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Both Bakshi and Rajore embody the characteristics of a great leader. \u003Cstrong\u003EBakshi\u003C\/strong\u003E, a strong and effective leader who isn\u2019t afraid to roll up his sleeves, set up the electronic check-in and response system for the IIE career fair and organized many successful events. \u003Cstrong\u003ERajore\u003C\/strong\u003E is an exciting, innovative, and initiative-driver leader, has increased participation and activities within the IE honor society while incorporating more process improvement structures.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHongfan (Kevin) Chen \u003C\/strong\u003Ereceived the ISyE Alpha Pi Mu Academic Excellence Award and the COE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award.In an impressive five year span, Kevin has managed to complete two majors: IE and Math; two internships; three Ph.D. classes; and two research projects as well as a ticket to ACC Meeting of the Mind Conference.\u0026nbsp; Kevin has been admitted to multiple top PhD programs and aspires to be a professor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHaley Hahmann\u003C\/strong\u003E received the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering Senior Service Award. \u0026nbsp;Hahmann won the\u0026nbsp;award for her exceptional dedication to serving and representing ISyE. Haley extended herself beyond the scope of her\u0026nbsp;responsibilities\u0026nbsp;by always being available as an ISyE ambassador for prospective student visits, and being a key contributor in the development and deployment of ISyE\u0027s outreach program to high schools to promote industrial engineering as a major and the ISyE brand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPravara Manasa Harati \u003C\/strong\u003Ereceived the Henry Ford II Best Junior Award for best academic performance at ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Chen, Ayodeji Hambolu, Heather Humphrey, Tahsin Munir, Jeremiah Strang and David Weigel \u003C\/strong\u003Ereceived the Jack C. 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Buser is noted as always willing and ready to help, with patience and kindness even during chaotic registration periods. The students say that Buser is genuinely invested in their success and a true supporter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe awards and scholarships were presented by Pinar Keskinocak, William W. George Chair and Professor, Nicoleta Serban, ISyE associate professor, Fran Buser, ISyE academic adviser, Chen Zhou, ISyE associate chair for undergraduate studies, Andy Sun, ISyE assistant professor, Valarie DuRant-Modeste, ISyE academic advising manager, General Ronald L. Johnson, Professor of the Practice at\u0026nbsp; ISyE, Patti Parker, ISyE academic advisor, Diya Radhakrishna, President of IIE Student Chapter, Andrea Laliberte, ISyE Edenfield Executive in Residence.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents, faculty, parents, alumni, and award sponsors joined together to recognize some of ISyE\u2019s exceptional undergraduate students for their outstanding academic achievement as well as for their contributions to the School and the community on April 15, 2014 at ISyE\u2019s annual Undergraduate Awards Ceremony.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students, faculty, parents, alumni, and award sponsors joined together to recognize some of ISyE\u2019s exceptional undergraduate students on April 15 at ISyE\u2019s annual Undergraduate Awards Ceremony."}],"uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2014-04-21 11:06:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:15","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"291921":{"id":"291921","type":"image","title":"ISyE Undergaduate Student Awards Ceremony","body":null,"created":"1449244289","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:51:29","changed":"1475894988","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:48","alt":"ISyE Undergaduate Student Awards Ceremony","file":{"fid":"199267","name":"_dsc7513.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/_dsc7513_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/_dsc7513_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1031767,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/_dsc7513_0.jpg?itok=rgh112go"}},"291931":{"id":"291931","type":"image","title":"ISyE undergrads with faculty, staff, and families","body":null,"created":"1449244289","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:51:29","changed":"1475894988","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:48","alt":"ISyE undergrads with faculty, staff, and families","file":{"fid":"199268","name":"_dsc7570_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/_dsc7570_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/_dsc7570_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2589870,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/_dsc7570_0_0.jpg?itok=FaODU3Mb"}}},"media_ids":["291921","291931"],"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\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":""}}}