optimized to the disadvantage of the organization as a whole.\nTypically these first steps are considered the more \u201cbusiness\u201d side of supply\nchain engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOnly once you have defined the strategy and\nestablished and aligned your key performance metrics against the backdrop of\nthe problem context does it make sense to roll up your sleeves and jump into\nthe tactical and operational aspect. This may include network optimization,\norganizational realignment, decision modeling and analysis based on landed\ncost, and risk management or more tactical initiatives such as inventory\nmanagement, transportation management, SKU rationalization, vendor sourcing,\nand procurement strategies. The toolset available to the supply chain engineer\nis vast\u2014borrowing from industrial engineering, operations research, business,\nand finance\u2014and choosing the correct tool for the job is a fine art learned\nthrough experience and exposure. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe result of the engineering process is typically a\nsmall number of alternate designs (typically one or two) for the decision maker\nto choose from. Each of these designs will have been thoroughly evaluated by\nmeans of simulations, pilot projects, and\/or quantitative analysis to\nunderstand and predict both the operational and financial outcomes of its\nimplementation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESupply chain engineering is both a science and an\nart. It requires rigorous analysis\u2014both quantitative and qualitative\u2014but also\nintuition, experience, and creative problem solving. Similarly, it is a field\nthat allows for specialists and generalists, strategists and implementers. One\ncould specialize in the development and application of network optimization\nalgorithms or become a consultant who studies the industry and the company in\norder to help define the problem. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESupply chain engineering is a field that gives you a\nwide range of career options. Within academia, there are a variety of research\ntopics to be advanced and a multitude of young minds to educate and train.\nIndustry offers an equally wide range. One could work for a consulting firm and\nget exposure to many different kinds of supply chains, be part of an internal\nsupply chain team that designs and manages the global supply chain of a Fortune\n500 company, or even be the chief supply chain engineer for a start-up company.\nOne could work for the military, non-governmental organizations, governments,\nor organizations like the United Nations and the World Health Organization. In\ndeciding on whether to embark on a supply chain engineering career, the\nquestion is not whether there is work for you in the industry you are\npassionate about but rather whether you are passionate about the way of\nthinking, the problem solving skills, and the paradigms of supply chain\nengineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more than sixty years, ISyE has provided a\nleadership role in the evolution and growth of supply chain engineering. This\nis reflected in the evolution of the School\u2019s undergraduate and graduate curriculum\nas well as faculty research and outreach. ISyE\u2019s progress has been led by two\nstrategic objectives:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETo offer more opportunities for\nspecialization at both the undergraduate and graduate levels\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETo recognize the importance of applying\nour industrial engineering methods to increasingly complex and global product\nsupply chains\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile ISyE still offers only one BS degree in\nindustrial engineering, the BSIE degree now includes four unique curriculum\ntracks for students to follow, one of which is supply chain engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe number of master\u2019s degrees offered by ISyE has\ngrown steadily during its history, the most recent addition being the Master of\nScience in Supply Chain Engineering. The first twelve graduates of this\nprofessional master\u2019s program will receive their diplomas in December 2011.\nVisit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.sce.gatech.edu \u003C\/a\u003Eto\nlearn more about this program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EISyE also offers the Executive Master\u2019s in\nInternational Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Strategy (EMIL-SCS), which was\nintroduced in 2001. EMIL-SCS offers real-world, practical value through\ntraditional course work, live cases, corporate site visits, webinars, and corporate-sponsored\nsupply chain projects at the leading cusp of industry trends. Designed for\nexperienced executives, the EMIL-SCS program is built around five intensive\ntwo-week residences in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. No\neducational experience in supply chain engineering would be complete without\nemphasizing the \u201cglobal\u201d component. For this reason, great effort is made to\nincorporate cultural, geographic, academic, and experiential diversity into\nboth the EMIL-SCS and the MS SCE programs. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.emil.gatech.edu \u003C\/a\u003Eto\nlearn more about the EMIL-SCS program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENotably, education and training is only one facet of\nISyE\u2019s impact on the field. An impressive group of professors and PhD\ncandidates fervently pursue research adding to the field of supply chain\nengineering. Many of the faculty members are thought leaders in their own\nspecialty, and numerous Georgia Tech publications are considered key references\nwithin supply chain engineering. But beyond the intellectual towers of academia\nlies industry\u2014where the true value of all this new knowledge is put to the\ntest.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo remain relevant, ISyE (and especially the Supply\nChain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute) actively engages in industry discussion\nthrough participation in associations and councils. A number of research\ncenters have been established, both in the United States and abroad, that\ninvite industry membership and participation. ISyE\u2019s approach to industry\ncollaboration actively seeks to close the gap between state-of-the-art and\nstate-of-practice issues. The world of supply chain engineering is growing\ndaily, both in scope and significance. Through its education, research and\nindustry outreach, the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering is staying at the forefront of this evolution.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE\nProvides Leadership in the Evolution and Growth of Supply Chain Engineering: Closing\nthe gap between state-of-the-art and state-of-practice.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-12-16 17:17:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:53","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1202","name":"H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering"},{"id":"170001","name":"Supply Chain Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"74631":{"#nid":"74631","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A Win-Win Collaboration: Senior Design Facilitates Learning and Benefits Industry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEvery undergraduate student in the H. Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) culminates their education\nwith the capstone Senior Design project. Considered to be the most important\nand most challenging undergraduate industrial engineering course, Senior Design\npushes students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to solve a\ncomplex real-world problem that has a defined bottom-line impact for a\ncorporation. The average project value runs in the six figures.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESenior Design is a unique opportunity for companies\nand organizations to partner and interact with these bright, creative, and\ndedicated students, and is truly a win-win collaboration for both the students\nand industry partners. Student teams select a major design project from a\ncompany or nonprofit organization and use their ISyE knowledge to develop a\nsolution for the project client. These students gain confidence and practical\nprofessional experience working as part of a team addressing real-world\nproblems. The industry partner gains a team of six to eight exceptionally\nbright undergraduate students who can provide a variety of innovative and\ncreative solutions to an existing organizational problem. Many of these\norganizations end up making permanent job offers to students from the project\nteam.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEach semester, there are approximately twenty teams\nwho participate in Senior Design. At the end of the semester, each team\ncompetes for first place in a competition that highlights and celebrates the\nteam that developed the best solution for their project.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GE Energy project team won first place in the\nfall 2010 Senior Design competition. Students Manan Bhatt, Saloni Desai, Avadhi\nDhruv, Mark Herman, Ariz Himani, Mohsin Lakhani, and Swathi Narayanaswamy,\nguided by faculty advisor Yajun Mei, won for their project, Parts Allocation\nfor GE Energy. The team designed a parts allocation system that enables sharing\nof gas turbine parts across GE Energy\u2019s maintenance contracts. By employing\nsuccessive network flow optimizations and grouping methods, the project\ndemonstrated annual savings of $8.7 million, resulting from reduced new part\npurchases and increased utilization of contract assets.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe winner of the spring 2011 Senior Design\ncompetition was the Comcast team, guided by faculty advisor Alexander Shaprio.\nStudents Ian Balmaseda, Thien Huynh, Daniel Kohlsdorf, Sagar Patel, Alejandro\nSantelises, Holly Thomasson, and Michelle Wang won for their project, Improving\nComcast\u2019s Outage Detection System, which focused on reducing the number of\nservice calls and unnecessary maintenance attempts for trucks that Comcast\nincurs because of inaccurate outage detection. A cost model was developed and\nvarious algorithms were created aimed at increasing the probability of\ndetecting a genuine outage, thus lowering the unnecessary costs associated with\nresponding to outage reports. A conservative estimate of the project\u2019s value\nshows it may save Comcast $1.4 million annually.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information or to become an industry\npartner, contact Associate Professor and Senior Design Coordinator Joel Sokol\nat \u003Cstrong\u003Ejsokol@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E or visit \u003Cstrong\u003Ewww.isye. gatech.edu\/seniordesign\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESenior Design\npushes students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to solve a\ncomplex real-world problem that has a defined bottom-line impact for a\ncorporation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-12-16 17:27:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:53","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1200","name":"joel sokol"},{"id":"167319","name":"senior design"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"74961":{"#nid":"74961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Spotlight: Jose Sarmiento Exemplifies True Leadership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA life of purpose through inspiration and leadership is\nthe way Jose Sarmiento, an undergraduate student in the Stewart School of\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), plans to bring positive changes to\nthe world. Sarmiento, who seems to always have an infectious smile on his face,\nhumbly exemplifies his leadership skills in everything he does, whether it is\nplaying a game of pick-up soccer, working with the Institute of Industrial Engineers\n(IIE) at Georgia Tech, mentoring his fellow students, as a member of Alpha Pi\nMu, or representing ISyE on the College of Engineering Undergraduate Advisory Council.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cJose has been a wonderful addition to the newly formed\nUndergraduate Advisory Council in the College of Engineering,\u201d said Gary May,\nDean of the College of Engineering. \u201cHis insights are extremely helpful as we\ndiscuss issues and initiatives designed to enhance the educational experiences\nof our undergraduates.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen choosing a school to pursue his dream of becoming a gifted\nleader, Sarmiento said the choice was no accident or quick decision. Beyond\nISyE\u2019s high rankings and excellent reputation, Sarmiento believed Georgia Tech\nwould be action-oriented and could provide him with the momentum to achieve his\ngoals to make a difference in the world. As a student, Sarmiento\u2019s drive, passion,\nand leadership skills have been very evident to his classmates and the ISyE\nfaculty. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording the Chen Zhou, associate chair for\nundergraduate studies at ISyE, \u201cThe most fitting word to describe Jose is \u2018intensity.\u2019\u0026nbsp;\nHe is always intensely involved in whatever he is doing whether it is figuring\nout better strategies for IIE events, finding cases or projects to support his\nclass work, or teaching incoming students how to land intern or co-op\njobs.\u0026nbsp; Jose is smart, reliable, and modest. You can always count on him to\ngive 100% to his activities and endeavors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESarmiento\u2019s desire to become an authentic leader was nurtured through his invaluable life experiences\ngrowing up in Venezuela. Working in a market back home, Sarmiento saw\nfirst-hand opportunities to improve output and moral. He plans to put his\nleadership and industrial engineering (IE) skills into action with a future\ncareer in agriculture. He believes a degree in IE will give him the tools and\nknowledge he needs to solve problems with a systematic approach, while\nempowering others. According to Sarmiento, the power of a leader is measured by how\npowerful he makes those who follow him.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor students considering coming to Georgia Tech to study\nat ISyE, Sarmiento encourages them to believe in themselves and their\npossibilities. In his opinion, persistence is much more important than getting\nit right the first time. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere is a way for you to encompass something much\nbigger than yourself and it\u2019s done through persistence, through courage,\nthrough always trying to move forward regardless of what happens,\u201d reflects Sarmiento.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his studies and campus leadership\nactivities, Sarmiento is participating in the Co-op program with Delta Cargo,\nwhere he is enjoying expanding his horizons as he gains real-world experience.\nHe expects to graduate from ISyE in the fall of 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA\nlife of purpose through inspiration and leadership is the way Jose Sarmiento,\nan undergraduate student in ISyE, plans to bring positive changes to the world.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-12-19 17:40:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:53","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"75051":{"id":"75051","type":"image","title":"Jose Sarmiento and Chen Zhou","body":null,"created":"1449178046","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:26","changed":"1475894688","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:48","alt":"Jose Sarmiento and Chen Zhou","file":{"fid":"193795","name":"jose_and_chen_zhou.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jose_and_chen_zhou_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jose_and_chen_zhou_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":252934,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jose_and_chen_zhou_0.jpg?itok=5-58uoWA"}},"75061":{"id":"75061","type":"image","title":"Jose has been playing soccer since he was a child.","body":null,"created":"1449178046","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:26","changed":"1475894688","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:48","alt":"Jose has been playing soccer since he was a child.","file":{"fid":"193796","name":"jose_soccer.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jose_soccer_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jose_soccer_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":403150,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jose_soccer_0.jpg?itok=oKptUCou"}}},"media_ids":["75051","75061"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering (ISyE), has announced his plans to retire from Georgia Tech effective\nDecember 31, 2011, after forty years of service. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Leon has provided important leadership on critical\ndimensions including ISyE curriculum enhancements, campus-wide manufacturing\nresearch, and institute-level faculty governance,\u201d said Jane Ammons, H. Milton\nand Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair.\u0026nbsp; \u201cHe has also been a terrific\ncolleague and friend to faculty, staff, and students.\u0026nbsp; I would like to thank\nLeon for his contributions, and wish him joy and excellent adventures in this\nnew chapter in his life.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMcGinnis, a registered professional engineer in the state\nof Georgia, received his bachelor\u2019s in industrial engineering from Auburn\nUniversity, and a master\u2019s and PhD in industrial engineering from North\nCarolina State University. McGinnis has been a leader in developing and\nadministering industry-focused and interdisciplinary education and research\nprograms at Georgia Tech. He helped establish the Material Handling Research\nCenter in 1982 and managed one of five research programs over the next decade.\nHe also helped establish the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems Program (CIMS)\nin 1983, which received a LEAD Award from ASME for excellence in graduate-level\ninterdisciplinary manufacturing education, and served as Director from 1988 to\n1998. As CIMS Director, he lead a team that competed for and won a $1 million\nTRP grant, resulting in the establishment of the Rapid Prototyping and\nManufacturing Institute within the Manufacturing Research Center. In 1994, he\nlead a team of ISyE faculty to win over $2 million in grants from the W. M. Keck\nFoundation to create the Keck Virtual Factory Lab as a focal point for IE\nsystems design and control research. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMcGinnis enjoys teaching students how to think like\nindustrial engineers, particularly in developing and using mathematical and\ncomputational models to support design of facilities and control systems. His\nresearch focuses on fundamental representation issues in discrete event\nlogistics systems, on performance assessment models, and on the development of\nintegrated computational tools. The Institute of Industrial Engineers has\nrecognized Dr. McGinnis with the Outstanding Publication Award, the David F.\nBaker Distinguished Research Award, and the Fellow Award. He has given the\nInyong Ham Lecture at Penn State, the Jones Lecture at Dartmouth, and the\nSchantz Lectures at Lehigh.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nThough he is retiring, McGinnis plans to remain active in his research,\ncollaborations, and the advisement of his PhD students.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELeon McGinnis, Eugene C. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\nwere chosen as finalist in the Senior Design Competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe three finalist teams, listed in alphabetical order by\norganization, include:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECaterpillar, Inc.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERailcar Management, Inc.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWhirlpool\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team who worked on a project sponsored by Railcar\nManagement, Inc. (RMI), a leading software solutions provider for railroad\ncompanies, received the coveted first place award in the competition. Guided by\nfaculty advisor, Xiaoming Huo, students Sikander Hajiyani, John Kang, Zachary\nLaguna, Sojeong Lee, Camilo Lotero, Clara Moon, and Tina Yu were chosen for\ntheir project \u201cPrivate Fleet Optimization.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are ecstatic with the results of our three month\ncollaboration with Georgia Tech and these undergraduate students,\u201d said David\nBell, Senior Director of RMI\u2019s ShipperConnect Solutions.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe team was tasked with analyzing hundreds\nof rail shipment scenarios and transportation variables to deliver a solution\nthat optimizes rail shipments and reduces transportation costs.\u0026nbsp; The projected savings are quite significant\nand we are evaluating how we can incorporate their findings into our rail fleet\noptimization solution.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe two other teams (Caterpillar and Whirlpool) were honored\nas runners-up in the competition.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Caterpillar team included students Katie Davignon,\nDanielle DeBow, Christine Eldridge, Brad Gay, Young Gul Kim, Heeseung Moon,\nCourtney Suen, and Daniel Wood, guided by faculty advisor, Pelin Pekgun.\nCaterpillar purchases packaged products from over 1,000 suppliers\nglobally.\u0026nbsp; Suppliers individually select\ntheir packaging material vendors, passing costs to Caterpillar.\u0026nbsp; To reduce costs by consolidating this large\nvendor base, the team designed and implemented a combinatorial auction in a project\ntitled, \u201cCaterpillar, Inc.: Consolidating Packaging Material Vendors to Reduce Supply\nChain Costs.\u201d This allows vendors to offer price discounts on product bundles\nas well as bid on individual products.\u0026nbsp;\nThe team also developed a vendor selection tool via an integer program\nincorporating business constraints.\u0026nbsp; The\nsolution provides an estimated annual savings of $700 thousand \u2013 $1 million in\nthe Midwest region, and is scalable for global implementation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Whirlpool team was guided by faculty advisor Seong-Hee\nKim, and included Michele Bertolino, Ana Herbst, Andy Jones, Adam Liem, Travis\nNemes, Melanie O\u2019Gorman, Samantha Russel, and Eric Sood. For their project\ntitled \u201cBatching Outbound Shipments for Whirlpool Corporation,\u201d the team\ninvestigated the implementation of batch-picking shipments at a regional\ndistribution center for Whirlpool Corporation, the world\u2019s largest appliance\nmanufacturer.\u0026nbsp; An Excel-based\noptimization tool was created to strategically batch shipments to more\neffectively utilize carrying capacity of clamping forklifts across the\nnetwork.\u0026nbsp; Due to the decrease in labor\nhours, this could result in an estimated savings of $1.1 million annually.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll senior students in ISyE culminate their undergraduate\neducational experience with the Senior Design course in order to provide\nfirsthand experience at solving real world problems in a team environment.\nStudents typically work in teams of five to seven individuals with 15-25 Senior\nDesign teams running each semester. Each group is advised by an ISyE faculty\nmember, and the faculty coordinator manages the overall course. 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Gary Parker, associate chair for graduate studies in the H.\nMilton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), will retire\neffective November 30, 2011. Parker\u0027s primary responsibility has been dealing\nwith policy matters relative to all graduate academic programs, activities, and\ncurricula, including graduate admissions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJohn Jarvis, ISyE school chair at the time, appointed Parker to the role of\nassociate chair for academic programs in 1996, a position that included both\nundergraduate and graduate studies.\u0026nbsp; In 2002, a separate undergraduate\nassociate chair was named, and Parker then concentrated solely on graduate\nstudies. Jarvis urged Parker to focus on bringing in the \u201cbest PhD students\npossible.\u201d Parker took Jarvis\u2019 advice and began recruiting some the best and\nbrightest.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u201cI was exceptionally fortunate to have colleagues, especially the school chair,\nwho fully understood what needed to be done and who unselfishly assisted me\nevery step of the way in going after the most talented PhD applicants. It took\na long time, but I do believe that we now operate in a very rarefied air with\nregard to the quality of all of our graduate programs, but most crucially the\nPhD program.\u0026nbsp; At the end of the day, it was that commitment that made good\nthings start to happen,\u201d said Parker.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Along the way, we also\ncreated a separate stand-alone PhD program in operations research. I was and am\nvery proud of that.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nParker began his career at Georgia Tech in ISyE as an assistant professor in\n1972.\u0026nbsp; Since then, he has held the role of associate professor, associate\ndirector for undergraduate programs, professor, associate chair and director of\nacademic programs.\u0026nbsp; Parker is persistent in acknowledging the guidance he\nreceived from faculty members when he joined ISyE, and feels fortunate to have\nhad the opportunity to call them \u201ccolleagues.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u201cMost notably, I would like to point to my old friend C.M. 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In May of 2011, after applying to become a branch manager and\ngoing through a selective interview process, Ehmann opened his own SAT\/ACT\ntutoring business in his hometown of Woodstock, Georgia with a company called\nIvy Insiders.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was interested in the opportunity because it would\ngive me the real-world experience of running a small business, and it would\nalso allow me to make a difference in the lives of families in my community,\u201d\nsaid Ehmann.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIvy Insiders\u2019 instructors are college students who have\n\u201cbeaten\u201d the tests themselves and are now attending the most selective schools\nin the country. As a high school student, Ehmann scored in the 99\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\npercentile on the ACT.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce he completed the Ivy Insiders training, Ehmann started\nhis business from scratch spending the first few weeks organizing the logistics\nof his branch, and making a name for himself. By giving classroom presentations\nat the local high school, hosting free SAT\/ACT workshops, cold-calling families\nfrom local directories, setting up partnerships with local businesses, and receiving\npress in several local papers, Ehmann was able to develop a presence for his\nbusiness that rivaled other major test prep companies, such as Sylvan and\nKaplan. Throughout the summer, Ehmann was responsible for marketing the branch,\nmaking sales, following up with potential customers, teaching courses, and\nmanaging the branch office.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStarting my own tutoring business is probably the most\nchallenging, and at the same time most rewarding thing I have ever done. It was\na very successful summer, but it had its fair share of obstacles,\u201d said Ehmann.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn two months, Ehmann\u2019s branch brought in over $15,000.\nBecause of his success, Ehmann was inducted into the Ivy Insiders Peak Performers\nprogram which only includes the top 10% of branch managers nationwide. However,\nfor Ehmann, the real reward for the summer was the myriad of business skills he\nacquired. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStarting a large-scale project from scratch, learning\nhow to market a product to a specific demographic, making sales (often to\ncustomers with whom you have never spoken), and operating a basic P\/L statement\nare all skills which will benefit me throughout my professional career,\u201d\nexplained Ehmann.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEhmann is a brother of the Theta Xi fraternity, marketing\nchair for the Georgia Tech Undergraduate Consulting Club, and a member of the Investments\nCommittee. According to Ehmann, his involvement with various clubs both in high\nschool and college has developed him as a leader, project manager, and a team player.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his involvement with clubs and other\norganizations, Ehmann values the importance of community service, and is\ncurrently in the process of becoming a mentor at the BEST Academy through One\nVoice Atlanta. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn May of 2011, Michael Ehmann, a second year undergraduate student in ISyE, opened his own SAT\/ACT\ntutoring business with a company called\nIvy Insiders.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-11-23 10:23:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:42","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73011":{"id":"73011","type":"image","title":"Michael Ehmann on the Georgia Tech campus.","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28","alt":"Michael Ehmann on the Georgia Tech campus.","file":{"fid":"193723","name":"michael_ehmann_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/michael_ehmann_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/michael_ehmann_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":435382,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/michael_ehmann_2_0.jpg?itok=QChpj48m"}}},"media_ids":["73011"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"15153","name":"H. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\n    (ISyE) effective December 1, 2011. Kvam succeeds R. Gary\n    Parker, who will retire November 30 after forty years of\n    dedicated service to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Paul is a strong advocate for ISyE. His experience and capabilities\n    make him the ideal candidate to serve in this important role for the ISyE graduate\n    program,\u0022 said Jane Ammons, H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs associate chair of graduate studies for the number one ranked\n    program of its kind in the nation, Kvam will oversee the graduate experience focusing on\n    policy matters relative to all graduate academic programs, activities, and curricula,\n    including graduate admissions, class scheduling, and performance assessment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn recruiting the best students around the world to join our PhD\n    program, Gary Parker has helped keep ISyE at the top of our field\n    for fifteen years,\u201d said Kvam.\u0026nbsp; \u201cOur biggest challenge is to sustain\n    that high quality in our graduate student body so we can continue to\n    be the number one program in industrial engineering for the next\n    decade.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKvam joined the ISyE faculty in 1995 as an assistant professor.\u0026nbsp; He\n    was promoted to associate professor in 2001 and full professor in 2006.\u0026nbsp; Prior to\n    coming to Tech, he worked for four years as a scientific staff researcher at the Los\n    Alamos National Laboratory. His research interests focus on statistical reliability with\n    applications to engineering, nonparametric estimation, and analysis of complex and dependent\n    systems. He has published over sixty articles in peer-reviewed journals\n    in statistics and engineering, and is co-author of two textbooks:\n    Nonparametric Statistics for Science and Engineering (with Dr. Brani\n    Vidakovic) and Basic Statistical Tools for Improving Quality (with\n    Dr. Chang Wook Kang).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKvam is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, and a\n    member of the Institute of \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    Mathematical Statistics and Institute for Operations Research and\n    Management Science. He received his bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics from Iowa State\n    University in 1984, a master\u2019s in statistics from the University of Florida in 1986, and\n    his doctorate in statistics from the University of California, Davis in 1990.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Paul Kvam has been appointed associate chair for graduate\n    studies in ISyE effective December 1, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-11-28 11:29:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:42","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-11-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73072":{"id":"73072","type":"image","title":"Paul Kvam","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31","alt":"Paul Kvam","file":{"fid":"193726","name":"kvam_paul_-_bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kvam_paul_-_bust_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kvam_paul_-_bust_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1973675,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kvam_paul_-_bust_0.jpg?itok=aaEaWqVg"}}},"media_ids":["73072"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15157","name":"associate chair for graduate studies"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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Since joining Alternative in 1998, he has led the\ncompany through aggressive revenue earnings and employee growth while\nmaintaining a focus on his core values: \u201cTreat everyone with respect. Don\u2019t cut\ncorners. And keep things in perspective.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EToporek has worked hard to propel the company from a blank tee shirt\nmanufacturer to one of the world\u2019s fastest growing young contemporary lifestyle\nbrands, with a growing roster of retailers in over 120 countries.\u0026nbsp; Under\nToporek\u2019s leadership, Alternative has garnered recognition from Inc. magazine\nas one of the \u201c500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America,\u201d received a\nprestigious 2009 Apparel All-Star Award and, most recently, was named one of\nGeorgia\u2019s \u201c20 Fastest-Growing Mid-Market Companies\u201d by Georgia Trend magazine.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: How did you end up in the fashion\nindustry?\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: My father and grandfather were in the industry, but I didn\u2019t necessarily\nsee myself following suit.\u0026nbsp; I worked for Andersen Consulting for five\nyears after graduating and learned a great deal.\u0026nbsp; In my heart, though, I\nwas more of an entrepreneur.\u0026nbsp; So I left to buy into Alternative and\npartner with the founder who had started the brand a year or so earlier.\u0026nbsp;\nWe were introduced by a mutual friend.\u0026nbsp; At the time, 1998, all of the\nother entrepreneurs were seemingly starting or joining startup \u201c.coms.\u201d\u0026nbsp; I\nwas old school, I guess.\u0026nbsp; I wanted to make and sell something\ntangible.\u0026nbsp; Something you could try on and get immediate\nsatisfaction.\u0026nbsp; Something accessible.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: How would you describe your sense\nof style?\u0026nbsp; How would you describe Alternative Apparel\u2019s sense of style?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: I\u2019m casual.\u0026nbsp; I\u2019m not a very corporate person and I don\u2019t dress\ncorporately.\u0026nbsp; I own a suit or two, but reserve those for funerals and\nreally, really special occasions.\u0026nbsp; I\u2019m no fashionista but I appreciate\nquality, something that fits right, feels good, and looks a little different.\u0026nbsp;\nI don\u2019t believe cloning is a good thing when it comes to fashion.\u0026nbsp;\nAlternative is a casual, fashion basics line.\u0026nbsp; I think our greatest\nproduct quality is softness.\u0026nbsp; Everything we make is washed and softened so\nthat it feels like you\u2019ve owned it for many years.\u0026nbsp; It\u2019s vintage\ninspired.\u0026nbsp; We draw inspiration from styles that were cool years ago and\nbring them back to life.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: Tell me about Alternative\nApparel\u2019s sustainability mission.\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: Around forty percent of our products fall under a sub brand called\nAlternative Earth, our eco-friendly line.\u0026nbsp; We broke down the manufacturing\nprocess and made small changes that we feel make a big difference in protecting\nour environment.\u0026nbsp; We use organic cotton, recycled polyester, low impact\ngarment dyes, we re-use water in the washing process, but it still has a great\nwide color assortment and feels as soft as everything else we sell.\u0026nbsp; Our\neco-friendly garments are certified as such and we perform random audits of our\nfactories to guarantee this.\u0026nbsp; In our offices, showrooms, and our store, we\nuse found objects from flea markets and bring them back to life as fixtures and\ninterior decoration.\u0026nbsp; Someone else\u2019s trash is our treasure.\u0026nbsp; These\nare small things that can make a big difference.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: How do you apply your industrial\nengineering skills to your role at Alternative Apparel?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: Specifically, I can certainly handle the details of any conversation\nrelated to warehousing, supply chain management, and information systems.\u0026nbsp;\nI\u2019m not using the formulas I learned, but Tech taught me how to solve problems\nand I use that skill every single day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: Do you think your IE degree has\ncontributed to your success?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: Without question.\u0026nbsp; Not because of the formulas that I learned, but\nbecause of the problem solving skills that became ingrained and second nature\nto me.\u0026nbsp; Most entrepreneurs live and die by what I call \u201csticky note\u201d\nsolutions.\u0026nbsp; They might get you through the day or week but you\u2019ll be\nripping another sticky note off the pad sooner than later.\u0026nbsp; I think the\ntraining I got at Tech has helped me create solutions in all areas of our\ncompany, from end to end, that are far longer lasting.\u0026nbsp; And most of them\ntie back to systems.\u0026nbsp; Tech introduced me to the power of information\nsystems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nISyE: What prompted you to get a degree in industrial engineering?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: It was an engineering degree which I coveted, and a degree in industrial\nengineering was open ended and was applicable to many roles in many\nindustries.\u0026nbsp; Heck, there are plenty of doctors and lawyers out there with\nIE degrees.\u0026nbsp; It established the foundation but didn\u2019t pigeon hole\nme.\u0026nbsp; It got me ready for the real world, but allowed me to defer the\ndecision of choosing what I wanted to do next.\u0026nbsp; I wanted to get out and\nwork and I didn\u2019t want to go to graduate school.\u0026nbsp; I\u2019m not sure there is another\ndegree at any other institution that prepares you better to enter the workforce\nstraight out of college.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: What advice do you have for\nstudents of ISyE?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: Try to relate your class work to real life experience.\u0026nbsp; I worked in a\nwarehouse every summer in high school and got to know the business pretty\nwell.\u0026nbsp; I always tried to relate my IE class work back to that business the\nbest I could.\u0026nbsp; Connecting book examples to real world examples helped me\ngrasp the concepts.\u0026nbsp; Take advantage of the Senior Design projects, Co-op,\nand summer internships to match class work with job work where you can.\u0026nbsp;\nAlso, take a sales job at some point in school.\u0026nbsp; Sell something door to\ndoor.\u0026nbsp; Wrapping paper.\u0026nbsp; Tee shirts.\u0026nbsp; Whatever.\u0026nbsp; Sales -\nit\u2019s the one skill that I don\u2019t think can be learned in a class, but it is\nabsolutely critical in work.\u0026nbsp; Whether you are selling your products to a\ncustomer, or selling an idea to a co-worker or a boss, it\u2019s as important as any\nother skill you can acquire.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: What is the most important thing\nyou learned while at ISyE?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003EET: I learned that there is a science involved in decision making.\u0026nbsp; I\nlearned that you can make smarter decisions with factual evidence when it\u2019s\navailable.\u0026nbsp; I learned how to get to that evidence in school.\u0026nbsp; I use\nthat skill every day.\u0026nbsp; Trusting your gut is important when no information\nis available, but confirming your gut feel with information gives you a far\nbetter chance of doing something right.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: Is there any one person who has\nbeen an inspiration to you?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: Not one person in particular.\u0026nbsp; I try to take a little bit of what I\nlike from many people and use it myself.\u0026nbsp; I draw inspiration from my\nfamily though.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; My wife, my parents, my siblings\u2026they all give me\nfar more confidence than I would have on my own.\u0026nbsp; In many ways, my drive has\ncome from wanting to make those I\u2019m closest with proud of me.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: What is the best advice you have\nreceived?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: Customer experience is just as important as product differentiation. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: Can you tell us one interesting\nthing about yourself, that you don\u2019t mind me sharing with the rest of the\nworld?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: I eat a mountain of ice cream every night\u2026every single night.\u0026nbsp; I\u2019m\nconvinced it keeps me thin.\u0026nbsp; Perhaps I should start a new diet craze?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: What is your favorite flavor?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nET: Edy\u2019s Grand Rocky Road.\u0026nbsp; 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering (ISyE), was selected as the winner of the 2011 INFORMS Optimization\nSociety Student Paper Prize for his paper \u201cOn the Chvatal-Gomory Closure of a\nCompact Convex Set.\u201d \u0026nbsp;The paper was co-authored\nwith Santanu Dey, assistant professor in ISyE, and Juan Pablo Vielma, who received\nhis PhD from ISyE in 2009 and was the 2007 recipient of the Optimization\nSociety Student Paper Prize. Vielma is currently the assistant professor in the\ndepartment of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. The prize\nis awarded annually at the INFORMS Fall National Meeting for an outstanding\npaper in optimization by a student author.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe citation reads:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The paper shows that the Chv\u00e1tal-Gomory closure of\ncompact convex sets is a rational polytope. For the special case of rational\npolytopes, this is a well-known result. The new result includes the case of\nirrational polytopes and thus resolves a question that was posed by Schrijver (1980)\nand had remained open since. Solving this long-open question is already a\nwonderful contribution, finally completing the Chv\u00e1tal-Gomory theory for\npolytopes. The paper goes beyond this and also provides a solution for\narbitrary compact convex sets, completing the program started in a paper by Dey\nand Vielma (2010) for the case of ellipsoids and continued in an earlier paper\nby Dadush, Dey, and Vielma (2011) for the case of strictly convex bodies. The importance\nof this contribution lies in providing a foundation for a finite linear cutting\nplane theory for convex integer optimization.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe paper uses techniques from convex geometry and the\ngeometry of numbers in an expertly way. In the proofs, the authors avoid\nexplicit calculations in favor of soft analysis, including techniques from point-set\ntopology, which makes the paper particularly elegant.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting was held at the Charlotte\nConvention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 13, 2011.\u0026nbsp; INFORMS,\nthe largest professional society in the world for professionals in the field of\noperations research (OR), management science, and business analytics, serves\nthe scientific and professional needs of Operations Researchers and those in\nthe Management Sciences including educators, scientists, students, managers,\nand consultants.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhD student Daniel Dadush was selected as the winner of the 2011 INFORMS Optimization\nSociety Student Paper Prize for his paper \u201cOn the Chvatal-Gomory Closure of a\nCompact Convex Set.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-12-02 10:10:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:42","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73292":{"id":"73292","type":"image","title":"Dadush accepting the 2011 INFORMS Optimization Society Student Paper Prize","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36","alt":"Dadush accepting the 2011 INFORMS Optimization Society Student Paper Prize","file":{"fid":"193742","name":"daniel_dadush.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/daniel_dadush_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/daniel_dadush_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1789729,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/daniel_dadush_0.jpg?itok=sZDfMnrF"}}},"media_ids":["73292"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14476","name":"Daniel Dadush"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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Milton Stewart School of\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), advised by Roshan Vengazhiyil, an\nassociate professor in ISyE, placed first in the Quality, Statistics, and\nReliability (QSR) Section of INFORMS during the 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting in\nCharlotte, North Carolina, November 13-16.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EShan Ba won the Best Student Paper Award for the paper\n\u201cMulti-Layer Designs for Computer Experiments,\u201d co-authored with Vengazhiyil. He\nwas identified as the winner based on the presentation of four finalists who\nwere selected from a pool of seventeen students through a rigorous\ndouble-blinded review process. Chia-Jung Chang received the Best Poster Award\nfor her paper \u201cModel Calibration through Minimal Adjustments,\u201d also co-authored\nwith Vengazhiyil. Chang is a joint student of Vengazhiyil and Jan Shi, the\nCarolyn J. Stewart Chair and Professor in ISyE. 