{"649606":{"#nid":"649606","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SEI Director Lieuwen Gives Congressional Briefing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology brought a new focus on energy to the nation\u0026rsquo;s capital, specifically gas turbines and the industry\u0026rsquo;s positive effect on manufacturing as well as its impact on the economy as a job generator. \u0026nbsp;The \u0026ldquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EAdvanced Gas Turbines: Strengthening U.S. Leadership in Energy \u0026amp; Manufacturing\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026rdquo; congressional briefing was held late September in Washington, DC. Tim Lieuwen, Strategic Energy Institute executive director, presented research during the briefing which was held to educate members of Congress engaged in issues related to natural gas development. Rep. Tom Reed (R - NY), co-chair of the bipartisan House Natural Gas Caucus, kicked off the event. The Caucus focuses on educating other members, staff and the public on this subject.\u0026nbsp;Rep Reed is also the co-chair of the House Manufacturing Caucus which examines and promotes policies to help American manufacturers continue to lead the world in developing new industrial technologies. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGas turbines are a key platform technology that supports a wide variety of strategic applications and industry sectors, including\u0026nbsp;Aviation (Civil \u0026amp; Military), Defense, Manufacturing, Oil \u0026amp; Gas Production and Distribution, and Power Generation. This briefing will highlight the key technological and economic challenges facing these sectors today, and the public policies necessary to ensure U.S. leadership in advanced gas turbine technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Lieuwen, experts Mike Aller of the Consortium for Advanced Production and Engineering of Gas Turbines and Rotating Machinery; Thomas Prete of Pratt \u0026amp; Whitney; Kenneth Hall of Siemens; and Karen A. Thole from Penn State highlighted key opportunities and challenges facing the industry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe briefing was sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Georgia Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University, Energy Florida, and the Gas Turbine Association in conjunction with the House Natural Gas Caucus and the House Manufacturing Caucus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u0026ldquo;\u003Cem\u003EAdvanced Gas Turbines: Strengthening U.S. Leadership in Energy \u0026amp; Manufacturing\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026rdquo; congressional briefing was held late September, 2016 in Washington, DC.\u0026nbsp;Tim Lieuwen, Strategic Energy Institute\u0026#39;s executive director, presented research during the briefing which was held to educate members of Congress engaged in issues related to natural gas development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Strategic Energy Institute Executive Director Participates in Congressional Briefing"}],"uid":"35801","created_gmt":"2021-08-12 14:32:58","changed_gmt":"2021-08-19 17:44:54","author":"vkaza3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"},{"id":"167358","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"},{"id":"176965","name":"congressional briefing"},{"id":"188631","name":"gas turbines"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"188632","name":"pratt and whitney"},{"id":"167582","name":"siemens"},{"id":"274","name":"penn state"},{"id":"2728","name":"asme"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brent.verrill@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBrent Verrill\u003C\/a\u003E, Research Communications Program Manager, SEI\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brent.verrill@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"631909":{"#nid":"631909","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Abdallah Testifies on U.S. Competitiveness, Research, STEM Pipeline at Congressional Hearing ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Jan. 29, Chaouki Abdallah, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s executive vice president for Research, testified before a U.S. House of Representatives committee about the cooperative United States research and development (R\u0026amp;D) enterprise, including the threat of falling behind other nations in critical technologies, investment in the nation\u0026rsquo;s institutions of higher education, and the future of the STEM talent pipeline.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with Abdallah, the hearing brought together expert testimony from representatives from federal and industry perspectives, including Diane Souvaine, chair of the National Science Board, and Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and founder of Schmidt Futures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his testimony to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Abdallah stressed the importance of maintaining the U.S. position of leadership in R\u0026amp;D, and the importance of the collaboration between the federal government, higher education, and the private sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The mission, alignment, and cooperation of these three actors have historically made the U.S. research landscape the most productive and admired in the world \u0026hellip; and made the U.S. safer, healthier, and wealthier.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe testified that those successes have also created competitors that now pose a threat to the nation\u0026rsquo;s competitiveness in critical technologies. The U.S. now risks falling behind in areas such as cybersecurity, quantum information systems, advanced manufacturing and materials, bioscience, and others. Those threats, Abdallah shared, pose an immediate national security risk and a long-term economic risk, including a negative effect on the capacity of the U.S. to create new knowledge, the potential to diminish the nation\u0026rsquo;s industry, and the possibility of losing the ability to attract the best and brightest minds in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his remarks, Abdallah testified that the United States must commit to cooperation and competition, when necessary, with an ever-vigilant eye toward research safeguards. He added that as the number of U.S.-born, college-age students and graduates dwindles, the U.S. must refocus its commitment to serving as a magnet for diverse talent in STEM from around the world, including American women and underrepresented minorities, as well as foreign-born students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Such individuals, many of whom, like myself, were initially educated under a different educational system and funded by the resources of another country, bring with them a different way of thinking, learning, and problem-solving,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Those unique perspectives, when coupled with our open research system and our American values, lead to a dynamic and healthy R\u0026amp;D enterprise.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Abdallah, the best opportunity and most enduring strategy for improving our national position in science and technology is to start with the talent pipeline, and for universities to admit college-ready students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;[We must] nurture and engage a larger number from untapped domestic populations and provide an academic environment for them to strive and succeed as students, faculty, and researchers,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;That rich and diverse pool of candidates must be increased, prepared, and nurtured in the K-12 system. 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Mynatt, a leading expert in this area, was joined by Sherry Farruggia, Georgia Tech strategic partners officer, Margarita Gonzales, principal investigator for the Georgia Tech-Georgia Department of Community Health research program, and Kim Isett, associate professor in Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Public Policy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;In Georgia, we are in a good position to do advance health IT innovation and the industry quickly,\u0026rdquo; said Georgia Tech executive vice president for research Stephen Cross, who facilitated the discussion. \u0026ldquo;Our state has been called \u0026ldquo;the nation\u0026rsquo;s health IT capitol,\u0026rdquo; with over 200 health IT companies. 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These devices include everything from refrigerators to fitness trackers to the drill of an oil rig.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is a game changer because it takes the burden off the end users and places it on the engineers and manufacturers who design and create IoT products,\u0026rdquo; she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother action item calls on the federal government to make the development of\u0026nbsp;usable, affordable and inherently secure resilient systems its top priority for cybersecurity research and development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnt\u0026oacute;n also stressed a recommendation for the federal government to support cybersecurity-focused research in traditionally underfunded areas such as policy, law and the social impacts of privacy and security technologies, as well as issues specific to small and medium-sized businesses.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This highlights the need for more interdisciplinary classes and research,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;It became clear to the commission that the human factors of cybersecurity are not well understood and require focused research nationally.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is already working in the area through programs such as the Institute\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;Privacy Technology, Policy and Law course, Ant\u0026oacute;n said. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe commission was created in February by presidential executive order as part of the Cybersecurity National Action Plan. The group, which has been working since April, was tasked with making detailed recommendations on ways to strengthen cybersecurity in public and private sectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 12-person nonpartisan commission included cybersecurity experts from government, academia and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The quality of thoughtful deliberation and debate among the commissioners was inspiring throughout this past year,\u0026rdquo; Ant\u0026oacute;n said. \u0026ldquo;Debates were not held along party lines, but instead were constructive and focused solely on determining what was best for our nation and for securing the digital economy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnt\u0026oacute;n, an expert on software compliance with federal privacy and security regulations, has served on a number of privacy and security advisory boards, including for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Institute of Standards and Technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESee a full list of commission members \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/cybercommission\/commissioners\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnnie Ant\u0026oacute;n, professor and chair of the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing, served on the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. She said the group\u0026#39;s report\u0026nbsp;includes opportunities for new research and advances in engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Annie Ant\u00f3n, professor and chair of the School of Interactive Computing, served on the Commission on Enhancing National Security."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2016-12-02 21:59:21","changed_gmt":"2016-12-05 13:33:18","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"522611":{"id":"522611","type":"image","title":"Annie Ant\u00f3n photo","body":null,"created":"1460134800","gmt_created":"2016-04-08 17:00:00","changed":"1480708522","gmt_changed":"2016-12-02 19:55:22","alt":"","file":{"fid":"205377","name":"annie-anton1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/annie-anton1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/annie-anton1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2994372,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/annie-anton1_0.jpg?itok=PwUosnEq"}}},"media_ids":["522611"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/docs\/cybersecurity_report.pdf","title":"Report from the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~aianton\/","title":"Annie Ant\u00f3n"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/cybercommission","title":"Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"145981","name":"IISP"},{"id":"815","name":"economic development"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMedia Relations\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E@LauraRDiamond\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"546961":{"#nid":"546961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Garton Testifies before Congress on Federal Funding of Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the U.S. House of Representatives convened a hearing June 16 on taxpayer-supported research leading to commercial technological innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJilda Garton, vice president for research and general manager of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, discussed how two federal programs, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), support start-up companies seeking to commercialize intellectual property that results from university research. Garton explained how the SBIR program helped three Atlanta startups \u2013 Pindrop, StarMobile and Zyrobotics \u2013 turn Georgia Tech research into successful companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology is considering reauthorization of two programs. A provision was introduced to increase the set-aside percentage from federally-funded research organizations for these programs, and Garton was called to testify to shed light on the key issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGarton was the only witness invited from an institution of higher education. The other witnesses included Pramod Khargonekar, assistant director of the National Science Foundation; Michael Lauer, deputy director of the National Institutes of Health; and Patricia Dehmer, deputy director for Science Programs of the Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe testimony comes a month after more than 70 scientific and professional societies, higher education associations, universities and research institutions undersigned a letter to the Committee\u2019s chair and ranking member noting that universities support SBIR and STTR programs. However, the institutions are concerned that there is no evidence or proof-of-necessity for increasing the set-aside for these programs. Doing so would reduce crucial research progress and disrupt the universities\u2019 discovery to commercialization ecosystem. With federal research funding on the decline, an increase in a directed percentage to SBIR and STTR programs would yield additional cuts to the research and discovery base which supports innovation at the fundamental level.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGarton, vice president for research and general manager of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, discussed how two federal programs, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), support start-up companies seeking to commercialize intellectual property that results from university research. Garton explained how the SBIR program helped three Atlanta startups \u2013 Pindrop, StarMobile and Zyrobotics \u2013 turn Georgia Tech research into successful companies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jilda Garton, Georgia Tech\u0027s vice president for research, testified before Congress to shed light on two key programs that provide federal funds for research."}],"uid":"28797","created_gmt":"2016-06-22 17:10:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:57","author":"Lance Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"545801":{"id":"545801","type":"image","title":"Jilda Garton","body":null,"created":"1466190000","gmt_created":"2016-06-17 19:00:00","changed":"1475895338","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:38","alt":"Jilda Garton","file":{"fid":"91499","name":"jildagarton.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jildagarton.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jildagarton.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1097812,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jildagarton.jpg?itok=_W3AhYvT"}}},"media_ids":["545801"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/science.house.gov\/legislation\/hearings\/research-and-technology-subcommittee-hearing-sbir-sstr-reauthorization-review","title":"Research and Technology Subcommittee Hearing"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2145","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"1290","name":"federal funding"},{"id":"172150","name":"Jilda Garton"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELance Wallace\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lance.wallace@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"499401":{"#nid":"499401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Winnefeld Discusses Military Acquisition Reform in Testimony for House Armed Services Committee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdmiral James A. \u201cSandy\u201d Winnefeld,\u0026nbsp;former\u0026nbsp;vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a distinguished professor in the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, testified in front of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee on February 10. 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He was invited to speak to the legislators on the topic of due process and how it is applied in student judiciary proceedings at Tech and within the University System of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPreviously, Peterson chaired the USG task force on Campus Safety and Security, looking specifically at campus law enforcement, Title IX, and sexual assault policies on college campuses in the state of Georgia. The task force \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/news\/release\/university_system_of_georgia_implements_system_wide_campus_safety_initiativ\u0022\u003Eissued its report \u003C\/a\u003Ein May 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech is committed to maintaining a learning environment that is safe, and affirms the dignity, respect, and values of our campus community,\u0022 Peterson said.\u0026nbsp;\u0022We expect every member of our community, to practice the highest ethical principles and standards of conduct.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe full text of his prepared statement is below along with documents detailing recent refinements to Tech\u2019s student conduct process:\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson appeared before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee Jan. 25 at the state 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case, December 26, 2015"},{"url":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2015-12-23_memo_-_refine_student_conduct_policy_-_phi_delt.pdf","title":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2015-12-23_memo_-_refine_student_c..."