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George Chair \u003Cstrong\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u003C\/strong\u003E. Since 2002, 13 clusters of infectious encephalitis have been transmitted through solid-state organ transplantation. Currently, there is no standardized screening procedure to differentiate between infectious and non-infectious encephalitis. In this project, they developed two decision-support tools:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E1. An infectious encephalitis risk calculator for physicians to estimate the probability that a donor has infectious encephalitis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E2. A liver transplant decision aid for transplant doctors and patients to evaluate the trade-offs between accepting\/rejecting an increased-risk encephalitis liver.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003EInterface\u003C\/strong\u003E Senior Design team placed as a finalist in the Fall 2014 Senior Design Competition. Students include \u003Cstrong\u003EAndrew Bedenk, Kaitlyn Castaneira, Margaret Massey, Jonathan Porter, James Tanzy, \u003C\/strong\u003Eand\u003Cstrong\u003E Andrew Taylor\u003C\/strong\u003E. Their faculty advisor is Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EMarc Goetschalckx\u003C\/strong\u003E. Their project focused on redesigning Interface\u0026#39;s warehousing systems and strategies in order to reduce the excessive pick and stage cycle times, lost inventory, and high inventory levels. They developed a four-step solution to address all of these issues, including investments in more advanced Warehouse Management System software, reevaluation and reduction of inventory levels, racking and forklift upgrades, and internal process improvements. Their solution will save Interface an estimated $1.6 million annually, with an estimated 30% ten-year internal rate of return.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003EUPS Senior Design\u003C\/strong\u003E team placed as a finalist in the Fall 2014 Senior Design Competition for their project. Team members are \u003Cstrong\u003EApril Ahn, Jessica Dow, Lucas Onsgard, John Rice, Philip Tylman, Song Wang and Jongkwan Woo\u003C\/strong\u003E. Their advisor is Stewart Faculty Fellow and Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EShabbir Ahmed.\u003C\/strong\u003E United Parcel Service (UPS) is the world\u0026rsquo;s largest package delivery company. The project focused on optimizing UPS\u0026rsquo;s hub-to-hub routes for the peak holiday season. The team developed a systematic route planning approach that explicitly addresses uncertainty of load and driver availability during the peak season. The new approach is able to realize a reduction in unnecessary miles by an average of 3.4% with a potential savings of $12.1 M.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAll senior students in ISyE culminate their undergraduate educational experience with the Senior Design course in order to provide firsthand experience at solving real world problems in a team environment. Students typically work in teams of six to eight individuals with 15-25 Senior Design teams running each semester. Each group is advised by an ISyE faculty member, and the faculty coordinator manages the overall course. Companies interested in submitting a project for consideration can either contact Joel Sokol, at 404 894-6484 or can post a project through the ISyE webpage at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u003C\/a\u003E. 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The school was originally established in 1924, and it has become the largest industrial engineering program in the country with more than 2,000 students and 60 faculty members.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These are exciting times for the field of industrial and systems engineering,\u201d said Romeijn. \u201cI am looking forward to joining Georgia Tech and helping ISyE both continue and expand its tradition of excellence and leadership in research and teaching in this field.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERomeijn received his M.S. in econometrics and Ph.D. in operations research from Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 1988 and 1992, respectively. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering is starting the New Year off with a new School Chair, H. 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He and his wife, Carolyn, who was named an Honorary Alumna in 2008, are members of The Hill Society. The Stewarts reside in Vero Beach, Florida. Their two children, Jeb M. Stewart, Class of 1991, and Jill S. Archer, MGMT 1993, followed in their father\u2019s footsteps to North Avenue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECQ:\u003C\/strong\u003E The Stewart School has been the top ranked graduate program in industrial and systems engineering for 24 consecutive years. The undergraduate program has been ranked number one for 20 years in a row. As an alumnus, how proud are you of this accomplishment?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMS \u0026amp; CS\u003C\/strong\u003E: Extremely proud! Number one status is not easily attained or retained. Holding at number one for a quarter of a century is no small feat and reflects dynamic teamwork for which everyone associated with Georgia Tech should be justly proud. Our outstanding faculty, bright students, excellent leadership, and highly supportive alumni give us an important edge in the continuing competition to be the very best. And certainly not to be overlooked are all those who elevated ISyE to the top many years ago. It is a testament to their dedication and achievement that ISyE has maintained that distinction for 24 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECQ:\u003C\/strong\u003E The Stewart School surpassed its $60million goal for Campaign Georgia Tech at the end of 2013, making it the first engineering school to reach its campaign goal. What motivates you to support Georgia Tech, and what would you say to others who are thinking about giving for the first time?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMS \u0026amp; CS\u003C\/strong\u003E: Industrial (and Systems) Engineering has been very special to our family. 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Some highlights included:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMore than 13,000 students and 3,200 degrees were conferred last year.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIn COE, there are 434 faculty members, 96,000 alumni and 150 interdisciplinary centers.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Tech is number one in awarding engineering degrees to women.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECOE completed a successful ABET review.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIn 2014 25,872 applications were received and 33% were admitted.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe average SAT score for COE in 2014 was 1480.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENext up was the ISyE student panel composed of Greg Miller, Alex Morgan, Nidhi Koshy, and Frederick Grimm. Greg Miller is a fourth year ISyE student who wanted to challenge his abilities and provide himself with a variety of opportunities after graduation. He is minoring in computer science. He is involved in Theta Chi, as well as Connect with Tech. He co-oped at Manhattan Associates to develop and implement software for client to monitor and optimize warehouse management, distribution, transportation. Alex Moran is a third year CS and ISyE student. He is a healthcare research assistant at the Health Center and is working on several projects aimed at potentially changing Medicaid and Medicare. \u0026nbsp;He is a member of the fraternity Sigma Chi, a grader for ISyE 3770 and a GT 1000 team leader. His future plans include studying abroad, continuing to do more research, and landing an internship with Google. Nidhi Koshy is a fourth year ISyE student who was born in India and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She was a liaison for ATL Tamasha and is involved with Lambda Sigma. Her main passion lies in empowering women. She is the Vice President of External Affairs for One Voice Atlanta, a group that educates students about the issue sex trafficking. She has also co-oped at UPS in their transportation department. Frederick Grimm is a fifth year ISyE student. He took advantage of GT\u2019s networking opportunities and became a GT student ambassador, President Scholar fall retreat leader, a GT 1000 teaching assistant, as well as a campus tour guide. He interned at Chainalytics, a supply chain consulting firm, and has dabbled in entrepreneurship, taking home 2\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E place at Inventure. His product, Sucette, is a pacifier that can detect a fever with color change. 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Like the actor who does ten years of dinner theater before making it big, most of today\u2019s leaders undergo significant challenges on the road to success. However, applying those insights can lead to significant growth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s featured speaker for ISyE\u2019s Distinguished Leadership Lecture, John Marshall, IE 1996, shared his experiences in taking AirWatch from an apartment startup to a billion dollar buyout.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarshall, Senior Vice President and General Manager of AirWatch by VMware, started AirWatch in 2003 running Cat-5 cable behind grease vats at local coffee shops for Wi-Fi HotSpots. After the iPhone emerged, he shifted the company\u2019s focus to help organizations manage mobile devices for business use. With that pivot, the company grew from 150 to 1,900 employees in 4 years with 13,000 customers in 150 countries. 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He joined Medtronic in 1989 as president and chief operating officer. George is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where he has taught since 2004. After graduating from Tech, he earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard and went on to become a senior executive with Honeywell and Litton Industries, later serving in the U.S. Department of Defense. George received the Franklin Institute\u2019s 2014 Bower Award for Business Leadership. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012 and received an Honorary Ph.D. from Georgia Tech in 2008. He is a member of the Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame and the ISyE Academy of Distinguished Alumni, as well as a College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus. The author of five books on leadership, George has served on the boards of Novartis and Target and currently serves on the boards of the ExxonMobil Corporation, the Goldman Sachs Group, and the Mayo Clinic. He and his wife, Penny, have two adult sons and four grandchildren. They live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and are members of The Hill Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECQ:\u003C\/strong\u003E What inspires your philanthropy generally, but also to Georgia Tech in particular?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG:\u003C\/strong\u003E Back in 1994, Penny and I established the George Family Foundation as a way of giving back the money we were fortunate enough to earn through our work, particularly the time I was at Medtronic, when the stock price went up some 40 times. We were the beneficiaries of that, and we feel an obligation to give back. Our two sons have already received outstanding educations and are off on their own successful careers. We feel that the money we\u2019ve earned should go back, to go toward making this world a better place. My wife Penny has had a particular interest in integrative medicine and integrative health, and I\u2019ve had an interest in building better leaders for business and nonprofits. Our foundation has focused on those areas. We see Georgia Tech as an opportunity to advance both of those interests, through our work in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), in health systems, and also bioengineering and bioscience. We\u2019ve tried to contribute to building all of those, because they are such vital parts of educating engineers and scientists for the future. I am proud of Penny, who has served as president of the foundation since 1998. Her leadership has been vital, and we make all of our philanthropic decisions together.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECQ:\u003C\/strong\u003E How did Georgia Tech shape your life?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG:\u003C\/strong\u003E I came to Georgia Tech from Michigan. I had just turned 18. And, it\u2019s where I grew up. Georgia Tech is the place where I matured, as a person. Its values shaped me. Relationships shaped me. I think I learned more about working with and leading people at Georgia Tech than I have at any time in my life before or since. And that really opened the door for me to improve myself as a human being and a leader. I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to be involved in a number of Georgia Tech student organizations, from the student council to ODK to the Technique staff, and particularly my fraternity, Sigma Chi. That helped contribute to my development, and I want to give back, and see those opportunities be available to other young men and women who are coming through Georgia Tech these days, and in the future \u2014 not only to become good scientists and engineers, but also to become great leaders who can lead great enterprises. I think the school is doing that, and has done it historically, because unlike a lot of technical schools, it does turn out tremendous numbers of leaders. We want to support that any way we can.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECQ:\u003C\/strong\u003E What is your vision for Georgia Tech\u2019s future?