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Milton Stewart School of\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), was presented with the Harold W.\nKuhn Award for her paper \u201cAdaptive Random Search for Continuous Simulation\nOptimization,\u201d co-authored with Andrei Prudius, MS OR 2004, PhD IE 2007, who\nwas the co-recipient of the award. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENaval Research\nLogistics\u003C\/em\u003E (\u003Cem\u003ENRL\u003C\/em\u003E), one of the most\nprestigious journals in operations and logistics research, presents the Kuhn\nAward annually to recognize an exceptional paper published in \u003Cem\u003ENRL\u003C\/em\u003E during the previous three years, selected\nby a committee of \u003Cem\u003ENRL\u003C\/em\u003E associate\neditors. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAndradottir received a bachelor\u2019s degree in mathematics\nfrom the University of Iceland in 1986, a master\u2019s degree in statistics from\nStanford University in 1989, and a PhD in operations research from Stanford\nUniversity in 1990. 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Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), was honored with three awards\nduring the 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, November\n13-16, for his research in breast cancer screening policies. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAyer was chosen as the first place winner for the Doing\nGood with Good OR Competition for his project \u201cRedesigning the Breast Cancer\nScreening Policies.\u201d. Submissions for this award were expected to have a\nsignificant societal impact and include innovation through theory and creative\ncomputational methods. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor this project, Ayer researched the role of behavioral\nheterogeneity in women\u0027s adherence on optimal breast cancer screening\nrecommendations.. His research suggests that heterogeneity in women\u2019s adherence\nbehaviors should be explicitly considered in cancer screening recommendations. An\naccount of the award, citation, recipient, and qualifying service will be\npublished in \u003Cem\u003EOR\/MS Today\u003C\/em\u003E, the INFORMS\nmember magazine. Ayer will also be invited to submit a full paper to a future\nissue of an INFORMS journal, such as Operations Research or Interfaces. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAyer was also chosen as the second place winner among 74\nsubmissions in the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society\n(MSOM) Student Paper Competition for his paper \u201cA POMDP Approach to Personalize\nMammography Screening Policies.\u201d He was also selected as a finalist among 62\nsubmissions for the Decision Analysis Society Student Paper Competition. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis paper analyzed the potential risks, including high\nfalse-positive rates, which are involved in mammography as a mode for breast\ncancer screening. In contrast to prior research and existing guidelines which\nconsider population-based screening recommendations, Ayer proposes a\npersonalized mammography screening policy based on personal risk\ncharacteristics of women and their prior screening history. Ayer is invited to\nsubmit the abstract of his paper for publication in \u003Cem\u003EManufacturing \u0026amp; Service Operations Management\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAyer received a bachelor\u2019s in industrial engineering from\nSabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey and his master\u2019s and PhD degrees in\nindustrial and systems engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Ayer\nconducts research on stochastic modeling and optimization, with applications in\nmedical decision making, health policy, healthcare operations, service\noperations, and public policy.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETurgay Ayer, assistant professor in ISyE, was honored with three awards\nduring the 2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting for his research in breast cancer screening policies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-12-02 15:58:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:42","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73308":{"id":"73308","type":"image","title":"Turgay Ayer","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36","alt":"Turgay Ayer","file":{"fid":"193747","name":"turgayayer_graybg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/turgayayer_graybg_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/turgayayer_graybg_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":285854,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/turgayayer_graybg_1.jpg?itok=hRziGjab"}}},"media_ids":["73308"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. \u0026nbsp;The prize was awarded at the 2011 INFORMS annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award is the oldest and most prestigious honor for doctoral dissertations in the transportation science and logistics area. The twenty-four submissions were judged on fundamental contribution and originality of the ideas or methods; practical importance or applicability in solving important real problems; and clarity and excellence of the exposition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeier Stamm received her bachelor\u2019s from Kansas State University in 2004 and her doctoral degree from Georgia Tech in 2010. She joined the industrial and manufacturing systems engineering department of Kansas State University as an assistant professor in December 2010. She has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research and IIE Memorial Fellowships and was the recipient of National Engineers Week Foundation New Face of Engineering in February 2008.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJessica Heier Stamm, PhD IE 2010, is the recipient of the 2011 INFORMS Transportation and Logistics Society Dissertation Prize for her dissertation, \u201cDesign and Analysis of Humanitarian and Public Health Logistics Systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-12-05 09:37:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:42","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"118491":{"id":"118491","type":"image","title":"Transportation Science and Logistics Society","body":null,"created":"1449178256","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:56","changed":"1475894738","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:38","alt":"Transportation Science and Logistics Society","file":{"fid":"194299","name":"tsl-logo.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tsl-logo.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tsl-logo.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":18440,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tsl-logo.gif?itok=iSZxupeG"}}},"media_ids":["118491"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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Julie L. Swann, Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash\nAssociate Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\n(ISyE) and co-director of the Georgia Tech Center for Health and Humanitarian\nLogistics, was among the \u201crising stars\u201d who received this year\u2019s Atlanta\nBusiness Chronicle\u2019s 40 Under 40\nAward at a ceremony held at the Fox\nTheatre on November 10, 2011.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESwann received this award for her work in health\n\u0026amp; humanitarian response, a field with significant challenges including\ndisrupted infrastructure, limited resources, and a variety of disconnected\ndecision makers. A worldwide expert in this area, Swann takes a systems\napproach whether she is working to effect change locally, nationally, or\nglobally, developing models and methods that can improve quality of life.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDeveloping educational and outreach programs, Swann, along with Co-Directors Ozlem Ergun and Pinar Keskinocak, hosts an annual conference on health and humanitarian logistics where she\nbrings participants from all over the world in to discuss opportunities,\nchallenges and successes in the field.\u0026nbsp;\nIn April, she was a discussion leader at the World Economic Forum. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESwann has worked with the Atlanta Food Bank on improving\ndistribution processes and Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta on an obesity\nproject.\u0026nbsp; She has also worked with the\nAmerican Red Cross and the state of Georgia on modeling influenza pandemic and\nstrategies for food distribution. Additionally, Swann has collaborated with the\nUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Salvation Army, the World\nFood Programme, and the World Health Organization. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn her role as professor, Swann advised a team of\nISyE students on a project to improve bus assignment and scheduling logistics\nfor the Gwinnett County Schools that resulted in an estimated recurring savings of $2.6\nmillion a year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a recipient of this prestigious award, Swann was\nprofiled in a special section published\nby the Atlanta Business Chronicle highlighting her achievements, contributions,\nand demonstrated social responsibility. She is in the company of an auspicious group of\nindividuals who were selected for the award from more than 550 nominations,\nmore than double the number of nominations received last year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nFor more information about the Atlanta Business Chronicle\u2019s 40 Under 40 Award,\nclick \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/print-edition\/2011\/11\/11\/40-under-40---atlantas-rising.html?page=all\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulie L. 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Unlike most\ntraditional ISyE undergraduate students, Sherri and Eric decided to make their\ndream of earning a college degree a reality after being in the workforce for\nten years.\u0026nbsp; With the support of their\nfamily and each other, Sherri and Eric graduated from ISyE with high honors. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESince graduating, Sherri has been working as a consultant\nat Clarkston Consulting, and Eric is a software implementation consultant at\nPower Plan Consultants. They both share a common goal for the future: never\nstop learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; What prompted you to pursue your\nundergraduate degree after being in the workforce for ten years?\u0026nbsp; Was it something you always wanted to do? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESR:\u0026nbsp; I would have\nliked to go to college after high school, but it always seemed like an\nunrealistic option for me. I come from a family of a single mom with three\nkids, and no influential adults in my life had a college degree. Finances were\ntight and school was expensive. My mother doesn\u2019t have a degree, but she has an\namazing work ethic and a constant desire to succeed in life. She instilled\nthose values in me and my brothers, and it helped me to excel professionally. I\nworked for a few companies and was always put on the fast track to management.\nI came to a point where I was on a great track to make a career out of retail\nmanagement. But I wanted more. I wanted something more challenging. \u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EER:\u0026nbsp; I always\nwanted to go to school, but as Sherri stated, I didn\u2019t really have the\nopportunity.\u0026nbsp; Although I had a relatively\nsuccessful career, I never felt that I was intellectually challenged at my\njob.\u0026nbsp; After talking it over with my wife,\nthen girlfriend, Sandra, we came up with a plan to send me to college.\u0026nbsp; Without Sandra\u2019s encouragement and influence,\nI probably would have never gone to college. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; What influenced your decision to study at\nGeorgia Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESR:\u0026nbsp; Both Eric and\nI were attracted to Georgia Tech because it had the #1 IE program in the\nnation. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; How was it that you and your sibling decided\nto get your degree at the same time, and at the same school?\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESR:\u0026nbsp; We both had\ntoyed around with the idea, and then Eric started talking about really taking\nthe steps and moving to Georgia to pursue a degree from Georgia Tech. The more\nwe talked, the more we realized how much we could be there and support each\nother. I was nervous about going back to school, but when Eric told me I\nwouldn\u2019t be alone, I knew this was the time to take the leap or I may never go. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; Did you both have the same class\nschedule?\u0026nbsp; In what ways did you support\neach other with your work load?\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESR:\u0026nbsp; Though we\ndidn\u2019t always have the same schedule, were always there to motivate each other.\nWe each have different skills and were able to combine those. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EER:\u0026nbsp; We always had\na reliable study and homework partner in each other. We each have different\nstrengths and skills, which made us a great team. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; How do you think your \u201cnon-traditional\u201d\nundergraduate experience compares to that of a traditional one?\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EER: Our experience was very different than that of a\ntraditional undergraduate experience. We missed out on the social side of\nthings, like living in dorms and being involved in Greek life. It had been some\ntime since we had been in a classroom, and there were many times when we fell\nbehind in the information needed for the class. The age difference\nautomatically makes you feel a little different. At first this seemed like a\nnegative trait to have, but as we got to know more students, we realized we had\na lot to offer them by having some real world work experience. We felt at times\nalmost like an unspoken mentor.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the plus side, we were very focused and able to\nappreciate the value in learning the material. We viewed the classroom in the\nsame way we would a work office, and treated it with the same maturity and\nprofessionalism. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; What was your favorite spot on campus?\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EER:\u0026nbsp; The ISyE main\nbuilding was near most of our classes where we did most of our studying, and\nthere was a microwave there. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESR:\u0026nbsp; Juniors was my\nfavorite spot on campus, and our favorite place to eat.\u0026nbsp; We were always looking for an excuse to go\nthere. Sadly, it closed. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; What is your fondest memory of your Georgia\nTech experience? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESR:\u0026nbsp; Graduation day\nat the Dome when Professor Chen Zhou walked over and shook my hand, congratulated\nme, and wished me luck on my future. That was the moment I realized I did it! \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EER:\u0026nbsp; The week\nbefore we started at Tech, Sherri and I snuck into the IC building.\u0026nbsp; We walked around, looked at the classrooms,\nand talked about what we thought it would be like to go to Tech.\u0026nbsp; We were both so excited at the opportunity to\ngo to such a prestigious school. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; You both graduated with high honors.\u0026nbsp; What do you feel contributed to your academic\nsuccess? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESR:\u0026nbsp; Determination.\nWe both knew how great the opportunity to attend college was for us. We had\nboth had a challenging path just to get there, and knew that we were setting\nthe example for future generations. We didn\u2019t want to just get through it, we\nwanted to achieve success. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; What is the most important thing you learned\nwhile at ISyE? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EER: Both of us agree that learning how to handle any\nproblem presented to us was very important. In ISyE, you are given problems\noutside of your scope of knowledge. You have to be able to do research to find\nanswers, leverage all available resources , and break the problem down into\nsmall achievable pieces. You gain a special confidence after solving a few\nproblems that seemed impossible in the beginning. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; What advice would you give to a student\nconsidering coming to Georgia Tech to study ISyE?\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESR:\u0026nbsp; Be prepared to\nfind answers outside of the classroom. The professors give you work that is\nbeyond what is covered in the lecture, and you have to learn how to research\nand solve problems on your own. It\u2019s hard and can be frustrating at times, but\nit prepares you to have confidence when faced with something outside of your\ncomfort zone\u2014a valuable tool to have when starting a career. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EER:\u0026nbsp; Be prepared to\nwork hard! \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; Can you tell us one interesting thing about\nyourself, that you don\u2019t mind us sharing with the rest of the world?\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\nER:\u0026nbsp; I\u2019m\nhappily married and the father of a three and half year old daughter , who was\nborn my second year of college.\u0026nbsp; My\nfamily has served as my support structure; I don\u2019t think I would have done so\nwell at Georgia Tech if it weren\u2019t for them.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESherri Ramson and Eric Ramson, a\nbrother and sister duo who recently graduated from ISyE, pursued a degree at Georgia Tech after being in the workforce for\nten years.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-11-02 09:14:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:38","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-11-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72295":{"id":"72295","type":"image","title":"Sherri and Eric after graduation.","body":null,"created":"1449177454","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:34","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13","alt":"Sherri and Eric after graduation.","file":{"fid":"193658","name":"bench.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bench_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bench_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1393055,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bench_0.jpg?itok=slPMat4c"}},"72296":{"id":"72296","type":"image","title":"Sherri and Eric at Junior\u0027s Grill.","body":null,"created":"1449177454","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:34","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13","alt":"Sherri and Eric at Junior\u0027s Grill.","file":{"fid":"193659","name":"juniors.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/juniors.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/juniors.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1553689,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/juniors.jpg?itok=KJ_ERZ85"}}},"media_ids":["72295","72296"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14965","name":"Eric Ramson"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"169388","name":"Sherri Ramson"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72377":{"#nid":"72377","#data":{"type":"news","title":"YouTube: Craig Tovey Explains the Column Geometry of the Simplex Method.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECraig Tovey, professor\nin the H. 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Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and featured presentations and\ndiscussions by some of the most prominent experts in the industry. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter a welcome and introduction by Jaymie Forrest,\nmanaging director for SCL, Lorenzo Vicens, the directing partner for Intelecta\nS.A. of the Dominican Republic, gave the opening keynote, \u201cBuilding Customer\nValue Through Innovation.\u201d During his presentation, Vicens stressed the\nimportance of innovation in facilitating trades in America.\u0026nbsp; \u201cInnovation will become the dominant force in\nthe marketplace,\u201d said Vicens. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing Vicens\u2019s opening remarks, Soumen Ghosh,\nprofessor of operations \u0026amp; supply chain in the College of Management,\nmoderated a panel titled, \u201cBuilding Customer Value,\u201d asking the question, \u201cHow\ndo we understand what customer value is?\u201d Panel members included: Manpreet\nHora, assistant professor of operations in the College of Management, Ajay\nKohli, professor of marketing in the College of Management, Rick McDonald, vice\npresident of global logistics for The Clorox Company, and Nancy Nicodemus,\nsenior director of marketing research at UPS. The panel members provided their\nperspective from the standpoint of how they engage in customer value creation\nin their organizations, whereas the academic panel members addressed the theoretical\nside of how firms can create, build, and deliver customer value in order to\nenhance their competitive advantage. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter the panel discussion, Jason Denmon, account\nexecutive at Fortna, made his presentation on \u201cBuilding Customer Value\u2014Service\nInnovation.\u201d\u0026nbsp; Customer expectations are\ndriving innovation and change at a furious pace. According to Denmon, cooperative\ncompetition is becoming the norm, causing manufacturers, wholesalers, and\nretailers to go after the same consumer.\u0026nbsp;\nDenmon\u2019s presentation covered recent trends, such as the rise of the\ne-commerce channel, and offered ways to proactively design supply chains for\nthese increased service requirements. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second day of the meeting began with a discussion by\nMichael Stolarczyk, president of Kontane Logistics and author of \u003Cem\u003ELogical Logistics\u003C\/em\u003E. In his presentation,\n\u201cBuilding Value Through Vested Collaboration,\u201d Stolarczyk spoke on the\n\u201cknowledge economy,\u201d and the importance of creating an atmosphere of solid\ncommunication and dialog. \u201cThe knowledge economy requires empathy and\ncollaboration,\u201d said Stolarczyk. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWally Buran, EVP of Firestorm, former global supply chain\npractice lead for Deloitte and Monitor Group, gave the next presentation,\n\u201cDriving Value in your Customer\u2019s Value Proposition.\u201d Buran discussed a case\nstudy and the approach used for achieving success: identify service portfolio\nopportunities, simulate capability requirements, and transform support\nstructures and systems. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENext, Jorge Fares, supply chain and logistics systems for\nOXXO, presented \u201cThe Challenge of Supply Chain Transformation in Retail.\u201d Opening\na new store every eight hours, OXXO is an example of a company with amazing\ngrowth and challenges, trying to build its competitive advantage on the\nconstant evolution of its supply chain. 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Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems\n      and professor in the H. 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The class left Lima and flew to Cuzco, Peru, where they visited Machu\nPicchu over the weekend to hike and explore the Inca ruins.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class began the second week of its residence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with Antonio\nGrandini, Brazilian supply chain and logistics consultant, who discussed tax\nstrategies in Brazil, as well as case studies on Landed Cost Models used to\noffset the impact of the Brazilian tax regime.\u0026nbsp;\nLater that day, the class met with Lars Meyer Sanches of LALT\/UNICAMP (Laboratory\nof Apprenticeship on Logistics and Transportation). Sanches addressed logistics\nand supply chain challenges and opportunities, contract logistics, and managing\ncorporate taxes in Brazil.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom Sao Paulo, the class took a bus trip to Campinas, Brazil, to meet with representatives\nfrom Dell Hortolandia to discuss logistics issues and opportunities working\nwith customs in Brazil, outbound shipping to other countries within Latin\nAmerica and to non-Latin American regions, and ocean\/air inbound and outbound\nshipments.\u0026nbsp; Following the Dell visit, the class toured Viracopos\/Campinas\nAirport Infraero, a customs bonded import-export facility.\u0026nbsp; As a major\nhub, Viracopos utilizes express lanes for courier traffic, which are\nexceptionally quick and less bureaucratic for Brazilian standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe third day in Brazil included a visit to the Port of Santos for a harbor\ntour, and an overview of the Port of Santos and its role in support of\ncontainerized ocean cargo in and out of Brazil.\u0026nbsp; While visiting the Port\nof Santos, the class got the chance to board an incoming ocean vessel and\ntransit with the ship into the Port of Santos.\u0026nbsp; The class also visited\nELOG-Columbia, where they received an overview of EADI Bonded Warehousing and\ntook a look at the 3PL industry in Brazil.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the last day\nof the residence, the class listened to a lecture from Maria Rey Marston,\nsenior lecturer in the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech\nand executive director of the Center for Emerging Logistics \u0026amp; Supply\nChains. 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The courses will be taught by three professors from\nthe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Associate\nProfessor Ozlem Ergun, Joseph C. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), and adjunct professor in the School of\n    Mathematics, was\nelected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his\ntheoretical and computational contributions to discrete optimization during the\n2011 NAE Annual Meeting held on October 16 and 17.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EElection to the National Academy of Engineering is among the\nhighest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.\u0026nbsp; Academy\nmembership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to\n\u0022engineering research, practice, or education, including, where\nappropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature\u0022 and\nto the \u0022pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making\nmajor advancements in traditional fields of engineering or\ndeveloping\/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECook, known widely for his work with the Traveling Salesman Problem\nand his research in combinatorial optimization and integer programming, is one\nof sixty-eight newly elected NAE members and nine foreign associates. Among\nthose newly elected, Cook joins two Georgia Tech alumni in this honor:\u0026nbsp;\nParker H.\u0026nbsp;\u0022Pete\u0022 Petit\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E(ME 1962, Masters in Engineering\nMechanics, 1964)\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eand Linda Griffith (CE 1982). Within ISyE, Cook shares\nthis distinction with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=ej8\u0022\u003EEllis\nJohnson\u003C\/a\u003E (1988), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=gn3\u0022\u003EGeorge\nL. Nemhauser\u003C\/a\u003E (1986), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=hr10\u0022\u003EH.\nDonald Ratliff\u003C\/a\u003E (1996), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=wr2\u0022\u003EWilliam\nB. Rouse\u003C\/a\u003E (1991) and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=cw219\u0022\u003EJeff Wu\u003C\/a\u003E (2004).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\nIn addition to his research\ninterests in combinatorial optimization and integer programming, Cook isalso\nheavily involved in research dealing with computational issues involved in\ntreating hard discrete problems such as large instances for the celebrated\ntraveling salesman problem. He is the author or editor of seven books, the\nlatest due out in this year, and the current editor-in-chief of the \u003Cem\u003EMathematical\nProgramming Computation\u003C\/em\u003E journal. Other awards include the I.E. 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In\naddition to her high honors, Jenkins holds several leadership and\nextracurricular positions such as Tau Beta initiate, FASET leader, Kids@Kollege\ncommittee chair, peer advisor for the Office of International Education, Team\nBUZZ project coordinator, and member of the Mentor and Mentee Program with\nWomen in Engineering. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the following interview to learn more about Breona.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\nFinish the sentence: Few people know that\u2026 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003EMy two passions are dancing and Spanish.\nI am the vice president of the Spanish Speaking Organization, and a member of\nthe Ballroom Dance Club at Georgia Tech. I studied abroad last summer in Spain\nand Mexico, and hope to travel back one day soon. If I could use my engineering\nskills to assist in furthering the development of the Mexican infrastructure,\nit would be a dream.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; Is there any one person who has been an\ninspiration to you or someone that you consider your hero? Who and why?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; My mother is my\ninspiration. As a soldier for the Army Reserve, she is also my hero. She has\nalways been there for me to encourage me in my pursuits, advise me when I have\na problem, and give me confidence in my abilities. She is a strong woman who\nhas shown me that I can overcome any struggles that I may have in life.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: Tell me a\nlittle about yourself. Where are you from originally?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; Originally born\nin\u0026nbsp;Flint,\nMI, I moved to Woodstock, GA in 2005 and where I attended\nhigh school. I enjoy music, cooking, reading, rock climbing, and being involved\non campus to meet new people.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: What motivated you to come to\nGeorgia Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech is an\namazing Institute and always in the top ten of public colleges in the nation.\nThat reputation attracted me to Tech. In high school, I loved math and science,\nand I felt that Tech would give me an opportunity to pursue my interests and guide\nme to a career path that I would love.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EI initially came to Georgia Tech as pre-architecture, but\nafter completing a Senior Project with two practicing architects, I decided\nthat it was not my passion. Still fascinated with science and math, I decided\nto pursue engineering. After much research, I chose industrial engineering, as\nit would offer me great flexibility in my choice of profession, and I would\nhave the opportunity to interact with both people and machines on a daily\nbasis.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: I understand that you participate\nin the Co-op program.\u0026nbsp; Tell me about your\nexperience.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; I am in my second\nrotation as a co-op at Manhattan Associates, a supply chain software company\nwhere I work as a consultant. My day-to-day job includes testing issues,\ncreating reports for the issues, and participating in conference calls with\nclients to resolve any concerns they have.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: \u0026nbsp;What has been your favorite IE course so far?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; ISyE 2028. I learned the software \u201cR\u201d\nand found that Statistics is a powerful tool that can be utilized in everyday\nlife. Also, my professor, Heeyoung Kim, was enthusiastic about her position and\nmade me excited about statistics as well.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; What is something every student should do\nwhile at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; Every student at\nTech should see a DramaTech play, go to a show at the Ferst Theater, spend a\nnight in Tech Rec, and take advantage of the facilities in the CRC.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\nTell me about a favorite ISyE experience you have had.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; I found my probability\nclass quite interesting, especially after I started to fully understand it. One\nday, my professor was speaking on a particular topic and he proclaimed, \u201cIt\u2019s\nlike magic. It is magic, in fact. It\u2019s probability!\u201d It was one of the funniest\nmoments in my ISyE career.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; What are your prospective career\ngoals?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; In the future, I\nhope to help others through service and through my profession. I would like to\nhave a career that involves some travelling, holds my interests and challenges\nme, and also allows me to help humanity in some way - no matter how small or\nlarge. One of my biggest goals is to own a restaurant. It would be wonderful to\nuse my engineering skills to be successful in the culinary arena.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\nWhat was the last book you read for pleasure?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; \u003Cem\u003ECrossfire\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eby Dick\nand Felix Francis. Now I am reading\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EI\u2019d Know You Anywhere\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;by\nLaura Lippman.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; What piece of technology could you not live\nwithout?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; I could not live\nwithout my laptop. I store all pictures, music, and documents on it and it has\nbeen with me through all of my college years.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\nWhat music do you listen to?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\nBJ:\u0026nbsp; I love all music. Especially John\nMayer, Teena Marie, Usher, NeverShoutNever, Reik, and Linkin Park.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\nWhat is your favorite spot on campus?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; Campanile hands\ndown. It\u2019s a reminder of the beauty and focus of the Tech community, and the\nchanging of the colors is reminiscent of the growth that each student\nexperiences while at Tech.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\nWhat is the best piece of advice you ever received?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; Life is what you\nmake it.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\nWhat advice would you give a student considering coming to Georgia Tech\nto study at ISyE?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBJ:\u0026nbsp; I would suggest\nthat the student keeps an open mind, studies hard, and explores different\noptions in the ISyE major, as well as the clubs and organizations at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBreona Jenkins, an\nundergraduate student in the H. 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Swann, Harold\nR. and Mary Anne Nash Associate Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial\nand Systems Engineering and co-director of the Georgia Tech Center for Health\nand Humanitarian Logistics, has been invited to speak at the 2012 American\nAssociation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Vancouver\nFebruary 16-20. Swann\u2019s presentation, titled \u201cImproving the Allocation of\nLimited Healthcare Resources in the Developing World\u201d, will be part of the Anthropology\nMeets Engineering: Technological Innovations in Global Health symposium.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe abstract from\nSwann\u2019s presentation reads:\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIn the developing world, it is\neven more important than otherwise to allocate limited healthcare resources\neffectively (and possibly equitably). Operations Research and scientific\nmethods for the system can help improve these decisions.\u0026nbsp; We focus on\nscientific innovations to improve the allocation of limited resources across a\nnetwork, especially in resource-poor settings.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Examples include\npharmaceuticals to ongoing health clinics, disaster response supplies,\nor\u0026nbsp;the distribution of breast milk to underweight infants in ways that\npromote effectiveness, efficiency, and equitability.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EKeeping with the\n2012 AAAS theme, \u201cFlattening the World: Building the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E Century\nGlobal Knowledge\u201d, the symposium will cover multiple disciplines including\nanthropology, engineering, and public health. This symposium will present case\nstudies of various innovations to make health care more affordable in both\ndeveloping and developed nations. Speakers will include the inventors of new\ntechnologies, public health experts, and anthropologists who will discuss\nissues related to culture, equity, ethics, and use.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAAAS is an international\nnon-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by\nserving as an educator, leader, spokesperson, and professional association. The\nAnnual Meeting is one of the most widely recognized pan-science events, with\nhundreds of networking opportunities and broad global media coverage. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more\ninformation, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aaas.org\/meetings\/2012\/program\/symposia\/submit\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.aaas.org\/meetings\/2012\/program\/symposia\/submit\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulie L. Swann, Harold\nR. and Mary Anne Nash Associate Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial\nand Systems Engineering and co-director of the Georgia Tech Center for Health\nand Humanitarian Logistics, has been invited to speak at the 2012 American\nAssociation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Vancouver\nFebruary 16-20.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-10-19 14:55:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:30","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59923":{"id":"59923","type":"image","title":"Julie Swann","body":null,"created":"1449176239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:19","changed":"1475894520","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:00","alt":"Julie Swann","file":{"fid":"191033","name":"Swann_Julie_-_Bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Swann_Julie_-_Bust_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Swann_Julie_-_Bust_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1755966,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Swann_Julie_-_Bust_1.jpg?itok=4IoZjqEy"}}},"media_ids":["59923"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14812","name":"Georgia Tech Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1237","name":"Julie Swann"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"71627":{"#nid":"71627","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumni Spotlight: Ran Jin Pursues a Career in Academia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter receiving his PhD from\nthe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), Ran\nJin has accepted a position as an assistant\nprofessor at the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia\nTech (VT). Jin, who has always wanted to pursue a career in academia, is\nexcited about starting his career. According to Jin, several features attracted\nhim to his current position such as the flexibility to determine his research\nfocus, the interaction with young people, the teaching and self-learning, and ability\nto measure his career success by the students\u2019 success. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his time in ISyE, Jin was the recipient of several\nprestigious awards including: 2010 INFORMS QSR Best Student Paper Award\nFinalist for \u201cReconfigured Piecewise Linear Regression Tree for Multistage\nManufacturing Process Control\u201d, Runner-up for the 2008 Best Poster Award for\n\u201cIntermediate Adjustment Feedforward Control,\u201d in the College of Engineering Graduate\nSymposium, and the 2007 Forging Industry Educational \u0026amp; Research Foundation\nScholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about Ran Jin,\ncontinue reading the interview that follows.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; Ran Jin,\nwhat motivated you to achieve your career goals? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; When I was a kid, my father told me: \u201cYou\ncan\u0027t expect to be both grand and comfortable.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\nNow, even if I am having great difficulty achieving my career objective,\nI feel being persistent seems to be the only choice.\u0026nbsp; I want to contribute something in my area\nwhen I still have the chance.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; Tell us\nabout yourself.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; I was born in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province,\nChina. My hometown is famous for panda bear and spicy food. I received my\nbachelor\u2019s degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University in\nBeijing, China.\u0026nbsp; Afterwards, I joined\nProfessor Jan Shi\u2019s research group at the University of Michigan where I\nreceived a master\u2019s degree in statistics, as well as in industrial engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOutside of work, I\nenjoy photography, kayaking, and reading books, specifically history and\neconomics related. I enjoy cooking, and I seldom repeat what I cook because I\nalways want to try something new.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: \u0026nbsp;What influenced your\ndecision to get your PhD at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; Professor Shi heavily influenced my decision\nto pursue a PhD at Georgia Tech. I think the most important part of the PhD\nstudy is to find a good advisor. A good advisor can lead you to the objective\nthat you want to achieve. A good advisor is a tour guide to help you quickly\nexplore the areas that you might have interests in. Professor Shi is such a\ngood advisor. \u0026nbsp;When Professor Shi decided\nto join the faculty at Georgia Tech, I wanted to transfer with him, and I feel\nthat was probably the best decision I ever made. \u0026nbsp;Another aspect that drew me to Georgia Tech\nwas the size of the ISyE faculty. I was happy to have so many faculty members\nin our department, with flexible course choices and many research collaboration\nopportunities.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: \u0026nbsp;Tell us about a favorite or most memorable\nISyE experience you had.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; I highly enjoyed the seminars\ngiven by world class scholars invited to our department.\u0026nbsp; As a graduate student, the learning, dialog, and\nquestions with these scholars helped me understand what defines good research,\nand what makes that research outstanding in the academic society.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: \u0026nbsp;What is something every student should do\nwhile at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; Go workout at the CRC! As a\nstudent, balancing work and life is important.\u0026nbsp;\nBesides, how many students from other schools have a chance to go\nworkout on an Olympic site?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: \u0026nbsp;Where was your favorite spot on the Georgia\nTech campus?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; The lawn beside the ISyE and Instructional\nCenter buildings. From this spot, I enjoyed many picnics and beautiful views of\nthe campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: \u0026nbsp;What have you been doing since finishing your\nPhD last April?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; I moved to a new place and\njoined the VT faculty.\u0026nbsp; Joining the VT\nfaculty is a completely new start for me. It means challenges, and also\nopportunities.\u0026nbsp; Being outstanding in this\ntop IE department of the country is not easy, but fortunately I have a lot of\ngreat colleagues to learn from.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: \u0026nbsp;Would you say that ISyE prepared you for your\ncurrent position?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; ISyE prepared me for almost\nevery aspect of my current position. ISyE has one of the best industrial\nengineering programs in this country, with teaching and research being\nperformed by some of the best scholars in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: \u0026nbsp;What do you do to make learning more engaging\nfor students?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; I use multiple types of media,\nsuch as video and images, to help students link new material to information\nthey already know.\u0026nbsp; I teach students how\nto solve real-world problems, rather than focusing on textbook problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: \u0026nbsp;What piece of technology could you not live\nwithout as an instructor?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; PowerPoint. Without the PowerPoint\npresentation, it is hard to use video, photos, or data plots to illustrate the\nideas behind the problems I teach.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; Tell us a\nlittle bit about your PhD thesis and current research.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; My thesis is about how to manufacture\nproducts with better quality.\u0026nbsp; To improve\nthe quality, we need to understand the relationship between the quality and the\nimportant factors to change the quality.\u0026nbsp;\nNowadays, the manufacturing system becomes more complex, and we may have\nlimited knowledge about this relationship from an engineering perspective.\u0026nbsp; On the other hand, the advancement of sensing\ntechnology gives us a data-rich manufacturing environment.\u0026nbsp; My thesis is about how to integrate the\nengineering domain knowledge and operational data to model the manufacturing\nprocess, and improve the quality.\u0026nbsp; I\napplied this methodology in the semiconductor manufacturing processes\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMy current research involves engineering\ndriven data fusion in manufacturing system modeling and quality improvements,\nwith specific interests in the variation reduction in product realization and\nmanufacturing scale-up, and quality engineering based on high definition\nprofile data. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE: \u0026nbsp;What is your favorite book\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp; Modern History of China\u003C\/em\u003E, by\nTsiang, Tingfu. The reason why this is my favorite book is that the author has\na completely new angle and new evidence to show the history of China from years\n1840 to year 1911, with only 50,000 Chinese characters (It could be very\nchallenging even with 500,000 Chinese characters).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; I believe this should be the first book to\nread to understand the Chinese modern history. Dr. Tsiang\u2019s personal experiences\nare also interesting to me. He was a faculty member at Tsinghua University in\nthe 1920s, where I completed my undergraduate degree. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERecently, I have been reading \u003Cem\u003EEconomic Imperialism,\u003C\/em\u003E by Wuchang Zhang.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp; What is the best piece of advice you ever\nreceived?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERJ:\u0026nbsp; Actually I got two from my\nadvisor Prof Shi about how to work efficiently:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHave a beginning and an end.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOnly Handle It Once\u201d\n(OHIO)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter receiving his PhD from\nthe H. 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Milton Stewart School of\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) has become a key global player in\nhelping to ensure that disaster relief supplies\u2014food, clean water, medicine,\netc.\u2014arrive at their intended destination as quickly and efficiently as\npossible. In addition to developing methodologies and technologies to\nfacilitate the distribution of humanitarian aid to disaster sites around the\nworld, the Center is also fostering increased planning for disaster relief and\nthe effective execution of humanitarian efforts. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditional\nresearch focuses on developing concepts and tools for optimizing healthcare\ndelivery processes by applying cutting-edge supply chain engineering principles\nto the design of healthcare delivery systems. The Center works with government\nand non-government organizations, particularly those in developing countries. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nCenter\u2019s long-term viability and effectiveness has received a significant boost\nthanks to a recent seven-figure estate commitment from Richard E. \u201cRick\u201d Zalesky\nJr., also known as \u201cZaz\u201d, CE 1978, and Charlene Oxford Zalesky, HS 1977. In\naddition to their estate provision, the Zaleskys have also pledged ongoing\nannual support for the center, which allows them to see the tremendous impact\nof their giving during their lifetimes. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter\nreading about the Center\u2019s work in 2009, the Zaleskys inquired about how they\nmight learn more and provide support.\u0026nbsp;\nSoon afterwards, the Zalekys met with the Center\u2019s three co-directors\nand co-founders, Ozlem Ergun, associate professor in ISyE, Pinar Keskinocak, the Joseph C.\nMello Professor of ISyE, and Julie\nSwann, the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor of ISyE, to find out more\nabout the Center\u2019s projects and collaborative work. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nZaleskys were very excited to learn how basic industrial engineering techniques\nwere being utilized to help humanitarian organizations throughout the world\nimprove their effectiveness. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAny technical university can\npresent papers showcasing their models and academic proposals.\u0026nbsp; However, Ozlem, Julie, and Pinar have created\nsomething truly outstanding. They collaborate to bring people, technology, and\ninnovation together to make a difference in our collective human condition now\nand into the future,\u201d said Mr. Zalesky. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThey\nwere equally impressed that some of these organizations, such as the Red Cross,\nSalvation Army, and World Vision, were organizations they were personally\nsupporting.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis\nmeant that our philanthropic dollars were going further. Every dollar spent on\npreplanning and prepositioning typically results in a savings between seven and\nten dollars in actual relief aid. That kind of multiplier got our attention,\u201d\nsaid Mrs. Zalesky.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMrs.\nZalesky attended the 2010 Health \u0026amp; Humanitarian Logistics Conference\norganized by the Center. Because she was so impressed with the collaborations\nand projects with high-level participants from thirteen countries, the Zaleskys\ndecided to help sponsor the 2011 conference.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA\nlongtime executive with Chevron in Houston, Mr. Zalesky is a member of the\nGeorgia Tech Advisory Board and the Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\nAdvisory Board. He was named a College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus in\n2007. Mrs. Zalesky, who holds an MBA from Golden State University in addition\nto her Georgia Tech degree in Health Systems, is a member of the Industrial and\nSystems Engineering Advisory Board. Their son, Zack, will complete his\nundergraduate degree in mechanical engineering in the spring of 2013; and their\ndaughter, Zola, hopes to matriculate at Tech in fall 2012. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia\nTech has meant a great deal to our family over the years,\u201d said Mr. Zalesky. \u201cOur family\nactually started at Georgia Tech when Charlene and I met as Sophomores and later\nmarried in our senior year. We\nbelieve the success we have enjoyed in our careers is due in large part to the\nsuperb education we received at Georgia Tech. When you graduate with a degree\nfrom Georgia Tech, you are ready to take on the toughest challenges in any\nbusiness endeavor with the confidence that you will be successful.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen\nasked how she believed its affiliation with ISyE affected the Center\u2019s ability\nto carry out its mission, Mrs. Zalesky responded, \u201cWe can think of no better\nassociation than the number one ISyE program in the nation.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nISyE community is especially grateful to the Zaleskys, not only for their philanthropic\nsupport, but also for their passionate belief in the Center\u2019s work.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen\nyou couple the hard work and dedication of the faculty and students working in\nhealth and humanitarian logistics with the support and concern for the\nbetterment of humanity that the Zaleskys display, incredible things happen,\u201d\nsaid Jane C. Ammons, H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair of\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering. \u201cWe are so fortunate to have their\ninvolvement and we vastly appreciate how they have helped ISyE take this\nimportant education, outreach, and research to a higher level that is helping\nthe world in countless ways.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo\ninquire about making a gift or becoming involved in supporting the Center for\nHealth and Humanitarian Logistics or any initiative within the H. Milton\nStewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, contact Director of\nDevelopment Nancy J. 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I learned what works and what doesn\u0027t work in assembly\nlines, and how to eliminate wastes to save time, energy, and money during\nproduction. Above all, I learned that the customers\u0027 desires are the most\nimportant thing, behind safety,\u201d said Emily Russell, an ISyE undergraduate\nstudent in Zhou\u2019s class.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECaterpillar has been\ninvolved on the Georgia Tech campus for several years, but this is the first\ntime the simulation game has been integrated into an ISyE classroom. \u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWith several manufacturing\nfacilities opening in the South, Caterpillar has increased its recruiting\nefforts at Georgia Tech over the last few years, targeting ISyE students for\nvarious positions such as those in supply chain logistics and manufacturing. Caterpillar\nutilizes the CPS game to better engage with freshman ISyE students.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditional feedback from\nthe class: \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAfter playing this game,\nI walked away feeling more ready and more eager to become an industrial\nengineer,\u0022 said Keri Strucher. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis game really gave me\na better understanding of what ISyE is all about. I learned so much about my\nmajor during this game and I can see how this can apply to real life on a much\nbigger scale,\u201d said Erin Kelly. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe game was a really\ngreat experience for me because I needed to see the application of what we are\nlearning in the classroom. Now I am much more confident in my ability to\ncontinue in my major and eventually begin my career in industrial\nengineering,\u0022 said Mackenzie Sloan. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEven though I\u0027m a first\nyear student at Georgia Tech, playing the supply chain game with Caterpillar\nmade me feel like an employed engineer for an hour!\u201d said Erin Lightfoot.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFun. Entertaining.\nEducational. I wish every class was like that!\u201d said\u0026nbsp;Leon Heimer.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time, undergraduate\nstudents in the H. 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The symposium\nwill showcase the newest and most innovative approaches to quantitative finance\nused today. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERegistration\nis required and includes a dinner reception with the speakers on the evening of\nThursday, October 20, as well as the symposium and lunch on Friday.\u0026nbsp; Guests are encouraged to register at their\nearliest convenience. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more\ninformation about the event, including the symposium program and registration\nlink, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.qcf.gatech.edu\/qcfday\/program\/index.php\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Quantitative and Computational Finance Day Symposium will be held October\n21 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning \u0026amp; Conference Center.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-10-05 09:29:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:22","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14603","name":"Georgia Tech Global Learning \u0026 Conference Center"},{"id":"14602","name":"Georgia Tech Quantitative and Computational Finance Day Symposium"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:harry.sharp@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHarry Sharp\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.894.6545\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70910":{"#nid":"70910","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Finalists Announced for 2011 INFORMS Prizes and Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Operations Research and the Management\nSciences (INFORMS) has recently announced a list of finalists for\nits various prizes and awards to be given at the upcoming 2011 INFORMS Annual\nMeeting in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 13.\u0026nbsp; Students and faculty of the H. Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) were among those selected. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents Morgan Doty, Bryce Dykes, Kathleen Hendrix,\nRalph Long, Dana Lupuloff, Douglas Meagh, Jeff Phillips, and Michael \u0026nbsp;Vallecoccia were selected as one of six\nfinalists for the Doing Good with Good OR Student Competition for their submission, \u201cGwinnett County Public\nSchools: OR\/MS Drives Improvements in Bus Logistics and School Times.\u201d\u0026nbsp; The submission was a a solution to help\nGwinnett County Public Schools reduce transportation expenses in the face of\nconsiderable budget cuts.\u0026nbsp; By developing\nassignment and scheduling heuristics implemented by a user friendly application\nand informed by a regression and forecast, the total number of buses needed for\ndaily transportation was reduced significantly.\u0026nbsp;\nThe overall reduction of over 100 buses resulted in an initial savings\nof $2.9 million and recurring savings of $2.6 million each year. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGuided by faculty advisor Dr. Julie Swann, students Doty,\nDykes, Hendrix, Long, Lupuloff, Meagh, Phillips, and Vallecoccia completed this\nproject as part of their required ISyE course, Senior Design, where they were\nalso chosen as one of the top three finalists out of twenty-four Senior Design\nteams.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETurgay Ayer, assistant professor of ISyE, was also selected\nas a finalist for the Doing Good with Good OR Student Competition for his\nsubmission \u201cRedesigning the Breast Cancer Screening Policies: Personalized\nMammography Screening,\u201d which he submitted while studying for his doctorate at University of\nWisconsin-Madison.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Additionally, Ayer\nwas chosen as a finalist for the Decision Analysis Society Student Paper\nCompetition for his paper \u201cA POMDP Approach to Personalize Mammography Screening\nPolicies,\u201d as well as a finalist for the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society Student Paper Competition. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDaniel Dadush,\nan Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization PhD student at Georgia Tech, was\nselected as the winner of the Optimization Society Student Paper\nPrize for his paper \u201cOn the Chvatal-Gomory Closure of a Compact Convex\nSet.\u201d\u0026nbsp; The paper was co-authored with\nSantanu Dey, assistant professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial\nand Systems Engineering (ISyE), and Juan Pablo Vielma, who received his PhD\nfrom ISyE in 2009 and was the 2007 recipient of the Optimization Society\nStudent Paper Prize. Vielma is currently the assistant professor in the\ndepartment of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. The prize\nis awarded annually at the INFORMS Fall National Meeting for an outstanding\npaper in optimization by a student author.\u0026nbsp; Also for this paper submission, Dadush, Dey, and Vielma were nominated as finalists for the Junior Faculty Interest Group Paper Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEva K. Lee, professor of ISyE and director of the\nCenter for Operations Research in Medicine and HealthCare, was selected as a finalist\nfor the Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice.\nLee will deliver a thirty minute presentation on her submission \u0022Designing Guest Flow and Operations Logistics\nfor the Dolphin Tales\u0022 during one of the Wagner Prize sessions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAntonius Dieker,\nassistant professor of ISyE, was nominated as a finalist for the Junior Faculty\nInterest Group Paper Competition for his submission \u0022Sensitivity Analysis for Diffusion\n            Processes Constrained to an Orthant.\u0022 The paper was co-authored by Dieker\u0027s PhD student, Xuefeng Gao.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShan Ba, PhD student in ISyE, was nominated as a finalist for the Quality, Statistics, and Reliability Best Student Paper Award for the paper \u0022Multi-layer Designs for Computer Experiments,\u0022 co-authored with Roshan Vengazhiyil, associate professor in ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EINFORMS,\nthe largest professional society in the world for professionals in the field of\noperations research (OR), management science, and business analytics, serves\nthe scientific and professional needs of Operations Researchers and those in\nthe Management Sciences including educators, scientists, students, managers,\nand consultants.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EINFORMS has announced a list of finalists for\nits various prizes and awards to be given at the upcoming 2011 INFORMS Annual\nMeeting in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 13.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-10-05 09:46:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:22","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14604","name":"2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting"},{"id":"14476","name":"Daniel Dadush"},{"id":"6204","name":"INFORMS"},{"id":"9278","name":"ISyE Senior Design"},{"id":"1123","name":"Juan Pablo Vielma"},{"id":"167192","name":"Santanu Dey"},{"id":"13749","name":"Turgay Ayer"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70411":{"#nid":"70411","#data":{"type":"news","title":"George Releases New Book: True North Groups","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumnus Bill George (IE 1964, Honorary PhD 2008) has released\na new book entitled \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\/page\/true-north-groups\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETrue North Groups: A Powerful Path to\nPersonal and Leadership Development\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, written with co-author Doug Baker, president of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.truenorthgroups.com\/blog\/from-doug-baker-president-of-true-north-groups-institute\u0022\u003ETrue North Groups Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. This\nbook extends the ideas of the previously released \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\/page\/true-north\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETrue North\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E to describe the importance of having a small\nintimate group of peers in your life who support each other in challenging\ntimes, and to help each other develop as human beings and as leaders through\nhonest conservations in confidential settings.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\/page\/true-north-groups\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETrue North Groups\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;contains\nin-depth ideas about\u0026nbsp;forming\u0026nbsp;your group, developing its norms, handling\ndifficult group situations, and creating a high-performing group. \u0026nbsp;It also\nincludes an extensive resource manual that outlines how to form a group of your\nown, along with a complete set of program ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDoug and I have both benefited from participating in two\nTrue North Groups over the years. \u0026nbsp;One is a men\u2019s group that has meet\nweekly for the past 36 years and the other is a couple\u2019s group that has met for\n28 years,\u201d said George. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorge is a professor of management practice at Harvard\nBusiness School where he teaches leadership and leadership development. He has incorporated\nthe True North Group into his courses at the Harvard Business School, where\nthey have had significant impact on the MBA students and mid-career executives\nwho have participated in them. True North Group members have shared the small\ngroup principles with participants in such organizations as the Young Presidents\nOrganization Forum, Spirit Search, and Masterminds.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to this recent publication, George is the\nauthor of the best-selling books:\u0026nbsp; \u003Cem\u003E7\nLessons for Leading in Crisis\u003C\/em\u003E,\u003Cem\u003E True\nNorth: Discovering your Authentic Leadership\u003C\/em\u003E,\u003Cem\u003E Finding Your True North \u003C\/em\u003E(workbook),\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Eand\u003Cem\u003E Authentic Leadership\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorge is the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, and\ncurrently serves on the boards of ExxonMobil and Goldman Sachs. He is also a\ntrustee of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the World Economic\nForum USA. He has made frequent appearances on television and radio, and his\narticles have appeared in numerous publications. He has been named one of \u201cTop\n25 Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years\u201d by PBS.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETrue North Groups:\nA Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development\u003C\/em\u003E is available for\npurchase at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/True-North-Groups-Leadership-Development\/dp\/1609940075\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1317322085\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0022\u003EAmazon\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; For more information about True North Groups,\nvisit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.billgeorge.org\u0022\u003Ewww.billgeorge.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumnus Bill George (IE 1964, Honorary PhD 2008) has released\na new book entitled \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.billgeorge.org\/page\/true-north-groups\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETrue North Groups: A Powerful Path to\nPersonal and Leadership Development\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, written with co-author Doug Baker, president of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.truenorthgroups.com\/blog\/from-doug-baker-president-of-true-north-groups-institute\u0022\u003ETrue North Groups Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-09-29 16:28:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:18","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70412":{"id":"70412","type":"image","title":"Bill George","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38","alt":"Bill George","file":{"fid":"192956","name":"bill_george.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bill_george_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bill_george_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2324457,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bill_george_1.jpg?itok=5j8NLXfP"}},"70413":{"id":"70413","type":"image","title":"True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38","alt":"True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development","file":{"fid":"192957","name":"true_north.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/true_north_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/true_north_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1847246,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/true_north_0.jpg?itok=xVFx-Xhk"}}},"media_ids":["70412","70413"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1614","name":"bill george"},{"id":"14485","name":"Doug Baker"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"14484","name":"True North Groups"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70201":{"#nid":"70201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"YouTube: Nagi Gebraeel Discusses Predicting Performance \u0026 Failure of Complex Systems","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENagi Gebraeel, associate professor in the\n            H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\n            Engineering at Georgia Tech, conducts research in the area\n            of detecting and preventing failure in engineering systems\n            as they degrade over time. The goal is to avoid both\n            expensive downtime and unnecessary maintenance costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp\u003E\u0022We could be talking about a fleet of\n            airlines, trucks, trains, ships -- or a manufacturing\n            system,\u0022 Gebraeel said. \u0022In any of these cases, it\u0027s\n            extremely useful for a number of reasons to be able to\n            accurately estimate the remaining useful lifetime of the\n            system or its components.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n      \u003Cp\u003EWatch\n\n          this short \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WYidYBiR-1Q\u0022\u003Evideo\u003C\/a\u003E\n          of Nagi Gebraeel as he discusses his research of complex\n          engineering systems.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENagi Gebraeel, associate professor in the\n            H. 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The roundtable will consist of two panels: one\ndedicated to the lessons learned from the humanitarian response in Ha\u00efti\nfollowing the 2010 earthquake; the other on NGO governance.\u0026nbsp; Pinar Keskinocak, co-director of the Georgia\nTech Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics, will be moderating the panel on \u201cGoverning\nHumanitarian Response.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInternational\ncooperation in humanitarian efforts is one of the multiple themes to be\naddressed during this year\u2019s France-Atlanta conference. In recent years,\nhumanitarian emergencies, particularly those following natural disasters, have\nraised a major issue: how to achieve coordination and synergistic collaboration\namong different NGOs and government organizations, so as to avoid overlapping\nefforts, waste of resources, and inefficiencies. During this roundtable\ndiscussion, representatives from French and American NGOs and government\nagencies such as Handicap International, CARE, Medshare, and USAID will reflect\non the tools that could be developed in order to improve management of\nhumanitarian crises. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is\nthe second year Georgia Tech will be partnering with the Consulate General of\nFrance in Atlanta to present the France-Atlanta conference. \u201cFrance-Atlanta:\nTogether Towards Innovation\u201d will be held October 26- November 12, and will\ninclude a series of fifteen French-American events centered on innovation,\nincluding scientific symposiums, business workshops, cultural events, and\nhumanitarian focus events.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am so\npleased to partner once again with Georgia Tech to present this new edition of\nFrance-Atlanta. I believe this is through cooperation in sectors of the future\nthat our two societies will thrive and tackle the 21st century challenges,\u201d said\nPascal Le Deunff, Consul General of France in Atlanta. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nFrance-Atlanta conference, which drew 3,500 participants last year, was\ndesigned to strengthen ties between France\u003Cstrong\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003Eand the southeastern United States.\u0026nbsp;\nThe conference is presented under the High Auspices of the Ambassador of\nFrance to the United States, His Excellency Mr. Fran\u00e7ois Delattre, the Governor\nof Georgia, the Honorable Nathan Deal, and the Mayor of Atlanta, the Honorable\nKasim Reed. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EClick \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.france-atlanta.org\/spip.php?article123\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E to register for the roundtable discussion. For more\ninformation about the 2011 France-Atlanta conference, visit\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.france-atlanta.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.france-atlanta.org\u0022\u003Ewww.france-atlanta.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA roundtable\ndiscussion entitled \u201cHow to Better Coordinate Humanitarian Response\u201d will take\nplace on October 27, 2011 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at the Georgia Tech Marcus\nNanotechnology Building during the 2011 \u201cFrance-Atlanta: Together Towards\nInnovation\u201d conference.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-09-28 14:26:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:14","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70340":{"id":"70340","type":"image","title":"2011 France-Atlanta","body":null,"created":"1449177304","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:04","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38","alt":"2011 France-Atlanta","file":{"fid":"192950","name":"logofranceatlanta2011.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logofranceatlanta2011_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logofranceatlanta2011_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":5731,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/logofranceatlanta2011_0.png?itok=rSDcfW85"}}},"media_ids":["70340"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14448","name":"2011 France-Atlanta"},{"id":"8884","name":"Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"14449","name":"health and humanitarian logistics center"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1239","name":"Pinar Keskinocak"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70356":{"#nid":"70356","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Swann Serves as a Discussion Leader During World Economic Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulie Swann, associate professor in the H. Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) and center co-director of\nthe Georgia Tech Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center, was a discussion\nleader during the World Economic Forum for a session entitled \u201cResponding to\nExtreme Events\u201d on April 28. \u0026nbsp;The session\ncovered several key discussion points which included natural disaster\npreparedness, quick response mechanisms, effective long-term partnerships,\nregional coordination, and lessons from the recent earthquakes in Chile, Haiti,\nand Japan.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe World Economic Forum was held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil on\nApril 27-29.\u0026nbsp; Sessions are designed to\npromote interaction between discussion leaders and participants, facilitating\ndiscussion on challenging and complex issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Swann focuses on developing models and analytical\nmethods to solve problems in logistics and supply chain management, and inform\ndecisions in health systems and policymaking.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Swann\u2019s research areas\nintersect in her work in humanitarian supply chains. In this area, she is\ndeveloping educational and outreach programs to governmental and non-governmental\norganizations that are involved in planning for and responding to health and\nhumanitarian crises.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the 2011 World Economic Forum on\nLatin America, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/world-economic-forum-latin-america-2011\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulie Swann, associate professor in the H. 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Logistic Institute\u2019s (SCL) Integrated Food Chain Center (IFC), \u003Cem\u003EFood\nLogistics Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E initiated a new column titled, \u003Cem\u003ECool Insights\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\nThe column, which began with the April \/ May 2010 issue, has exclusively\nfeatured thoughts from the faculty, staff, and partners of the IFC on various\naspects of food chain.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the September 2011 issue of \u003Cem\u003EFood Logistics\u003C\/em\u003E, Alejandro MacCawley, PhD student in the Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering and research associate for the\nGeorgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center, authored the sixth installment for\nthe \u003Cem\u003ECool Insights\u003C\/em\u003E column, titled \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foodlogistics.com\/article\/10365175\/what-you-produce-is-what-your-consumer-gets\u0022\u003E\u201cWhat\nYou Produce\u2026 is What Your Consumer Gets?\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-09-29 13:07:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:14","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70401":{"id":"70401","type":"image","title":"Alejandro MacCawley, PhD student in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and research associate for the Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38","alt":"Alejandro MacCawley, PhD student in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and research associate for the Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center","file":{"fid":"192954","name":"amaccawley_10365191.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/amaccawley_10365191_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/amaccawley_10365191_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":93242,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/amaccawley_10365191_0.png?itok=5KN_eSSm"}}},"media_ids":["70401"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14475","name":"Alejandro MacCawley"},{"id":"10852","name":"Cool Insights"},{"id":"10458","name":"Food Logistics Magazine"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"69960":{"#nid":"69960","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Spotlight: Adjoa Aka","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdjoa\nAka, an undergraduate student in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering (ISyE), is volunteering with the Georgia Tech chapter of\nEngineers Without Borders (EWB-GT) in their fundraising efforts as they\nprepare to send a team of students to Cameroon, Africa in December to implement\na clean water distribution system.\u0026nbsp; According to Aka, who is originally\nfrom Togo, a country in West Africa, working with EWB-GT is a way for her to\n\u201cgive back\u201d.\u0026nbsp; When asked what motivates her to give back, she stated that\ngiving back brings her so much joy.\u0026nbsp; Even\nwhen she was in Africa, she tutored children as a way to serve her\ncommunity.\u0026nbsp; According to Aka, Dr. Martin\nLuther King Jr. described it best when he said, \u201cEveryone can be great, because\nanyone can serve\u2026 you only need a heart full of grace.\u0026nbsp; A soul generated\nby love.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAka also\nvolunteers her time to help African refugee families as they adjust to a new\nlife in the United States, specifically encouraging them to further their\neducation.\u0026nbsp; In addition to her volunteer work, Aka is a member of the\nStudent Alumni Association and the African Students Association at Georgia\nTech. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn\nmore about Aka, continue reading the interview that follows.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E How are you contributing to EWB-GT\u2019s\nfundraising efforts?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAA:\u0026nbsp; I have been helping the fundraising team on a\nproject to implement a clean water distribution system in Cameroon,\nAfrica.\u0026nbsp; I have been making phone calls\nand distributing information to potential sponsors who may be interested in\nsupporting this trip, and EWB-GT in general.\u0026nbsp;\nGifts in support of this project will assist with travel expenses, as\nwell as the cost of construction for the water distribution system, solar pump,\nand storage tank.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp; 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\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003Cstrong\u003EHow\ndo you plan to apply what you are learning as an ISyE student to EWB-GT?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAA:\u0026nbsp; As an industrial engineering student, I plan\non working with the team to offer more efficient and cost effective ways to\nhelp those in need.\u0026nbsp; For example, I can\nuse statistical data to determine how much water a community needs each day, or\nto assist in finding out the probability of disease in the water.\u0026nbsp; I hope to have the opportunity to travel with\nEWB-GT, and work on location.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003EWith the strenuous work load from your\nclasses, how do you have time to volunteer?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAA:\u0026nbsp; It is always easy to find time for things we\nlove.\u0026nbsp; When I have a little free time\naway from my books, I find time to do what I am passionate about.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003EWhat motivated you to pursue a degree in\nindustrial engineering?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAA:\u0026nbsp; I have always known I wanted to be an\nengineer, but I wasn\u2019t sure in what capacity I wanted to pursue this\nfield.\u0026nbsp; My strength lies in mathematics\nand problem-solving.\u0026nbsp; As an industrial\nengineer, I can use my strengths for the good of humanity, helping underprivileged\ncommunities, which is where my passion lies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp; \u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are your hobbies and interests?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAA:\u0026nbsp; I enjoy Agbadja, a traditional dance from my\nhome in Togo, and listening to soukousse and zouk music, popular music in African\nculture.\u0026nbsp; I also like to travel and\nexplore other cultures.\u0026nbsp; On my last visit\nto Africa, I visited Benin, my family\u2019s native country, to learn more about my\nheritage.\u0026nbsp; 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Electrical Engineering moved\nup to 4th from 5th last year. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s College of Management maintained it 28th\u003Csup\u003E\n\u003C\/sup\u003Eranking this year. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute\u2019s internships and cooperative education\nprograms are also highlighted in \u201cPrograms to Look For\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo view the complete \u003Cem\u003EU.S.\nNews \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E rankings, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/rankings\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u0027s\n(ISyE) undergraduate program maintained its top ranking in the just released\n2012 edition of America\u0027s Best Colleges by \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E.\nThis issue marks the seventeenth year that ISyE has ranked as the foremost\nprogram of its kind in the nation at the undergraduate level within\nindustrial\/manufacturing engineering category. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-09-14 11:05:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:09","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69991":{"id":"69991","type":"image","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report 2012 Best College Rankings","body":null,"created":"1449177275","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:35","changed":"1475894614","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:34","alt":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report 2012 Best College Rankings","file":{"fid":"192880","name":"us-news-2012-rankings.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/us-news-2012-rankings_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/us-news-2012-rankings_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8899,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/us-news-2012-rankings_0.jpg?itok=Z6qE7h4p"}}},"media_ids":["69991"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe weekend in Abu\nDhabi is Friday and Saturday, with the work week being Sunday through\nThursday.\u0026nbsp; That means there were only\nthree overlapping days between here and there, which made my work week stretch out\nto almost seven days a week as I was very actively engaged in research with\nEastern Time Zone colleagues.\u0026nbsp; In\naddition to the work week difference, I was eight hours ahead of my research\ncolleagues and graduate students in the United States, making it challenging to\ncommunicate.\u0026nbsp; In a way, my day started\ntwice.\u0026nbsp; I would get up and be at Khalifa\nUniversity at 8:00 a.m. UAE time.\u0026nbsp; When I\nleft work at 5:00 p.m., it was 8:00 a.m. or 9:00 a.m. in the U.S.\u0026nbsp; As my day was ending in Abu Dhabi, the day\nfor my colleagues and graduate students back in the States was just\nbeginning.\u0026nbsp; This is when emails would\nstart coming in and I would have Skype meetings with those in the Eastern Time\nZone. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Did\nyou stay in the expat bubble or immerse yourself in the nation\u2019s culture?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOnly 10% of people\nin Abu Dhabi are Emirati, the rest are expats. \u0026nbsp;We lived in the Shangri-la Hotel which would\nbe considered an expat bubble.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThree blocks away\nfrom the Shangri-la was a co-op where one could buy food or clothing. When we\nshopped there, we were often the only non-Emirati there. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDubai was less than\ntwo hours north of Abu Dhabi.\u0026nbsp; There, we\nwould shop at one of their large souks, which is a traditional Arabic market.\u0026nbsp; We attended the Al Dhafra Camel Festival, an\nannual celebration where locals participate in activities such as camel races,\ntrading, and camel beauty pageants. \u0026nbsp;It\nwas one of many very interesting opportunities for us to engage in the Emirati\nculture. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring Ramadan, the\nCrown Prince of UAE, hosts Iftar lectures, which occur right before Iftar, the\nevening meal when Muslims break their fast. \u0026nbsp;I attended two lectures in Abu Dhabi.\u0026nbsp; One lecture was on the \u003Cem\u003EFuture of\nSustainable Transportation\u003C\/em\u003E, and another lecture I attended was entitled \u003Cem\u003EFundamentalist\nIslam versus Modernist Islam\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp; There\nwere approximately 400 people there, mostly Emirati.\u0026nbsp; The lectures and the related social\ninteractions were fascinating.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWe also enjoyed\nexpat activities in Abu Dhabi.\u0026nbsp; During\nour stay, we were able to experience events such as a Formula 1 race, a tennis\nmatch between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the world\u0027s top two tennis\nplayers, and attend a concert guided by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.\u0026nbsp; We were within\nseven minutes of walking distance to 14 restaurants. Several of them were noted\nas being the finest in the region. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe expat culture\nis quite different than living here in the U.S.\u0026nbsp;\nIn the expat community, there are only other expats. So, it promotes a\nsocial cohesion that we do not experience here.\u0026nbsp;\nWhile we are delighted to be back, we miss the friends we made while\nthere.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; What\ndid you enjoy most about the culture of Abu Dhabi?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is a very\nexciting time to be in the Middle East and Abu Dhabi and experience its healthy\nand vibrant culture.\u0026nbsp; The people of the UAE\nare very family oriented and have strong family traditions.\u0026nbsp; I respect them tremendously for that.\u0026nbsp; I enjoyed getting to know them and look\nforward to going back.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Was\nthe trip a success?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENo matter how you\ndefine success, the answer is yes. Professionally and personally, it was a\nsuccess. We are still basking in the glow of an idyllic year in Abu Dhabi and\nthe sense of accomplishment as well. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; How\nwill you apply what you learned in Abu Dhabi to your work at Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOne thing I became\naware of while working at Khalifa University, is that if you are building a\nuniversity to be an agent of social and economic change, the focus on research\nshould include, perhaps emphasize, innovation.\u0026nbsp;\nAfter my experience in Abu Dhabi, I am more inclined to believe the\nfocus of our work should be to continue past the idea stage, and work towards creating\na product, service, or process that will make a societal impact.\u0026nbsp; Rather than stopping after our research has\nbeen published, our goal should be to put our research into practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESpending a year in\nAbu Dhabi, I have come back with a refreshed cultural and geopolitical point of\nview.\u0026nbsp; The more we appreciate and respect\nother cultures, the more we realize that there are more similarities than\ndifferences between us.\u0026nbsp; The people of\nthat region are doing remarkable things and there is much to be learned from\ntheir culture.\u0026nbsp; I wish Khalifa University\nall the success in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChelsea \u201cChip\u201d\nWhite recently returned after spending a year in Abu Dhabi assisting in the\nlaunch of an industrial and systems engineering department and Logistics Institute\nat Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-09-14 15:02:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:09","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70002":{"id":"70002","type":"image","title":"Khalifa University","body":null,"created":"1449177288","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:48","changed":"1475894614","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:34","alt":"Khalifa University","file":{"fid":"192883","name":"kustar.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kustar_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kustar_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":41153,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kustar_0.jpg?itok=clZaf3NH"}},"70003":{"id":"70003","type":"image","title":"Map of the UAE","body":null,"created":"1449177288","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:48","changed":"1475894614","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:34","alt":"Map of the UAE","file":{"fid":"192884","name":"uae-map.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/uae-map_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/uae-map_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":55014,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/uae-map_0.jpg?itok=A1S6dQn2"}},"70004":{"id":"70004","type":"image","title":"Camels racing during the Al Dhafri Camel Festival","body":null,"created":"1449177288","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:48","changed":"1475894614","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:34","alt":"Camels racing during the Al Dhafri Camel Festival","file":{"fid":"192885","name":"al_dhafri_camel_festival.