{"340121":{"#nid":"340121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Biology of the Brain: Georgia Tech Researchers Seek a Better Understanding of the Brain","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Abby Robinson\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen you look at a color, hear a sound or smell a favorite aroma, what part of your brain goes into action? When you drive a car or recognize a face, which part of your brain comes alive with the electrical impulses of firing neurons? If your brain is injured, how does it work differently?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EScientists and engineers at Georgia Tech are applying their expertise, tools and techniques to address questions like these \u2013 and to explore on a fundamental level how the brain works.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause the human brain is immensely complex, the researchers are pursuing many levels of inquiry \u2013 from molecules to cells to circuits to the mystery of the mind itself \u2013 and also studying brain disorders and development, along with daily feats of brain activity, such as vision, speech, movement and memory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers are also developing better interventions for brain injuries and disorders. They are designing tools to help neuroscientists better probe and record the activity of neurons in tissue samples and living animals. And they are using brain imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electroencephalography (EEG), to peek inside the skull and examine how the brain reacts differently when cognitive tasks are completed by the young and the old, or the healthy and those with injuries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis article provides a snapshot of Georgia Tech\u2019s research in the biology of the brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDeveloping Better Interventions for Brain Disorders and Injuries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReducing Epileptic Seizures\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University are investigating the use of electrical stimulation to reduce or eliminate seizures associated with epilepsy, a disorder that affects approximately 2 million people in the United States. Seizures are temporary disturbances in brain function in which groups of nerve cells in the brain fire abnormally and excessively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo perform their studies, the researchers have created an animal model for temporal lobe epilepsy. Using this model, they can examine different approaches for preventing seizures associated with epilepsy. For one approach, they are implanting tiny electrodes in the animal\u2019s brain that can be used to stimulate neurons and record their activity. The team is also trying to utilize the field of optogenetics \u2013 a mix of optical and genetic techniques \u2013 to stop the seizures by stimulating the brain with light.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur goal is to better understand what causes epileptic seizures and try to find a way to respond to those bursts in activity with stimulation and reduce the number of seizures an individual experiences,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=39\u0022\u003ESteve Potter\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe stimulation techniques could be a possible alternative for individuals who do not respond to drug therapies and may therefore require surgical resection of the portion of the brain causing the seizures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPotter is collaborating on this project with Robert Gross, an associate professor in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology at Emory University, and a member of the program faculty in the Coulter Department. Their graduate students, Sharanya Desai and Neal Laxpati, are developing and testing these new brain stimulation therapies in the epileptic rat model. This work has been funded in part by the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) and the American Epilepsy Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EImproving Recovery from Spinal Cord Injuries\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing an injury to the brain or spinal cord, a glial scar begins to form. While the scar signifies the beginning of the healing process, neuron extensions \u2013 called axons \u2013 cannot regenerate through the glial scar, thus preventing repair and recovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe inhibitory characteristics of the scar have been attributed to an increase in proteins known as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans at the injury site. This family of proteins prevents regeneration of damaged nerve endings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a recent study, a research team led by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=59\u0022\u003ERavi Bellamkonda\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, examined the influence on central nervous system recovery of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan called chondroitin sulfate-4,6 (CS-E). The researchers found that expression of CS-E increased following a central nervous system injury. In cell culture experiments, CS-E inhibited the growth of neurons, and when researchers reduced the amount of CS-E, the inhibition of neuron growth was significantly alleviated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur findings showed that CS-E is a big player in inhibiting nerve growth following an injury, and its expression needs to be reduced as much as possible,\u201d said Bellamkonda.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne strategy to overcome the inhibitory effects of proteins like chondroitin sulfate-4,6 is to enzymatically digest them. In 2009, Bellamkonda developed an improved version of an enzyme capable of digesting chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers eliminated the thermal sensitivity of the enzyme \u2013 called chrondroitinase ABC (chABC) \u2013 and developed a delivery system that allowed the enzyme to be active for weeks without implanted catheters and pumps. In animal studies, when the thermostabilized enzyme was delivered, the scar at the injury site was significantly degraded for at least six weeks, and enhanced axonal sprouting and recovery of nerve function at the injury site were observed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese results brought us a step closer to repairing spinal cord injuries, which require multiple steps including minimizing the extent of secondary injury, bridging the lesion, overcoming inhibition due to scar, and stimulating nerve growth,\u201d said Bellamkonda, who is also the Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Chair in Biomedical Engineering and a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobert McKeon, an associate professor in cell biology at Emory University, Georgia Tech senior research scientist Lohitash Karumbaiah and graduate student Hyun-Jung Lee also contributed to this work, which was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUncovering the Neural Basis of Rapid Brain Adaptation\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYour brain is able to quickly switch from detecting an object flying toward you to determining what the object is through a phenomenon called adaptation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=108\u0022\u003EGarrett Stanley\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, published a study in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature Neuroscience\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;that detailed the biological basis for rapid adaptation: neurons located at the beginning of the brain\u2019s sensory information pathway that change their level of simultaneous firing. This modification in neuron firing alters the nature of the information being relayed, which enhances the brain\u2019s ability to discriminate between different sensations \u2013 at the expense of degrading its ability to detect the sensations themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPrevious studies have focused on how brain adaptation influences how much information from the outside world is being transmitted by the thalamus to the cortex, but we showed that it is also important to focus on what information is being transmitted,\u201d said Stanley.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecording how neurons in different parts of the brain simultaneously communicate with each other in different situations is a big step in the neuroscience field. The researchers plan to use the techniques from this study to probe the effects of brain injury, which can change the degree of synchronization of neurons in the brain, resulting in harmful effects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Stanley, Coulter Department research scientist Qi Wang and Harvard University researchers contributed to this work, which is supported by the National Institutes of Health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFilling the Neuroscience Toolbox\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevice for Probing Neurons in Tissue Samples\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAxion BioSystems, a startup company based on intellectual property developed at Georgia Tech, offers neural interfacing technologies for basic science, and for pharmaceutical and clinical research applications. The company has developed microelectrode arrays (MEAs) that allow simultaneous stimulation and recording of neural tissue, and include low-power chips that can\u0026nbsp; service hundreds of channels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur objective has been to develop devices that can precisely manipulate and monitor electrically active cells and tissues of many types \u2013 including brain, spinal, muscle and cardiac \u2013 and provide real-time access to complex electrophysiological information,\u201d said James Ross, the company\u2019s chief technical officer. \u201cResearchers using Axion\u2019s technology capture biological models of human heartbeats and brain waves in a dish, which opens the door to a wide range of drug development and safety tests.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Ross and company CEO Tom O\u2019Brien, Axion BioSystems was founded by School of Electrical and Computer Engineering professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=4\u0022\u003EMark Allen\u003C\/a\u003E, Department of Biomedical Engineering professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=27\u0022\u003EStephen DeWeerth\u003C\/a\u003E, research engineer Edgar Brown and Swami Rajaraman, a recent Ph.D. graduate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAxion has raised more than $9 million from private investors, grants from the National Institutes of Health\u2019s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and early-stage funding from the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA). The company resides in laboratory and office space at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) biosciences incubator on Georgia Tech\u2019s campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe company is currently working to increase the sales and adoption of its products by pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations and academic institutions. Since it was founded in 2007, the company has grown from two to 20 employees and launched two commercial products \u2013 the Muse and the Maestro.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe technology we licensed from the Georgia Tech Research Corporation allows us to provide two MEA systems that reduce the cost and complexity of conducting neuroscience research,\u201d explained Ross. \u201cBoth systems consist of low-cost, disposable multielectrode arrays, and integrated circuits that eliminate stimulation artifacts and enable simultaneous stimulation and recording.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Muse is a bench-top system containing 64 channels for stimulating and recording electroactive tissue. The high-throughput Maestro contains 768 stimulating and recording channels, accommodates multiwell plates of up to 96 wells and is suited for large-scale cellular analysis in commercial drug screening applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the company\u2019s current efforts are focused on pharmaceutical drug screening, ongoing development is expected to result in products in the medical diagnostic and medical device arenas, Ross said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevices for Probing Neurons in Living Animals\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen high-fidelity recording of individual neurons in live animals is required, whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology of neurons in vivo is the gold-standard, but it requires great skill to perform. The technique utilizes a glass micropipette to establish electrical and molecular connections to the insides of neurons embedded in intact tissue to record synaptic and ion-channel-mediated events.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a simple robot that automatically performs whole-cell patch clamping in vivo. Using the robot, the researchers have demonstrated high throughput and recording quality in the cortex and hippocampus of small animals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith the robot, neuroscientists can achieve high-quality recordings with yields that exceed those of skilled humans at speeds sufficient to enable an unskilled human operator to clamp dozens of cells or more per day and collect data about each one\u2019s gene expression, shape and electrical behavior,\u201d said\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/forest\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Craig Forest\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplications for the autopatching robot include studying the effects of drugs on neuron electrophysiology; examining neuron behavior in disease states, such as epilepsy and narcolepsy; and classifying neuron cell types on a high-throughput scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe robot was designed by Forest; Georgia Tech graduate student Suhasa Kodandaramaiah; Edward Boyden, an associate professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at the MIT Media Lab and MIT McGovern Institute; MIT graduate student Giovanni Franzesi; and MIT postdoctoral researcher Brian Chow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers recently created a startup company, Neuromatic Devices, to commercialize the device. Development of the new technology was funded primarily by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the MIT Media Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=147\u0022\u003EMaysam Ghovanloo\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has developed a wireless system that collects neural signals from awake, freely moving animals during behavioral neuroscience research experiments. The Wireless Implantable Neural Recording (WINeR) system can simultaneously record from 32 channels for an unlimited period of time using a wireless inductive power transmission system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe WINeR system removes the need to tether a small animal via cable to a neural recording device during behavioral neuroscience research experiments and relieves the animal from carrying bulky batteries, thus eliminating two major sources of motion artifacts and bias,\u201d said Ghovanloo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWINeR is powered by the EnerCage system, which consists of an array of overlapping spiral planar coils that cover the bottom of the experimental area and enable inductive power transmission. A mobile unit attaches to the animal to regulate and deliver a constant amount of inductive power to the WINeR device and any other electrophysiology sensors used to collect data during an experiment, despite animal movements. The mobile unit also contains a small magnet that allows the animal\u2019s location to be tracked in real time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers plan to add the functionality of wirelessly stimulating neurons to the WINeR device and increase the number of channels it provides.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGhovanloo is collaborating with Joseph Manns, an assistant professor in the Emory University Department of Psychology, and Karim Oweiss, an associate professor in the Michigan State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Neuroscience Program, to test the WINeR and EnerCage systems. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo alleviate the need for electrodes implanted in the brain, researchers in the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are collaborating with Neural Signals Inc. to explore the potential use of near-infrared fluorescent probes to wirelessly transmit neural signals from inside the brain to an external recording device.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA team led by GTRI principal research scientist Brent Wagner is investigating the possibility of connecting neurons to a wireless neural interface system that could respond to low-voltage, low-frequency electrical signals in the brain. The system would consist of a grid of gold nanoparticles, each linked via flexible strand of DNA to a semiconductor quantum dot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith this system, when a neural cell is at rest, the quantum dot and gold nanoparticle are in close proximity, so no light is emitted from the quantum dot. When a neural cell fires, the voltage change on the neuron\u2019s surface pushes the quantum dot away from the gold nanoparticle, allowing the quantum dot to emit light. The precise location of the quantum dot\u2019s near-infrared luminescence can be detected using an infrared camera.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe sensing mechanism for the system is based on energy transfer between the quantum dot and the gold nanoparticle,\u201d said Wagner. \u201cWe think one of the major advantages of this type of system is its potential to transmit a high throughput of neural signals from multiple recording sites at the same time without the use of bulky cables or implanted electrodes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis project is supported by the GTRI Independent Research and Development (IRAD) program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers in the Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering are building devices to help neuroscientists better understand how neurons in the brain contribute to an organism\u2019s behavior.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing inexpensive components from ordinary LCD projectors, associate professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/lu\u0022\u003EHang Lu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;can control the brain and muscles of freely moving tiny organisms, including the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECaenorhabditis elegans\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;worm that is commonly used for biological studies. Red, green and blue lights from the projector activate light-sensitive microbial proteins that are genetically engineered into the worms, allowing the researchers to switch neurons on and off like light bulbs and turn muscles on and off like engines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe inexpensive illumination technology allows researchers to stimulate and silence specific neurons and muscles of the worms, while precisely controlling the location, duration, frequency and intensity of the light.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUse of the LCD technology to control small animals advances the field of optogenetics \u2013 a mix of optical and genetic techniques that has given researchers unparalleled control over brain circuits in laboratory animals. Until now, the technique could be used only with larger animals by placement of an optical fiber into an animal\u2019s brain, or by illumination of an animal\u2019s entire body.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor another project, Lu developed a microfluidic device that enables genetic studies on small organisms to be performed more quickly. An addition to the system since its original development is a laser beam that can destroy individual neurons. By monitoring the animal\u2019s behavior after the laser ablation, the researchers can infer the function of each neuron. The process takes only 20 to 30 seconds, much less than the half hour it can take to ablate neurons using other techniques.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELu and collaborators at the Queensland Brain Institute and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, have also adapted the original design of the microfluidic device to a curved geometry that enables positioning\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EC. elegans\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;bodies into lateral orientations. This alignment makes it easier to analyze neuronal developmental and disease processes that travel from the worm\u2019s head to end or laterally across the worm\u2019s body. Results of this research were published in April 2012 in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EPLoS ONE\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese systems have many applications in developmental and behavioral neuroscience of model organisms,\u201d said Lu. \u201cOur challenge is to make them as easy to use as possible so that the technology can make an impact in biological and medical research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELu\u2019s research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EModels of How the Brain Processes Information\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=158\u0022\u003EChristopher Rozell\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, uses mathematical models and signal processing technologies to understand how the brain organizes and processes images and sounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMachine systems and the human brain perform similar tasks, such as speech recognition and computer vision, but the machines still fall far short of the human brain in these tasks, especially in the areas of power consumption and efficiency,\u201d said Rozell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the brain, information about a stimulus in the outside world is communicated to higher centers in the brain by a collection of electrochemical signals present in groups of neurons. Recent evidence indicates that these groups of neurons may represent information by activating only a few of these units \u2013 known as a sparse code \u2013 and never centralizing the information in a single decision-making unit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile sparse coding in neural systems is not well understood, Rozell and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=45\u0022\u003EJennifer Hasler\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and associate professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=149\u0022\u003EJustin Romberg\u003C\/a\u003Eare developing neurally plausible analog circuits to quickly find sparse codes. This approach could potentially solve problems relevant for many engineering applications much faster, while using less power than a traditional digital system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe don\u2019t have the time or capability to record the characteristics and properties of each of the billions of neurons in the brain to validate our models, but we know our models of neural coding for sensory information are biophysically realistic because we verify them against published results of electrophysiology experiments,\u201d said Rozell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers in Rozell\u2019s laboratory are also examining what advantages a sparse code might have for the brain, which is making perceptual judgments based on visual data. By investigating how the brain transforms the outside world into meaningful representations it can work with, Rozell hopes better brain-machine interfaces can be designed, more efficient signal processing systems can be developed, and vision and hearing deficits can be corrected. This research is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMonitoring Activity in the Brain During Cognitive Tasks\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPicking Out the Right Tool\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChoosing how to use tools to accomplish a task is a natural and seemingly trivial aspect of our lives, yet it can be very difficult for persons with certain brain injuries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn my laboratory, I study cognitive motor control,\u201d said Georgia Tech School of Applied Physiology assistant professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/Wheaton\/index.php\u0022\u003ELewis Wheaton\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cI want to understand the neural system that allows us to select the best tool to accomplish a task, pick that tool up and use it correctly to complete the task without overloading our brains with information.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a recent study, Wheaton identified neural activation patterns in the brain associated with watching tools used in correct and incorrect contexts. He used the functional MRI (fMRI) scanner at the Georgia State\/Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, along with electroencephalography (EEG), to record neural activations in the brain as healthy individuals identified whether tools shown in photographs were being used in correct or incorrect contexts. For example, a participant might be shown a hammer and nail, which is a correct tool use, or a hammer and coffee mug \u2013 an incorrect tool use.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fMRI results revealed that when participants identified correct tool use, different parts of the brain became active compared to when they identified incorrect tool use. The EEG recordings provided additional information about the evolution of these activations over time. Activation occurred between 300 and 400 milliseconds after a correct tool use image was shown, but more quickly following onset of an incorrect tool use image. These findings were published in the journals\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EBrain Research\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and Frontiers in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EHuman Neuroscience\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWheaton is now using the information he learned about the neural mechanisms of tool use in healthy brains to better understand tool learning and why some individuals experience impaired tool-related behavior following a stroke \u2013 a deficit called apraxia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn conceptual apraxia, we think the network that codes for incorrect tool use may be selectively damaged and incorrect contextual information is being passed to the areas of the brain activated by correct tool use. Because no error signal arises, contextually inappropriate use becomes possible,\u201d said Wheaton.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPredicting an Individual\u2019s Attentiveness\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=82\u0022\u003EShella Keilholz\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Elong-term research goal is to build a model of spontaneous activity in the brain. As an engineer, she views the brain as a collection of hierarchical networks, with local networks of cells that work together and larger networks where information is transferred between different areas in the brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKeilholz is part of a team that is using the fMRI scanner at the Georgia State\/Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Brain Imaging to probe the functional connectivity of the brain while an individual is performing a cognitive task requiring vigilance. The researchers are investigating whether the complex neural interactions between spatially distinct brain regions can be used to predict how well an individual will perform on cognitive tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunding for this work is provided in part by the U.S. Air Force through the Bio-nano-enabled Inorganic\/Organic Nanostructures and Improved Cognition (BIONIC) Air Force Center of Excellence at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u2019s goal is to find a stable marker in the fMRI signal that is associated with cognitive processing and alertness. Initial results of their experiments show that the level of brain activity preceding the presentation of a visual stimulus can predict how fast an individual will respond to the stimulus during a vigilance task.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cU.S. Air Force analysts must remain attentive to computers and controls for hours at a time, so we are trying to develop a noninvasive way to measure the current state of an individual\u2019s brain and determine if that person is getting off task,\u201d said Keilholz, an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \u201cWith that information, one might be able to develop a way to refocus that person and get him or her back on task, which would optimize work effectiveness and possibly save lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso contributing to this project are School of Psychology associate professor Eric Schumacher, and Air Force Research Laboratory biomedical engineer Andrew McKinley and integration manager Lloyd Tripp.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecalling Memories\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/duarte_audrey.php\u0022\u003EAudrey Duarte\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Psychology, is a cognitive neuroscientist \u2013 someone who looks at the neuroscience that supports human behavior. Duarte\u2019s research is focused on episodic memory, which is the memory of specific events, situations and experiences. Your first day of school, attending a friend\u2019s birthday party and what you ate for dinner last night are examples of episodic memories.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEpisodic memory can be affected by a number of disorders \u2013 including stroke, dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease \u2013 and even healthy aging. Through her research, Duarte is trying to understand what happens as the brain ages to cause decline in memory abilities over time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to determine if there are specific areas in the brain or specific brain networks that are disproportionately affected in a negative way by aging, causing lapses in episodic memory,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing the fMRI scanner at the Georgia State\/Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Duarte measures activity from thousands of neurons in the brain at the same time and assesses the patterns of activity while young and older adults examine and subsequently retrieve pictures of common objects from memory. Using this data, Duarte is developing strategies to help older adults better encode and retrieve episodic memories.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy finding out where an individual\u2019s attention is drawn when looking at a picture, we can better understand the relationship between attention and memory and look for ways to remediate impairments in episodic memory,\u201d said Duarte.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the American Federation for Aging Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAccomplishing Fine Motor Tasks\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn another project, Georgia Tech researchers are studying the effects of aging on the neural connectivity between the motor cortex and muscles during tasks that require fine motor skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe know that aging and dual-task paradigms often degrade fine motor performance, so we wanted to compare the performance of young and older adults during the execution of a fine motor task alone and concurrent tasks that required substantial divided attention,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/shinohara\/\u0022\u003EMinoru Shinohara\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Applied Physiology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the study, two groups of healthy adults, one group between the ages of 18 and 38 and the other between 61 and 75, performed tasks involving one-finger motor, two-finger motor, cognitive and concurrent motor-cognitive skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the participants completed the tasks, Shinohara and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate student Ashley Johnson examined the synchrony between two signals \u2013 an electroencephalogram (EEG) acquired from the primary motor cortex in the brain and an electromyogram (EMG) acquired from a muscle in the hands. The synchronous measurement is called corticomuscular coherence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the study, the older adults demonstrated higher corticomuscular coherence than the young adults during performance of both unilateral and dual tasks. Corticomuscular coherence was highest in the older adults, especially during the dual motor-cognitive task and increased with an additional task for both groups of subjects. But during the motor-cognitive task, corticomuscular coherence was negatively correlated with motor output error across young, but not older, adults. The results of the study were published online in January 2012 in the Journal of Applied Physiology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe findings demonstrate that older and younger adults don\u2019t need to use the same neural strategy to accomplish the same motor performance,\u201d said Shinohara. \u201cWe are seeing changes in neural strategies for accomplishing fine motor skills with aging.