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG:\u003C\/strong\u003E I see Georgia Tech emerging as one of the great engineering and scientific educational institutions in the world. It is developing people from all over the United States and all over the world who go there to receive an education, to collaborate and work together to create breakthroughs in science and engineering, and to make this world a better place. They are focused on really critical areas like energy and the environment, health care, transportation, logistics, and information technology \u2014 all the things that Georgia Tech can do so well. As a global institution, it\u2019s necessary that Georgia Tech have relationships with other great global institutions, and the ability to collaborate. One of the unique things about Georgia Tech, in my experience, is the capacity of the faculty in multiple disciplines to work together. Many academic institutions are very segmented. Today\u2019s really tough problems require a multidisciplinary approach and a systems approach, and that\u2019s why I think ISyE is so important as a place to bring together those multidisciplinary approaches from across Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECQ:\u003C\/strong\u003E Is there anything you would like to add?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBG:\u003C\/strong\u003E When I first became aware that Georgia Tech had one of the highest percentages of alumni giving, I thought that was remarkable, especially for a public school. I think that participation rate is really critical. So I want to encourage every alumnus and alumna to give back to the Institute on a regular basis. You can\u2019t take it with you. And where else can you make a better contribution to helping those who come along after you? Also, this year I have the privilege of chairing the Georgia Tech Advisory Board. It\u2019s a great opportunity for many of us who have been involved with the school to come together twice a year and meet with the president, the vice presidents, and key members of the staff to look at all the ways that we can build Georgia Tech for the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis interview first appeared in the the summer 2014\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Campaign Quarterly.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWilliam W. \u201cBill\u201d George, IE 1964, Honorary Ph.D. 2008, is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic, one of the largest medical technology companies in the world. He and his wife, Penny reside in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and are members of The Hill Society. 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But he knows far more than most about a critical step in the design process\u2014one that innovators often overlook\u2014and that\u2019s how to protect your design work with a patent. As a principal at renowned\u0026nbsp; intellectual property law firm Muncy, Geissler, Olds \u0026amp; Lowe in Fairfax, Va., Muncy specializes in design patent prosecution\u2014which we were surprised to learn has nothing to do with litigation. In our interview with Muncy, he sets the Alumni Magazine straight on what the term means and why patents are so important for designers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow did you become a patent attorney after earning your bachelor\u2019s degree in industrial engineering from Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJust by chance. 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To make it to the match, Rockwell and his friends had to take two trains and a bus, then they had to walk in a downpour for about two hours.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYes, he\u2019s that passionate about soccer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGrowing up, Rockwell played soccer constantly and followed its professional ranks as closely as he could living in the U.S. As a Tech freshman in 1992, he joined the Institute\u2019s club soccer team. But soon, Rockwell realized he \u201cneeded to start paying for college\u201d and also focus more on his engineering coursework.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s when he turned to refereeing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile still in college, Rockwell began officiating at the collegiate level, eventually working his way up to refereeing ACC tournaments. 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The opportunities opening up in his career might have offered some incentive to focus on engineering alone, but Rockwell continued to chase his passion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt wasn\u2019t until 2004\u2014six years after graduating Tech\u2014that Rockwell caught what he calls his \u201cbig break.\u201d He was working a soccer tournament in Minnesota when someone within the professional refereeing system approached him with some good news.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was told I had a chance to do Major League Soccer,\u201d Rockwell says. \u201cThat\u2019s when I started really concentrating, trying to make it to the next level.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERockwell stuck to a strict workout regimen, and he continued burning his vacation days with Clorox to work various tournaments and matches across the country. The commitment paid off: In 2005, Rockwell qualified to be a MLS referee and he\u2019s been officiating at that level ever since.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs his soccer refereeing dreams took flight, Rockwell\u2019s career at Clorox bloomed. He received a series of promotions that elevated him from engineering to management.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven as his day job responsibilities have increased, Rockwell maintains a busy schedule with MLS. He typically works MLS matches on three weekends out of every month during the season, with some Wednesday night matches mixed in. The engineer said the logistics can be tough, but he\u2019s found a way to make it work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m always honest about my schedule,\u201d Rockwell says. \u201cI can\u2019t call in sick and show up on ESPN that night.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe physical demands of officiating have also increased as he\u2019s moved up. According to Rockwell, all USA Soccer FIFA officials have to wear Polar brand sport watches that record their heart rate data and workout regimens. This data has to be downloaded and sent to FIFA on a regular basis to ensure officials remain in top shape. If officials fail to meet certain minimum standards, they are ineligible to officiate the matches.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERockwell doesn\u2019t just meet the standards set by FIFA\u2014he excels. In 2011, he was named the top assistant referee in Major League Soccer. His resume is strong enough that Rockwell could pursue eligibility to referee at a future World Cup, but the engineer says he\u2019s unlikely to take that step.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJust to be considered to officiate at a World Cup, referees must first endure intensive training and testing, as well as work various tournaments around the globe. 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It reduces the admissions profile of the fuel while improving the lubricity and other characteristics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI identified an opportunity to use lower cost raw materials, that weren\u2019t compatible with existing technologies, to produce biodiesel that exceeded international quality standards. Having the raw materials, but no known way to use it was the crux of our initial challenge. So I thought like an IE, rolled up my sleeves and engineered a brand new production technology. The process went against much of the traditional wisdom in the industry, but it worked and it gave us a competitive advantage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaving successfully piloted and vetted the strategy we continued on and achieved several other noteworthy milestones, including participating in the U.S. Bioenergy Delegation to Germany and even having the groundbreaking of our production plant in Blakely, GA. The project came to a peak at exactly the wrong time. Volatility in the energy market and tight lending practices made it difficult to drum up the necessary financing and I eventually made the tough decision to shut down the project. It taught me a valuable lesson though, sometimes knowing when to walk away from a project is just as important as knowing when to go after one.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are some of the other entrepreneurial projects you\u2019ve undertaken?\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003ESome of the more noteworthy included a project trying to address the growing education loan market in the U.S., another which worked to identify unconventional applications for mature green-tech solutions and a software company, Everbase (everbase.net), addressing the international data security concerns created by the NSA\u2019s data collection practices. I also did start-up consulting in Germany for several months with a firm called Four Quarters EXIST.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat advice do you have for aspiring entrepreneurs, particularly those earlier in their careers?\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EFirst of all, I think \u201centrepreneurship\u201d has become a buzzword that is overplayed. In my view, the same skills that make a good entrepreneur \u2013 such as identifying and solving problems, being able to execute a project, taking ownership in your work and understanding business from a holistic context \u2013 are the same skills that let you excel in corporate environments. That said, there are a few lessons I wish I\u2019d learned earlier.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDon\u2019t treat your age or experience as a liability, make it an asset and own it. The minute you act as though it might be a disadvantage is the same moment others will recognize it as one. Instead, frame it as a strength and leverage it as an asset. Ultimately any idea needs to stand or fall on its own merits and your newness can give you more energy to seek out solutions and increased flexibility to think beyond conventional wisdom. Don\u2019t underestimate the value of disruptive thought.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso, don\u2019t be greedy. By that, I mean don\u2019t feel the need to own everything and do everything yourself. Seek out and find partners that complement your skill set and treat them fairly. Their personal investment in the project will help ensure their interests align with yours. In the end, a smaller share of a stronger project is more valuable than hundreds or thousands of hours invested in a failed endeavor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConsulting is a popular career for IEs. Why do you think that is? \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EI think IEs gravitating towards consulting is purely a function of the core skills the program equips you with. Consultants typically address their clients\u2019 most pressing challenges to help them maneuver an uncertain path. At a most basic level, it comes back to my point earlier about making decisions with a degree of certainty in an uncertain world. There is also a systematic problem solving approach and quantitative perspective that are both extremely valuable. Businesses are relying more and more on data driven analytics to deliver impact. This is something that IE, as a field, does particularly well.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat would you share with students aspiring to join the consulting field?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd for any aspiring consultants, I can share with them a few characteristics that I\u2019ve seen are pretty common across most individuals who excel in the field. First, nail the basics. Having a strong baseline toolbox of quantitative and qualitative skills, such as being able to perform analytics and tell a compelling story, are table stakes to get your foot in the door. Next, be comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty. It is fairly common that you will be engaged to address a challenge that either isn\u2019t fully understood or that actually stems from some seemingly unrelated root cause. Finally, make sure you can be effective in a team-based environment. Most, if not all, work in this field is team based and an essential key to delivering results is the ability to craft solutions that are a composite of multiple perspectives from individuals with diverse personal experiences and skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are two facts about you that would surprise most people?\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EI\u2019m a passionate equestrian, spending a lot of my weekends tearing through the woods on horseback.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoing into my last year at Georgia Tech I had spent more semesters enrolled abroad than on our Atlanta campus. 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Before that, he was an assistant professor in the department of Statistics and Applied Probability at NUS.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaaland\u0027s theoretical work largely focuses on design and analysis of computer experiments. However, he broadly considers himself a scientist, with specific expertise in complex modeling and data analysis. He has experience in evidence-based medicine, clinical trial design, health services research, and epidemiology. His experience in quantitative arenas include high-level expertise are meta-analysis, experimental design, predictive and non-parametric modeling, Bayesian analysis, computing, and numerical analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2007, he earned the top score for the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam in the Department of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin. In 2006, he received the Outstanding Master\u2019s Student award in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montana State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaaland received a B.S in applied mathematics and an M.S. in statistics from Montana State University in 2003 and 2006, respectively. 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The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/humanitarian.scl.