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/al_dhafri_camel_festival_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/al_dhafri_camel_festival_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39936,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/al_dhafri_camel_festival_0.jpg?itok=6rZ5vpMl"}}},"media_ids":["70002","70003","70004"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10278","name":"Abu Dhabi"},{"id":"8381","name":"Chelsea"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"13907","name":"Khalifa University"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70055":{"#nid":"70055","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sokol Selected to Attend the 2011 Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoel Sokol, associate professor of the H. 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\u0026nbsp;The\nresidence began in Cologne, Germany where they met with Professor Andreas\nStaab, director of the European Policy Information Center and author of \u003Cem\u003EThe\nEuropean Union Explained\u003C\/em\u003E. \u0026nbsp;Staab provided\na historical overview of European integration discussing the historical,\npolitical, and cultural factors that shaped the integration and the evolution\nof the relationships among European countries, and between the European Union\nand its members.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next day, Professor Owen Darbishire, from Pembroke\nCollege in Oxford, lectured on different labor and employment models in the United\nStates, European Union (EU), and Japan, with a focus on the various constraints\nthey impose and opportunities they create. \u0026nbsp;Specifically, he lectured on the labor\npolicies of the EU, such as what managers should consider when establishing\nhuman resource policies for their companies. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class then visited the Port of Duisburg, the world\u2019s\nlargest public inland port located on the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr\nrivers, and received an overview of rail infrastructure across the EU.\u0026nbsp; That afternoon, the class traveled to\nBorgholzhausen to visit Kraftverkehr Nagel, a German family-owned food logistics\ncompany.\u0026nbsp; There they discussed over-the-road transportation and cold\nchain in Europe, focusing on the competitive landscape including national\ncarriers and European players in Central and Eastern Europe.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the last day\nin Cologne, the class met with Mathias Paul, vice president of strategy for\nDB Schenker, to discuss rail cargo operations in the EU.\u0026nbsp; Following Mr. Paul\u2019s discussion, Jan Bender, head\nof foreign trade compliance for Air \u0026amp; Ocean Transport of Dachser, met with\nthe class.\u0026nbsp; Dachser is an international\nfreight and logistics service provider, headquartered in Kempten (Allg\u00e4u\/Southwest\nGermany).\u0026nbsp; Bender gave an overview of how\ncustoms operates in the EU including the Customs Union, the 27 different\nCustoms administrations that implement it, and the challenges this raises both\nfor the Customs administrations and for international trade. \u0026nbsp;The class explored some of the differences\nthat naturally arise among the different administrations of any such system. \u0026nbsp;After an intense morning, the class boarded a train\nfor Munich, Germany.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first\nmorning in Munich, the class met with Egge Haak, consultant partner of\nInvolvation, a supply chain management consulting firm based in the Netherlands.\u0026nbsp; Haak led the class in an intense and\ninteractive session of Fresh Connection, a web-based role-playing simulation\ngame developed by Involvation.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;EMIL-SCS Teams were formed and challenged to\ncollaborate and employ a supply chain strategy to rescue a virtual fruit juice\nmanufacturer from its downfall.\u0026nbsp; Using\nthe knowledge gained through Residence I, they were to return this company to sound\nfinancial performance.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELater that\nafternoon, the class traveled to Audi in Ingolstadt.\u0026nbsp; There the class learned about how Audi\n\u2018enthuses\u2019 its customers worldwide, with particular focus on their many customized\ncustomer programs.\u0026nbsp; The class had been\ninformed prior to the visit that they too would provide similar examples from\ntheir companies.\u0026nbsp; This made for an\nengaging afternoon of ideation and creative brainstorming.\u0026nbsp; Following the discussion, the students toured\nthe plant and took pleasure in viewing Audi\u2019s most luxurious automobiles on the\nassembly line. That evening, the class was treated to an authentic Bavarian\ndinner at Munich\u2019s famous Augustine-Keller restaurant.\u0026nbsp; Dating back to 1812, the restaurant serves\nhearty and Bavarian specialties like knuckle of pork, potato dumplings, and\nweiner schnitzel.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next morning, the class met with MAN Truck \u0026amp; Bus\nGroup, the largest company in the MAN Group and one of the leading\ninternational providers of commercial vehicles and transport solutions, for a\nsite visit, supply chain discussion, and factory tour. \u0026nbsp;While there, the class also met with FAUN, a\ncustomer of the MAN Truck \u0026amp; Bus Group.\u0026nbsp;\nFAUN is the most successful, privately\nowned, manufacturer of waste disposal vehicles in Europe.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Armin Vogel, FAUN\u2019s managing director,\nled a discussion on the environmental regulations and compliance policies within the EU.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the weekend, the class traveled to Krakow, Poland and\nvisited \u003Cem\u003EAuschwitz\u003C\/em\u003E-\u003Cem\u003EBirkenau\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Cem\u003EMemorial and State Museum\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp; The class toured the Nazi concentration\nand extermination camps built and operated in Polish areas annexed by Nazi\nGermany during World War II. It was the largest of the German concentration\ncamps, consisting of Auschwitz I (the base camp), Auschwitz II\u2013Birkenau (the extermination\ncamp), and Auschwitz III\u2013Monowitz, also known as Buna\u2013Monowitz (a labor camp). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Krakow, Dr. Staab re-visited the class for a recap and Part\nII discussion of the EU financial crisis, sovereign debt issues, as well as\nother political and economic issues.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; That\nafternoon, Philipp Holzer, regional manager of sea freight from KUEHNE + NAGEL in\nEastern Europe visited with the class to present a brief overview of the state of the ocean cargo industry,\nparticularly of the EU based carriers, along with an overview\nof distribution and fulfillment operations within the EU. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next day, the class took a train to Rzesz\u00f3w, Poland to\nvisit WSK, \u0022PLZ-Rzesz\u00f3w\u0022 S.A, one of the leading players in the\nCentral Europe aerospace industry. They presented an overview of one of the most remarkable stories of enterprise\ntransformation and leadership \u2013 the evolution and restructuring of WSK,\n\u0022PLZ-Rzesz\u00f3w\u0022 S.A from the Solidarity movement of 1980, and the\nsubsequent break with Soviet Union through today.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; They also discussed the development of the Aviation Valley\nin Southeastern Poland.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe last two days of the residence in Poland brought multiple\nvisiting speakers from Russia with an expertise on \u2018How to do Business in Russia\u2019\nfrom a supply chain perspective.\u0026nbsp; The\nclass first met with Elena Panfilova, general director for the Center for\nAnti-Corruption Research and Initiative Transparency International in Moscow.\nMs. Panfilova provided an in-depth overview of how corruption impacts business,\nand presented solutions on overcoming these challenges.\u0026nbsp; Following that presentation, the class met Dr.\nNikolay Selishchev, senior specialist of the part development team at Hyundai\nMotor Manufacturing Russia.\u0026nbsp; 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Anderson (IE 1956, Honorary PhD 2011), founder and\nchairman of Interface Inc. and noted environmentalist, died Monday at age 77\nafter a 20-month battle with cancer. \u0026nbsp;He died at his home in Atlanta\nsurrounded by family. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAnderson was an honors graduate of Georgia Tech\u0027s H. Milton\nStewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) in 1956. Anderson\nrecently received an honorary degree at Georgia Tech\u2019s 240\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\ncommencement ceremony on August 5, 2011, for his work to secure a greener world\nfor future generations through his championing of the business case for\nsustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAnderson founded Interface, Inc. in 1973 to produce the\nfirst free-lay carpet tiles in America.\u0026nbsp; Interface is now the world\u2019s\nlargest producer of modular commercial floor coverings and interior finishes.\nHe moved from day-to-day management of Interface Inc. in 2001 and spent the\nnext 10 years as non-executive chairman, focusing his time and energy on the\nbusiness case for sustainability, delivering more than 1,000 speeches and\nauthoring two books on the topic.\u0026nbsp; By serving as the driving force behind\nthe company\u2019s efforts to completely eliminate any negative impact it has on the\nenvironment by 2020, Anderson earned the well-deserved global recognition as\nthe \u201cgreenest chief executive in America.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ray is one of my few heroes.\u0026nbsp; He put the company he built and his personal fortune\non the line when he committed Interface, Inc. to sustainability.\u0026nbsp; Who else has done that?\u201d said Craig Tovey, professor\nin ISyE and in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; \u201cHe eloquently communicated his profound understanding\nof how externalities and corporate governance fundamentally drive against\nsustainability in the U.S.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; We will miss\nhim and his leadership.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA loyal and devoted supporter of his alma mater for more\nthan five decades, Anderson served as chair and vice chair of the Georgia Tech\nAdvisory Board as well as serving on the ISyE Advisory Board. \u0026nbsp;He has also\nserved on the Georgia Tech Foundation Board of Trustees, the Capital Campaign\nExecutive Committee, and his 40th and 50th class reunion committees. In\npartnership with Interface, Anderson established the Anderson-Interface Chair in\nNatural Systems at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering at Georgia Tech. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRay was an inspiration to me and to many of us here at\nGeorgia Tech,\u201d reflects Valerie Thomas, Anderson-Interface in Natural Systems\nAssociate Chair. \u0026nbsp;\u201cHe shook things up; he made change that will continue.\nRay challenged us to redesign the industrial system to eliminate waste of all\nkinds. We have a long way to go and we need to take giant steps. Ray took giant\nsteps himself, transforming the sleepy carpet industry into a model for\nsustainable manufacturing worldwide.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAnderson is a College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus,\na recipient of the Dean Griffin Community Service Award, and a member of the\nCollege of Engineering Hall of Fame, and the ISyE Hall of Fame.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2007, Anderson received the Purpose Prize from Civic\nVentures, a think tank and incubator that generates ideas and invents programs\nto help society achieve the greatest return on experience. The same year, he\nreceived the International Quality of Life Award from Auburn University. In\n2001, he received the George and Cynthia Mitchell International Prize for\nSustainable Development. In 1996, Anderson received the inaugural Millennium\nAward from Global Green and won recognition from Forbes magazine and Ernst\n\u0026amp; Young, which named him Entrepreneur of the Year. He also has been honored\nby Southface Energy Institute, SAM-SPG (Switzerland), the U.S. Green Building\nCouncil, the National Wildlife Federation, the Design Futures Council, the Children\u2019s\nHealth and Environmental Coalition, Harvard Business School Alumni (Atlanta\nChapter), the International Interior Design Association, the Southern Institute\nfor Business \u0026amp; Professional Ethics, the Possible Woman Foundation\nInternational, the World Business Academy, and the Council of Scientific\nSociety Presidents.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA former board chair for the Georgia Conservancy, Anderson\nserved on the boards of the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, Rocky Mountain\nInstitute, the David Suzuki Foundation, LaGrange College, Emory University\nBoard of Visitors, the ASID Foundation, Worldwatch Institute and Melaver Inc.\nHe was also a member of the advisory boards of the Harvard Medical School\nCenter for Health and the Global Environment and the Upper Chattahoochee\nRiverkeeper. He holds eleven honorary doctorates.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Not only did Interface and the world lose a great man\ntoday, but I lost a friend and mentor,\u201d said Interface President and CEO Dan\nHendrix. \u201cRay\u0027s iconic spirit and pioneering vision are not only his legacy,\nbut our future. We will honor Ray by keeping his vision alive and the company\non course.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\nFor those who would like to share thoughts about\nRay and his life, visit the blog \u0022In Memoriam\u0022 at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/raycandersonblog.com\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/raycandersonblog.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERay C. Anderson (IE\n1956, Honorary PhD 2011), founder and chairman of Interface Inc. and noted environmentalist, died Monday at age 77 after a\n20-month battle with cancer. 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She also reviewed\nthe benefits of Maquiladoras and the challenges within cross-border supply\nchains.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to leaving Columbus, the class toured Longaberger\nCraft Company, discussing their product portfolio, sourcing strategies for raw\nmaterials, manufacturing and production, distribution, direct to consumer\nchannel, and transportation and logistics strategies.\u0026nbsp; The class also visited with Rickenbacker\nInland Port to view an Inland Intermodal Facility utilizing air, rail, and truck\nmodes of transportation combined with foreign trade zone, distribution, and warehousing\noperations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class then returned to the Georgia Tech campus in\nAtlanta to present their global projects to the EMIL-SCS staff and advisory\nboard, and complete the final course work of the program. In lieu of a\ntraditional master\u0027s thesis, the student executives participate in a team based\nglobal supply chain project.\u0026nbsp;\nParticipants are encouraged to tackle projects with a minimum impact of\n$1,000,000. \u0026nbsp;The projects give students\nan opportunity to gain knowledge through the EMIL-SCS academic curriculum\ngarnered over the 18 month program and apply those resources to a critical\nsupply chain concern specific to their sponsoring companies.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWith coursework ongoing through their presentations, the\nstudents received instruction from Shijie Deng, associate professor in the H.\nMilton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), who\nprovided the students with a general introduction into the concepts of risk\nmanagement in the financial and operational aspects of logistics and supply\nchain management.\u0026nbsp; Jim Kellso, supply\nchain strategist with Intel Corporation and former EMIL-SCS advisory board\nchair, gave a presentation on supply chain innovation, optimization\/customer\nalignment, and transformation. John Campi, managing partner with Genesis\nManagement Group LLC, presented global sourcing strategies to mitigate and\nreduce risk in the supply chain. Lee Marston, a research fellow, with the\nInformation Systems Research Centre at the Cranfield University School of\nManagement, gave a review of supply chain technology, highlighting how to build\nIT\/SCM organizational capability, IT-enabled SCM innovation, and the future of\nlogistics and SCM technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe last two site visits for the class were to Ciba Vision\nand Norfolk Southern.\u0026nbsp; At Ciba Vision,\nthey were given an overview and presentation of the pharmaceutical industry and\nmanufacturing optical lenses.\u0026nbsp;\nSpecifically, they discussed manufacturing and research, FDA compliance\nand regulations, and distribution and fulfillment.\u0026nbsp; The class also went on a manufacturing\ntour.\u0026nbsp; Lastly, at\u0026nbsp; Norfolk Southern Intermodal yard in Austell,\nGeorgia, the class learned about intermodal trends in the U.S., Cofc versus\nTofc volume, interchange agreements with UPSP-BNSF, involvement with\ndevelopment of railroad in emerging markets, capacity and volume constraint\nissues, capital investment plans for relief efforts, security concerns, and\ngreen-sustainability initiatives that are currently underway. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations EMIL-SCS class of 2011.\u0026nbsp; The EMIL-SCS program and ISyE are extremely\nproud of the newest group of alumni and excited about their future, as well as\nthe continued networking and partnership opportunities with both the alumni and\ntheir sponsoring companies.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more about the EMIL-SCS program, visit their website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Executive Masters in International Logistics \u0026amp;\nSupply Chain Strategy (EMIL-SCS) class of 2011, completed its fifth and final\nresidence, May 15 - 26 in Louisville, KY, Columbus, OH, and Atlanta, GA, and\nthey graduated with a Master\u2019s in International Logistics on August 5, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-08-15 12:23:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:55","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-08-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-08-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69309":{"id":"69309","type":"image","title":"Group photo of the class lecture with Dr. Mark Spearman","body":null,"created":"1449177252","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:12","changed":"1475894606","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:26","alt":"Group photo of the class lecture with Dr. Mark Spearman","file":{"fid":"193402","name":"co-2011-rv-spearman.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-spearman_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-spearman_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":676464,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/co-2011-rv-spearman_0.jpg?itok=seWsIINU"}},"69310":{"id":"69310","type":"image","title":"Group photo of the class at Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park","body":null,"created":"1449177252","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:12","changed":"1475894606","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:26","alt":"Group photo of the class at Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park","file":{"fid":"193403","name":"co-2011-rv-rickenbacker.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-rickenbacker_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-rickenbacker_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1010386,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/co-2011-rv-rickenbacker_0.jpg?itok=KFC_-sNR"}},"69311":{"id":"69311","type":"image","title":"Photo of two students during their global project presentation (back is Gustavo Silva, UTi Forwarding and front is Pascual Alcocer, Ciba Vision)","body":null,"created":"1449177252","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:12","changed":"1475894606","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:26","alt":"Photo of two students during their global project presentation (back is Gustavo Silva, UTi Forwarding and front is Pascual Alcocer, Ciba Vision)","file":{"fid":"193404","name":"co-2011-rv-global-limited_brands.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-global-limited_brands_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-global-limited_brands_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1401328,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/co-2011-rv-global-limited_brands_0.jpg?itok=n5jGAuvl"}}},"media_ids":["69309","69310","69311"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7861","name":"EMIL-SCS"},{"id":"14004","name":"Executive Masters in International Logistics \u0026 Supply Chain Strategy"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\n(ISyE) has been invited to again partner with Colombia\u0027s Logistics\nInternational Congress for the August 3-4, 2011 SALA International Logistics\nFair in Bogota,\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EColumbia. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2010,\nduring SALA\u0027s sixth annual conference, over 11,000 visitors attended the\nlogistics fair \u0026amp; trade show, 130 major national and international companies\npresented their business, products \u0026amp; services.\u0026nbsp; More than 600 visitors attended the\nInternational Logistics Congress in partnership with Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech\nand the EMIL-SCS program successfully highlighted the event as the marquee\nacademic institute with four keynote speakers. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis\nyear, three Georgia Tech lecturers will present at the logistics conference.\u0026nbsp; Maria Rey, Senior Lecturer, Customized Programs\nin the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL), will speak on the\nimportance of \u0022Driving Revenue Growth via Supply Chain Strategies\u0022, Bill Rouse,\nISyE professor and Executive Director of the Tennenbaum Institute, will speak to\nthe topic of \u0022Enterprise Transformation\u0022.\u0026nbsp;\nEMIL-SCS instructor Lee Marston, Senior Partner Newton Vaureal, LLC will\nspeak on \u0022Supply Chain Innovation with Emerging Technology\u0022.\u0026nbsp; In addition to these speaking engagements,\nGeorgia Tech will also be represented on the trade show conference floor\nthrough the EMIL-SCS, ISyE, SCL exhibition booth. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWithin the\nSALA international conference, participants will not only have the opportunity\nto experience renowned speakers that are international experts in their\nrespective fields, they will also hear the latest trends and innovations within\nthe logistics and supply chain industry. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe SALA\nLogistics International Logistics Fair \u0026amp; Conference remains the only event\nin the region that specializes in Supply Chain and Logistics.\u0026nbsp; Marking its seventh year, the show through is\ninnovative and academic agenda continues to grow and attract visitors and\nexhibitors from Columbia and its Latin American neighbors.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo find\nmore information on the SALA International Logistics Fair, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.saladelasamericas.com\/home.html\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout\nEMIL-SCS:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nEMIL-SCS Program is offered through the # 1 nationally ranked Industrial and\nSystems engineering school at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\nThe academic program is designed to cover the extended supply chain and\nregional differences across Europe, Asia, Latin America and the United States.\nEMIL-SCS provides participants with the analytical skills and intellectual\nframework necessary to compete in today\u0027s global marketplace. 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They are notable for their combination of novelty, technical\nstrength, and far-reaching vision. He has made especially significant\ncontributions to experimental design. As one of his supporters wrote, \u201cIn view\nof Professor Wu\u2019s contribution to design of experiments, it is particularly\nfitting for him to deliver a lecture that honors R. A. Fisher, commonly\nregarded as father of the modern theory of experimental design.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nR.A. 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The class\nexplored issues around facility capacity, throughput of air cargo volume,\nautomated terminal storage and retrieval systems, software information\nmanagement system, major airlines partnering with HACTL, custom issues, and\nsecurity issues.\u0026nbsp; There was also\ndiscussion around airports in southern China (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Yantian)\ncompeting for their volume.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class visited Modern Terminals,\nan EMIL-SCS tradition, for a class discussion on berth capacity at the port,\nthroughput, yard and terminal storage, yard management system, gate dwell time,\npeak volume, and the major steamships partners.\u0026nbsp;\nThe class also toured the port and control tower.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next day, the class boarded a\ntrain to Guangzhou\nto meet with Jabil Circuits and Guangzhou International Airport Administration.\nJabil is an electronics solutions company providing comprehensive electronics\ndesign, production and product management services to global electronics and\ntechnology companies.\u0026nbsp; The class was\ngiven an overview of their global operations and China operations, reviewed\nmarket trends in contract manufacturing, and discussed sourcing, design, and\nlogistics.\u0026nbsp; Prior to their arrival, Jabil\nasked for the class to examine a specific problem they are having in two air\ncargo lanes.\u0026nbsp; The tour completed with\nclass presentations. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the last day of class, after two\npacked weeks, the class met with the Hong Kong Trade and Development\nCouncil.\u0026nbsp; While there, they also met with\nthe Hong Kong Logistics Association to discuss logistics infrastructure in Hong\nKong, in the Pearl River Basin, and the role Hong Kong will play as China\ncontinues their huge development in South China.\u0026nbsp; That afternoon, the class visited Li \u0026amp;\nFung Limited, which is the export trading arm of the Li \u0026amp; Fung Group,\nmanaging supply chains for major brands and retailers worldwide.\u0026nbsp; Following the overview and discussion, the\nclass toured the massive showroom that mimics their designs and products\nextremely familiar to consumers all over the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\nFor more on the EMIL-SCS Program, contact Erin\nHowlette at\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:erin.howlette@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eerin.howlette@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn February, the Executive Masters in International\nLogistics \u0026amp; 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Ortega, IE 1964, MS IE\n1968, and his wife, Kathryn \u201cKatey\u201d Ayers, of West New York, New Jersey.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA native of Cuba, Ortega\nattended Acadamia Valma\u00f1a, a private elementary and secondary education school\nin Havana. At the age of 16, following his graduation, he and his mother agreed\nthe best course of action would be for him to attend college in the United\nStates. His mother\u2014who left Cuba shorty after the revolution that brought Fidel\nCastro to power\u2014found a placement service in Cuba to help determine colleges\nthat matched his aptitude, and Georgia Tech turned out to be just the right fit.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech gave a\ntremendous amount of assistance to Cuban \u00e9migr\u00e9 students in the 1960s,\nincluding me,\u201d Ortega said. \u201cI still remember a group of us sitting in the\noffice of the late A. P. (Neil) de Rosa, director of placement, receiving his\nreassurance that the loan program for Cuban students would be soon forthcoming.\nI have always been very grateful for that assistance and I wanted to find a way\nto express my gratitude that would also help other students of Cuban descent.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause of the profound\nsense of gratitude that both Ortega and Ayers feel toward their respective alma\nmaters, they are endowing chairs at each institution: Ayers at Johns Hopkins\nUniversity and Ortega at Georgia Tech. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAyers\u2019 endowment funds a\nchair in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in gratitude for her\nbasic nursing education, which set her on a lifelong path in a career she\nloves.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOrtega recently made a\nseven-figure bequest commitment, the bulk of which will fully endow the\nHumberto J. Ortega Chair in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering.\u0026nbsp; The chair holder\nwill be an eminent teacher-scholar in an area of study to be determined by the\nschool chair and the dean of the College of Engineering. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOrtega\u2019s commitment also\nestablishes the Humberto J. Ortega Endowment Fund for the support of\nReconstruyendo El Puente (Rebuilding the Bridge), a scholarship fund that\nsupports \u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Tech students of Cuban descent. Ortega first heard of the program from\nfellow alumni in Miami who started and are spearheading the effort to provide\nsupport for this group of students, expected to swell in the future as the\nisland nation returns to normalcy after the Castro era. A 2007 \u003Cem\u003EPhilanthropy\nQuarterly\u003C\/em\u003E story about a commitment to the program from Teresita and Juan A.\nMichelena, ME 1962, also strongly influenced \u003Cbr \/\u003E\nhis decision.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOrtega retired as a senior\nstaff engineer from ExxonMobil Research and Engineering in 2000 following a\n32-year career in Information Systems Technology. Ayers, a psychiatric nurse\npractitioner, holds a nursing diploma from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing as\nwell as bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in advanced practice psychiatric\nnursing from New York University. She also holds a post-master\u2019s certificate as\na psychiatric nurse practitioner from Columbia University. Ayers previously\nserved as director of the Mental Health Department at Ryan Community Health\nCenter in New York and as a psychiatric nurse practitioner at Mount Sinai\nHospital in New York. After retiring from Mount Sinai in 2004, she taught at\nseveral local nursing schools before returning to direct patient care in her\nown private practice, Katey Ayers Health Consultants. She currently is on the\nmedical staff of Christ Hospital in Jersey City and has a contract with Christ\nHospital to provide services as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, using her\nSpanish language skills to treat the large, diversified Hispanic population of\nHudson County, New Jersey, where she and Ortega live. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E(This article first appeared in the Winter 2011\nissue of \u003Cem\u003ECampaign Quarterly\u003C\/em\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGratitude is a powerful motivating force for most Georgia Tech\ndonors, and this is especially true for Humberto J. 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Johnson (retired), MS OR 1985, knows\nthe significance of celebrating the contributions of pioneers\u2014and the\nopportunities made possible by pioneering actions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJohnson will be among the many alumni, students, faculty,\nand staff who this fall will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the\nmatriculation of African American students at Georgia Tech. In the fall term of\n1961, Ford Greene, Ralph Long Jr., and Lawrence Williams became the first\nAfrican American students to enroll at the Institute. This pivotal event cut\nagainst the grain of popular opinion in the South in the early 1960s, signaling\na decades-long transformation that has resulted in Georgia Tech\u2019s current\nstatus as the nation\u2019s No. 1 producer of African American engineering graduates\nat the doctoral level and the No. 2 producer at the undergraduate level.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn appreciation for and recognition of this milestone event,\nJohnson has made two new philanthropic commitments to Tech. The first\nestablishes the need-based Ronald L. Johnson Scholarships for undergraduate\nstudents, with first preference for academically qualified African American\nstudents in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.\nThe second commitment establishes the Ronald L. Johnson Roll Call Endowment\nFund, whose distributions may be expended at the direction of the Institute\npresident.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe creation of the scholarship fund supports the ongoing\nefforts of the Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization (GTBAO) to establish\nendowed scholarship funds not only in honor of the early trailblazers and the\nmore than 6,800 black men and women who have earned Georgia Tech degrees, but\nalso to make a financial difference for future generations. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOver the past fifty years, Georgia Tech has built an\ninternational reputation for its fostering of diversity within the context of a\nhighly competitive academic environment,\u201d said Johnson, who currently serves as\nsenior vice president of referee operations with the National Basketball\nAssociation. \u201cWe know that the minority students who study at and graduate from\nTech are among the nation\u2019s brightest; they have to be in order to succeed\nhere.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJohnson made an expendable gift to fund a one-time\nscholarship for an African American student during the 2009-10 academic year.\n\u201cDuring the fall Homecoming, I had the privilege of meeting the recipient of\nthe scholarship I funded,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cHis achievements and his goals for\nthe future inspired me to endow the scholarship in perpetuity. I hope this new\nscholarship program will inspire its recipients to follow that example. Those\nof us who benefit from a Georgia Tech degree have an obligation to provide\nopportunity for the next generation of black students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAll of us in the GTBAO are tremendously grateful to General\nJohnson for his generous support of scholarships for black students to obtain a\nrespected and valuable Georgia Tech education,\u201d said Sonya C. Rush, ChE 1981,\nchair of GTBAO\u2019s fundraising initiative. \u201cHis support provides momentum for our\nefforts to continue building a meaningful legacy at Georgia Tech. Through the\ncreation of endowed scholarships such as the Ronald L. Johnson Scholarship, we\nseek to enhance Georgia Tech\u2019s competitiveness in recruiting talented black\nstudents and to facilitate the successful matriculation of black students who\nwill be innovative leaders in all sectors of society. Our fundraising goal,\nsymbolic of the fiftieth anniversary, is $2,011,000 by 2011. I encourage all\nalumni, faculty, staff, and friends to join us in this effort, which is vital\nto ensuring Georgia Tech\u2019s status as the defining technological research\nuniversity of the 21st century.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E(This\narticle first appeared in the 2011 winter issue of \u003Cem\u003ECampaign Quarterly\u003C\/em\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMajor General Ronald L. Johnson (retired), MS OR 1985, knows\nthe significance of celebrating the contributions of pioneers\u2014and the\nopportunities made possible by pioneering actions.\u0026nbsp; Johnson will be among the many alumni, students, faculty,\nand staff who this fall will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the\nmatriculation of African American students at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-22 12:24:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:48","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68891":{"id":"68891","type":"image","title":"Ron Johnson Scholarship","body":null,"created":"1449177214","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:34","changed":"1475894599","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:19","alt":"Ron Johnson Scholarship","file":{"fid":"192680","name":"ron_johnson_scholarship_crop.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ron_johnson_scholarship_crop_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ron_johnson_scholarship_crop_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":572461,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ron_johnson_scholarship_crop_0.jpg?itok=QDgaaGkG"}},"68892":{"id":"68892","type":"image","title":"Integration Trio","body":null,"created":"1449177214","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:34","changed":"1475894599","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:19","alt":"Integration Trio","file":{"fid":"192681","name":"integration_trio.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/integration_trio_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/integration_trio_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":344235,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/integration_trio_0.jpg?itok=aEDv_TiK"}}},"media_ids":["68891","68892"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13672","name":"College of Engineering; H. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, SCL has\nsixty years of active collaboration with industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout LeanCor Supply\nChain Group\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELeanCor Supply Chain Group is the only Third-Party Logistics\n(3PL) provider wholly dedicated to lean logistics.\u0026nbsp; Its purpose is to support its customers in\npreparing their people, perfecting their processes, and successfully\nimplementing and operating the lean supply chain.\u0026nbsp; LeanCor designs, implements, and manages the\nflow of materials, and information throughout the supply chain for companies of\nvarious sizes and industries.\u0026nbsp; Services\ninclude lean third party logistics services, warehousing and facility\nmanagement, training, and consulting.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Lean Supply Chain Professional Certificate Program from\nthe Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL) has expanded its\nofferings to the countries of Panama and Mexico.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-22 14:20:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:48","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13672","name":"College of Engineering; H. 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Gutierrez and Pinar Keskinocak of\nthe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia\nInstitute of Technology. It appears in a special issue of the INFORMS journal \u003Cem\u003EInterfaces\u003C\/em\u003E\nthat is dedicated to the new, growing field of humanitarian logistics, which\nrelies on industrial concepts like supply chain management to benefit the\npublic sector. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe special issue is edited by Ozlem Ergun, Pinar\nKeskinocak, and Julie Swann, who are directors of the Georgia Tech Center for\nHealth and Humanitarian Logistics. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA podcast interview with Professors Keskinocak and Swann is\nat: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scienceofbetter.org\/podcast\/swann.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.scienceofbetter.org\/podcast\/swann.html\u003C\/a\u003E\nand at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scienceofbetter.org\/podcast\u0022\u003Ewww.scienceofbetter.org\/podcast\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The team\u0027s work not only gave us excellent\nrecommendations regarding locations, inventory levels, and an expansion strategy\nfor the network, but is also serving as the basis for funding proposals for the\nnetwork,\u0022 writes Rigoberto Giron, Associate Vice President, Strategic\nInitiatives and Supply Chain Management, CARE, in a post-script to the study.\n\u0022By pre-positioning we expect to reduce response time from weeks to 48-72\nhours, reduce procurement costs by buying in larger quantities, reduce freight\ncosts by using transportation resources more efficiently and improve\ncoordination with other responding organizations.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe models created by the team helped CARE International\nreview 12 suggested international locations for opening new CARE warehouses and\nfinalize three, in Dubai, Panama, and Cambodia. They also helped CARE determine\nthat, although more is better, the benefits of multiple relief-supply\nwarehouses declines after the number reaches three to four, thus helping CARE\nmake maximum use of its limited resources.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn their research, the authors considered two kinds of\ncapacity constraints: the number of warehouses to open and the inventory\namounts to keep throughout the pre-positioning network. They ran their model\nfor the option of opening between one and nine warehouses and for three levels\nof inventory \u2013 high, medium, and low. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWith funding limited, they also helped make the critical\ndecision which warehouse location would be most valuable to open first. They\nrecommended that CARE open its first depot in the Middle East, expand to\nCentral America, and then to Southeast Asia. Given a gradual roll-out plan,\nthey were able to determine that once all three warehouses were operational,\nthe supplies should be divided 35% in Dubai, 15% in Central America, and 50% in\nCambodia.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIf CARE obtains the resources to open a fourth warehouse in\nAfrica and a fifth in Europe, the authors\u0027 sensitivity analysis shows that the\nrelief organizational will be at its highest possible state of readiness to\nrespond to unforeseen disasters anywhere in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe authors were able to make recommendations by modeling\nthe frequency, location, and magnitude of future demand based on historical\ndata about earlier CARE relief operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the first applications of the research took place\nduring the 2010 Haitian earthquake. With a million water purification kits and\nother supplies at depots, CARE was able to rapidly deliver water purification\ntablets to victims of the earthquake from its Panama warehouse.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u0027s model is a mixed integer program that was run on\na 4 x 900 MHz processor using ILOG OPL Studio with the CPLEX solver.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout INFORMS\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Operations Research and the Management\nSciences (INFORMS\u00ae) is an international scientific society with 10,000 members,\nincluding Nobel Prize laureates, dedicated to applying scientific methods to\nhelp improve decision-making, management, and operations. Members of INFORMS\nwork in business, government, and academia. They are represented in fields as\ndiverse as airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, financial\nengineering, and telecommunications. INFORMS serves the scientific and\nprofessional needs of operations research analysts, experts in analytics,\nconsultants, scientists, students, educators, and managers, as well as their\ninstitutions, by publishing a variety of journals that describe the latest\nresearch in operations research. INFORMS Online (IOL) is at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.informs.org\/\u0022\u003Ewww.informs.org\u003C\/a\u003E. Further information about\noperations research can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scienceofbetter.org\/\u0022\u003Ewww.scienceofbetter.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOperations research models developed by a team at the\nGeorgia Institute of Technology helped CARE International pick three locations\nworldwide to supply relief quickly to victims of earthquakes, floods, and other\nnatural disasters, according to a paper in a journal of the Institute for\nOperations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-22 14:31:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:48","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4773","name":"CARE"},{"id":"13672","name":"College of Engineering; H. 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His works have been published or\naccepted for publication in \u003Cem\u003EOperations\nResearch, Cancer, RadioGraphics, Imaging in Medicine, \u003C\/em\u003Eand\u003Cem\u003E Encyclopedia of Operations Research and\nManagement Science.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETurgay Ayer will\njoin the faculty of the H. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering at Georgia Tech, provides global leadership for research and\neducation in supply chain engineering.\u0026nbsp; While SCL has resources and programs\nin supply chain management, its primary focus is on development of new tools\nfor analysis, design and management of logistics processes, and new concepts\nand strategies for the practice of supply chain engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHealth Lean Logistics (HLL), USA has joined the Georgia Tech Supply\n    Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute\u2019s (SCL) Leaders in Logistics\n    program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-26 16:34:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:48","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69102":{"id":"69102","type":"image","title":"standing L to R: Jose Ignacio Gonzalez (Exec. 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Logistics Institute (SCL), has been invited to become a member of the World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Agenda Council on Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain for the 2011-2012 term.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Ratliff was selected to join the Network of Global Agenda Council for his experience and intellectual leadership in international supply chain and logistics research. