Carolyn J. Stewart Chair
Professor
Education
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (1992), University of Michigan
- M.S. Electrical Engineering (1987), Beijing Institute of Technology
- B.S. Electrical Engineering (1984), Beijing Institute of Technology
Expertise
- Manufacturing Systems, Quality Engineering, Variation Modeling, Analysis and Control of Complex Systems
About
Dr. Jianjun Shi is the Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and Professor in H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, with joint appointment in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in 2008, he was the G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 1984 and 1987, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1992.
Dr. Shi is a pioneer in the development and application of data fusion for quality improvements. His methodologies integrate system informatics, advanced statistics, and control theory for the design and operational improvements of manufacturing and service systems by fusing engineering systems models with data science methods. He has produced 38 Ph.D. graduates, 26 of which have joined IE department as faculty members. Among them, 7 have received NSF CAREER Awards and one has received the NSF PECASE award. He has published one book and more than 180 papers. He has served as PI and co-PI for projects totaling more than 25 million dollars, which were funded by National Science Foundation, NIST Advanced Technology Program, Department of Energy, General Motors, Daimler-Chrysler, Ford, Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Honeywell, Pfizer, Samsung, and various other industrial companies and funding agencies. The technologies developed in Dr. Shi’s research group have been widely implemented in various production systems with significant economic impacts.
Dr. Shi is the founding chair of the Quality, Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Subdivision at the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS). He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the IISE Transactions (2017-2020), the flagship journal of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. He also served as the Focus Issue Editor of IISE Transactions on Quality and Reliability Engineering (2007-2017), editor of Journal of System Science and Complexity, and advisory editor of Journal of Quality Technology and Quantitative Management (QTQM). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE), a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME), a Fellow of Institute of Operations Research and the Management Science (INFORMS), an Academician of the International Academy for Quality, and a member of National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of the USA.
Dr. Shi received various awards for his research and teaching, including the ASQ Walter Shewhart Medal (2021), ASQ Brumbaugh Award (2019), The Horace Pops Medal Award (2018), IISE David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award (2016), the IIE Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award (2011), Forging Achievement Award from Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation (2007), Monroe-Brown Foundation Research Excellence Award (2007), the 1938E Award (1998) at The University of Michigan, and NSF CAREER Award (1996).
Awards and Honors
- Member, National Academy of Engineering, USA 2018
- Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 2018
- The Horace Pops Medal Award, Wire Association International 2018
- Editor in Chief, IISE Transactions 2017-2021
- Best Paper Award, INFORMS Data Mining Section 2017
- IISE David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award 2016
- Best Paper Award, the Quality, Statistics and Reliability Section at INFORMS 2015
- Elected Oversea Expert, Chinese Academy of Science 2014
- Academician, the International Academy for Quality 2013
- Best Applied Paper Award, IIE Transactions 2013
- Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI).2013, Best Applied Paper Award, IIE Transactions 2012
- Visiting Chair Professor, Peking University 2012
- Thanks for Being A Great Teacher, The Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Georgia Institute of Technology 2012
- the IIE Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award 2011
- Guest Professor, National Material Science and Safety Center, P. R. China 2009
- Fellow of Institute of Operations Research and the Management Science (INFORMS) 2008
- Endowed Professorship, The Carolyn J. Stewart Chair Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology 2008
- Guest Professor, Chinese Academy of Science 2008
- Endowed Professorship, G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering, The University of Michigan 2007
- Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) 2007
- Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) 2007
- FIERF Forging Achievement Award, Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation 2007
- Distance Education Innovation Team Award (this is a team award for “University of Michigan College of Engineering and GM Technical Education Program -Master of Engineering in Global Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering (GAME)”, Dr. Shi serves as the co-Director of the GAME program at U of M) 2007
- Monroe-Brown Foundation Research Excellence Award, College of Engineering, The University of Michigan 2007
- Sloan-C 2006 Program Profile Team Award (this is a team award for “University of Michigan College of Engineering and GM Technical Education Program -Master of Engineering in Global Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering (GAME)”, Dr. Shi serves as the co-Director of the GAME program at U of M.) 2006
- Best Paper Award, Industrial Engineering Research Conference 2006
- Guest Professor, Beijing Chemical Engineering University 2006
- Guest Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University 2004
- Excellence in Service Awards, IIE Transactions 2004
- Guest Professor, Tianjin University, 2004
- Faculty Achievement Award, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan 2003
- Excellence in Service Award, IIE Transactions 2003
- Excellence in Service Award, IIE Transactions 2002
- Guest Professor, Beijing Science and Technology University 2002
- Tauber Manufacturing Institute Fellow, 2001
- Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award, Department of Mech Engineering, The University of Michigan, 2001
- The Best Paper Award, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 2000
- NAMRC Best Paper Award Finalist, North America Manufacturing Research Conference, May 2000
- Faculty Achievement Award, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan 1999
- Faculty Achievement Award, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan 1998
- “1938E AWARD,” College of Engineering, the University of Michigan 1998
- Dean’s Honor in Teaching, For the 1997-1998 academic year, the student teaching rankings given to the course IOE 591-042 (Fall, 1997) were among the top in the College of Engineering (Dean Stephen W. Director’s letter dated August 3, 1998) 1998
- Dean’s Honor in Teaching, For the 1997-1998 academic year, the student teaching rankings given to the course IOE 591-042 (Fall, 1997) were among the top in the College of Engineering (Dean Stephen W. Director’s letter dated August 3, 1998) 1998
- CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation 1996