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Health \u0026amp; Humanitarian Logistics Center\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;uses science to improve areas of humanitarian need.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/strong\u003E, co-director of the center and associate professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, offers advice to those who want to help struggling areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is heartbreaking to watch those battling Ebola in Africa, and people struggling in conflict areas including Iraq and Ukraine. For those of you driven to help, there is one important issue to keep in mind: SWEDOW.\u0026nbsp;It stands for Stuff We Don\u0027t Want.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOur first instincts may be to look around the house for things to donate or set up community collection efforts.\u0026nbsp;While well meaning, items not requested by individuals or organizations on the ground can clog up the already limited supply chain and cause more harm than good.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven items such as vaccines and medical supplies, which can be extremely helpful, can result in negative impact if they are not sent when they are needed and to those who need them.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is important to understand why the disease of Ebola has been particularly devastating in this epidemic. One great contributor is the existing infrastructure in the countries where the disease outbreak began. They are among the countries with the lowest gross domestic product worldwide, and with the lowest spending on healthcare globally.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor most of us, it would be ineffectual to try to respond to this rapidly spreading outbreak.\u0026nbsp;However, we can commit to continued investment in lifting individuals and nations out of poverty, and ensuring that sufficient resources are available to provide basic services to populations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf countries had a sufficient number of health care personnel and a sufficient number of medical supplies such as gloves, then this outbreak could have been stopped far earlier.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFind an organization that has boots on the ground in any of the locales related to the crises, and direct your resources to that organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAsk yourself not only how you can help in this crisis, but also how you can help prevent future crises of this nature.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis article first appeared in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/amplifier.gatech.edu\/articles\/2014\/08\/how-help-humanitarian-aid\u0022\u003EGT Amplifier\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe humanitarian tragedies unfolding around the world have left many wondering what they can do to help. 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I was as tense as someone deathly afraid of heights naively stepping out onto the ledge of the Chicago Skydeck.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy palms felt like a soaked yellow Georgia Tech basketball jersey. My mind raced around in circles like Jeff Gordon\u2019s car at Atlanta Motor Speedway, with questions exploding like those little popper fireworks being thrown on the ground.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat happened if I failed out? How did I even get in? Maybe I should have just gone to the University (sic) of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo what does one instinctively reach for when faced with uncertainty and crippling fear? Familiarity, of course! I quickly hashed out a plan to seek someone, anyone, who was feeling as I was \u2013 I surely could find someone feeling these same uncomfortable emotions, right? \u2013 and we would together wallow in our certainly ill-fated decision. A genius plan, I thought, under the circumstances.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough I was admittedly a little rusty in my advanced math skills, I was able to calculate after a quick scan of the 42 fresh-faced strangers in the room that I was, in fact, the only one visibly panic-stricken \u2013 that or my new friends were all professional poker players. My genius plan was crashing faster than the stock market in 2008.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere I sat, just a country boy from the South with a slight drawl in a room full of sagacious and worldly people, certain I had gotten myself into something that was clearly over my head.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOh well, I thought \u2013 I\u2019m not going down without a fight, fear be damned.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne by one I mustered the courage to introduce myself to these strangers, getting to know each of them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike magnets being drawn together, it was these same strangers who quickly became my closest comrades as we toiled over countless sleepless nights on the treacherous front lines of global logistics problems. Our time spent together both in and out of the classroom allowed me to gain a better understanding of vastly different countries and cultures, loves and languages, histories and hopes, and interestingly enough, myself.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the classroom, I mustered the wherewithal to join numerous campus groups, make new friends through weight training and intramurals (and win the graduate basketball championship, it must be noted), suspend myself on the on-campus ropes courses, and apply my startup to Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Technology Development Center startup incubator (and get accepted). And ironically enough, I wasn\u2019t too shabby in the classroom either. That failure that I feared so much never came to pass; I was able to pass every class, making my mother proud by graduating with a respectable 3.45 GPA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince graduating in 2012, I\u2019ve worked on global logistics projects for some of the world\u2019s top companies in a multitude of industries. From Singapore to San Francisco, China to the Czech Republic, India to Indiana, I\u2019ve used the skills I learned at the College of Engineering to positively influence the 3Ps (People, Profits, and Planet).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve also been able to call amazing cities like Chicago, Detroit, and now Calgary home. Each time I\u2019ve relocated for a new role, I\u2019ve moved into cities where I knew no one and had no idea how things might turn out, similar to my first experience at Georgia Tech. Yet each time I\u2019ve met amazing people, gained lifelong friends, had amazing experiences, and grew as a human being.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the course of all my new and sometimes scary adventures since that fateful first day at Tech, I\u2019ve come to realize that the unknown is not a cause for fear, but a potentially incredible opportunity to be embraced.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe all experience doubts at times, but what might we miss if we concede control to the monster called fear that lives within each of us? 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Edwin Romeijn Appointed New School Chair","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EH. Edwin Romeijn has been appointed the new \u003Cstrong\u003EH. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E effective January 1, 2015. Romeijn is currently professor and Richard C. Wilson Faculty Scholar in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and program director for Service Enterprise Systems and Manufacturing Enterprise Systems at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEdwin has a unique blend of research expertise, teaching excellence and national leadership, which is exactly what we need to maintain the finest industrial engineering program in the country,\u201d said Gary S. May, dean of the College of Engineering. \u201cHe has the vision, experience, temperament and outstanding reputation in fields critical to the school that make him ideally suited and prepared to keep our industrial engineering program at the forefront internationally.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the new chair, Romeijn will oversee a school that consistently ranks as the No. 1 industrial engineering program in both graduate and undergraduate education according to U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report. The school was originally established in 1924, and it has become the largest industrial engineering program in the country with more than 2,000 students and 60 faculty members.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These are exciting times for the field of industrial and systems engineering,\u201d said Romeijn. \u201cI am looking forward to joining Georgia Tech and helping ISyE both continue and expand its tradition of excellence and leadership in research and teaching in this field.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERomeijn received his M.S. in econometrics and Ph.D. in operations research from Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 1988 and 1992, respectively. He was a faculty member at the Department of Decision and Information Sciences at the Rotterdam School of Management of Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida before joining the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan in 2008.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe currently serves as program director for the Manufacturing and Service Enterprise Systems programs at the National Science Foundation. He has taught courses in operations research, stochastic processes, applied probability and statistics, supply chain management, and decision support systems. His research focuses on optimization theory and applications, in particular in the areas of supply chain optimization and optimization in health care.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile at Michigan, he has served as chair of the graduate admissions and financial aid committee for the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and on the faculty search and promotion committees. He is currently area editor for Optimization and Health Care Systems Applications, Omega, and associate editor of IIE Transactions\u003Cem\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EH. Edwin Romeijn has been appointed the new\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EH. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;effective January 1, 2015. Romeijn is currently professor and Richard C. 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Our pilot with the ISyE students demonstrated how establishing such a schedule is fundamental to successful writing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s first Dissertation Boot Camp in 2005, universities across the country have been experimenting with the model, trying to find ways to provide assistance to graduate students, many of whom find the task of finishing their dissertations formidable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cReal life gets in the way,\u201d says Brandy Ball Blake, ISyE communication specialist.\u0026nbsp; \u201cGraduate students have to teach, grade, research, support their families, spend time with their families\u2014somehow manage to be \u2018whole\u2019 human beings and finish their dissertations in a prescribed amount of time.\u0026nbsp; The Boot Camp provides these students with a supportive environment and a set time and place to focus on their work and not be pulled in a thousand directions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents from the ISyE and from Literature, Media, and Communication worked on their dissertations in the Communication Center from 9 am to 5 pm every day, taking occasional scheduled breaks to eat, get the blood flowing, and re-energize.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to maintaining a strict schedule, the participants were asked to identify daily goals and to track how successful they were at keeping those goals.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur intent was to keep everything positive,\u201d explained Blake.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe students set their own pace, but accountability was the key.\u0026nbsp; They were accountable to the goals they set and, because of the close-knit environment, to everyone else who was diligently working in the room.\u0026nbsp; This really kept them focused.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Student feedback indicated the overwhelming success of the pilot--helping the participants make significant progress towards their long-term writing goals, analyze and assess their writing goals, stay focused on their projects, and identify barriers to writing productively.\u0026nbsp; Just as significantly, the week helped them realize the importance of rewarding themselves for their efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAn important goal for Boot Camp programs is to help students develop long-term positive writing strategies through behavior changes,\u201d says Karen Head, assistant professor and director of the Communication Center.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe stressed the importance of rewards because feeling even a small sense of accomplishment makes it more likely that writers will continue practicing their new strategies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHow did they hold up during the Boot Camp?\u0026nbsp; \u201cThey were energized,\u201d says Blake.\u0026nbsp; \u201cSeeing tangible progress towards their goals seemed to inspire them.\u0026nbsp; We thought they would want to go home early on Friday, but many of them said they would stay even later if we let them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhere does the Boot Camp go from here?\u0026nbsp; \u201cBased on the success of this pilot study,\u201d says Stivers, \u201cI anticipate the Dissertation Writing Boot Camp will become an opportunity for graduate students in all departments who are trying to write their dissertations.