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to aging, these types of changes in neural strategies could be valuable for rehabilitation applications. Individuals with neurological deficits might benefit from using a different strategy to perform motor tasks, rather than using the same strategy they used before the deficit occurred.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s extensive involvement in neuroscience research \u2013 from basic to clinical science \u2013 reflects the interests of researchers from multiple academic departments and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). 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Our work often involves labs and individual researchers in other Georgia Tech colleges and centers, as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe conduct research in mechanisms, control, perception, artificial intelligence (AI), and human\u2013robot interaction (HRI) with a particular emphasis on human-centered robotics. The question, \u201cHow can we build robots that empower people in their daily lives, whether for service in the workplace or in the home, or for enjoyment in a leisure setting?\u201d is central to our work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing robots makes it possible to compete with low-wage manual labor in other countries. It also creates new positions that replace the dirty, dull, and dangerous jobs in U.S. factories. Additionally, robotics technologies have made it possible to improve the quality of life in an aging society by providing services that allow people to remain autonomous as they lose various functions such as mobility and memory. Finally, our research leads to new types of autonomous systems to assist first responders and soldiers during interventions by increasing the distance between responders and the immediate danger, including fires, earthquakes, and explosives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIRIM has three objectives: 1) to be the world leader in human-centered robotics, 2) to educate the best people to serve in academia and industry for next-generation robotic systems, and 3) to create new opportunities in robotics for industry and society at large, in both Georgia and beyond.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: A lot seems to be going on in robotics these days. Can you summarize the big trends and Georgia Tech\u2019s role with regard to those trends?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ERobotics has seen tremendous growth in the past few years. 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There are remarkably few opportunities for faculty to conduct exploratory research without funding constraints, so we try to identify these new opportunities early and build up results to ensure we can successfully compete for funds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, we are developing an infrastructure that matches researchers with similar interests so, together, they have a more competitive edge when applying for major funding awards. Although our researchers are very good at pursuing grants, it is challenging, as a single applicant, to generate adequate support to build a successful proposal for major funding awards such as NSF\u2019s Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) or Science and Technology Centers (STCs) grants. For example, it is difficult for one faculty member to build a complete manufacturing facility for new robotics research in the automotive industry. 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We would rather see our robotics faculty winning a smaller number of major grants rather than a larger number of smaller grants because comparatively, the smaller grants have too much overhead.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, IRIM facilitates opportunities for engagement in interdisciplinary activities through events such as weekly seminars and topical workshops throughout the fall and spring semesters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinally, our One Georgia Tech approach allows external stakeholders, especially our industry partners, the chance to work with IRIM to identify the individual or lab on campus that best matches their research needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: How is IRIM furthering Georgia Tech\u2019s academic mission?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Over the past few years, we have built a strong \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/phdrobotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EPh.D. program in robotics\u003C\/a\u003E in which we currently have close to 50 graduate students enrolled. These students are required to have an interdisciplinary focus and must choose coursework that involves three of five core robotics areas: mechanics, controls, perception, HRI, and AI and autonomy. Our interdisciplinary approach has proven to be very popular with students, as well as with employers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, IRIM is working on the development of a professional master\u2019s program in robotics. Georgia has a strong industry base related to robotics, and many of these companies would welcome the opportunity to have a continuing education program available locally for their employees. A professional master\u2019s program would not only allow us to attract more students to Georgia Tech, it would also build new links to industrial companies from across the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIRIM also actively engages with undergraduate students enrolled in participating units (Interactive Computing, Electrical \u0026amp; Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering) through coursework and undergraduate research opportunities. This summer, we are launching an NSF-sponsored Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) Program for students to spend summer on campus to conduct research with robotics faculty and graduate students. We see this program as a strong recruiting mechanism to attract the best students to Georgia Tech for graduate studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ:\u0026nbsp;How does IRIM support industry engagement and community outreach?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA: \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EIRIM has a proven track record of cultivating successful industry partnerships, including those with KUKA, Boeing, General Motors, BMW, PSA Peugeot Citro\u00ebn, Google, Microsoft, iRobot, and Lockheed Martin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough a strong collaboration across academic units and GTRI, IRIM offers industry partners access to a broad research portfolio, as well as an abundance of beneficial services that span from basic research opportunities to full-product development solutions. Too often, innovations are lost in the abyss between basic research and applications. IRIM has the faculty, processes, and experience to ensure these innovative projects can be successful. Few other academic or research institutions in the U.S. have a comparable scope of expertise and options available to industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor broader community outreach, IRIM works closely with organizations across Georgia and the nation, such as high schools, to provide education on the impact of robotics with regard to everyday living. We do this through initiatives such as the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robojackets.org\/first-kickoff\/\u0022\u003EFIRST Robotics Competition\u003C\/a\u003E. The undergraduate robotics club, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robojackets.org\/\u0022\u003ERoboJackets\u003C\/a\u003E, with support from IRIM, organizes the annual kickoff for this competition. In 2013, more than 1,000 high school students attended the event at Ferst Center for the Arts, and quite a few Georgia Tech students and faculty members are mentors for the FIRST team.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, in an effort to stimulate general interest in STEM subjects, as well as a specific interest in robotics, IRIM organizes regular school visits across Georgia during the year. Since the launch of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/outreach\/NRW\u0022\u003ENational Robotics Week\u003C\/a\u003E in 2010, IRIM has participated annually by sponsoring an open house at Tech and conducting lab tours and demonstrations for middle and high school students. More than 400 students participated in Tech\u0027s 2013 event held on April 11, with one group traveling from Tennessee to attend. Tours offered participants a chance to learn more about 46 different research projects in 16 different robotics labs on campus. We anticipate the 2014 event will be even bigger and better than last year!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIRI Intros Q\u0026amp;A: Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EYou\u2019ve probably heard that Georgia Tech has a number of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/research\/institutes\u0022\u003EInterdisciplinary Research Institutes\u003C\/a\u003E (IRIs) \u2013 but do you know much about them? \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis article is one in a series of Q\u0026amp;As to introduce the Tech community to the 10 IRIs and their leaders. In this installment, Executive Director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EInstitute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines\u0026nbsp;(IRIM)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Henrik Christensen answers questions about IRIM and also talks about\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Eits efforts to support Georgia Tech faculty and students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Executive Director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) Henrik Christensen answers questions about IRIM and also talks about its efforts to support Georgia Tech faculty and students."}],"uid":"27268","created_gmt":"2014-01-13 15:49:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:40","author":"Kirk Englehardt","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"266461":{"id":"266461","type":"image","title":"Henrik Christensen","body":null,"created":"1449244039","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:47:19","changed":"1475894953","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:13","alt":"Henrik Christensen","file":{"fid":"198530","name":"christensen-henrik_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/christensen-henrik_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/christensen-henrik_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1154193,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/christensen-henrik_1_0.jpg?itok=BRm0AGBE"}}},"media_ids":["266461"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Robotics at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\/team\/faculty","title":"IRIM Faculty"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/research\/institutes","title":"Interdisciplinary Research Institutes"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11890","name":"henrik christensen"},{"id":"78811","name":"Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines"},{"id":"78271","name":"IRIM"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"2352","name":"robots"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirkeng@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKirk Englehardt\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector, Research Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kirkeng@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"218851":{"#nid":"218851","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Safety during Summer in the City","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETech\u2019s location in the heart of Atlanta makes it a great place to spend the summer, whether you\u2019re interning, working or taking classes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe relaxed state of summer could lull you into a false sense of security, though. Warmer weather, fewer people on campus, and more time off campus could create a perfect storm for you to potentially be a victim of crime.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s important to take precautions year-round, but here are a few tips to help you stay safe throughout summer, both on and off campus:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERemember to lock all doors and windows before leaving. Leave an exterior or interior light on if you won\u2019t return until after dark so you have better visibility when you get home.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELet a roommate or friend know where you\u2019re going, when you\u2019ll be back and how to get in touch with you.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMake plans to return home with the same group of people you left with.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDetermine how you\u2019ll get home before you leave the house. If you\u2019re coming from an on-campus location at night, call the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/stingerette.com\u0022\u003EStingerette\u003C\/a\u003E. If you\u2019re off campus, consider calling a cab or using \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uber.com\/\u0022\u003EUber\u003C\/a\u003E if you\u2019re not driving.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBe aware of your surroundings and avoid using mobile and electronic devices while traveling throughout the area.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKeep your wits about you. Use of alcohol and other substances could make you more vulnerable.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPractice the clean car rule by never leaving items in view inside your vehicle. Secure belongings in the glove box or trunk, including loose change and GPS mounts.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIf you see something suspicious, say something. On campus, call the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) at 404-894-2500. Off campus, call the Atlanta Police Department at 911.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd a few reminders specific to life on campus:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAvoid walking alone at night. If you do walk on campus, whether alone or with friends, use \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/guardian.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJacket Guardian\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDo not let others enter campus buildings behind you through secure access doors.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENever leave your valuables unsecured or unattended, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/police.gatech.edu\/services\/\u0022\u003Eregister your property\u003C\/a\u003E with GTPD.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe relaxed state of summer could lull you into a false sense of security; take these precautions to help avoid being a victim of crime.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The relaxed state of summer could lull you into a false sense of security; take these precautions to help avoid being a victim of crime."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-06-24 15:23:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:27","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"106811":{"id":"106811","type":"image","title":"Campus Police","body":null,"created":"1449178188","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:48","changed":"1475894723","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:23","alt":"Campus Police","file":{"fid":"193984","name":"cops.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cops_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cops_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2555035,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cops_0.jpg?itok=U0kmeZn8"}}},"media_ids":["106811"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/police.gatech.edu\/","title":"GTPD"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2408","name":"campus safety"},{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"},{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"},{"id":"167060","name":"safety"},{"id":"166847","name":"students"},{"id":"167076","name":"summer"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Police Department\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-2500\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:crimetips@police.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecrimetips@police.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"219001":{"#nid":"219001","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers Seek a Better Understanding of the Brain","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen you look at a color, hear a sound or smell a favorite aroma, what part of your brain goes into action? When you drive a car or recognize a face, which part of your brain comes alive with the electrical impulses of firing neurons? If your brain is injured, how does it work differently?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EScientists and engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are applying their expertise, tools and techniques to address questions like these \u2013 and to explore on a fundamental level how the brain works.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause the human brain is immensely complex, the researchers are pursuing many levels of inquiry \u2013 from molecules to cells to circuits to the mystery of the mind itself \u2013 and also studying brain disorders and development, along with daily feats of brain activity, such as vision, speech, movement and memory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers are also developing better interventions for brain injuries and disorders. They are designing tools to help neuroscientists better probe and record the activity of neurons in tissue samples and living animals. And they are using brain imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electroencephalography (EEG), to peek inside the skull and examine how the brain reacts differently when cognitive tasks are completed by the young and the old, or the healthy and those with injuries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis article provides a snapshot of Georgia Tech\u2019s research in the biology of the brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDeveloping Better Interventions for Brain Disorders and Injuries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReducing Epileptic Seizures\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E -- Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University are investigating the use of electrical stimulation to reduce or eliminate seizures associated with epilepsy, a disorder that affects approximately 2 million people in the United States. Seizures are temporary disturbances in brain function in which groups of nerve cells in the brain fire abnormally and excessively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo perform their studies, the researchers have created an animal model for temporal lobe epilepsy. Using this model, they can examine different approaches for preventing seizures associated with epilepsy. For one approach, they are implanting tiny electrodes in the animal\u2019s brain that can be used to stimulate neurons and record their activity. The team is also trying to utilize the field of optogenetics \u2013 a mix of optical and genetic techniques \u2013 to stop the seizures by stimulating the brain with light.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur goal is to better understand what causes epileptic seizures and try to find a way to respond to those bursts in activity with stimulation and reduce the number of seizures an individual experiences,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=39\u0022\u003ESteve Potter\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe stimulation techniques could be a possible alternative for individuals who do not respond to drug therapies and may therefore require surgical resection of the portion of the brain causing the seizures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPotter is collaborating on this project with Robert Gross, an associate professor in the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology at Emory University, and a member of the program faculty in the Coulter Department. Their graduate students, Sharanya Desai and Neal Laxpati, are developing and testing these new brain stimulation therapies in the epileptic rat model. This work has been funded in part by the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) and the American Epilepsy Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EImproving Recovery from Spinal Cord Injuries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E -- Following an injury to the brain or spinal cord, a glial scar begins to form. While the scar signifies the beginning of the healing process, neuron extensions \u2013 called axons \u2013 cannot regenerate through the glial scar, thus preventing repair and recovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe inhibitory characteristics of the scar have been attributed to an increase in proteins known as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans at the injury site. This family of proteins prevents regeneration of damaged nerve endings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a recent study, a research team led by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=59\u0022\u003ERavi Bellamkonda\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, examined the influence on central nervous system recovery of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan called chondroitin sulfate-4,6 (CS-E). The researchers found that expression of CS-E increased following a central nervous system injury. In cell culture experiments, CS-E inhibited the growth of neurons, and when researchers reduced the amount of CS-E, the inhibition of neuron growth was significantly alleviated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur findings showed that CS-E is a big player in inhibiting nerve growth following an injury, and its expression needs to be reduced as much as possible,\u201d said Bellamkonda.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne strategy to overcome the inhibitory effects of proteins like chondroitin sulfate-4,6 is to enzymatically digest them. In 2009, Bellamkonda developed an improved version of an enzyme capable of digesting chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers eliminated the thermal sensitivity of the enzyme \u2013 called chrondroitinase ABC (chABC) \u2013 and developed a delivery system that allowed the enzyme to be active for weeks without implanted catheters and pumps. In animal studies, when the thermostabilized enzyme was delivered, the scar at the injury site was significantly degraded for at least six weeks, and enhanced axonal sprouting and recovery of nerve function at the injury site were observed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese results brought us a step closer to repairing spinal cord injuries, which require multiple steps including minimizing the extent of secondary injury, bridging the lesion, overcoming inhibition due to scar, and stimulating nerve growth,\u201d said Bellamkonda, who is also the Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Chair in Biomedical Engineering and a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobert McKeon, an associate professor in cell biology at Emory University, Georgia Tech senior research scientist Lohitash Karumbaiah and graduate student Hyun-Jung Lee also contributed to this work, which was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUncovering the Neural Basis of Rapid Brain Adaptation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E -- Your brain is able to quickly switch from detecting an object flying toward you to determining what the object is through a phenomenon called adaptation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=108\u0022\u003EGarrett Stanley\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, published a study in the journal Nature Neuroscience that detailed the biological basis for rapid adaptation: neurons located at the beginning of the brain\u2019s sensory information pathway that change their level of simultaneous firing. This modification in neuron firing alters the nature of the information being relayed, which enhances the brain\u2019s ability to discriminate between different sensations \u2013 at the expense of degrading its ability to detect the sensations themselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPrevious studies have focused on how brain adaptation influences how much information from the outside world is being transmitted by the thalamus to the cortex, but we showed that it is also important to focus on what information is being transmitted,\u201d said Stanley.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecording how neurons in different parts of the brain simultaneously communicate with each other in different situations is a big step in the neuroscience field. The researchers plan to use the techniques from this study to probe the effects of brain injury, which can change the degree of synchronization of neurons in the brain, resulting in harmful effects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Stanley, Coulter Department research scientist Qi Wang and Harvard University researchers contributed to this work, which is supported by the National Institutes of Health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFilling the Neuroscience Toolbox\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevice for Probing Neurons in Tissue Samples\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E -- Axion BioSystems, a startup company based on intellectual property developed at Georgia Tech, offers neural interfacing technologies for basic science, and for pharmaceutical and clinical research applications. The company has developed microelectrode arrays (MEAs) that allow simultaneous stimulation and recording of neural tissue, and include low-power chips that can\u0026nbsp; service hundreds of channels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur objective has been to develop devices that can precisely manipulate and monitor electrically active cells and tissues of many types \u2013 including brain, spinal, muscle and cardiac \u2013 and provide real-time access to complex electrophysiological information,\u201d said James Ross, the company\u2019s chief technical officer. \u201cResearchers using Axion\u2019s technology capture biological models of human heartbeats and brain waves in a dish, which opens the door to a wide range of drug development and safety tests.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Ross and company CEO Tom O\u2019Brien, Axion BioSystems was founded by School of Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Mark Allen, Department of Biomedical Engineering professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=27\u0022\u003EStephen DeWeerth\u003C\/a\u003E, research engineer Edgar Brown and Swami Rajaraman, a recent Ph.D. graduate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAxion has raised more than $9 million from private investors, grants from the National Institutes of Health\u2019s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and early-stage funding from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gra.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Research Alliance\u003C\/a\u003E (GRA). The company resides in laboratory and office space at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Technology Development Center\u003C\/a\u003E (ATDC) biosciences incubator on Georgia Tech\u2019s campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe company is currently working to increase the sales and adoption of its products by pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations and academic institutions. Since it was founded in 2007, the company has grown from two to 20 employees and launched two commercial products \u2013 the Muse and the Maestro.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe technology we licensed from the Georgia Tech Research Corporation allows us to provide two MEA systems that reduce the cost and complexity of conducting neuroscience research,\u201d explained Ross. \u201cBoth systems consist of low-cost, disposable multielectrode arrays, and integrated circuits that eliminate stimulation artifacts and enable simultaneous stimulation and recording.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Muse is a bench-top system containing 64 channels for stimulating and recording electroactive tissue. The high-throughput Maestro contains 768 stimulating and recording channels, accommodates multiwell plates of up to 96 wells and is suited for large-scale cellular analysis in commercial drug screening applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the company\u2019s current efforts are focused on pharmaceutical drug screening, ongoing development is expected to result in products in the medical diagnostic and medical device arenas, Ross said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDevices for Probing Neurons in Living Animals\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E -- When high-fidelity recording of individual neurons in live animals is required, whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology of neurons in vivo is the gold-standard, but it requires great skill to perform. The technique utilizes a glass micropipette to establish electrical and molecular connections to the insides of neurons embedded in intact tissue to record synaptic and ion-channel-mediated events.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a simple robot that automatically performs whole-cell patch clamping in vivo. Using the robot, the researchers have demonstrated high throughput and recording quality in the cortex and hippocampus of small animals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith the robot, neuroscientists can achieve high-quality recordings with yields that exceed those of skilled humans at speeds sufficient to enable an unskilled human operator to clamp dozens of cells or more per day and collect data about each one\u2019s gene expression, shape and electrical behavior,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/forest\u0022\u003ECraig Forest\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplications for the autopatching robot include studying the effects of drugs on neuron electrophysiology; examining neuron behavior in disease states, such as epilepsy and narcolepsy; and classifying neuron cell types on a high-throughput scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe robot was designed by Forest; Georgia Tech graduate student Suhasa Kodandaramaiah; Edward Boyden, an associate professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at the MIT Media Lab and MIT McGovern Institute; MIT graduate student Giovanni Franzesi; and MIT postdoctoral researcher Brian Chow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers recently created a startup company, Neuromatic Devices, to commercialize the device. Development of the new technology was funded primarily by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the MIT Media Lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=147\u0022\u003EMaysam Ghovanloo\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has developed a wireless system that collects neural signals from awake, freely moving animals during behavioral neuroscience research experiments. The Wireless Implantable Neural Recording (WINeR) system can simultaneously record from 32 channels for an unlimited period of time using a wireless inductive power transmission system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe WINeR system removes the need to tether a small animal via cable to a neural recording device during behavioral neuroscience research experiments and relieves the animal from carrying bulky batteries, thus eliminating two major sources of motion artifacts and bias,\u201d said Ghovanloo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWINeR is powered by the EnerCage system, which consists of an array of overlapping spiral planar coils that cover the bottom of the experimental area and enable inductive power transmission. A mobile unit attaches to the animal to regulate and deliver a constant amount of inductive power to the WINeR device and any other electrophysiology sensors used to collect data during an experiment, despite animal movements. The mobile unit also contains a small magnet that allows the animal\u2019s location to be tracked in real time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers plan to add the functionality of wirelessly stimulating neurons to the WINeR device and increase the number of channels it provides.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGhovanloo is collaborating with Joseph Manns, an assistant professor in the Emory University Department of Psychology, and Karim Oweiss, an associate professor in the Michigan State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Neuroscience Program, to test the WINeR and EnerCage systems. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo alleviate the need for electrodes implanted in the brain, researchers in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI) are collaborating with Neural Signals Inc. to explore the potential use of near-infrared fluorescent probes to wirelessly transmit neural signals from inside the brain to an external recording device.