},{"url":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2015-12-15_final_report_of_the_georgia_tech_student_conduct_process_working_group.pdf","title":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2015-12-15_final_report_of_the_geo..."},{"url":"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/A-Closer-Look-at-7-Common\/235220","title":"A Closer Look at 7 Common Requirements in Resolved Federal Sex-Assault Inquiries"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"171596","name":"appropriations"},{"id":"106211","name":"osi"},{"id":"1893","name":"Peterson"},{"id":"171597","name":"student conduct 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percent are in critical watersheds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStewart testified before the U.S. Senate, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry\u2019s hearing on \u201cWildfire: Stakeholder Perspectives on Budgetary Impacts and Threats to Natural Resources on Federal, State and Private Lands.\u201d He also serves as Chair of the American Forest Foundation (AFF), which represents more than 22 million family landowners in the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis comments highlighted the impacts of wildfire felt far outside the West, including here in Georgia, where Stewart has served as the state\u2019s Economic Development Commissioner. During his tenure in 2007, Stewart said Georgia saw the largest wildfire in its history, burning more than 560,000 acres in Georgia and Florida and causing more than $60 million in damages.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEven as wildfire costs are consuming more and more of the Forest Service budget, the Agency has also, in 8 of the last 15 years, still run out of firefighting funds before the end of the fiscal year, forcing the Agency to \u2018borrow\u2019 from other programs,\u201d he said. \u201cThe impact on states like Georgia and on private and family landowners across the country, especially in the South, is significant. With the shrinking budgets and the disruptive borrowing, programs that provide private and family landowners with technical assistance to get ahead of wildfire problems are significantly short changed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are other non-fire impacts as well. Programs that help detect and prevent spread of invasive and native insect and disease issues, like the hemlock wooly adelgid or the Syrex Wood Wasp are also impacted. In 2012, due to the fire borrowing, a multi-state effort to improve forest resilience, which included significant coordination across states, was cancelled.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe impact is not just on programs that provide assistance to private and family landowners. Important research and development efforts, such as those that help stimulate new markets and infrastructure to support the needed restoration treatments on the landscape, are also stymied by this fire funding issue,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe good news is this \u2014 we know how to reduce wildfire threats and protect water supplies; we know that the solution needs to include both public and private lands in a landscape approach; and we know private landowners are willing to take action if we can help address their biggest barriers. We also know how to fix the problems with how wildfire fighting is paid for at the federal level.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe cites a set of solutions including changing the way wildfire fighting is funded at the federal level, a landscape approach with coordination between both public and private lands with authorities, and finally, catalyzing infrastructure to support the needed restoration work on the ground.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCatalyzing infrastructure, including mills, loggers, foresters, that can work on both public and private lands to remove the restoration by-products and make use of these byproducts, will go a long way towards reducing treatment costs,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cConcentrating public investments to support infrastructure where the work is happening on public and private lands, will mean a better return on the investment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, public investments are needed to encourage research and development in new market uses of restoration by-products, he said, such as nanocellulosic technologies, new building technologies that use wood, and biomass energy technologies, many of which are included in the research portfolio of Georgia Tech and RBI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read the transcript of Mr. Stewart\u2019s testimony, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/KEN%20STEWART%20TESTIMONY%20NOV%202015.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read AFF\u2019s Wildfire and Water report, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/AFF%20Wildfire%20and%20Water%20Report%20October%202015.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo read the transcript of Mr. Stewart\u2019s testimony, click\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/KEN%20STEWART%20TESTIMONY%20NOV%202015.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read AFF\u2019s Wildfire and Water report, click\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/AFF%20Wildfire%20and%20Water%20Report%20October%202015.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ken Stewart says impact of wildfires reaches outside the West"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2015-11-06 15:14:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:54","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"467211":{"id":"467211","type":"image","title":"Ken Stewart","body":null,"created":"1449257138","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:25:38","changed":"1475895213","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:33","alt":"Ken Stewart","file":{"fid":"203788","name":"kstewart.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kstewart_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kstewart_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5109,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kstewart_0.jpg?itok=mphzzWjS"}}},"media_ids":["467211"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7546","name":"forest"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"},{"id":"147191","name":"wildfires"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. 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Mindful that NASA\u0027s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is currently seeking a .8 percent increase in its Congressional funding, each gave compelling reasons to underwrite their ambitious vision of the future.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Planetary science is one of America\u2019s crown jewels,\u0022 said Braun, a former NASA\u0026nbsp;chief technologist and longtime GT-AE professor who testified as a private citizen.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022A unique symbol of our country\u2019s technological leadership and pioneering spirit, this endeavor has consistently demonstrated that the United States is a bold and curious nation interested in discovering and exploring the richness of worlds beyond our own for the betterment of all....these missions are inspirational beacons, pulling young people into educational and career paths aligned with science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the foundation of continued U.S. economic competitiveness and global leadership in a world that is becoming more technologically advanced with each passing year.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead the entire text of\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/img\/Braun-Testimony-07-28-15.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EBraun\u0027s testimony.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESee a webcast of \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/science.house.gov\/hearing\/subcommittee-space-hearing-exploration-solar-system\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eall the testimony\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eon the Committee\u0027s website.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIn addition to his extensive history at NASA, Braun currently serves as vice chair of the National Research Council\u2019s Space Studies Board and is chair of the Standing Review Board for the Mars 2020 Project. A\u0026nbsp;member of the National Academy of Engineering, Braun was recently appointed to serve as the editor of AIAA\u0027s \u003Cstrong\u003EJournal of Spacecraft and Rockets\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Former NASA Chief Technologist gave testimony as private citizen"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGT-AE professor Robert Braun gave testimony before the House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology on July 28.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Braun called planetary exploration one of America\u0027s \u0022crown jewels\u0022"}],"uid":"27836","created_gmt":"2015-07-28 20:00:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:29","author":"Kathleen Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"40291":{"id":"40291","type":"image","title":"Robert Braun","body":null,"created":"1449174171","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:22:51","changed":"1475894303","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:38:23"}},"media_ids":["40291"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"346","name":"congress"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"2575","name":"Robert Braun"},{"id":"171433","name":"Science Mission Directorate"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"303041":{"#nid":"303041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Spotlights Women in Engineering at Washington, D.C. Media Roundtable","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAttracting female students into the engineering field is a challenge facing educators, industry and policy makers across the country. Twenty-eight percent of Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering students are female. That compares to the national average of 18 percent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is leading the way, graduating the most female engineers in the nation, but the College of Engineering is not resting on its success. Its incoming freshman class this fall will have close to 30 percent women. Two of Georgia Tech\u2019s engineering programs, biomedical and environmental, both have more than 50 percent women.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite the success, Georgia Tech Dean of Engineering Gary May knows the Institute can do more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRight now we have a lot of work to do to build awareness and provide a support system for our women students as well as for our faculty, for that matter,\u201d said May, who hosted a media roundtable in Washington, D.C. to discuss the challenges and success stories involved with attracting women to the STEM fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think the most critical aspect of what we\u2019re doing is bringing awareness of the issues,\u201d said May. \u201cAs an institution in a leadership position in the production of women engineers and scientists, it is our responsibility to get the word out about how important this is to the rest of the nation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe roundtable, held on Capitol Hill, highlighted a discussion of thought leaders from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, IBM and Caterpillar; representatives from academia; and recent alumni. \u0026nbsp;Panelists shared their personal stories about overcoming obstacles, how they developed their own career in a STEM field as well as shared what their employers are doing to encourage women in the STEM fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m an engineer. I\u2019ve had a terrific career and really enjoyed what I\u2019ve done and the types of problems you can bring your toolset to solve,\u201d said Patricia Falcone from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and a roundtable panelist. \u201cWhen I went to school, it was kind of the early days for women going into engineering. What surprises me is that the numbers haven\u2019t gone up. We know that having mixed and diverse teams really enables creativity and good solutions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI believe the number one issue with girls and women in technical fields is confidence or lack of confidence,\u201d said Susan Puglia, vice president of IBM\u2019s Global University Programs and vice chair of IBM\u2019s Academy of Technology board of governors. \u201cBuilding that confidence early on as girls are going through middle school, high school and even college, as well as into the workforce, is so important.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPuglia says that IBM and other companies have programs designed to support their female workforce.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve been focused on some programs at IBM on teaching women what computing and engineering is all about,\u0022 she said. \u0022In the workforce, it takes the form of coaches or sponsorships to help them progress and do well in their fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe media roundtables are an example of a collaborative effort between Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Government and Community Relations, College of Engineering, Office of Development and Institute Communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPolicymakers in Washington, D.C. are very concerned about the STEM crisis in our country and the impact it\u2019s having on our competitiveness,\u201d said Robert Knotts, Georgia Tech\u2019s director of Federal Relations. \u0022As the producer of more engineers than any other university in the country, it\u2019s important that Georgia Tech lead the discussion about how we can get more girls and women engaged in engineering. We were thrilled to hear from Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (the ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee) and from our distinguished panel of experts about what we can all do to encourage and support female engineers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis collaborative effort was possible because we had the support of so many units across campus,\u201d said Matt Nagel, director of media relations. \u201cMedia roundtables give us a unique opportunity to raise Georgia Tech\u2019s profile among many of its key audiences on a national level including media, congressional staff and other influencers in the D.C. area.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech media relations team is working on several upcoming media roundtables, but Nagel says they are always looking for good ideas from the units across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEach roundtable is different. The Women in Engineering roundtable was targeted toward congressional staff and higher education reporters. In the future, we may take a more specific topic and have a much more intimate group setting.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMedia roundtables give the Institute a unique opportunity to raise Georgia Tech\u2019s profile among many of its key audiences on a national level including media, congressional staff and other influencers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Event explored the challenges and success stories involved with attracting women to the STEM fields."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2014-06-13 09:33:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:33","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"151171":{"id":"151171","type":"image","title":"Capitol Building - Washington DC","body":null,"created":"1449178848","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:40:48","changed":"1475894784","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:24","alt":"Capitol Building - Washington DC","file":{"fid":"195187","name":"capitol_dc.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/capitol_dc_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/capitol_dc_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":181105,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/capitol_dc_0.jpg?itok=QYkB9UaA"}}},"media_ids":["151171"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"1976","name":"Media"},{"id":"167258","name":"STEM"},{"id":"1235","name":"women in engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"203921":{"#nid":"203921","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers Attend White House Event Announcing New BRAIN Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident Barack Obama today announced a major new commitment to fund research to map the activity of the human brain. The goal of this grand challenge project is to develop new technologies that reveal in real time how brain cells and neural circuits interact to process information. The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative will be launched with $100 million in the President\u0027s FY 2014 Budget.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo researchers from Georgia Tech were invited by the White House to hear the announcement live. Robert E. Guldberg, executive director for the Parker H. 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Christensen is presenting that report to lawmakers as a guide on how to allocate resources to maximize progress.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost notably, the group found using robots in manufacturing could help generate production systems that are economically competitive to outsourcing to countries with lower wages.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompanies such as Apple, Lenovo, Samsung and Foxconn already have begun to \u201creshore\u201d manufacturing by using robotics in production systems. The sale of robotics in manufacturing grew by 44 percent in 2011 as robots have become cheaper and safer. The use of robots is shifting from big companies such as General Motors, Ford, Boeing and Lockheed Martin to small and medium-sized enterprises to enable burst manufacturing for one-off products, the report found.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChristensen notes that automation in manufacturing will not lead to job losses for U.S. workers, but will create new high-value jobs. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSome jobs will be eliminated, but they are the \u2018dirty, dull and dangerous\u2019 jobs,\u201d Christensen said. \u201cThose jobs will be replaced with skilled labor positions. That\u2019s why one of the goals in the roadmap is to educate the workforce.