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn early June, Georgia Tech\u2019s Communication Center and the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering collaborated on a pilot Dissertation Writing Boot Camp, a week-long series of intense writing sessions designed to provide students with time, space, and resources to make significant progress on their dissertations.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In early June, Georgia Tech\u2019s Communication Center and the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026 Systems Engineering collaborated on a pilot Dissertation Writing Boot Camp, a week-long series of intense writing sessions."}],"uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2014-06-30 15:03:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:41","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"306691":{"id":"306691","type":"image","title":"Dissertation Writing Boot Camp Helps Students to Make Progress on Dissertation","body":null,"created":"1449244668","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:57:48","changed":"1475895015","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:15","alt":"Dissertation Writing Boot Camp Helps Students to Make Progress on Dissertation","file":{"fid":"199756","name":"dissertation.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dissertation_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dissertation_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":947986,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dissertation_0.png?itok=mM086AnB"}}},"media_ids":["306691"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"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\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brandy.blake@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBrandy Blake\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brandy.blake@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"303941":{"#nid":"303941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Brave Faces","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeven alumni and students who followed the call to serve share their stories.\u0026nbsp; Two of them are ISyE alumni: \u003Cstrong\u003EJasmine Walker, MS OR 2014\u003C\/strong\u003E, Captain in the U.S. Army, and \u003Cstrong\u003ERon Johnson\u003C\/strong\u003E, MS OR 1985, General in the U.S. Army (retired).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince World War I, thousands of Georgia Tech students and alumni have served in the United States military. Some served their nation in times of war. Some served in times of peace.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome were drafted. Some volunteered. And some made the ultimate sacrifice and died fighting for their country.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome embarked on long careers as soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines\u2014many of them after completing Tech\u2019s ROTC programs and being commissioned as officers. Some of them stayed in service for just a short while.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd some came to the Institute as students after their service ended, looking to build upon their military experiences with a rigorous education that only Tech could provide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech stands proud of all these veterans who honorably carried out their duties and bravely defended our freedoms. While we can\u2019t share every one of their stories, we\u2019ve identified seven remarkable veterans who represent a wide range of experiences, from a World War II bomb disposal expert to a current student who recently transitioned out of the military.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey are leaders, teachers, heroes and survivors. You can read it on their faces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWayne Waddell, EE 56, Colonel, Air Force [Retired]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWaddell flew the Thunderchief F105 fighter-bomber during the Vietnam War, and was captured on July 5, 1967, after his plane succumbed to anti-aircraft fire. He spent six years as a POW before he was released on March 4, 1973.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI flew 46-and-a-half missions before I was shot down. Everyone thought I was gone. And then the North Vietnamese found me. \u2026 It was bad at first, and I had to fall back on my training and my willpower to stay alive. My accommodations were no Hogan\u2019s Heroes or Stalag 17, but they were livable. There I met some of the finest people in the world, my fellow POWs. We were not heroes. Those are the names on the wall. We consider ourselves fortunate survivors, able to enjoy the life that we were almost denied.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more about Wayne\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca title=\u0022A \u0026quot;Homecoming\u0026quot; Memory, Originally Published in the Winter 1993 Tech Topics\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/Publications\/techtopics\/win93\/memory.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estory of survival here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJ. Scott Gilliam, Mgt 15, Corporal, U.S. Army [Veteran]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter serving six years in the U.S. Army, Scott took a second try at earning a degree at Tech. He\u2019s not only well underway in his pursuit of a bachelor\u2019s degree in management, he also co-founded the Georgia Tech Student Veterans group on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI enrolled at Tech in 2004 as an architecture student, but I wasn\u2019t ready for it. I wasn\u2019t mature enough. I needed to grow up and get out on my own. So I left and joined the Army. \u2026 I served as a combat engineer, looking for IEDs and clearing routes for supply convoys and soldiers. For every 10 hours of boredom there were 10 seconds of insanity whenever we came under fire or struck an improvised bomb. \u2026 I\u2019ve never laughed harder than I did during deployment\u2014it was necessary to cope with my friends getting hurt and sometimes even killed around me.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Fred Espy, AM 66, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy [Retired]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech\u2019s second black graduate, Fred earned a degree in applied math and served in the Navy ROTC before becoming an officer in the Navy. He served as an F-4 pilot and air intelligence officer during the Vietnam War, and later helped found and lead ROTC programs at Southwest DeKalb High School and Morehouse College.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs an intelligence officer, I knew we weren\u2019t winning the war, no matter what Gen. [William] Westmoreland said. Most of us didn\u2019t want to die. We didn\u2019t want to be John Wayne. \u2026 Despite the outcome of the war, I felt like I made a real difference with my military career. Later on, through my involvement with recruiting and ROTC programs, I was able to help many young people find their way. That means so much more to me than dropping bombs on a bridge.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more about Fred\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca title=\u0022In Command, Originally Published in the Summer 2003 Issue of Tech Topics\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/Publications\/techtopics\/sum03\/livinghistory.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Elifelong commitment to making a difference in young people\u2019s lives.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames McGarrah, MS ME 79, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy [Retired]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently the chief of staff at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Jim served in the Navy and Navy Reserve for 37 years. He rose from a junior officer aboard the USS Belknap to the rank of Rear Admiral, a post where he, in his last assignment, oversaw the review of enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019ve had three defining stages to my Naval career, from a peace-time sailor and engineer to a battalion commander during Desert Storm to a chief administrator. I\u2019ve been lucky to serve for nearly 40 years in support of causes much bigger than myself, to contribute directly to the safety and security of my country. \u2026 Perhaps the most important thing I\u2019ve learned is that you can\u2019t manage people in times of conflict, you have to lead them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJasmine Walker, MS OR 14, Captain, U.S. Army [Active]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA graduate of West Point, Jasmine served on deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan in military intelligence and counterinsurgency command roles. She applied for grad school at Tech, but before she could return to the States, she was wounded in action and awarded a Purple Heart. Jasmine just completed her degree and began teaching systems engineering at West Point this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn Afghanistan, my soldiers conducted more than 600 combat patrols, cleared more than 650 pounds of homemade explosives off the battlefield and detained multiple high-value targets.\u0026nbsp; \u2026 I was wounded during a firefight out on patrol, sustaining blast injuries from multiple rocket-propelled grenades and 82mm recoilless rifle rounds. I lost over 40 percent of the strength on my right side and suffered some cognitive deficits from traumatic brain injury. I was hospitalized for 10 days to allow my brain to heal.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJim Tucker, ChE 47, Captain, U.S. Army [Veteran]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJim was a sophomore at Tech when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and he was drafted in April 1943. After completing Officer Candidate School, he was named commanding officer of the 183rd Bomb Disposal Squad, which was sent to the Philippines and Japan at the end of World War II.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am most proud about being able to serve my country by providing services that saved lives and completing all my assignments satisfactorily and expeditiously. I witnessed cruelty, hardship and filth, and suffered pain, but returned from my time in service the same man that entered. \u2026 I seldom think about my time in the service since I have trained myself to focus on the present and future, which can be changed, rather than the past which cannot.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ron Johnson, MS OR 85\u0026nbsp; General, U.S. Army [Retired]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter being dared by a Junior ROTC instructor to seek admission to West Point, Ron served in the Army for 32 years, rising to the post of commanding general. He oversaw the $18.4 billion reconstruction program in Iraq, became the COO of the Army Corps of Engineers, and now is a Tech Professor of the Practice for industrial and systems engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTech gave me some of the tools I needed to command, lead and manage at the highest levels of the Army. Understanding data, process improvement, lean thinking concepts, supply chain management, project management, stochastic processes, simulation, optimization\u2026 all these subjects prepared me for the challenges of running organizations like the Army\u2019s Installation Management Command or being the COO of the largest public engineering company in the nation, the Army Corps of Engineers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis article first appeared in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/2014\/06\/brave-faces\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech stands proud of all these veterans who honorably carried out their duties and bravely defended our freedoms. 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One of the victims was Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. It was a day the nation would never forget, but for Rhee, it was also just another day on the job.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompetent and tough, he spent his childhood in South Korea and Uganda, where he once watched his surgeon father remove a spear from a man\u2019s belly. \u0026nbsp;This incident was the turning point in his life motivating him to pursue a lifelong interest in patient care.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Rhee is now the Chief of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns \u0026amp; Emergency Surgery as well as the Marin Gluck Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona.\u0026nbsp; And as you can imagine, he carries a list of post-nominal initials after his name including MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM, and DMCC.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe gracefully balances his demanding career as a world-renowned surgeon with an active research agenda and teaching load. His days, he said, are long and arduous but also extremely rewarding.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA typical day is not typical for me. I had no idea that I would be working as an academician and that means that there is a lot of travel involved for conferences and symposiums as well as from a regulatory point of view.\u0026nbsp; The clinical job is my savior as that is when I get to do professionally what I was trained to do and love to do. \u0026nbsp;The daily workload includes patient care, meetings to improve the systems in the hospital as well as teaching and constant innovating and problem solving,\u201d said Rhee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen asked if his Georgia Tech degree in Health Systems has helped him in his career he said, \u201cI have an upper hand on the health care system and the issues globally than the other surgeons who did not have this degree. The systems approach that I learned at Georgia Tech helps me tremendously as I work towards developing a more efficient patient-based system to deliver not only trauma care but health care to all the patients treated at this hospital.