{"60003":{"#nid":"60003","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Giddens Adds Two Associate Deans to College of Engineering Staff","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Engineering Dean Dr. Don Giddens today announced the appointment of Professor Ray Vito as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/people\/profile.php?id=1458\u0022\u003EProfessor Francois Sainfort\u003C\/a\u003E as Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Programs, respectively, effective March 1, 2003. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVito is a professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Tech and Sainfort is a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn making the announcement Giddens said \u0022Drs. Vito and Sainfort will each be one-half time in the Dean\u0027s Office and will devote one-half time to research, teaching and other academic duties in their respective schools.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGiddens cited a need for the College of Engineering to take a more active leadership role in engineering education, faculty career development and the pursuit of interdisciplinary research. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe said he believes these appointments are the beginning of that effort.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2003-02-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:08","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}