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA team led by GTRI principal research scientist Brent Wagner is investigating the possibility of connecting neurons to a wireless neural interface system that could respond to low-voltage, low-frequency electrical signals in the brain. The system would consist of a grid of gold nanoparticles, each linked via flexible strand of DNA to a semiconductor quantum dot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith this system, when a neural cell is at rest, the quantum dot and gold nanoparticle are in close proximity, so no light is emitted from the quantum dot. When a neural cell fires, the voltage change on the neuron\u2019s surface pushes the quantum dot away from the gold nanoparticle, allowing the quantum dot to emit light. The precise location of the quantum dot\u2019s near-infrared luminescence can be detected using an infrared camera.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe sensing mechanism for the system is based on energy transfer between the quantum dot and the gold nanoparticle,\u201d said Wagner. \u201cWe think one of the major advantages of this type of system is its potential to transmit a high throughput of neural signals from multiple recording sites at the same time without the use of bulky cables or implanted electrodes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis project is supported by the GTRI Independent Research and Development (IRAD) program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E are building devices to help neuroscientists better understand how neurons in the brain contribute to an organism\u2019s behavior.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing inexpensive components from ordinary LCD projectors, associate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/lu\u0022\u003EHang Lu\u003C\/a\u003E can control the brain and muscles of freely moving tiny organisms, including the Caenorhabditis elegans worm that is commonly used for biological studies. Red, green and blue lights from the projector activate light-sensitive microbial proteins that are genetically engineered into the worms, allowing the researchers to switch neurons on and off like light bulbs and turn muscles on and off like engines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe inexpensive illumination technology allows researchers to stimulate and silence specific neurons and muscles of the worms, while precisely controlling the location, duration, frequency and intensity of the light.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUse of the LCD technology to control small animals advances the field of optogenetics \u2013 a mix of optical and genetic techniques that has given researchers unparalleled control over brain circuits in laboratory animals. Until now, the technique could be used only with larger animals by placement of an optical fiber into an animal\u2019s brain, or by illumination of an animal\u2019s entire body.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor another project, Lu developed a microfluidic device that enables genetic studies on small organisms to be performed more quickly. An addition to the system since its original development is a laser beam that can destroy individual neurons. By monitoring the animal\u2019s behavior after the laser ablation, the researchers can infer the function of each neuron. The process takes only 20 to 30 seconds, much less than the half hour it can take to ablate neurons using other techniques.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELu and collaborators at the Queensland Brain Institute and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, have also adapted the original design of the microfluidic device to a curved geometry that enables positioning C. elegans bodies into lateral orientations. This alignment makes it easier to analyze neuronal developmental and disease processes that travel from the worm\u2019s head to end or laterally across the worm\u2019s body. Results of this research were published in April 2012 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EPLoS ONE\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese systems have many applications in developmental and behavioral neuroscience of model organisms,\u201d said Lu. \u201cOur challenge is to make them as easy to use as possible so that the technology can make an impact in biological and medical research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELu\u2019s research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EModels of How the Brain Processes Information\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E -- \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=158\u0022\u003EChristopher Rozell\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, uses mathematical models and signal processing technologies to understand how the brain organizes and processes images and sounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMachine systems and the human brain perform similar tasks, such as speech recognition and computer vision, but the machines still fall far short of the human brain in these tasks, especially in the areas of power consumption and efficiency,\u201d said Rozell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the brain, information about a stimulus in the outside world is communicated to higher centers in the brain by a collection of electrochemical signals present in groups of neurons. Recent evidence indicates that these groups of neurons may represent information by activating only a few of these units \u2013 known as a sparse code \u2013 and never centralizing the information in a single decision-making unit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile sparse coding in neural systems is not well understood, Rozell and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=45\u0022\u003EJennifer Hasler \u003C\/a\u003Eand associate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=149\u0022\u003EJustin Romberg\u003C\/a\u003E are developing neurally plausible analog circuits to quickly find sparse codes. This approach could potentially solve problems relevant for many engineering applications much faster, while using less power than a traditional digital system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe don\u2019t have the time or capability to record the characteristics and properties of each of the billions of neurons in the brain to validate our models, but we know our models of neural coding for sensory information are biophysically realistic because we verify them against published results of electrophysiology experiments,\u201d said Rozell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers in Rozell\u2019s laboratory are also examining what advantages a sparse code might have for the brain, which is making perceptual judgments based on visual data. By investigating how the brain transforms the outside world into meaningful representations it can work with, Rozell hopes better brain-machine interfaces can be designed, more efficient signal processing systems can be developed, and vision and hearing deficits can be corrected. This research is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMonitoring Activity in the Brain During Cognitive Tasks\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPicking Out the Right Tool\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E -- Choosing how to use tools to accomplish a task is a natural and seemingly trivial aspect of our lives, yet it can be very difficult for persons with certain brain injuries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn my laboratory, I study cognitive motor control,\u201d said Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Applied Physiology\u003C\/a\u003E assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/Wheaton\/index.php\u0022\u003ELewis Wheaton\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cI want to understand the neural system that allows us to select the best tool to accomplish a task, pick that tool up and use it correctly to complete the task without overloading our brains with information.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a recent study, Wheaton identified neural activation patterns in the brain associated with watching tools used in correct and incorrect contexts. He used the functional MRI (fMRI) scanner at the Georgia State\/Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, along with electroencephalography (EEG), to record neural activations in the brain as healthy individuals identified whether tools shown in photographs were being used in correct or incorrect contexts. For example, a participant might be shown a hammer and nail, which is a correct tool use, or a hammer and coffee mug \u2013 an incorrect tool use.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fMRI results revealed that when participants identified correct tool use, different parts of the brain became active compared to when they identified incorrect tool use. The EEG recordings provided additional information about the evolution of these activations over time. Activation occurred between 300 and 400 milliseconds after a correct tool use image was shown, but more quickly following onset of an incorrect tool use image. These findings were published in the journals \u003Cem\u003EBrain Research\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003EFrontiers in Human Neuroscience\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWheaton is now using the information he learned about the neural mechanisms of tool use in healthy brains to better understand tool learning and why some individuals experience impaired tool-related behavior following a stroke \u2013 a deficit called apraxia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn conceptual apraxia, we think the network that codes for incorrect tool use may be selectively damaged and incorrect contextual information is being passed to the areas of the brain activated by correct tool use. Because no error signal arises, contextually inappropriate use becomes possible,\u201d said Wheaton.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPredicting an Individual\u2019s Attentiveness\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E -- \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=82\u0022\u003EShella Keilholz\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s long-term research goal is to build a model of spontaneous activity in the brain. As an engineer, she views the brain as a collection of hierarchical networks, with local networks of cells that work together and larger networks where information is transferred between different areas in the brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKeilholz is part of a team that is using the fMRI scanner at the Georgia State\/Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Brain Imaging to probe the functional connectivity of the brain while an individual is performing a cognitive task requiring vigilance. The researchers are investigating whether the complex neural interactions between spatially distinct brain regions can be used to predict how well an individual will perform on cognitive tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunding for this work is provided in part by the U.S. Air Force through the Bio-nano-enabled Inorganic\/Organic Nanostructures and Improved Cognition (BIONIC) Air Force Center of Excellence at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team\u2019s goal is to find a stable marker in the fMRI signal that is associated with cognitive processing and alertness. Initial results of their experiments show that the level of brain activity preceding the presentation of a visual stimulus can predict how fast an individual will respond to the stimulus during a vigilance task.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cU.S. Air Force analysts must remain attentive to computers and controls for hours at a time, so we are trying to develop a noninvasive way to measure the current state of an individual\u2019s brain and determine if that person is getting off task,\u201d said Keilholz, an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \u201cWith that information, one might be able to develop a way to refocus that person and get him or her back on task, which would optimize work effectiveness and possibly save lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso contributing to this project are School of Psychology associate professor Eric Schumacher, and Air Force Research Laboratory biomedical engineer Andrew McKinley and integration manager Lloyd Tripp.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecalling Memories\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E -- \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/duarte_audrey.php\u0022\u003EAudrey Duarte\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Psychology, is a cognitive neuroscientist \u2013 someone who looks at the neuroscience that supports human behavior. Duarte\u2019s research is focused on episodic memory, which is the memory of specific events, situations and experiences. Your first day of school, attending a friend\u2019s birthday party and what you ate for dinner last night are examples of episodic memories.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEpisodic memory can be affected by a number of disorders \u2013 including stroke, dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease \u2013 and even healthy aging. Through her research, Duarte is trying to understand what happens as the brain ages to cause decline in memory abilities over time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to determine if there are specific areas in the brain or specific brain networks that are disproportionately affected in a negative way by aging, causing lapses in episodic memory,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing the fMRI scanner at the Georgia State\/Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, Duarte measures activity from thousands of neurons in the brain at the same time and assesses the patterns of activity while young and older adults examine and subsequently retrieve pictures of common objects from memory. Using this data, Duarte is developing strategies to help older adults better encode and retrieve episodic memories.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy finding out where an individual\u2019s attention is drawn when looking at a picture, we can better understand the relationship between attention and memory and look for ways to remediate impairments in episodic memory,\u201d said Duarte.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the American Federation for Aging Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAccomplishing Fine Motor Tasks\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E -- In another project, Georgia Tech researchers are studying the effects of aging on the neural connectivity between the motor cortex and muscles during tasks that require fine motor skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe know that aging and dual-task paradigms often degrade fine motor performance, so we wanted to compare the performance of young and older adults during the execution of a fine motor task alone and concurrent tasks that required substantial divided attention,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/shinohara\/\u0022\u003EMinoru Shinohara\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Applied Physiology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the study, two groups of healthy adults, one group between the ages of 18 and 38 and the other between 61 and 75, performed tasks involving one-finger motor, two-finger motor, cognitive and concurrent motor-cognitive skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the participants completed the tasks, Shinohara and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate student Ashley Johnson examined the synchrony between two signals \u2013 an electroencephalogram (EEG) acquired from the primary motor cortex in the brain and an electromyogram (EMG) acquired from a muscle in the hands. The synchronous measurement is called corticomuscular coherence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the study, the older adults demonstrated higher corticomuscular coherence than the young adults during performance of both unilateral and dual tasks. Corticomuscular coherence was highest in the older adults, especially during the dual motor-cognitive task and increased with an additional task for both groups of subjects. But during the motor-cognitive task, corticomuscular coherence was negatively correlated with motor output error across young, but not older, adults. The results of the study were published online in January 2012 in the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Applied Physiology\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe findings demonstrate that older and younger adults don\u2019t need to use the same neural strategy to accomplish the same motor performance,\u201d said Shinohara. \u201cWe are seeing changes in neural strategies for accomplishing fine motor skills with aging.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to aging, these types of changes in neural strategies could be valuable for rehabilitation applications. Individuals with neurological deficits might benefit from using a different strategy to perform motor tasks, rather than using the same strategy they used before the deficit occurred.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s extensive involvement in neuroscience research \u2013 from basic to clinical science \u2013 reflects the interests of researchers from multiple academic departments and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). The researchers are working to better understand how the brain works and apply this knowledge to improving brain function, which has applications for those who have sustained losses due to injuries or disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS054809, NS079268, NS043486, NS48285, NS062031 and NS058465), the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (EB009437 and EB012803), the National Institute on Aging (AG035317 and AG016201), the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM088333), the National Eye Institute (EY019965), the National Science Foundation (ECCS-0824199, CBET-0954578, DBI-0649833, CCF-0905346 and BCS-1125683), and the U.S. Air Force (FA9550-09-1-0162). The content is solely the responsibility of the principal investigators and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH, NSF or U.S. Air Force.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch Horizons Magazine\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Abby Robinson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists and engineers at Georgia Tech are applying their expertise, tools and techniques to explore on a fundamental level how the brain works. 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Mittal, along with Rui Chen and Christa Lee, saw that the area had a unique blend of steel buildings and wooden docks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe tried to create a fusion like that in our bench by using two contrasting materials\u2014aluminum and wood,\u201d Mittal said. \u201cWe made it modern looking and something that incorporates a feeling that it belongs to a ship\u2019s dock.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe competition, sponsored by Design Museum Boston, was aimed at softening the largely urban Fort Point Channel area while supporting socially and environmentally friendly designs. The competition received more than 170 entries from 23 different countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWendell Wilson, a professor of practice with the School of Industrial Design, assigned the design project to students in his ID6201 class. 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The Foundry is the result of collaboration among AT\u0026amp;T, Cisco, Georgia Tech, and state and local business and political leadership.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocated in the Centergy Building in Tech Square, the 10-person Foundry team will test and develop products involving AT\u0026amp;T\u2019s recently launched home security and automation service, Digital Life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team will also create new apps and services related to the \u201cconnected car,\u201d mobility, emerging devices, and AT\u0026amp;T U-verse. Host sponsor Cisco will collaborate with AT\u0026amp;T on projects and help identify key third-party developers, startups, investors, inventors, and other entrepreneurs to bring into the facility.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETech Square will soon be adding another innovative tenant to its roster \u2014 AT\u0026amp;T.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech Square will soon be adding another innovative tenant to its roster \u2014 AT\u0026T."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-06-26 08:47:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:27","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.att.com\/gen\/press-room?pid=2949","title":"AT\u0026T Foundry Initiative"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"61391","name":"AT\u0026T"},{"id":"68541","name":"AT\u0026T Foundry"},{"id":"68551","name":"Centergy Building"},{"id":"3161","name":"industry"},{"id":"11695","name":"Partnerships"},{"id":"2002","name":"Tech Square"}],"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":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"219521":{"#nid":"219521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"5 Graduate Students Selected as NASA Research Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive Georgia Tech students have been selected to be part of NASA\u2019s 2013 class of Space Technology Research Fellows, making Tech the most widely represented institution in the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program awards funding to graduate students whose research topics will \u201cbolster America\u2019s competitiveness in a knowledge-based, global technology economy while enabling our space exploration goals.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Tech students are in company with 65 others from around the country, including students from some of Tech\u2019s peer institutions such as the California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Texas\u2014Austin, and Purdue University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA list of all of the projects selected can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/strg\/2013_nstrf_class.html\u0022\u003Eon NASA\u2019s website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Tech students who were selected, along with their research focus, are: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHisham Ali - Sustainable In Space Manufacturing Through Rapid Prototyping Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAlexandra Long - Deployable Drag Device for Launch Vehicle Upper Stage Deorbit\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMatthew Miller - Decision Support Tool Development for Human Extraterrestrial Extravehicular Activity\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAugust Noevere - Improving the Fidelity of Structural Analysis and Sizing in Multi-Disciplinary Design of Space Systems\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOlutobi Ogunleye - Low-T, Low-Q Cryocoolers for Science Instruments\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETech had more students selected for fellowships than any other university listed.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"5 Graduate Students Selected as NASA Research FellowsTech had more students selected for fellowships than any other university listed."}],"uid":"27841","created_gmt":"2013-06-27 16:56:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:27","author":"Lauren Spikes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/home\/hqnews\/2013\/jun\/HQ_13-175_NSTRF_Grants.html","title":"NASA Press Release"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/strg\/2013_nstrf_class.html","title":"List of Fellowship Recipients"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"68691","name":"NASA; Research Fellows; Graduate Students"}],"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:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELauren Spikes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["stucomm@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"217041":{"#nid":"217041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ravi Bellamkonda Named Biomedical Engineering Chair","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have selected Ravi V. Bellamkonda, a prominent biomedical scientist and engineer, to chair their joint department of biomedical engineering. He will begin as chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University in July.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBellamkonda, who has built a distinguished career in the health and engineering fields, is currently the Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Chair in Biomedical Engineering and a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar. He currently serves as the Georgia Tech associate vice president for research, and he is the new president-elect for the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBellamkonda\u2019s appointment concludes a national search begun last year to fill the position, which is responsible for overseeing the department\u0027s academic and research programs in areas such as biomedical imaging, tissue engineering, cancer technologies, neuroscience, computer-assisted surgery and drug delivery. The department has 40 faculty members at Georgia Tech and Emory. More than 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled in the program. \u201cRavi is an outstanding leader who has proven his dedication to the department. He is a brilliant researcher and is focused on evolving local and national collaborations to enhance research and education efforts,\u201d said Gary S. May, dean of the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cWe are extremely fortunate to have Ravi Bellamkonda as chair of our nationally recognized joint department,\u201d said Christian P. Larsen, dean of Emory University School of Medicine. \u201cI am confident that as a proven educator, researcher, and leader in his profession he will guide our faculty and students to new levels of excellence.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBellamkonda\u2019s recruitment also builds on a growing collaboration among the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Emory Department of Pediatrics and the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory to build bioengineering programs for Pediatric Bioengineering and cancer diagnosis and treatment. Bellamkonda succeeds Larry McIntire, who is retiring after 10 years as chair of the joint department.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPrior to joining Georgia Tech in 2003, Bellamkonda was an associate professor and associate chair for graduate education in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He has also served as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.\u0026nbsp; Bellamkonda was awarded his Ph.D. from Brown University in 1994.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHis various awards include: Fellow of Biomedical Engineering Society and the Institute of Physics; and \u2018Best Professor\u2019 Award conferred by the undergraduate student body of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Bellamkonda was inducted as an AIMBE Fellow in 2006 and served on AIMBE\u2019s board as vice president, at-large, before being elected to president-elect.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBellamkonda has published more than 175 books, chapters, articles, abstracts and proceedings. He is the founding scientist of two companies and has three U.S. patents with two additional ones pending.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022It is with a great sense of excitement that I look to helping lead this outstanding department and continuing its development as the best in the nation in biomedical engineering research and education,\u0022 said Bellamkonda.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBellamkonda\u2019s research is focused on neural tissue engineering, targeted drug delivery for brain tumor therapy, and peripheral and central nerve regeneration.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech and Emory created the joint department of biomedical engineering in the fall of 1997. The collaborative relationship blends the expertise of medical researchers at the Emory University School of Medicine with that of the engineering faculty at Georgia Tech, and is the first of its kind between a public and private institution. 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The technique relies on the length of polymer molecules and the ratio of two solvents to control the size and uniformity of colloidal nanocrystals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technique could facilitate the use of nanoparticles for optical, electrical, optoelectronic, magnetic, catalysis and other applications in which tight control over size and structure is essential to obtaining desirable properties. The technique produces plain, core-shell and hollow nanoparticles that can be made soluble either in water or in organic solvents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have developed a general strategy for making a large variety of nanoparticles in different size ranges, compositions and architectures,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/zhiqun-lin\u0022\u003EZhiqun Lin\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cThis very robust technique allows us to craft a wide range of nanoparticles that cannot be easily produced with any other approaches.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technique was described in the June issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Nanotechnology\u003C\/em\u003E. The research was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe star-shaped block co-polymer structures consist of a central beta-cyclodextrin core to which multiple \u201carms\u201d \u2013 as many as 21 linear block co-polymers \u2013 are covalently bonded. The star-shaped block co-polymers form the unimolecular micelles that serve as a reaction vessel and template for the formation of the nanocrystals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe inner blocks of unimolecular micelles are poly(acrylic) acid (PAA), which is hydrophilic, which allows metal ions to enter them. Once inside the tiny reaction vessels made of PAA, the ions react with the PAA to form nanocrystals, which range in size from a few nanometers up to a few tens of nanometers. The size of the nanoparticles is determined by the length of the PAA chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe block co-polymer structures can be made with hydrophilic inner blocks and hydrophobic outer blocks \u2013 amphiphilic block co-polymers, with which the resulting nanoparticles can be dissolved in organic solvents. However, if both inner and outer blocks are hydrophilic \u2013 all hydrophilic block co-polymers \u2013 the resulting nanoparticles will be water-soluble, making them suitable for biomedical applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELin and collaborators Xinchang Pang, Lei Zhao, Wei Han and Xukai Xin found that they could control the uniformity of the nanoparticles by varying the volume ratio of two solvents \u2013 dimethlformamide and benzyl alcohol \u2013 in which the nanoparticles are formed. For ferroelectric lead titanate (PbTiO\u003Csub\u003E3\u003C\/sub\u003E) nanoparticles, for instance, a 9-to-1 solvent ratio produces the most uniform nanoparticles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have also made iron oxide, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, cuprous oxide, cadmium selenide, barium titanate, gold, platinum and silver nanocrystals. The technique could be applicable to nearly all transition or main-group metal ions and organometallic ions, Lin said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe crystallinity of the nanoparticles we are able to create is the key to a lot of applications,\u201d he added. \u201cWe need to make them with good crystalline structures so they will exhibit good physical properties.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarlier techniques for producing polymeric micelles with linear block co-polymers have been limited by the stability of the structures and by the consistency of the nanocrystals they produce, Lin said. Current fabrication techniques include organic solution-phase synthesis, thermolysis of organometallic precursors, sol-gel processes, hydrothermal reactions and biomimetic or dendrimer templating. These existing techniques often require stringent conditions, are difficult to generalize, include a complex series of steps, and can\u2019t withstand changes in the environment around them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy contrast, nanoparticle production technique developed by the Georgia Tech researchers is general and robust. The nanoparticles remain stable and homogeneous for long periods of time \u2013 as much as two years so far \u2013 with no precipitation. Such flexibility and stability could allow a range of practical applications, Lin said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur star-like block co-polymers can overcome the thermodynamic instabilities of conventional linear block co-polymers,\u201d he said. \u201cThe chain length of the inner PAA blocks dictates the size of the nanoparticles, and the uniformity of the nanoparticles is influenced by the solvents used in the system.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have used a variety of star-like di-block and tri-block co-polymers as nanoreactors. Among them are poly(acrylic acid)-block-polystyrene (PAA-b-PS) and poly(acrylic acid)-blockpoly(ethylene oxide) (PAA-b-PEO) diblock co-polymers, and poly(4-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(tert-butyl acrylate)-block-polystyrene (P4VP-b-PtBA-b-PS), poly(4-vinylpyridine)-block-poly (tert-butyl acrylate)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (P4VP-b-PtBA-b-PEO), polystyrene-block-poly(acrylic acid)-block-polystyrene (PS-b-PAA-b-PS) and polystyrene-block-poly(acrylic acid)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-b-PAA-b-PEO) tri-block co-polymers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the future, Lin envisions more complex nanocrystals with multifunctional shells and additional shapes, including nanorods and so-called \u201cJanus\u201d nanoparticles that are composed of biphasic geometry of two dissimilar materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) under awards FA9550-09-1-0388 and FA9550-13-1-0101. 