\u0026nbsp; It has also been of great benefit to me as I work at the national level to improve health care.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Rhee, we, at Georgia Tech, are very proud of you.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Peter Rhee, BS Health Systems 1983, recently released a mesmerizing memoir depicting his life as a trauma surgeon.\u0026nbsp; Co-written with reporter Gordon Dillow, Rhee shares the demanding training surgeons take on, the considerations that go into setting up a top of the line trauma center, and the preparation required in making split-second, life-or-death decisions.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Peter Rhee, BS Health Systems 1983, recently released a mesmerizing memoir depicting his life as a trauma surgeon."}],"uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2014-06-03 14:49:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:33","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"300991":{"id":"300991","type":"image","title":"TRAUMA RED: The Making of a Surgeon in War and in America\u2019s Cities","body":null,"created":"1449244572","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:56:12","changed":"1475895004","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:04","alt":"TRAUMA RED: The Making of a Surgeon in War and in America\u2019s Cities","file":{"fid":"199539","name":"rhee_trauma_red_book_cover_-_release.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rhee_trauma_red_book_cover_-_release_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rhee_trauma_red_book_cover_-_release_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":271226,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rhee_trauma_red_book_cover_-_release_0.jpg?itok=tAArOHd8"}},"301001":{"id":"301001","type":"image","title":"Dr. Peter Rhee","body":null,"created":"1449244572","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:56:12","changed":"1475895004","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:04","alt":"Dr. Peter Rhee","file":{"fid":"199540","name":"peter_rhee.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peter_rhee_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peter_rhee_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2272836,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/peter_rhee_1.jpg?itok=O7kMEI77"}},"301021":{"id":"301021","type":"image","title":"Dr. Peter Rhee performing surgery","body":null,"created":"1449244572","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:56:12","changed":"1475895004","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:04","alt":"Dr. Peter Rhee performing surgery","file":{"fid":"199542","name":"peter_rhee_surgery.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peter_rhee_surgery_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peter_rhee_surgery_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2731030,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/peter_rhee_surgery_0.jpg?itok=EjFAPdM9"}}},"media_ids":["300991","301001","301021"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[{"id":"426","name":"isye"}],"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","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"301551":{"#nid":"301551","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jane Ammons Received the Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Jane Ammons\u003C\/strong\u003E received the prestigious Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award at the IIE Conference in Montreal on June 2, 2014.\u0026nbsp; This award is one of the highest and most esteemed honor bestowed by IIE. It recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves through contributions to the welfare of mankind in the field of industrial engineering. The contributions are of the highest caliber and nationally or internationally recognized. \u0026nbsp;Ammons is the second woman to win this award, the first being Lillian Gilbreth.\u0026nbsp;Of ISyE\u0027s seven school chairs\/directors, Ammons and Frank Groseclose, known as the \u0022father of IE,\u0022 are the only two to have received this award. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe citation reads:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESince Lillian Gilbreth received the initial Gilbreth Award in 1962, it has gone to many of the giants of our profession; all men\u2026until tonight. Tonight, we would like to honor Jane Ammons. Jane serves as the H. Milton and Carolyn Stewart School Chair and Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. For over 38 years, Jane has been an active industrial engineering practitioner, award-winning teacher and researcher, and leader, including service as president and as secretary of the IIE Board of Trustees. During this time, she and her husband Ricky have been blessed with two sons, a daughter-in-law, and a grandson. Her areas of expertise include supply chain engineering with a special interest in developing closed-loop, environmentally sustainable systems. Jane received her Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Tech, and she is a registered professional engineer in the state of Georgia. Jane\u2019s work is well-published, and she and her students have won several research awards. At Georgia Tech, she has been honored with eight teaching\/faculty awards. She also served as the NSF ADVANCE Professor of Engineering from 2002-2006 working to advance the career success of women engineering faculty. Jane has provided national and international leadership and service on several boards and advisory panels, including the technical committee for the Uganda: Millennium Science Initiative Project co-financed by the World Bank and the U.S. National Science Foundation Engineering Advisory Committee. She is a program evaluator for ABET, an IIE fellow and a member of SME, INFORMS and ASEE.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ammons is a leader in the overall field of industrial and systems engineering.\u0026nbsp; She is also a pioneer of engineering for women and a supporter of enhancing educational opportunities for underrepresented minorities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ammons contributions have been vast and her tenure at Georgia Tech has been marked by my many successes and firsts. She was the first female ISyE Ph.D. recipient (1982) and the first female ISyE faculty member. She previously served as associate dean for faculty affairs in the College of Engineering, and in 2011, was appointed to hold the H. Milton Stewart and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in ISyE, becoming the first female school chair in the College of Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to her institutional service, Dr. Ammons has had a strong impact in the external field of industrial and systems engineering. She is a past-president of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and has chaired the National Science Foundation Engineering Advisory Committee. 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\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENew manufacturing process innovations.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; The impact of additive manufacturing (e.g., 3-D printing) on supply chain design and operations may have dramatic impact on the design of supply chains.\u0026nbsp; If additive manufacturing feedstock can be used for multiple products, then a risk pooling opportunity exists that may reduce transport demand for work-in-progress and finished goods. \u0026nbsp;New packaging that results in weight and cube reduction per unit of product shipped may further reduce the growth in tonnage transported.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E4.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReverse globalization and re-shoring.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; Supplier footprints for the U.S. market are moving closer to the U.S. This is due to changing wage structures in China and in Mexico and in the improved resilience provided by shorter supply chains (\u201cMexico is the new China\u201d). \u0026nbsp;Future changes in the cost of energy (which may go down, indicating the possible advantage of longer supply chains) and interest rates (which may go up, increasing inventory holding costs, indicating the possible advantage of faster supply chains) may affect this trend.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E5.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDemographic changes and the growth of urban logistics.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp; Over 50% of the world\u2019s population now lives in urban areas.\u0026nbsp; The growth of mega-cities in the world is occurring mostly in Asia (e.g., Tokyo, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Delhi). 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I made a lot of nice and cool friends in the club.\u0026nbsp; During my Co-op and Intern semesters, I like inviting friends to my apartment and cooking food together during the weekends.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;I also jog every single weekend and like to travel when I don\u0027t have a lot of work on hand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYou mention you were one of the bananas in the 2011 homecoming game against Clemson. What is the banana and do you have a photo of you in the suit? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWell, my previous roommate decided that he wanted to bring a group of friends in banana suits together and go to the homecoming game. It might seem random and stupid to some people, but the experience turned out to be one of the best parts for my college life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhere is your favorite place on campus?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe best memory at college goes to Bobby Dodd Stadium.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us a little about each of your internships. What did you enjoy most about each of them? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI spent three semesters working as a Software Engineer Co-op at Ventyx ABB. I learnt a lot of technical stuff in programming and modelling. I also learnt to behave professionally in a company. Meeting experienced industry people within the company has helped me a lot in many different aspects. Talking to Georgia tech alumni from previous generations and listening to their story is the best part!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI also spent one summer semester working at Hewlett-Packard. It was the semester when I developed a much better understanding of self-motivation and proactive work attitudes. The experience is simply invaluable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about one of the research projects you worked on\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe most recent research project I\u0027m working on is about applying Robust Optimization in Demand Response Scheduling. Advised by Dr. Andy Sun, I had a chance to work on the modeling and simulation aspects of the problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you consider your biggest achievement? What is the best piece of advice you ever received?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy talking to friends and teachers and listening to their stories, I start to understand what self-motivation is and how it can be applied in work. To me, self-motivation is something that comes from inside. 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Varela joined forces with his rival in the presidential run, previous President Ricardo Martinelli, as the candidate for Vice President, and on May 3, 2009, was sworn in as Vice-President of Panama. A free-market conservative, Varela has strong social credentials, having been the architect of a popular program at the start of Ricardo Martinelli\u0027s presidency to provide a $100 monthly stipend to Panamanians over age 70 without a pension or retirement benefits.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE alumnus,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJuan Carlos Varela\u003C\/strong\u003E, IE 1985, was declared the victor of Panama\u0027s presidential election on May 4, 2014. 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The Georgia Tech Master of Science in Analytics degree is one of the few truly interdisciplinary analytics degrees that include all of those areas. As a result, our graduates will be uniquely able to think across the disciplines as they generate deeper insights into analytics problems,\u201d said Joel Sokol, director of the MS in Analytics program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis interdisciplinary degree program leverages the combined strengths of Georgia Tech in statistics, operations research, computing, and business by melding the world-class expertise of the College of Engineering\u2019s Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, the College of Computing\u2019s School of Computational Science and Engineering, and the Scheller College of Business. By combining the strengths of these nationally ranked programs, graduates will be afforded the opportunity to integrate analytic skills in a unique and interdisciplinary way that yields deep insights into analytics problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of the central objectives of the program will be to produce graduates who will be ready to enter the workplace with the computing, business, statistics, and operations research skills needed to immediately identify, analyze, and solve analytics problems for better business intelligence and decision support. Georgia Tech\u2019s Master of Science in Analytics graduates will be able to move directly into business, industry, and government positions where they can apply the practical knowledge they have gained to immediately benefit their employers. \u003Cbr \/\u003EProgram participants will have access to a state-of-the-art analytics lab with high-performance computing infrastructure for massive-scale data analytics, and will learn to:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eidentify and frame problems;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eacquire, manage, and utilize large and fast-moving streams of data;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ecreate, analyze, solve, and interpret mathematical models using appropriate methodology; and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026nbsp;integrate these interdisciplinary skills to successfully develop and execute analytics projects.