{"652393":{"#nid":"652393","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jan Shi Chosen for SME\u2019s 2021 College of Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/jianjun-shi\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJianjun (Jan) Shi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been selected for the Society of Manufacturing Engineering\u0026rsquo;s (SME) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sme.org\/aboutsme\/awards\/fellows\/2021-sme-college-of-fellows\/\u0022\u003E2021 College of Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E. This is an honor given to individuals \u0026ldquo;who have made outstanding contributions to the social, technological, and educational aspects of the manufacturing profession,\u0026rdquo; with 20 or more years of dedication and service to the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the letter nominating Shi for this honor, it was noted that he pioneered data-enabled manufacturing \u0026ndash; an accomplishment for which he was also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/isyes-jan-shi-elected-national-academy-engineering\u0022\u003Eelected to the National Academy of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E in 2018. He has developed quality improvement algorithms implemented in over 40 steel plants globally, with hundreds of millions of dollars saved and over one billion KWh in saved energy, as well as tens of thousands of CO\u003Csub\u003E2 \u003C\/sub\u003Eemissions reduced.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShi\u0026rsquo;s selection as an SME Fellow is the latest in a series of signal distinctions conferred in 2021: He received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/jan-shi-awarded-asq-shewhart-medal\u0022\u003EWalter Shewhart Medal\u003C\/a\u003E from the American Society for Quality, an award given \u0026ldquo;to individuals who have made outstanding technical contributions and leadership in the field of modern quality control and improvement.\u0026rdquo; He was also awarded the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/jan-shi-receives-sm-wu-research-implementation-award\u0022\u003ES.M. Wu Research Implementation Award\u003C\/a\u003E, which \u0026ldquo;honors outstanding original research \u0026hellip; that, upon implementation, has had a significant commercial\/societal impact.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPreviously, Shi has also been named a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering, a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/Award-Recipients\/Jianjun-Shi\u0022\u003EFellow of INFORMS\u003C\/a\u003E, an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute, and an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/news\/jan-shi-elected-academician-international-academy-quality\u0022\u003EAcademician of the International Academy for Quality\u003C\/a\u003E. His work has also been honored with, among others, 11 best paper awards and nine international research awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShi said, \u0026ldquo;I am honored to receive this recognition, and I greatly appreciate all my students, colleagues, and sponsors for their support throughout my many years of research in and implementation of complex manufacturing systems.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe award honors individuals \u0026ldquo;who have made outstanding contributions to the social, technological, and educational aspects of the manufacturing profession.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award honors individuals \u201cwho have made outstanding contributions to the social, technological, and educational aspects of the manufacturing profession.\u201d"}],"uid":"35757","created_gmt":"2021-11-03 01:22:28","changed_gmt":"2021-11-15 17:51:23","author":"goberst3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"643629":{"id":"643629","type":"image","title":"Jan Shi","body":null,"created":"1611936752","gmt_created":"2021-01-29 16:12:32","changed":"1611936752","gmt_changed":"2021-01-29 16:12:32","alt":"Jan Shi","file":{"fid":"244362","name":"Jan Shi Headshot_2018_Square.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jan%20Shi%20Headshot_2018_Square_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jan%20Shi%20Headshot_2018_Square_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":539679,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jan%20Shi%20Headshot_2018_Square_0.jpg?itok=CJ9tZX_h"}}},"media_ids":["643629"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"},{"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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