{"66017":{"#nid":"66017","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Spring Advisory Board Meeting Focuses on Strategic Plan Discussion","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering (ISyE) hosted its spring advisory board meeting on April\n21, 2011.\u0026nbsp; Advisory Board Chair Ed Rogers\n(IE \u002782, MS IL \u002702), global strategy manager with UPS\u2019s corporate strategy\ngroup, welcomed the group to the meeting, and expressed his gratitude for\nserving as this past year\u2019s Chair.\u0026nbsp; He then\nintroduced Jane Snowdon (DR IE 1994) as the incoming Advisory Board Chair who\nwill take over this role after the meeting.\u0026nbsp;\nHe also introduced five new member nominees who were voted in at the end\nof the meeting and will serve the 2011 to 2015 term.\u0026nbsp; They include:\u0026nbsp;\nLouis \u201cLou\u201d Fouts (B IE 1990), partner, Water Street Capital; Chris\nGaffney (B IE 1985 \u0026amp; MS IE 1986), senior VP Product Supply System Strategy \u2013\nCCR, The Coca-Cola Company; Denny Oswalt (B IE 2000), director \u2013 Logistics\nEngineering, Walmart; Sandy L. 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":""}}}