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond these core skills, participants will focus on one of three tracks that will provide additional depth in specific area of analytics:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAnalytical Tools: This track provides students with a greater understanding of the quantitative methodology of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics: how to select, build, solve, and analyze models using methodology such as parametric and non-parametric statistics, regression, forecasting, data mining, machine learning, optimization, stochastics, and simulation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBusiness Analytics: This track provides students with a deeper understanding of the practice of using analytics in business and industry: how to understand, frame, and solve problems in marketing, operations, finance, management of information technology, human resources, and accounting in order to develop and execute analytics projects within businesses.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EComputational Data Analytics: This track provides students with a deeper understanding of the practice of dealing with so-called \u201cbig data\u201d: how to acquire, preprocess, store, manage, analyze, and visualize data arriving at high volume, velocity, and variety.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnalytics is an important and quickly-growing field, and has quickly become a key facet of business strategy. 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Students \u003Cstrong\u003EMaria Ayers, Lakshmi Sangeeta Gadepalli\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E, Ashfaque (Ash) Kachwala, Tahsin Munir, Cane Punma, Gabriel Rodriguez, \u003C\/strong\u003Eand\u003Cstrong\u003E Yuvraj (Yuvi) Singh\u003C\/strong\u003E, guided by their faculty advisor \u003Cstrong\u003EOzlem Ergun\u003C\/strong\u003E , were chosen for their project \u003Cem\u003EWFP Global Supply Chain Optimization\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe World Food Program (WFP), is the largest humanitarian organization fighting world hunger, has a decentralized decision making process across its supply chain.\u0026nbsp; In order to centralize commodity, sourcing, and routing decisions, the team created a customizable optimization tool, based on a multi-period multi-commodity minimum cost network flow model.\u0026nbsp; The tool outputs the most cost-effective solution given optional constraints over a planning horizon.\u0026nbsp; With this visibility, WFP can potentially save $34 million or 12.91% of the supply chain costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinalists in the competition were two senior design teams who worked with Heidelberg Spares and Manheim SureSell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Heidelberg Spares team members include \u003Cstrong\u003EGian Di Carlo, Benedict Herbst, Christoph Koehler, Lior Koren, Andrea Pava, Mark Vaisberg, \u003C\/strong\u003Eand\u003Cstrong\u003E Daniel Zuleta\u003C\/strong\u003E and their faculty advisor is\u003Cstrong\u003E Doug Bodner\u003C\/strong\u003E. Their project was on \u003Cem\u003EPredictive Replacement for Spare Parts of Printing Presses\u003C\/em\u003E. This project improves the service business of Heidelberg USA, a company that manufactures industrial printing presses, by shifting it towards a proactive service model.\u0026nbsp; Utilizing reliability theory, correlation analysis, optimization, and simulation, the team created a suite of tools that identify economically optimal part replacement times, helping prevent Heidelberg customers from incurring unexpected, expensive machine failures. With this win-win solution, Heidelberg has a potential service revenue increase of up to $49M, and its customers have potential downtime reduction of 40%.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Manheim SureSell Team members include \u003Cstrong\u003EHannah Berkhan, Layla Bouzoubaa, Alicia Hess, Claudia Lara, Maryann Remy, \u003C\/strong\u003Eand\u003Cstrong\u003E Alexandra Underwood\u003C\/strong\u003E. Their faculty advisor is \u003Cstrong\u003ESebastian Pokutta\u003C\/strong\u003E. Their project is titled \u003Cem\u003ERisk Transfer Mechanism through SureSell\u003C\/em\u003E. Manheim facilitates more than $50 billion annually by auctioning automobiles for outside sellers but only earns revenue itself when cars sell.\u0026nbsp; To encourage sellers to accept bids rather than continuously retry at auction, the team developed a risk-transfer mechanism, SureSell, in which Manheim will pay the difference between the highest bid and the market price of cars that have been auctioned four times but have not yet sold.\u0026nbsp; SureSell returns pricing control to Manheim and increases car conversion rates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to ISyE Professor Emeritus \u003Cstrong\u003ELeon McGinnis\u003C\/strong\u003E, the three teams collectively created between $40 million and as much as $100 million in potential value for their clients. He also cites that all senior design participants worked on projects with remarkable outcomes. \u201cThe breadth of projects and the overall quality of the work is quite impressive, and it may spur us to think about ways to make the undergraduate curriculum even better,\u201d said McGinnis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll senior students in ISyE culminate their undergraduate educational experience with the Senior Design course in order to provide firsthand experience at solving real world problems in a team environment. Students typically work in teams of six to eight individuals with 15-25 Senior Design teams running each semester. Each group is advised by an ISyE faculty member, and the faculty coordinator manages the overall course. Companies interested in submitting a project for consideration can either contact Joel Sokol, at 404 894-6484 or can post a project through the ISyE webpage at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/seniordesign\/\u003C\/a\u003E. 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As Research Director, Savelsbergh was responsible for SCL\u2019s Leaders in Logistics program, an industry outreach\/partnership program focused on developing innovative solutions that enhances companies\u2019 competitiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMartin has a strong international reputation for outstanding scholarship involving the solution of challenging and important problems in supply chain and logistics and also for important methodological and computational developments,\u201d said Jane Ammons, Stewart School chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESavelsbergh is a logistics and optimization specialist with over 20 years of experience in mathematical modelling, optimization methods, performance analysis, supply chain management, production planning, and transportation. He has published over 120 research papers in many of the top operations research and optimization journals. He has a track record of creating innovative techniques for solving large-scale optimization problems in a variety of areas, ranging from vehicle routing and scheduling, to service network design, to stockyard management.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESavelsbergh has demonstrated ability to design and implement highly sophisticated and effective optimization algorithms as well as an ability to analyze practical decision problems and translate the insights obtained into optimal business solutions. Before joining the University of Newcastle in October of 2011, Savelsbergh led the Business and Services Analytics research program in the Mathematics, Informatics, and Statistics division of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Industrial and Scientific Research Organization).\u0026nbsp; Savelsbergh is a Fellow of INFORMS, the largest society in the world for professionals in the field of operations research, management science, and\u0026nbsp;analytics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMartin Savelsbergh\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;will be joining the ISyE faculty as the James C. Edenfield Chair this August 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Martin Savelsbergh will be joining the ISyE faculty as the James C. 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However, when you have an industrial engineering degree, like \u003Cstrong\u003EAman Advani\u003C\/strong\u003E, IE 2007, the possibilities are endless. Advani has combined his IE degree with his business degree from MIT, and is on a mission to merge fashion and function. He and a few of his fellow MIT grads recently founded \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ministryofsupply.com\/?gclid=CIW8xJjf9L0CFRFp7AodDAUAwg\u0022\u003EMinistry of Supply\u003C\/a\u003E. This Boston-based startup carries a line of more \u201ctechnologically-savvy,\u201d adaptive dress shirts that help control perspiration, reduce odor, and wrinkling. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince launching on Kickstarter in 2012, they\u2019ve released a full line of men\u0027s \u0022Performance Professional\u0022 products.\u0026nbsp; Ministry of Supply focuses on an understanding of the human body, technical fibers and fabrics, and advanced manufacturing techniques, making it the most comfortable and sharp set of apparel on the market. For example, the Apollo dress shirt uses NASA technology, embedded within the fibers of the shirt, to proactively cool or warm your body in times of need - avoiding sweat stains, wrinkles, and odors.\u0026nbsp; With a team of ten, they just completed a Series Seed fundraising, and wrapped up their first full calendar year - shipping about 40,000 units to about 20,000 customers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EISyE recently spoke to Advani to learn more about how he blends his engineering background with a sense of fashion and design.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy fashion? What inspired you to go into this industry?\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs an outdoor enthusiast, I\u2019ve always been interested in how fashion and function interact. That\u2019s the nature of what we\u2019re trying to do \u2013 taking a lot inspiration for how comfortable we are on the field or at the gym, and bringing those familiar principles to a new category. And since we\u2019re engineers by nature, it came naturally.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about founding Ministry of Supply?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe started the company in 2011 while I was at MIT for business school. Having prototyped a few items, I met up with my co-founders during my first year of grad school. They were also marching forward on the same concept, so it was natural (and serendipitous) that we joined. We also had a very similar vision in terms of the deeper \u201cwhy\u201d we were doing this, and complimentary skill sets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOther than co-founder, what role do you play in the company?\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019m the President \u2013 focused on making sure our goals are clear, and that the whole team is marching towards them every day, week, quarter, etc.\u0026nbsp; In addition (we each wear many hats!) I focus on product operations (sourcing, production, and fulfillment) and finances (accounting, reporting, and planning).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDo you use your IE skills in your role in the company?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEvery day. A lot of the issues we learned to deal with in our ISyE classes come to life so frequently. For instance, we talk safety stocks, logistics, optimization, and even some light system dynamics.\u0026nbsp; It\u2019s fantastic to see the text book solutions come alive on such a regular basis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is the Ministry of Supply\u2019s guiding principle for addressing fashion? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe\u2019re focused on breaking down the limitations of current fashion by using customer input and feedback \u2013 starting with a fundamental understanding of the human body (through various testing mechanisms, like thermal imaging).\u0026nbsp; Then, we use advanced materials and technical manufacturing methods (like seamless knitting or bonding) to solve the issues that we understand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are some of the most interesting innovations in your company?\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of our first innovations was utilizing Phase Change Materials \u2013 initially developed for NASA space suits \u2013 in our dress shirts. PCMs effectively regulate your temperature by melting or freezing near your ideal skin temperature (freezing or melting to transfer energy, thus affecting temperature). We embed technology like PCMs into our fibers \u2013 and since, have found other \u201cplatforms\u201d that we rely upon, such as toasted coffee grounds embedded within the fibers of our socks, sweaters, and undershirts to naturally combat odor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDescribe some of your favorite fashion items that your company produces\/sells and what makes them special?\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019ve always been a huge fan of socks, and ours are pretty spectacular.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; We start with strain analysis, and follow with pressure mapping \u2013 to create the most comfortable dress sock (or loafer sock) on the market \u2013 built for the male stride, like wearing your favorite gym socks to work. We also leverage similar technology in our ATMOS t-shirt, which uses thermal imaging to map ventilation panels on to the t-shirt, to proactively keep you cool. The best part is that for both of these products, we use seamless knitting machines \u2013 think 3D printing for fashion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnd finally, one more question.