FOCUSED RESEARCH LABS, CENTERS AND GROUPS
Following are various labs, centers, and groups that currently exist within the Stewart School and that are formed around an array of educational and research themes. The level of activity across these groups and alliances may vary substantially.
The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)
Formerly known as The Logistics Institute, The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech (SCL) has research and education
programs in supply chain, transportation, and e-logistics. SCL's logistics mission is
three-fold: It begins with research that is creating the next generation of
logistics knowledge. The Institute's curriculum and more than 30 professional
courses reflect this new knowledge, which is applied to the real world through
joint industry/academic practice. SCL was established in partnership with the
National Science Foundation and more than 20 corporations and government agencies.
Known as Leaders in Logistics, these partners help guide the Institute's direction
as it expands its operations around the globe, including Europe and the Asia-Pacific
region.
Director: Harvey Donaldson
The Logistics Institute Asia-Pacific (TLI A-P)
The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific is a partnership between the National
University of Singapore and the Georgia Institute of Technology for research
and education programs in global logistics. TLI-AP is modeled after The Supply Chain and Logistics
Institute (SCL) at Georgia Tech, which has wide industry recognition as one
of the best institutes for education and research in logistics. The partnership
of TLI-AP with Georgia Tech provides logistics expertise which caters to the
logistics needs of the industries across the world today focusing on global
logistics, information technology, industrial engineering and supply chain
management.
Director: John Bartholdi, Ph.D.
Tennenbaum Institute
Established through a $5 million gift from Georgia Tech alumnus Michael Tennenbaum,
The Tennenbaum Institute is the first multidisciplinary
center of its kind, uniting academic, government, and corporate experts to
create industry shaping business models. The Tennenbaum Institute will focus
on developing business practices and organizational cultures that will help
existing enterprises become more cost-effective and competitive. Georgia
Tech, a well-recognized leader in technological innovations, is a natural
partner for researching and developing transformation initiatives.
Director: Bill Rouse, Ph.D.
Modeling & Simulation
Research & Education Center
MSREC's mission is to create and support cross-disciplinary research and development
activities, including researchers in core M & S areas, supporting technologies,
and innovative applications. It will develop and maintain education programs
to train M & S practitioners, educators and researchers.
Director: Christos Alexopoulos, Ph.D.
Security
and Efficiency in Transportation
The efficiency and reliability of global freight transportation systems is
currently threatened by emerging security challenges. Freight transportation
systems are vulnerable to exploitation and potential disruption by criminal
and/or terrorist groups. Our group is currently investigating existing security
practices in global freight systems, and the potential impacts of heightened
security requirements on system efficiency and reliability.
Director: Chip
White, Ph.D.
Health Systems
Institute
The Health Systems Institute (HSI) is creating a new model for healthcare delivery
through integrative interdisciplinary solutions, drawing from medicine, engineering,
computing, management and public policy.
The Institute's mission is to develop and implement novel
multidisciplinary and collaborative research, education, and outreach programs
to transform health care delivery systems and lead the nation away from an
ineffective, reactive, disease-focused system to achieve a cost-effective,
pro-active, health- and wellness-focused system.
Center
for Operations Research in Medicine
The Center for Operations Research in Medicine, founded in 1998, is a collaborative
education and research center established between the Stewart School of Industrial
and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and medical researchers
in different disciplines. Our mission is to foster interdisciplinary education
and research efforts involving the development and application of sophisticated
techniques from the field of operations research including mathematical modeling
and computational algorithms to address problems in medicine, including medical
diagnosis, optimal treatment design, drug delivery, and early detection, target
intervention, monitoring and controlling of disease.
Director: Eva K. Lee, Ph.D.
W.M.
Keck Virtual Factory Laboratory (VFL)
The Virtual Factory is a metaphor for the integration of a variety of software,
modeling tools and methodologies to support solutions to a range of problems
in the manufacturing domain. With funding from the Keck Foundation, the Keck
Virtual Factory Lab has been established in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems
Engineering to further education and research in the development and application
of modeling technology for manufacturing systems.
