Jane Chumley Ammons, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Dean of Engineering and Professor
Contact Information
Email:
Campus Phone: 404-894-2364
Fax: 404-385-6178
Office Location: Administration Building, Room on 3rd Floor
Personal Homepage
http://www.isye.gatech.edu/people/faculty/Jane_Ammons/
Bio
Jane Ammons serves as the Associate Dean of Engineering for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Her area of expertise includes supply chain engineering with a special interest in developing closed loop, environmentally sustainable systems. Dr. Ammons received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition to her academic experience, Dr. Ammons has worked as a plant engineer for an industrial manufacturer and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Georgia.
Dr. Ammons is an active researcher who has published numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, and she and her students have won several research awards. At Georgia Tech, Dr. Ammons has been honored with eight teaching/faculty awards at the school and university levels. Dr. Ammons has served as an advisor for the Tau Beta Pi student chapter since 1987 and is engaged in activities to enhance the development of Georgia Tech students and faculty, including women and under-represented groups. At Georgia Tech she served as the NSF ADVANCE Professor of Engineering from 2002-2006 working to advance the career success of women engineering faculty.
Currently Dr. Ammons serves as the President of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). She is a member of the Technical Committee for the Uganda: Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) Project co-financed by the World Bank. She serves as a Program Evaluator for ABET, the engineering education accreditation organization.
Dr. Ammons has provided national and international leadership and service on several boards and advisory panels. She has chaired the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Advisory Committee and the U.S. NSF Advisory Committee for the Division of Design and Manufacturing. Dr. Ammons has also served as a member of the U.S. NSF Alan T. Waterman Award Committee to recognize the top young U.S. scientist/engineer. She has served as a consultant to the U.S. Army Science Board. Dr. Ammons has served as Secretary of the IIE Board of Trustees and chaired the Trustees of the IIE Scholarship Fund. She initiated the NSF Engineering Scholars program as Chair of the seminal workshop. She has chaired the Computer Equipment Disposal and Recycling Council for the State of Georgia and served as a member of the City of Atlanta Permitting Improvement Project’s Stakeholders Group. She is a member of IIE, SME, INFORMS, the American Society of Engineering Education, and has been elected a Fellow of IIE.
Honors & Awards
- WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MS, INFORMS 2005
- Woman of Distinction Award 2003
- Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) 2003
- Academy of Distinguished Alumni, Georgia Tech School of Industrial and Systems Engineering 2002
- Who's Who in Engineering Education June 2002
- "Spirit of Georgia Tech" Professor 2001
- MERITOR Faculty Excellence Award 1999
- Georgia Tech Class of 1940 W. Roane Board Outstanding Teacher Award 1998
- Best Feature Application Paper, <em>IIE Transactions</em> 1998
- Outstanding Professor 1994, 1989, 1988, 1985
- "Top 31 Alumnae from the Past 100 years," XXXI Women's Leadership Honorary, The University of Alabama 1993
- Distinguished Engineering Fellow, The University of Alabama, College of Engineering 1993
- Young Engineer of the Year, Metro Atlanta Engineering Societies 1988
- Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers 1986
- IIE Outstanding Faculty Member 1985
- Outstanding Young Women of America 1978
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