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Global Agenda Council on Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain convenes 15-20 of the world\u2019s most relevant thought leaders to provide insight and develop recommendations to address key global challenges.\u0026nbsp; On October 10-11, council members will meet at the Summit on the Global Agenda in Abu Dhabi.\u0026nbsp; This event will bring together 700 experts from around the world to share knowledge and advance recommendations to the most critical challenges facing humanity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDr. Ratliff is a supply chain and logistics expert with more than 30 years of experience as an educator, researcher, consultant, and technology business executive.\u0026nbsp; He has worked with a wide range of companies and government organizations to recognize and evaluate opportunities for supply chain synchronization and logistics optimization, to develop strategies for exploiting these opportunities, and to develop the processes and technologies necessary to execute on these strategies. Through his leadership at Georgia Tech, SCL has expanded across international boundaries with the development of trade, logistics, innovation and research centers in Asia and Latin America.\u0026nbsp; The first center of this kind was The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific established in partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board, and the National University of Singapore.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; This center was followed by the establishment of the Trade Innovation and Productivity Center in San Jose, Costa Rica; the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Institute in Panama City, Panama; and most recently, the Trade and Logistics Innovation Center in Mexico City, Mexico.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESCL, a unit of the H. 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Logistics Institute (SCL), was\n    invited to give a keynote address to commemorate 20 years of\n    industrial engineering education at Monterrey Tech in Mexico City,\n    Mexico on July 5, 2011.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Dr. Ramudhin spoke on the global\n    challenges of industrial engineering, the importance of industrial\n    engineering, the relevance of higher education related to this\n    career, as well as its importance for companies and for the\n    development of countries like Mexico. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    After the keynote address, Jaymie Forrest, managing director of SCL,\n    introduced an alliance between Georgia Tech\u2019s SCL and Monterrey Tech\n    by announcing the recent launch of the Trade and Logistics\n    Innovation Center located at the Santa Fe campus.\u0026nbsp; The primary\n    objective of the Center is to increase competitive advantage through\n    improved logistics performance, develop industry through innovation\n    and use of technology, and develop human capital through logistics\n    education.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    The opening of this center follows on the hills of two other Latin\n    American initiatives established by SCL in the past couple of years,\n    the Trade Innovation and Productivity Center in San Jose, Costa Rica\n    and the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation and Research Center\n    in Panama City, Panama.\u0026nbsp; SCL\u2019s goal in establishing this network of\n    centers is to leverage innovation and technology to promote and\n    improve trade and, ultimately to increase productivity and economic\n    growth. It will also help Georgia Tech researchers understand issues\n    involving international trade and create innovative solutions to\n    logistics and supply chain problems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    Amar Ramudhin has over 25 years of experience in the design and\n    management of supply chains for both the manufacturing and service\n    industries. His interest in helping organizations better organize,\n    align and manage their processes led to the development of UMN\u00ae, a\n    new business process modeling paradigm that allows the composite and\n    collaborative modeling of an enterprise\u0027s business processes and\n    support for process improvement, resource optimization, process\n    integration and process management. In the past, Dr. Ramudhin has\n    held senior positions with companies such as CAPS Logistics and Baan\n    and has served on the faculty of Laval University and \u00c9cole de\n    Technologie Sup\u00e9rieure. He received his Ph.D from the Georgia\n    Institute of Technology and is also the president of BlueSail\n    Solutions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    Jaymie Forrest has over 20 years experience in supply chain\n    management as a consultant, technology executive, and as an\n    educator. Prior to joining SCL as executive vice president and\n    consultant with Neogistics, a supply chain engineering firm\n    specializing in supply chain management and decision technologies,\n    she has been engaged in a variety of supply chain projects with over\n    100 clients worldwide and offices in US, Mexico, and Argentina. Her\n    expertise includes strategic network design, supply chain management\n    technologies, and distribution execution strategies as well as\n    system design for a variety of unique custom logistics system and\n    integration projects. She holds a BS in Industrial Management (1989)\n    from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA specialized in\n    Decision Science\/Operations Management (1995) from Georgia State\n    University, as well as earned Certification in International\n    Marketing at the American University in Paris, France (1987).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmar Ramudhin, director of Supply Chain Management and Technology at\n    the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL), was\n    invited to give a keynote address to commemorate 20 years of\n    industrial engineering education at Monterrey Tech in Mexico City,\n    Mexico on July 5, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-08 14:00:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:44","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68742":{"id":"68742","type":"image","title":"Amar Ramudhin, director of Supply Chain Management and Technology at the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026 Logistics Institute","body":null,"created":"1449177201","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:21","changed":"1475894597","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:17","alt":"Amar Ramudhin, director of Supply Chain Management and Technology at the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026 Logistics Institute","file":{"fid":"192650","name":"amar_ramudhin_sitting_atcamera_med_3915.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/amar_ramudhin_sitting_atcamera_med_3915_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/amar_ramudhin_sitting_atcamera_med_3915_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":503284,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/amar_ramudhin_sitting_atcamera_med_3915_0.jpg?itok=G2wpdYEK"}}},"media_ids":["68742"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13620","name":"Amar Ramudhin"},{"id":"1191","name":"industrial engineering"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"13622","name":"Monterrey Tech"},{"id":"171095","name":"Supply Chain Management and Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"68743":{"#nid":"68743","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cool Insights: Monitoring Produce Quality Requires Good Temperature Management","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the June 2011 issue of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foodlogistics.com\/publication\/article.jsp?pubId=1\u0026amp;id=4648\u0026amp;pageNum=1\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFood Logistics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E,\nDr. Beth Mitcham, Director of the Postharvest Technology Center at UC Davis and\nmember of the Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center (IFC),\nauthored the fourth installment for\nthe \u003Cem\u003ECool Insights\u003C\/em\u003E column, titled \u201cMonitoring\nProduce Quality Requires Good Temperature Management\u201d.\u0026nbsp; Mitcham discusses how the exposure of fresh\nproduce to warm temperatures results in loss of saleable weight and reductions\nin market quality and shelf life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe column, which began\nwith the April \/ May 2010 issue, has exclusively featured thoughts from the\nfaculty, staff, and partners of IFC on various aspects of food chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrevious\ninstallments of the \u003Cem\u003ECool Insights\u003C\/em\u003E column:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFood Logistics\u003C\/em\u003E,\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foodlogistics.com\/print\/Food-Logistics\/How-Can-We-Get-Value-From-Product-Traceability\/1$4544\u0022\u003E April\/May 2011\u003C\/a\u003E:\n\u0026nbsp;Dr. H. Donald Ratliff authored the third\ninstallment for the \u003Cem\u003ECool Insights\u003C\/em\u003E column, titled \u201cHow Can We Get Value\nFrom Product Traceability?\u201d.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFood Logistics\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foodlogistics.com\/print\/Food-Logistics\/Cool-Insights\/1$4437\u0022\u003EMarch 2011\u003C\/a\u003E:\u0026nbsp; Nick Pacitti, Sterling Solutions\nLLC, Memphis and co-founding member, Integrated Food Chain Center, authored the\nsecond installment for the \u003Cem\u003ECool Insights\u003C\/em\u003E column, titled \u201cCollaboration Is\nCritical For Cold Chain Improvement.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ifc.scl.gatech.edu\/news\/article\/62767\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E\nto read more about the column and to find links to the six installments from\n2010.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the June 2011 issue of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foodlogistics.com\/publication\/article.jsp?pubId=1\u0026amp;id=4648\u0026amp;pageNum=1\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFood Logistics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E,\nDr. Beth Mitcham, Director of the Postharvest Technology Center at UC Davis and\nmember of the Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center,\nauthored the fourth installment for\nthe \u003Cem\u003ECool Insights\u003C\/em\u003E column, titled \u201cMonitoring\nProduce Quality Requires Good Temperature Management\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-08 16:39:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:44","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68744":{"id":"68744","type":"image","title":"June Cool Insights","body":null,"created":"1449177201","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:21","changed":"1475894597","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:17","alt":"June Cool Insights","file":{"fid":"192651","name":"june_2011_food_logistics_cover.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/june_2011_food_logistics_cover_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/june_2011_food_logistics_cover_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":24120,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/june_2011_food_logistics_cover_0.jpg?itok=WEs_fVXz"}}},"media_ids":["68744"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13623","name":"Beth Mitcham"},{"id":"10852","name":"Cool Insights"},{"id":"9684","name":"Food Logistics"},{"id":"13624","name":"Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"167077","name":"scl"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"68745":{"#nid":"68745","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Research Horizons Features ISyE Professors and their Contributions to Cancer Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research News \u0026amp; Publications Office\nhas published a special compilation of cancer research articles previously\npublished in issues of \u003Cem\u003EResearch Horizons \u003C\/em\u003Emagazine.\u0026nbsp; This publication, \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Georgia-Tech-CancerPublication-2011.pdf\u0022\u003EInnovations in Cancer\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/em\u003Ehighlights the work and contributions of\nGeorgia Tech scientists and engineers, including three professors from the H.\nMilton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), Shabbir\nAhmed, Eva Lee and Ming Yuan.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EISyE associate professor Shabbir Ahmed works on improving\nintensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment plans to minimize damage to\ncritical organs.\u0026nbsp; His work is featured on\npages 19 and 20.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPrevious models would produce one treatment plan in an\nhour and then if it was not exactly what the clinician wanted, someone would\nhave to change the requirements and rerun the program to create a new treatment\nplan,\u201d explained Ahmed.\u0026nbsp; \u201cOur program\nproduces several optimized solutions in a fraction of the time.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEva Lee, an ISyE associate professor, is contributing to\nthe area of cancer treatment by addressing motion issues for certain organs\nwithin the body and incorporating biological information into treatment\nplanning.\u0026nbsp; Her work is featured on page\n21.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAccounting for motion in the image-guided treatment\nplanning dramatically improves under-dosing the tumor tissue and even reduces\nthe dose to normal tissue and critical organs,\u201d said Lee. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMing Yuan, ISyE associate professor and Georgia Cancer\nCoalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar, is using computational and mathematical\napproaches to analyze how gene expression evolves over time in individuals with\nbreast cancer.\u0026nbsp; His work is featured on\npage 26.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to know which genes are abnormally expressed\nover time and behave differently than the majority of genes because that would\nmake them likely drug targets,\u201d said Yuan. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch Horizons\u003C\/em\u003E\nmagazine is published three times a year to communicate the results of research\nconducted at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; 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Milton Stewart School\nof Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been awarded the Einstein Chair\nProfessorship, the highest honor for visitors of the Chinese Academy of\nSciences (CAS). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording\nto CAS, \u201cWu is one of the most-influential experts in statistic design of\nexperiments, and high-tech and industry application areas.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nThe awards ceremony was held at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science\n(AMSS), a CAS national institute, in Beijing on April 27, 2011.\u0026nbsp; At the\nceremony, Wu delivered a lecture entitled, \u201cStatistical Design and Modeling of\nExperiments with High-Tech Applications\u201d, drawing on his ongoing research at\nGeorgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nAs part of the Professorship, he visited two branches of CAS in April and May,\nAMSS in Beijing, and the University of Science and Technology of China in\nHefei.\u0026nbsp; In Hefei, he gave a lecture entitled, \u201cA Fresh Look at Effect\nAliasing and Interactions: Some New Wine in Old Bottles\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nDr. Wu\u2019s research achievements cover mathematical statistics and industrial\nstatistics theories, methods and applications.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Wu\u0027s honors include\nmembership on the National Academy of Engineering (2004), Member (Academician)\nof Academia Sinica (2000), Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies\n(COPSS) Presidents Award in 1987, honorary professor at Chinese Academy of\nSciences, and an honorary doctor of mathematics at University of Waterloo. He\nearned his BS in Mathematics from National Taiwan University and a Ph.D. in\nStatistics from the University of California, Berkeley.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Wu joined\nGeorgia Tech in the summer of 2003.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nThe Einstein Professor Program aims to enhance the training of strategic\nscience and technology experts and talented senior scientific leaders, and to\nstrengthen Chinese scientists\u0027 contacts and exchanges with top scientists\nthroughout the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nCAS is a leading academic institution and comprehensive research and\ndevelopment center in natural science, technological science and high-tech\ninnovation in China.\u0026nbsp; CAS strives to build itself into a scientific\nresearch base at an advanced international level, a base for fostering and\nbringing up advanced S\u0026amp;T talents, and a base for promoting the development\nof China\u0027s high and new technology industries.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJeff Wu, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics at the H.\n        Milton Stewart\n        School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been awarded\n        the Einstein\n        Chair Professorship, the highest honor for visitors of the\n        Chinese Academy of\n        Sciences (CAS).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-12 10:01:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:44","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"55297":{"id":"55297","type":"image","title":"Jeff Wu, professor in the H. 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Each\narticle provides details of the completed application, along with the results and\nimpact on the organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EINFORMS\nis the largest professional society in the world for professionals in the field\nof OR, MS, and business analytics.\u0026nbsp; The\nInstitute serves as a focal point for OR professionals, permitting them to\ncommunicate with each other and reach out to other professional societies, as\nwell as the varied clientele of the profession\u0027s research and practice.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\nClick \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/interfaces.journal.informs.org\/current.dtl\u0022\u003Ehere \u003C\/a\u003Eto read the issue.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) has\nreleased a special issue of \u003Cem\u003EInterfaces\u003C\/em\u003E\ntitled \u201cHumanitarian Applications: Doing Good with Good OR.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-12 14:57:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:44","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72297":{"id":"72297","type":"image","title":"INFORMS Interfaces magazine cover","body":null,"created":"1449177454","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:34","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13","alt":"INFORMS Interfaces magazine cover","file":{"fid":"193660","name":"informs-interfaces.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/informs-interfaces.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/informs-interfaces.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30187,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/informs-interfaces.jpg?itok=olBMAURD"}}},"media_ids":["72297"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering, and Nick Feamster, associate professor in the\nCollege of Computing, represent two\nof eighty-five of the nation\u2019s brightest young engineers who have been selected\nto take part in the National Academy of Engineering\u2019s (NAE) 17\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\nannual U. S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium.\u0026nbsp; Participants are engineers ages 30 to 45 who\nare performing exceptional engineering research and technical work in industry,\nacademia, and government.\u0026nbsp; They were chosen\nfrom approximately 315 applicants and have been nominated by fellow engineers\nor organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe young\nengineering innovators of today are solving the grand challenges that face us\nin the coming century,\u201d said NAE President Charles M. 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Spector, vice president of research\nand special initiatives at Google, will be a featured speaker.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Serban\nreceived her B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Theoretical Statistics and\nStochastic Processes from the University of Bucharest.\u0026nbsp; She went on to earn her Ph.D. in Statistics\nat Carnegie Mellon University.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Serban\u0027s most recent research focuses on\nmodel-based data mining for functional data and spatio-temporal data with\napplications to industrial economics with a focus on service distribution.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENicoleta Serban, assistant professor of the H. 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Ronald Nash (IE 1970), Deborah Nash Harris (IE\n1978) and Michael R. Nash (IE 1974), the children of Mary Anne and Harold R. Nash (EE 1952), in honor of their parents.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs children of Harold and\nMary Anne Nash it has been our pleasure to see all of the great work being done\nat Georgia Tech in the field of humanitarian logistics,\u201d said Ron Nash.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThis important area of study is poised to\nbring incredible benefits to those people displaced in disasters as we learn\nhow to become far more efficient in getting the right resources to those who\nneed them the most.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Julie Swann has done pioneering work in this area\nand shows the promise of far more valuable breakthroughs in the future.\u0026nbsp;\nWe are excited to be able to reward her achievement and to support her future\nresearch and scholarship by having her named as the Harold R. and Mary Anne\nNash Professor at Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJulie Swann is an associate professor, and co-director and co-founder of the\nHealth and Humanitarian Logistic Center.\u0026nbsp;\nProfessor Swann, along with the other Center co-directors \u00d6zlem Ergun\nand Pinar Keskinocak, share the goal of positively impacting society through\nadvances in science and technology. \u0026nbsp;They\nhave developed an astute awareness of the issues associated in areas such as health\nsystems, humanitarian response, and education in these fields.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\nam truly honored to have been chosen for this professorship,\u201d said Swann.\u0026nbsp;\n\u201cI am dedicated to having a societal impact through health and humanitarian\nresearch, and I\u0027m delighted to partner with the Nash family in furthering these\ncauses. Their support will help further the role that operations research and\nindustrial engineering can have in improving society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESwann originally planned to apply her interest in science toward a medical\ncareer until she discovered OR\/MS, where she could use her mathematical skills\nto improve systems or processes.\u0026nbsp; She received\nher B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in\n1996 and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences\nfrom Northwestern in 1998 and 2001, respectively. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Swann focuses on developing models and analytical methods to solve\nproblems in logistics and supply chain management and inform decisions in\nhealth systems and policymaking.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Swann\u2019s research areas intersect in\nher work in humanitarian supply chains. In this area, she is developing\neducational and outreach programs to governmental and non-governmental\norganizations that are involved in planning for and responding to short- and\nlong-term humanitarian crises.\u0026nbsp; Recent collaborations have been to improve\nplanning and response to pandemic influenza and to design supply chains and\nprepositioning of inventory in global humanitarian supply chains. \u0026nbsp;She has\nworked with numerous organizations including the American Red Cross, the\nCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, the State of Georgia, The Home\nDepot, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Waffle House, and the\nWorld Health Organization.\u0026nbsp; In 2004 she received an NSF CAREER award, and\nin 2009-2010 she was also on loan as a Senior Science Advisor to the Centers\nfor Disease Control and Prevention with the Preparedness and Modeling Unit and\nworking on the H1N1 response.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Nash family has a longstanding and deep connection to Georgia Tech,\nhaving had three generations educated here and launched into successful\ncareers.\u0026nbsp; All three of the siblings, who\nfollowed in their father\u2019s footsteps, have had children of their own graduate\nfrom Tech. Deborah\u2019s son, Andrew Willingham, got a master\u2019s in music technology\nin 2010. Ron\u2019s son, David Nash, received two degrees in 2003, in mechanical\nengineering and international affairs. Mike is the father of two Tech alums,\nJennifer Tench, Arch 02, and Michael Nash Jr., MS OR 05.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe fourth Nash sibling, Mary Alice, continued the family Tech tradition by\nmarrying Arthur Ivey, CE 81, and having a son, Benjamin Ivey, who is a current\nTech student majoring in chemical engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulie Swann has been named\nthe Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor, effective July 1, 2011.\u0026nbsp; The Nash professorship was created through an\nendowment established by H. Ronald Nash (IE 1970), Deborah Nash Harris (IE\n1978) and Michael R. Nash (IE 1974), the children of Mary Anne and Harold R. 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Only one award is given annually.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn\nthe nomination letter, Dr. Shi was noted for exhibiting excellence in classroom\nteaching and mentoring, being astonishingly successful in advising graduate\nstudents, making important contributions to the broad research area of\nengineering statistics and quality control, applying in-process quality\nimprovement methodologies in various production systems with significant\neconomic impact, extensively contributing to teaching both undergraduate and\ngraduate courses, demonstrating dedication to continuing education and in his\nleadership roles, as well as his significant contributions in community service.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESusan\nAlbin, Professor at Rutgers, Fellow of IIE, Editor-in-Chief of \u003Cem\u003EIIE Transactions\u003C\/em\u003E, and the current\nPresident of INFORMS stated, \u201cProfessor Shi and his students are extremely creative,\nhave deep and interdisciplinary knowledge, approach all activities with\nenthusiasm, work extremely hard, are generous with their time and effort, are\nwonderfully successful, and contribute so much, along so many dimensions, to\nthe Industrial Engineering community.\u0026nbsp;\nProfessor Shi deserves this award because he instills a set of values in\nhis students that yield this result. \u2026 He has trained twenty-three\ndoctorates.\u0026nbsp; This is a very large number\nin a relatively short time and each and every student received superb training.\nThe successes of the students are astounding. \u2026 As the Editor-in-Chief of \u003Cem\u003EIIE Transactions\u003C\/em\u003E, I have worked with\nProf. Shi and his students who are active participants in editing the journal.\n\u2026 Prof. Shi is truly an outstanding educator.\u0026nbsp;\nEach student has become a huge success. Prof. Shi, through his guidance,\nmentoring and teaching, has enabled all these individuals to become exemplars\nin our field.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJoining\nthe Georgia Tech faculty in 2008, Shi acknowledges the support of his colleagues\nin his research, teaching and service over the years. His other IIE awards\ninclude three Excellence in Service Awards from \u003Cem\u003EIIE Transactions\u003C\/em\u003E in\n2002, 2003 and 2004. He is also an INFORMS Fellow (2008), an ASME Fellow\n(2007), and an IIE Fellow (2007), and the recipient of a National Science\nFoundation CAREER Award (1996).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jianjun (Jan) Shi, the\nCarolyn J. Stewart Chair and Professor at the H. Milton Stewart School of\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering, received the Albert G. 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Mello Professor, effective July 1, 2011.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am honored to be named the Joseph C. Mello Professor,\u201d said Professor Keskinocak.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe opportunities to make a difference in world health and humanitarian response are vast. \u0026nbsp;Through this support, I, my colleagues, and our students, will be able to expand our reach and impact by pushing the boundaries of our research and education in this field.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Joseph C. Mello Professorship was created through an endowment established by Mello (B IE 1980) to support the work of an outstanding Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) faculty member whose work focuses on health care delivery operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0022I\ncouldn\u0027t be more pleased with the selection of Dr. Keskinocak as the Mello\nProfessor,\u201d said Mello.\u0026nbsp; \u201cHer work in\nhumanitarian logistics, applying industrial engineering know-how to global\nhealth care concerns, integrates perfectly with those issues that my wife,\nGinny, and I are so committed to.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPinar Keskinocak, along with Health and Humanitarian Logistic Center co-directors \u00d6zlem Ergun and Julie Swann, have a passion for applying industrial engineering and operations research tools, techniques, and \u0026nbsp;expertise with the goal of having a positive global impact. They have developed an astute awareness of the issues associated in health systems, humanitarian response, and education in these fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor\nKeskinocak\u2019s research focuses on supply chain management, with an emphasis on\nresource allocation, and she is actively engaged in research and applications\nin health care and humanitarian logistics. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees\nin industrial engineering from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, in 1991\nand 1992, and a Ph.D. in operations research from Carnegie Mellon University in\n1997. Before joining Georgia Tech, she was with IBM\u0027s T.J. Watson Research\nCenter in Yorktown Heights, New York.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJoseph Mello (B IE 1980), who recently\nretired from his position as chief operating officer for DaVita, the largest\nindependent provider of dialysis services in the United States, has been a\nleader in the health care industry throughout his career. While a student at\nGeorgia Tech, Mello worked as a paramedic at nearby Grady Hospital to help\ncover the costs of his education. Since then, he has gone on to an illustrious\ncareer. In addition to DaVita, Mello has served in key management positions\nwith MedPartners Inc. and Vivra Asthma \u0026amp; Allergy Inc. Understanding the\nneed for increased research and intellectual scholarship concerning the\nsystems-based approach to health care delivery, the Mello\u2019s have generously\nsupported initiatives at Georgia Tech, including the establishment of the Mello\nProfessorship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA member of the College of Engineering\u2019s Academy of Distinguished\nEngineering Alumni, Mello also provides volunteer leadership and service to the\nInstitute through his involvement with the ISyE advisory board. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Hill Society, a prestigious association of\nalumni, corporations, foundations, and friends who are principal benefactors of\nGeorgia Tech, awarded Mello and his wife, Virginia C. Mello the Hill Society\nAward for their leadership in the health care industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPinar Keskinocak has been named the Joseph C. Mello Professor, effective July 1, 2011.\u0026nbsp; The Joseph C. 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Donald Ratliff authored the third installment for the \u003Cem\u003ECool\nInsights\u003C\/em\u003E column, titled \u201cHow Can We Get Value From Product Traceability?\u201d.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Ratliff\ndiscusses the major cost of\ntraceability is the capturing of information by each enterprise in the chain\nand making this information electronically available by labels or RFID tags.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2011-06-02 09:36:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:49","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66354":{"id":"66354","type":"image","title":"April\/May issue of Food Logistics","body":null,"created":"1449176931","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:51","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"April\/May issue of Food Logistics","file":{"fid":"193304","name":"aprilmayfoodlogisticscover_large_040511.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aprilmayfoodlogisticscover_large_040511.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aprilmayfoodlogisticscover_large_040511.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":32294,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/aprilmayfoodlogisticscover_large_040511.jpg?itok=vgBqQe8Q"}}},"media_ids":["66354"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12731","name":"cold chain"},{"id":"9684","name":"Food Logistics"},{"id":"12682","name":"global supply chains"},{"id":"13306","name":"product traceability"},{"id":"167074","name":"Supply Chain"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara\nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"66383":{"#nid":"66383","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jane Ammons Named Chair of the H. 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Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial Engineering to higher levels of excellence within a\nmulti-disciplinary and high-technology environment,\u201d said Don P. Giddens, Dean\nof the College of Engineering. \u201cDr. Ammons is a well-rounded educator and\nadministrator, and we look forward to the development of new curriculum,\nservice, and research endeavors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ammons is the author or co-author of more than\n100 refereed and technical publications in the area of manufacturing systems\nand supply chain engineering with a special interest in developing closed loop,\nenvironmentally sustainable systems. She has served in numerous School, College\nand Institute capacities, including as the NSF ADVANCE Professor of Engineering\nfrom 2002-2005. She has been principal or co-principal investigator on a\nvariety of sponsored research programs, having enjoyed support from both\nindustry and federal funding agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to her research and institutional\nservice activities, Professor Ammons has been highly active in professional\nservice external to Georgia Tech. Dr. Ammons is a Past-President of the\nInstitute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and has chaired the National Science\nFoundation Engineering Advisory Committee. \u0026nbsp;She is a member of the Technical Committee for\nthe Uganda: Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) Project co-financed by the\nWorld Bank and serves as a Program Evaluator for ABET, the engineering\neducation accreditation organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, Dr. Ammons\nhas been honored with eight teaching\/faculty awards at the school and\nuniversity levels. In addition to her academic experience, Dr. Ammons has\nworked as a plant engineer for an industrial manufacturer and is a registered\nProfessional Engineer in the state of Georgia. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech\u0027s ISyE has been such an important part of my academic life, and it is an honor to be named ISyE\u0027s new School Chair,\u0022 said Ammons.\u0026nbsp; \u0022I look forward to continuing my work, in this new capacity, with ISyE\u0027s renowned faculty, students, peers, and community as we continue to strengthen and influence what industrial engineers do today and will do in the future.\u0026nbsp; There are many global opportunities for industrial and systems engineers, and the grand challenges in the field are strategic imperatives for our efforts and impact.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering (ISyE) is the largest academic program of its kind in the\nnation with a strong foundation in optimization, stochastics, simulation, and\nstatistics.\u0026nbsp; Students and the\ninternationally renowned faculty understand, design, and optimize complex\nsystems in order to improve their performance in many operational settings\nincluding supply chain logistics, transportation, finance, healthcare,\ntelecommunications, manufacturing, humanitarian relief, security,\nsustainability, and others.\u0026nbsp; ISyE\u2019s\nstrengths in education, emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration, and strong\ndiscovery-to-application philosophy have enabled ISyE to achieve a premier\nposition in the field.\u0026nbsp; With the recent\nrelease of the 2012 \u003Cem\u003EU. S. News \u0026amp;\nWorld Report\u003C\/em\u003E, ISyE again was ranked as the number one graduate program of\nits kind, making this the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E consecutive number one ranking.\u0026nbsp; The School grants around 275 B.S. degrees,\n215 M.S. degrees, and 30 Ph.D. degrees a year.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a national search, Dr. Jane Chumley Ammons has\nbeen named the Chair of the H. 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Their\nproject,\nentitled \u003Cem\u003EImproving Comcast\u2019s Outage\nDetection System\u003C\/em\u003E, focused on reducing the number of unnecessary trucks and\nservice calls that Comcast incurs because of inaccurate outage detection.\u0026nbsp; A cost model was developed and consequently\nvarious algorithms were created aimed at increasing the probability of\ndetecting a genuine outage, thus lowering the unnecessary costs associated with\neach outage. Additionally, incoming call frequency was analyzed to detect unusual\nspikes in customer call patterns. A conservative estimated value added based on\npart of the deliverables will save Comcast approximately $1.4 million annually.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe two other teams (Gwinnett County Public Schools\nand United Parcel Service) were honored as runners-up in the competition.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGwinnett County Public Schools is the second largest\ntransporter of students in the nation and is facing considerable budget cuts.\u0026nbsp; Working on a project titled, \u003Cem\u003EGwinnett County Public Schools Bus Logistics\u003C\/em\u003E,\nthe team members included \u003Cstrong\u003EMorgan Doty,\nBryce Dykes, Kathleen Hendrix, Ralph Long, Dana Lupuloff, Douglas Meagh,\nJeffrey Phillips, Michael Vallecoccia\u003C\/strong\u003E, along with advisor \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Julie Swann\u003C\/strong\u003E. By developing\nassignment and scheduling heuristics implemented by a user friendly application\nand informed by a regression and forecast, the team was able to significantly\nreduce the total number of buses needed for daily transportation. The overall\nreduction of over 100 buses resulted in an initial savings of $2.9 million and\nrecurring savings of $2.6 million each year.\u0026nbsp;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team\nwho worked with United Parcel Service (UPS) to \u003Cem\u003EOptimize the Smalls Cut-off\u003C\/em\u003E included \u003Cstrong\u003EStephen Cai, Allison Chan, Amy Chan, Se W. Chang, Christine Chuang,\nDavid Dongkuen Kim, and Derek von Zweck\u003C\/strong\u003E along with advisor \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Anton Kleywegt\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u0026nbsp;The objective of the project was to analyze\nthe effects of separating packages into small and large packages, and to\nrecommend cut-off dimensions that minimize total cost.\u0026nbsp; A 3D bin packing algorithm was developed to\nsimulate the loading of packages into trailers. A mixed integer program was\nused to calculate the optimum number of trailers needed on each route, on each\nday.\u0026nbsp; By selecting the smalls cut-off\nthat optimizes the trade-off between handling costs and\ntransportation costs, UPS would realize cost savings of $17,000 daily at a\nterminal\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am impressed by the amount of high-quality work our\nstudents did to create real, significant value for such a wide range of\ncompanies and organizations this semester,\u0022 said Dr. Joel Sokol, Senior\nDesign Coordinator.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAll senior students in\nISyE culminate their undergraduate educational experience with the Senior\nDesign course in order to provide firsthand experience at solving real world\nproblems in a team environment. Students typically work in teams of five to\nseven individuals with 15-25 Senior Design groups running each semester. Each\ngroup is advised by an ISyE faculty member, and the faculty coordinator manages\nthe overall course. Companies interested in submitting a project for consideration\ncan either contact \u003Cstrong\u003EDr.\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003ESokol,\n\u003C\/strong\u003Eat 404 894-6484 or can post a project through the ISyE webpage at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\nSenior design teams look for projects before the start of the fall and spring\nsemesters.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOut of the\n24 Senior Design teams who tackled solving real-world problems for a variety of\ncompanies this semester, three teams rose to the top to find themselves in the\nmuch sought after and hard won position of being finalist in the end-of-\nsemester Senior Design Competition. The three finalist teams, listed in alphabetical order\nby organization, include: Comcast, Gwinnett County Public Schools, and United Parcel Service. 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Pittman (B IE 1988 \u0026amp; MS IL 2009), senior\nprogram and project support manager, UPS \u2013 Corporate Engineering Group; and Ricardo\nF. Salgado (B IE 2000), managing director, Goldman Sachs Group.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter\nRogers\u2019 opening remarks, Mike Thomas, interim School Chair, updated the Board\non ISyE School activities. With the March 2011 release of the 2012 Edition of\nthe \u003Cem\u003EU. S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u2019s Best\nGraduate Schools\u003C\/em\u003E rankings, ISyE\u2019s graduate program has now been ranked # 1\nin industrial \u0026amp; manufacturing engineering for 21 consecutive years. ISyE\u2019s\nundergraduate program marked its sixteenth year as # 1 program of its kind in\nthe nation with the release of the 2011 edition of America\u2019s Best Colleges by \u003Cem\u003EU.S.\nNews \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp; The 2012\nrankings will be release in August 2011. The National Research Council ranked\nISyE\u2019s faculty as # 1. This ranking is done once every ten years. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs\nof fall 2010, ISyE had 1,183 undergraduates, 231 masters, and 171 doctoral\nstudents enrolled in its programs.\u0026nbsp; ISyE\nis the largest IE program in the country, and has\nstrived to ensure continued and increased strength of the School\u2019s foundation\ndisciplines (optimization, stochastics \u0026amp; simulation, and statistics) and to\nbroaden its impact beyond the academic community by addressing important\nsocietal and economic challenges.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThomas\nalso introduced ISyE\u2019s new one-year graduate program in supply chain\nengineering that will equip young professionals with problem-solving skills\nnecessary to tackle the complexities of global supply chains.\u0026nbsp; The Board viewed a video, which highlights\nNadia Viljoen, ISyE graduate student, discussing this new masters\nprogram.\u0026nbsp; Check it out at: \u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rUb4wDGg5Ck\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rUb4wDGg5Ck\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe\nalso updated the Board on the new College of Engineering Dean search. Following\na national search, Gary S. May, alumnus, professor and current chair of\nElectrical and Computer Engineering, has been appointed as the next dean of\nGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of\nEngineering\u003C\/a\u003E, effective July 1.\u0026nbsp; The ISyE school chair search is being chaired\nby Vigo Yang, AE school chair, with three candidates being considered as\nfinalists.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing\nThomas\u2019 School update, Rogers focused the Board\u2019s attention on a working\ndiscussion to review and offer enhancements to ISyE strategic plan (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/about\/mission-statement\u0022\u003Ewww.isye.gatech.edu\/about\/mission-statement\u003C\/a\u003E) so that it\naligns with the Institute\u2019s new plan and vision (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/vision\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\/vision\u003C\/a\u003E) and the\nCollege of Engineering\u2019s vision and mission (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coe.gatech\/content\/vision-mission\u0022\u003Ewww.coe.gatech\/content\/vision-mission\u003C\/a\u003E).\u0026nbsp; Rogers compared and contrasted GTs new\nmission and plan with the College of Engineering and ISyE\u2019s missions.\u0026nbsp; The Board then broke into six groups to work\non one of the following areas \u0026nbsp;- the\ncurrent vision, mission, and key success indicators; academic and teaching;\nbasic and applied research; leadership and reputation; global perspective and\nchallenges; and school effectiveness \u2013 looking for any glaring omissions and\noffering suggestions.\u0026nbsp; Each section\nleader presented the results of the group\u2019s conversation.\u0026nbsp; Rogers collected the information and will add\nto the framework to offer as suggestions to the School Chair. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJaymie\nForrest, managing director of the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute\n(SCLI), presented an overview of the Center.\u0026nbsp;\nSCLI has had 14 public executive education courses offered in Atlanta in\n2011 including two certificate programs: the Lean Supply Chain Professional\nSeries and the Supply Chain Management Series.\u0026nbsp;\nSCLI has developed two new certificate programs that will begin this\nfall: a series in Health and Humanitarian Logistics and a series on Cold Chain\nManagement.\u0026nbsp; SCLI has also designed nine\ncompany-specific executive education programs including for companies in the\nUnited States, Mexico, Spain, China, El Salvador, and Panama. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESCLI\nhas launched the Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center as an international research\nhub focused on designing, analyzing and improving the food chain for cold and\nperishable products. SCLI has also worked extensively on trade facilitation.\u0026nbsp; Because Latin American economies are growing\nand the U.S. trade is increasing at a faster rate with Latin America than with\nAsia, SCLI has focused on Latin America. SCLI has established the GT Trade,\nInnovation and Productivity Center in San Jose, Costa Rica (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tip.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.tip.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E) and the Panama\nLogistics Innovation \u0026amp; Research Center in Panama City, Panama (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.ac.pa\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gatech.ac.pa\/\u003C\/a\u003E).\u0026nbsp; SCLI has future plans to open a center in\nMexico. The key components of these Logistics Innovation Centers are education,\nresearch, and competitiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThomas presented Rogers with a plaque expressing\nISyE\u2019s appreciation for his service, visionary guidance and unwavering\nleadership.\u0026nbsp; Rogers\nconcluded the meeting with advisory board business updates and wrap ups.\u0026nbsp; He then passed the gavel to Snowdon as she\nbegins her term as the new Advisory Board Chair.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering (ISyE) hosted its spring advisory board meeting on April\n21, 2011.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2011-05-09 10:13:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:41","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66065":{"id":"66065","type":"image","title":"Mike Thomas with Jane Snowdon and Ed Rogers","body":null,"created":"1449176916","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:36","changed":"1475894587","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:07","alt":"Mike Thomas with Jane Snowdon and Ed Rogers","file":{"fid":"192463","name":"dr.thomas_wab.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dr.thomas_wab_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dr.thomas_wab_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6335990,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dr.thomas_wab_0.jpg?itok=GdCgDaGr"}}},"media_ids":["66065"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara\nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"66341":{"#nid":"66341","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Titan to Provide Access to Behavioral Trading Database to Georgia Tech Quantitative and Computational Finance Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETitan Trading Analytics Inc. (TSX\nVENTURE: TTA) (OTCBB: TITAF), has entered into a new alliance with the\nGeorgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) Master of Science Degree program\nin Quantitative and Computational Finance (QCF). \u0026nbsp;The alliance gives Georgia Tech QCF students\naccess to Titan\u2019s trade signal database which is derived from price and volatility\ndata, machine readable news and social media sentiment , which Titan uses to provide\nmarket professionals with high probability behavioral trade recommendations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech offers great opportunities\nfor students in the MS QCF program to collaborate with global financial\nservices firms,\u0022 says Dr. Shijie Deng, Director of the QFC program.\n\u0022By forging close relationships with innovative companies in the Atlanta\narea like Titan, QFC students will continue to have a significant advantage as\nthey enter the job market with unique and practical experience.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETitan\u2019s core product (TickAnalyst) provides a tradable research\nsolution combining multi-layered trading technology with proprietary automated\nmodels and risk management tools for institutions. Its highly sophisticated\narchitecture is designed to perform thousands of decisions per second,\nisolating specific \u201crare market events\u201d that result in a high probability of\nprofitable success when the optimum conditions align. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cWe\nhave accumulated a unique database of quantitative and qualitative data from\nstructured and unstructured sources\u201d stated John Coulter, President and CEO of\nTitan. The number of social media sites and amount of stock related commentary available\nin digital format is growing exponentially.\u0026nbsp;\nWe are pleased to share our tick data \u0026amp; behavioral trading signal\ndatabase with students of the QCF program and allow them to mine our database for\nall manner of quantitative modeling \u0026amp; research purposes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETitan\u2019s data center is managed by Colocube via\nthe \u201cPlatform Equinix\u201d private cloud in downtown Atlanta.\u0026nbsp; The power of the cloud enables Titan to\nmonitor real-time data and simultaneously sift though terabytes of historical\ndata to generate behavioral trade recommendations.\u0026nbsp; Colocube employs best practices in security\nand monitoring to ensure the highest level of protection for Titan and its\ncustomers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout\nGeorgia Institute of Technology, Quantitative and Computational Finance Program\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nmain objective of the Master of Science degree program in Quantitative and\nComputational Finance at Georgia Tech is to provide students with the practical\nskills and theoretical understanding they need to be leaders in the formulation,\nimplementation and evaluation of models used by the financial sector to\nstructure transactions, manage risk and construct investment strategies.\u0026nbsp; The MS QCF program is a full-time\nAugust-through-December, 16-month program in Fall, Spring and Fall Semesters\nwith six core courses (18 credit hours) and six electives (18 credit\nhours).\u0026nbsp; For more information please\nvisit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.qcf.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.qcf.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.qcf.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Titan Trading Analytics Inc.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETitan\nTrading Analytics Inc. is a premier provider of behavioral trading research.\nTrade signals are distributed via a powerful financial analysis and electronic\ntrading software platform which captures and analyzes real-time market tick data\nand identifies trade opportunities based on numerous historical patterns,\nidentified by Titan\u2019s Trade Recommendation Engine\u2122 (TRE). Titan\u2019s flagship\nproduct, TickAnalyst\u2122, delivers trading signals to proprietary trading firms\nand hedge funds via a cutting edge browser-based interface.\u0026nbsp; Titan\u2019s internally developed products and\nservices are at the forefront of the high growth global investment management\nand automated trading industry. For more information visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.titantrading.com\/\u0022\u003Ewww.titantrading.com.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETitan Trading Analytics Inc. has entered into a new alliance with the Master of Science Degree program\nin Quantitative and Computational Finance (QCF) to give QCF students\naccess to Titan\u2019s trade signal database which is derived from price and volatility\ndata, machine readable news and social media sentiment , which Titan uses to provide\nmarket professionals with high probability behavioral trade recommendations.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2011-06-01 09:28:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:41","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"5608","name":"qcf"},{"id":"13304","name":"Quantitative and Computational Finance Barbara Christopher Industrial and Systems Engineering 404.385.3102"},{"id":"13302","name":"Titan"},{"id":"13303","name":"trade behavior"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara\nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65762":{"#nid":"65762","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Hosts Inaugural Undergraduate Student Awards Ceremony","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE held its\ninaugural undergraduate student awards ceremony and luncheon on April 19, 2011\nwhere students, faculty, parents, and award sponsors joined together to recognize\nsome of ISyE\u2019s exceptionally bright, highly motivated, and accomplished\nstudents.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations\nto the following students:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe H. 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Milton\nStewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAlpha Pi Mu Academic Excellence Award\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStephen Cai\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Alpha\nPi Mu Honor Society presents $500 to a senior with the best academic\nachievement, including GPA, difficulty in the curriculum, research, and other\nscholarly accomplishments. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHenry Ford II Best Junior Award\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENick Keith\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHenry Ford\nII Best Junior Award is administered in the College of Engineering and given to\nthe student at the end of the third year with the best academic performance in\nthe H. 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The\nscholarship is based on academic merit and contribution in the school.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJack C. Webb Scholarship\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENakul Chitalia, Jasmine Fu, Nicholas Hunt,\nBreona Jenkins, Andres Salazar,\u003C\/strong\u003E and\u003Cstrong\u003E\nSamuel Shew\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Webb\nScholarship is given to rising juniors and seniors in the H. 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The cash award of $2,000 will be shared by Colby, Philip, and Tim,\nwho won second place at the CICMHE Design Competition 2010. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECouncil of Supply Chain Management Professionals\nScholarship\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAditya Singhal\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EAllene Tang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Council\nof Supply Chain Management Professionals Scholarship of $1,250 is shared by the\nselected awardees who have a GPA of 3.0 or above and have contributed to the\nsupply chain engineering program at Georgia Tech. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Frantz Family Young Entrepreneurs\nScholarship\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EH. Kumar Thanguda\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis\nscholarship, established in 2006, is presented to an industrial engineering\nstudent who is interested in establishing a small business and gaining\nfinancial freedom. The student must have clear business objectives and goals,\nalong with the demonstrated determination to pursue and reach those goals. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBP Georgia Tech Scholarship for ISyE Student\u003C\/em\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKaydie Rudd\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBP\nscholarship of $2,500 is awarded to an industrial engineering student who has a\nminimum GPA of 3.0, a strong interest in the energy industry, and has\ncontributed to the H. 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\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBack to Basics\u201d was the\noverall theme of the spring 2011 meeting held on April 19 \u2013 20, 2011. The two-day\nbiannual Forum began with a joint meeting between the SCEF and the Council of\nSupply Chain Management Professionals\u0027 (CSCMP) Atlanta Roundtable. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Jaymie Forrest, managing director of the\nGeorgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (GTSCL), joined Rob Doyle,\npresident of the Atlanta CSCMP, in giving the Forum\u0027s opening remarks.\u0026nbsp; The remainder of the day was divided between\npanel sessions and a keynote presentation.\u0026nbsp;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe two panel sessions\nfocused on \u201cTransportation Basics\u201d and \u201cImproving Warehouse Productivity\nWithout Investment,\u201d respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAlan Erera, associate\nprofessor and co-director of the GTSCL Center for Global Transportation,\nmoderated the first panel on getting back to basics in freight \ntransportation.\u0026nbsp; Panel participants included:\u0026nbsp; Ed Medlock, SVP \nDistribution, Logistics and\nProgram Management, Quality Chain Co-op, Inc., Wendy\u2019s; Brad Sawallich, \ngeneral\nmanager, National Account Center, CH Robinson, and Bryan Ward, director \nof\nTransportation, The Home Depot.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The\npanel delved into the nature of increasing demands on transportation \ngroups and\nthe actions that can be taken to address them.\u0026nbsp;\nThe list of basics for transportation has grown dramatically since\nderegulation in 1977-81.\u0026nbsp; Technology to\nplan, manage, purchase and provide visibility for transportation went \nfrom\nnonexistent to required.\u0026nbsp; Transportation\ngroups must now work with huge databases of different transportation\nrequirements, modes, costs, services and capabilities including \ntransportation\nto and from multiple countries.\u0026nbsp;\nCustomers are requiring deliveries of smaller quantities with a wide\nrange of service offerings and often on a tight time schedule.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJohn Bartholdi, Manhattan\nAssociates Chair of Supply Chain Management and GTSCL director of research,\nmoderated the second panel on improving warehouse productivity without\ninvestment.\u0026nbsp; Panel participants\nincluded:\u0026nbsp; Doug Bands, industrial\nengineering project manager, Walgreens; Jim Bowes, CEO, Peach State Integrated\nTechnologies; and Brad Grimsley, vice president, Mast Global Logistics, a\nDivision of Limited Brands.\u0026nbsp; Turmoil in\nthe financial world has made companies reluctant to invest. Yet customer\ndemands continue to escalate: for better service, smaller shipments, and more\nfrequent shipments.\u0026nbsp; The panel had a\nlively discussion on the challenges of improving operations in this environment,\nwhether through more careful investment or by avoiding investment.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESteve Buffington, vice\npresident of Supply Chain Development for The Coca-Cola Company, presented the\nForum\u2019s first keynote address speaking on \u201cDeveloping Supply Chain Talent.\u201d\u0026nbsp; Sometimes resistance to change becomes a\nbarrier to success.\u0026nbsp; Therefore, leadership\nis both inspirational as well as operational. Since most people tend to want consistency,\na good leader should be able to motivate employees to accept and buy into the\nchange that is needed.\u0026nbsp; Leaders need to\nbe \u201cmasters of change.\u201d\u0026nbsp; Great leaders\nalso must be \u201cand\u201d instead of \u201cor\u201d oriented as in being able to control cost\nAND have superior quality.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Success depends\nas much on people as it does on brand distribution.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the second day, the Forum\nbegan with a keynote presentation by Jose Hidalgo, LATAM head of procurement at\nNestle\u2019s, speaking on \u201cPrinciples of Supplier Management at Nestle.\u201d\u0026nbsp; Hidalgo impressed upon the group the\nimportance of excelling in the basics and doing it well the first time.\u0026nbsp; He reiterated Buffinton\u2019s call to become an\n\u201cand\u201d company allowing no room for the \u201cor.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe meeting proceeded with a\npanel session on \u201cInventory Basics.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\nOver the last 30 years there have been two \u201cnew\u201d inventory basics:\u0026nbsp; (1) The globalization of supply has resulted\nin a requirement for much better management of inventory in transit and\ninventory to protect against variability in shipment times from suppliers. (2)\nThe \u201cleaning\u201d of supply to retailers requires more frequent and predictable\ndeliveries, which in turn requires more management of the integration between\ntransportation and inventory.\u0026nbsp; The panel\ncompared and contrasted the \u201cold\u201d basics \u2013 demanding forecasting, inventory\npositioning, and replenishment \u2013 and the \u201cnew\u201d basics.\u0026nbsp; Don Ratliff, UPS and Regent\u2019s professor and\nGTSCL executive director, moderated the panel.\u0026nbsp;\nPanel participants included:\u0026nbsp;\nWally Buran, former Global Supply Chain Practice lead, KPMG and\nEdenfield Executive in Residence; Jose Hidalgo; Robert Martichenko, CEO of Lean\nCor LLC; and Wooyong Shin, principal consultant of the SCM Consulting Gropy,\nSamsung SDS Co, Ltd.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the panel session,\nRobert Martichenko presented a session on \u201cLean Thinking and Inventory Basics\u201d\nwhere he explored the fundamentals of inventory management and Lean\nthinking.\u0026nbsp; As the economy appears to be\nrebounding back, many organizations are attempting to understand what they can\ndo differently in order to be smarter and stronger in the future.\u0026nbsp; For many, the answer is to simply get back to\nbasics and focus on only those things that are critical to the customer\nexperience.\u0026nbsp; This is certainly true\nrelative to inventory management process, and this is where Lean thinking and\ngetting back to basics with inventory strategies have a close relationship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWooyong Shin then spoke on\n\u201cPrinciples of Supply Chain Management at Samsung\u201d where he discussed the SCM\nprinciples and strategies of Samsung focusing from demand back through\nmanufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERounding out the afternoon,\nWally Buran presented the closing session on \u201cSupply Chain Deployment.\u201d\u0026nbsp; While most companies have developed supply\nchain strategies with varying degrees of effectiveness and success, many\nstruggle to deploy them effectively to drive measureable results and clear\nvalue.\u0026nbsp; Research shows there are several\ncommon failure points that must be overcome, but equally important, four major\nsuccess factors must also be leveraged: (1) Goals and visions must be\ntranslated into targeted action plans. (2) Disparate actions and projects must\nbe integrated across the supply chain into defined values streams. (3)\nMeasurable \u201cpath to value\u201d must be clearly defined and effectively shared. (4)\nSupply chain value streams must align and integrate with marketing and business\nplans.\u0026nbsp; Buran\u2019s presentation addressed\nthe major failure points, how to avoid them and what are the proven keys to\nsuccess of effectively deploy supply chain strategies.\u0026nbsp; Change is inevitable, growth is optional, he\nsaid.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe mission of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain Executive Forum\nis to provide resources and facilitation for its members and their companies as\nthey explore opportunities to enhance the success of their supply chains. This\nis accomplished through an interactive portfolio of resources that create value\nand respond to the needs of individuals who have executive-level responsibility\nfor supply chain activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, visit:\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/professional-education\/scef\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/professional-education\/scef\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESenior supply chain\nexecutives, once again, convened on the Georgia Tech campus this spring to meet\nand discuss ways to enhance and streamline their supply chain processes and activities\nduring the spring Supply Chain Executive Forum (SCEF). \u201cBack to Basics\u201d was the\noverall theme of the spring 2011 meeting held on April 19 \u2013 20, 2011. 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These and other faculty and staff members, along with 10- and 25-year\nservice award winners, were recognized at the annual ceremony.\u0026nbsp; Congratulations to the all the honorees:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdministrative\u0026nbsp;Service Award\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003EMaria Hunter, Information Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecognition of\u0026nbsp;the Georgia Tech Chapter Sigma Xi Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EYoung Faculty Awards\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHyesoon Kim, Computer Science\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCheng-Yun Karen Liu, Interactive Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFaculty Best Paper Awards\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMark R. 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Jones, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOutstanding Faculty Leadership\u0026nbsp;for the Development\nof\u0026nbsp;Graduate Research\u0026nbsp;Assistants\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/em\u003EThomas Orlando, Chemistry and\nBiochemistry\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOutstanding Achievement\u0026nbsp;in Research Innovation\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/em\u003EHenrik I. Christensen, Interactive\nComputing\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EANAK Award\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDoug Flamming, History, Technology and Society\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding Staff Performance Awards\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003EAndrea S. C. Be, Civil\nand\u0026nbsp;Environmental Engineering \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKathy B. Cheek, Interactive Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNancy M. Gimbel, Undergraduate Programs Management \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAngela L. Hicks, Mechanical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJulia M. Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Tech-Savannah \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECETL Undergraduate\u0026nbsp;Educator Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKlara J. Grodzinksy, Mathematics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWayne E. Whiteman, Mechanical Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECETL\/BP Junior Faculty\u0026nbsp;Teaching Excellence Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMichael A. Filler, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEric M. Overby, Management\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAcademic Advisor Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOutstanding Undergraduate\u0026nbsp;Academic Advisor: Primary\nRole\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLindsay A. Green, Management\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOutstanding Undergraduate\u0026nbsp;Academic Advisor: Faculty\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAmy V. D\u2019Unger, History, Technology and Society\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Honors Committee Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EClass of 1940 W. Roane Beard\u0026nbsp;Outstanding Teacher\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCarrie G. Shepler, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EClass of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSteven M. Potter, Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOutstanding Service Award\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBarbara J. Ericson, Interactive Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMark Guzdial, Interactive Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOutstanding Professional Education Award\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDavid M. Collard, Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOutstanding Undergraduate Research\u0026nbsp;Mentor (Faculty)\nAward\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMelissa L. Kemp (Junior), Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOzlem Ergun (Senior), Industrial and Systems\u0026nbsp;Engineering \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EClass of 1934 Outstanding Innovative Use of Education\nTechnology Award\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAshwin Ram, Interactive Computing\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EClass of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activity Award\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCraig A. Tovey, Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EClass of 1934 Distinguished\u0026nbsp;Professor Award\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMark Hay, Biology\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessors Ozlem Ergun and Craig Tovey were recognized at\nthe Georgia Tech Faculty and Staff Honors Luncheon on April for \u003Cem\u003EOutstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor (Faculty) Award\u003C\/em\u003E and C\u003Cem\u003Elass of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary\nActivity Award, \u003C\/em\u003Erespectively.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2011-05-03 10:43:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:38","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2227","name":"Craig Tovey"},{"id":"13031","name":"GT faculty honorsBarbara Christopher Industrial and Systems Engineering 404.385.3102"},{"id":"1238","name":"Ozlem Ergun"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara\nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65554":{"#nid":"65554","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center Partners with Food Logistics Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain (IFC) Center has partnered with\nthe American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) and the Global Cold Chain Alliance\n(GCCA) to further enhance the robust educational programming available at the 2011\nAFFI-GCCA Food Logistics Forum and help expand the Forum\u2019s audience to include representatives\nfrom major food retailers and other key food industry sectors. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECo-hosted by AFFI and GCCA, the Forum will be held June 5-7 at the\nWestin Westminster in Denver, Colorado.\u0026nbsp; The Food\nLogistics Forum brings together a broad spectrum of industry leaders\nrepresenting frozen food production, foodservice, retail, and third-party\nlogistics (3PL) providers to explore the latest trends and information on the\ncritical issues impacting the cold chain industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe IFC Center is an industry\/academic joint initiative dedicated to identifying\nand resolving critical integration issues across the end-to-end food\nchain.\u0026nbsp; The IFC Center focuses on\ndesigning, analyzing, and continuously improving cold chains for perishable\nfood products.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe IFC Center will play a significant role in bolstering the Forum\u2019s\neducational offerings by providing an educational session and hosting a variety\nof council meetings.\u0026nbsp; The Center will\nalso invite a broad group of food industry participants from within its\nmembership, including representatives from some of the nation\u2019s largest food\nretailers, processors, transportation and logistics providers, to attend the\nForum, helping solidify its position as the premier food logistics\ngathering.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOnline registration is now open for the Food Logistics Forum. For more\ninformation, or to register, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gcca.org\/flf\u0022\u003Ewww.gcca.org\/flf\u003C\/a\u003E\nor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.affi.com\/flf\u0022\u003Ewww.affi.com\/flf\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; # # #\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003EAmerican Frozen Food Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E (AFFI) is the national trade\nassociation promoting and representing the interests of all segments of the\nfrozen food industry. AFFI works to foster industry development and growth, and\nadvocates before legislative and regulatory entities on the industry\u2019s behalf.\nFor more information, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.affi.org\/\u0022\u003Ewww.affi.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003EIntegrated Food Chain (IFC)\nCenter\u003C\/strong\u003E, a unit of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute,\nis a collaborative initiative that brings the food industry, academia and\ngovernment together to focus on integration issues for improving cold chain\nmanagement of perishable food products. The IFC center provides strategic\nleadership and direction for collaboration among all of the stakeholders in the\nfood chain to understand and prioritize problems; research and determine the methodologies,\nprocesses and technologies to overcome these problems; and leverage education\nto provide the human capital necessary to plan and execute exceptional food\nchains. For more information, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ifc.scl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/ifc.scl.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EComprised\nof its Core Partners, including the International Association of Refrigerated\nWarehouses, the World Food Logistics Organization, the International\nRefrigerated Transportation Association, and the International Association for\nCold Storage Construction, the \u003Cstrong\u003EGlobal\nCold Chain Alliance\u003C\/strong\u003E (GCCA) represents all major industries engaged in\ntemperature-controlled logistics. GCCA unites partners to facilitate\ncommunication, networking, and education for the perishable food industry. 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But Logan\nwas diagnosed with leukemia (AML) on July 16, 2009 at the age of 19.\u0026nbsp; He fought hard for 18 months before\nsuccumbing to leukemia on January 11, 2011. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Mihaela Serban, a sister of\nDr. Nicoleta Serban of Georgia Tech, was diagnosed with leukemia in February\n2011. Without a bone marrow transplant, Mihaela\u2019s rare disease has a prognosis of\n36 weeks.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;To join Logan\u2019s family and\nfriends in memory of his 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E birthday, and to help save the lives\nof Mihaela and other patients who need a donor, working with the National\nMarrow Donor Program (NMDP), Georgia Tech is organizing a bone marrow donor\ndrive on campus. We rally you to register as a marrow donor and\/or to donate\nfinancially to help register as many donors as possible.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoin the marrow registry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDate: April 27, 2011\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETime: 11:00am \u2013 3:00pm\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPlace: Georgia Tech Student\nCenter Ballroom\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe test only requires a\ncotton swab brushed against the inside of your cheek. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;To join, you only need to be between 18 and 60, be willing to donate to any patient in need, and meet the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/special\/bonemarrow\/BTM_Donor_Eligibility_Guidelines.pdf\u0022\u003Ehealth guidelines\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EVIew a Youtube video on the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z5ojPmzZjmw \u0022\u003E\u0022National Marrow Donor Program.\u0022 \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\ncost of adding a person to the marrow registry is $100.\u0026nbsp; However, Be The Match does not charge anyone\nto join the registry.\u0026nbsp; Be The Match\nrelies on voluntary contributions to help add more potential donors to the\nregistry.\u0026nbsp; Every $100 raised adds one new\nmember to the registry.\u0026nbsp; Please give\nwhatever you can afford at the marrow drive or go to Logan or Mihaela\u2019s\nfundraising websites:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bethematchfoundation.org\/goto\/logan\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.bethematchfoundation.org\/goto\/logan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bethematchfoundation.org\/goto\/teammihaela\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.bethematchfoundation.org\/goto\/teammihaela\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERead \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/special\/bonemarrow\/WhatYouMustKnowBeforeJoining.doc\u0022\u003Ewhat you must know\u003C\/a\u003E before joining the registry.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/special\/bonemarrow\/11023VitalStatistics.pdf\u0022\u003Evital statistics about leukemia\nand lymphoma \u003C\/a\u003Eand NMDP donor registry\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/special\/bonemarrow\/11023VitalStatistics.pdf\u0022\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EView \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/special\/bonemarrow\/be_the_match.wmv\u0022\u003EBe a Match\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis drive has been coordinated by Professor Eva Lee.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Be the one to save a life"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin Georgia Tech\u2019s bone marrow donor drive on campus April\n27, 2011. \u0026nbsp;Every year, more than 10,000\nmen, women and children get life-threatening diseases such as leukemia and\nlymphoma, and do not have a marrow donor in their family. To live, they need to\nfind an unrelated marrow donor whose tissue type matches their own. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Where:\u0026nbsp;\nGeorgia Tech Student Center Ballroom from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2011-04-14 13:47:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:34","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12806","name":"bone marrow transplant"},{"id":"12805","name":"donor registry"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"398","name":"health"},{"id":"7279","name":"leukemia"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65615":{"#nid":"65615","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Thomas speaks on how Smart Trash reinvents computer waste recycling","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe concept of\nSmart Trash as an innovative way to encourage a cradle-to-grave approach to\nhandling electronic products was presented on April 15\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E at an event\nhosted by the Embassy of the United States of America in Wellington, New Zealand.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo presenters,\none from Georgia Tech and the other from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\nin Washington DC, joined the Wellington event by videoconference to discuss a\nnew approach to tackling the global e-waste problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr Valerie Thomas\nis the Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems in the Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering with a joint\nappointment in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; She has been researching the concept of Smart\nTrash for a number of years and believes that the time is right for electronic\nproducts to take \u2018self responsibility\u2019.\u0026nbsp;\n\u201cProduct stewardship encourages suppliers to take responsibility for\ntheir own products at end of life, but I believe we can go even further and get\nthe products to take more responsibility for themselves,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe secret is to attach the Universal\nProduct Code (UPC) barcode or RFID (radio frequency identification) tag to the product\nitself, as opposed to the packaging which is typically discarded as soon as the\nproduct is installed.\u201d\u0026nbsp; She cited a\nsuccessful application with mobile phones in Europe where the data in the\nbarcode recorded full details of the materials used in manufacture, reducing\ncosts when the phones are sent for recycling.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr Thomas pointed\nout the costs of applying RFID tags at the point of manufacture have dropped to\nas low as US 5 cents, so there is no cost barrier to widespread implementation,\neven on low value items. \u201cOnce implemented, lots of new options become\navailable for efficiently managing the re-use, refurbishment or recycling of\nthe products,\u201d she said. \u201cBut most importantly, it will make the disposal of\nelectronic trash easy for the end consumer and even open up the possibility of\na cash return. \u0026nbsp;With cash incentives and\nuser-friendliness, consumers are much more likely to start disposing of their\nelectronic waste in a responsible and environment-friendly manner.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAngie Leith from\nEPA provided the background to the development of RFID as a possible technology\nfor tracking electronic products at end of life as well as for the distribution\nof new products to retailers.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe\nstarted studying RFID technologies in 2002 to help us understand any possible\nnegative effects on the environment, but now see them as a possible tool for\nmanaging waste streams and increasing the levels of recycling.\u0026nbsp; In the USA in 2009, only 15% of the\nelectronic equipment entering the waste stream\u0026nbsp;\nwas recycled and our goal is to achieve recycling rates much closer to\nthe national average for other materials (33%), or even higher,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTwenty-five\npercent of the states in America now have legislation covering e-waste, with\nmany banning electronic waste in landfills.\u0026nbsp;\nWe are relying on technology innovations such as RFID to help us\nimplement better e-waste solutions on a nationwide basis,\u201d Ms Leith said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; But she did point out that this will rely on\ncomputer companies attaching RFID tags to their products at the point of\nmanufacture. \u201cWhile we will do everything we can to encourage this, we do not\nenvisage a legislative solution at this stage,\u201d she concluded.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEfficient and\nconvenient collection and disposal systems are critical for successful e-waste\nrecycling, but it is important that the mechanisms are also in place to\ntransport the recovered materials into new manufacturing processes,\u201d said\nLaurence Zwimpfer, Chair of the eDay New Zealand Trust, and MC for the Smart\nTrash discussion. \u201cThis presents a special challenge for New Zealand, because\nof our geographic isolation from the main manufacturing nations in Asia and\nEurope.\u0026nbsp; We still have to pay to get\nextracted materials to these markets.\u0026nbsp; We\nfind the Smart Trash approach very interesting and will certainly encourage\nmanufacturers to start tagging their products, but we believe there will still\nbe a net cost to achieve sustainable e-waste recycling in New Zealand.\u0026nbsp; We will continue to press for product\nstewardship schemes to be put in place in New Zealand with supporting\ngovernment regulations to ensure all suppliers participate equitably in\ncovering these costs,\u201d he said. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe eDay New\nZealand Trust was formed in 2010 to focus on the development of sustainable\nsolutions for the recycling of electronic waste in New Zealand and the Pacific.\u0026nbsp; It took over running the annual eDay, free\ne-waste recycling event in New Zealand, which in 2010 saw nearly 20,000 cars\ndropping off over 80,000 items of electronic waste, filling over 160 20\u2019\nshipping containers.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Public Affairs\nSection of the Embassy of the United States of America arranges videoconference\npresentations from time to time on matters of public interest.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Valerie Thomas, Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems in the Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering with a joint\nappointment in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, spoke on the concept of\nSmart Trash as an innovative way to encourage a cradle-to-grave approach to\nhandling electronic products on April 15\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E at an event\nhosted by the Embassy of the United States of America in Wellington, New Zealand.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Thomas speaks on how Smart Trash reinvents computer waste recycling"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2011-04-18 13:37:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:34","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65614":{"id":"65614","type":"image","title":"Angie Leith from the US Environmental Protection Agency (left) and Dr Valerie Thomas from Georgia Tech Atlanta beam in from Washington DC to an interested audience at the US Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand.","body":null,"created":"1449176863","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:07:43","changed":"1475894579","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:59","alt":"Angie Leith from the US Environmental Protection Agency (left) and Dr Valerie Thomas from Georgia Tech Atlanta beam in from Washington DC to an interested audience at the US Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand.","file":{"fid":"192283","name":"Thomas_Wellington_Videoconference.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Thomas_Wellington_Videoconference_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Thomas_Wellington_Videoconference_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3585424,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Thomas_Wellington_Videoconference_0.JPG?itok=a-8mbktL"}}},"media_ids":["65614"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12825","name":"electronic waste"},{"id":"1352","name":"ewaste"},{"id":"171081","name":"smart trash"},{"id":"1135","name":"valerie thomas"},{"id":"12830","name":"Wellington New Zealand"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65372":{"#nid":"65372","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cool Insights: Food Industry Collaboration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the March 2011 issue of Food Logistics, Nick Pacitti, Sterling Solutions LLC, Memphis and co-founding member, Integrated Food Chain\n(IFC) Center, authored the second installment for the \u003Cem\u003ECool Insights\u003C\/em\u003E column,\ntitled \u201cFood Industry Collaboration.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foodlogistics.com\/print\/Food-Logistics\/Cool-Insights\/1$4437\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E to\nread the entire column.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003ECool Insights\u003C\/em\u003E column, which \u003Cem\u003EFood Logistic\u2019s \u003C\/em\u003Emagazine\nlaunched last spring to celebrate the opening of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain\n\u0026amp; 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The\ninternational gathering drew participants from countries such as Canada,\nColombia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, India, Kenya, the Netherlands,\nSenegal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, the United States, and Zambia.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor those unable to attend this year\u2019s conference, or who\nwould like to review panel discussions, videos are now available at the\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2011\/program\/\u0022\u003Econference website\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStephen Cross, Georgia Tech executive vice president for\nresearch, joined conference co-chairs Ozlem Ergun, Pinar Keskinocak, and Julie\nSwann in opening the conference. Panel discussions over the two-day period\nincluded:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELogistics of reducing impact of communicable\ndiseases\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDelivering solutions for water and sanitation\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETechnology to improve logistics decisions\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPreparedness to prevent, mitigate, or improve\ndisaster response and recovery I\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPreparedness to prevent, mitigate, or improve\ndisaster response and recovery II\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe panels comprised representatives from Aidmatrix; American\nRed Cross; Emory University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Girls in Kind\nInternational; INSEAD; John Snow, Inc.; Kuehne+Nagel; Living Water\nInternational; LLamasoft, Inc.; MIT Supply Chain Management Program; National\nPreparedness Directorate, FEMA\/DHS; Oxfam America; Oxfam Great Britain; Partners\nin Health; SIPRI Ethical Cargo; Task Force for Global Health \u2013 International\nTrachoma Initiative; UNICEF Supply Division, Copenhagen; World Food Programme;\nand the World Health Organization. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe more than forty posters in the poster session added\nbreadth to the topics covered. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2011\/posters\/ \u0022\u003EClick here\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\nto see a list of posters submitted and read the abstracts. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the afternoon of the second day, at the conclusion of the\nconference, participants had the opportunity to attend three concurrent\nworkshops: Managing Performance in Humanitarian Logistics, USACE Simulation and\nModeling Program for Disaster Preparedness, and Technology at Work in\nHumanitarian Relief: Aidmatrix and UPSTrackpad Case Studies. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of United\nParcel Service, were key sponsors of the 2011 conference, generously supporting\nthe conference at the Leadership level. Additional sponsors included Focus\nHumanitarian Assistance; Northrop Grumman; Science Applications International\nCorporation (SAIC); and Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering, Distance\nLearning and Professional Education, Health System Institute,\u0026nbsp;H. Milton\nStewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Institute for Leadership\nand Entrepreneurship,\u0026nbsp;and the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/humanitarian\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Health and Humanitarian Logistics\u003C\/a\u003E,\na unit of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESupply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute \u003C\/a\u003Eand part of\nthe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia\nTech, has as its vision to improve humanitarian logistics (including short- or\nlong-term, man-made or natural disasters) and ultimately the human condition by\nsystem transformations through education, outreach, projects and research.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe devastating earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan on\nMarch 11, 2011, occurred exactly one week after the third annual Health and\nHumanitarian Logistics Conference, amplifying the conference\u2019s call to\narticulate the opportunities, challenges, and successes in preparing for and\nresponding to health and humanitarian crises, particularly on issues that\nrelate to logistics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Health and Humanitarian Conference Provides Forum for Learning and Collaboration"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-03-21 12:22:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:26","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65065":{"id":"65065","type":"image","title":"2011 Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference","body":null,"created":"1449176783","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:23","changed":"1475894574","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:54","alt":"2011 Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference","file":{"fid":"192155","name":"GeneralPoster_copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GeneralPoster_copy_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GeneralPoster_copy_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1394862,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GeneralPoster_copy_0.jpg?itok=VeUM9qM-"}}},"media_ids":["65065"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12155","name":"2011 Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference"},{"id":"8884","name":"Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65039":{"#nid":"65039","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Seven ISyE Alumni Receive Honors at COE Alumni Awards Induction Ceremony","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt its annual Alumni Awards Induction Ceremony, the\nCollege of Engineering recognized 36 alumni who, in the words of President G.\nP. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson, personify \u201cthe Institute\u2019s essence: a strong technological\neducation, the ability to think critically and to analyze problems and above\nall, a drive for excellence.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the 36 inductees honored at the awards ceremony held on March 11,\n2011, at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, 7 are alumni of the H.\nMilton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGuy\nPrimus\u003C\/strong\u003E\n(IE 1992, MS IE 1995) and \u003Cstrong\u003EHeather S.\nRocker\u003C\/strong\u003E (IE 1998) were inducted in the Council of Outstanding Young\nEngineering Alumni, an award that recognizes\nalumni who have distinguished themselves through professional practice and\/or service\nto the Institute, the engineering profession, or society at large. They are on the \u201cfast\ntrack,\u201d have made rapid advancement within their organizations, and have been recognized for\nearly professional achievements by others within their profession, field, or\norganization. They are considered future leaders\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJ. Louis Fouts\u003C\/strong\u003E (IE 1990), \u003Cstrong\u003EJ. Chris Gaffney\u003C\/strong\u003E (IE 1985, MS 1986), \u003Cstrong\u003EEllis Johnson\u003C\/strong\u003E (Applied Mathematics 1960),\nand \u003Cstrong\u003EHanif Sherali\u003C\/strong\u003E (MS OR1976, PhD OR1979) are the new inductees in the Academy of Distinguished Engineering\nAlumni. This award recognizes alumni\nwho have provided distinguished contributions to the profession, field,\nInstitute or society at large. Candidates are highly placed executives and are actively\ninvolved in engineering, management, industry, academia, or government.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn H. Morris\u003C\/strong\u003E (IE 1965) has the\ndistinction of being inducted in the Engineering Hall of Fame, an honor\nreserved for those who have made meritorious engineering and\/or managerial\ncontributions during their careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Awards Ceremony was created in 1994 under the leadership of then Dean\nDr. John A. White to highlight the significant impact Georgia Tech students\nmake on the world.\u0026nbsp; White passed the\ntorch on to Dean Jean-Lou Chameau, and today, Dean Don Giddens continues the\ntradition of recognizing select alumni who have contributed to the profession,\nadvanced their careers, and enhanced the lives of others personally and\nprofessionally.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMore about ISyE\u2019s award recipients:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJ.\nLouis Fouts, IE 1990\u003C\/strong\u003E\n--\u0026nbsp; Partner, Water Street Capital\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFouts\nis a partner at Water Street Capital, a large Jacksonville-based hedge fund\nfounded in 1987 that manages money for leading endowments, institutions, and\nfamily offices. Fouts heads up Water Street\u2019s initiatives in the commodity,\nenergy, transportation, and automotive industries. Water Street is known for\ntaking large stakes in under-appreciated growth opportunities such as Apple\nComputer in 2003 and commodities (fertilizer, crude oil, coking coal) from\n2004-2008. Upon graduation from Georgia Tech in 1990, Fouts went to work for\nSysteCon, a logistics and distribution consultancy where he specialized in\nsupply-chain restructuring. After two years at SysteCon, Fouts joined the\nBoston Consulting Group\u2019s Russian office in 1993 and participated in the\nrestructuring of the Russian agricultural logistics network. He earned his\nMasters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1996, and in\n1998 was recruited to New York City to help develop the private equity\ninitiatives of Caxton Corporation, one of the largest hedge funds in the world\nat that time. Fouts joined Water Street in 2002 and became the firm\u2019s youngest\npartner in 2004.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;J.\nChris Gaffney, IE 1985, MS 1986\u003C\/strong\u003E --\u0026nbsp;\nSenior Vice President for Product Supply Strategy,Coca-Cola Refreshments\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGaffney has been with the Coca-Cola Company for sixteen years. He began his\nCoca-Cola career with the Coca-Cola Fountain Division as a distribution project\nmanager and later took on the\nrole of director of national distribution before joining the Coca-Cola North\nAmerica Supply Chain team as director of logistics. Before taking on the\nleadership of Coca-Cola Supply in December 2008, Gaffney led the Coca-Cola North America Logistics and Planning team for four\nyears. In 2010, he was selected as the strategy leader for the Coca-Cola Refreshments\nProduct System Supply team. Before joining the Coca-Cola Company, Gaffney worked for four years with AJC\nInternational, a global food trader, as global operations manager. He started\nhis career with Frito-Lay holding various roles in distribution and logistics.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ellis\nJohnson, Applied Mathematics 1960\u003C\/strong\u003E --\u0026nbsp;\nCoca-Cola Chair Professor, Georgia Tech School of ISyE\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJohnson\u2019s main area of research is mathematical programming, especially\ninteger programming. He has developed theory and computational approaches and\nhas worked on problems inmanufacturing,\ndistribution, and transportation. Much of Johnson\u2019s recent work has been in airline planning and scheduling. His\nresearch with the National University of Singapore focusedon air\ncargo and included projects with SATS (Singapore Air Terminal Services) and SIA\nCargo. He was co-editor of two books and has published a research monogram and\nover 90 papers. He was awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize from INFORMS\nin 2000, the Dantzig Prize from SIAM and the Math Programming Society in 1985,\nand the Lanchester Prize from ORSA\/TIMS in 1983. Johnson was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1987, and in\n1990 was named IBM Fellow. In 2002, he became one of the initial group of\nINFORMS Fellows. In 2009, Johnson\nwas elected as one of the initial class of SIAM Fellows. Before being named an\nIBM Fellow, Johnson was the\nmanager of IBM\u2019s optimizing center and was a research staff member. From 1964\nto 1968, he worked as an assistant professor at Yale University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;John\nH. Morris IE 1965\u003C\/strong\u003E\n--\u0026nbsp; Co-chair (Retired), StoneCreek\nCapital\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMorris obtained a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering degree from Georgia Tech\nin 1965. He was employed by the First National Bank as an internal consultant\nfrom 1968 to 1971. While working for the bank, Morris obtained an MBA in Finance from Georgia\nState University. He later earned a CPA certificate from the State of Georgia in\n1974. After graduation, he joined Booz, Allen and Hamilton and then Touche Ross\n\u0026amp; Co., a predecessor of Deloitte and Touche, where he worked for nine years\nas a management consultant. After leaving Touche Ross, Morris joined Kelso \u0026amp; Company, a boutique private\nequity firm in 1982 and moved to California with Kelso in 1985. While at Kelso,\nMorris was responsible for\nseveral large buyouts, including Spectramed, IHOP, Arkansas Best, and Landstar\nSystems, and he served on the committee that approved all Kelso acquisitions.\nIn 1992, he and the other west coast partner of Kelso left to form StoneCreek\nCapital. Morris is retired co-chair of StoneCreek Capital, a merchant banking firm\nthat sponsors leveraged acquisitions and leveraged buildups in partnership with\nmanagement teams. Morris is a member of the ISyE Hall of Fame and the ISyE\nAcademy of Distinguished Alumni, and he was honored with the College of\nEngineering Distinguished Alumni Award in 1996.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Guy\nPrimus, IE 1992, MS IE 1995\u003C\/strong\u003E -- Chief Operating Officer, Overbrook Entertainment\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPrimus\nis chief operating officer at Overbrook Entertainment, a company that has\nproduced a diverse slate of both critically acclaimed and blockbuster feature\nfilms. In addition to runningOverbrook\u2019s\noperations, Primus leads the company\u2019s Strategic Ventures Group, an\norganization dedicated to expanding and optimizing Overbrook\u2019s business\nportfolio. He serves on the board\nof directors of Starling TV, a new social TV platform that allows viewers to\nchat, play, and interact with one another while watching television. He also\nserves on the advisory boards of JibJab Media and Interactive One. Prior to\njoining Overbrook in 2007, Primus was the director of digital media at Starbucks\nEntertainment. In this role, Primus was responsible for setting the strategic\ndirection of Starbucks\u2019 digital entertainment initiatives. He has also served\nas group product marketing manager at Microsoft, where he oversaw marketing and\nrevenue advertising for MSN Entertainment. Prior to joining Microsoft, Primus\nworked as vice president of strategy and planning for Blue Flame, the marketing\nand advertising arm of Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 Bad Boy Entertainment. Guy started his\ncareer at Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Minority Educational Development before\nmoving on to CAPS Logistics and then to A.T. Kearney.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHeather\nS. Rocker IE 1998\u003C\/strong\u003E\n-- Executive Director, Women in Technology \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERocker\njoined the Atlanta-based nonprofit organization, Women in Technology (WIT) in\n2007 as the group\u2019s first executive director. Prior to joining WIT, Rocker was\na product manager at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, steering the\nimplementation of the Nonprofit Marketplace (which assists non-profits in\nmanaging the costs and time associated with everyday purchases). Previously,\nshe was a senior consultant for EnerVision, Inc., where she led projects such\nas rate\/pricing strategy, power supply and strategic and business planning for\nthe electric utility industry. Rocker currently serves her community as\nimmediate past board president of Atlanta Women\u2019s\nAlliance, executive team member and past state chair for the Distinguished\nYoung Woman of Georgia Scholarship Program, trustee and past Young Alumni\nCommittee chair for the\nGeorgia Tech Alumni Association\u2019s Board of Trustees, and volunteer training\ndirector for the Junior League of Gwinnett and North Fulton counties. Rocker\u2019s\nstory and advice are\nprofiled in the book \u003Cem\u003EChange Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit\nSector\u003C\/em\u003E, and she is a contributing author to\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Ethe recently published\nbook, \u003Cem\u003ECLIMB: Leading Women in Technology Share Their Journeys to\nSuccess\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHanif\nSherali, MS \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOR \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E 1976, PhD \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOR \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E 1979\u003C\/strong\u003E --\u0026nbsp;\nUniversity Distinguished Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State\nUniversity (VPI\u0026amp;SU),\u0026nbsp; W. Thomas Rice\nEndowed Chaired Professor of the College of Engineering, VPI\u0026amp;SU\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESherali earned his MS and PhD in Operations Research from Georgia Tech and has\ngone on to provide research contributions in analyzing problems and designing algorithms\nfor linear, nonlinear and integer programs arising in various applications,\nglobal optimization methods for nonconvex programming problems, location and\ntransportation theory and applications, and economic and energy mathematical\nmodeling and analysis. He has been a principal investigator on 62 research\nprojects sponsored by several agencies including the National Science\nFoundation, Naval Surface Warfare Center, National Aeronautics and Space\nAdministration, U.S. Department of the Interior, Association of American\nRailroads, Federal Bureau of Investigation,\nFederal Highway Administration, U.S. and Virginia Departments of Transportation,\nand the Federal Aviation Administration. Hanif has published 271 refereed articles\nin various journals including \u003Cem\u003EOperations Research\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EManagement Science\u003C\/em\u003E,\n\u003Cem\u003EMathematical Programming\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Global Optimization\u003C\/em\u003E, Naval \u003Cem\u003EResearch\nLogistics\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Optimization Theory and Applications\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ETransportation\nResearch\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EEuropean Journal of Operational Research\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EAnnals of\nOperations Research\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EIEEE Transactions\u003C\/em\u003E. 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On its website,\nFocus on Japan, Georgia Tech provides resources and news as well as information\nabout Tech experts, which include professors Ozlem Ergun, Pinar Keskinocak and\nJulie Swann talking about health and humanitarian logistics and Professor Eva\nLee talking about emergency response and population screening for radiological\nevents. \u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/japan\/\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E to visit the site. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs\nJapan emerges from the staggering aftermath of the March 11, 2011, earthquake\nand tsunami, Georgia Tech continues its commitment to monitor unfolding events in\nand provide resources and expertise to the crippled country as it faces the\nlong road to rebuilding infrastructure, communities and lives.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Focus on Japan"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-03-24 14:37:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:26","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65147":{"id":"65147","type":"image","title":"Image from Japan following March 11th earthquake and tsunami","body":null,"created":"1449176801","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:41","changed":"1475894574","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:54","alt":"Image from Japan following March 11th earthquake and tsunami","file":{"fid":"192177","name":"sendai[1].jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sendai%5B1%5D_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sendai%5B1%5D_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":64339,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sendai%5B1%5D_0.jpg?itok=4qTCIJ5-"}}},"media_ids":["65147"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8042","name":"Ergun"},{"id":"12492","name":"Focus on Japan"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1130","name":"keskinocak"},{"id":"8083","name":"Lee"},{"id":"167213","name":"swann"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65209":{"#nid":"65209","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Stewart School Maintains Number One Ranking for 21st Consecutive Years","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E In its \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com\/best-graduate-schools\/top-engineering-schools\u0022\u003E2012 edition\u003C\/a\u003E,\nreleased in March, \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Cem\u003E\u0026amp; World Report \u003C\/em\u003Eonce again named the\nH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) the\ntop-ranked graduate program of its kind, making this the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E consecutive\nnumber one ranking for ISyE. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso maintaining its ranking, the College of Engineering\nranked No.4 for the seventh consecutive year, and nine other College of\nEngineering programs again ranked in the top 10: biomedical (No. 2), civil (No. 3), aerospace\n(No. 4), environmental (No. 5), electrical (No. 6), computer (No. 6),\nmechanical (No. 6), nuclear (No. 8) and materials (No. 8). Chemical engineering\nranked just outside the top ten at No. 11.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe\nsustained excellence of our College of Engineering rankings serve as a\ntestament to our outstanding faculty, staff and students,\u201d said Georgia Tech\nPresident G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson. \u201cAs we move forward to define our future, our\nexcellence in architecture, engineering, business, science, and technology \u2013\nand how they interface with public policy and the liberal arts \u2013 will continue\nto provide a unique resource for interdisciplinary innovation.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year, \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World\nReport\u003C\/em\u003E collects data from educational institutions and ranks the nation\u0027s\ntop programs in each discipline using indicators such as program size, external\nreputation, student selectivity, faculty honors, and research activity. 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Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering, became the first Nash professor\nin July. The professorship was created and funded in honor of Harold R., EE 52,\nand Mary Anne Nash by the three of their four children who are graduates of\nTech: Ron Nash, IE 70, of Dallas, a partner in InterWest Partners; Mike Nash,\nIE 74, of Concord, N.C., president of Akabis; and Deborah Nash Harris, IE 78,\nretired senior vice president of Microsoft Corp. Keskinocak\u2019s research focuses\non supply chain management, with an emphasis on resource allocation, and she is\nactively engaged in research and applications in health care and humanitarian\nlogistics. The Nash family said Keskinocak\u2019s groundbreaking work in\nhumanitarian logistics will benefit from these funds, and the victims of natural\ndisasters will benefit as supplies and critical equipment are delivered quickly\ninto disaster areas. \u201cI\u2019m excited about the work Pinar is doing. We got a lot\nof leverage from this donation because she\u2019s working with a number of\ncharitable organizations, particularly in humanitarian logistics. Her work is\nvery valuable,\u201d Deborah Nash Harris said. Harold Nash was a lifetime\ncontributor to Roll Call, the Alumni Association\u2019s annual fund, and a volunteer\nleader in a number of educational, civic and religious organizations. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;All three children have followed\nthis model by consistently giving to Roll Call and to other Georgia Tech needs\nand requests, as well as by providing volunteer leadership to various\norganizations at the Institute. Ron Nash said he, his brother and his sister\nvalue the pride for Georgia Tech instilled in them by their parents. \u201cBut we\nalso valued what Georgia Tech gave to them. Their story is not unique but still\npretty incredible, and an important part was played by a Georgia Tech legend.\u201d Harold\nNash enrolled at Tech after World War II using the GI Bill to finance his\neducation. He and Mary Anne married shortly before he began classes. \u201cThey had\nlittle money and could get no financial help from my grandparents. Mother was\nworking during the day, and they had paper routes in the early morning and\nevening to generate additional money. They even qualified to live in subsidized\ngovernment housing,\u201d Ron said. \u201cI was born the spring of my dad\u2019s freshman\nyear, and Dad switched to night classes so he could also work during the day,\u201d\nhe continued. \u201cMy grandparents pitched in by keeping me as my parents worked.\nBy the time Dad got to be a junior, he had to attend his EE classes during the\nday with Mother continuing to work.\u201d Mike was born during the spring of their\nfather\u2019s senior year. With two little ones, their mother was going to have to\ngive up her job to care for them. Without his wife\u2019s full-time income, Harold\nwas going to have to drop out \u2014 with one quarter left to earn his degree.\nHarold went to the Dean of Students Office to withdraw from Tech. Dean George\nGriffin refused to sign the withdrawal papers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cDean Griffin asked him how much\nmoney he needed to finish the quarter and get out,\u201d Ron said. \u201cAnd Dad told him\nhe needed $1,000. Dean Griffin said, \u2018I\u2019m not going to sign this. You can come\nback tomorrow for me to sign it.\u2019 Dad was upset that he had to come back a\nsecond day and did not understand why Dean Griffin would not sign the\nwithdrawal form. \u201cHe came back the next day to get Dean Griffin\u2019s signature. To\nhis complete surprise, Dean Griffin handed him a check for $1,000. He\u2019d gone to\nthe Atlanta Rotary Club and gotten someone to put up a $1,000 loan for my\nfather so he could finish his education at Georgia Tech,\u201d Ron said. \u201cDad\ngraduated, paid back the loan and in later years joined the Rotary Club and\nbecame president.\u201d The siblings agreed that Dean Griffin helped change the path\nfor the entire Nash family.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cIt took a family that never had a\nhigh school graduate up to consistently having college graduates in one\ngeneration,\u201d Ron said. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the reasons we wanted to honor our\nparents. That first Tech degree made a spectacular impact on our family and on\nmultiple generations.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;All three of the siblings have had\nchildren of their own graduate from Tech. Deborah\u2019s son, Andrew Willingham, got\na master\u2019s in music technology in 2010. Ron\u2019s son, David Nash, received two\ndegrees in 2003, in mechanical engineering and international affairs. Mike is\nthe father of two Tech alums, Jennifer Tench, Arch 02, and Michael Nash Jr., MS\nOR 05.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe fourth Nash sibling, Mary\nAlice, continued the family Tech tradition by marrying Arthur Ivey, CE 81, and\nhaving a son, Benjamin Ivey, who is a current Tech student majoring in chemical\nengineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Talk of honoring their parents with\na professorship began in the late 1990s, in the midst of Tech\u2019s previous\ncapital campaign. As with the latest campaign, Ron and Deborah served on the\nsteering committee. \u201cI was trying to figure out what to give,\u201d Ron said. \u201cI thought,\n\u2018Deborah and Mike are also going to be contributing. What if we all got\ntogether? We could give something even more important.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Mike said their mother, now in her\n80s, was \u201cproud and very pleased\u201d when she learned of the professorship and the\nwoman appointed to the post. Harold Nash died in 1991. \u201cBut we know he would\nhave been honored by his children doing this in his name,\u201d Mike said. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Much has changed at Georgia Tech\nsince Harold Nash\u2019s days on campus. \u201cIt has retained elements that are important\n\u2014 very rigorous academics, the need to be tough, to persevere,\u201d Deborah said.\n\u201cBut I think the curriculum now includes more liberal arts content and more\nfocus on communications and teamwork, which are so important to career\nsuccess.\u201d Ron said Tech is \u201cstill a stamina contest. That\u2019s great for business.\nBut it\u2019s broader now. If you go back to our dad right after World War II, not\nonly was it all male, it was much like a military college. That was the style.\u201d\nMike considered how things have changed since the 1970s. \u201cI began classes with\na slide rule. I ended with a $99 Bomar Brain, a four-function calculator,\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;He said. \u201cThe subject matter is not\nthat different, but the way that the educational process takes place now with\ntechnology is so different.\u201d Ron said, in addition to academics, he learned\nabout people and leadership. \u201cI don\u2019t think I would have gotten as broad of a\nleadership background at other universities as I got here,\u201d he said. \u201cI think\nthat\u2019s been far more valuable in business. Three more calculus classes would\nhave done nothing for my career.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThis\narticle first appeared in the January \/ February 2011 Issue of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/issuu.com\/gtalumni\/docs\/janfeb2011?mode=a_p\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/issuu.com\/gtalumni\/docs\/janfeb2011?mode=a_p\u0022\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the Nash family, Tech was a key\nelement in two life lessons \u2014the ability of education to change people\u2019s lives\nand the responsibility to give back through volunteer work and philanthropy.\nBecause of those lessons, the Institute now has a Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash\nProfessor in Industrial and Systems Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lessons Learned: Nash Children\u2019s Philanthropy Instilled by Their Parents"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-03-08 14:49:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:22","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64830":{"id":"64830","type":"image","title":"(L to R) Ron Nash (IE 1970), Deborah Nash Harris (IE 1978), and Mike Nash (IE 1974).","body":null,"created":"1449176765","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:05","changed":"1475894571","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:51","alt":"(L to R) Ron Nash (IE 1970), Deborah Nash Harris (IE 1978), and Mike Nash (IE 1974).","file":{"fid":"192106","name":"nash.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nash_1.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nash_1.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":37941,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nash_1.JPG?itok=Qw5MHogY"}}},"media_ids":["64830"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"10136","name":"Nash Professorship"},{"id":"1239","name":"Pinar Keskinocak"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"64834":{"#nid":"64834","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Doing Good with OR: Applying Operations Research for Societal Impact","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInterested\nin highlighting the tremendous potential for operations research (OR) in\nnon-profit\/humanitarian domains, Georgia\nTech Professor Ozlem Ergun and Northwestern University Professor Karen Smilowitz co-organized a symposium that was held\nat the recent annual meeting of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aaas.org\/\u0022\u003EAmerican\nAssociation for the Advancement of Science\u003C\/a\u003E (AAAS) held in Washington D.C. from February\n16 through February 22, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETitled \u0022Doing Good\nwith Good OR: Applying Operations Research for Societal Impact, \u0022 the\nsymposium introduced several rich problems that arise in non-profit\/humanitarian\napplications, including disaster relief distribution and community health care\ndelivery. It also showed that techniques developed in the commercial sector are\noften not applicable in non-profit\/humanitarian domains, necessitating that new\napproaches be developed to incorporate crucial issues such as equity and\nefficacy.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EUnique\nto the symposium was the presentation of joint work of academics and\npractitioners to address these challenges with novel operations research\ntechniques.\u0026nbsp; The broad range of speakers\nand topics discussed demonstrate the extent to which operations research has\ngone beyond traditional borders in terms of both research disciplines and\napplication domains.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESpeakers included Yann LeTallec of the Clinton Health\nAccess Initiative, who discussed the use of Operations Research to address\nglobal health issues in resource-limited setting; \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EJeremie Gallien of the London Business School,\nwho discussed public distribution of essential drugs in Sub-Saharan Africa; and\nDavid Sarley of John Snow International, who discussed improving the equity and\naccess to essential health through optimization modeling. The symposium also\nincluded two discussants \u2013 Nathaniel Hubert of the Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College,\nCornell University, and Paul Detjen of\nthe Mobile CARE Foundation.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThough OR applications in\nnon-profit\/humanitarian domains are challenging from a research perspective\nbecause of the unique characteristics, the organizers agree that methodologies\nand insights derived from this research also can have substantial impact in\nsociety.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth\norganizers are involved in humanitarian logistics centers at their respective\nuniversities. Ergun, associate professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering, is co-director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/humanitarian\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Health and\nHumanitarian Logistics \u003C\/a\u003Eat Georgia Tech, and Smilowitz, associate professor of industrial engineering and management\nsciences and the William A. Patterson Junior Professor in Transportation at\nNorthwestern\u2019s\u0026nbsp; McCormick School of\nEngineering and Applied Science, launched a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hl.mccormick.northwestern.edu\/\u0022\u003EHumanitarian Logistics initiative\u003C\/a\u003E at Northwestern. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EErgun\nand Smilowitz\u0026nbsp; broke new ground with their symposium,\ncreating a greater OR presence at the annual meeting. AAAS is an international non-profit organization dedicated to\nadvancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader,\nspokesperson, and professional association.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInterested\nin highlighting the tremendous potential for operations research in\nnon-profit\/humanitarian domains, Georgia\nTech Professor Ozlem Ergun and Northwestern University Professor Karen Smilowitz co-organized a symposium that was held\nat the recent annual meeting of the American\nAssociation for the Advancement of Science held in Washington D.C. from February\n16 through February 22, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Doing Good with OR: Applying Operations Research for Societal Impact"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-03-08 16:34:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:22","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59922":{"id":"59922","type":"image","title":"Ozlem Ergun","body":null,"created":"1449176239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:19","changed":"1475894520","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:00","alt":"Ozlem Ergun","file":{"fid":"191032","name":"Ergun_Ozlem_-_Bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ergun_Ozlem_-_Bust_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ergun_Ozlem_-_Bust_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2089258,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Ergun_Ozlem_-_Bust_1.jpg?itok=COJNX4fk"}}},"media_ids":["59922"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1629","name":"AAAS"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1238","name":"Ozlem Ergun"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"64975":{"#nid":"64975","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Avi Mandelbaum\u2019s Distinguished Lecture Now Available for Viewing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESpeaking about \u201csimple models at the service of complex realities,\u201d\nAvi Mandelbaum delivered the fourth Distinguished Lecture at the H. Milton\nStewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering on February 24, 2011. In\nhis talk, titled \u201cService Engineering: Data-Based Science in Support of Service\nManagement, or Empirical Adventures in Call Centers and Hospitals,\u201d Dr. Mandelbaum described\nexamples of complex service operations for which data-based simple models have\nbeen found useful (e.g., call centers, hospitals, banks, courts and more). Dr.\nMandelbaum, the Benjamin and Florence Free Chair Professor of Operations\nResearch, Statistics and Service Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of\nTechnology, views these service systems through the mathematical lenses of\nQueueing Science, with a bias towards Statistics. If you were unable to attend\nthe lecture or wish to hear it again, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/handle\/1853\/37355\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E to view the video. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESpeaking about \u201csimple models at the service of complex realities,\u201d\nAvi Mandelbaum delivered the fourth Distinguished Lecture at the H. 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The Center is helping the\n        Panamanian government turn the Central American nation into a\n        top-flight intercontinental trade hub. Georgia Tech\u2019s\n        presence in Panama is part of a larger push to create a network\n        of logistics research centers throughout Latin America and\n        beyond that can collaborate to improve trade performance.\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.americanshipper.com\/NewWeb\/News\/american-shipper-magazine\/web-only-content\/183552--exporting-logistics-knowledge.html\u0022\u003E Click\n        here\u003C\/a\u003E and register to read the article.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAmerican Shipper\u003C\/em\u003E, February 17, 2011 \u2013 Jaymie Forrest,\n        director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics\n        Institute (SCL) was interviewed about SCL\u2019s Logistics Innovation\n        and Research Center in Panama. 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Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems\nand professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering, will give the 2011 Spencer\nSchantz Distinguished Lectures at Lehigh University on April 27-28, 2011.\u0026nbsp;\nThe first lecture, titled \u0022Model Based Industrial Engineering,\u0022 is a technical\ntalk for the students and faculty of the Department of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering (ISE). The second lecture, titled \u0022Industrial Engineering\u2014Quo\nVadis? One Man\u2019s Idiosyncratic View of His Profession,\u0022 is for a general\naudience and will celebrate the career of Professor Mikell Groover after 50\nyears service in the ISE department.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his first lecture, McGinnis will\ndescribe the opportunity he thinks IE education is missing, namely how to\nbecome more mature users and creators of models, modeling language, and\nmodeling tools. Providing examples, McGinnis said that he will demonstrate what\ncan be\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eaccomplished when \u201cwe first\nfocus our modeling work on describing the thing we are engineering, in its own\nterms, and then use that model as a platform for accessing the wide variety of\nanalysis and synthesis tools already at our disposal.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the second lecture, McGinnis will sketch a\nhistory of IE, provide an assessment of where we are today, and make conjectures\nabout the future of the profession.\u0026nbsp; While IE is a rapidly growing\nprofession in the developing world, McGinnis says that there are troubling\nsigns of professional decline here in the U.S.\u0026nbsp; Running through his talk\nis an attempt to answer the question: \u201cWhat is it that we, as IEs, really do?\u201d McGinnis\nsays that \u201ca successful and sustainable profession must have a clear and shared\nanswer to that question.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; He will\nsuggest an answer and identify some challenges the answer implies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;This lecture series is endowed in the name of the\nlate Spencer C. Schantz, who graduated from Lehigh in 1955 with a B.S. in\nIndustrial Engineering. Following progressive responsibilities with several\nelectrical manufacturing companies, in 1969, Schantz founded U.S. Controls\nCorporation and became its first CEO and president. The Spencer C. Schantz\nDistinguished Lecture Series was established by his wife Jerelyn as a valuable\neducational experience for faculty, students, and friends of Lehigh\u2019s ISE\ndepartment.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELeon McGinnis, Eugene C. Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems\nand professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering, will give the 2011 Spencer\nSchantz Distinguished Lectures at Lehigh University on April 27-28, 2011. McGinnis will deliver two lectures: one for the students and faculty of the Department of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering (ISE) and another for a general\naudience that will celebrate the career of Professor Mikell Groover after 50\nyears service in the ISE department.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"McGinnis Tapped for Schantz Lectures at Lehigh University"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-02-28 15:02:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:18","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63147":{"id":"63147","type":"image","title":"Leon McGinnis","body":null,"created":"1449176649","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:09","changed":"1475894552","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:32","alt":"Leon McGinnis","file":{"fid":"191752","name":"McGinnis_Leon_-_Bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/McGinnis_Leon_-_Bust_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/McGinnis_Leon_-_Bust_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2552724,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/McGinnis_Leon_-_Bust_0.jpg?itok=dYDoYuvx"}}},"media_ids":["63147"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"12170","name":"Lehigh University"},{"id":"577","name":"leon mcginnis"},{"id":"171069","name":"Schantz lectures"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/news\/release.php?nid=64660#top\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"64156":{"#nid":"64156","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bill Cook Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the\nspan of only three months, William J. \u201cBill\u201d Cook, Chandler Family Chair and\nprofessor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering, has been recognized by two of the\nprofession\u2019s most distinguished bodies\nfor his theoretical and computational contributions to discrete\noptimization. In November, the Institute for Operational Research and Management\nSciences named \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/news\/release.php?nid=62946\u0022\u003ECook\u003C\/a\u003E as Fellow, and just this month the National Academy of Engineering\n(NAE) announced Cook\u2019s election as a member. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EElection to the National Academy of\nEngineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an\nengineer.\u0026nbsp; Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding\ncontributions to \u0022engineering research, practice, or education, including,\nwhere appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering\nliterature\u0022 and to the \u0022pioneering of new and developing fields of technology,\nmaking major advancements in traditional fields of engineering or\ndeveloping\/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECook, known widely for his work with the\nTraveling Salesman Problem and his research in combinatorial optimization and\ninteger programming, is\none of sixty-eight newly elected NAE members and nine foreign associates. Among\nthose newly elected, Cook joins two Georgia Tech alumni in this honor:\u0026nbsp; Parker\nH.\u0026nbsp;\u0022Pete\u0022 Petit\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E(ME 1962, Masters in Engineering\nMechanics, 1964)\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eand Linda Griffith (CE 1982). Within ISyE, Cook\nshares this distinction with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=ej8\u0022\u003EEllis Johnson\u003C\/a\u003E (1988), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=gn3\u0022\u003EGeorge L. Nemhauser\u003C\/a\u003E (1986), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=hr10\u0022\u003EH. Donald Ratliff\u003C\/a\u003E (1996), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=wr2\u0022\u003EWilliam B. Rouse\u003C\/a\u003E (1991) and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=cw219\u0022\u003EJeff Wu\u003C\/a\u003E (2004). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his research interests in\ncombinatorial optimization and integer programming, Cook is also heavily\ninvolved in research dealing with computational issues involved in treating\nhard discrete problems such as large instances for the celebrated traveling\nsalesman problem. He is the author or editor of seven books, the latest due out\nin this year, and the current editor-in-chief of the \u003Cem\u003EMathematical\nProgramming Computation\u003C\/em\u003E journal. Other awards include the I.E. Block\nCommunity Lecturer prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied\nMathematics and the Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize for Excellence in Computational\nMathematical Programming.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the\nspan of only three months, William J. \u201cBill\u201d Cook, Chandler Family Chair and\nprofessor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering, has been recognized by two of the\nprofession\u2019s most distinguished bodies\nfor his theoretical and computational contributions to discrete\noptimization. In November, the Institute for Operational Research and Management\nSciences named Cook as Fellow, and just this month the National Academy of Engineering announced Cook\u2019s election as a member.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Bill Cook Elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-02-09 12:55:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:10","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63199":{"id":"63199","type":"image","title":"Bill Cook","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894554","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:34","alt":"Bill Cook","file":{"fid":"191775","name":"Cook-William_th.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Cook-William_th_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Cook-William_th_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":20638,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Cook-William_th_0.jpg?itok=7gzQtOYt"}}},"media_ids":["63199"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11342","name":"Bill Cook"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1972","name":"NAE"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"64167":{"#nid":"64167","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Information Session on the new Masters in Supply Chain Engineering Available for Viewing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a webcast that aired on Friday, February 4, 2011,\nfaculty, students and industry partners shared information about ISyE\u2019s new\none-year Masters in Supply Chain Engineering. 