Center for Humanitarian Logistics

VISION

To improve humanitarian logistics (including short or long term, manmade or natural disasters) and ultimately the human condition by system transformations through education, outreach, projects and research.

MISSION IN KEY AREAS

Our vision will be achieved by focusing on the areas of education, outreach, projects and research. Our mission in these areas includes:

• Education: Increase human resource capacity by training humanitarian logisticians for positions in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private industry, and the government.
• Outreach: Foster multi-organizational collaboration to improve effectiveness of humanitarian logistics operations and prevention and be the primary source for information on humanitarian logistics.
• Research & Applications: Advance science and technology to improve humanitarian logistics planning and response in the long-term, while working closely with NGOs, government, and the private industry to improve their supply chain and logistics operations in the short-term.

• CURRENTLY ACCEPTING PROJECTS
• Submit a project for a graduate course related to Humanitarian Logistics
• Students, please submit your name if you're interested in a graduate course in humanitarian logistics
• Check out the feature on the Center for Humanitarian Logistics in the Summer 2007 issue of Engineering enterprise

• CENTER SPOTLIGHT
• Operations Researchers Predict Path of Pandemics
  Atlanta (August 27, 2008) — Using math and computer science, ISyE engineers created a model to forecast the progression of a future pandemic. They looked at the way diseases spread to new people and over distances in order to prepare for future emergencies. The model allows researchers to design the best way to distribute food and vaccines to those in need, as well as the optimum locations and staffing for clinics that would respond.
• 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.
• Moinul Islam's Passion is in Humanitarian Logistics
  Atlanta (October 1, 2007) — Moinul Islam is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech whose doctoral research interest is in humanitarian logistics. Here, he writes about his research focus in ISyE and the factors that motivate him.
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