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In 1999, he helped launch ZC Sterling, a financial services company, where he built one of its business units into a $200 million entity with 350 employees. ZC Sterling was subsequently purchased by QBE, a top 20 insurance company based in Sydney, Australia. Earlier in his career, Hersh worked with GE Capital and Accenture, developing several sales-force automation and expert system software applications. Most recently, Hersh has focused on helping innovative startups as an angel investor and mentor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen Hersh takes the reins as ATDC\u2019s new general manager, he will direct its array of services designed to help technology entrepreneurs start and build companies that are the backbone of the Georgia\u2019s high tech economy. Recently named to \u003Cem\u003EForbes\u003C\/em\u003E\u2019 2013 list of top \u201cbusiness incubators changing the world,\u201d ATDC currently has 34 ATDC Select companies in its incubator program and 250 member companies statewide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI look forward to helping build more bridges between Georgia Tech, other Georgia universities, the business and investment community, and economic development entities within the state to fully leverage the amazing talent and assets we have in Georgia,\u201d Hersh said. \u201cMy job will be to provide these savvy entrepreneurs the resources they need to turn their ingenuity into thriving companies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBlake Patton, interim general manager of ATDC for the past seven months, chaired the search committee that sifted through nearly 100 applicants for the position.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were pleased that so many leaders in the community wanted to be part of ATDC\u2019s growth,\u201d Patton said. \u201cIt was tough narrowing down the candidates, but we got feedback throughout the process from current ATDC members, CEOs of graduate companies, and local investors. 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The technology also exhibits higher reliability than mechanical systems and is less expensive than phased-array antennas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe combination of the Wave Glider\u2019s long duration and intelligent autonomy capabilities through GTRI\u2019s new Agile Aperture Antenna provides customers with increased communications precision through the roughest of seas,\u201d said Richard \u201cScoop\u201d Jackson, director of federal business development with Liquid Robotics. \u201cThe availability of the GTRI Agile Aperture Antenna on the Wave Glider SV Series comes at a perfect time when deployment of autonomous surface vehicles for maritime security is rapidly increasing due to the cost and capability advantages.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe antenna\u2019s performance can be optimized because it is reconfigurable, which means the electrical structure of the antenna can be easily changed \u2013 even while in operation in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe antenna consists of a thin dielectric substrate that supports an array of square, metallic patches that can be switched on or off as needed to provide the proper configuration. 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This technology would make it harder to visually detect the Wave Glider.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe original antenna technology was developed by GTRI Advanced Concepts Laboratory director Lon Pringle, principal research engineer Jim Maloney and former principal research engineer Paul Friederich.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe anticipate that our agile aperture antenna technology will begin wide deployment on unmanned surface vehicles in the next year and on unmanned air vehicles within two years given its advantages of being low power and lightweight,\u201d noted Maloney. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, GTRI researchers Don Davis, Matthew Habib, Bill Hunter and Tim Richardson also contributed to this research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Lance Wallace (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elance.wallace@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)(404-407-7280) or John Toon (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) (404-894-6986).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Abby Robinson\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAntenna technology originally developed to quickly send and receive information through a software-defined military radio may soon be used to transmit ocean data from a wave-powered autonomous surface vehicle. 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Georgia Tech professor Alex Kuzmich and collaborators published a report on the Rydberg single-photon source in the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E in April 2012, and in a subsequent \u003Cem\u003ENature Physics\u003C\/em\u003E article, demonstrated for the first time many-body Rabi oscillations of an atomic ensemble.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the new research, the state-insensitive trap allowed the researchers to increase the rate at which they could generate photons by a factor of 100 compared to their previous work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to allow photons to propagate to distant locations so we can develop scalable protocols to entangle more and more nodes,\u201d said Kuzmich, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Physics. \u201cIf you can have coherence between the ground and Rydberg atoms, they can interact strongly while emitting light in a cooperative fashion. The combination of strong atomic interactions and collective light emissions results in entanglement between atoms and light. We think that this approach is quite promising for quantum networking.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was reported June 19 in the early edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature\u003C\/em\u003E. The research has been supported by the Atomic Physics Program and the Quantum Memories Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and by the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGenerating, distributing and controlling entanglement across quantum networks are the primary goals of quantum information science being pursued at research laboratories around the world. In earlier work, ground states of single atoms or atomic ensembles have been entangled with spontaneously-emitted light, but the production of those photons has been through a probabilistic approach \u2013 which generated photons infrequently.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis spontaneous emission process requires a relatively long time to create entanglement and limits the potential quantum network to just two nodes. To expand the potential for multi-mode networks, researchers have explored other approaches, including entanglement between light fields and atoms in quantum superpositions of the ground and highly-excited Rydberg electronic states. This latter approach allows the deterministic generation of photons that produces entanglement at a much higher rate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, until now, Rydberg atoms could not be excited to that state while confined to optical traps, so the traps had to be turned off for that step. That allowed the confined atoms to escape, preventing realization of atom-light entanglement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBased on a suggestion from MURI colleagues at the University of Wisconsin, the Georgia Tech team developed a solution to that problem: a state-insensitive optical trap able to confine both ground-state and Rydberg atoms coherently. In this trap, atoms persist for as much as 80 milliseconds while being excited into the Rydberg state \u2013 and the researchers believe that can be extended with additional improvements. However, even the current atomic confinement time would be enough to operate complex protocols that might be part of a quantum network.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe system we have realized is closer to being a node in a quantum network than what we have been able to do before,\u201d said Kuzmich. \u201cIt is certainly a promising improvement.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKey to the improved system is operation of an optical trap at wavelengths of 1,004 and 1,012 nanometers, so-called \u201cmagic\u201d wavelengths tuned to both the Rydberg atoms and the ground state atoms, noted Lin Li, a graduate student in the Kuzmich Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have experimentally demonstrated that in such a trap, the quantum coherence can be well preserved for a few microseconds and that we can confine atoms for as long as 80 milliseconds,\u201d Li said. \u201cThere are ways that we can improve this, but with the help of this state-insensitive trap, we have achieved entanglement between light and the Rydberg excitation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe rate of generating entangled photons increased from a few photons per second with the earlier approaches to as many as 5,000 photons per second with the new technique, Kuzmich said. That will allow the researchers to pursue future research goals \u2013 such as demonstration of quantum gates \u2013 as they optimize their technique.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExperimentally, the research worked as follows: (1) an ultra-cold gas of rubidium atoms was confined in a one-dimensional optical lattice using lasers operating at 1,004-nanometer and 1,012-nanometer wavelengths. The atomic ensemble was driven from the collective ground state into a single excited state; (2) By applying a laser field, an entangled state was generated. The retrieved field was mixed with the coherent field using polarizing beam-splitters, followed by measurement at single-photon detectors; (3) The remaining spin wave was mapped into a field by a laser field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Kuzmich, the success demonstrates the value of collaboration through the MURI supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, which in 2012 awarded $8.5 million to a consortium of seven U.S. universities that are working together to determine the best approach for creating quantum memories based on the interaction between light and matter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough the MURI, a team of universities is considering three different approaches for creating entangled quantum memories that could facilitate long-distance transmission of secure information. Among the collaborators in the five-year program are Mark Saffman and Thad Walker at the University of Wisconsin, Mikhail Lukin of Harvard, and Luming Duan of the University of Michigan, who at the beginning of this century made pioneering proposals which formed the basis of the approach that Kuzmich, Li and colleague Yaroslav Dudin used to create the entanglement between light and the Rydberg excitation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) under contract FA9550-12-1-0025 and the by National Science Foundation under award PHY-1105994. 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The winner is determined by the total number of laps completed during three days of racing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI haven\u0027t competed before, so I\u0027m really looking forward to watching our car race against other schools,\u201d said Douglas Cox, a mechanical engineering major, Solar Jackets president and one of four drivers of the Endeavour. He and about 35 other students have been building the Endeavour for the past three years. \u201cIt\u0027ll be great to learn from the other schools as well, as some of them have been building and racing solar cars for years.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe weeklong competition began Monday with three days of \u201cscrutineering,\u201d where professional engineers assess each car to ensure it meets race regulations pertaining to safety, driver comfort and solar cells, as well as performance tests for turning, braking and handling. Four drivers will rotate during racing to relieve one another from the small interior space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn recent weeks, an electrical team has been working to finalize airgap settings, which affect speed, as well as implement battery management systems, digital controls, data logging and other communications systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Endeavour is topped with solar panels from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.suniva.com\/\u0022\u003ESuniva\u003C\/a\u003E, a spinoff company from Georgia Tech\u2019s University Center of Excellence in Photovoltaics, and SBM Solar. The Endeavour can run for about two hours with no sunlight, but theoretically could run forever if the sun never set.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u0027re still testing for how long it takes to charge from empty to full charge, but the hope is that we\u0027ll run the car at a low enough speed that will use only as much or slightly more energy than the sun is giving us, which would allow us to race all day without any breaks,\u201d Cox said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team completing the fastest single lap is recognized, in addition to the winner, but for Cox, the real prize is \u201cthe glory of knowing you\u2019ve raced a car on solar power alone.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe car\u2019s namesake and number come from the Space Shuttle Endeavour\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-49\u0022\u003ESTS-49\u003C\/a\u003E. After the Endeavour completes its races in Austin, it will make its way back to Atlanta and go on display at sponsor companies\u2019 headquarters and on campus at the FASET Opportunities Fair. The Solar Jackets\u2019 next endeavor \u2013 pun intended \u2013 will be to further optimize their car for future races, as well as begin working on designs for a new lighter and faster car.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompetition activities began Monday, and racing begins Thursday. 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But by modifying the underlying network of cellulose fibers, etching off surface \u201cfluff\u201d and applying a thin chemical coating, researchers have created a new type of paper that repels a wide variety of liquids \u2013 including water and oil.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper takes advantage of the so-called \u0022lotus effect\u0022 \u2013 used by leaves of the lotus plant \u2013 to repel liquids through the creation of surface patterns at two different size scales and the application of a chemical coating. The material, developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology, uses nanometer- and micron-scale structures, plus a surface fluorocarbon, to turn old-fashioned paper into an advanced material.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe modified paper could be used as the foundation for a new generation of inexpensive biomedical diagnostics in which liquid samples would flow along patterns printed on the paper using special hydrophobic ink and an ordinary desktop printer. This paper could also provide an improved packaging material that would be less expensive than other oil- and water-repelling materials, while being both recyclable and sustainable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPaper is a very heterogeneous material composed of fibers with different sizes, different lengths and a non-circular cross-section,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/hess\u0022\u003EDennis Hess\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWe believe this is the first time that a superamphiphobic surface \u2013 one that repels all fluids \u2013 has been created on a flexible, traditional and heterogeneous material like paper.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch leading to development of the superamphiphobic paper has been supported by the Institute for Paper Science and Technology (IPST) at Georgia Tech. Details were published online May 24 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EACS Applied Materials \u0026amp; Interfaces\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new paper, which is both superhydrophobic (water-repelling) and super oleophobic (oil-repelling), can be made from standard softwood and hardwood fibers using a modified paper process. In addition to Hess, the research team included Lester Li, a graduate research assistant, and Victor Breedveld, an associate professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProducing the new paper begins with breaking up cellulose fibers into smaller structures using a mechanical grinding process. As in traditional paper processing, the fibers are then pressed in the presence of water \u2013 but then the water is removed and additional processing is done with the chemical butanol. Use of butanol inhibits the hydrogen bonding that normally takes place between cellulose fibers, allowing better control of their spacing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe desirable properties we are seeking are mainly controlled by the geometry of the fibers,\u201d Hess explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe second step involves using an oxygen plasma etching process \u2013 a technique commonly used in the microelectronics industry \u2013 to remove the layer of amorphous \u201cfluffy\u201d cellulose surface material, exposing the crystalline cellulose nanofibrils. The process thereby uncovers smaller cellulose structures and provides a second level of \u201croughness\u201d with the proper geometry needed to repel liquids.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFinally, a thin coating of a fluoropolymer is applied over the network of cellulose fibers. In testing, the paper was able to repel water, motor oil, ethylene glycol and n-hexadecane solvent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have printed patterns onto their paper using a hydrophobic ink and a desktop printer. Droplets applied to the pattern remain on the ink pattern, repelled by the adjacent superamphiphobic surface.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat capability could facilitate development of inexpensive biomedical diagnostic tests in which a droplet containing antigens could be rolled along a printed surface where it would encounter diagnostic chemicals. If appropriate reagents are used, the specific color or color intensity of the patterns could indicate the presence of a disease. Because the droplets adhere tightly to the printed lines or dots, the samples can be sent to a laboratory for additional testing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have shown that we can do the operations necessary for a microfluidic device,\u201d Hess said. \u201cWe can move the droplet along a pattern, split the droplet and transfer the droplet from one piece of paper to another. We can do all of these operations on a two-dimensional surface.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Hess, Li and Breedveld, creating a superhydrophobic suface was relatively straightforward because water has a high surface tension. For oils, which have a low surface tension, the key to creating the repellent surface is to create re-entrant \u2013 or undercut \u2013 angles between the droplets and the surface.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrevious examples of superamphiphobic surfaces have been made on rigid surfaces through lithographic techniques. Such processes tend to produce fragile surfaces that are prone to damage, Hess said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe principal challenge has been to create high-performance in a material that is anything but geometrically regular and consistent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWorking with heterogeneous materials is fascinating, but it\u2019s very difficult not just to control them, because there is no inherent consistent structure, but also to change the processing conditions so you can get something that, on average, is what you need,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a real learning experience for us.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new paper has so far been made in samples about four inches on a side, but Hess sees no reason why the process couldn\u2019t be scaled up. 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Day Chair in Business Ethics and Director of the new Cecil B. Day Program in Business Ethics, here at Georgia Tech,\u201d he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESalbu, who joined the College in 2006 from the University of Texas at Austin (where he had been associate dean), calls his years as dean to date \u201cthe most rewarding of my career.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt has been the opportunity of a lifetime, and I feel very blessed to have been given it,\u201d adds Salbu, who will continue to hold the Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Chair until the next dean arrives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt has been a joy to work with Institute leaders, fellow deans, alumni, faculty, staff and students who are so smart, ambitious, talented, driven and collegial,\u201d he says. \u201cI love Georgia Tech dearly and always will. I am passionate about teaching, and it will be a pleasure to return to the classroom, as well as to my research,\u201d he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen he first joined the College, Salbu developed a mission for the College to become the world\u2019s leading school for business and technology. Believing that the cornerstone of a great business school is a strong faculty, Salbu immediately set out to boost the number of tenured\/tenure track professors. That number, which was 53 in 2006, has grown to 81, as of summer 2013. \u201cOur recruitment efforts in recent years have yielded star scholars as well as some of the most promising young minds in academe,\u201d Salbu says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis close work with development officers led to a $25 million gift in 2009 ($20 million of which was a dollar-for-dollar Challenge Grant designed to inspire charitable gifts and commitments from other donors to the College\u2019s endowment). Shortly before that Challenge was fulfilled, the previously anonymous donor (alumnus Ernest Scheller Jr., IM 1952) stepped into the light, pledging another $25 million to rename the school (previously known as the College of Management) as the Scheller College of Business in summer 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Challenge Grant led to the creation of multiple endowed faculty chairs and professorships and numerous endowed scholarships and fellowships for undergraduate, MBA, and PhD students. \u201cIt\u2019s been imperative that we endow substantial numbers of scholarships and fellowships to attract and support the very best student talent,\u201d Salbu says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have reached great heights in a very short time, and I am more excited than I can express about the future we will all share under the next leader of the College,\u201d he adds. \u201cThe deanship of the Scheller College of Business is among the most desirable in the world, and the search for my successor next year will attract superb talent.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter seven years on the job, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Dean Steve Salbu has announced that he will not be seeking a third term after his current one expires on June 30, 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2013-05-31 11:27:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:20","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"215721":{"id":"215721","type":"image","title":"Dean Steve Salbu","body":null,"created":"1449180114","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:01:54","changed":"1475894879","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:59","alt":"Dean Steve Salbu","file":{"fid":"197109","name":"deanoffice.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/deanoffice_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/deanoffice_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":63442,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/deanoffice_0.jpg?itok=HJdFF0V8"}}},"media_ids":["215721"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/business.gatech.edu\/","title":"Scheller College of Business"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"35581","name":"Dean Steve Salbu"},{"id":"43101","name":"Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrad Dixon, Communications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Scheller College of Business\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-3943\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brad.dixon@scheller.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebrad.dixon@scheller.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brad.dixon@scheller.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"216451":{"#nid":"216451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NIH Director Meets with Research University Representatives","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\u2019s research university community recently welcomed Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Collins met with administrators and researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, the University of Georgia (UGA), Georgia State University and Morehouse School of Medicine during his May 30 visit to Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch university representatives highlighted NIH-funded projects. Scientists representing Georgia Tech included Robert Guldberg, executive director of the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience and mechanical engineering professor, and Todd McDevitt, director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center and associate professor in biomedical engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGuldberg shared information about the Regenerative Engineering and Medicine Center, a partnership between Emory University and Georgia Tech focused on endogenous repair and healing of nerves, bone, metabolic and cardiac applications. McDevitt presented four projects funded by NIH including wound healing studies from a \u201cTransformative Research Award,\u201d a program developed to fund \u201chigh-risk, high-reward\u201d science under the NIH\u2019s Common Fund.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGiven that Dr. Collins recently dedicated a blog post to the ongoing research of Andr\u00e9s Garcia, Todd McDevitt, Hang Lu from Georgia Tech and Steve Stice from UGA, we were excited to share the great work being done in regenerative medicine and in stem cells,\u201d said Steven Cross, Georgia Tech\u2019s executive vice president for research who also attended the briefing. \u201cBob and Todd were able to present ongoing NIH-funded work for which Dr. Collins expressed both admiration and strong support.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESequestration is expected to reduce the NIH budget by $1.71 billion in 2013. As a result of the 5 percent decrease, NIH expects to fund 703 fewer new and competing research grants this year. This decline in funding will have an impact on Georgia universities, including Georgia Tech, which was awarded $41.3 million from the NIH in 2012. While it is unknown how these cuts will affect individual research labs, Collins is seeking anecdotes of the sequestration\u2019s impact via Twitter using the hashtag #NIHSequesterImpact.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech highlights research projects during visit"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\u2019s research university community recently welcomed Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 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Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7158","name":"cross"},{"id":"6973","name":"Guldberg"},{"id":"6217","name":"McDevitt"},{"id":"2076","name":"NIH"},{"id":"171273","name":"sequester"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeri Nagel, Office of Government and Community Relations, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tnagel@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etnagel@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"216591":{"#nid":"216591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Welcomes Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents, faculty and staff taking their usual route across the Georgia Tech campus noticed something different this week: large-scale outdoor sculptures are popping up everywhere.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 12 sculptures installed last week are part of \u0022Engineered Art: An International Sculpture Exhibit at Georgia Tech,\u0022 a 15-piece international exhibition by various artists that is on loan to the Institute until June 2014. Three more sculptures will be installed during the next few weeks, including a soaring 50-foot steel piece titled \u201cLa Tour\u201d by the internationally acclaimed, Chattanooga-based sculptor John Henry, who also is the curator for the exhibition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHenry is known for his large-scale public sculptures. Since the early 1970s, he has produced monumental works of art for museums, cities, and public institutions across the United States, Europe, and Asia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHenry\u2019s style has been described as \u201chuge, welded steel drawings.\u201d He arranges linear and rectilinear elements that appear to defy gravity. Many of his works suggest a snapshot of arrested motion, where flying or tumbling elements are frozen.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the sculptures were being installed, students stopped to ask Henry questions. \u201cA number of students asked \u2018what does it do?,\u2019\u201d said Henry. \u201cThat\u2019s an interesting question because people usually ask \u2018what is it?\u2019\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe location of each sculpture was chosen to complement Georgia Tech\u2019s lush and open green spaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe sculpture exhibition is part of Arts@Tech, an initiative to enhance the Georgia Tech community by fostering programs and events spanning the arts spectrum at the intersection of technological innovation and creative expression. The initiative is an outcome of the Institute\u2019s Strategic Plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere is a pent-up desire by students to engage in the arts as evidenced by our tremendously talented musicians and the participation in the recent Art Crawl and Festival. The arts are expressions of creativity and result from the same design processes that our students follow, whether designing policies or instruments. This exhibit will promote conversation, debate, and appreciation of the creative spirit while making our beautiful campus even more interesting.\u201d said Rafael L. Bras, Georgia Tech provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, who helped bring the exhibit to campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe sculpture exhibition is free and open to the public. Descriptive plaques for the pieces will be installed soon. Official unveiling celebrations are planned for next fall.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwelve sculptures installed on the Georgia Tech campus last week are part of a 15-piece international exhibition by various artists that is on loan to the Institute until June 2014. 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According to a new study, the similar timing patterns that these animals use to contract their muscles and produce undulatory swimming motions can be explained using a simple model. Scientists have now applied the new model to understand the connection between electrical signals and body movement in the sandfish.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost swimming creatures rely on an undulating pattern of body movement to propel themselves through fluids. Though differences in body flexibility may lead to different swimming styles, scientists have found \u201cneuromechanical phase lags\u201d in nearly all swimmers. These lags are characterized by a wave of muscle activation that travels faster down the body than the wave of body curvature.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA study of the sandfish lizard \u2013 which \u201cswims\u201d through sand \u2013 led to development of the new model, which researchers believe could also be used to study other swimming animals. Beyond assisting the study of locomotion in a wide range of animals, the findings could also help researchers design efficient swimming robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA graduate student in our group, Yang Ding, who is now at the University of Southern California, was able to develop a theory that could explain the kinematics of how this animal swims as well as the timing of the nervous system control signals,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/daniel-goldman\u0022\u003EDaniel Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cFor animals swimming in fluids using an undulating movement, there are basic physical constraints on how they must activate their muscles. We think we have uncovered an important mechanism that governs this kind of swimming.