Bill Rouse completed his first year as ISyE School chair fall semester by delivering the annual State of the School Address at the Alumni Assembly. Most who attended will agree that ISyE is looking better than ever. Dr. Rouse cited the School's "talent pool" of faculty, staff, students, and alumni as ISyE's greatest assets. "Leading ISyE is like being in charge of an intellectual candy store," he added. Highlights of his speech are listed below:

General Facts

ISyE continues as the number one graduate and undergraduate industrial engineering program in the country.

There has been a significant increase in graduate students in the past two years. ISyE is now home to 250 master's students and 200 doctoral candidates, along with 1,200 undergraduates.

The program now graduates more than 10 percent of the industrial engineering degrees in the country, and we claim 12,000 alumni. An additional 1,000 are added every two plus years.

People

ISyE now has close to 100 faculty and staff members. One-quarter of the faculty is female, and 2/3 of the junior faculty is female. In addition, half of the student body is now female, and 2/3 of these females are minority.

Five new faculty chairs have been added: William Cook (large scale optimization), Jan Karel Lenstra (large scale optimization), Chelsea White (transportation and logistics), William Rouse (School Chair), and Jeff Wu (engineering statistics — starts July 2003).

Wu's addition will bring the statistics faculty total to 10. Next time the rankings are released for engineering statistics, ISyE expects to be the number one program.

Other new faculty members include Associate Professor Karen Aardel, Assistant Professor Roshan Joseph, and Assistant Professor Julie Swann.

Edenfield Executive responsibilities are being shared this academic year by Dr. Kenneth R. Boff, chief scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate; and Dr. William C. Kessler, vice president of Advanced Enterprise Initiatives for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.

ISyE faculty and students were again honored with numerous awards and fellowships. (See Awards section)

The Georgia Tech Business Network, an organization formed to share talent and resources with alumni, is up and running after a successful kickoff.

Research

Dr. Chelsea White, formerly of the University of Michigan, brought the Sloan Foundation's Trucking Industry Program, worth more than $1 million a year, to Georgia Tech. The trucking industry is receiving increased attention as part of the nation's deepening commitment to security.

The Logistics Institute (TLI) offered 34 short courses, in Atlanta and Singapore, to more than 840 individuals studying global logistics. This number is down somewhat due to the economic circumstances.

Approximately 30 new contracts and grants were awarded to ISyE faculty, with 30 additional proposals still pending.

Facilities

ISyE now has two dedicated buildings and part of several other campus facilities. This is significantly better than last year, when the School was spread across seven campus buildings.

DuPree College of Management will vacate the building next to Groseclose in the summer of 2003, allowing the School to utilize that space.

The renovation of Groseclose and the DuPree building, previously discussed, has been taken off the table. Instead, focus is on a new building to be built in the next five to six years. It is expected to occupy 200-250,000 square feet at the cost of $50-65 million — a mix of state and private funds.

Next year's ISyE Challenge will examine potential placement of the new building. Planning will begin in June of 2003.

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