{"693685":{"#nid":"693685","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Sahrish Jaleel Shaikh","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E Enabling the Physical Internet at Scale: Internal Networks, Decisional Protocols, and Data Sovereignty\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E Monday, November 16, 2026\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E 9:00 AM \u2013 11:00 AM ET\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E George Tower 602 (Physical Internet Center), and virtual via Microsoft Teams\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeeting link:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/289903746942780?p=1oJY14wMv5EhJQQbBY\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022Meeting join\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/289903746942780?p=1oJY14wMv5EhJQQbBY\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Meeting ID: 289 903 746 942 780, Passcode: 4DZ3JX6Q)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESahrish Jaleel Shaikh\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EIndustrial Engineering PhD Student\u003Cbr\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e1be618eb891710ad9bcab8d1248f97d5\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Benoit Montreuil (Advisor)\u003C\/strong\u003E, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e5de62c09d703a3d631506e2e0f38ab14\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Chelsea (Chip) White\u003C\/strong\u003E, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022ee900d0c8b2354eba5270eff06de7442b\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Valerie Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022ecdc60cdd944be6e668d506e24d22eb2e\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Walid Klibi\u003C\/strong\u003E, Centre of Excellence for Supply Chain Innovation and Transportation, KEDGE Business School\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e2285584f2b714fad8c2b98440877bfd8\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Rod Franklin\u003C\/strong\u003E, Professor Emeritus of Logistics, K\u00fchne Logistics University (KLU)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFreight transportation moves a large share of its capacity without freight, and the Physical Internet was proposed as a response: an open logistics system in which modular containers move through shared hubs under common protocols. Simulation studies show strong benefits, but implementation has been limited, because a full Physical Internet needs many organizations to change at once, because each hub must decide without a global view of the network, and because competing organizations will not share all of their operational information. This dissertation addresses these challenges in three research threads, progressing from a single organization to an ecosystem of organizations. The first thread defines the Physical Intranet, the application of Physical Internet principles within a single organization. It develops an operational framework of modular containerization, tiered mesh networks, continuous sorting and frequency-based transportation, and validates it on the network of a major North American parcel provider. The second thread focuses on the two decisions every hub in an open network must take on its own: where each container goes next and when the freight waiting on a lane should leave. It designs routing and dispatch protocols that make these decisions from what the hub can observe. The third thread introduces a framework of graduated data sovereignty, in which networks commit to verifiable outcomes at their boundaries while choosing how much operational data to disclose. It uses the framework to identify what information each routing and dispatch protocol needs from other organizations. Together, the results indicate that much of what the Physical Internet promises is available to a single provider, that hubs deciding locally come close to central coordination, and that networks can capture most of the benefit while disclosing little.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEnabling the Physical Internet at Scale: Internal Networks, Decisional Protocols, and Data Sovereignty\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Enabling the Physical Internet at Scale: Internal Networks, Decisional Protocols, and Data Sovereignty"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-11-02 15:55:11","changed_gmt":"2026-11-02 15:55:49","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-11-16T09:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2026-11-16T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-11-16T11:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-11-16 14:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-11-16 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-11-16 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"George Tower 602 (Physical Internet Center), and virtual via Microsoft Teams","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}