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to manufacturing, robots are helping businesses such as Amazon improve logistics and reduce delivery costs, a savings that could be passed on to the consumer. In agriculture, robots are being used to precisely deliver pesticide onto crops, reducing unnecessary exposure of chemicals on produce. The report recommends continued progress in both areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith advances in human-like manipulation, robots are increasingly assisting individuals with disabilities with tasks such as getting out and preparing meals. They are also being used in 40 percent more medical procedures than a few years ago and in a greater number of surgical areas such as cardiothoracic, gynecology, urology, orthopedics and neurology. The use of robots for surgery can reduce complications by 80 percent, the report found.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobots have proven their value in removing first-responders and soldiers from immediate danger. More than 25,000 robotic systems were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan for ground and aerial missions. More than 50 percent of pilots in the U.S. Air Force operate remotely piloted systems and never leave the ground.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso robots are becoming an integral part of space exploration, such as the Opportunity and Curiosity on Mars rovers. A \u201crobonaut\u201d is on the International Space Station helping with menial but important research tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs impressive as the progress in robotics has been, the report outlines five-, 10- and 15-year goals to take robotics to the next level. Critical capabilities that should be developed for robotics include 3-D perception, intuitive human-robot interaction and safe robot behavior.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report is an update of the initial robotics roadmap, which was published and presented to Congress in May 2009. 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He realizes that protecting our interests requires strong allies and friends and strong American leadership.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe hearing was broadcast on C-SPAN. 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Boston joined leaders from around the nation, including Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, for a roundtable on \u201cClosing the Wealth Gap through the African-American Entrepreneurial System.\u201d It was the second consecutive year he was invited to testify before the committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoston spoke about the need for continued support of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mbda.gov\/node\/1352\u0022\u003E8(a) Business Development Program\u003C\/a\u003E, an initiative for businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. 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The initiative\u2019s website will visually map out valuable resources \u2013including incubators, accelerators and service producers \u2013 and connections to create and support a network of entrepreneurs trying to launch or build a business in the city. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his speech, Peterson spoke of the power of partnership.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech, the City of Atlanta, the State of Georgia and the Department of Commerce all share the same goals of expanding the entrepreneurial eco-system,\u201d said Peterson. \u201cWe are continuing to initiate and foster programs designed to strengthen these efforts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther attendees included Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Invest Atlanta President and CEO Brian McGowan and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos, as well as local entrepreneurs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClick \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.learnitlive.com\/view.php?esession_id=443\u0026amp;provider_table=cus2_rec\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E to see a recording of the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Vett Vandiver, Student Communications Assistant\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Supports \u2018Start Up\u2019 Community"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson welcomed city and business leaders to campus on August 14 as Atlanta kicked off an initiative designed to create new businesses and jobs. 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This is our real long-term challenge and the key one if we wish capture more of the value, including job creation effects, of our own novel innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/files\/wysiwyg\/file\/BREZNITZ_TESTIMONY_USCC_May_2012.pdf\u0022\u003EFull Remarks\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWatch the Full\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/fplayers\/jw57\/commMP4Player.cfm?fn=uscc051012\u0026amp;st=xxx\u0022\u003ECommission Hearing Video\u003C\/a\u003E (Breznitz begins at approx. 42 minutes )\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. is using an old playbook in the global economy and must refocus if it is to compete with China.\u0026nbsp; That was the message Dan Breznitz delivered to members of the Senate U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on May 10.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2012-05-18 16:32:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:18","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"131531":{"id":"131531","type":"image","title":"Danny Breznitz","body":null,"created":"1449178647","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:37:27","changed":"1475894757","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:57","alt":"Danny Breznitz","file":{"fid":"194691","name":"danny_200by300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/danny_200by300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/danny_200by300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":65336,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/danny_200by300_0.jpg?itok=ilwrZFpT"}}},"media_ids":["131531"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"33311","name":"Danny Breznitz"},{"id":"34081","name":"global economy"},{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"34071","name":"U.S. competitiveness"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026nbsp;404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"128241":{"#nid":"128241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Klein Appointed to U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHans Klein\u003C\/strong\u003E, an associate professor in the School of Public Policy, has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to the Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Advisory Committee (ITS PAC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe committee is charged with reviewing areas of ITS research being pursued by the U.S. Department of Transportation and providing advice on policy matters related to the ITS program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKlein\u2019s research focuses on the interplay of institutions and information technology, especially in the areas of Internet governance and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) development.\u0026nbsp; 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At Georgia Tech\u2019s expo booth, the activities include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cAugmented Reality: Moving the Internet into the Real World\u201d \u2013 Young people will have the opportunity to try the Argon Augmented Reality Web Brower and see images, text, video and 3D characters in the real world.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cCome Match the Art of Nanotechnology\u201d \u2013 Students can see images transformed from an electron microscope into inspired art.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cLasers: Superhero Technology Everyone Can Use\u201d \u2013 Visitors can play with lasers, bend light and defy gravity.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERepresentatives from the Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Undergraduate Admission will be at a booth in the Career Pavilion spreading the good word about Tech\u2019s academics and campus life \u2013 to recruit the next generation of engineers and innovators. Tech alumni from the D.C. chapter will be at the booth volunteering and sharing their experiences. And, Georgia Tech\u2019s beloved mascot, Buzz, is making the trip to D.C. for the expo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fun doesn\u2019t stop there. Comedian Pete Ludovice, who is also a chemical and biomedical engineering professor at Georgia Tech, will be providing the lighter side of science in the festival expo\u2019s \u201cNight of Comedy\u201d along with several other humorous scientists.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELudovice will be doing three shows:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cThe Attack of the Monster Molecules\u201d \u2013 April 28 at 3 p.m. on the Carver Stage\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cStatistics: Feel the Power of the Dork Side\u201d \u2013 April 28 at 5 p.m. on the Franklin Stage.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cChemical Engineering \u2013 More Thank Just Gas\u201d \u2013 April 29 at noon on the Franklin Stage\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech\u2019s booths will be among more than 3,000 fun and interactive exhibits, 100 stage shows and 33 author presentations at the expo.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is participating April 28-29 in the nation\u2019s largest celebration of science, the USA Science \u0026amp; Engineering Festival Expo in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is a proud sponsor of the event that aims to get the nation\u2019s youth excited about science, technology, engineering and mathematics."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-04-24 17:03:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:04","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"126061":{"id":"126061","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Goes to D.C. for Festival Expo","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894749","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:49","alt":"Georgia Tech Goes to D.C. for Festival Expo","file":{"fid":"194509","name":"img_0045.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_0045_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_0045_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1989175,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_0045_0.jpg?itok=w4SOiSMF"}}},"media_ids":["126061"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usasciencefestival.org\/","title":"USA Science and Engineering Festival homepage"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/usa-science-and-engineering-festival\/","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s 2012 USA Science \u0026 Engineering Festival Expo Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1838","name":"Admissions"},{"id":"1597","name":"Augmented Reality"},{"id":"416","name":"GTRI"},{"id":"10652","name":"lasers"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"13640","name":"Pete Ludovice"},{"id":"30521","name":"USA Science and Engineering Festival"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"126261":{"#nid":"126261","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Valerie Thomas Attends 2012 Congressional Visits Day in Washington","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EValerie Thomas, Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, along with Robert Knotts, Georgia Tech\u0027s Director of Federal Relations, attended the 2012 Congressional Visits Day, organized by the American Physical Society, held in Washington D. 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Therefore, incremental policy changes such as job training programs are important, but are not likely to make any significant difference,\u201d said Boston during the Council meeting. \u201cAs such, I propose that the Administration create a National Commission on Black Employment in the same manner in which national commissions were created to address the \u0027great recession\u0027 and the bankruptcy of the auto industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoston was one of a key group of economists and academics invited to the White House Council of Economic Advisers meeting, \u201cAfrican Americans, Jobs, and the Economy,\u201d to provide input on the uniqueness of the recent financial crisis, how African Americans are faring in the recovery, and immediate- and long-run policy recommendations, especially with respect to the labor and housing market.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoston cited research indicating that blacks have been heavily burdened by the economic crisis. \u0026nbsp;For example: unemployment rates reached their highest post-recession levels in October 2010 at 16.7% for blacks compared to 9.3% for whites. During the current economic recovery, the general unemployment rate is 8.2%, but the rate among blacks is 14.0% compared to 7 .3% among whites. Worse still, he said, black teenage unemployment is 40.5%. Blacks are about twice as likely to be unemployed as are whites, but the most onerous burden, said Boston, is that blacks make up 11.9% of the workforce but constitute 20.4% of all unemployed workers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoston pushed the discussion beyond the nation\u2019s current economic struggles showing that, even when the economy is doing well, black unemployment is still very high. As an example, Boston cited the December 2007 peak in the business cycle when the unemployment rate for whites was 4.4%, but the rate for blacks was more than double that at 9.0%. In fact, the best quarter of economic performance in the last decade occurred in the fourth quarter of 2003 during which GDP grew at 6.7%. However, the unemployment rate for blacks averaged 10.6% during that quarter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cClearly, economic growth alone is not sufficient to reduce the disproportionately high rate of black unemployment to levels that are experienced by whites,\u201d said Boston. \u201cIn fact, there is no scenario wherein the economy can grow robustly enough to reduce black unemployment to reasonable levels. Therefore, growth is important but it is not enough.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Multifaceted, Concerted Effort is needed to Address Black Unemployment\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn calling for the White House to establish a National Commission on Black Employment, Boston said that such a commission could identify the most appropriate policy solutions \u201cfor dealing with the multifaceted problems that have contributed to the large racial disparity in employment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe challenges of unemployment experienced by blacks are deep-seated,\u201d he said. \u201cSome causes are rooted in the country\u2019s history of racial discrimination, while others have to do with the contemporary effects of globalization and de-industrialization.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis quick summary of factors contributing to high black unemployment included:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDisadvantages in the occupational distribution of jobs among blacks (maximal concentrated in low-paying occupations that are sensitive to changes in business cycle activity)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA greater concentration of blacks in urban areas where unemployment is higher\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELower rates of educational attainment\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EExtreme wealth inequality (inequality exists between blacks and whites and it is growing within the black community)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHigh rates of black incarceration (the criminal records of males and, increasingly, females lowers the probability of becoming employed)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA poorly functioning and unresponsive public educational system especially in large urban areas\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA spatial mismatch between the location of jobs in metropolitan areas in the communities where blacks are concentrated\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA professor of Economics in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Economics, \u003Cstrong\u003EThomas \u201cDanny\u201d Boston\u003C\/strong\u003E publishes the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gazelleindex.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGazelle Index\u003C\/a\u003E, the first-ever national quarterly survey of the current conditions, level of optimism, and hiring plans of small businesses that also focuses on minority and women-owned businesses. 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The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/energy.gov\/articles\/secretary-chu-announces-new-institute-help-scientists-improve-massive-data-set-research-doe\u0022\u003EScalable Data Management, Analysis and Visualization (SDAV) Institute\u003C\/a\u003E will bring together the expertise of six national laboratories and seven universities. The goal is to create instruments to help researchers manage and visualize data on the department\u2019s supercomputers, which will further streamline the processes scientists use to make discoveries using the department\u2019s research facilities.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe team from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cercs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Experimental Research Computer Systems (CERCS)\u003C\/a\u003E, Karsten Schwan, Greg Eisenhauer and Matt Wolf, will lead Georgia Tech\u2019s involvement in the national initiative. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy being part of the SDAV team, the Georgia Tech researchers and the software artifacts we have been producing can more widely affect research around the nation,\u201d said Schwan, director of CERCS. \u201cMore importantly, our work can enable scientists to carry out their science mission more effectively.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Georgia Tech team is also part of one of the CoDesign projects being undertaken by DOE researchers that will work to improve the combustion processes used in internal combustion engines.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPresident Obama announced the $200 million Big Data Research and Development Initiative on Thursday, March 29. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/microsites\/ostp\/big_data_press_release.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E to learn more about the announcement.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Expertise will help develop tools for supercomputing discoveries"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of President Barack Obama\u2019s new initiative for big data, the Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected to participate in a Department of Energy project that will develop new tools for scientists working with supercomputers. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/energy.gov\/articles\/secretary-chu-announces-new-institute-help-scientists-improve-massive-data-set-research-doe\u0022\u003EScalable Data Management, Analysis and Visualization (SDAV) Institute\u003C\/a\u003E will bring together the expertise of six national laboratories and six other universities. The goal is to create new instruments to help researchers manage and visualize data on the Department\u2019s supercomputers, which will further streamline the processes that lead to discoveries made by scientists using the Department\u2019s research facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected to participate in a new Department of Energy project that will develop new tools for scientists working with supercomputers."