\u0026nbsp; What is one of your fondest memories from your time at Georgia Tech\u2019s Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESenior Design in 2007, my team pulled an all-nighter after Thanksgiving, since we were fall graduates. It ended up being a blast - we brought snacks, drinks, and tunes to the computer lab and cranked away all night. I don\u0027t think I recognized it then, but all-nighters (quite frequent) were definitely as much fun as they were painful. 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But before she does, Shinjini will give the coveted Undergraduate Reflection Speech in front of approximately 10,000 undergraduates and their families who are waiting excitedly to cross the stage and receive their diplomas. We were able to sit down with Das and pick her brain on this once in a lifetime opportunity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore delving deeper, it is important to note that public speaking has been a forte of Das\u2019 for many years.\u0026nbsp; Das was recognized as a 2009 Future Business Leaders of America Top Ten National Finalist in Public Speaking and served as the only undergraduate workshop facilitator of \u2018The Road to Effective Public Speaking\u2019 at the 2011 ACC Leadership Conference. \u0026nbsp;A President\u2019s Scholar at Georgia Tech studying industrial engineering, she is an inducted member of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national collegiate leadership society. Looking to the future, Das has accepted a full time offer with Deloitte Consulting where she hopes to put her public speaking skills to the test.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe theme of Das\u2019 reflection speech is \u0027The Spirit of Georgia Tech,\u201d one quality she feels that distinguishes this institution from the rest is \u0027spirit.\u0027\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere is an incredible amount of spirit here on campus, both in and out of the classroom, spirit that drives each of us towards achieving our goals and aspirations,\u201d says Das. \u201cI hope to impart the message that the qualities we have developed through our experiences at Georgia Tech will continue to define us as we strive to exceed our potential as future leaders.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDas has competed in numerous public speaking competitions on the national level and has presented at the 2011 ACC Leadership Conference and the 2011 Georgia Tech Leadership Conference. Ever since her first competition at age 15, and as a Future Business Leaders of America Top 10 National Finalist, Das has grown tremendously both as a person and as a professional. The process of crafting a speech, relating it to a diverse audience, and delivering it with style proved to be the perfect preparation for building confidence in her life and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring her early years, Das had to have sufficient content and flair for delivery to engage a wide variety of audiences each week during competitions. The experience upped her sense of self and confidence in her speaking abilities and she holds strong to the notion that public speaking has \u201crevolutionized my life.\u201d For Das, the greatest honor is knowing that her message has successfully impacted a group of individuals. \u201cServing as commencement speaker this spring is truly the culmination of a lifelong dream and the fruition of a vision,\u201d she says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is known for preparing its students for life after college and Das is no exception.\u0026nbsp; Along the way she has learned the value of hard work, determination, and above all, persistence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am prepared to handle failure with poise and grace, and to rise above challenges. Ultimately, my career at Georgia Tech has ensured that in the future, though I may be challenged, I will not be shattered. 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The Committee advises DOE and USDA on R\u0026amp;D related to biofuels and feedstock development.\u0026nbsp; Her appointment is effective through November 30, 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of this Committee, Thomas, the Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems at the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, will assist the Departments of Agriculture and Energy in meeting the Act\u2019s important national goals of a healthier rural economy and improved national energy security. The Act\u2019s main focus is on overcoming key technical challenges through research and development that will lead to a greatly expanded bio-based industry. Thomas will have the responsibility of providing advice to the Departments on matters including: biomass research and development, technical focus and direction of requests for proposals issued under the initiative, procedures for reviewing and evaluating requests for proposals, and facilitating consultation and partnerships among Federal agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThomas\u2019 research interests are energy and materials efficiency, sustainability, industrial ecology, technology assessment, international security, and science and technology policy. Current research projects include the environmental impacts of biofuels and electricity system policy and planning. Thomas received a B. A. in physics from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cornell University. From 1986 to 1989, she was a post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. From 1989 to 2004, she was a Research Scientist at Princeton University, in the Princeton Environmental Institute and in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, and was a Lecturer in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 2004-05, Thomas was the American Physical Society Congressional Science Fellow. 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A key component of these grants is to support sustainable research programs and important new discoveries and innovative advances in predictive health. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe following projects will receive seed grant funding:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESequential Blood Pressure Changepoint Detection\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp; The research team leading this effort includes Turgay Ayer, assistant professor at ISyE, Yao Xie, assistant professor at ISyE, and Peter Wilson, professor at Emory University Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute.\u0026nbsp; The objective of their research is to utilize decision making tools to improve the management of hypertension. 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The objective of their research is to develop a comprehensive, data-driven modeling framework to analyze the cost-effectiveness of numerous surveillance strategies for patients with Hepatitis C virus infection, the most common cause of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the US.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EConsidering Women\u2019s Preferences in Down Syndrome Screening: Risk-Sensitive Decisions and Optimal Risk Cutoffs.\u003C\/em\u003E The research team leading this effort includes Turgay Ayer, assistant professor at ISyE, Pinar Keskinocak, William W. George Chair at ISyE, Ira Horowitz, John D. Thompson Professor and Chair at Emory University School of Medicine (SOM), Jane Ellis, medical director at Emory Regional Perinatal Center, and Matt Oster, assistant professor at Emory University SOM. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of women\u2019s preferences and weighting of different pregnancy outcomes on the optimal risk cutoff values in Down Syndrome screening. They propose to develop a modeling framework to evaluate various prenatal screening strategies, to identify appropriate risk cutoff values considering differences in individual women\u2019s preferences. An easy-to-use decision support tool will be built based on this modeling framework to aid in clinical decision-making and promote informed and shared decision-making.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPredicting Health Costs and Variations Geographically\u003C\/em\u003E. The research team leading this effort includes Julie Swann, Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Associate Professor at ISyE, and Nicoleta Serban, associate professor at ISyE. \u0026nbsp;Their focus is on predictive health at the system level, where they study health costs and variations in costs geographically and find statistically significant associations.\u0026nbsp; Such variation in cost can point to behaviors at the patient or provider level or infrastructure in the community that can be targeted for future improvements. The overall research question is to what extent costs vary geographically, especially for Medicaid, and what factors are associated with increased costs in the system.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA Decision Support System for Treatment Determination of Rotator Cuff Tears Patients. \u003C\/em\u003EKamran Paynabar, assistant professor at ISyE, is leading this research effort. The objective is to develop a decision support system that utilizes patients\u2019 medical record and initial examination data to predict the probability of a need for surgery treatment for rotator cuff tears patients at an early stage. The developed decision support system helps physicians make more accurate decisions on treatment recommendation by leveraging the predicted surgery probability.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELinking Access to Health Outcomes for Cystic Fibrosis. \u003C\/em\u003ENicoleta Serban, associate professor at ISyE, is leading this research effort. The objective of the study is to assess whether health outcomes for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients are significantly associated to accessibility of the CF accredited care centers in the United States. Although multiple factors have been studied to as potential health outcomes for CF disease progression, investigations on how healthcare access is linked to disparities in the CF-related health outcomes are sparse. The overall research question is to what extent access to care impacts the health status of patients with CF?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe George Family Foundation was founded by Bill George and his wife Penny as a way to foster wholeness in mind, body, spirit, and community and to further the development of authentic leaders. Their interests include integrative medicine, leadership, spirituality, and community. The Georges, who reside in Minneapolis, MN, support academia at Georgia Tech through fellowships and an endowed chair in the area of health systems. George is the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic and currently serves on the boards of ExxonMobil and Goldman Sachs. He is also a trustee of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the World Economic Forum USA. He has made frequent appearances on television and radio, and his articles have appeared in numerous publications. He has been named to the \u201cTop 25 Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years\u201d by PBS.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith a primary goal of stimulating and supporting research in predictive health, ISyE selected six proposals, recommended by a panel of expert reviewers, to receive seed grant funding provided by the George Family Foundation. 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We are proud of her accomplishments thus far and look forward to what she will do next,\u201d said Wu and Vengazhiyil.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a NSF Career award winner, Hung joins the ranks of ISyE statistics alumni Peter Qian who won in 2011 (former student of Wu) and M. K. Jeong who won in 2007 (former student of J.C. Lu).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYing Hung, PhD IE 2008, has been selected as the winner of this year\u2019s Tweedie New Researcher Award as well as the NSF Career award. 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Read on about how IoT fuels e-waste, what we can do to improve the environment using IoT, and managing e-waste:\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca class=\u0022moz-txt-link-freetext\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/1mDqx43\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/bit.ly\/1mDqx43\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE\u0027s\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Valerie Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E, Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, and Alain Louchez, Managing Director of the Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT) at Georgia Tech, co-wrote\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EE-waste and the Internet of Things\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;for International Telecommunications Union.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ISyE\u0027s Valerie Thomas explains that as electronics are increasingly embedded in the economic and personal fabric of society, we need to manage these devices beyond their useful life."}],"uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2014-02-25 12:43:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:55","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63741":{"id":"63741","type":"image","title":"Valerie Thomas","body":null,"created":"1449176708","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:08","changed":"1475894559","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:39","alt":"Valerie Thomas","file":{"fid":"191862","name":"Valerie_Thomas.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Valerie_Thomas_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Valerie_Thomas_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1535961,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Valerie_Thomas_0.jpg?itok=XN4RFnwT"}}},"media_ids":["63741"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1135","name":"valerie thomas"}],"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","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"274251":{"#nid":"274251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Logistics of Rebuilding Homes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EForest fires in California, flooding in Colorado, and tornados in Oklahoma \u2013 not to mention hurricanes in Mexico, earthquakes in Pakistan, and volcano eruptions in Indonesia. 