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was reported June 3 in the early edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E. It was sponsored by the National Science Foundation\u2019s Physics of Living Systems program, the Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) program of the Army Research Office, and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndulatory locomotion is a gait in which thrust is produced in the opposite direction from a traveling wave of body bending. Because it is so commonly used by animals, this mode of locomotion has been widely used for studying the neuromechanical principles of movement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESarah Sharpe, the paper\u2019s second author and a graduate student in Georgia Tech\u2019s Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Program, led laboratory experiments studying undulatory swimming in sandfish lizards. She used X-ray imaging to visualize how the animals swam through sand that was composed of tiny glass spheres.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the same time their swimming movements were being tracked, a set of four hair-thin electrodes implanted in the lizards\u2019 bodies were providing information on when their muscles were activated. The two information sources allowed the researchers to compare the electrical muscle activity to the lizards\u2019 body motion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe lizards propagate a wave of muscle activations, contracting the muscles close to their heads first, then the muscles at the midpoint of their body, then their tail,\u201d said Sharpe. \u201cThey send a wave of muscle of contraction down their bodies, which creates a wave of curvature that allows them to swim. This wave of activation travels faster than the wave of curvature down the body, resulting in different timing relationships, known as phase differences, between muscle contracts and bending along the body.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESand acts like a frictional fluid as the sandfish swims through it. However, a sandfish swimming through sand is simpler to model than a fish swimming through water because the sand lacks the vortices and other complex behavior of water \u2013 and the friction of the sand eliminates inertia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTheoretically, it is difficult to calculate all of the forces acting on a fish or an eel swimming in a real fluid,\u201d said Goldman. \u201cBut for a sandfish, you can calculate pretty much everything.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe relative simplicity of the system allowed the research team \u2013 which also included Georgia Tech professor Kurt Wiesenfeld \u2013 to develop a simple model showing how the muscle activation relates to motion. The model showed that combining synchronized torques from distant points in the lizards\u2019 bodies with local traveling torques is what creates the neuromechanical phase lag.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is one of the simplest, if not the simplest, models of swimming that reproduces the neuromechanical phase lag phenomenon,\u201d Sharpe said. \u201cAll we really had to pay attention to was the external forces acting on an animal\u2019s body. We realized that this timing relationship would emerge for any undulatory animal with distributed forces along its body. Understanding this concept can be used as the foundation to begin understanding timing patterns in all other swimmers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe sandfish swims using a simple single-period sinusoidal wave with constant amplitude. A key finding that facilitated the model\u2019s development was that the sandfish\u2019s body is extremely flexible, allowing internal forces \u2013 body stiffness \u2013 to be ignored.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis animal turns out to be like a little limp noodle,\u201d said Goldman. \u201cHaving that result in the theory makes everything else pop out.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe model shows that the waveform used by the sandfish should allow it to swim the farthest with the least expenditure of energy. Swimming robots adopting the same waveform should therefore be able to maximize their range.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoldman and his colleagues have been studying the sandfish, a native of the northern African desert, for more than six years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSandfish are among the champions of all sand diggers, swimmers and burrowers,\u201d said Goldman. \u201cThis lizard has provided us with an interesting entry point into swimming because its environment is surprisingly simple and behavior is simple. It turns out that this little sand-dweller may be able to tell us things about swimming more generally.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research has been supported by the National Science Foundation Physics of Living Systems (PoLS) under grants PHY-0749991 and PHY-1150760, by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory\u2019s (ARL) Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Program under cooperative agreement W911NF-11-1-0514, and by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award. Any conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NSF or ARL.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Yang Ding, Sarah Sharpe, Kurt Wiesenfeld and Daniel Goldman, \u201cEmergence of the advancing neuromechanical phase in resistive force dominated medium,\u201d (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat do swimmers like trout, eels and sandfish lizards have in common? 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Takagi\u2019s team took on the challenge of simplifying the process of charging electric car batteries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI really learned the meaning of time management and commitment to a group,\u0022 she said. \u0022The second semester class involved a heavier workload, and trying to juggle group meetings, part-time jobs, and homework was difficult.\u0022 She also credited Grand Challenges with giving her a more enjoyable freshman experience.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKari White, assistant director for Grand Challenges, handpicked each of the project teams of six to eight students. During the fall, students spent class time with Wes Wynens, director of the LEAD program of which Grand Challenges is a part, learning to collaborate with teammates and sharpening their people skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeams selected topics based on the group\u2019s interests and then spent the spring semester diving into their research projects and coming up with a plan to solve their grand challenge\u0026nbsp;with Robert Butera, a\u0026nbsp;professor jointly appointed in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. Along with Butera, students worked with faculty facilitators and were required to connect with experts in the field who would provide assistance and advice while they designed their solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETakagi and her team attended a community roundtable event hosted by Southface Transportation to meet with experts. \u201cWe were able to talk to people in the transportation industry, professors from all over the area, and environmental issues advocates,\u201d she said. \u201cWe even got a couple of people who were experts on electric vehicles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the end of the spring semester, the teams shared their proposals in formal presentations to Wynens\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;Butera. Projects were awarded funding based on budgets included in the students\u2019 final proposals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELooking ahead, White hopes to build more flexibility into the second iteration of the program so students can get started on projects earlier in the year and be able to switch teams if a different group is working on a project that is of more interest to them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENext year\u2019s Grand Challenges class is being built this summer and is currently 75 percent full, with 80 confirmed participants. These incoming students will work on a whole new set of projects, while approximately 75 members of this year\u2019s community will continue to work on their projects in a Grand Challenges class.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETakagi attributes her success during her freshman year to Grand Challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI don\u0027t think I would have had such a great experience without Grand Challenges,\u201d Takagi said. \u201cLiving in a community made me less timid about getting to know people and really helped me be more outgoing. Aside from the great relationships I created with my peers, we could meet faculty and people in administration on a regular basis through the faculty luncheons and guest breakfasts. Because of this, I felt like I could accomplish more in college in this program.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhite said the biggest challenge students faced was \u201cgrappling with the uncertainty of the assignment and realizing that we weren\u2019t going to tell them how to do it.\u201d She noted the importance of participants being open to exploration and not always looking for an exact right answer the first time. \u201cWe tell new students to be diligent and recognize that failure will happen, but that doesn\u2019t mean they will not ultimately succeed.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech freshmen in the Grand Challenges Program are attempting to solve some of the world\u0027s biggest issues.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech freshmen in the Grand Challenges Program are attempting to solve some of the 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The 100,000-year climate record adds to data on past climate events, and may help scientists assess models designed to predict how the Earth\u2019s climate will respond in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new record resulted from oxygen isotope analysis of more than 1,700 calcium carbonate samples taken from four stalagmites found in three different northern Borneo caves. The results suggest that climate feedbacks within the tropical regions may amplify and prolong abrupt climate change events that were first discovered in the North Atlantic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe results were published June 6 in Science Express, the electronic advance online publication of the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E, and will appear later in an issue of printed publication. The research was supported by the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday, relatively subtle changes in the tropical Pacific\u2019s ocean and atmosphere have profound effects on global climate. However, there are few records of past climate changes in this key region that have the length, resolution and age controls needed to reveal the area\u2019s response to abrupt climate change events.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a new record from a very important area of the world,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/Kim_Cobb\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cThis record will provide a new piece of the puzzle from the tropical Pacific showing us how that climate system has responded to forcing events over the past 100,000 years.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the findings were some surprises that show just how complicated the Earth\u2019s climate system can be. While the stalagmite record reflected responses to abrupt changes known as Heinrich events, another major type of event \u2013 known as Dansgaard-Oeschger excursions \u2013 left no evidence in the Borneo stalagmites. Both types of abrupt climate change events are prominently featured in a previously-published stalagmite climate record from China \u2013 which is only slightly north of Borneo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo my knowledge, this is the first record that so clearly shows sensitivity to one set of major abrupt climate change events and not another,\u201d said Cobb. \u201cThese two types of abrupt change events appear to have different degrees of tropical Pacific involvement, and because the tropical Pacific speaks with such a loud voice when it does speak, we think this is extremely important for understanding the mechanisms underlying these events.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers were also surprised to discover a very large and abrupt signal in their stalagmite climate records precisely when super-volcano Toba erupted nearby, roughly 74,000 years ago.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team recovered the stalagmites from caves in Gunung Mulu and Gunung Buda National Parks, in northern Borneo, which is located a few degrees north of the Equator in the western Pacific. Back at their Georgia Tech lab, they analyzed the stalagmites for the ratio of oxygen isotopes contained in samples of calcium carbonate, the material from which the stalagmites were formed. That ratio is set by the oxygen isotopes in rainfall at the site, as the water that seeped into the ground dissolved limestone rock and dripped into the caves to form the stalagmites. The stalagmites accumulate at a rate of roughly one centimeter every thousand years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStalagmites are time capsules of climate signals from thousands of years in the past,\u201d said Stacy Carolin, a Georgia Tech Ph.D. candidate who gathered and analyzed the stalagmites. \u201cWe have instrumental records of climate only for the past 100 years or so, and if we want to look deeper into the past, we have to find records like these that locked in climate signals we can extract today.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the laboratory, Carolin sawed each stalagmite in half, opening it like a hot dog bun. She then used a tiny drill bit to take samples of the calcium carbonate down the center at one-millimeter steps. Because the stalagmites grew at varying rates, each sample represented as little as 60 years of time, or as much as 200 years. The precise ages of the samples were determined by measuring uranium and thorium isotope ratios, an analysis done with the help of Jess F. Adkins, a professor at the California Institute of Technology and a co-author of the study.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERainfall oxygen isotopic ratios are good indicators of the amount of rainfall occurring throughout the region, as determined by a modern-day calibration study recently published by another graduate student in Cobb\u2019s lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMerging data from the four different stalagmites provided a record of precipitation trends in the western Pacific over the past 100,000 years. That information can be compared to stalagmite and ice core climate records obtained elsewhere in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis record, which spans the entire last glacial period, adds significantly to the understanding of how various climate forcings are felt by the western tropical Pacific,\u201d Carolin added.\u003Cbr \/\u003EClimate scientists are interested in learning more about abrupt climate changes because they indicate that the climate system may have \u201ctipping points.\u201d So far, the climate system has responded to rising carbon dioxide levels at a fairly steady rate, but many scientists worry about possible nonlinear effects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a society, we haven\u2019t really thought enough about the fact that we are moving Earth\u2019s climate system toward a new state very quickly,\u201d said Cobb. \u201cIt\u2019s important to remember that the climate system has important nonlinearities that are most evident in these abrupt climate events. Ultimately, we\u2019d like to be able to reproduce the global signatures of these abrupt climate events with numerical models of the climate system, and investigate the physics that drive such events.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Carolin, studying the half-meter-long stalagmites brought an awareness that the Earth has not always been as we know it today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou have to be impressed with the scope of what you are studying, and recognize that the state our climate is in today is incredibly different from Earth\u2019s climate during the last Ice Age,\u201d she said. \u201cAs we consider how humans may be affecting climate, dissecting what was going on tens of thousands of years ago in all regions of the globe can help scientists better predict how the Earth will respond to modern climate forcings.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the research team included Brian Clark, manager of the Gunung Mulu National Park where the samples were gathered; Syria Lejau and Jenny Malang, Gunung Mulu cave guides who aided in sample collection; Jessica Conroy, a Georgia Tech postdoctoral fellow; and Andrew Tuen, a professor at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was funded by the National Science Foundation through PECASE Award ATM-0645291. 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We are focused on research that covers three areas: operational excellence in pulp and paper processes; biorefining for the creation of sustainable fuels and chemicals from forest biomass; and biomaterials for making new products for new markets. This covers an extensive range of research opportunities that will serve a number of consumer markets in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ. How does IPST create opportunities for Georgia Tech research?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EIn recent years, new capabilities have emerged to unlock the vast potential of forest-based cellulose and lignin and to manipulate them at the nano level to develop cost-effective biodegradable films, coatings, substrates, and even carbon fiber. 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The Common App also includes a counselor recommendation, giving admission staff valuable information about prospective students and their high schools and curriculum.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther universities that have switched to the Common App have seen as high as a 20 percent increase in applications the first year. Clark\u2019s team is preparing for what will be a year of challenges and change, knowing that the growing pains are signs of positive change for Tech. They are interested to see how the new applicant pool yields in comparison to past years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis step will bolster our efforts to enroll the best students nationally and internationally as we seek to meet the Institute\u2019s vision of defining the technological research university of the 21st century,\u201d Clark said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Common App will replace Tech\u2019s current application, which is sourced from CollegeNET. 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Huber Prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/741\/overview\u0022\u003ELaurie Garrow\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/611\/overview\u0022\u003EJaehong Kim\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/701\/overview\u0022\u003EKimberly Kurtis\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) were chosen by the national organization to receive the prize, which is given annually to promising young faculty who demonstrate notable achievements in research related to civil engineering.\u0026nbsp;A fourth recipient, University of California - Davis faculty Jason T. DeJong, earned his doctorate at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe three CEE faculty will officially receive this honor at the ASCE\u2019s annual conference in Charlotte, NC this coming October.\u0026nbsp;It is rare to have three Huber winners come from one school\u2019s program. In the past, Georgia Tech administrators have been pleased to see two winners in one calendar year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese awards speak volumes about the depth as well as the breadth of our faculty,\u201d said College of Engineering Dean Gary May.\u0026nbsp;\u201cIn these three Huber Prize awardees, we see a commitment to excellence and innovation that will continue Georgia Tech\u2019s strong tradition of the same into the future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ASCE typically awards three to five Huber Prizes each year, one for each of the recognized sub-disciplines of the field. Recipients are all generally younger than 45 and have demonstrated a level of achievement and excellence that bodes well for a long and fruitful career.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn naming transportation engineering Associate Professor Garrow to this honor, the ASCE commended her for \u201cdevelopment and integration of advanced discrete choice models of traveler behavior into airline planning, scheduling, and revenue management decision support systems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ASCE noted the work of Associate Chair and Georgia Power Distinguished Professor Kim \u0026nbsp;in environmental nanotechnology and lauded him for \u201chis pioneering research on environmental implication and application of nanomaterials as well as developing upconversion biocidal materials for innovative, sustainable environmental technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Engineering ADVANCE Professor Kurtis was commended by ASCE for \u201cexceptional contributions in applying the principles of materials science to the solving practice problems in civil engineering, including hydration, deterioration, creep and nono-destructive characterization of cement-based materials.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EReginald DesRoches, Karen and John Huff School Chair, echoed Dean May\u2019s praise for the three awardees.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHaving three faculty from CEE win this prestigious award in one year is truly outstanding and unprecedented for Georgia Tech,\u201d said DesRoches. \u201cIt speaks to the quality of our young and mid-career faculty, and to a bright future for our program.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently announced that three faculty from Georgia Tech were chosen to receive the 2013 Walter L. 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The grant is the first exposome-based center grant awarded in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe HERCULES Center is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health as an Environmental Health Sciences Core Center. This NIEHS initiative is designed to establish leadership and support for programs of excellence in environmental health sciences by providing scientific guidance, technology and career development opportunities for promising investigators.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe exposome is a relatively new concept that incorporates all of the exposures encountered by humans. It is proposed to be the environmental equivalent of the human genome and includes lifetime exposures to environmental pollutants in food, water, physical activity, medications, homes and daily stressors. Exposome research looks at the holistic view of the human body\u2019s exposures, how the body responds to those exposures, and their combined effects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHERCULES is more than an acronym,\u201d explains Gary W. Miller, PhD, professor and associate dean for research at the Rollins School of Public Health, and director of the HERCULES Center. \u201cSequencing of the human genome project was a Herculean task, and determining the impact of the complex exposures we face throughout our lives represents a similarly difficult challenge. The exposome itself represents all of the external forces that act upon us. We know that measuring the exposome will be extremely difficult, but very worthwhile.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EScientists believe that when coupled with a growing understanding of genetics, the exposome will help uncover the causes of many complex disorders, such as autism, asthma and Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBased at Emory\u2019s School of Public Health, the HERCULES Center comprises 38 investigators from both Emory and Georgia Tech. The center aims to promote the importance of the environment at a level equivalent to that of genetics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA key feature of the HERCULES Center is the Systems Biology Core headed by Eberhard Voit, PhD, in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Voit is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar. The Systems Biology Core will provide expertise in computational approaches used to analyze and integrate large datasets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAssessing the enormous complexity of the exposome means entering uncharted territory and a unique opportunity for exploring and applying concepts and computational technologies that are just emerging in the nascent field of systems biology,\u201d says Voit, who is also the David D. Flanagan Chair in the biomedical engineering department. \u201cWe are very excited that Georgia Tech and Emory will venture into this new field together to learn and gain a greatly improved understanding of health and disease.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is such exciting news for us all,\u201d explains Paige Tolbert, PhD, chair of Environmental Health at Rollins School of Public Health and deputy director of the HERCULES Center. \u201cThis is a terrific development for the department, the school, the university and our bridge with Georgia Tech and beyond.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe HERCULES Center aims to promote the concept of the human exposome project on both a national and international level and welcomes research outside of Emory and Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInvestigators at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, along with partners at the Georgia Institute of Technology, have received a $4 million grant over four years to establish the HERCULES Center at Emory University (Health and Exposome Research Center: Understanding Lifetime Exposures). 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Clough Commons is topped with a green roof as well as solar panels, and the adjacent Tech Green is home to a 1.4 million gallon cistern that provides water for toilet flushing and landscaping.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Carbon Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory building, part of the North Avenue Research Park Complex, was designated LEED platinum in January. The 42,000-square-foot facility houses offices and labs for research on energy-related solutions such as high-efficiency combustion engines, biomass gasification kinetics, biochemical-enzymatic conversion of biomass materials and capture of carbon dioxide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the west edge of campus, renovations to the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/health.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EStamps Health Services\u003C\/a\u003E building enabled the facility to become LEED certified for Commercial Interiors. Stamps provides for students\u2019 health-related needs, including medical, dental, optical, psychiatric and pharmaceutical.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso on west campus,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/housing.gatech.edu\/reshalls\/reshalls_detail.cfm?BldgID=119\u0022\u003EFitten\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/housing.gatech.edu\/reshalls\/reshalls_detail.cfm?BldgID=117\u0022\u003EFreeman\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/housing.gatech.edu\/reshalls\/reshalls_detail.cfm?BldgID=118\u0022\u003EMontag\u003C\/a\u003E residence hall renovations will receive LEED Gold Certification. This cluster of three dormitories houses undergraduates, primarily freshmen, as well as those students who are part of the pre-health program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech\u2019s four newest LEED-certified buildings join the ranks of six other campus structures that are certified at various levels: the College of Business (silver), Klaus Advanced Computing Building (gold), Old Civil Engineering Building (gold), Zelnak Center (gold), Women\u2019s Softball Complex (gold) and North Avenue Apartments (gold).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther facilities currently under LEED review with the U.S. Green Building Council include the Historic Academy of Medicine, McCamish Pavilion, Ken Byers Tennis Complex and Stephen C. Hall Building. 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Sholl has been appointed as the new chair in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering, effective July 1, 2013. Sholl is currently the Michael E. Tennenbaum Family Chair and the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Energy Sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDavid\u2019s background, experiences and outstanding reputation in fields critical to the school make him ideally suited and well-prepared to lead the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering during the next era,\u201d said Gary S. May, dean of the College of Engineering. \u201cHe is an ideal match for the school\u2019s high aspirations both nationally and internationally. David\u2019s work in energy sustainability is internationally recognized, and he will continue to advance this area as one of our key strategic research initiatives for the school and Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the new chair, Sholl will oversee a school that is ranked in the nation\u2019s top 10 most prominent programs of its kind in both graduate and undergraduate education. The school enrolls more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students and has more than 40 faculty participating in 20 interdisciplinary research centers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur school has a phenomenal group of faculty, students and alumni. I am privileged to have the opportunity to work with all of them to move the school from its current successes to even greater successes in the future,\u201d Sholl said. \u201cOur discipline is in the middle of a renaissance in the U.S., and Georgia Tech is poised to play a key role in technology development and industrial practice as this trend continues.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESholl earned his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the University of Colorado and did postdoctoral research at both Yale University and Pennsylvania State University. Before coming to Georgia Tech, Sholl had been a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University. In January 2008, he joined the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering faculty at Georgia Tech, where he also serves as the associate director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Strategic Energy Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESholl has received numerous awards including an NSF CAREER Award, the DOE Hydrogen Program R\u0026amp;D Award, and an Early Career Achievement Award in Computational Molecular Science and Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He was also an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a Faculty Fellow at the National Energy Technology Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research group has published in the areas of computational materials modeling, porous materials for carbon capture applications, membranes for gas separations and heterogeneous catalysis. Sholl has published more than 220 papers with more than 7,000 citations and has given more than 160 invited conference talks and seminars. He is currently a senior editor for Langmuir, an American Chemical Society journal, and chair of the Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Sholl has served as the research and thesis advisor to more than 80 students at the bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, doctoral and postdoctoral levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe College of Engineering at Georgia Tech is the largest of its kind in the country with more than 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled. The college ranks in the top five in undergraduate and graduate engineering education by U.S. News and World Report.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid S. 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Sholl, the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Energy Sustainability, will assume his new position July 1"}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2013-05-13 11:33:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:16","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"212371":{"id":"212371","type":"image","title":"David Sholl","body":null,"created":"1449180076","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:01:16","changed":"1475894874","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:54","alt":"David Sholl","file":{"fid":"196954","name":"sholl.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sholl_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sholl_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8998,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sholl_0.jpg?itok=3zfpmNtj"}}},"media_ids":["212371"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/?ticket=ST-18567380-6nISHVO19yRJvqxgqpQF-cas1.oit.