{"115641":{"#nid":"115641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"In Memoriam: Mike Shetty","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarakada \u201cMike\u201d Chitharanjan Shetty, retired professor in\nthe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), passed\naway on February 25, 2012 in Great Falls, Virginia, where he relocated after\nhis retirement.\u0026nbsp; Shetty received his\nbachelor\u2019s degree in mechanical and electrical engineering from Benares\nUniversity in India, his master\u2019s in industrial engineering from Ohio State\nUniversity, and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Northwestern\nUniversity.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EShetty joined ISyE in January of 1968 and retired in\nDecember of 1992 after 25 years of service to the School.\u0026nbsp; He was instrumental in attracting new faculty\nto ISyE, many of which are now senior faculty and consider him a mentor.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EReflections from ISyE faculty:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cMike first made an\nindelible impression on my life as a major professor in my Ph.D. program, where\nhe was a wise and patient mentor.\u0026nbsp; He was\nencouraging and had a wonderful sense of humor.\u0026nbsp; Later Mike became a senior faculty colleague\nas I began my faculty career, where he served as an inspiration and helpful\nguide to all of us.\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 Jane Ammons, H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School\nChair\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cMike\u0027s\nspecialization was classical optimization; he worked on hard, fundamental\nproblems. Importantly, he was really the School\u0027s primary and most credible\nlink to the methodological research culture in optimization that, frankly,\nthrived elsewhere at that time.\u0026nbsp; But as\ncrucial as that role was in laying the groundwork for the exceptional, indeed\nworld-class strength in optimization that exists now in ISyE, I think many who\nknew and interacted with him would agree that his broader role as the model of\nwhat constitutes genuine scholarship was just as profound.\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 R. Gary Parker,\nprofessor emeritus in ISyE \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cWhen I first came\nto ISyE all those years ago, Mike Shetty and Dick Serfozo were the two senior\nfaculty who I most looked up to. Mike was a guy who exemplified what it meant\nto be a professor at a major research university.\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 Dave Goldsman,\nprofessor in ISyE \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cMike was a true\nscholar, and a harbinger of ISyE\u0027s exceptional strength in optimization.\u201d \u003C\/em\u003E\u2013\nCraig Tovey, professor in ISyE \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cIt was clear from\nmy first interaction with him that Mike was a true and serious scholar, and in\nthat role, his impact in shaping this School is immeasurable.\u0026nbsp; He also struck me as a joyful person--I can\nstill see his grin and that distinctive shake of the head when he laughed.\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u2013 Leon McGinnis, professor emeritus in ISyE \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0022Mike was\ninstrumental in giving birth to and nurturing the area of optimization which\nhas become a key part of IE.\u0026nbsp; In\naddition, he had that rare quality of character, which I admired and will\nalways remember.\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 Dick Serfozo, professor emeritus in ISyE\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cI remember Mike\nShetty as a colleague who early on earned my respect from at least two\nperspectives. He was at the epicenter of the transformation in academic\nreputation, which our School developed in the mid 1970\u2019s, catapulting us into\nnational and international limelight. Although his primary research area was\nanchored on nonlinear programming, he appreciated the centrality of dynamic\nprogramming in advancing the field of optimization. I personally found it\nrefreshing to engage him occasionally on their relationships. Perhaps, the\nother and more appealing of his scholarship to me, was his intellectual and\nprofessional integrity which were never colored by departmental politics or\nmyopia. Mike was an academician that one was proud to call a colleague. The\ntransformational history of ISyE will be truly incomplete without a chapter on\nProfessor Mike Shetty\u0027s contributions to its current prominence.\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E \u2013 Augustine\nO. Esogbue, former professor in ISyE\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarakada \u201cMike\u201d Chitharanjan Shetty, retired professor in ISyE, passed\naway on February 25, 2012 in Great Falls, Virginia.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2012-03-09 10:22:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:48","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"26691","name":"Marakada \u201cMike\u201d Chitharanjan Shetty"}],"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":""}}}