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2012-03-30 14:38:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:56","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cercs.gatech.edu\/index.shtml","title":"CERCS"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15092","name":"big data"},{"id":"9160","name":"CERCS"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"121811":{"#nid":"121811","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Boyan Pushes for Reauthorization of Pediatric Medical Device Legislation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBarbara Boyan, the Price Gilbert, Jr. Chair in Tissue Engineering in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, and director of the Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium, traveled to Washington D.C. recently to support legislation that encourages the development of pediatric medical devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring her visit in February, Boyan met with several congressmen, urging them to reauthorize \u201cThe Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act.\u0022 The law provides grants to fund non-profit pediatric device consortia, such as the Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium. The grants connect scientists and innovators with device manufacturers, providing them financial resources and regulatory guidance needed to advance the development of devices for children.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe funding from the FDA has opened many doors and some of our small companies have been able to secure venture capital funding to pursue these devices,\u201d Boyan said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of three FDA-sponsored consortia awarded last year, the Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium is a partnership between Georgia Tech, Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta Pediatric Consortium provides assistance with engineering design, prototype development, pre-clinical and clinical studies and commercialization for novel pediatric medical devices. It is currently composed of nine projects, three main projects and six pilot projects, which were incorporated from the first Pediatric Device Competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis consortium has brought excitement to the Atlanta Community and strengthened our research partnerships to develop the future of pediatric medical devices,\u201d Boyan said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPassed in 2007, \u201cThe Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act\u0022 includes important incentives that promote the development of medical devices for children, which currently lags five to 10 years behind those for adults.\u0026nbsp;Significant barriers to pediatric device development exist, including physiological differences in pediatric patients and challenges with recruiting pediatric participants for clinical trial.\u0026nbsp;The law helps to support the creation of more pediatric devices, with 107 device projects developed during the program\u2019s first two years, according to a report by the General Accounting Office.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoyan was accompanied to D.C. by consortium co-directors Kevin Maher, MD, a cardiologist and researcher specializing in pediatrics with appointments at the Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center and Emory University and Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD, a pediatric hematologist\/oncologist and bioengineer with appointments at Emory, the Aflac Cancer Center of Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act\u0022 provides grants to fund non-profit pediatric device consortia, such as the Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium. 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Held in Washington, D.C., on\nFebruary 16, the invitation-only event included a keynote presentation by\nformer Vice President Al Gore.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMynatt, who also serves as the executive director of the\nInstitute for People and Technology (IPaT), was a member of a forward-looking\npanel that addressed the roles of government, academia, industry and the\nresearch community in finding and funding the next \u0022Big Ideas.\u0022\nThomas Kalil, the deputy director for Policy for the White House Office of\nScience and Technology Policy, moderated the panel that also included Corporate\nVice President Peter Lee of Microsoft Research, President Charles Vest of the National\nAcademy of Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering Professor Stefan\nSavage from the University of California, San Diego.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium was organized by the Computing Community\nConsortium, in collaboration with the National Coordination Office (NCO) for\nNITRD. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Mynatt Represents Georgia Tech During Invitation-Only Event"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing Professor Elizabeth Mynatt\nrecently participated in the Federal Networking and Information Technology\nResearch and Development (NITRD) symposium. Held in Washington, D.C., on\nFebruary 16, the invitation-only event included a keynote presentation by\nformer Vice President Al Gore.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech College of Computing Professor Elizabeth Mynatt recently participated in the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) symposium."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2012-02-29 08:12:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:44","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-02-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-02-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64009":{"id":"64009","type":"image","title":"Dr. Beth Mynatt","body":null,"created":"1449176720","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:20","changed":"1475894561","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:41","alt":"Dr. Beth Mynatt","file":{"fid":"191915","name":"Mynatt.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mynatt.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mynatt.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61063,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Mynatt.jpg?itok=M07ybYIH"}}},"media_ids":["64009"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cra.org\/ccc\/nitrdsymposium_intro.php","title":"NITRD Symposium Overview"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"25491","name":"Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development"},{"id":"12888","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"11336","name":"mynatt"},{"id":"25481","name":"NITRD"},{"id":"10231","name":"Washington D.C."}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"108351":{"#nid":"108351","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineering Dean Gary May Speaks at White House Ceremony","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\nTech\u2019s College of Engineering Dean Gary S. May spoke at a White House ceremony\non Wednesday (Feb. 8), stressing the need to attract more young minds to the field of\nengineering and retain them until graduation to improve the nation\u2019s prosperity\nand competitiveness. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEngineering\nis a profession of great wonder and rich reward,\u201d May said at the event hosted\nby the White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness to celebrate engineering\ndeans for their excellence and commitment to educating and graduating more\nengineers. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn\ncommunicating the appeal of our profession, we must tap into what young people\nvalue most in their life\u2019s work\u2014flexibility, connectivity, visibility and above\nall else, the chance to use technology to make a real impact on our nation and\nworld and to change our society for the better,\u201d May added.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMay touted\nthe strategies used by Georgia Tech to retain 94 percent of freshmen after\ntheir first year and graduate eight out of every 10 students within six years. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEven more\nso, we are attracting women and minorities to engineering in large numbers and,\nI am proud to say, graduating them, making Georgia Tech the nation\u2019s largest\nand most diverse college of engineering,\u201d said May, who chairs the Dean\u2019s\nAdvisory Committee for the High Technology Education Working Group, which is part\nof the White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\nwas one of 50 engineering colleges recognized at the event for its excellence\nand commitment to engineering education. During the ceremony, the council also\nannounced a partnership with the American Society for Engineering Education to\ndevelop metrics to formally recognize engineering schools that meet particular\ngraduation and retention levels. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EU.S. President\nBarack Obama has a goal of graduating 10,000 additional new engineers each year\nthrough private sector incentives and efforts in engineering schools to attract\nand retain top talent. The council is comprised of leaders from companies that\nrely on a quality STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workforce\nand who have a particular interest in the production of more engineers. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with\nMay, other featured speakers at the ceremony included: Valerie Jarrett, senior\nadvisor to the President; Paul Otellini, president and CEO of Intel; Steven\nChu, U.S. Secretary of Energy; Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education; and Don\nGiddens, president of the American Society for Engineering Education and former\ndean of engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was one of 50\nengineering colleges recognized at the event for its excellence and commitment\nto engineering education. Dean May,\u0026nbsp;who\nchairs the Dean\u2019s Advisory Committee for the High Technology Education Working\nGroup, part of the White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, was a featured speaker at the event.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"May spoke at a White House ceremony on Feb. 8, stressing the need to attract more young minds to the field of engineering and retain them until graduation."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-02-09 18:21:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:40","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"109161":{"id":"109161","type":"image","title":"Dean May and President Obama","body":null,"created":"1449178201","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:01","changed":"1475894728","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:28","alt":"Dean May and President Obama","file":{"fid":"194038","name":"421301_10150597680148540_149806298539_8989889_95910237_n.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/421301_10150597680148540_149806298539_8989889_95910237_n_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/421301_10150597680148540_149806298539_8989889_95910237_n_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":53613,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/421301_10150597680148540_149806298539_8989889_95910237_n_0.jpg?itok=EsqEqSPz"}},"108341":{"id":"108341","type":"image","title":"Dean May at the White House","body":null,"created":"1449178188","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:48","changed":"1475894725","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:25","alt":"Dean May at the White House","file":{"fid":"194020","name":"402522_10150603330128896_614823895_9127255_1999585672_n.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/402522_10150603330128896_614823895_9127255_1999585672_n_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/402522_10150603330128896_614823895_9127255_1999585672_n_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":79787,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/402522_10150603330128896_614823895_9127255_1999585672_n_0.jpg?itok=dM6ntspm"}}},"media_ids":["109161","108341"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"23571","name":"College of Engineering; 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A copy of his testimony\ncan be found at the link below.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Defense Business Panel Requests Input from University and Research Institution Leaders"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s\nExecutive Vice President for Research Steve Cross testified before the House\nArmed Services Committee\u2019s panel on Business Challenges within the Defense\nIndustry earlier today.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Executive Vice President for Research Steve Cross testified before the House Armed Services Committee."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2012-01-23 19:01:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:57","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"85701":{"id":"85701","type":"image","title":"Steve Cross - Executive Vice President for Research","body":null,"created":"1449178110","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:30","changed":"1475894706","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:06","alt":"Steve Cross - Executive Vice President for Research","file":{"fid":"194099","name":"steve_cross_headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/steve_cross_headshot_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/steve_cross_headshot_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40762,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/steve_cross_headshot_0.jpg?itok=wdKmAdvA"}}},"media_ids":["85701"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/index.cfm\/2012\/1\/doing-business-with-dod-getting-innovative-solutions-from-concept-to-the-hands-of-the-warfighter","title":"Testimony Video"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2144","name":"Armed Services Committee"},{"id":"7158","name":"cross"},{"id":"8402","name":"Executive Vice President for Research"},{"id":"18101","name":"House of Represenatives"},{"id":"167317","name":"Steve Cross"},{"id":"1881","name":"testimony"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70418":{"#nid":"70418","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Stephen Fleming Discusses Immigration and Competitiveness at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EEach year, more than a hundred nations send their best and\nbrightest students to Georgia Tech, where they learn science, engineering and\nother key disciplines in an environment that is increasingly focused on\nentrepreneurship.\u0026nbsp; When they graduate\nwith some of the best science and engineering educations available in the world\ntoday, current U.S. immigration polices give these students two options: go\nback home, or be hired by a company large enough to afford to help them stay.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s a huge loss of innovation and entrepreneurship at a\ntime when the United States desperately needs both.\u0026nbsp; Stephen Fleming, a Georgia Tech vice\npresident and executive director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation\nInstitute, recently told a U.S. Chamber of Commerce forum that this loss costs\nU.S. competitiveness and jobs, both present and future.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a former venture capitalist now responsible for Georgia\nTech\u2019s programs for high-tech startup companies, Fleming meets many students with\ntechnical backgrounds who have the entrepreneurial bent.\u0026nbsp; One statistic he cited: of 28 students in a\nrecent innovation competition, 26 were from overseas. \u0026nbsp;Under our current status, those 26 represent\nentrepreneurial talent for our competitors.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EImmigration has been a hot-button issue for several years\nnow, but Fleming points out that immigrants have been powering U.S.\nentrepreneurship \u2013 and some of our most innovative companies \u2013 for\ndecades.\u0026nbsp; Our higher education system\nattracts the best students from around the world, so why shouldn\u2019t we be taking\nadvantage of that, seeing that as an opportunity rather than a problem?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERead Fleming\u2019s comments \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/academicvc.com\/2011\/09\/28\/immigration-and-competitiveness\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\nand see a video of his presentation on C-SPAN.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStephen Fleming, a Georgia Tech vice\npresident and executive director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation\nInstitute, recently told a U.S. Chamber of Commerce forum that this loss costs\nU.S. competitiveness and jobs, both present and future.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stephen Fleming shares thoughts on competitiveness with a U.S. Chamber of Commerce forum."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2011-09-30 08:45:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:18","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"46279":{"id":"46279","type":"image","title":"Stephen Fleming","body":null,"created":"1449174375","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:26:15","changed":"1475894414","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:14","alt":"Stephen Fleming","file":{"fid":"101065","name":"thc77449.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thc77449_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thc77449_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1724427,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thc77449_0.jpg?itok=RVNVpIEt"}}},"media_ids":["46279"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"287","name":"Competitiveness"},{"id":"3461","name":"D.C."},{"id":"167668","name":"Stephen Fleming"},{"id":"14489","name":"U.S. Chamber of Commerce"},{"id":"3917","name":"washington"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon, 404-894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["john.toon@innovate.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"66481":{"#nid":"66481","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Final Report on Climate Change Delivered to Congress","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn Brown, Professor in the School of Public Policy, is a member of the panel of climate change experts who delivered their final report to Congress on May 9th affirming \u0022strong evidence on climate change\u0022 and urging \u0022strong federal policies that establish coherent national goals and incentives, and that promote strong U.S. engagement in international-level response efforts.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report was the last in a series requested by Congress in 2008 for the purpose of providing \u0022action-oriented advice\u0022 on how the U.S. should be treating the issue of climate change. The panel of scientists, politicians, and business leaders was created by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the country\u0027s foremost institution tasked with providing scientific advice to lawmakers. