About

Starting Semester: Spring 2027
Assigned: No
Location: Atlanta

GA Tech Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) & Georgia Tech Strategic Consulting

Client Profile

The Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) team is dedicated to enhancing Georgia Tech's campus by providing efficient, sustainable, and innovative solutions to maintain, operate, and improve our physical environment. Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) consists of 15 departments with more than 500 dedicated professionals. Each department supports operational excellence through a comprehensive range of services for the entire Georgia Tech campus.
I&O plays an integral role in maintaining a campus environment that fosters learning, research, and innovation while advancing the Institute's commitments to sustainability, resilience, collaboration, and exceptional service.

Project Description

The Autonomous Cart Delivery Service Project: I&S – Services Department proposes to launch an Autonomous Cart Delivery Service to support the Infrastructure & Sustainability (I&S) Warehouse. The program’s primary goals are to increase operational efficiency, reduce campus traffic congestion, lower fuel and labor costs, and advance Georgia Tech’s sustainability commitments.
Currently, five Area Maintenance Shops and other I&S departments make an estimated 20-25 vehicle trips per day to the warehouse to pick up materials and supplies. These repeated trips result in:
• Increased campus traffic and congestion
• Lost productive labor hours
• Higher fuel and vehicle maintenance costs
• Increased greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution

The Autonomous Cart Delivery Service will replace many of these trips with scheduled, on-demand autonomous deliveries, moving materials directly from the warehouse to maintenance shops and designated drop-off points across campus.
Objectives
• Improve efficiency: Reduce staff time spent traveling to and from the warehouse
• Enhance sustainability: Lower fuel usage and emissions aligned with Georgia Tech climate goals
• Reduce congestion: Minimize daily vehicle traffic on campus
• Optimize costs: Reduce operational and transportation expenses
• Demonstrate innovation: Position Georgia Tech as a leader in smart campus logistics

Skills

Project planning, developing timelines/milestones, identifying dependencies, managing scope, documenting assumptions and decisions

Business Analysis Requirements gathering, process analysis, identifying inefficiencies, documenting current vs. future-state processes

Data Analysis Excel/Google Sheets, basic statistical analysis, data visualization, KPI development, interpreting operational data

Financial Analysis Cost-benefit analysis, ROI modeling, operating vs. capital costs, payback analysis, scenario modeling

Process Improvement Lean/Six Sigma concepts, workflow analysis, identifying waste, process mapping, continuous improvement

Sustainability Analysis Understanding carbon emissions, fuel consumption, sustainability metrics, and environmental impact

Operations / Supply Chain Logistics, inventory movement, routing, delivery models, warehouse operations, capacity planning

Communication Strong written communication, executive-level presentations, visual storytelling, and ability to translate technical findings for nontechnical stakeholders

Data Access Requirement