{"68573":{"#nid":"68573","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Swann Named Nash Professor in School of Industrial and Systems Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulie Swann, co-director of\nthe Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics within the H. Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been named the Harold R. and\nMary Anne Nash Professor, effective July 1. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Nash professorship was\ncreated through an endowment established by H. Ronald Nash (IE 1970), Deborah\nNash Harris (IE 1978) and Michael R. Nash (IE 1974), the children of Mary Anne\nand Harold R. Nash (EE 1952), in honor of their parents.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESwann\u2019s research focuses on developing\nmodels and analytical methods to solve problems in logistics and supply chain\nmanagement and inform decisions in health systems and policymaking.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EShe is also 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, such as the pandemic influenza.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am truly honored to have\nbeen chosen for this professorship,\u201d Swann said. \u0026nbsp;\u201cI am dedicated to\nhaving a societal impact through health and humanitarian research, and I\u0027m\ndelighted to partner with the Nash family in furthering these causes. Their\nsupport will help further the role that operations research and industrial\nengineering can have in improving society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESwann received her B.S. in\nIndustrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1996 and her\nM.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from\nNorthwestern in 1998 and 2001, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Nash family has a\nlongstanding and deep connection to Georgia Tech, having had three generations\neducated here and launched into successful careers.\u0026nbsp;\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 Ron Nash said.\u0026nbsp;\n\u201cThis important area of study is poised to bring incredible benefits to those\npeople displaced in disasters as we learn how to become far more efficient in\ngetting the right resources to those who need them the most.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulie Swann, co-director of\nthe Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics within the H. Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been named the Harold R. and\nMary Anne Nash Professor, effective July 1.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-06-27 15:15:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:40","author":"Liz Klipp","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":{"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"}},"68439":{"id":"68439","type":"image","title":"Ron Nash, Deborah Nash Harris and Mike Nash (Photo: Melissa Bugg)","body":null,"created":"1449177176","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:56","changed":"1475894594","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:14","alt":"Ron Nash, Deborah Nash Harris and Mike Nash (Photo: Melissa Bugg)","file":{"fid":"192585","name":"nash.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nash.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nash.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":425219,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nash.jpg?itok=uwzzmywG"}}},"media_ids":["59923","68439"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"13530","name":"ISyE; Julie Swann; Nash Professorshiop"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}