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Engineering announcement"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/sholl.chbe.gatech.edu\/","title":"Sholl\u0027s Research Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKay Kinard,\u0026nbsp;College of Engineering, \u0026nbsp;404-385-7358\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"212381":{"#nid":"212381","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Foundation Names Alumnus Its Next President","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. (GTF), an external organization responsible for management of the private gifts that provide critical financial support for Institute priorities, has named Al Trujillo as its next president and chief operating officer. A current trustee of GTF and a former chairman of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, Trujillo will assume the leadership position on July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs an alumnus, an astute businessman, and tireless advocate for Georgia Tech, Al is the perfect person to serve as our next president and COO,\u201d said Charlie Moseley who chaired the search committee and currently chairs the GTF\u2019s Board of Trustees. \u201cWe feel very fortunate to have someone with Al\u2019s ability and passion in this role.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTF\u2019s primary function is to manage Georgia Tech\u2019s financial investments, a sizeable endowment used to support everything from student scholarships to strategic growth. Signs of GTF\u2019s impact span the entire campus, with its support of the development of Technology Square and the Campus Recreation Center being among the most noteworthy. More recently, GTF provided support for the Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB) currently under construction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOfficial selection of GTF\u2019s new president occurred last week, following a vote among the 52 elected members of GTF\u2019s Board of Trustees.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am honored to have been selected for this responsibility,\u201d Trujillo said. \u201cI have a deep sense of commitment to Georgia Tech, a school that has provided me with opportunities to excel and the foundation of my educational experience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to GTF and the Alumni Association, Trujillo has served Georgia Tech on a variety of committees and initiatives including the College of Engineering Advisory Board, the Georgia Tech Arts Advisory Board, and the Council of Outstanding Young Engineers. In addition, he most recently served as a member of the search committee for Tech\u2019s athletic director.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech has benefitted from Al Trujillo\u2019s financial wisdom, global perspective, leadership skills, and engagement with the Institute for more than three decades \u2013 in everything from leading the Alumni Association to serving on advisory boards,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson. \u201cIt is a natural next step to have him take the helm of the Georgia Tech Foundation, partnering with business and community leaders and building on the success of one of the best-run university foundations in the nation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETrujillo will succeed John Carter who has led GTF for the past 15 years and given nearly 30 years of service to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAl is the outstanding choice to be the next president of the Foundation,\u201d Carter said. \u201cHe has enjoyed a strong business career, having proven himself an effective leader in myriad circumstances and economic situations. I look forward to supporting his leadership of the Foundation in any way he sees fit in the years to come.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETrujillo also spoke highly of Carter, saying, \u201cIn many ways the Foundation came of age under the leadership of John Carter. I hope to provide the same level of stewardship so Georgia Tech can continue to build upon its reputation as a world-class educational and research institution.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter a successful career in business of over 25 years, Trujillo has concentrated on volunteerism and business consulting in order to assist companies and investment groups with acquisition and operational strategies needed to optimize organizational potential.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUntil 2007, he served as chief executive officer of Recall Corporation and spearheaded the creation of a leading global service organization of more than 5,000 team members, with operations in 23 countries across five continents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETrujillo emigrated from Cuba as an infant and grew up in South Florida. He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1981. He completed his graduate engineering education and MBA at Stanford University. Trujillo and his wife Melba have two daughters, Amanda and Jacqueline. Jacqueline is a computer science major at Georgia Tech and Amanda is a graduate of Clemson.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Foundation promotes higher education in the state of Georgia\u2028 by assisting the Georgia Institute of Technology in its role as a leading educational and research university, primarily through the management of financial donations given for support and enhancement of the Institute. The elected trustees and officers work with Georgia Tech\u0027s president to help identify and provide for the most pressing needs of the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. (GTF), an external organization responsible for management of the private gifts that provide critical financial support for Institute priorities, has named Al Trujillo as its next president and chief operating officer. 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The degree will be provided in collaboration with online education leader Udacity Inc. and AT\u0026amp;T.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003EAll OMS CS course content will be delivered via the massive open online course (MOOC) format, with enhanced support services for students enrolled in the degree program. Those students also will pay a fraction of the cost of traditional on-campus master\u2019s programs; total tuition for the program is initially expected to be below $7,000. A pilot program, partly supported by a generous gift from AT\u0026amp;T, will begin in the next academic year. Initial enrollment will be limited to a few hundred students recruited from AT\u0026amp;T and Georgia Tech corporate affiliates. Enrollment is expected to expand gradually over the next three years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech\u2019s vision is to define the technological research university of the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century. We will explore technologies and instructional approaches that will improve our role as a leading provider of the best and most effective education in the state of Georgia, the nation and the world,\u201d said Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech has been involved in online education for more than 30 years, and in the past year has taken a national leadership role in massive open online courses. Offering a master\u2019s degree in this format is the next step in expanding Georgia Tech\u2019s online offerings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cWe are thrilled to be able to join with Udacity and AT\u0026amp;T in taking this bold next step,\u201d Bras said. \u201cWe are proud of the visionary role of Dean Zvi Galil in the creation of this degree offering from our nationally renowned College of Computing.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cWe are excited to team with Georgia Tech, whose College of Computing offers CS degrees of the very highest caliber. AT\u0026amp;T is a champion for innovation in education, and we are grateful for its vision in supporting this endeavor,\u201d said Udacity founder Sebastian Thrun. \u201cUdacity has been at the forefront of innovation in online pedagogy. We hope our work with Georgia Tech and AT\u0026amp;T will induce transformational change in higher education.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003EThe OMS CS could help address the nation\u2019s growing shortage of qualified workers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, one of the primary reasons AT\u0026amp;T decided to lend its financial support. The company also supports vastly expanding the accessibility and lowering the cost of quality education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u201cBecause of this collaboration, anyone with a broadband connection will have access to some of the finest computer science instruction in the world,\u201d said Randall Stephenson, AT\u0026amp;T chairman and CEO. \u201cWe believe that high-quality and 100 percent online degrees can be on par with degrees received in traditional on-campus settings, and that this program could be a blueprint for helping the United States address the shortage of people with STEM degrees, as well as exponentially expand access to computer science education for students around the world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003ESaid U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan: \u201cMassive open online courses (MOOCs) have quickly become one of the most significant catalysts of innovation in higher education. As parents know all too well, America urgently needs new ideas about how to make higher education accessible and affordable. This new collaboration between Georgia Tech, AT\u0026amp;T and Udacity, and the application of the MOOC concept to advanced-degree programs, will further the national debate\u2014pushing from conversations about technology to new models of instruction and new linkages between higher education and employers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003EWhile courses related to the OMS CS will be available free of charge on the Udacity site, only those students granted admission to Georgia Tech will receive credit. Degree-seeking students will pay tuition based either on individual courses or the entire degree program. Georgia Tech and Udacity also will develop a separate credential for those students who successfully complete courses but do not qualify for full graduate standing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u201cThe OMS CS will set a new agenda for higher education\u2014real, rigorous and marketable graduate education in computer science will now be available to tens, even hundreds of thousands of additional students around the world,\u201d said Zvi Galil, John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech. \u201cComputing is \u003Cem\u003Ethe\u003C\/em\u003E catalytic field of the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century. Now we could potentially double the number of trained computing professionals worldwide in as little as a decade.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003EAdditional details on the Georgia Tech OMS CS can be found at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.omscs.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.omscs.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the world\u0027s premier research universities. Ranked seventh among U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s top public universities, the Institute enrolls 21,500 students within its six colleges. Georgia Tech is a national and international leader in scientific and technological research and education and is the nation\u0027s leading producer of engineers as well as a leading producer of female and minority engineering Ph.D. graduates. Holding more than 848 patents and receiving approximately $689 million in research and development expenditures, Georgia Tech ranks among the nation\u0027s top ten universities (without a medical school) in research expenditures. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Tech College of Computing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Computing is a national leader in the creation of real-world computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress. With its graduate program ranked 10th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, the College\u2019s unconventional approach to education is defining the new face of computing by expanding the horizons of traditional computer science students through interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on human-centered solutions. For more information about the Georgia Tech College of Computing, its academic divisions and research centers, visit \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ehttp:\/\/\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ewww.cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Udacity\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EUdacity is a Silicon Valley-based start-up that brings accessible, engaging and effective higher education to the world. We believe that higher education is a basic human right, and we seek to empower our students to develop their skills in order to advance their education and careers. Udacity has been at the forefront of developing new online pedagogy that bridges education and employable skills with courses in computer science, mathematics, programming, general sciences, and entrepreneurship at\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.udacity.com\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ewww.udacity.com\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout AT\u0026amp;T\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAT\u0026amp;T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.att.com\/corporateawards\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Eone of the most honored companies in the world\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E. Its subsidiaries and affiliates \u2013 AT\u0026amp;T operating companies \u2013 are the providers of AT\u0026amp;T services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation\u2019s largest 4G network, AT\u0026amp;T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT\u0026amp;T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT\u0026amp;T U-verse\u00ae and AT\u0026amp;T |DIRECTV brands. The company\u2019s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAdditional information about AT\u0026amp;T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT\u0026amp;T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.att.com\/aboutus\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.att.com\/aboutus\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E or follow our news on\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/us\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E@ATT\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, on Facebook at\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/att\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/att\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E and YouTube at\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/att\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/at\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/att\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Et\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022normal\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing will offer the first professional Online Master of Science degree in computer science (OMS CS) that can be earned completely through the \u201cmassive online\u201d format. 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P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson has convened a task force to begin meeting next month that will review the current state of mental health services on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Mental Health Task Force, which will be chaired by Associate Vice President Lynn Durham, comes partly in response to recent concerns expressed by student leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBoth the undergraduate and graduate Student Government Associations advocated for the formation of a task force,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cThis group will review our current efforts to increase awareness and prevention of mental health issues, as well as potential causes and responses when mental illness or extreme emotional stress are suspected. We want to ensure that Tech is a place where students can continue to thrive and solve the challenges of the 21st century.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a white paper submitted to the president last month, students identified academics, student life and finances as a few areas of concern for mental health on campus.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe group will meet several times during the summer and includes representatives from the faculty, administration and student body:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames Black\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 former president, Graduate Student Government Association\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESusan Cozzens\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShannon Croft\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Psychiatrist, Student Health Services\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDan Morrison\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Director, Housing, Residence Life\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer Mullins\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Assistant Director, Scholarships and Financial Aid\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERuperto Perez\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Director, Counseling Center\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENick Picon\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 President, Undergraduate Student Government Association\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EColin Potts\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESangita Sharma\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 President, ANAK Society\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Stein\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 Dean of Students\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EArren Washington\u003C\/strong\u003E \u2014 President, Graduate Student Government Association\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent, faculty and staff representatives will assess mental health services on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Student, faculty and staff representatives will assess mental health services on campus."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-05-14 15:21:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:16","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gatech.edu\/president","title":"Office of the President"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10343","name":"mental health"},{"id":"66301","name":"office of the president"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"},{"id":"166847","name":"students"}],"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:lynn.durham@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELynn Durham\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of the President\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"213621":{"#nid":"213621","#data":{"type":"news","title":"RNA Was Capable of Catalyzing Electron Transfer on Early Earth with Iron\u2019s Help, Study Shows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study shows that RNA is capable of catalyzing electron transfer under conditions similar to those of the early Earth. Because electron transfer, the moving of an electron from one chemical species to another, is involved in many biological processes \u2013 including photosynthesis, respiration and the reduction of RNA to DNA \u2013 the study\u2019s findings suggest that complex biochemical transformations may have been possible when life began.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere is considerable evidence that the evolution of life passed through an early stage when RNA played a more central role, before DNA and coded proteins appeared. During that time, more than 3 billion years ago, the environment lacked oxygen but had an abundance of soluble iron.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur study shows that when RNA teams up with iron in an oxygen-free environment, RNA displays the powerful ability to catalyze single electron transfer, a process involved in the most sophisticated biochemistry, yet previously uncharacterized for RNA,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ww2.chemistry.gatech.edu\/~williams\/\u0022\u003ELoren Williams\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe results of the study were published online on May 19, 2013, in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Chemistry\u003C\/em\u003E. The study was sponsored by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, which established the Center for Ribosomal Origins and Evolution (Ribo Evo) at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFree oxygen gas was almost nonexistent in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere more than 3 billion years ago. When free oxygen began entering the environment as a product of photosynthesis, it turned the earth\u2019s iron to rust, forming massive banded iron formations that are still mined today. The free oxygen produced by advanced organisms caused iron to be toxic, even though it was \u2013 and still is \u2013 a requirement for life. Williams believes the environmental transition caused a slow shift from the use of iron to magnesium for RNA binding, folding and catalysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWilliams and Georgia Tech School of Chemistry and Biochemistry postdoctoral fellow Chiaolong Hsiao used a standard peroxidase assay to detect electron transfer in solutions of RNA and either the iron ion, Fe2+, or magnesium ion, Mg2+. For 10 different types of RNA, the researchers observed catalysis of single electron transfer in the presence of iron and absence of oxygen. They found that two of the most abundant and ancient types of RNA, the 23S ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA, catalyzed electron transfer more efficiently than other types of RNA. However, none of the RNA and magnesium solutions catalyzed single electron transfer in the oxygen-free environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur findings suggest that the catalytic competence of RNA may have been greater in early Earth conditions than in present conditions, and our experiments may have revived a latent function of RNA,\u201d added Williams, who is also director of the Ribo Evo Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis new study expands on research published in May 2012 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EPLoS ONE\u003C\/em\u003E. In the previous work, Williams led a team that used experiments and numerical calculations to show that iron, in the absence of oxygen, could substitute for magnesium in RNA binding, folding and catalysis. The researchers found that RNA\u2019s shape and folding structure remained the same and its functional activity increased when magnesium was replaced by iron in an oxygen-free environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn future studies, the researchers plan to investigate whether other unique functions may have been conferred on RNA through interaction with a variety of metals available on the early Earth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Williams and Hsiao, Georgia Tech School of Biology professors Roger Wartell and Stephen Harvey, and Georgia Tech School of Chemistry and Biochemistry professor Nicholas Hud, also contributed to this work as co-principal investigators in the Ribo Evo Center at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work was supported by NASA (Award No. NNA09DA78A). The content is solely the responsibility of the principal investigators and does not necessarily represent the official views of NASA.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Chiaolong Hsiao, et al., \u201cRNA with iron(II) as a cofactor catalyses electron transfer,\u201d (Nature Chemistry, 2013). \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/nchem.1649\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/nchem.1649\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Abby Robinson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth. 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Among the principles is building tunnel environments that assist in moving around by limiting slips and falls, and by reducing the need for complex neural processing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the study\u2019s surprises was the first observation that ants in confined spaces use their antennae for locomotion as well as for sensing the environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur hypothesis is that the ants are creating their environment in just the right way to allow them to move up and down rapidly with a minimal amount of neural control,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/daniel-goldman\u0022\u003EDaniel Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and one of the paper\u2019s co-authors. \u201cThe environment allows the ants to make missteps and not suffer for them. These ants can teach us some remarkably effective tricks for maneuvering in subterranean environments.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was reported May 20 in the early edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E. The work was sponsored by the National Science Foundation\u2019s Physics of Living Systems program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a series of studies carried out by graduate research assistant Nick Gravish, groups of fire ants (\u003Cem\u003ESolenopsis invicta\u003C\/em\u003E) were placed into tubes of soil and allowed to dig tunnels for 20 hours. To simulate a range of environmental conditions, Gravish and postdoctoral fellow Daria Monaenkova varied the size of the soil particles from 50 microns on up to 600 microns, and also altered the moisture content from 1 to 20 percent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the variations in particle size and moisture content did produce changes in the volume of tunnels produced and the depth that the ants dug, the diameters of the tunnels remained constant \u2013 and comparable to the length of the creatures\u2019 own bodies: about 3.5 millimeters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIndependent of whether the soil particles were as large as the animals\u2019 heads or whether they were fine powder, or whether the soil was damp or contained very little moisture, the tunnel size was always the same within a tight range,\u201d said Goldman. \u201cThe size of the tunnels appears to be a design principle used by the ants, something that they were controlling for.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGravish believes such a scaling effect allows the ants to make best use of their antennae, limbs and body to rapidly ascend and descend in the tunnels by interacting with the walls and limiting the range of possible missteps.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn these subterranean environments where their leg motions are certainly hindered, we see that the speeds at which these ants can run are the same,\u201d he said. \u201cThe tunnel size seems to have little, if any, effect on locomotion as defined by speed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers used X-ray computed tomography to study tunnels the ants built in the test chambers, gathering 168 observations. They also used video tracking equipment to collect data on ants moving through tunnels made between two clear plates \u2013 much like \u201cant farms\u201d sold for children \u2013 and through a maze of glass tubes of differing diameters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe maze was mounted on an air piston that was periodically fired, dropping the maze with a force of as much as 27 times that of gravity. The sudden movement caused about half of the ants in the tubes to lose their footing and begin to fall. That led to one of the study\u2019s most surprising findings: the creatures used their antennae to help grab onto the tube walls as they fell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA lot of us who have studied social insects for a long time have never seen antennae used in that way,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/michael-goodisman\u0022\u003EMichael Goodisman\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E and one of the paper\u2019s other co-authors. \u201cIt\u2019s incredible that they catch themselves with their antennae. This is an adaptive behavior that we never would have expected.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy analyzing ants falling in the glass tubes, the researchers determined that the tube diameter played a key role in whether the animals could arrest their fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn future studies, the researchers plan to explore how the ants excavate their tunnel networks, which involves moving massive amounts of soil. That soil is the source of the large mounds for which fire ants are known.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the research focused on understanding the principles behind how ants move in confined spaces, the results could have implications for future teams of small robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe problems that the ants face are the same kinds of problems that a digging robot working in a confined space would potentially face \u2013 the need for rapid movement, stability and safety \u2013 all with limited sensing and brain power,\u201d said Goodisman. \u201cIf we want to build machines that dig, we can build in controls like these ants have.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhy use fire ants for studying underground locomotion?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese animals dig virtually non-stop, and they are good, repeatable study subjects,\u201d Goodisman explained. \u201cAnd they are very convenient for us to study. We can go outside the laboratory door and collect them virtually anywhere.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe research described here has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant POLS 095765, and by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. 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The study also found that the fundamental biochemical processes needed for life could have been enabled by the simple physics of protein folding. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudying a set of artificial proteins and comparing them to natural proteins, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have concluded that there may be no more than about 500 unique protein pocket configurations that serve as binding sites for small molecule ligands. Therefore, the likelihood that a molecule intended for one protein target will also bind with an unintended target is significant, said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/jeffrey-skolnick\u0022\u003EJeffrey Skolnick\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur study provides a rationalization for why a lot of drugs have significant side effects \u2013 because that is intrinsic to the process,\u201d said Skolnick. \u201cThere are only a relatively small number of different ligand binding pockets. The likelihood of having geometry in an amino acid composition that will bind the same ligand turns out to be much higher than anyone would have anticipated. This means that the idea that a small molecule could have just one protein target can\u2019t be supported.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch on the binding pockets was published May 20 in the early edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESkolnick and collaborator Mu Gao have been studying the effects of physics on the activity of protein binding, and contrasting the original conditions created by the folding of amino acid residues against the role played by evolution in optimizing the process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe basic physics of the system provides the mechanism for molecules to bind to proteins,\u201d said Skolnick, who is director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cssb.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for the Study of Systems Biology\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech. \u201cYou don\u2019t need evolution to have a system that works on at least a low level. In other words, proteins are inherently capable of engaging in biochemical function without evolution\u2019s selection. Beyond unintended drug effects, this has a lot of implications for the biochemical component of the origins of life.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBinding pockets on proteins are formed by the underlying secondary structure of the amino acids, which is directed by hydrogen bonding in the chemistry. That allows formation of similar pockets on many different proteins, even those that are not directly related to one another.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou could have the same or very similar pockets on the same protein, the same pockets on similar proteins, and the same pockets on completely dissimilar proteins that have no evolutionary relationship. In proteins that are related evolutionarily or that have similar structures, you could have very dissimilar pockets,\u201d said Skolnick, who is also a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar. \u201cThis helps explain why we see unintended effects of drugs, and opens up a new paradigm for how one has to think about discovering drugs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe implications of this \u201cbiochemical noise\u201d for the drug discovery process could be significant. To counter the impact of unintended effects, drug developers will need to know more about the available pockets so they can avoid affecting binding locations that are also located on proteins critical to life processes. If the inevitable unintended binding takes place on less critical proteins, the side effects may be less severe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, drug development could also move to a higher level, examining the switches that modulate the activity of proteins beyond binding sites. That may require a different approach to drug development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe strategy for minimizing side effects and maximizing positive effects may have to operate at a higher level,\u201d Skolnick said. \u201cYou are never going to be able to design unintended binding effects away. But you can minimize the undesirable effects to some extent.