Michael E. Thomas

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Michael E. Thomas
Nationality U.S.
Fields Industrial engineering
Institutions University of Florida
Georgia Institute of Technology
Alma mater University of Texas at Austin
Johns Hopkins University
Notable awards INFORMS Fellow
IIE Fellow

Michael Edward Thomas is a university administrator and professor of industrial engineering, and was the acting president of the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994.[1] Thomas was instrumental in the restructuring of Georgia Tech's colleges during the administration of John Patrick Crecine.[2][3] Thomas was also instrumental in the creation of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.[4]

Thomas also served as president of INFORMS and was elected a fellow of INFORMS and the Institute of Industrial Engineers.[5] He was named an honorary alumnus of Georgia Tech in 2000.[6] He received INFORMS' 1994 George E. Kimball Medal.[7][8][9]

See also

  • History of Georgia Tech#Restructuring controversy

References

  1. ↑ "Presidents of GT". Georgia Tech Fact Book. Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2012-10-25. 
  2. ↑ "Michael Edward Thomas Papers". Georgia Tech Archives & Records Management. Retrieved 2012-10-25. 
  3. ↑ "Thomas Returns to ISyE as Interim Chair". H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2012-10-25. 
  4. ↑ Sanders, Jane M (2000-02-10). "Would You Like to Be My Neighbor?". Research Horizons (Georgia Institute of Technology). Retrieved 2012-10-25. 
  5. ↑ "Thomas Returns to ISYE as Interim Chair". Georgia Tech College of Engineering. Retrieved 2012-10-25. 
  6. ↑ "Honorary Alumnus". Tech Topics (Georgia Tech Alumni Association). Winter 2000. Retrieved 2012-10-25. 
  7. ↑ "Michael E. Thomas: ORSA President, 1984". INFORMS. Retrieved 2012-10-25. 
  8. ↑ "Michael E. Thomas: Past Awards". INFORMS. Retrieved 2012-10-25. 
  9. ↑ "Six ISyE Faculty Earn prestigious INFORMS Fellow Award". H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. 2002-11-26. Retrieved 2012-10-25. 
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