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report, entitled \u0022America\u0027s Climate Choices,\u0022 argues that the consequences of inaction in the face of climate change could be severe. No specific legislative recommendations were made, but the report warns about the dangers of global warming and agrees with the scientific evidence that points to the burning of fossil fuels as the problem. It concludes that \u0022the significant risks that climate change poses to human society and the environment provide a strong motivation to move ahead with substantial response efforts.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report committee was chaired by Al Carnesale, University of California Los Angeles and included Vice Chair, Bill Chameides, Duke University; Marilyn Brown; Donald Boesch, University of Maryland; Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University; Jim Geringer, Environmental Systems Research Institute; Philip R. Sharp, Resources for the Future; Robert Socolow, Princeton University. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrown participated in a dialog held in Washington, D.C. May 12th that introduced the report to the public.\u0026nbsp;A recording of the event may be seen \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.tvworldwide.com\/events\/nas\/110512\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/onpinews\/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12781\u0022\u003EPress release for America\u0027s Climate Choices\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Marilyn Brown is a member of the panel that confirms global warming and calls for a national response"}],"uid":"27192","created_gmt":"2011-06-13 12:40:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:53","author":"Benjamin Chapman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66479":{"id":"66479","type":"image","title":"America\u0027s Climate Choices","body":null,"created":"1449177169","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:49","changed":"1475894592","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:12","alt":"America\u0027s Climate Choices","file":{"fid":"192551","name":"acc-logo200.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/acc-logo200_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/acc-logo200_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":71734,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/acc-logo200_0.jpg?itok=qRSAe4BT"}},"66480":{"id":"66480","type":"image","title":"Marilyn Brown","body":null,"created":"1449177169","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:49","changed":"1475894592","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:12","alt":"Marilyn Brown","file":{"fid":"192552","name":"marilyn_brown_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marilyn_brown_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/marilyn_brown_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36458,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/marilyn_brown_200x300_0.jpg?itok=fpNnbgSa"}}},"media_ids":["66479","66480"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"346","name":"congress"},{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane - 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65574":{"#nid":"65574","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Garver Presents at U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Garver, Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, presented testimony on China\u2019s Iran policies and their apparent conflict with China\u2019s policies toward the U.S. during the April 13th public hearing of the U.S.\u2013 China Economic and Security Review Commission in Washington, D.C. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe hearing, \u201cChina\u2019s Foreign Policy: Challenges and Players,\u201d examined emerging issues and new interest groups in China\u2019s foreign policy, as well as China\u2019s relationship with Iran, North Korea, and Russia.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his statement, Garver disaggregated China\u2019s relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) since early 2003 (when the Iran nuclear issue intensified) into six policies.\u0026nbsp;Garver argued that this array of policies, not all of which are logically consistent,\u0026nbsp;1) represents an attempt to balance China\u2019s interest in maintaining good relations\u0026nbsp;with the United States on the one hand, and important energy and political interests with Tehran on the other, and, 2) reflects the distinct interests and perspectives of key actors in China\u0027s decision making process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uscc.gov\/hearings\/2011hearings\/written_testimonies\/11_04_13_wrt\/11_04_13_garver_testimony.pdf\u0022\u003E\u201cChina\u2019s Iran Policies,\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E Prepared Statement, Hearings on China\u2019s Foreign Policy:\u0026nbsp; Challenges and Players, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review commission, U.S. C Congress.\u0026nbsp; 13 April 2011. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uscc.gov\/hearings\/2011hearings\/written_testimonies\/11_04_13_wrt\/11_04_13_garver_figurescharts_testimony.pdf\u0022\u003EFigures\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EReview the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uscc.gov\/hearings\/2011hearings\/written_testimonies\/hr11_04_13.php\u0022\u003Ehearing and transcripts\u003C\/a\u003E at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uscc.gov\u0022 title=\u0022www.uscc.gov\u0022\u003Ewww.uscc.gov\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"GT in DC: INTA Professor Presents Testimony on China\u0027s Iran Policy"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInternational Affairs Professor John Garver presented testimony on China\u2019s\u0026nbsp;Iran policies and their apparent conflict with China\u2019s policy toward the U.S. during the April 13th public hearing of the U.S. \u2013 China Economic and Security Review Commission in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2011-04-14 16:26:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:34","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62361":{"id":"62361","type":"image","title":"John Garver, Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs","body":null,"created":"1449176369","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:29","changed":"1475894541","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:21","alt":"John Garver, Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs","file":{"fid":"191454","name":"john_garver-200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/john_garver-200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/john_garver-200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":33850,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/john_garver-200x300_0.jpg?itok=s7phqwVn"}}},"media_ids":["62361"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"3906","name":"foreign policy"},{"id":"8319","name":"iran"},{"id":"9958","name":"John Garver"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp; 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She has been researching the concept of Smart\nTrash for a number of years and believes that the time is right for electronic\nproducts to take \u2018self responsibility\u2019.\u0026nbsp;\n\u201cProduct stewardship encourages suppliers to take responsibility for\ntheir own products at end of life, but I believe we can go even further and get\nthe products to take more responsibility for themselves,\u201d she said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe secret is to attach the Universal\nProduct Code (UPC) barcode or RFID (radio frequency identification) tag to the product\nitself, as opposed to the packaging which is typically discarded as soon as the\nproduct is installed.\u201d\u0026nbsp; She cited a\nsuccessful application with mobile phones in Europe where the data in the\nbarcode recorded full details of the materials used in manufacture, reducing\ncosts when the phones are sent for recycling.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr Thomas pointed\nout the costs of applying RFID tags at the point of manufacture have dropped to\nas low as US 5 cents, so there is no cost barrier to widespread implementation,\neven on low value items. \u201cOnce implemented, lots of new options become\navailable for efficiently managing the re-use, refurbishment or recycling of\nthe products,\u201d she said. \u201cBut most importantly, it will make the disposal of\nelectronic trash easy for the end consumer and even open up the possibility of\na cash return. \u0026nbsp;With cash incentives and\nuser-friendliness, consumers are much more likely to start disposing of their\nelectronic waste in a responsible and environment-friendly manner.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAngie Leith from\nEPA provided the background to the development of RFID as a possible technology\nfor tracking electronic products at end of life as well as for the distribution\nof new products to retailers.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe\nstarted studying RFID technologies in 2002 to help us understand any possible\nnegative effects on the environment, but now see them as a possible tool for\nmanaging waste streams and increasing the levels of recycling.\u0026nbsp; In the USA in 2009, only 15% of the\nelectronic equipment entering the waste stream\u0026nbsp;\nwas recycled and our goal is to achieve recycling rates much closer to\nthe national average for other materials (33%), or even higher,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTwenty-five\npercent of the states in America now have legislation covering e-waste, with\nmany banning electronic waste in landfills.\u0026nbsp;\nWe are relying on technology innovations such as RFID to help us\nimplement better e-waste solutions on a nationwide basis,\u201d Ms Leith said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; But she did point out that this will rely on\ncomputer companies attaching RFID tags to their products at the point of\nmanufacture. \u201cWhile we will do everything we can to encourage this, we do not\nenvisage a legislative solution at this stage,\u201d she concluded.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEfficient and\nconvenient collection and disposal systems are critical for successful e-waste\nrecycling, but it is important that the mechanisms are also in place to\ntransport the recovered materials into new manufacturing processes,\u201d said\nLaurence Zwimpfer, Chair of the eDay New Zealand Trust, and MC for the Smart\nTrash discussion. \u201cThis presents a special challenge for New Zealand, because\nof our geographic isolation from the main manufacturing nations in Asia and\nEurope.\u0026nbsp; We still have to pay to get\nextracted materials to these markets.\u0026nbsp; We\nfind the Smart Trash approach very interesting and will certainly encourage\nmanufacturers to start tagging their products, but we believe there will still\nbe a net cost to achieve sustainable e-waste recycling in New Zealand.\u0026nbsp; We will continue to press for product\nstewardship schemes to be put in place in New Zealand with supporting\ngovernment regulations to ensure all suppliers participate equitably in\ncovering these costs,\u201d he said. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe eDay New\nZealand Trust was formed in 2010 to focus on the development of sustainable\nsolutions for the recycling of electronic waste in New Zealand and the Pacific.\u0026nbsp; It took over running the annual eDay, free\ne-waste recycling event in New Zealand, which in 2010 saw nearly 20,000 cars\ndropping off over 80,000 items of electronic waste, filling over 160 20\u2019\nshipping containers.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Public Affairs\nSection of the Embassy of the United States of America arranges videoconference\npresentations from time to time on matters of public interest.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Valerie Thomas, Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems in the Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering with a joint\nappointment in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, spoke on the concept of\nSmart Trash as an innovative way to encourage a cradle-to-grave approach to\nhandling electronic products on April 15\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E at an event\nhosted by the Embassy of the United States of America in Wellington, New Zealand.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Thomas speaks on how Smart Trash reinvents computer waste recycling"}],"uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2011-04-18 13:37:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:34","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65614":{"id":"65614","type":"image","title":"Angie Leith from the US Environmental Protection Agency (left) and Dr Valerie Thomas from Georgia Tech Atlanta beam in from Washington DC to an interested audience at the US Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand.","body":null,"created":"1449176863","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:07:43","changed":"1475894579","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:59","alt":"Angie Leith from the US Environmental Protection Agency (left) and Dr Valerie Thomas from Georgia Tech Atlanta beam in from Washington DC to an interested audience at the US Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand.","file":{"fid":"192283","name":"Thomas_Wellington_Videoconference.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Thomas_Wellington_Videoconference_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Thomas_Wellington_Videoconference_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3585424,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Thomas_Wellington_Videoconference_0.JPG?itok=a-8mbktL"}}},"media_ids":["65614"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12825","name":"electronic waste"},{"id":"1352","name":"ewaste"},{"id":"171081","name":"smart trash"},{"id":"1135","name":"valerie thomas"},{"id":"12830","name":"Wellington New Zealand"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"64325":{"#nid":"64325","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Five alumni awarded AAAS Science and Technology Policy fellowships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive Georgia Tech alumni have been awarded 2010-11 AAAS Science and Technology\nPolicy Fellowships, an opportunity to bring their expertise in science and engineering\nto lawmaking in the executive branch and congressional offices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnthony Belvin\u003C\/strong\u003E (B.S. mechanical engineering\n\u201897) is an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Department of\nEnergy\u2019s Office of Nuclear Energy. He is the first fellow ever selected to work\nin this office.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior\nto this fellowship, Belvin served as a senior technical staff member in the\nApplied Technologies Division at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak\nRidge, Tenn. \u0026nbsp;Before that, Anthony developed\nengineering solutions for Sandia National Laboratories\u2014Livermore, Ford Motor\nCompany, Pratt \u0026amp; Whitney and the National Aeronautics and Space\nAdministration\u2019s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn\naddition to his undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech, Belvin earned his\nmaster\u2019s degree in mechanical engineering from Howard University and a PhD in mechanical\nengineering from Florida A\u0026amp;M University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETriple\nGeorgia Tech alumnus \u003Cstrong\u003EAnthony Dickherber\u003C\/strong\u003E\n(B.S. electrical engineering \u201899; M.S. electrical and computer engineering \u201802,\nand Ph.D. bioengineering \u201808) is an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow\nat the National Institutes of Health\u2019s National Cancer Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPreviously,\nDickherber served as a postdoctoral fellow in 2009 at Georgia Tech\u2019s Nanotechnology\nResearch Center and was a Tech graduate research assistant from 2003 to 2008,\nas well as a research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1999\nto 2003.\u0026nbsp; Dickherber also completed a\nprofessional co-op assignment at Scientific Atlanta (now Cisco Broadband) in\n1997.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERichard A. Simmons \u003C\/strong\u003E(B.S. mechanical\nengineering \u201893) is serving as an energy officer at the U.S. Department of\nState, where he supports the Office of International Energy and Commodities by\napplying technical expertise and support to international policy issues related\nto energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA\nlicensed professional engineer for 15 years, Simmons has concentrated his work in\nthe automotive industry, studying advanced materials, recycling and alternative\nfuels. Simmons is also a board member and technical advisor of companies based\nin Atlanta and Brussels, Belgium respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJacqueline Tront \u003C\/strong\u003E(B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in\ncivil and environmental engineering) is an AAAS Diplomacy Fellow at the U.S.\nState Department, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, Office of\nEnvironmental Policy, Division of Environment and Trade. Prior to her selection\nas an AAAS Diplomacy Fellow, Tront was a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute\nfor Geotechnical Engineering at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of\nTechnology) in Zurich, Switzerland. Her research focused on applications and\ndevelopment of environmental biotechnology, with an emphasis on microbial fuel\ncell biosensor development for use in environmental monitoring and soil\nimprovement for natural disaster abatement\/avoidance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnnica Wayman\u003C\/strong\u003E (M.S. in mechanical\nengineering \u201803 and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering \u201806) is an AAAS Science and\nTechnology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Agency for International Development in\nthe Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA\nnative of West Chester, Pa., Wayman worked as a senior engineer in medical\nsurgical systems at Becton Dickinson from 2006 to 2010, prior to the\nfellowship. Wayman was also a National Science Foundation Fellow, Presidential\nFellow, FACES Fellow and ARCS Fellow \u2013 all at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nimpact of the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships is well known on\nCapitol Hill and in departments and agencies that have a science-related focus.\nSince they were founded in 1973, the fellowships have sent more than 2,300\nscientists and engineers to work for a year or two in Congress and nearly 20\nexecutive branch agencies and departments. Scores have stayed on to build\nhigh-impact careers in government, while others have gone on to leadership\npositions in education, private enterprise and non-governmental organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, for the second consecutive year, the energy, environment and\nagriculture program area has the largest contingent of Fellows.