{"68553":{"#nid":"68553","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jan Shi Receives IIE\u2019s Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award","body":[{"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. Holzman Distinguished\nEducator Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) at the annual\nIIE conference in May 2011. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Holzman award is one of the highest honors to be given by IIE and\nrecognizes significant contributions to the profession through research,\npublication, extension, administration and teaching innovation in the academic\nenvironment. The contributions must be of the highest caliber and be nationally\nor internationally recognized. 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. Holzman Distinguished\nEducator Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) at the annual\nIIE conference in May 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2011-06-27 13:24:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:37","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68554":{"id":"68554","type":"image","title":"(L to R) G. Don Taylor, IIE President; Liping Luo, Prof. Shi\u2019s wife; Prof. Jan Shi; and Roman M. Hlutkowsky, IIE Immediate Past President","body":null,"created":"1449177185","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:05","changed":"1475894594","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:14","alt":"(L to R) G. Don Taylor, IIE President; Liping Luo, Prof. Shi\u2019s wife; Prof. Jan Shi; and Roman M. 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