2013 has seen natural disasters around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENon-governmental organizations (NGOs) often respond to urgent needs created by such disasters by fielding donations and distributing supplies. But to reach the most people and save the most lives, they must plan responses far in advance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Enter: the engineers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Industrial and systems engineers are known for designing optimization tools and models to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of organizations\u2019 work. For a humanitarian group facing the wake of a natural disaster, mitigation and decision aid tools become even more vital given the high degree of uncertainty and limited infrastructure and resources. Now, a College of Engineering alumna\u2019s work in this field is being adopted by Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial and systems engineering (ISyE) alumna Shelly Ballard, who earned a master\u2019s degree in 2012, teamed up with Professor Julie Swann of the Health \u0026amp; Humanitarian Logistics Center (HHL) for her thesis. Swann and Professors \u00d6zlem Ergun and Pinar Keskinocak cofounded and now direct the Center, which helps organizations improve logistics in emergencies and long-term development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe find that students can get really excited about using engineering skills in nontraditional environments like humanitarian systems,\u201d Swann says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a major disaster, one of the most urgent needs is adequate shelter. Ballard collaborated with Swann to design a product-mix optimization tool for Habitat for Humanity International to address a classic problem: How can an organization allocate limited resources to impact the most people for the least time and money?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHabitat, headquartered in Americus, Ga., maintains a large presence in Atlanta and throughout the world. 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The Category 5 storm hit the coast of Nicaragua in 2007, destroying more than 10,900 homes and leaving 45 percent of the population without sanitation facilities. Using her tool, Ballard calculated an optimal product mix that showed a several-fold improvement in overall effectiveness compared to the mix of products actually used following the disaster.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer methods offered the possibility of a much greater impact on the community for the same cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis type of industrial engineering, optimizing \u201cvalue for money,\u201d is important for organizations like Habitat for Humanity, because it shows donors that their money is being used in the most efficient and effective ways possible.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESwann points to the important role that universities like Georgia Tech play not only in developing new science but in translating scientific approaches into practice, which can aid companies, NGOs, or government in decision-making under intense pressure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI had actually participated in building Habitat houses when I was a freshman at Georgia Tech,\u201d she recalls, \u201cso it is exciting to work with students to \u2018build\u2019 in a new capacity for Habitat.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to her work on the product optimization tool in Atlanta, Ballard also traveled to the Caribbean on a research trip with HHL as part of Georgia Tech\u2019s Caribbean Hazard Assessment Mitigation and Preparedness interdisciplinary project. These countries at high-risk for hurricanes \u2013 such as Haiti, where Habitat has served more than 2,000 families in the last 30 years \u2013 are examples of areas where the tool could be effective.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s been such an honor to see the tool I built for Habitat being improved upon, and something Habitat is excited to share,\u201d says Ballard. \u201cPerhaps the most exciting part is seeing organizations catch on to the vast potential of these tools! If the major players start building and using these tools, just imagine how many more people and families could be reached.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBallard has moved on from Georgia Tech, but HHL and Habitat continue to expand on her work. Current ISyE student Le Jiang is volunteering with Habitat\u2019s Atlanta team to further improve what\u2019s now called the \u201cShelly tool.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor a nonprofit, having an optimization tool puts HFHI at the forefront of their sector,\u201d Jiang says. \u201cIn combination with successfully quantifying effectiveness, this could potentially thrust HFHI into leadership in the nonprofit community.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten By Meghan Smithgall\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis article first appeared in the College of Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E2014\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWinter issue.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Health \u0026amp; Humanitarian Logistics Center collaborates with Habitat for Humanity International to improve disaster 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.\u0026nbsp; The successful candidate will also hold the H. Milton and Carolyn Stewart Endowed Chair.\u0026nbsp; The School has a student population of nearly 1,700 undergraduates and approximately 350 graduate students, 125 of whom are pursuing a Ph.D.\u0026nbsp; Currently, there are 50 full-time academic faculty members.\u0026nbsp; The primary disciplinary strengths represented by the School\u2019s faculty are: modern industrial engineering, operations research, and statistics.\u0026nbsp; Major methodological research concentrations include mathematical optimization, stochastic processes, and engineering statistics with prominent application domains arising in supply chain logistics, health, manufacturing, system informatics, finance, energy, natural systems, and others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECandidates for this position must have an earned doctorate or equivalent experience, and national and international recognition in their specific discipline. A \u0026nbsp;proven record of excellence in academic and professional scholarly achievements is essential.\u0026nbsp; The successful candidate should have the strategic skills and vision to lead the School toward higher levels of excellence within a multi-disciplinary and high\u2013technology environment and be able to establish a successful working relationship with federal, state and private funding agencies.\u0026nbsp; The Chair has a leadership role in increasing private and public support for the School; developing and maintaining close relationships with alumni of the School is essential.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Chair reports to the Dean of the College of Engineering and is responsible for all administrative, budgetary and personnel decisions within the School.\u0026nbsp; The successful candidate will be expected to provide evidence of fiscal responsibility and exhibit excellent leadership and management abilities, particularly interpersonal, team-building, and effective communication skills.\u0026nbsp; It is essential that the Chair provide leadership to an experienced, talented School staff.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EReview of application materials will begin February 28, 2014 and continue until the position is filled.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplications should include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae and names and address of five references. Electronic submission of materials is preferred and should be submitted to:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003ERonald W. 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May, Dean of the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. \u201cIn her career, Jane achieved many milestones including being the first woman chair of an engineering school at Tech. We are all grateful for what she has done during her tenure as both a school chair and as a College of Engineering associate dean. Her energy, leadership, and hard work on behalf of ISyE will be missed at Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring her time as school chair, ISyE increased the size of the faculty by almost 20 percent by adding nine new faculty members, with plans to hire more outstanding faculty colleagues during before the end of the academic year. To improve the quality of experience for ISyE\u2019s students, Ammons filled three new positions including a director of student services, an Edenfield Executive-in-Residence, and a professor of the practice. Also, ISyE has ramped up its international professional master\u2019s degree in supply chain engineering program and initiated a second professional master\u2019s program, this time in analytics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause competition has increased, and the traditional revenue streams are drying up, Ammons has been extremely active in fundraising, working tirelessly to help ISyE achieve its $60M goal.\u0026nbsp;ISyE officially reached its Capital Campaign goal in December 2013 and was the first engineering school to reach its goal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, ISyE has accomplished major facilities upgrade to the School including the construction of a bridge to connect the two buildings for better flow and access and the creation of the ISyE Studio, which was established to provide students with a workspace to practice presentations, collaborate with other students, and obtain tutorial assistance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining ISyE as school chair, Ammons previously served as associate dean for faculty affairs in the College of Engineering and before that held the rank of professor at ISyE.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring her time at Georgia Tech, she has experienced a lot of firsts. She is the first female chair of ISyE as well as the first woman to be named a chair of a school in Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering.\u0026nbsp; Also, Ammons was the first female to graduate with a Ph.D. (1982) from ISyE, as well as the school\u2019s first female faculty member.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, she has been honored with eight teaching\/faculty awards at the school and university levels including the WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women in OR\/MS (2005), \u201cSpirit of Georgia Tech\u201d Professor (2001), MERITOR Faculty Excellence Award (1999),\u0026nbsp;and the WRC\u2019s Woman of Distinction Award (2003), among many others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe has authored or co-authored more than 100 refereed and technical publications in the area of manufacturing systems and supply chain engineering in her career. She has a particular interest and expertise in developing closed-loop, environmentally sustainable systems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Ammons served as an advisor for the Tau Beta Pi student chapter for 24 years. She continues to be engaged in activities to enhance the development of Georgia Tech students and faculty, including women and under-represented groups. At Georgia Tech she served as the NSF ADVANCE Professor of Engineering from 2002-2006 working to advance the career success of women engineering faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmmons has served as the President of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). She has been a member of the Technical Committee for the Uganda: Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) Project co-financed by the World Bank. 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This fascinating and informative talk, called Integer Programming: The Global Impact, was recorded and is available for download at: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1853\/49829\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1853\/49829\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/1853\/49829\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInteger programming is the name for optimization models and algorithms in which some variables are required to have integer values. Planning and operational problems in energy, finance, health, manufacturing, military, transportation, and in almost any imaginable domain where decisions are made, are formulated and solved using integer programming.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, most Fortune 500 companies use integer programming in some aspects of their business. Currently available software is capable of solving models with thousands, and sometimes millions, of variables and constraints. 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The QS World University Ranking lists the top universities in the world for statistics and operational research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe programs\u0027 principal homes are in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) and are jointly affiliated with the School of Mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cThe OR program in ISyE, especially the optimization component, has been well recognized internationally and viewed as the crown jewel of ISyE. Statistics received a big boost about 11 years ago and has quickly built its strength to reach international acclaim. ISyE is unique in that it is one of the only departments or schools in the country\u0026nbsp;that has major programs in both operations research (OR) and statistics in the same unit,\u201d commented Professor George Nemhauser, ISyE\u2019s A. 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