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive Georgia Tech alumni have been awarded\n2010-11 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships, an opportunity to bring\ntheir expertise in science and engineering to lawmaking in the executive branch\nand congressional offices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five Georgia Tech alumni have been awarded 2010-11 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships in D.C."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-02-17 17:29:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:10","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/fellowships.aaas.org\/","title":"AAAS Science \u0026 Technology Policy Fellowships"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11959","name":"AAAS Science and Technology Fellows; 2010-2011"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["liz.klipp@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"63219":{"#nid":"63219","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Evaluating the Impact of Federal Science Investments Policy: Cozzens and Hicks Present at White House Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe federal government\u0027s huge investment in science and technology is giving rise to new research that evaluates the impact of nationally-funded R\u0026amp;D programs.\u0026nbsp; Two Georgia Tech public policy professors are leading researchers\u0026nbsp;in the field and\u0026nbsp;presented this month at a White House conference on the subject.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn September,\u0026nbsp;U.S. House of Representatives\u0026nbsp;Research and Science Education Subcommittee Chairman, Daniel Lipinski said, \u0022Given the magnitude of the federal investment in science and technology, there is a need for objective analysis and evaluation of federally funded R\u0026amp;D programs. And given the size of the budget deficit, Congressional decision makers need the best information possible to make sure we are spending taxpayer dollars optimally.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELipinski\u0027s remarks highlighted the science of science policy (SoSP), an emerging field of interdisciplinary research that is promoted by the White House Office of Science and Technology\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scienceofsciencepolicy.net\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESoSP initiative\u003C\/a\u003E and receives funding from the National Science Foundation.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Associate Dean of Research and Public Policy Professor Susan Cozzens, and Professor and Chair of the School of Public Policy Diana Hicks are leading researchers in the field, which is providing a scientifically rigorous basis from which policy makers and researchers can assess the impacts of the nation\u0027s scientific and engineering enterprise, improve their understanding of its dynamics, and assess likely outcomes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECozzens and Hicks were invited presenters at the White House Office of Science and Technology\u2019s (OSTP) Workshop on the Science of Science Measurement December 2-3, which included researchers from Harvard, MIT Sloan School of Management, and the University of Michigan. The workshop was sponsored by the OSTP\u2019s National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), a Cabinet-level Council chaired by President Obama that is charged with establishing \u201cclear national goals for Federal science and technology investments in a broad array of areas that span virtually all the mission areas of the executive branch.\u201d \u0026nbsp;Its scientific committee included members of key federal policy and research funding groups including National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Institute of Health, Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, BEA, and the Department of Education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECozzens and Michele Snoeck (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay) presented \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/sbe\/sosp\/social\/cozzens.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKnowledge to Policy: Contributing to the Measurement of Social, Health, and Environmental Benefits \u003C\/a\u003E\u0022. Hicks presented \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/sbe\/sosp\/tech\/hicks.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESystemic data infrastructure for innovation policy \u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 during the segment focused on Technology Development and Deployment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop was intended to \u201ccreate a dialogue between the Federal science and technology (S\u0026amp;T) agencies and the research community about relevant models, tools, and data that advance scientific measurement in key areas of national S\u0026amp;T interest: \u0026nbsp;economic benefits; social, health and environmental benefits; S\u0026amp;T workforce development; and technology development and deployment. Secondly, the workshop was to identify a joint Science of Science Policy research agenda for the Federal S\u0026amp;T agencies and the research community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead more about the workshop and watch videos at \u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/sbe\/sosp\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/sbe\/sosp\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe federal government\u0027s huge investment in science and technology is giving rise to new research that evaluates the impact of nationally-funded R\u0026amp;D programs.\u0026nbsp; Two Georgia Tech public policy professors are leading researchers\u0026nbsp;in the field and\u0026nbsp;presented this month at a White House conference on the subject.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2010-12-16 17:04:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:54","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63238":{"id":"63238","type":"image","title":"Office of Science and Technology Policy","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894554","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:34","alt":"Office of Science and Technology Policy","file":{"fid":"191787","name":"sosp.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sosp_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sosp_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":25426,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sosp_0.png?itok=RwzfgXPX"}},"63218":{"id":"63218","type":"image","title":"Susan Cozzens","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894554","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:34","alt":"Susan Cozzens","file":{"fid":"191782","name":"Susan_Cozzens_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Susan_Cozzens_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Susan_Cozzens_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":37503,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Susan_Cozzens_200x300_0.jpg?itok=SQQNbVGo"}},"63217":{"id":"63217","type":"image","title":"Diana Hicks","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894554","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:34","alt":"Diana Hicks","file":{"fid":"191781","name":"Diana_Hicks_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Diana_Hicks_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Diana_Hicks_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":28125,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Diana_Hicks_200x300_0.jpg?itok=uNLUH2uU"}}},"media_ids":["63238","63218","63217"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3461","name":"D.C."},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"167974","name":"science policy"},{"id":"3917","name":"washington"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp; 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"62853":{"#nid":"62853","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Judy Curry Talks Climate Change to the U.S. House","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJudith Curry, chair and professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, offered her testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology yesterday. Curry spoke about how a potential change in the earth\u0027s climate may have many effects, some beneficial to people of certain regions and some catastrophic. 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The purpose of the briefing is to highlight\nthe societal benefits of federal research and the challenges and opportunities\nearly-career investigators face in establishing a foothold in the scientific profession.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELieberman, one of four panelists\nparticipating in the briefing, will focus her remarks on the research interests\nof her lab, the value of that research and why Congress should care. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI also plan to discuss those who do\nresearch, like students and postdocs, and how all of this activity helps inform\nmy in-class teaching, along with working towards our nation\u0027s goals of having\nan educated, skilled workforce,\u201d Lieberman said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELieberman, one of two early-stage\ninvestigators on the panel, was selected to participate in the October 7\nbriefing after being named a Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences. She will be\njoined by panelists from Boston University, John Hopkins University and the\nGeoffrey Beene Gives Back Alzheimer\u2019s Initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Benefits of Federal Research Highlighted"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Chemistry and\nBiochemistry Assistant Professor Raquel Lieberman will participate in a Washington,\nD.C., briefing hosted by Research!America, the American Chemical Society and a\nnumber of Congressional leaders. 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Tech Civil Engineering Professor Testifies before Senate Subcommittee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Associate Chair and School of Civil and\nEnvironmental Engineering Professor Reginald DesRoches testified before\nthe Senate Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness\nand Integration on Sept. 30. He was one of seven witnesses who spoke before the\nsubcommittee and the only presenter representing a university.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDesRoches was invited to share his expertise on earthquake\nresilience in the\nUnited States focusing on the risks associated with and the effects of\na\npotential catastrophic earthquake event. His testimony highlighted his\nbackground\non the performance of built infrastructure in the Central and\nSoutheastern\nUnited States and his firsthand experience with the earthquake in Haiti.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAn internationally recognized expert in reducing damage and loss from\nearthquakes, DesRoches\u2019 research focuses on earthquake-resistant design\nand\nretrofitting of bridges, protective systems for buildings and bridges\nand the\nperformance of transportation networks. A native of Haiti, DesRoches\nled a team of earthquake experts to the island nation last winter to\nstudy the\ndamage from the major quake that struck there in January.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Reginald DesRoches Shares Lessons-Learned from Recent Earthquakes"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Associate Chair and School of Civil and\nEnvironmental Engineering Professor Reginald DesRoches testified before\nthe Senate Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness\nand Integration on Sept. 30. 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Brown to the Tennessee Valley \nAuthority Board of Directors.\u0026nbsp; Brown,\u0026nbsp;a professor of energy policy in \nthe Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts School of Public \nPolicy, was\u0026nbsp;nominated December 10, 2009, by President Obama for a term \nexpiring May 18, 2012.\u0026nbsp; She succeeds Susan Richardson Williams, whose \nterm expired.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrown has been on the faculty at Georgia Tech since\n 2006.\u0026nbsp; Previous to that she had a\u0026nbsp;distinguished career at the U.S. \nDepartment of Energy\u0027s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. At ORNL, she led \nseveral national scenario studies of climate change technology and \npolicy options and held various leadership positions. Her current \nresearch addresses the development and deployment of sustainable energy \ntechnologies, the design of policy options to reduce carbon dioxide \nemissions and the evaluation of energy programs and policies . 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McBride, a long-time \npublic-interest lawyer, Bill Sansom, a former chairman of the TVA Board \nand president and chief executive officer of Knoxville-based H.T. \nHackney Company.\u0026nbsp; The four join current members of the board: Current \nmembers of the TVA Board of Directors are Chairman Dennis Bottorff of \nNashville, Tenn.; Mike Duncan of Inez, Ky.; Tom Gilliland, of \nBlairsville, Ga.; William Graves of Memphis, Tenn., and Howard \nThrailkill of Huntsville, Ala.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn September\n 16, the U.S. Senate\u0026nbsp;confirmed Marilyn A. 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Brown to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2010-09-27 08:21:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:27","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60736":{"id":"60736","type":"image","title":"Dr. Marilyn Brown","body":null,"created":"1449176296","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:16","changed":"1475894528","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:08","alt":"Dr. Marilyn Brown","file":{"fid":"191201","name":"tew48476.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tew48476_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tew48476_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":36458,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tew48476_0.jpg?itok=OSon5Ver"}}},"media_ids":["60736"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen College"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/aboutus\/faculty\/MarilynBrown","title":"Brown bio"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"999","name":"IAC"},{"id":"955","name":"ivan allen college"},{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"},{"id":"9990","name":"TVA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u0026nbsp; 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"60739":{"#nid":"60739","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Boston Testifies Twice Before Congress","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Economics Professor, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.econ.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/boston\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThomas D. Boston\u003C\/a\u003E, delivered two rounds of testimony in September before separate House and Senate Committees.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn September 11, 2008, Boston spoke to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship chaired by Sen. John Kerry. The hearing focused on    Business Start-up Hurdles in Underserved Communities: Access to Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship Training.    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoston   s remarks focused on the important contribution to the U.S. economy made by businesses that participate in the government   s Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) program and put forth recommendations for adjusting the program to allow minority firms to    move to the next level of growth.    His testimony concluded,    This committee could facilitate a tremendous leap forward for minority firms in gaining access to capital, bonding and venture capital funding if it would simply make adjustments to one of the federal government\u0027s own regulations. By this I mean altering the [sic: $750,000] personal net worth ceiling that is used as criteria for eligibility in the SDB program.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn September 24, Dr. Boston, delivered similar testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform\u0027s Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. That discussion centered on    how information policy affects competitive viability in minority contracting.    Boston made recommendations for replacing the personal net worth ceiling with    more industry specific and business development criteria.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Economics Professor, Thomas D. 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The program provides a valuable public service to the nation while simultaneously gives engineers a unique opportunity to participate directly in the policy making process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMechanical engineering graduate Adam Christensen\u0026nbsp; is working in the office of Washington State Congressman Jay Inslee who represents the North Seattle and the Puget Sound area. Tony Dickherber, a bioengineering graduate, is working with the National Cancer Institute while Richard Simmons and Jaqueline Tront are both assigned to the State Department.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the past few decades, ASME Federal Fellows have distinguished themselves as key advisors on standards, nanotechnology, risk analysis, critical infrastructure, energy, education, aerospace, manufacturing, technology development and other national issues of the day.\u0026nbsp; More information on the ASME Federal Fellows program can be found at the link below.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Program Provides Policy Making Experience"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour Georgia Tech graduates have joined the ranks of the\n2010 American Society of Mechnical Engineers (ASME) Federal Government\nFellows. The program provides\na valuable public service to the nation while simultaneously gives\nengineers a unique opportunity to participate directly in the policy\nmaking process.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Four Georgia Tech graduates have joined the ranks of the 2010 American Society of Mechnical Engineers (ASME) Federal Government Fellows."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2010-07-01 19:59:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-07-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-07-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.asme.org\/NewsPublicPolicy\/GovRelations\/Programs\/Federal_Government.cfm","title":"ASME Federal Fellow Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional 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Testifies on Government\u0027s Role in Innovation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nIn invited testimony March 24th before the U.S. House Science and Technology Committee\u0027s Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, Dan Breznitz offered a globally informed perspective on the federal government\u0027s role in supporting innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBreznitz, Associate Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Public Policy, testified at the request of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation hearing entitled \u003Cem\u003ESupporting Innovation in the 21st Century Economy.