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn their study, Skolnick and Gao used computer simulations to produce a series of artificial proteins that were folded according the laws of physics, but not optimized for function. Using an algorithm that compares pairs of pockets and assesses the statistical significance of their structural overlap, they analyzed the similarity between the binding pockets in the artificial proteins and the pockets on a series of native proteins. The artificial pockets all had corresponding pockets on the natural proteins, suggesting that the simple physics of folding has been a major factor in development of the pockets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is how life, at least the biochemistry of life, could have gotten started,\u201d said Skolnick. \u201cEvolution would have optimized the functions, but you don\u2019t need that to get started at a low level of efficiency. If you had a soup of our artificial proteins, even with no selection you could at least do low-level biochemistry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough the basic biochemistry of life was made possible by simple physics, optimizing the binding process to allow the efficiencies seen in modern organisms would have required evolutionary selection.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is the first time that it has been shown that side effects of drugs are an inherent, fundamental property of proteins rather than a property that can be controlled for in the design,\u201d Skolnick added. \u201cThe physics involved is more important than had been generally appreciated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch reported in this news release was supported by the Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number GM48835. 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J. Brandon Dixon, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled \u201cLymphatic on a chip as a model for lymphatic filariasis (LF) parasites.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGrand Challenges Explorations (GCE) funds individuals worldwide to explore ideas that can break the mold in how we solve persistent global health and development challenges. Dixon\u2019s project is one of the Grand Challenges Explorations Round 10 grants announced May 21 by the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo receive funding, Dixon and other Grand Challenges Explorations Round 10 winners demonstrated in a two-page online application a bold idea in one of four critical global heath and development topic areas that included agriculture development, neglected tropical diseases and communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe grant will fund development of a tissue-engineered model of the human lymphatic system that will support laboratory research into lymphatic filariasis, a parasitic disease known to cause elephantiasis. According to the World Health Organization, the mosquito-borne disease affects more than 120 million persons in tropical areas of the world, and can cause severe disfigurement. The parasitic worms that cause lymphatic filariasis are difficult to study because the most common species of the parasite can survive only in humans. While less common species can be maintained in felines or gerbils, they are challenging to culture long-term outside the host. The model that Dixon plans to develop would use human cells housed within fabricated microfluidic devices to closely simulate the environment where the adult worms live within their hosts, allowing the parasites to be studied longer term in vitro.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe would use this human lymphatic environment on a microfluidic chip to study the progression of the disease and the communication between the host and the parasite,\u201d explained Dixon, who is also a member of Georgia Tech\u2019s Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience. \u201cWe could also scale this up to evaluate new pharmaceutical compounds that could potentially target the worm.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe microfluidic system will include human lymphatic endothelial cells, which are the primary cell type in contact with the worms in the body. Researchers will also include human dermal fibroblasts \u2013 an important cell type in the skin where the mosquito first delivers the parasitic infection \u2013 and the immune cells that fight infection long-term. Beyond creating the cellular environment needed to support the worms, the researchers will also design a matrix to house the living cells, determine which hormones and nutrients are needed, and establish appropriate fluid flow rates for the microfluidic devices to recreate the hydrodynamic forces the worms encounter in the body. The devices will be integrated into an optical platform that would allow researchers to quantify the activity of the worms over extended periods of time using automated image analysis algorithms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond studying lymphatic filariasis, Dixon believes a lymphatic system on a chip could ultimately support broader areas of research into disorders of this bodily system. The human lymphatic system has historically been underappreciated and is challenging to study because it is difficult to image, the vessels involved are small and the flow rates are very low compared to blood vasculature.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Grand Challenges Explorations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGrand Challenges Explorations is a $100 million initiative funded by the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. Launched in 2008, over 800 people in more than 50 countries have received Grand Challenges Explorations grants. The grant program is open to anyone from any discipline and from any organization. The initiative uses an agile, accelerated grant-making process with short two-page online applications and no preliminary data required. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded two times a year. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has won a Grand Challenges Explorations Grant from the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.\u0026nbsp; J. Brandon Dixon, assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s George W. 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About a millimeter in overall size, the droplets are produced individually, their shapes maintained by a surrounding springy material made of polymers. Droplets in this toroidal shape made of a liquid crystal \u2013 the same type of material used in laptop displays \u2013 may have properties very different from those of spherical droplets made from the same material.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology don\u2019t have a specific application for the doughnut-shaped droplets yet, they believe the novel structures offer opportunities to study many interesting problems, from looking at the properties of ordered materials within these confined spaces to studying how geometry affects how cells behave.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur experiments provide a fresh approach to the way that people have been looking at these kinds of problems, which is mainly theoretical. We are doing experiments with toroids whose geometry can be precisely controlled in the lab,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/alberto-fernandez-nieves\u0022\u003EAlberto Fernandez-Nieves\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThis work opens up a new way to experimentally look at problems that nobody has been able to study before. The properties of toroidal surfaces are very different, from a general point of view, from those of spherical surfaces.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDevelopment of these \u201cstable nematic droplets with handles\u201d was described May 20 in the early edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E (PNAS). The research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and also involves researchers at the Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics at Leiden University in The Netherlands and at York University in the United Kingdom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDroplets normally form spherical shapes to minimize the surface area required to contain a given volume of liquid. Though they appear to be simple, when an ordered material like a crystal or a liquid crystal lives on the surface of a sphere, it provides interesting challenges to mathematicians and theoretical physicists.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA physicist who focuses on soft condensed matter, Fernandez-Nieves had long been interested in the theoretical aspects of curved surfaces. Working with graduate research assistant Ekapop Pairam and postdoctoral fellow Jayalakshmi Vallamkondu, he wanted to extend the theoretical studies into the experimental world for a system of toroidal shapes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut could doughnut-shaped droplets be made in the lab?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe partial answer came from churros Fernandez-Nieves ate as a child growing up in Spain. These \u201cSpanish doughnuts\u201d \u2013 actually spirals \u2013 are made by injecting dough into hot oil while the dough is spun and fried.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the lab at a much smaller size scale, the researchers found they could use a similar process with two immiscible liquids such as glycerine or water and oil, a needle and a magnetically-controlled rotating stage. A droplet of glycerine is injected into the rotating stage containing the oil. In certain conditions, a jet forms at the needle, which closes up into a torus because of the imposed rotation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can control the two relevant curvatures of the torus,\u201d explained Fernandez-Nieves. \u201cYou can control how large it is because you can move the needle with respect to the rotation axis. You can also infuse more volume to make the torus thicker.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf the stage is then turned off, however, the drop of glycerine quickly loses its doughnut shape as surface tension forces it to become a traditional spherical droplet. To maintain the toroidal shape, Fernandez-Nieves and his collaborators replace the surrounding oil with a springy polymeric material; the springy character of this material provides a force that can overcome surface tension forces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen you are making the toroid, the forces on the needle are large enough that the surrounding material behaves as a fluid,\u201d he explained.\u0026nbsp; \u201cOnce you stop, the elasticity of the outside fluid overcomes surface tension and that freezes the structure in place.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have been using the doughnut shapes to study how liquid crystal materials, which are well known for their applications in laptop displays, organize inside the torus. These materials have degrees of order beyond those of simple liquids such as water. For these materials, the toroidal shape provides a new set of study opportunities from both theoretical and experimental perspectives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis changes how you think about a liquid inside a container,\u201d said Fernandez-Nieves. \u201cThe materials will still adopt the shape of the container, but its energy will be different depending on the shape. The materials feel distortions and will try to minimize them. In a given shape, the molecules in these materials will rearrange themselves to minimize these distortions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the surprises is that the nematic droplets created with toroidal shapes become chiral, that is, they adopt a certain twisting direction and break their mirror symmetry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn our case, the materials we are using are not chiral under normal circumstances,\u201d he noted. \u201cThis was a surprise to us, and it has to do with how we are confining the molecules.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond looking at the dynamics of creating the droplets and how ordered materials behave when the torus transforms into a sphere, Fernandez-Nieves and colleagues are also exploring potential biological applications, applying electrical fields to the droplets, and sharing the unique structures with scientists at other institutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is the first time that stable nematic droplets have been generated with handles, and we have exploited that to look at the nematic organization inside those spaces,\u201d said Fernandez-Nieves. \u201cOur experiments open up a versatile new approach for generating handled droplets made of an ordered material that can self-assemble into interesting and unexpected structures when confined to these non-spherical spaces. Now that theoreticians realize we can generate and study these systems, there may be much more development in this area.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the paper\u2019s authors included V. Koning, B.C. van Zuiden and V. Vitelli from Leiden University, M.A. Bates from the University of York in the United Kingdom, and P.W. Ellis from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe research described here has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation under CAREER award DMR-0847304. The findings and conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: E. 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That\u2019s what happened on April 24 when Georgia Institute of Technology President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson co-hosted \u201cA Conversation Among Presidents\u201d at the Historic Academy of Medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeterson and his peers from Agnes Scott College, Emory University, Morehouse College and Spellman College came together for a discussion on compassion. The topic was chosen in response to Georgia Tech\u2019s 2012 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage honoree, renowned epidemiologist Dr. William Foege, as well as \u003Cem\u003EThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, \u003C\/em\u003Ethe freshman reading assignment at Agnes Scott.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ethics and compassion cannot be separated from science and technology. The driving force behind the discoveries in science and the applications in engineering and technology is the need to improve the human condition,\u0022 said Peterson. \u0022The challenge, and the commitment needed, is to do the right thing, regardless.\u0026nbsp; Ethics has been compared to tennis - either it is in or it is out.\u0026nbsp;While there are many hard decisions along the way about which choice is the most ethical, a good leader\u2019s decision should never be whether or not to remain ethical.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EScheller College of Business Professor Bill Todd moderated the event, which also included discussions about science, race, ethics, social courage and the importance of social compassion in every campus culture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPerhaps a lack of courage stems from a lack of compassion,\u201d said Todd.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event was open to students, faculty, staff and parents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis was such an awesome and incredible event,\u201d said Eran Mordel, past president of Georgia Tech\u2019s Student Government Association. \u201cIt\u2019s very rare that you have five intelligent, creative and knowledgeable education leaders in one room, on one stage. The conversation was captivating, and I was inspired by so many statements made by the presidents.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll five presidents agreed that compassion is a quality they are working to successfully incorporate into their respective campus cultures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Vett Vandiver, Institute Communications Student Assistant\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech hosts discussion among five university presidents"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech hosts event featuring five university presidents."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2013-04-30 16:25:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:12","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"63101","name":"presidents"}],"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 \/\u003EMedia Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"211211":{"#nid":"211211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ATDC Wins Honors from Forbes \u2013 Again","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EForbes\u003C\/em\u003E magazine has named the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech as one of the \u201cBusiness Incubators Changing the World.\u201d The magazine worked with CB insights, a New York firm that tracks funding trends, to identify a dozen \u201cespecially crackling innovations hubs\u201d from among more than 300 candidates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis national recognition of the impact ATDC is having is a credit to our entrepreneurs,\u0022 said Blake Patton, ATDC\u2019s interim general manager. \u201cOur company founders are building innovative tech enterprises that are solving big problems. Their ingenuity and drive have helped us create a unique environment that accelerates a startup\u0027s success.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn its description of ATDC, \u003Cem\u003EForbes\u003C\/em\u003E noted that since 1980, the center has launched more than 120 companies that have collectively raised more than $1 billion in outside financing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EATDC was the only incubator in the Southeast to make the \u003Cem\u003EForbes\u003C\/em\u003E list. Others selected were Y Combinator (Mountain View, Calif.), Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives (Worchester, Mass.), Houston Technology Center, Palo Alto Research Center, Technology Innovation Center (Evanston, Ill.), The Icehouse (Auckland, New Zealand), the Research Park at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MGE innovation Center (Madison, Wis.), the Environmental Business Cluster (San Jose, Calif.), Seedcamp, (London, UK) and Dreamit Ventures (Philadelphia).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2010, \u003Cem\u003EForbes\u003C\/em\u003E named ATDC to its list of the\u201c10 technology incubators that are changing the world.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EForbes magazine has named the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech as one of the \u201cBusiness Incubators Changing the World.\u201d\u0026nbsp; The magazine worked with CB insights, a New York firm that tracks funding trends, to identify a dozen \u201cespecially crackling innovations hubs\u201d from among more than 300 candidates.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ATDC, Georgia Tech\u0027s technology incubator, has won recognition again from Forbes Magazine."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2013-05-03 09:27:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:12","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9193","name":"accelerator"},{"id":"4238","name":"atdc"},{"id":"4239","name":"incubator"}],"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\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404-894-6986)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"211741":{"#nid":"211741","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mechanical Engineering Professor Named Jefferson Science Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/colton\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJonathan Colton\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.id.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Industrial Design\u003C\/a\u003E, was recently named one of thirteen\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/PGA\/Jefferson\/index.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJefferson Science Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for the upcoming academic year of 2013-2014. Established in 2003, this is the tenth class of fellows selected as an initiative of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.state.gov\/e\/stas\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOffice of Science and Technology Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State\u003C\/a\u003E. The Jefferson Science Fellows program is designed to further build capacity for science, technology, and engineering expertise within the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.state.gov\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EU.S. Department of State\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)\u003C\/a\u003E. Colton will begin his assignment in August 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Jefferson Science Fellowship is open to tenured, or similarly ranked, academic scientists, engineers, and physicians from U.S. institutions of higher learning, who are U.S. citizens. Each Fellow will spend one year at the U.S. Department of State or USAID for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C. that may also involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies and\/or missions. Following the fellowship year, the Jefferson Science Fellow will return to his academic career, but will remain available to the U.S. Department of State and USAID for projects over the subsequent five years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am looking forward to this exciting opportunity to work with the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development on their important missions around the world.\u0026nbsp; This is a wonderful chance for Georgia Tech and me to contribute to the service of our Nation,\u0022 Colton said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EColton is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the Society of Plastics Engineers. His\u0026nbsp;research interests include polymer and polymer composites processing, design, manufacturing, and humanitarian design and engineering. Colton obtained his S.B., S.M., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, prior to joining Georgia Tech\u2019s faculty in 1985.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELearn about all of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/PGA\/Jefferson\/PGA_083024\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E2013-2014 Jefferson Science Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/colton\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJonathan Colton\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.id.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Industrial Design\u003C\/a\u003E, was recently named one of thirteen\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/PGA\/Jefferson\/index.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJefferson Science Fellows\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for the upcoming academic year of 2013-2014.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jonathan Colton, professor of mechanical engineering and industrial design, was recently named one of thirteen Jefferson Science Fellows for the upcoming academic year of 2013-2014."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2013-05-07 14:58:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:12","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72065":{"id":"72065","type":"image","title":"Jonathan Colton","body":null,"created":"1449177434","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:14","changed":"1475894649","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:09","alt":"Jonathan Colton","file":{"fid":"193631","name":"colton.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/colton_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/colton_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5233624,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/colton_0.jpg?itok=Y-rRbvgs"}}},"media_ids":["72065"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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=\u0022melissa.zbeeb@me.gatech.edu%20\u0022\u003EMelissa Zbeeb\u003C\/a\u003E, Woodruff School Communications Manager, 404-385-1016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["melissa.zbeeb@me.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"211731":{"#nid":"211731","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Biomaterial Shows Promise for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes, which affects about 3 million Americans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech engineers and Emory University clinicians have successfully engrafted insulin-producing cells into a diabetic mouse model, reversing diabetic symptoms in the animal in as little as 10 days.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team engineered a biomaterial to protect the cluster of insulin-producing cells \u2013 donor pancreatic islets \u2013 during injection. The material also contains proteins to foster blood vessel formation that allow the cells to successfully graft, survive and function within the body.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s very promising,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/garcia\u0022\u003EAndr\u00e9s\u0026nbsp;Garcia\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech professor of mechanical engineering. \u201cThere is a lot of excitement because not only can we get the islets to survive and function, but we can also cure diabetes with fewer islets than are normally needed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0142961213002949\u0022\u003Eresearch article\u003C\/a\u003E \u2013 a partnership with Emory\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=46\u0022\u003EDr. Robert Taylor\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/peter-thule\u0022\u003EDr. Peter Thule\u003C\/a\u003E that was funded in part by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/jdrf.org\/\u0022\u003EJDRF\u003C\/a\u003E, the leading global organization funding Type 1 diabetes research \u2013 will be published in the June issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003EBiomaterials\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrganizations such as JDRF\u0026nbsp;are dedicated to finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes, a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that allows the transport of sugar and other nutrients into tissues where they are converted to energy needed for daily life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPancreatic islet transplantation re-emerged as a promising therapy in the late 1990s. Patients with diabetes typically find it difficult to comply with multiple daily insulin injections, which only partially improve long-term outcomes. Successful islet transplantation would remove the need for patients to administer insulin. While islet transplantation trials have had some success, and control of glucose levels is often improved, diabetic symptoms have returned in most patients and they have had to revert to using some insulin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnsuccessful transplants can be attributed to several factors, researchers say. The current technique of injecting islets directly into the blood vessels in the liver causes approximately half of the cells to die due to exposure to blood clotting reactions. Also, the islets \u2013 metabolically active cells that require significant blood flow \u2013 have problems hooking up to blood vessels once in the body and die off over time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and Emory researchers engineered a hydrogel, a material compatible with biological tissues that is a promising therapeutic delivery vehicle. This water-swollen, cross-linked polymer surrounds the insulin-producing cells and protects them during injection. The hydrogel containing the islets was delivered to a new injection site on the outside of the small intestine, thus avoiding direct injection into the blood stream.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce in the body, the hydrogel degrades in a controlled fashion to release a growth factor protein that promotes blood vessel formation and connection of the transplanted islets to these new vessels. In the study, the blood vessels effectively grew into the biomaterial and successfully connected to the insulin-producing cells.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFour weeks after the transplantation, diabetic mice treated with the hydrogel had normal glucose levels, and the delivered islets were alive and vascularized to the same extent as islets in a healthy mouse pancreas. The technique also required fewer islets than previous transplantation attempts, which may allow doctors to treat more patients with limited donor samples. Currently, donor cells from two to three cadavers are needed for one patient.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the new biomaterial and injection technique is promising, the study used genetically identical mice and therefore did not address immune rejection issues common to human applications. The research team has funding from JDRF to study whether an immune barrier they created will allow the cells to be accepted in genetically different mice models. If successful, the trials could move to larger animals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cWe broke up our strategy into two steps,\u201d said Garcia, a member of Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWe have shown that when delivered in the material we engineered, the islets will survive and graft. Now we must address immune acceptance issues.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost people with Type 1 diabetes currently manage their blood glucose levels with multiple daily insulin injections or by using an insulin pump. But insulin therapy has limitations. It requires careful measurement of blood glucose levels, accurate dosage calculations and regular compliance to be effective.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis work was also funded by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/regenerativeengineeringandmedicine.com\/\u0022\u003ERegenerative Engineering and Medicine Center at Georgia Tech and Emory\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.actsi.org\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Clinical and Translation Science Institute \u003C\/a\u003Eunder PHS grant UL RR025008 from the Clinical and Translational Science Award Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cphti.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Pediatric Healthcare Technology Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.research.va.gov\/services\/blrd\/merit_review.cfm\u0022\u003Ethe\u0026nbsp;Department of Veterans Affairs Merit Review Program\u003C\/a\u003E and the\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/\u0022\u003E National Institutes of Health\u2019s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases\u003C\/a\u003E (Grant R01 DK076801-01) helped fund the project as well.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION: \u003C\/strong\u003EEdward A. Phelps, Devon M. Headen, W. Robert Taylor, Peter M. Thule and Andr\u00e9s J.\u0026nbsp;Garcia. 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By 2030 the world will require 50 percent more energy than we use today. At the same time the cost of miles per gallon (MPG) will increase.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the world\u2019s population continues to grow and becomes wealthier, travel is likely to increase, thus increasing the cost of MPG.\u0026nbsp;The innovation can focus on one mode of passenger transportation from road, rail, water or air, or a combination of each.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe winning U.S. team will join winning teams from the UK and Trinidad \u0026amp; Tobago in July to take part in a unique international two- week field trip at BP operational hubs for North Sea oil \u0026amp; gas exploration and production in Norway and the Shetland Islands north of Scotland. This allows the opportunity for students to work in diverse teams with the winners from each of the national competitions.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech team is a U.S. finalist in an international student competition run by BP. 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To prevent injuries to soldiers and provide better care to those who are injured, the U.S. military is striving to better understand how blasts impact the human body.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2011, the Army\u2019s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) approached the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) as part of the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center (IAC) program to develop a system that measures the physical environment of an explosion and collects data that can be used to correlate what the soldier experienced with long-term medical outcomes, especially traumatic brain injury.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe solution: the Integrated Blast Effect Sensor Suite (IBESS). IBESS is the first system to acquire integrated, time-tagged data during an explosive event \u2013 whether soldiers are on the ground or riding in a vehicle \u2013 and can later help recreate a holistic picture of what happened.