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Atlanta, GA | Posted: November 29, 2011
Barbara Christopher
Industrial and Systems Engineering
404.385.3102
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Two groups of students advised by Julie Swann were awarded first place at the 22nd Annual Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Student Paper Competition.
2011 SAIC Georgia Tech Student Paper CompetitionTwo groups of students advised by Julie Swann, Harold R. and Mary
Anne Nash Associate Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial
and Systems Engineering (ISyE) and co-director of the Georgia Tech
Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics, were awarded first
place at the 22nd Annual Science Applications International
Corporation (SAIC) Student Paper Competition. The students were
honored at the SAIC Award Banquet on November 8, 2011 at the Georgia
Tech Hotel. Out of 105 paper submissions, there were six first place
winners and five runner-ups.
Evan Saltzman, Seonghye Jeon, and Samina Jamil, master’s students in
ISyE, won first place for their paper titled, “Quantitative
Assessment of the World Health Organization Interagency Emergency
Health Kit.” The students completed the paper during the Public
Impact Applications of OR and Management Sciences course, designed
for master’s and PhD students to gain experience in modeling and
solving problems with public impact, working on projects for or with
particular organizations.
Morgan Doty, Bryce Dykes, Kathleen Hendrix, Ralph Long, Dana
Lupuloff, Doug Meagh, Jeffrey Phillips, and Michael Vallecoccia,
ISyE undergraduate students, also won first place for their paper,
“Gwinnett County Public Schools: Improvements in Bus Logistics.”
Guided by Swann, the students completed this paper as part of their
required ISyE course, Senior Design, where they were also chosen as
one of the top three finalists out of twenty-four Senior Design
teams.
The SAIC annual student paper competition recognizes technical
excellence at Georgia Tech and works to foster the development of
closer ties between SAIC and the Institute. SAIC presented fifteen
awards for outstanding technical papers in the fields of
engineering, physics, chemistry, applied mathematics, computer
sciences, medicine, and science and technology policy. SAIC is
dedicated to the delivery of quality scientific and technical
products and services contributing to the security and well-being of
communities throughout the world.
