Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute

CHHS/DOS seminar

Michael Johnson

Friday, Feb 15, 11 am - noon

Location: 755 Ferst Drive NW | Atlanta Georgia 30332

ISYE Main Building, Room 126

A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has kicked off a three-year federally-funded project to harness new manufacturing technologies and methods in a bid to bring down the cost of making certain antibiotics.

Pete Devenyi serves as Senior Vice President of Global Product and Solution Management at Dematic. He was named to this position in 2018.

Galarza is Vice President of Coca-Cola North America Supply Chain. He has been with the company for 27 years and has worked primarily in Planning, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Transportation and Distribution to improve processes.

The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Seth Hutchinson as the new executive director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM). Hutchinson is a professor and KUKA Chair for Robotics in Georgia Tech’s College of Computing and has served as associate director of IRIM.

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has included School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor William J. Koros among 148 academic inventors elected as NAI Fellows in 2018. 

Maria Basabe, Sr. Director Health & Wellness (H&W) at Walmart and David Stuver, Executive Vice President, Business Development & Supply Chain Solutions at Americold will be serving on SCL's Industry Advisory Board for 2019.

Airbus and Georgia Institute of Technology have officially opened the Airbus / Georgia Tech Center for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)-enabled Overall Aircraft Design (OAD).

Center for Urban Innovation Director Jennifer Clark, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, gave speeches at Seoul National University about her smart cities research. She was invited by Sam Ock Park, professor at Seoul National University. 

SCL will collaborate with Georgia Tech Professional Education to develop and deliver a multi-year Workforce Development initiative. A team consisting of SCL professors will collaborate on the effort which will initially focus on depot activities and later grow to span the supply chain. 

Solar power accounts for less than two percent of U.S. electricity, but could make up more than that if the cost of electricity generation and energy storage for use on cloudy days and at nighttime were cheaper.

By merging the ancient art of origami with 21st century technology, researchers have created a one-step approach to fabricating complex origami structures whose light weight, expandability, and strength could have applications in everything from biomedical devices to equipment used in space exploration.

Harvard Business Review article, "Rethinking Sustainability in Light of the EU’s New Circular Economy Policy," available on the HBR website.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has performed Georgia’s first-ever procedure to place 3D-printed tracheal splints in a pediatric patient. A cross-functional team of Children’s surgeons used three custom-made splints, which biomedical engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology helped create using an innovative and experimental 3D-printing technology, to assist the breathing of a 7-month-old patient battling life-threatening airway obstruction. 

Michael Orr, SVP of Operations and Logistics, brings his expertise to the SCL Industry Advisory Board. His vast experience working in senior operations roles for large companies makes him a highly-qualified selection.

A simulator that comes complete with a virtual explosion could help the operators of chemical processing plants – and other industrial facilities – learn to detect attacks by hackers bent on causing mayhem. The simulator will also help students and researchers understand better the security issues of industrial control systems.

The Georgia Ports Authority, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on July 31 at the Port of Savannah.

Thakkar has had many years of experience working at GE in supply chain and supply chain-related fields, making him a highly-qualified selection for the Advisory Board.

Olin brings 25 years of experience in supply chain consulting developing domain specialties in distribution operations and warehouse management, supply chain event management and application integration.