Julie LeAnne Swann is an American

systems engineer Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their life cycles. At its core, systems engineering utilizes systems thinkin ...

and

operations research Operations research () (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a branch of applied mathematics that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve management and ...

er who studies optimization-based improvements to

supply chain A supply chain is a complex logistics system that consists of facilities that convert raw materials into finished products and distribute them to end consumers or end customers, while supply chain management deals with the flow of goods in distri ...

logistics Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the Consumption (economics), point of consumption according to the ...

health care Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement or maintenance of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wikt:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physic ...

, the

mathematical modelling of infectious disease Mathematical models can project how infectious diseases progress to show the likely outcome of an epidemic (including Plant disease forecasting, in plants) and help inform public health and plant health interventions. Models use basic assumptions ...

, and

disaster relief Emergency management (also Disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actu ...

. She is A. Doug Allison Distinguished Professor and head of the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 and p ...

. She was elected President-Elect of the

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is an international society for practitioners in the fields of operations research Operations research () (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often s ...

in 2023.

Education and career

Swann majored in

industrial engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, GT, and simply Tech or the Institute) is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Established in 1885, it has the lar ...

, graduating in 1996. She went to

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

for graduate study in industrial engineering and management, earning a master's degree in 1998 and completing her Ph.D. in 2001. After completing her doctorate, Swann returned to Georgia Tech as a faculty member in industrial and systems engineering, in 2002. There, she became the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and co-founded the Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics. She moved to her present position at North Carolina State University in 2017. She continues to hold an adjunct position at Georgia Tech, and has also taught at the

Università della Svizzera italiana The (USI, ''University of Italian-speaking Switzerland''), sometimes referred to as the University of Lugano in English-speaking contexts, is a public Swiss university established in 1995, with campuses in Lugano, Mendrisio and Bellinzona (Canto ...

in Switzerland.

Recognition

Swann became a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Systems Engineers in 2020. In 2022 she was named a Fellow of the

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) is a non-profit organization founded in 1991, and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It represents 50,000 medical and Biomedical engineering, biomedical engineers, and academic i ...

, "for contributions to delivery of effective and equitable healthcare to populations with limited resources and improved systems for humanitarian response", and of the

(INFORMS), "for her significant research and impact on health and humanitarian systems, outstanding educational contributions, excellence in service and academic leadership, and distinguished contributions in advocacy of the profession to the public".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swann, Julie Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American industrial engineers American women engineers American systems engineers Women systems engineers American operations researchers Georgia Tech alumni Northeastern University alumni Georgia Tech faculty North Carolina State University faculty Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences