{"451861":{"#nid":"451861","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech launches state\u0027s first professional master\u0027s degree in manufacturing leadership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta (September 24, 2015) \u2013 Georgia Tech Professional Education has partnered with the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rbi.gatech.edu\/?utm_source=press_release\u0026amp;utm_medium=press_release\u0026amp;utm_campaign=pmml_pr\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/?utm_source=press_release\u0026amp;utm_medium=press_release\u0026amp;utm_campaign=pmml_pr\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E to offer a professional master\u2019s degree in manufacturing leadership (PMML), the first of its kind in Georgia. The degree program is designed to prepare leaders for companies and organizations in the manufacturing industry of the 21st century.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe professional master\u2019s program was developed in response to President Barack Obama\u2019s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership\u2019s (AMP) recommendation, made in its July 2012 report entitled, \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/microsites\/ostp\/pcast_amp_steering_committee_report_final_july_17_2012.pdf\u0022\u003EReport to the President on Capturing Domestic Competitive Advantage in Advanced Manufacturing\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d The AMP recommends that research universities \u201cestablish new masters-level professional degrees in manufacturing leadership\u201d that provide \u201ca comprehensive overview of manufacturing as well as technological and operational perspectives\u201d to meet the nationally accepted trends for advancing manufacturing education.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read the announcement in full, click \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/degrees\/pmml?utm_campaign=PMML\u0026amp;utm_source=PMML_RBI_Website\u0026amp;utm_medium=posting\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Program is result of partnership between PE, RBI, CoE"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2015-09-24 13:49:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:36","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"451871":{"id":"451871","type":"image","title":"Professional Master\u0027s in Manufacturing Leadership","body":null,"created":"1449256280","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:20","changed":"1475895194","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:14","alt":"Professional Master\u0027s in Manufacturing Leadership","file":{"fid":"203349","name":"pmml_socmediasquare_final.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pmml_socmediasquare_final_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pmml_socmediasquare_final_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":162116,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pmml_socmediasquare_final_0.jpg?itok=ckbOjEDM"}}},"media_ids":["451871"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"7546","name":"forest"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"127441","name":"master\u0027s degree"},{"id":"26961","name":"pe"},{"id":"142641","name":"pulp and paper"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDanielle Goss, GTPE, 404.385.2510\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["danielle.goss@pe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}