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The poster, \u201cCatch-Up Immunization Scheduling for Children and Adolescents\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u201d \u003C\/strong\u003Ewhich\nwas one among 29 posters in the competition, describes the\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Ecatch-up\nimmunization scheduler developed in 2008 as part of a collaboration between the\nH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Centers\nfor Disease Control (CDC). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe catch-up immunization scheduling suite currently consisting of four decision support tools was developed by Pinar Keskinocak, the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), co-director in the\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/research\/humanitarian\/\u0022\u003E Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center,\u003C\/a\u003E and associate director of research in the Health Systems Institute; former ISyE Ph.D. student Faramroze Engineer (DR IE 2009); current ISyE Ph.D. student Hannah Smalley; and Dr. Larry Pickering from the CDC. Additionally, Sheila Isbell, a graduate student and researcher with the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), recently joined the project, and she and her team at GTRI have been instrumental in increasing visibility of and access to these decision support tools and improving the ease of use for both professionals and parents. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe problem of constructing catch-up immunization schedules is faced regularly by health-care professionals. According to Keskinocak, the decision-support tools were developed to improve coverage against vaccine-preventable diseases for children and adults and to aid caretakers and providers in making vaccination decisions appropriately and in a timely manner. The tools developed provide a means of educating individuals regarding vaccine recommendations and construct reliable immunization schedules quickly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTimely vaccination of the pediatric population, and the design of individualized catch-up schemes if regular vaccination intervals have been missed, are essential contributors to public health,\u201d stated Dr. Richard Plemper, an assistant professor of pediatric infectious diseases at Emory University and one of the judges in the poster competition. \u201cThe presented algorithm is thus of high significance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe tools target four groups: \u0026nbsp;children through age 6, which was the focus of the winning poster; adolescents ages 7 through 18; and adults ages 19 and older in the U.S. and children and adolescents through age 19 in Canada. The tool targeting children through age 6 is freely available (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/recs\/scheduler\/catchup.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/recs\/scheduler\/catchup.htm\u003C\/a\u003E) and has been downloaded over 67,000 times since June 2008. An online version is planned for deployment in Spring 2011, and the tool for adolescents will be released early this year. The tool for adults is also available for download at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/recs\/schedules\/adult-schedule.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/recs\/scheduler\/catchup.htm\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the best poster award,\nKeskinocak represented the team in accepting the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news-events\/news\/release.php?nid=62135\u0022\u003E2010 EURO Excellence in\nPractice Award\u003C\/a\u003E this past fall for the paper titled \u201cCatch-Up Scheduling for\nChildhood Vaccination.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA tool that\nhas garnered much attention and won several awards has once again been\nrecognized, this time as the winner in the student category of the poster\ncompetition at the First Pediatric Research Retreat held in Atlanta this past January. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering (ISyE )at Georgia Tech on Friday, February 4, 2011, at 11:00 a.m.\nEST.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the webcast, ISyE professors, staff, and\nstudents will discuss the new one-year graduate program leading to a Masters of\nScience in Supply Chain Engineering. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWebcast speakers will present information on program\nadmissions, tuition and expenses, curriculum, faculty, student life, and career\nplacement. Speakers will also respond to related questions posed by webinar\nparticipants via e-mail and Facebook. The webcast is expected to last\napproximately one hour. If you cannot participate in the live event, the\nwebacast will be archived on the ISyE Supply Chain Engineering website for\nsubsequent viewing. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo register for the FREE webcast, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sce.gatech.edu\/webcast\u0022\u003Ewww.sce.gatech.edu\/webcast\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the program, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.sce.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin us in a free streaming video webcast\noriginating from the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering (ISyE)at Georgia Tech on Friday, February 4, 2011, at 11:00 a.m.\nEST. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial\nand Systems Engineering and director of the Center for Operations Research in\nMedicine and Healthcare, is leading the systems modeling and predictive\nanalysis components of a study investigating the biochemical mechanisms behind\ncocaine and anti-retroviral drug interactions in mouse models of AIDS. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers agree cocaine injures the heart and predisposes\nusers to HIV\/AIDS because of risky behaviors. What\u2019s more, the anti-retroviral\nmedicines used to treat HIV\/AIDS also may adversely affect the cardiovascular\nsystem. Used together, cocaine and anti-retroviral therapy can amplify the\ninjury from each.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELee is working with cardiac pathologist William Lewis, who\nis the principal investigator of the study and a professor of pathology and\nlaboratory medicine in Emory University School of Medicine. The team also\nincludes consultant Michael Kuhar, PhD, Candler Professor of Neuropharmacology\nand Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at Emory School of Medicine and\nYerkes National Primate Research Center; and former Emory faculty member and\nconsultant David Harrison, MD, currently at Vanderbilt University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor her part, Lee says that \u201cthe model must be capable of\nincorporating large amounts of heterogeneous data, including genomic,\nbiochemical, physiological and pathological.\u201d Continuing, she states that \u201cidentifying\nthe discriminatory features and constructing the predictive systems network\nwill offer fundamental understanding of cocaine, HIV\/AIDS and antiretroviral\nnucleosides interaction at multiple levels.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\nLee is encouraged that \u201cthis will shed light on promising avenues for\nimproving treatment strategies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is estimated that more than 34 million Americans have\nused cocaine and more than 1.5 million are habitual users. Meanwhile, more than\na million Americans are infected with HIV or have full-blown AIDS.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Lewis, for decades, cocaine has been thought to\nincrease the risk for HIV infection. He states that \u201cHIV\/AIDS, along with the\nuse of cocaine and NRTIs [nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors] may lead\nto cardiomyopathy, a prevalent, life-threatening illness.\u201d Though antiretroviral\ndrugs have increased survival rates in those with HIV\/AIDS, Lewis says that \u201cunfortunately,\nthese drugs may be cardiotoxic.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EContinuing, he explains that \u201cresearch from our laboratory\nand others has shown that genetic products of HIV, along with antiretroviral\ndrugs, increases cells\u2019 oxidative stress, which causes damage to the heart\ncells, eventually leading to heart failure. Cocaine, HIV\/AIDS and\nantiretroviral nucleosides interact at multiple levels.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout the study, Lewis says that the researchers want to\nunderstand \u201cwhich switches are being turned on and which switches are being\nturned off at the level of the gene. This will enable us to formulate a\ntestable hypothesis on what mechanisms lead to cardiomyopathy and heart failure\nin AIDS and non-AIDS conditions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study is being funded through a new $5.7 million grant\nfrom the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEva Lee, professor in the H. 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Milton\nStewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) gain confidence and\nprofessional experience working as part of a team addressing real-world\nproblems with bottom-line impact for corporations and nonprofit organizations. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents comprising the GE Energy\nproject team, the winning team in the Fall 2010 Senior Design Project\ncompetition, credit team work as being a considerable factor that drove their\nteam to win the renowned competition and an experience they look forward to\ntransferring as they take on projects in their work environments. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBeing a part of a team is not all\nabout being competitive and focusing only on the work, \u201cstates Saloni Desai, GE Energy team member. \u201cIt is about building a family,\u201d she continues, adding\nthat she hopes that when she starts her first team project at Coca Cola\nCompany, she will be able to create a similar team synergy like that of her\nsenior design team.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is a sentiment shared by other team members, including Avadhi Dhruv, who states that \u201cthe success of our project is specially attributed to the\ntolerance and patience of our team members throughout the process.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Desai and Dhruv, students comprising the GE\nEnergy team included Manan\nBhatt, Mark Herman, Ariz Himani,\u0026nbsp; Mohsin Lakhani, and Swathi Narayanaswamy\n.\u0026nbsp; Yajun Mei, ISyE assistant professor,\nadvised the winning team. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWith\ntheir project titled,\u003Cstrong\u003E \u201c\u003C\/strong\u003EParts Allocation for GE Energy,\u201d the GE Energy team\ndesigned a parts allocation system that enables sharing of gas turbine parts\nacross GE Energy\u2019s maintenance contracts. By employing successive network flow\noptimizations and grouping methods, the project demonstrated annual\nsavings of $8.7 million resulting from reduced new part purchases and increased\nutilization of contract assets.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GE Energy team was one of\nthree finalists in the Fall 2010 Senior Design competition out of a pool of twenty\ntotal projects for the semester. Teams working with ADEX and Mars Chocolate\nwere the other finalists.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ADEX team comprised team\nmembers David Gagne, Joseph Hsu, Mitchel Martinez, Cory Swanson, Mary Anna\nRibock, and Terrance Yarber. Pinar Keskinocak, Nash professor in ISyE,\nco-director of the Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics, and associate\ndirector of Research for the Health Systems Institute, advised the team on its\nproject titled, \u201cGATR Strategic Production Planning for ADEX Machining Technologies.\u201d\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2010, ADEX Machining\nTechnologies was selected as a potential supplier for Alliant Techsystem\u2019s new Guided\nAdvanced Tactical Rocket (GATR) line. For ADEX, the senior design team\ndeveloped a set of decisions support tools for evaluating capacity expansion\nalternatives and operational decisions, such as raw material inventory\npolicies, to minimize production cost and enable a sixty percent lower selling\nprice for the nozzle and fin component. Upon signing the contract and reaching\nthe highest projected demand level, GATR will help ADEX realize substantial\nsales growth and the creation of over 100 high-wage manufacturing jobs.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EColby Allen, Blaine DeLuca, Emma\nElgqvist, Sayeed Mehrjerdian, Amanda Persaud, Jamie Serratelli and William Tang\nmade up the Mars Chocolate team, which Alan Erera, ISyE associate professor,\nadvised. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team conducted a two-part\nproject, titled \u201cCo-pack Supply Chain Design and Production Scheduling,\u201d which\nfocused on supply chain and production improvements. The first part of the\nproject addressed a redesign of the co-pack supply chain to determine where all\nco-packed products are to be produced. A mixed integer programming optimization\nmodel was developed to balance transportation and handling cost savings with\nnew production line upgrades at co-pack facilities. The resulting redesign plan\nshould yield $4 million in annual savings for Mars. The second part of the\nproject addressed production scheduling at the Kennesaw, Georgia, co-pack\nfacility. A scheduling optimization model was built to construct an optimal\nproduction plan given weekly product demands. The model included the capability\nto configure lines with varying staffing levels to increase efficiency. The\nscheduling tool is estimated to yield \u0026nbsp;$700\nthousand in annual savings. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\npartnership that is created through Senior Design is truly a win-win\ncollaboration for both ISyE undergraduate students and Georgia Tech\u2019s industry\npartners. The average team is able to use its industrial engineering skills to\ncreate hundreds of thousands of dollars in value for the company they work\nwith. For example, these three finalists alone could help their client\ncompanies realize more than $13 million in savings and $12 million in increased\nsales. And the impact is far reaching: ISyE Senior Design has worked with\norganizations ranging from local startups to Fortune 100 companies to\ninternational humanitarian organizations. The impact of Senior Design projects\nhas been felt not only in the Atlanta area, but across the country and as far\naway as Europe, Africa, and Asia.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor\nDesai, making such a substantial impact on a reputable company such as GE\nEnergy helped her become more self-confident, more appreciative of the Georgia\nTech education, and more optimistic towards her goals. Further, Desai explains,\n\u201cGE Energy\u0027s reaction of amazement toward our work has inspired me to always go\nabove and beyond of what is expected for any challenge I may come across.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents comprising the GE Energy project team, the winning team in the Fall 2010 Senior Design Project\ncompetition, credit team work as being a considerable factor that drove their\nteam to win the renowned competition and an experience they look forward to\ntransferring as they take on projects in their work environments.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GE Energy Team Wins Fall 2010 Senior Design Competition"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-01-05 13:03:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:57","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-01-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-01-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63326":{"id":"63326","type":"image","title":"GE Energy Team (left to right) Mohsin Lakhani, Swathi Narayanaswamy, Manan Bhatt, Avadhi Dhruv, Ariz Himani, Saloni Desai, Mark Herman, Dr. Yajun Mei.","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894557","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:37","alt":"GE Energy Team (left to right) Mohsin Lakhani, Swathi Narayanaswamy, Manan Bhatt, Avadhi Dhruv, Ariz Himani, Saloni Desai, Mark Herman, Dr. Yajun Mei.","file":{"fid":"191805","name":"GE.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GE_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GE_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5210917,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GE_0.JPG?itok=xtOXMgQ8"}},"63327":{"id":"63327","type":"image","title":"ADEX Team (left to right) Mitchel Martinez, Terrance Yarber, David Gagne, Joseph Hsu, Cory Swanson, Mary Anna Ribock, Dr. Pinar Keskinocak.","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894557","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:37","alt":"ADEX Team (left to right) Mitchel Martinez, Terrance Yarber, David Gagne, Joseph Hsu, Cory Swanson, Mary Anna Ribock, Dr. Pinar Keskinocak.","file":{"fid":"191806","name":"ADEX.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ADEX_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ADEX_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1789403,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ADEX_0.JPG?itok=q7wtFu1J"}},"63328":{"id":"63328","type":"image","title":"Mars Chocolate Team (left ot right) Sayeed Mehrjerdian, Jamie Serratellli, Colby Allen, Emma Elgqvist, Amanda Persaud, William Tang, Blaine DeLuca, Dr. Alan Erera.","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894557","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:37","alt":"Mars Chocolate Team (left ot right) Sayeed Mehrjerdian, Jamie Serratellli, Colby Allen, Emma Elgqvist, Amanda Persaud, William Tang, Blaine DeLuca, Dr. Alan Erera.","file":{"fid":"191807","name":"MARs.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MARs_2.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MARs_2.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2302235,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/MARs_2.JPG?itok=UNfdlI4D"}}},"media_ids":["63326","63327","63328"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"167319","name":"senior design"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"63425":{"#nid":"63425","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SCL\u2019s Lean Supply Chain Professional Certificate Program Begins Second Year of Course Offerings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn February 2010, the Georgia Tech\nSupply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL) launched its Lean Supply Chain\nProfessional Certificate program, a three-course series that is the first program\nof its kind. Building on the success of its first year with course offerings in\nboth the spring and fall of 2010, SCL is initiating its 2011 series beginning February\n1-3, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFocusing on building the lean supply\nchain professional, this program changes how supply chain professionals think,\nact, and lead by teaching them to develop and implement strategic and tactical\nelements of lean principles in the supply chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Robert\nMartichenko, SCL senior lecturer and director of the lean series, \u0022Successful organizations going forward will be those that\nfocus on the customer, eliminate all nonvalue-added activities, reduce lead\ntimes and inventories, and build leaders that can navigate the supply chain from\na cross-functional perspective.\u201d Martichenko, who is also CEO of LeanCor,\na 3PL dedicated to the application of lean principles throughout the supply\nchain, added that \u201cwhen lean is successfully\nimplemented in the supply chain, revenue will go up and costs will go down.\nThis is the model of margin management and cash flow improvement required for\ntoday\u0027s success.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELean professionals are focused on\nproblem identification and solutions at the root cause, as\nwell as building a culture of continuous improvement into their organizations.\nTo drive lean in the supply chain, the supply chain professional must have\naccess to the tools and education, which is the primary purpose of the Lean Supply\nChain Professional Certificate program. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are committed to building individuals into serious, results-based\nlean supply chain professionals,\u0022 states Martichenko, and the course\nmaterial is applicable to all professionals responsible for supply chain,\nlogistics, and materials functions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe professional certificate series consists of three courses: Building the\nLean Supply Chain Problem Solver, Building the Lean Supply Chain Professional,\nand Building the Lean Supply Chain Leader. Each course builds on the next and\nis designed be taken in order. Over a three-month period, participants meet for\nthree days per month to complete the certificate. In addition,\nparticipants complete application projects in between courses to leverage\nunderstanding of learned concepts and to produce tangible results for their\norganization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe course focus areas include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECourse 1: Building the Lean Supply Chain Problem Solver\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis first course is a pivot point in the educational process that challenges current\nmental models and business paradigms. Course one introduces students to lean\nthinking and critical lean concepts and helps them learn to see operations from\na new vantage point. Participants utilize fundamental problem-solving tools to identify\nand eliminate waste at the root cause, viewing their operations from a new vantage\npoint.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECourse 2: Building the Lean Supply Chain Professional\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA common misunderstanding is that lean is primarily applied to manufacturing, but how does lean\napply to the supply chain? Connecting lean to supply chain management is the\ncore purpose of the second course. Participants focus on systems thinking; understanding\nhow pull and one piece flow leads to reductions in total cost of the supply\nchain. They are challenged to question mental models such as economies of scale and replace them with mental models such as economies of time. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECourse 3: Building the Lean Supply Chain Leader\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTransforming an organization from traditional thinking to lean thinking\nrequires leadership . While the previous courses focus on\nstrategic and tactical implementation of the lean supply chain, this final\ncourse builds the individual into a lean leader. This transformation is critical\nto navigate through the waters of change management that is required to\nsuccessfully execute and sustain the lean supply chain journey. \u0026nbsp;Participants complete a conceptual deep dive of\nthe \u201cHouse of Lean\u201d and explore the main aspects of lean leadership. Additional\ntopics include \u0022go see\u0022 management, \u0022A3 thinking,\u0022 and\n\u0022leader-as-teacher\u0022 concepts.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor\nGary Roberts, a participant from the Pace Setter Group, the lean certificate\nprogram gave him the tools he needed to \u201cnot only understand\nlean, but, as a leader, to drive its deployment within our organization. This\ncourse was not only about the nuts-and-bolts of lean, but about how to sell and\nwork a plan for implementation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;In\naddition to the Pace Setter Group, other companies that participated in the\nprogram\u2019s inaugural year included Abra Auto Body \u0026amp; Glass, Booz Allen\nHamilton, Cummins, Genuine Parts Company, Idaho National Laboratory, Lexmark, Penske,\nPfizer, Inc., Rheem Manufacturing Company, Rogers Communications, Inc., and the\nU.S. Department of the Army. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you are interested in taking your\nsupply chain education to the next level, this is a program you do not want to\nmiss.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the Lean Supply Chain Professional Certificate\nprogram and to view a schedule for spring and fall 2011 courses, visit\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/lean\u0022\u003Ewww.scl.gatech.edu\/lean\u003C\/a\u003E, or\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/GTSCL-2011RegForm.pdf\u0022\u003E click here\u003C\/a\u003E to register. This\nprogram is held at the\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/techsquare\/\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/formats-locations\/course-locations\/atlanta-global-learning-center\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\nGlobal Learning Center,\u003C\/a\u003E the new home\nfor all SCL courses at Georgia Tech. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn February 2010, the Georgia Tech\nSupply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL) launched its Lean Supply Chain\nProfessional Certificate program, a three-course series that is the first program\nof its kind. Building on the success of its first year with course offerings in\nboth the spring and fall of 2010, SCL is initiating its 2011 series beginning February\n1-3, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SCL\u2019s Lean Supply Chain Professional Certificate Program Begins Second Year of Course Offerings"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-01-07 13:53:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:57","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-01-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-01-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63681":{"id":"63681","type":"image","title":"Robert Martichenko, senior lecturer at the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026 Logistics Institute and CEO of LeanCor, LLC.","body":null,"created":"1449176690","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:50","changed":"1475894559","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:39","alt":"Robert Martichenko, senior lecturer at the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026 Logistics Institute and CEO of LeanCor, LLC.","file":{"fid":"191855","name":"RMartichenko-GTSCL_LeanCor.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RMartichenko-GTSCL_LeanCor_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RMartichenko-GTSCL_LeanCor_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":236990,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/RMartichenko-GTSCL_LeanCor_0.jpg?itok=L_4Jgo7l"}}},"media_ids":["63681"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"11562","name":"Lean Professional"},{"id":"167077","name":"scl"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"63466":{"#nid":"63466","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumni Spotlight: Retired Two-Star General Ron Johnson Leads NBA Refs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERon Johnson (MS OR 1985), retired two-star general and graduate of the H. Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), oversaw the Army Corps of\nEngineers\u2019 $18 billion reconstruction of Iraq in 2003 and 2004 and then\nsupervised the clean-up of the Gulf Coast after hurricane Katrina in 2005. Now\nJohnson is guiding\nthe nation\u0027s top basketball officials in his capacity as the NBA\u0027s senior vice\npresident of referee operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Johnson, his transition from the combat\ntheater to the basketball arena isn\u2019t as broad a leap as one might think. In\nfact, in a recent interview in the \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/sports\/refereeing-the-nba-refs-750645.html\u0022\u003EAtlanta Journal Constitution\u003C\/a\u003E (AJC) \u003C\/em\u003EJohnson stated that, \u201cyou should never\nbe surprised that an industrial engineer [IE] is anywhere,\u201d particularly given\nISyE\u2019s status as the number-one ranked graduate program in industrial engineering\nin the nation. IEs take real-life situations, Johnson explains, \u201cand through\nour analytical talents, we make them better.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelieving that the value of any level education at Georgia Tech, regardless of the field of study, is measured by the success of its graduates around the world, Johnson is committed to helping students pursue their goals at Tech and take their skills into the world. To that end, he has endowed two scholarships at Georgia Tech -- the Ronald L Johnson Scholarship for African American students who have financial needs and are pursuing a degree in the Stewart School of ISyE and the Ronald L Johnson Roll Call Scholarship Endowment Fund. Johnson shared that he feels blessed to have the opportunity to do this, and he thinks \u201cthat it is right to give back when I\u0027ve been blessed with so much.\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior\nto earning his master\u0027s at Tech, Johnson graduated from the United States\nMilitary Academy at West Point, where\n he received a bachelor of science degree with a concentration in \nMathematics and Mechanical Engineering. \u0026nbsp;He is also a \u0022Jedi Warrior\u0022 \ngraduate of the Army\u0027s elite School of Advanced Military Studies, where \nhe earned a Master\u0027s in Strategic Planning. Johnson has received executive\nleadership and national security training at Harvard University, Gallup\nUniversity, George Washington University, the University of Virginia, and the\nCenter for Creative Leadership. He was an Army War College Fellow at the Joint\nCenter for Political and Economic Studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn\nthe interview that follows, Johnson explains how his IE degree has helped him\nboth in his military career and now in the NBA and what his relationship to\nGeorgia Tech means to him. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;You have had quite an illustrious career as a two-star general and then with the Army Corps of Engineers before heading the\nNBA\u0027s referee operations. How has your IE degree helped you as a two-star\ngeneral and working in the Army Corps of Engineers? \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003EI would like to think that my\nsuccesses from the day that I left GeorgiaTech to the day that I retired from\nthe military were somehow influenced by my experiences at Tech in many ways.\nThe diversity of the student body, the rigor of the Masters in OR program at\nTech -- all of that helped me. To be specific, as the Gulf Region division commander\nin the Corps, understanding a systems approach to a large-scale program\/project\nmanagement in Iraq made it clear that field commanders, government\nrepresentatives, and the Iraqis should have input to what we were doing IF this\nreconstruction was going to add value. Understanding how to synchronize all the\npieces of the nation\u0027s largest public engineering firm as the Deputy Commander\nGeneral (DCG) was key to success of the Corps. Also, as the DCG of the Corps, I\nwas the lead for our Lean Six Sigma efforts. \u0026nbsp;There is no doubt that my\ncredentials from West Point and Georgia Tech were key in making me desirable to\nboth Lockheed-Martin and the NBA.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;How has your IE degree helped you do your job\nas the NBA\u2019s senior vice president of referee operations?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EGeorgia Tech has given me some quantitative skills\nthat are critical to evaluating our performance. Understanding what data tells\nyou, as well as what it does not is critical to success. Having the Operations\nResearch and Systems Analysis (OR SA) degree from Tech also gives me understanding that allows me to\ntake a systems approach in my position. In other words, it is important to seek\ninput from other basketball operations folks before implementing solutions or\neven making assessments\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;Do you have a formal procedure for scheduling\nyour referees? If so, what is it?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003EWe do have a formal process in\nscheduling our referees that is not much different from how airlines crews are\nscheduled. We do not use the classic \u0022travelling salesman\u0022 algorithm,\nnor do we attempt to solve any linear programming scheduling problem because\nour crews have constraints and restraints that are not conducive to a simple\nsolution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;What is your biggest challenge as the person\nresponsible for NBA referee operations?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003EThis is a leadership position.\nLeading a highly competent and specialized group of people is very difficult\nwhen you haven\u0027t done what they have done. What I do bring to the job is proven\nleadership\u0026nbsp;and a calm style that is necessary to deal with the emotions of\nour game.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: What are the logistics\nquestions\/issues in scheduling the NBA referees? \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003EOf course there are logistical\nchallenges associated with getting crews in place. Many think that referees go\nto games where they live -- not true -- our NBA referees are rapidly deployable\nLeague-wide. They go where they are scheduled, regardless of where they live.\nWe are able to overcome some of the challenges of weather and flight\ncancellations by having work rules which require referees to be in place far in\nadvance of our games. Therefore we will know far enough in advance whether to\nsend in a replacement referee in the case of transport challenges or\ninjuries\/illness. The biggest advantage we have is the dedication of our\nofficials -- they will do whatever it takes to get to their games.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;What motivated you to come to Georgia Tech to pursue\nyour graduate degree?\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003EI met a Georgia Tech professor,\nthe late Griffin Callahan, also a West Point graduate, and he sold me on the\nISyE\u0027s ORSA program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;Describe one of your most interesting moments\nat Tech?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003EThere are six -- the first was\nbeing admitted and accepted in a conditional status; the second was Tech basketball;\nthe third was graduation; the fourth was being named a Distinguished Grad; the\nfifth was meeting the young man who received my scholarship; and the sixth and\nmost recent is endowing my scholarship - forever.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;In your interview with the AJC, you stated\nthat your education at Tech taught you how to think rather than what to think,\ncan you give me an example or tell me why this is important to you?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003EThis is a very important concept. There is a lot\nof \u0022training\u0022 that you can receive in the classroom that teaches you\nmethods of solutions to problems. All you need to do is to just do a lot of\nproblems. In my graduate education at Tech, we were often assigned problems\nthat had no simple or \u0022elegant\u0022 solutions. You had to know HOW TO\nTHINK about the problem and some possible ways of solving the problem based\nupon what you already knew. Knowing HOW to think allows people to find\nsolutions that are NEW. Knowing what to think oftentimes limits you to\nsolutions that already exist.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;What advice would you give a student starting\nthe program today?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003ECarpe Diem! \u0026nbsp;You are getting a great\neducation and you can expand that education by getting involved in the entire\ncollege experience. Trust me \u2013 Georgia Tech is a great place to learn and a\ngreat place to expand your horizons. Get involved. Get to know your classmates\n- embrace the diversity at Tech. Your classmates will be leaders of industry\naround the world. The relationships you build today will be of great help to\nyou in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: What do you read for pleasure\nand what are you reading now?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003EThe NBA Rule Book --\nI\u0027m still learning. \u0026nbsp;For pleasure, I just finished the \u003Cem\u003E52nd Floor - Thinking Deeply about\nLeadership\u003C\/em\u003E by David A. Levy, James E. Parco and Fred R. Blass; \u003Cem\u003EWith Honor in Hand\u003C\/em\u003E by Terron Sims; Outliers: The Story of Success\nby Malcolm Gladwell; and \u003Cem\u003EPrivate\u003C\/em\u003E by\nJames Patterson.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;Finish this sentence: Few people know\nthat.......\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;1. I am a\nvery private person.\u0026nbsp; 2. I work very hard\nevery day to get better.\u0026nbsp; 3. I go\nanaerobic Monday through Friday to improve my fitness (I work out instead of go\nto lunch each week day unless I\u0027m forced to attend a lunch meeting). 4. I won\u2019t\nfeel that I have been successful until I have the title \u0022Dr\u0022 in front\nof my name.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EISyE\u003C\/strong\u003E: Is there any one person\nwho has been an inspiration to you? If so, who, and how did they inspire\nyou?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ER.J.: \u003C\/strong\u003EI have three. CW4 (Ret) Don Lesch\n- he saw something in me that I never saw in myself and dared me to go to West\nPoint, which tricked me into actually doing it. Also -- every soldier and\ncivilian that I have ever had the privilege of leading -- they selflessly serve\njust to get it done. Finally - my son, Ian. He is learning how to become a man.\nHe does it in a very brave way and in his own way, but it scares me sometimes.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERon Johnson (MS OR 1985), retired two-star general and graduate of the H. Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering, oversaw the Army Corps of\nEngineers\u2019 $18 billion reconstruction of Iraq in 2003 and 2004 and then\nsupervised the clean-up of the Gulf Coast after hurricane Katrina in 2005. 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The conference,\nwhich was initiated and organized by the Georgia Tech Health and Humanitarian\nLogistics Center since 2009, will be hosted by The K\u00fchne Logistics University\n(KLU) in Hamburg, Germany, at the Curio-Haus this year. The conference is\nco-organized by the KLU-INSEAD Research Center on Humanitarian Logistics, the\nGeorgia Tech Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center, and the Humanitarian\nLogistics Association (HLA).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe focus of this year\u0027s\nconference is \u0022Creating Sustainable Health and Humanitarian\nSystems\u0022 and brings together high level speakers from across the\nhealth and humanitarian sectors, including non-governmental organizations\n(NGOs), industry, government, etc. You are welcome to email suggestions for\npossible speakers or topics to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:humlog2012@the-klu.org\u0022\u003Ehumlog2012@the-klu.org\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:humlog@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehumlog@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference is presented\nthrough the sponsorship of the Kuehne-Stiftung (Foundation), UPS Foundation,\nGeorgia Institute of Technology, and Northrop Grumman. If your organization\nwould also like to be a sponsor for the 2012 Health and Humanitarian Logistics\nConference, please contact the conference organizers at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:humlog2012@the-klu.org\u0022\u003Ehumlog2012@the-klu.org\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:humlog@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehumlog@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about\nthe conference program, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.the.klu.org\/\u0022\u003Ewww.the.klu.org\u003C\/a\u003E\nor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.humanitarian.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.humanitarian.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2012 Conference on\nHealth and Humanitarian Logistics: Creating Sustainable Health and Humanitarian\nSystems will be held March 21-23, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-12-19 09:37:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:57","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"74831":{"id":"74831","type":"image","title":"2012 Conference on Health and Humanitarian Logistics: Creating Sustainable Health and Humanitarian Systems","body":null,"created":"1449178046","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:26","changed":"1475894458","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:58","alt":"2012 Conference on Health and Humanitarian Logistics: Creating Sustainable Health and Humanitarian Systems","file":{"fid":"193789","name":"istock_000006148814_hand-package_xsmall-bc.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/istock_000006148814_hand-package_xsmall-bc.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/istock_000006148814_hand-package_xsmall-bc.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":22502,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/istock_000006148814_hand-package_xsmall-bc.jpg?itok=83irYFaB"}}},"media_ids":["74831"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14451","name":"Georgia Tech Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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The group, headed by Dr. Reggie DesRoches from Civil Engineering, is interdisciplinary including civil\/earthquake engineers, planners from School of Architecture along with HHL faculty and students. The sub-projects include: Hazards Assessment; Infrastructure Inventory; Building Codes; Building Materials, Recycling, and Use of Local Materials; Disaster Preparedness Plans; Debris Management; Vulnerability Index.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E CHAMPS will be mainly working on 6-7 countries\u0026nbsp; including Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Belize. The research agenda includes site trips to talk to local stake-holders and responders. 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However, sometimes there may be subtle differences in the interpretation of the ACIP recommendations among the different IIS. In an effort to harmonize clinical decision support tools and improve timeliness, the CDS expert panel advises the development of an ACIP-approved clinical decision support blueprint (business rules and logic) for each vaccine on the children\u2019s immunization schedule.\u0026nbsp; Panel recommendations will be consensus-based and can be implemented in IIS, with the goal of providing a common clinical decision support logic to all IISs. 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Accompanied by a $25,000 fellowship to a graduate student, the\nBlanchard Award also demonstrates the need for business support of education at\nall levels in Georgia. Anderson\u2019s family requested that the Blanchard Award\nFellowship be given to a graduate student in ISyE who is studying in the area\nof sustainability\/energy.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EJohn Lanier, Anderson\u2019s grandson, attended the meeting to\ncongratulate Gui and represent the Anderson family. As part of the introduction\nof the Blanchard Award, a short video put together by Interface, Inc. was\nshown, highlighting Anderson\u2019s work to secure a greener world for future\ngenerations through his championing of the business case for sustainability.\nFollowing the video, Margaret DeFrancisco, president of the Georgia Lottery\nCorporation and lead sponsor of the Blanchard Award, presented Gui with a check\nfor $25,000. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cLuyi\u2019s work exemplifies Ray Anderson\u0027s vision of the\npotential contributions of industrial engineering in the area of sustainability,\nand demonstrates the importance of graduate education in Georgia,\u201d said Valerie\nThomas, Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems in ISyE. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGui\u2019s research focuses on how to promote effective and\nefficient implementation of environmental policies, in particular, the extended\nproducer responsibility (EPR) legislation that has been widely adopted in the\nU.S. to treat the waste stream of various products including electronic waste,\nmercury lights, carpets, packaging, paint, and pharmaceutics. Her work with\nOzlem Ergun, associate professor in ISyE, Atalay Atasu, assistant professor in\nthe Georgia Tech College of Management, and Beril Toktay, Nancy J. and Lawrence\nP. Huang Professor of Operations Management in the College of Management,\naddresses the coordination problem of different stakeholder perspectives that\narise in the translation of an EPR policy into a working system in practice\nusing mechanism design approaches. She is also studying on the influence of EPR\nlegislation on producers\u0027 incentives to adopt more environmentally friendly\ndesign of their products, which is crucial to long-term environmental and\nbusiness sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELuyi Gui, a PhD student in ISyE, received the 2011\nBlanchard Award Fellowship on Monday, December 5, in honor of the late Ray Anderson, (IE 1956,\nHonorary PhD 2011).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-12-08 11:54:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:00","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73620":{"id":"73620","type":"image","title":"Luyi Gui with John Lanier (R) and Valerie Thomas (L)","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894400","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:00","alt":"Luyi Gui with John Lanier (R) and Valerie Thomas (L)","file":{"fid":"192317","name":"img_6197.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_6197_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_6197_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5425216,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_6197_0.jpg?itok=oBagIxd-"}},"73619":{"id":"73619","type":"image","title":"Luyi Gui accepts a $25,000 Blanchard Scholarship from Margaret DeFrancisco (center), to be used to further her research in sustainability","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894400","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:00","alt":"Luyi Gui accepts a $25,000 Blanchard Scholarship from Margaret DeFrancisco (center), to be used to further her research in sustainability","file":{"fid":"192318","name":"luyi_with_check.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/luyi_with_check_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/luyi_with_check_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5295117,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/luyi_with_check_0.jpg?itok=6nXKRfmS"}}},"media_ids":["73620","73619"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15306","name":"Blanchard Award"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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