Director: Leon McGinnis, Ph.D.
Economic Decision Analysis
IT related work in productivity measurement and analysis, scalable enterprise
systems, auction strategies for coordination and control, combinatorial auctions,
dynamic pricing and other pricing/leadtime quotation strategies.
Director: Paul Griffin, Ph.D.
Center for Human-Machine Systems Research
The Center for Human-Machine Systems Research (CHMSR) was founded in 1981 for
the purpose of studying how humans interact with complex systems. Performs
research in human supervisory control and human-centered automation in complex
engineering domains such as aircraft flight decks, information systems, communication
networks, computer integrated manufacturing systems, power plants, and space
command and control systems. Study perceptual and cognitive processes and attempt
to identify the factors that affect system operation, decision-making, diagnostic
problem solving, and maintenance. We develop theories and models of human operator
activities and functions, as well as their environments, and formulate principles
for the design of interactive interfaces. Based on the theories and models,
we design and evaluate display systems, intelligent decision aids, tutoring
and training systems, and interactive learning environments.
Director: Chris Mitchell, Ph.D.
Engineering
Projects in Community Service
EPICS is an innovative program at Georgia Institute of Technology's Stewart School
of Industrial and Systems Engineering that places teams of undergraduate engineering
students into a partnership with local community service agencies. This partnership
provides many benefits to the students and the community alike.
Director: Faiz Al-Khayyal
Cognitive
Science Program
A multidisciplinary group of faculty, research scientists, and students with
several points of interdisciplinary connection in research and in teaching.
A distinctive, unifying focus of the Program is the study of cognition in the
context of real-world problems. The faculty and students reside in the School
of Psychology; the College of Computing; the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems
Engineering; the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture; the College
of Architecture; the School of Public Policy; and the School of Civil and Environmental
Engineering.
Minority
Undergraduate Scholars Engineering Research Program (MUSERP) at Georgia
Tech
The program is year round. High performing students are identified early on
and encouraged to apply to the program. Selected students are assisted to find
a faculty advisor who will agree to mentor them and who are committed to the
vision and mission of the program. Students must present their work as technical
papers in the Chapter’s Annual Technical Paper Symposium. The students
are groomed and encouraged to submit their papers to the NSBE national technical
competitions. Students receive stipends for their research work and are provided
expenses paid trips to the regional and national competitions. When fully developed
and operational, some minimal budget for faculty mentors may be made available
for materials and supplies. Successful attainment of the above mission will
place the Georgia Tech Chapter in an anchored and enviable position as the
leading Chapter in NSBE as well as continue to be the catalyst for other NSBE
members to consider Georgia Tech as their #1 university of choice for graduate
school.
Director: Augustine Esogbue, Ph.D.
Information
Systems Engineering Group
Beyond traditional engineering, computing, or business programs, the new Information
Systems Engineering group provides a unique approach to problem-solving by
focusing on bringing intelligence into networking and managing information
systems. Cross-disciplinary education programs in Information System Engineering
and Enterprise Engineering areas are under development. Several laboratories
in the ISE group create a networked student-centric learning environment.
Director: J.C. Lu, Ph.D.
Intelligent
Systems and Control Laboratory
The mission of the Intelligent Systems and Controls Laboratory (ISCL) is the
exploration of the use of hybrid algorithms and intelligent control methodologies
for modeling and solution of complex control problems (especially those with
humans in the loop). Applications range from manufacturing and logistics to
space systems, from electrical power systems to water resources and environmental
pollution and a gamut of problems facing the health care industry.
Director: Augustine
Esogbue, Ph.D.
Energy, Sustainability and Natural Systems
Research areas include biomimicry, the impacts of globalization, recycling, the environmental impacts of products and manufacturing systems, and energy efficiency for freight transport. ISYE faculty collaborate broadly with faculty from other schools at Georgia Tech, especially through ECDM, ECLIPs and the Center for Biologically Inspired Design.
Director: Valerie Thomas, Ph.D.
