{"145291":{"#nid":"145291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A Bridge between the Classroom and Real-world Practice: MS Students in Supply Chain Engineering Create Framework for a Warehouse Design Tool through Capstone Project","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn important component of the Master of Science in Supply Chain Engineering (MS SCE) program at Georgia Tech is the capstone project, required of all students prior to graduation.\u0026nbsp; The project provides students with professional practice experience, and creates an opportunity to apply ideas from the classroom to a real-world project, which in many cases is sponsored by a business, government agency, or other organization. Under the guidance of a faculty advisor, students may complete their capstone project by working with a small project team or by pursuing an individual internship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese capstone projects require students to demonstrate effective use of supply chain engineering methodology and also to deliver significant value to the sponsor or for the research project,\u201d said Alan Erera, associate professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE).\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe believe that one key aspect of our program that differentiates us from our competitors is that we require the students to get hands-on experience in applying analytical skills to problems before they graduate.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter an intensive twelve months in the program, the most recent class of supply chain engineering master\u2019s students has successfully completed a set of capstone projects.\u0026nbsp; One of the groups this year was advised by ISyE Professor Emeritus Leon McGinnis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESteffen Schieweck, Tim Skrotzki, and Martin Thormann worked on a project titled \u201cDevelopment of a Framework for a Warehouse Design Tool in SysML (Systems Modeling Language).\u201d \u0026nbsp;The goal of their project was to help designers make design decisions about very complex warehouse facilities using an engineering approach with integrated software tools.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe project was about creating a framework, or tool, which guides the designer through a specific design process,\u201d said Thormann.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThroughout the course of their project, Schieweck, Skrotzki, and Thormann worked closely together in the lab, sharing intense discussions about their project, cross-checking each other\u2019s work, and gaining valuable feedback.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of the benefits of working with a team is that it increases the quality of your work,\u201d said Schieweck.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe four months spent working on the capstone project gave the team an opportunity to look at a real world situation and decide how to examine it as an engineering problem.\u0026nbsp; As they worked to complete their project, their faculty advisor provided support and guidance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cProfessor McGinnis gave us insight into the real challenges warehouse designers face on a daily basis. Through that insight and working with real data, we gained practical experience that will be valuable to us in a future real-world setting,\u201d said Skrotzki.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMcGinnis, who describes the capstone project as \u201ca bridge between the classroom and real-world practice,\u201d enjoyed advising this group of students and commended their work both on the project as well as in the classroom.\u0026nbsp; McGinnis is part of a team of faculty members who teach SysML at Georgia Tech, the only academic institution working as a named contributor on the SysML project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe MS SCE programis a professional graduate degree program created to meet the growing demand for business-savvy engineers who can design and operate highly complex global supply chains. The program\u0027s 12-month curriculum delivers knowledge in analytic methods, supply chain engineering, and enterprise management while building professional practice skills and real-world industry experience.\u0026nbsp; For more information visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sce.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.sce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.sce.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe most recent class of supply chain engineering master\u0027s students at Georgia Tech has successfully completed a set of capstone projects.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2012-08-10 09:42:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:40","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-08-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-08-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"145311":{"id":"145311","type":"image","title":"L to R: Professor Emeritus Leon McGinnis, and MS SCE students Steffen Schieweck, Tim Skrotzki, and Martin Thormann","body":null,"created":"1449178739","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:38:59","changed":"1475894779","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:19","alt":"L to R: Professor Emeritus Leon McGinnis, and MS SCE students Steffen Schieweck, Tim Skrotzki, and Martin Thormann","file":{"fid":"195055","name":"ms_sce_capstone_team.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ms_sce_capstone_team_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ms_sce_capstone_team_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":856382,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ms_sce_capstone_team_0.jpg?itok=8ur_robD"}}},"media_ids":["145311"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9700","name":"Alan Erera"},{"id":"40091","name":"capstone project"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"577","name":"leon mcginnis"},{"id":"40081","name":"Master of Science in Supply Chain Engineering"},{"id":"169275","name":"stewart school of industrial and systems engineering"}],"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 Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}