Conner Reinhardt and Jhillika Kumar are Industrial Engineer (IE) graduates from Georgia Tech, who are designing an app to help autistic individuals find it easier to connect with jobs and mentors. Read the case study at https://link.iise.org/isemarch2020_casestudy Listen to the podcast interview at https://podcast.iise.org/episodes/tapping-the-potential-of-autistic-workers-with-conner-reinhardt-and-jhillika-kumar
1989, Bill Dedman received a Pulitzer Prize for his investigative reporting on racial discrimination by mortgage lenders in middle-income African-American neighborhoods in Atlanta, called “The Color of Money” He helped design a new study in 2016 to evaluate housing discrimination in Long Island, NY. They carefully designed a study (designed experiment) by training undercover real […]
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by Brion Hurley This is a podcast hosted by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). The presenters are Brion Hurley (a board member of the Sustainable Development Division located in Portland, Oregon), and Greg Smith, who is helping set up a nonprofit volunteer organization in Atlanta, Georgia. The webinar shares some background on […]
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The following is a webcast conversation between Jessica Korthuis, Founder and Chief Brand Strategist at SOHUIS, and Elliot Susel, Lean Startup Co. Faculty Member, to discuss how you can incorporate lean into your marketing and brand strategy. In Jessica and Elliot’s conversation, they discuss: – What companies should do before making the decision to rebrand. […]
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The Humane Society for Greater Savannah was able to save thousands of dollars in operating costs and boost their animal adoption rate. By tracking every animals’ progress through each stage of the adoption process, and holding their staff accountable for the length of time spent at each stage, they were able to reduce the average […]
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“Industrial Engineer” Managing Editor Michael Hughes interviews the three co-directors of Georgia Tech’s Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics, which was founded in 2007. In order of appearance: Julie Swann, Pinar Keskinocak and Özlem Ergun The center works to transform the humanitarian sector by applying industrial engineering tools to groups that respond to natural and man-made disasters. The center’s […]
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