{"646024":{"#nid":"646024","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Faculty Win Institute Awards for Pedagogy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo faculty members in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) have been honored with Institute-level teaching awards from the Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Professional Practice \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/dima-nazzal\u0022\u003EDima Nazzal\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is responsible for project-based learning in ISyE, including the Capstone Senior Design program. She has been awarded one of two \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ctl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/awards\/curriculum\u0022\u003ECurriculum Innovation Awards\u003C\/a\u003E, which recognizes faculty \u0026ldquo;who are improving the quality of education at Georgia Tech through pedagogical and curricular innovation.\u0026rdquo; Nazzal specifically received the award for her development of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/new-cornerstone-class-preps-students-senior-design-and-beyond\u0022\u003EISyE Cornerstone Design course\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/dima-nazzal\/cornerstone-and-capstone-design\/\u0022\u003ECornerstone Design class\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026ndash; first offered in the Fall 2018 semester \u0026ndash; is an early design course focusing on framing a problem without solving it. The course lays the foundation for design thinking using a project-based learning approach, interactive problem-solving sessions, and the goldmine of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/capstone.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Epast Senior Design Capstone projects\u003C\/a\u003E from past years that ISyE has kept organized in a database.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENazzal has explained that the goal of the class is for students to develop, through multiple diverse projects, key design skills, such as how to develop a solution hypothesis from a vague need by methodically dissecting the problem and analyzing relevant information. Students learn that there is not one way to solve a design problem because design generally involves tradeoffs between competing objectives under uncertainty. They work in teams with a rotating leadership role, so each student experiences the challenges and rewards of being a project leader. They learn how to effectively and succinctly communicate the motivation for solving a problem and the scientific evidence supporting their design solution hypothesis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We realized that we need to have a proactive approach to addressing the design skill gaps we see in our students during their Senior Design projects,\u0026rdquo; Nazzal said. \u0026ldquo;Some faculty have cynically said, \u0026lsquo;In Senior Design, we\u0026rsquo;re throwing the students into the water to learn how to swim.\u0026rsquo; We introduced Cornerstone Design to teach our students to not only survive the deep waters of design problems but also to skillfully navigate the turbulence as well. Cornerstone Design has a set of simple and inexpensive features that have proven to be effective and replicable. I am honored to receive this recognition, and I look forward to continue working with my colleagues to improve and innovate.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Being the No. 1-ranked industrial engineering program in the U.S. makes ISyE a leader in curriculum development. Cornerstone Design structure and content is readily available to any industrial engineering department that is looking to expand its curriculum \u0026ndash; and consequently their student \u0026ndash; development,\u0026rdquo; Nazzal added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPreviously, Nazzal received the 2015 Georgia Tech Women in Engineering Outstanding Teacher Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/pascal-van-hentenryck\u0022\u003EPascal Van Hentenryck\u003C\/a\u003E received the 2021 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ctl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/awards\/online-teaching\u0022\u003ETeaching Excellence Award for Online Teaching\u003C\/a\u003E, which \u0026ldquo;recognizes a full-time faculty member for strong commitment to engaged online teaching and student success.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the Covid-19 pandemic caused Georgia Tech to move instruction online last March, Van Hentenryck successfully pivoted his courses to the changed format. This also included shifting the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sethbondercamp.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESeth Bonder Camp for Computational and Data Science\u003C\/a\u003E, offered for middle and high school students, to a virtual configuration, which he was then able to offer twice last summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We tried to make the courses entertaining and offer personalized attention to each and every student, knowing they would spend most of their days in front of a monitor,\u0026rdquo; Van Hentenryck said. \u0026ldquo;We learned so many things. Of course, I am more than delighted to receive this award: It is additional motivation to keep improving.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn winning the Institute\u0026rsquo;s Teaching Excellence Award, Van Hentenryck will be this year\u0026rsquo;s Institute nominee for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usg.edu\/faculty_affairs\/awards\/\u0022\u003ERegents\u0026rsquo; Teaching Excellence Award\u003C\/a\u003E from the University System of Georgia. He has also been the recipient of numerous teaching honors, including the 2020 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ctl.gatech.edu\/faculty\/awards\/1940\u0022\u003EStudent Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Class of 1934 Award\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENazzal and Van Hentenryck will be recognized at the April 15\u003Csup\u003Eth \u003C\/sup\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/specialevents.gatech.edu\/events\/faculty-and-staff-honors-celebration-2021\u0022\u003EFaculty \u0026amp; Staff Honors Celebration\u003C\/a\u003E, which will be virtual this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo ISyE faculty members have been honored with Institute-level teaching awards from the Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two ISyE faculty members have been honored with Institute-level teaching awards from the Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning."}],"uid":"35680","created_gmt":"2021-04-01 19:43:35","changed_gmt":"2021-05-10 18:28:17","author":"ehall46","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"647321":{"id":"647321","type":"image","title":"Dima Nazzal and Pascal Van Hentenryck","body":null,"created":"1620671204","gmt_created":"2021-05-10 18:26:44","changed":"1620671204","gmt_changed":"2021-05-10 18:26:44","alt":"Dima Nazzal and Pascal Van Hentenryck","file":{"fid":"245775","name":"Dima-SQ.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Dima-SQ.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Dima-SQ.png","mime":"image\/png","size":285909,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Dima-SQ.png?itok=8xSgQsLp"}}},"media_ids":["647321"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"},{"id":"1250","name":"Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:swundersmith3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EShelley Wunder-Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EH. 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