\u003C\/em\u003E A theme of the hearing was the need for a comprehensive federal strategy to create an environment that is conducive to innovation in the United States. According to the witnesses, a comprehensive innovation strategy would include components such as a tax policy amenable to attracting capital, a more efficient process to transition research to commercialization and immigration policies that attract the best and the brightest and keep them in the United States.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBreznitz outlined the challenges associated with government efforts to enable innovation and the lessons the U.S. might take from other countries.  He discussed three roles that the government has to play in innovation policy: public financing of private innovation; public production of innovation (i.e. financing of industrial research at nonprofit institutions); and facilitation of professional, interinstitutional networks. He also suggested that federal-state partnerships could stimulate states to compete in the development of different, experimental and creative policies for innovation and encourage regional collaboration.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther testimony during the hearing was presented by Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Mark Kamlet, Provost at Carnegie Mellon University; Rob Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation; and Paul Holland, General Partner at Foundation Capital.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA PDF of Breznitz remarks and a webcast of the hearing with complete witness testimony is available at the link below\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn invited testimony March 24th before the U.S. House Science and Technology Committee\u0027s Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, Dan Breznitz offered a globally informed perspective on the federal government\u0027s role in supporting innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"INTA Professor U.S. to think outside conventioinal constraint"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2010-04-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:55","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-04-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-04-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"58987":{"id":"58987","type":"image","title":"Dr. Dan Breznitz","body":null,"created":"1449176204","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:44","changed":"1475894515","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:55","alt":"Dr. Dan Breznitz","file":{"fid":"190798","name":"tbh94936.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbh94936_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbh94936_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30213,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tbh94936_0.jpg?itok=Nhq-Q-_J"}}},"media_ids":["58987"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Public Policy"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/","title":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/listing.php?uID=15","title":"Danny Brezntiz"},{"url":"http:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/files\/wysiwyg\/file\/Breznitz%20Testimony%20Congress%203-24-10.pdf","title":"Download PDF of Breznitz remarks"},{"url":"http:\/\/science.house.gov\/","title":"Committee on Science, Space, and Technology"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1988","name":"Breznitz"},{"id":"346","name":"congress"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"1881","name":"testimony"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59037":{"#nid":"59037","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Marilyn Brown\u0027s Confirmation Hearing for TVA Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Public Policy Professor Marilyn Brown\u0027s confirmation hearing for the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors occurred February 9, in the midst of the snow event that shut down the Federal government.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Obama announced his intent to nomiate Brown for a position on the TVA board. (Read more in the December Ivan Allen College Newsletter - link below).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown\u0027s statement begins about two thirds of the way through the video which also includes  statements and discussion of climate change and air quality issues by U.S. Senators Boxer, Alexander, Barrasso, and Whitehouse and by Brown\u0027s co-nominees Bill Sansom--a businessman, Neil McBride--public rights lawyer, and Barbara Haskew--an economist and past-Provost of Middle Tennessee State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Public Policy Professor Marilyn Brown\u0027s confirmation hearing for the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors occurred February 9, in the midst of the snow event that shut down the Federal government.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Watch Hearing Video"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2010-02-12 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:50","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/newsletters\/12\/2009","title":"About Brown\u0027s Nomination"},{"url":"http:\/\/epw.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.LiveStream\u0026Hearing_id=96a000a4-802a-23ad-45c5-e31a88124b41","title":"Brown Confirmation Video"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1547","name":"Brown"},{"id":"9991","name":"confirmation hearing"},{"id":"346","name":"congress"},{"id":"9992","name":"congressional hearing"},{"id":"9990","name":"TVA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59140":{"#nid":"59140","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Boston Advises Senate Committee on SBA Guidelines","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEconomics professor Thomas \u0022Danny\u0022 Boston has been tapped by U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu\u0027s chief of staff to help the Small Business Administration (SBA) re-fashion federal guidelines for purchasing from minority businesses.  Boston was asked to join a roundtable discussion convened September 24th by Landrieu who chairs the Senate Small Business Committee. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe roundtable hearing enabled senators and their staff to explore small business policy and seek recommendations for changes from Dr. Boston and other participants. Discussion centered on \u0022Minority Entrepreneurship: Evaluating Small Business Resources and Programs.\u0022    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoston\u0027s work with the committee centers on the SBA\u0027s Small Disadvantaged Businesses(SDB). Program modifications in 1998 established a Personal Net Worth (PNW) ceiling or cap. The $750,000 ceiling was designed to  restrict access to federal preferential procurement contracts to disadvantaged business owners.  Boston\u0027s research shows that, in practice, the ceiling has severely constrained the capacity of participating firms. \u0022Increasing the PNW ceiling is a necessary condition,\u0022 says Boston, \u0022but it is a very short\u0022 run solution to a major regulatory impediment.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis was Boston\u0027s third briefing during the past year at the behest of a congressional body relevant to his research on minority entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Committee focuses on minority entrepreneurship"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEconomics professor Thomas \u0022Danny\u0022 Boston has been tapped by U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu\u0027s chief of staff to help the Small Business Administration (SBA) re-fashion federal guidelines for purchasing from minority businesses.  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Experts in public policy and biodefense policy from academia, government, and the private sector were brought together to review current educational and training programs, identify challenges, and provide recommendations to address those challenges.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the colloquia, please visit the \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/cstsp.aaas.org\/Biodefense_Policy\/index.html\u0027\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Professor Margaret Kosal participated in a by-invitation-only colloquia on August 10 on the future needs of the US Government and nation on education of the biodefense policy workforce.  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Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech, testified before the U.S. Senate Committe on Veterans\u0027 Affairs, on May 5, 2010, to address the progress in traumatic brain injury research, diagnosis, and treatment as it relates to academia-VA collaborations and ultimate clinical implementation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo view the video or to read the entire transcript of Dr. LaPlaca\u0027s testimony, please click link below:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/veterans.senate.gov\/hearings.cfm?action=release.display\u0026amp;release_id=87aad454-b462-4272-8476-7f664c0308b9\u0027\u003EDr. LaPlaca\u0027s Senate Testimony\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Prof. Michelle LaPlaca, Associate Professor for the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech, testified before the U.S. Senate Committe on Veterans\u0027 Affairs, on May 5, 2010, to address the progress in traumatic brain injury research, diagnosis, and treatment as it relates to academia-VA collaborations and ultimate clinical implementation.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Michelle LaPlaca Testifies before Senate Veterans Affairs Commit"}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2010-05-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:11","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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Stice, Director of the UGA Regenerative Bioscience Center and Robert M. Nerem, Parker H. Petit Distinguished Chair for Engineering in Medicine, Institute Professor,and Director of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident-elect Obama\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Column by Steve L. Stice of the UGA Regenerative Bioscience Center and Robert M. Nerem, Parker H. Petit Distinguished Chair for Engineering in Medicine, Institute Professor,and Director of the Parker H. 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Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1516","name":"Nerem"},{"id":"167413","name":"Stem Cell"},{"id":"170975","name":"Stice"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EColly Mitchell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. 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When that happens, certain state lawmakers will attempt to re-create a state version of the blockade in Georgia, sparking yet another Capitol fight over the thorny issue of science, religion and moral boundaries. . . .For three years, UGA researcher Steve Stice has worked with Republicans to broker a compromise on the issue. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo view full article: \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/services\/content\/printedition\/2009\/01\/19\/polinsider0119.html\u0027\u003EGeorgia GOP Stem Cell\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Shortly after taking office, President Barack Obama is expected to lift the 7-year-old federal restriction on embryonic stem cell research. 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Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans\u0027 Affairs on Wednesday examining Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in veterans and progress being made in treating this wound.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaPlaca shared her research experience in diagnosing and treating TBI along with her collaborations with the Department of Veterans\u0027 Affairs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVideo and a textual transcript of her testimony can be found at the proceeding link.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Michelle LaPlaca testified before the Committee on Veterans\u0027 Affairs on TBI."}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2010-05-07 10:37:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:57","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/veterans.senate.gov\/hearings.cfm?action=release.display\u0026release_id=87aad454-b462-4272-8476-7f664c0308b9","title":"LaPlaca Testimony Before U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans\u0027 Affairs"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9265","name":"LaPlaca; TBI; U.S. Senate Committeee on Veterans\u0027 Affairs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDon Fernandez\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edon.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"55913":{"#nid":"55913","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Danny Boston Testifies on Minorities and Women in Business","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas \u0022Danny\u0022 Boston, professor of Economics in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, testified earlier this month before two subcommittees of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services.\u0026nbsp; During the May 12 meeting before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, Boston talked about the value that minority-owned businesses bring to the U.S. economy. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt may, however, surprise you to learn that during the worst quarter of the last recession small businesses added 82 percent of all new jobs and those jobs were concentrated in firms with 50 or fewer workers,\u201d Boston told the representatives. \u201cAs of the last business census in 2002, minority-owned firms comprised 18 percent of all U.S. small businesses and their number is increasing at a rate that greatly exceeds that of non-minority-owned firms.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoston went on to say that he supported the creation of an \u0022Office of Minority and Women Inclusion\u0022 as it was defined in The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H. 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Others who testified were: Aneesh Chopra, chief technology officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Mark Kamlet, provost at Carnegie Mellon University; Rob Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation; and Paul Holland, general partner at Foundation Capital.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EOne theme of the hearing was the need for a comprehensive federal strategy to create an environment that is conducive to innovation in the U.S. \u0026nbsp;According to the witnesses, a comprehensive innovation strategy would include components such as a tax policy amenable to attracting capital, a more efficient process to transition research to commercialization and immigration policies that attract the best and the brightest and keep them in the U.S. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EBreznitz discussed three roles that the government has to play in innovation policy: public financing of private innovation, public production of innovation (i.e. financing of industrial research at non-profit institutions), and facilitation of professional, inter-institutional networks. 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\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn this trip, President Peterson\nmet with three Members of the Georgia delegation to Congress:\nCongressman Sanford Bishop (representing GA\u2019s 2\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;district which includes Albany,\nColumbus and Thomasville), Congressman Hank Johnson (representing GA\u2019s 4\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;district which includes Lithonia\nand Tucker), and Congressman David Scott (representing GA\u2019s 13\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;district which includes\nJonesboro and Smyrna).\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt federal agencies, he met with Department of\nEnergy Under Secretary Steven Koonin, with whom he discussed Georgia\nTech\u0027s research activities and industry partnerships in a variety of\nenergy areas.\u0026nbsp; He also met with Esther Lee, the Director of the new\nOffice of Innovation and Entrepreneurship within the Office of\nSecretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce, to discuss Georgia Tech\u0027s\nrole as an economic driver for the state of Georgia and the\nSoutheastern U.S. and the Institute\u0027s experience and expertise in\ninnovation and technology transfer. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech President meets with three members of the Georgia delegation to Congress"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn\nMarch 23-24, Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson was in Washington, DC,\nwhere he met with Members of Congress, leaders at federal agencies, and\nparticipated in the Board of Directors meeting of the Association of\nPublic and Land-grant Universities. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Peterson discusses Georgia Tech\u0027s role as economic driver during recent visit to D.C."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-03-30 08:41:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"31158":{"id":"31158","type":"image","title":"President G.P. \\\u0022Bud\\\u0022 Peterson","body":null,"created":"1449172543","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 19:55:43","changed":"1475894331","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:38:51","alt":"President G.P. \\\u0022Bud\\\u0022 Peterson","file":{"fid":"189851","name":"tnb70654.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tnb70654_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tnb70654_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":929847,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tnb70654_1.jpg?itok=Zw-WQgnU"}}},"media_ids":["31158"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. 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The staff of Georgia Rep. John Lewis will join DesRoches during his meeting with the House Foreign Relations Committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese briefings will be followed by a brown bag lunch at the World Bank, where he will present his findings alongside other national and international researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDesRoches will be traveling back to Haiti at the beginning of March for further evaluation of the country\u0027s condition.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Professor Reginald DesRoches will present his first-hand account of the damage that resulted from January\u0027s earthquake in Haiti along with recommendations on rebuilding to members of Congress along with the World Bank on Thursday in Washington, D.C.