{"49901":{"#nid":"49901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Spotlight: Ana Ortiz","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAna Ortiz, a fourth year undergraduate student in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), recently completed her senior design project working alongside five other ISyE students.   The team worked on a project with Office Depot looking at ways to improve its customer service center. The project focused on expanding the capacity of Office Depot\u0027s internet servicing hub and distribution centers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the midst of completing her senior design project, a camera crew from Career TV came to Georgia Tech and followed Ana Ortiz around for the day, chronicling her demanding life as an industrial engineering student.  This segment is scheduled to be broadcast in February 2009.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt semesters end, Amanda Ondras, a fellow ISyE undergraduate, conducted the following interview with Ana: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat was the most challenging aspect of Senior Design?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was easy for us to get a problem and build a simulation. But defining the root of the problem was really a big challenge as well as finding a good way to summarize the vast amount of analyses for our final presentation. We struggled with how you make the client and the faculty happy at the same time.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat was the most valuable experience from Senior Design?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s the best thing that I\u0027ve done at Tech so far. I haven\u0027t worked in such a high pressure environment. In hindsight it will teach me a lot about time management. Mainly, I learned how to present data and how to present it in the right manner. We presented the same findings to the client and faculty but had to do so in completely different ways. Bottom line, we learned how to make a sales pitch.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat advice would you give to a student about to start Senior Design?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHOLD ON TIGHT! Try to have goals that you can achieve by the end of your late night working sessions. It is easy to get distracted by some tiny little thing.  Don\u0027t lose focus of the main goal of the project.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTell me about the experience with Career TV. What was it like?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was really interesting. It happened during the biggest crunch times for senior design. It was a really cool experience that I don\u0027t regret taking the time to do it. It was the busiest day of my life. I also had to be at the football game because I was working the President\u0027s Box, and my senior design project was due the next night. They [Career TV] showed up with super, fancy cameras and interviewed me. They followed me around all day. I talked to them about Senior Design and Tech and how hard it is.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat motivated you to come to Georgia Tech? \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy mom, my dad, and my grandfather all came to Tech; and I wanted to do something completely different. But I did know that I wanted to be an Industrial Engineer. My Dad sent me online to look up the best school for Industrial Engineering. I thought it was going to be MIT. But it was Georgia Tech\u0027s IE program. And that was it. They got me!\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhy Industrial and Systems Engineering? \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn high school it\u0027s tough to know that you want to do industrial engineering. I wanted something that would give me more of a technical, solid background. More so than a liberal art program. For me industrial engineering doesn\u0027t tie you into one industry or one thing that you\u0027re going to do for the rest of your life. It gives you the analytics for a variety of industries.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat are your plans after your May graduation? \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI am really eager to get out of academia, and work for awhile to make some money. I want to do consulting, which I think is a big trend right now with IE\u0027s. I\u0027d like to gear myself more towards the business side and management stuff. I want to see different problems across different industries.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFavorite book?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHarry Potter!\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat song is queued up on your Ipod right now? \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEl Muella de Seu Blas by Man*\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWeirdest study habit? \u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI can\u0027t study without my roommate [Vivian Soler]. We\u0027re both IE\u0027s. Even if we\u0027re not taking the same classes, if I\u0027m writing up a report I\u0027ll ask her \u0022Do you want to come to Starbucks with me?* And she\u0027ll study something else. But if I am by myself I\u0027ll fall asleep, or I\u0027ll be on Facebook. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E[end of interview]\u003C\/em\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAna continues to juggle other classes, challenging herself academically. She is also serving as a Georgia Tech Ambassador, a member of the Hispanic Recruitment Team, and working as an intern with the Bank of America. In addition, Ana is also involved in campus organizations, serving as the president of the Spanish Speaking Organization, a member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and a tutor at North Atlanta High School through the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHighlights of her academic career include maintenance of at least a 3.0 GPA throughout her tenure at Georgia Tech, recipient of the Jack C. Webb Scholarship, recipient of the Silver Level Tower Award, and HENAAC-Northrop Grumman Scholar of the Week. These awards were a result of the skill set Ana has acquired while at the Stewart School of Industrial Engineering, which includes: scholarship, leadership, extracurricular and community activities. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"In the midst of completing her senior design project, a camera crew from Career TV came to Georgia Tech and followed Ana Ortiz around for the day, chronicling her demanding life as an industrial engineering student. 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