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  • Childhood vaccination Tool Creates Personalized Catch-up Immunization Schedules
    Atlanta (May 20, 2008) — A new downloadable software tool will help pediatricians, parents and other health care professionals determine how to adjust complex childhood immunization schedules when one or more vaccine doses aren't received at the proper time.
  • Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective Langley's Latest Book Focuses on Logistics and Supply Chain Management
    Atlanta (May 9, 2008) — In the eighth and most recent edition of Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective, C. John Langley, Jr. and his co-authors focus on the relationship between logistics and supply chain management and how the nature of business is changing overall.
  • Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Credit: Dwight Ratliff to serve on NSF's Polar Programs Advisory Committee
    Atlanta (April 9, 2008) — The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently invited Dr. Donald Ratliff to serve on the Advisory Committee for the Office of Polar Programs (OPP). OPP establishes and directs NSF funding for basic research and operational support in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
  • Computer System Consistently Makes Most Accurate NCAA Picks
    ATLANTA (April 8, 2008) — Three engineering professors at Georgia Tech have created a computer ranking system, called LRMC, that consistently predicts NCAA basketball rankings more accurately than polls, formulas, other computer models and even the tournament seeds themselves.
  • The map denotes the points where the containers wi First Container Race is Underway
    Atlanta (March 26, 2008) — Professor John Bartholdi's global supply chain class has finalized plans for the first "Great Container Race" to begin on April 22, 2008. The students will track two containers as they travel by alternate routes and carriers to the University of Cape Coast Hospital in the West African nation of Ghana. The students will then analyze the efficiency of the routes. The race is expected to take about 35 days.
  • Marco A. Gutierrez, a 4th year Ph.D. in ISyE, is w Working with CARE to Decrease Human Suffering
    Atlanta (January 23, 2008) — Marco A. Gutierrez is a 4th year Ph.D. in ISyE who is focusing his research in the field of humanitarian relief logistics. In this article, Gutierrez discusses the impact of his work with CARE USA.
  • Fall 2007 Supply Chain Executive Fourm SCL Hosts Fall 2007 Supply Chain Executive Forum
    Atlanta (January 21, 2008) — The Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering's Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL) hosted the fall 2007 Supply Chain Executive Forum (SCEF) in October. Participants discussed and exchanged ideas on collaboration—how it is defined within various organizations, the evolution of collaboration, and how it impacts the overall supply chain.
  • 2008 GT/NUS Dual Degree Students ISyE Welcomes 2008 GT/NUS Dual Degree Students
    Atlanta (January 10, 2008) — The Stewart School of ISyE welcomed the seventh group of GT/NUS Dual MS program students and the fourth group of Global Logistics Scholars on January 8, 2008.
  • Dr. Chen Zhou Zhou Named Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies
    Atlanta (January 4, 2008) — Associate Professor Chen Zhou was recently appointed associate chair for undergradaute studies in the Stewart School of ISyE beginning January 1, 2008.
  • L-R): Kate Abercrombie and Jackie Griffin NDTA Awards Supply Chain Engineering Scholarship
    Atlanta (November 29, 2007) — The National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA) recently awarded a $1000 scholarship to support Ph.D. students pursuing work in supply chain engineering at the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE).
  • PSLM collaborates with Lockheed Martin on Sys Model
    Atlanta (October 24, 2007) — Professor Leon McGinnis and colleagues Russell Peak (MARC) and Chris Paredis (ME) are working with Lockheed Martin to demonstrate the use of a new systems modeling language (SysML) for supporting system design with integrated simulation and analysis.
  • Keck Lab wins EVO Planning Grant from NSF
    Atlanta (October 24, 2007) — Professor Leon McGinnis, along with colleagues John Fowler (Arizona State University), Russ Meller (University of Arkansas), and Dima Nazzal (University of Central Florida) have been awarded a planning grant from NSF focused on Discrete Event Logistics Systems.
  • Pete Viehweg Pete Viehweg Named Executive-in-Residence at SCL
    Atlanta (October 10, 2007) — Pete Viehweg brings a wealth of industry experience to his new position as executive-in-residence of SCL's Center for Warehousing and Distribution.
  • Dr. John J. Bartholdi III Bartholdi on Self-Organizing Logistics Systems
    Atlanta (October 9, 2007) — Dr. Bartholdi recently presented a lecture where he introduced a protocol called the "bucket brigade" which is based on how social insects operate complex logistics systems that are efficient. In his presentation, he discussed how this idea has been successfully adapted to coordinate order-pickers in a warehouse.
  • Riding elephants near Bangkok, Thailand. Beijing/Singapore Summer Program A Hit
    Atlanta (September 14, 2007) — The Beijing/Singapore Summer Program, led by ISyE Professor Chen Zhou, offers undergraduate students the opportunity to have a culturally rich learning experience overseas while gaining ISyE course credits. ISyE students Nicki Skillings, Sandesh Reddy, and Margaret Reinhard discuss their experiences and what they learned in this year's program.
  • Stephen Downs Appointed Edenfield Executive
    Atlanta (September 5, 2007) — Stephen Downs was recently appointed Edenfield Executive-in-Residence to assist SCL's efforts in health and humanitarian logistics.
  • MRSA bacteria SCL Researchers Develop Strategies to Reduce HAIs
    Atlanta (September 5, 2007) — SCL researchers Paul Griffin, Ray Hagtvedt, and Pinar Keskinocak have teamed up with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and the Centers for Disease Control to design and evaluate possible approaches to reduce hospital-acquired infection (HAI) including screening, isolation, and improved hygiene approaches.
  • (L to R) Ellis Johnson, Coca-Cola Chaired Professo SCL Welcomes Global Logistics Scholar to Campus
    Atlanta (August 7, 2007) — The H. Milton Stewart School of ISyE's Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL) is hosting Dr. Meilong "Charles" Le, a Global Logistics Scholar, for the next two years. "We look forward to having Professor Le at Georgia Tech as a Global Logistics Scholar," said Don Ratliff, SCL's Executive Director. "He has much to contribute to our understanding of Chinese port operations and China's role in the global economy."
  • Nemhauser and Ball O.R. Symposium Recognizes George Nemhauser
    Atlanta (August 3, 2007) — Optimization Research Symposium: Recognizing Professor George Nemhauser's Contributions to the Field of Operations Research. The two-day event included tributes to Nemhauser as his fellow researchers roasted and toasted him as well as presentations highlighting the depth and breath of the contributions he has made to the field of operations research.
  • Langley, Linz, Ratliff, and Dengel at the Supply C SAP Happily Goes Back to School
    Atlanta (July 9, 2007) — When SAP's travel and transportation team wanted insight into the use of enterprise service-oriented architecture in supply chain and logistics, they turned to Professor Donald Ratliff, executive director of the Stewart School of ISyE's Supply Chain & Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech.
  • Supply Chain Executive Forum SCL Hosts Supply Chain Executive Forum
    Atlanta (May 29, 2007) — The Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering's Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL) hosted the spring 2007 Supply Chain Executive Forum in April at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center.
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