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2010-02-24 16:37:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:38","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"39771":{"id":"39771","type":"image","title":"Reginald DesRoches","body":null,"created":"1449174117","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:21:57","changed":"1475894253","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:33"}},"media_ids":["39771"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8851","name":"Focus on Haiti; engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDon Fernandez\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edon.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"53767":{"#nid":"53767","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sy Goodman Lends Support to the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESy Goodman, professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, expressed his strong support of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R. 4061) by testifying before the House Committee on Science and Technology. The bill passed the House of Representatives earlier this month with an overwhelming majority vote of 422 to 5. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe bill, according to supporters will improve security in all sectors by building a skilled cybersecurity workforce, speed the transfer of technologies to market, and promote awareness of cybersecurity to the public.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA large fraction of the American people, its businesses and government institutions have become increasingly dependent on networked information technologies. We are at risk because these infrastructures are riddled with vulnerabilities and cannot fully be trusted,\u201d Goodman wrote in a letter to Subcommittee Chairman Daniel Lipinski (D-IL). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his letter, Goodman wrote the he applauds the subcommittees recognition that social and behavioral factors play a critical role in securing computing resources. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom my perspective, and the perspective of educational institutions, the bill is extraordinary in the extent to which it tries to address education and workforce building issues,\u201d said Goodman.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow that the bill has passed the House, it has been referred to the Senate Committee Commerce, Science and Transportation for consideration.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Goodman testifies before the House of Representatives.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Goodman testifies before the House of Representatives."}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2010-02-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:33","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"53768":{"id":"53768","type":"image","title":"Sy Goodman","body":null,"created":"1449175459","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:19","changed":"1475894476","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:16","alt":"Sy Goodman","file":{"fid":"190175","name":"twl17569.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twl17569.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twl17569.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1659591,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/twl17569.jpg?itok=8Oe5F0U7"}}},"media_ids":["53768"],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"346","name":"congress"},{"id":"344","name":"cyber"},{"id":"1404","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"343","name":"goodman"},{"id":"3176","name":"house"},{"id":"167055","name":"security"},{"id":"170950","name":"seymour"},{"id":"170951","name":"sy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"49872":{"#nid":"49872","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Valerie Thomas Testifies Before Congress on Managing E-Waste","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EValerie Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EAnderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems at Georgia Tech\u0027s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Professor in the School of Public Policy\u003C\/em\u003E, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives\u0027 Committee on Science and Technology on February 11, 2009. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn an effort to craft legislation to reduce the environmental impact of electronics, and to support the incorporation of environmental considerations in engineering curricula, the Science and Technology Committee sought testimony from five witnesses regarding the draft legislation entitled \u0022The Electronic Waste Research and Development Act of 2009.*  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Thomas, \u0022Today, recycling programs for electronics and other consumer products have low recycling rates both because collection programs are difficult for consumers to use and because the products are difficult to recycle. To achieve high recycling rates, products need to be designed for recycling, and collection programs need to be designed to be very easy, almost automatic, regardless of the complexity of the product. Currently, consumers are mainly responsible for managing the recycling or disposal of their products. In some locations there have been efforts to make producers responsible for managing the recycling or disposal of their products. A third approach might work better: improve both product design and collection systems so that products can increasing manage their own entry into the collection and recycling system. Rather than having to continue to work so hard to educate consumers about how to recycle each and every one of their purchases, consumer products could, almost, manage themselves (Saar and Thomas 2002; Thomas 2003).*\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThomas and the other witnesses discussed innovative ways to deal with electronic waste and how research and development can help address the challenge of managing the disposal of electronic products in the United States.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFive witnesses, representing perspectives from academia, a non-profit electronics producer, and electronics recyclers, offered testimony.  They included:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Valerie Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EAnderson Interface Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and School of Public Policy\u003C\/em\u003E. Dr. Thomas discussed her research on innovative methods to manage electronic waste and the challenges facing the recycling and re-use of electronic products.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead Dr. Thomas\u0027 testimony: \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/thomastestimony\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/thomastestimony\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVideo of hearing (click on webcast):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/science.house.gov\/publications\/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2348\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/science.house.gov\/publications\/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2348\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Paul Anastas\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ETeresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment and Director, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies\u003C\/em\u003E.  Dr. Anastas discussed the applicability of research in green chemistry and engineering to the electronics sector.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMr. Philip J. Bond\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EPresident, Information Technology Association of America.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMr. Bond discussed ways in which innovation through R\u0026amp;D could help electronics manufacturers address the challenge of electronic waste. He will also give his views on promoting collaboration between industry and non-industry researchers to encourage the transfer of successful research into products.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMr. Jeff Omelchuck\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EExecutive Director, Green Electronics Council, Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). \u003C\/em\u003E Mr. Omelchuck discussed the development and utility of EPEAT, challenges to making existing electronic products more environmentally friendly, and ways in which R\u0026amp;D could address these challenges.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMr. Willie Cade\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EFounder and Chief Executive Officer, PC Rebuilders and Recyclers, Home of the Computers for Schools Program.\u003C\/em\u003E Mr. Cade discussed the challenges faced by electronic refurbishes and recyclers, as well as ways to promote collaboration between academic researchers and the recycling and 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Therefore, I will confine my testimony to those questions, and do so within the time allotted me.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELet me start by stating that my research concludes that environment matters! When low-income housing assisted families are given access to quality affordable housing in neighborhoods of greater opportunity, their self-sufficiency increases significantly.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDescribe my public housing research.\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI have mainly focused on how mixed-income revitalization, Housing Choice Vouchers and public housing have affected family self-sufficiency. I have examined longitudinally the administrative records of 20,000 AHA assisted families between 1995 and 2007. 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(Note that these percentages exclude elderly housing).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are the rescreening policies of AHA and what percentage of original public housing residents moved back into redevelop communities?\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERescreening is handled by Private Development Companies that manage the mixed-income housing. I must defer the details of that process to the managers of AHA. I cannot speak authoritatively on it. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy research has found that in Atlanta, 21.4% of the still active original families moved back into mixed-income developments and 60.7% used vouchers. I have also found through numerous focus group interviews that the large percentage of families who remain on vouchers do so primarily by choice. Also, my statistical research in Atlanta found that mixed-income revitalization did not cause families to lose housing assistance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn what way have I updated my 2005 article in the Journal of the American Planning Association?\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2005 analysis investigated three housing projects that were demolished and revitalized. More recently, I have examined six housing projects and extended the analysis through 2007. I have also examined the school performance of elementary kids whose families receive housing assistance, conducted a benefit-cost analysis of mixed-income revitalization of six public housing developments and looked at whether voucher recipients have increased violent crime in receiving communities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe outcomes are as follows:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-Families who relocated from public housing projects moved to much better neighborhoods.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe employment rates of work eligible adults increased from 21% in 1995 (when most families lived in housing projects) to 53% in 2007 (when most families had moved away from housing projects).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n-On nationally standardized tests, kids whose families lived in projects scored in the 29th percentile, those whose families used vouchers scored in the 35th percentile and those whose families lived in mixed-income housing scored in the 43rd percentile.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n-Violent crime was not significantly correlated with the percent of families in census tracts who used vouchers. It was highly correlated with the poverty rate.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n-Finally, the net social benefit of revitalizing six housing projects was $123 million per development; the benefit to cost ratio was 1.6 to 1.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDistinguished Committee Members let me end by stating that to a great extent, the rebirth of intown neighborhoods in Atlanta has accompanied the mixed-income revitalization of public housing projects. In my opinion, this rebirth would not have occurred in its absence. Secondly, my research in Atlanta has demonstrated conclusively the self-sufficiency of low-income families can improve significantly if we provide them access to quality affordable housing in neighborhoods where the opportunities for upward mobility are greater. 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Under a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, I have also examined longitudinally 26,000 families who received public housing assistance from the Chicago Housing Authority between 1999 and 2007. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI have attempted to answer the following questions: Did families relocate to better neighborhoods when the housing projects they lived in were demolished? Did they lose housing assistance? Did mixed-income developments or vouchers improve self-sufficiency in comparison to public housing projects? From a benefit-cost standpoint, did mixed-income-revitalization improve social welfare? Finally, did the school performance of 3rd and 5th grade students improve if their families used vouchers or lived in mixed-income developments? \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDescribe Atlanta\u0027s transformation efforts\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBetween 1995 and 2007, AHA fully constructed 13 new mixed-income developments\u0026mdash;more than any other Public Housing Authority in the country. In 1995, AHA provided housing assistance to 16,345 families; 47% of whom lived in housing projects and 33% used vouchers. By 2007, AHA provided housing assistance to 17,111 families; 15% of whom lived in housing projects and 59% used vouchers. (Note that these percentages exclude elderly housing).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat are the rescreening policies of AHA and what percentage of original public housing residents moved back into redevelop communities?\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERescreening is handled by Private Development Companies that manage the mixed-income housing. I must defer the details of that process to the managers of AHA. I cannot speak authoritatively on it. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMy research has found that in Atlanta, 21.4% of the still active original families moved back into mixed-income developments and 60.7% used vouchers. I have also found through numerous focus group interviews that the large percentage of families who remain on vouchers do so primarily by choice. Also, my statistical research in Atlanta found that mixed-income revitalization did not cause families to lose housing assistance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn what way have I updated my 2005 article in the Journal of the American Planning Association?\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2005 analysis investigated three housing projects that were demolished and revitalized.  More recently, I have examined six housing projects and extended the analysis through 2007.  I have also examined the school performance of elementary kids whose families receive housing assistance, conducted a benefit-cost analysis of mixed-income revitalization of six public housing developments and looked at whether voucher recipients have increased violent crime in receiving communities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe outcomes are as follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EFamilies who relocated from public housing projects moved to much better neighborhoods.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe employment rates of work eligible adults increased from 21% in 1995 (when most families lived in housing projects) to 53% in 2007 (when most families had moved away from housing projects).\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EOn nationally standardized tests, kids whose families lived in projects scored in the 29th percentile, those whose families used vouchers scored in the 35th percentile and those whose families lived in mixed-income housing scored in the 43rd percentile.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EViolent crime was not significantly correlated with the percent of families in census tracts who used vouchers. 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Brown, a professor in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, was one of three guests invited to give their views on the current state of solar technology, the probable future of these devices and potential barriers to implementing them.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe luncheon was hosted by the American Chemical Society\u0027s Science and the Congress Project and was co-hosted by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX). Julia Hamm of the Solar Electric Power Association and Nate Lewis of the California Institute of Technology also spoke to the gathering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown is one of Georgia Tech\u0027s most sought after experts on energy policy. In addition to informing national leaders about energy policy, she is also the author of Georgia Tech\u0027s quarterly energy sustainability index, the EnergyBuzz (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/energybuzz\u0022 title=\u0022www.gatech.edu\/energybuzz\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\/energybuzz\u003C\/a\u003E). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EShe joined Georgia Tech in 2006 after a distinguished career at the U.S. Department of Energy\u0027s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. There she held various leadership positions and led several major energy technology and policy scenario studies. 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To underscore the critical role that university research can play in addressing these challenges, the Georgia Institute of Technology is facilitating a congressional briefing on Monday, December 8, in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe briefing, \u0022Tomorrow\u0027s Infrastructure: Researching Sustainable Solutions,\u0022 will be moderated by Reginald DesRoches, associate chair and professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and feature a panel of experts including Michael D. Meyer, also a Georgia Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering professor. They will be joined by Douglas R. Rose, deputy administrator and chief engineer for operations with the Maryland State Highway Administration, and S. 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