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESystem of systems\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are two parts to a blast: a shock wave that travels at supersonic speed, and compressed air, which travels in front of the shock wave. Both can cause considerable damage to the human body, but the exact effects are unclear.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNo one knows to what extent overpressure or acceleration causes injuries,\u201d said Marty Broadwell, a principal research scientist at GTRI who manages the institute\u2019s projects with REF. \u201cNor do we know how quickly an injury will show up, how long it will last or which soldiers are more resistant to harm than others. The only way to understand the impact of a blast is to collect data, which is precisely what IBESS does.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow it works\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIBESS features two major subsystems: a unit worn by the soldier and a vehicle sensor suite. The soldier system is contained in a canvas pouch, which attaches to a soldier\u2019s armor between his or her shoulder blades. A recorder in the pouch connects to four pressure sensors, two on the back and two on straps that hang over the front of the shoulders. Because these sensors face different quadrants, the unit captures directionality and more information than previous blast gauges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSoldiers already carry considerable gear, so reducing the weight of the body unit and power consumption of its batteries drove many design decisions,\u201d said Brian Liu, a GTRI research engineer who served as technical lead on the project. For example, the recorder in the soldier body unit remains in sleep mode until pressure or shock waves hit a certain threshold, causing it to wake and begin recording data.\u0026nbsp; This allows the system to have longer battery life and remain relatively transparent to the wearer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe vehicle system serves a dual purpose: It records blast events that affect the vehicle, but also interacts and automatically links with the soldier system. When a soldier enters a vehicle, a base station installed in seats transmits RFID signals. If the soldier system has stored any data, these signals initiate a Bluetooth connection that enables two-way communication and data transfer. This semi-passive RFID technology is proximity based; transmission and reception occur only at very close range, so IBESS can identify a soldier\u2019s precise location in the vehicle.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESensors are also installed on the vehicle\u2019s interior frame and seats. If an explosion or rollover occurs, these sensors collect linear acceleration and angular rotation data. The soldier system also wakes up and begins to record and transmit data. A single board computer aggregates data from both the vehicle and soldier systems and then passes it on to a rugged black box for final storage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIBESS is specifically designed to withstand tremendous forces of an IED explosion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Materials, mounting strategies and mechanical isolation strategies have been used to ensure the devices successfully capture data in \u2018survivable\u2019 events,\u201d Liu explained. \u201cWe first conducted research on what kinds of magnitudes of blasts were survivable for mounted and dismounted operations and then performed many tests at those levels for verification.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIBESS is innovative on many fronts:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESynchronized data: Unlike earlier generations of blast gauges, all data in IBESS is time-tagged, using GPS time as common time source. \u201cUsing this data we can rebuild an event,\u201d Liu explained. \u201cEven though soldiers aren\u2019t wired together, we\u2019ll know they were in the same vehicle and experienced the same event \u2014 and can assess how an event propagated through.\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EScalability: GTRI researchers used as many off-the-shelf and standard components as possible. \u201cThis open architecture makes it easier to expand the system,\u201d observed Douglas Woods, GTRI research scientist and IBESS program manager.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAnonymity: By leveraging the Department of Defense\u2019s Common Access Card (CAC) system\u2019s Personal Key Identifier (PKI), IBESS can collect information uniquely tied to individual soldiers. Use of the PKI makes the data virtually anonymous so other researchers can study it without compromising privacy or containing personally identifiable information.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother hallmark of the project was its rapid completion schedule. REF awarded the contract to GTRI in July 2011. Researchers wrapped up preliminary designs in September, and by early 2012 they were testing and refining the system. IBESS units began to ship overseas in August, and now the system has been issued to more than 650 troops and will be installed on 42 vehicles in Afghanistan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur work with GTRI has been outstanding,\u201d said Joe Rozmeski, REF\u2019s deputy chief of technology management. \u201cOriginally chosen for its sensor expertise, GTRI has proven to be an ideal partner for us. They understand their role perfectly and are in tune with the REF\u0027s objectives for integrated blast effect research and collection.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUnderstanding the challenge\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt its peak, the project involved more than 50 researchers with expertise ranging from electronics to mechanical engineering to health systems. This diversity in disciplines was critical to IBESS\u2019 success.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you don\u2019t understand the context in which a device will be used, you won\u2019t be collecting the right information, said Shean Phelps, M.D., a principal research scientist who joined GTRI in 2011. A retired Army officer, Phelps was a Special Forces (Green Beret) weapons, medic and team sergeant before becoming a physician and was instrumental not only in initiating the IBESS project but also in providing both operational and medical perspectives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraumatic brain injury has become a greater concern in recent years. \u201cBecause of improved equipment and medical services, people are surviving severe explosions,\u201d Phelps explained. \u201cYet we lack a clear understanding of blast-induced injuries on the human nervous system. Mild traumatic brain injury is a particular concern because it has a wide range of symptoms and doesn\u2019t show up reliably in tests, so we can\u2019t effectively diagnose, treat and manage its long-term effects.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith IBESS, complex contextual data can be collected to link soldiers\u2019 experiences with their medical records and later correlate a blast event to traumatic brain injury. IBESS is a major step forward for both the medical and engineering communities, Phelps said: \u201cWe now have a platform that\u2019s dramatically different from previous efforts to collect blast data because it\u2019s time-tagged, fully integrated between humans and vehicles, able to pinpoint an individual\u2019s location in a vehicle \u2014 and able to accept data from any sensor.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s ahead\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOngoing work is being conducted by a team of GTRI research engineers led by Allesio Medda, who are building a structured database and analytical tools for the data that IBESS collects. Other GTRI researchers are installing sensors in the ear-cup of communications headsets worn by soldiers, which measure linear and rotational acceleration on six axes. After testing, these headsets will be issued to 200 Army Rangers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently IBESS only captures environmental data. Yet because of its open architecture, other diagnostic capabilities can be easily integrated. For example, sensors could be added to monitor heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen and hydration levels, body temperature and EKG activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith such biometric sensors, IBESS could evaluate soldiers\u2019 physical condition in training or on the battlefield for triage purposes or to assess their ability to do a certain job. Data from the system could be used to improve equipment and vehicle design. For example, gear might be developed to divert a shock wave or change its frequency if a particular frequency is shown to damage the brain. IBESS could also be adapted for non-military applications, such as monitoring construction workers, race car drivers or elderly people in their homes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCollecting physical data on the blast environment is the critical first step before the system can be made medically predictive,\u201d stressed Woods. \u201cAn explosion is a physical phenomenon. In order to understand the extent of injuries and how to prevent them, you must first understand the physics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia 30332-0181\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)(404-894-6986) or Lance Wallace (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elance.wallace@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)(404-407-7280)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: T.J. 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Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, has announced that Steven P. French, associate dean for Research and professor of City and Regional Planning, will assume the responsibilities of College of Architecture dean, beginning July 1.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrench succeeds Dean Alan Balfour, who last August announced plans to step down in June 2013 and return to the School of Architecture faculty.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrench joined Georgia Tech in 1992 as director of the City Planning Program and served in that position through 1999. From 1997 through 2011, he was director of the Center for Geographic Information Systems. He was appointed associate dean for Research for the College of Architecture in July 2009.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is an honor to welcome Steve French to the leadership team of the Institute,\u201d Bras said. \u201cMy conversations with Steve make me very confident that the College of Architecture will reach an even higher level of excellence.\u0026nbsp; I look forward to the College\u2019s contribution to \u2018defining the technological research university of the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century.\u2019\u0026nbsp; I want to take the opportunity to express my gratitude to Dean Alan Balfour for his leadership and vision and leaving the College in a position of strength on which Dean French can build.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrench said he is looking forward to taking on the new role.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a great honor to be chosen to lead this outstanding College,\u201d he said. \u201cIt also is a great challenge, and I am humbled by the confidence placed in me by the Institute and by my colleagues.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrench said that in the coming months he wants to engage College of Architecture faculty, staff, students and alumni in fashioning a vision and strategic plan for the College. He also plans to reach out to other colleges and schools on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn terms of immediate priorities, I would like to better connect the College of Architecture with other units at Georgia Tech, particularly Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and the College of Computing,\u201d he said.\u0026nbsp; \u201cDrawing upon the great strengths of this institution can help us create a truly unique college that provides an exciting and supportive environment in which our students and faculty can grow and develop.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe also has plans for moving the College forward at the national level.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOver the next five years, I would like for the College of Architecture to become a center of design thinking and pedagogy, and I would like all of our programs to be ranked in the top 10 nationally. To do that, I\u2019d like to see technology more fully integrated into all our curricula and our research programs.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrench\u2019s teaching and research activities focus on sustainable urban development, land use planning, GIS applications and natural hazard risk assessment. Over the past 25 years, he has been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on more than 70 research projects. He has participated in a number of National Science Foundation (NSF) projects that deal with flood and earthquake hazards, and he was the social science thrust leader for the Mid-America Earthquake Center, an NSF Engineering Research Center.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe is the author or co-author of more than 25 refereed journal articles and four books. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association and Earthquake Spectra.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrench holds a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before coming to Georgia Tech, he taught for 10 years at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. In 1987-88, he served as the Visiting Professor of Resources Planning in the Civil Engineering Department at Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a national search, Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Architecture has a new leader. Steven P. 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A similar wrist also helps a robot known as \u201cFlipperBot\u201d move through a test bed, demonstrating how animals and bio-inspired robots can together provide new information on the principles governing locomotion on granular surfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth the baby turtles and FlipperBot run into trouble under the same conditions: traversing granular media disturbed by previous steps. Information from the robot research helped scientists understand why some of the hatchlings they studied experienced trouble, creating a unique feedback loop from animal to robot \u2013 and back to animal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research could help robot designers better understand locomotion on complex surfaces and lead biologists to a clearer picture of how sea turtles and other animals like mudskippers use their flippers. The research could also help explain how animals evolved limbs \u2013 including flippers \u2013 for walking on land.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was published April 24 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EBioinspiration \u0026amp; Biomimetics\u003C\/em\u003E. The work was supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory\u2019s Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Program, the U.S. Army Research Office, and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are looking at different ways that robots can move about on sand,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/daniel-goldman\u0022\u003EDaniel Goldman\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cWe wanted to make a systematic study of what makes flippers useful or effective. We\u2019ve learned that the flow of the materials plays a large role in the strategy that can be used by either animals or robots.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research began in 2010 with a six-week study of hatchling loggerhead sea turtles emerging at night from nests on Jekyll Island, one of Georgia\u2019s coastal islands. The research was done in collaboration with the Georgia Sea Turtle Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENicole Mazouchova, then a graduate student in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E, studied the baby turtles using a trackway filled with beach sand and housed in a truck parked near the beach. She recorded kinematic and biomechanical data as the turtles moved in darkness toward an LED light that simulated the moon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMazouchova and Goldman studied data from the 25 hatchlings, and were surprised to learn that they managed to maintain their speed regardless of the surface on which they were running.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOn soft sand, the animals move their limbs in such a way that they don\u2019t create a yielding of the material on which they\u2019re walking,\u201d said Goldman. \u201cThat means the material doesn\u2019t flow around the limbs and they don\u2019t slip. The surprising thing to us was that the turtles had comparable performance when they were running on hard ground or soft sand.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe key to maintaining performance seemed to be the ability of the hatchlings to control their wrists, allowing them to change how they used their flippers under different sand conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOn hard ground, their wrists locked in place, and they pivoted about a fixed arm,\u201d Goldman explained. \u201cOn soft sand, they put their flippers into the sand and the wrist would bend as they moved forward. We decided to investigate this using a robot model.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat led to development of FlipperBot, with assistance from Paul Umbanhowar, a research associate professor at Northwestern University. The robot measures about 19 centimeters in length, weighs about 970 grams, and has two flippers driven by servo-motors. Like the turtles, the robot has flexible wrists that allow variations in its movement. To move through a track bed filled with poppy seeds that simulate sand, the robot lifts its flippers up, drops them into the seeds, then moves the flippers backward to propel itself.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMazouchova, now a Ph.D. student at Temple University, studied many variations of gait and wrist position and found that the free-moving mechanical wrist also provided an advantage to the robot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn the robot, the free wrist does provide some advantage,\u201d said Goldman. \u201cFor the most part, the wrist confers advantage for moving forward without slipping. The wrist flexibility minimizes material yielding, which disturbs less ground. The flexible wrist also allows both the robot and turtles to maintain a high angle of attack for their bodies, which reduces performance-impeding drag from belly friction.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also noted that the robot often failed when limbs encountered material that the same limbs had already disturbed. That led them to re-examine the data collected on the hatchling turtles, some of which had also experienced difficulty walking across the soft sand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen we saw the turtles moving poorly, they appeared to be suffering from the same failure mode that we saw in the robot,\u201d Goldman explained. \u201cWhen they interacted with materials that had been previously disturbed, they tended to lose performance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMazouchova and Goldman then worked with Umbanhowar to model the robot\u2019s performance in an effort to predict how the turtle hatchlings should respond to different conditions. The predictions closely matched what was actually observed, closing the loop between robot and animal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe robot study allowed us to test how principles applied to the animals,\u201d Goldman said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the results may not directly improve robot designs, what the researchers learned should contribute to a better understanding of the principles governing movement using flippers. That would be useful to the designers of robots that must swim through water and walk on land.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA multi-modal robot might need to use paddles for swimming in water, but it might also need to walk in an effective way on the beach,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cThis work can provide fundamental information on what makes flippers good or bad. This information could give robot designers clues to appendage designs and control techniques for robots moving in these environments.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research could ultimately provide clues to how turtles evolved to walk on land with appendages designed for swimming.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo understand the mechanics of how the first terrestrial animals moved, you have to understand how their flipper-like limbs interacted with complex, yielding substrates like mud flats,\u201d said Goldman. \u201cWe don\u2019t have solid results on the evolutionary questions yet, but this certainly points to a way that we could address these issues.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research has been supported by the National Science Foundation under grant CMMI-0825480 and the Physics of Living Systems PoLS program, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory\u2019s (ARL) Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Program under cooperative agreement W911NF-08-2-0004, the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award. 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The arrays could help give robots a more adaptive sense of touch, provide better security in handwritten signatures and offer new ways for humans to interact with electronic devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe arrays include more than 8,000 functioning piezotronic transistors, each of which can independently produce an electronic controlling signal when placed under mechanical strain. These touch-sensitive transistors \u2013 dubbed \u201ctaxels\u201d \u2013 could provide significant improvements in resolution, sensitivity and active\/adaptive operations compared to existing techniques for tactile sensing. Their sensitivity is comparable to that of a human fingertip.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe vertically-aligned taxels operate with two-terminal transistors. Instead of a third gate terminal used by conventional transistors to control the flow of current passing through them, taxels control the current with a technique called \u201cstrain-gating.\u201d Strain-gating based on the piezotronic effect uses the electrical charges generated at the Schottky contact interface by the piezoelectric effect when the nanowires are placed under strain by the application of mechanical force.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was reported April 25 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E online, at the Science Express website, and will be published in a later version of the print journal. The research has been sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Air Force (USAF), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAny mechanical motion, such as the movement of arms or the fingers of a robot, could be translated to control signals,\u201d explained \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/zhong-lin-wang\u0022\u003EZhong Lin Wang\u003C\/a\u003E, a Regents\u2019 professor and Hightower Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cThis could make artificial skin smarter and more like the human skin. It would allow the skin to feel activity on the surface.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMimicking the sense of touch electronically has been challenging, and is now done by measuring changes in resistance prompted by mechanical touch. The devices developed by the Georgia Tech researchers rely on a different physical phenomenon \u2013 tiny polarization charges formed when piezoelectric materials such as zinc oxide are moved or placed under strain. In the piezotronic transistors, the piezoelectric charges control the flow of current through the wires just as gate voltages do in conventional three-terminal transistors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technique only works in materials that have both piezoelectric and semiconducting properties. These properties are seen in nanowires and thin films created from the wurtzite and zinc blend families of materials, which includes zinc oxide, gallium nitride and cadmium sulfide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn their laboratory, Wang and his co-authors \u2013 postdoctoral fellow Wenzhuo Wu and graduate research assistant Xiaonan Wen \u2013 fabricated arrays of 92 by 92 transistors. The researchers used a chemical growth technique at approximately 85 to 90 degrees Celsius, which allowed them to fabricate arrays of strain-gated vertical piezotronic transistors on substrates that are suitable for microelectronics applications. The transistors are made up of bundles of approximately 1,500 individual nanowires, each nanowire between 500 and 600 nanometers in diameter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the array devices, the active strain-gated vertical piezotronic transistors are sandwiched between top and bottom electrodes made of indium tin oxide aligned in orthogonal cross-bar configurations. A thin layer of gold is deposited between the top and bottom surfaces of the zinc oxide nanowires and the top and bottom electrodes, forming Schottky contacts. A thin layer of the polymer Parylene is then coated onto the device as a moisture and corrosion barrier.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe array density is 234 pixels per inch, the resolution is better than 100 microns, and the sensors are capable of detecting pressure changes as low as 10 kilopascals \u2013 resolution comparable to that of the human skin, Wang said. The Georgia Tech researchers fabricated several hundred of the arrays during a research project that lasted nearly three years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe arrays are transparent, which could allow them to be used on touch-pads or other devices for fingerprinting. They are also flexible and foldable, expanding the range of potential uses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the potential applications:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMultidimensional signature recording, in which not only the graphics of the signature would be included, but also the pressure exerted at each location during the creation of the signature, and the speed at which the signature is created.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EShape-adaptive sensing in which a change in the shape of the device is measured. This would be useful in applications such as artificial\/prosthetic skin, smart biomedical treatments and intelligent robotics in which the arrays would sense what was in contact with them.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EActive tactile sensing in which the physiological operations of mechanoreceptors of biological entities such as hair follicles or the hairs in the cochlea are emulated.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause the arrays would be used in real-world applications, the researchers evaluated their durability. The devices still operated after 24 hours immersed in both saline and distilled water.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFuture work will include producing the taxel arrays from single nanowires instead of bundles, and integrating the arrays onto CMOS silicon devices. Using single wires could improve the sensitivity of the arrays by at least three orders of magnitude, Wang said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a fundamentally new technology that allows us to control electronic devices directly using mechanical agitation,\u201d Wang added. \u201cThis could be used in a broad range of areas, including robotics, MEMS, human-computer interfaces and other areas that involve mechanical deformation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant CMMI-0946418, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) under grant FA2386-10-1-4070, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences under award DE-FG02-07ER46394 and the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under grant KJCX2-YW-M13. 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The territorial rock-dwellers live in communities where social interactions are important, while the sand-dwellers are itinerant and less aggressive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose behavioral differences likely arise from a complex region of the brain known as the telencephalon, which governs communication, emotion, movement and memory in vertebrates \u2013 including humans, where a major portion of the telencephalon is known as the cerebral cortex. A study published this week in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E shows how the strength and timing of competing molecular signals during brain development has generated natural and presumably adaptive differences in the telencephalon much earlier than scientists had previously believed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the study, researchers first identified key differences in gene expression between rock- and sand-dweller brains during development, and then used small molecules to manipulate developmental pathways to mimic natural diversity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have shown that the evolutionary changes in the brains of these fishes occur really early in development,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/todd-streelman\u0022\u003ETodd Streelman\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cIt\u2019s generally been thought that early development of the brain must be strongly buffered against change. Our data suggest that rock-dweller brains differ from sand-dweller brains \u2013 before there is a brain.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor humans, the research could lead scientists to look for subtle changes in brain structures earlier in the development process. This could provide a better understanding of how disorders such as autism and schizophrenia could arise during very early brain development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was supported by the National Science Foundation and published online April 23 by the journal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to understand how the telencephalon evolves by looking at genetics and developmental pathways in closely-related species from natural populations,\u201d said Jonathan Sylvester, a postdoctoral researcher in the Georgia Tech School of Biology and lead author of the paper. \u201cAdult cichlids have a tremendous amount of variation within the telencephalon, and we investigated the timing and cause of these differences. Unlike many previous studies in laboratory model organisms that focus on large, qualitative effects from knocking out single genes, we demonstrated that brain diversity evolves through quantitative tuning of multiple pathways.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn examining the fish from embryos to adulthood, the researchers found that the mbuna, or rock-dwellers, tended to exhibit a larger ventral portion of the telencephalon, called the subpallium \u2013 while the sand-dwellers tended to have a larger version of the dorsal structure known as the pallium. These structures seem to have evolved differently over time to meet the behavioral and ecological needs of the fishes. The team showed that early variation in the activity of developmental signals expressed as complementary dorsal-ventral gradients, known technically as \u201cWingless\u201d and \u201cHedgehog,\u201d are involved in creating those differences during the neural plate stage, as a single sheet of neural tissue folds to form the neural tube. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo specifically manipulate those two pathways, Sylvester removed clutches of between 20 and 40 eggs from brooding female cichlids, which normally incubate fertilized eggs in their mouths. At about 36 to 48 hours after fertilization, groups of eggs were exposed to small-molecule chemicals that either strengthened or weakened the Hedgehog signal, or strengthened or weakened the Wingless signal. The chemical treatment came while the structures that would become the brain were little more than a sheet of cells. After treatment, water containing the chemicals was replaced with fresh water, and the embryos were allowed to continue their development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were able to artificially manipulate these pathways in a way that we think evolution might have worked to shift the process of rock-dweller telencephalon development to sand-dweller development, and vice-versa. Treatment with small molecules allows us incredible temporal and dose precision in manipulating natural development,\u201d Sylvester explained. \u201cWe then followed the development of the embryos until we were able to measure the anatomical structures \u2013 the size of the pallium and subpallium \u2013 to see that we had transformed one to the other.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two different brain regions, the dorsal pallium and ventral subpallium, give rise to excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the forebrain. Altering the relative sizes of these regions might change the balance between these neuronal types, ultimately producing behavioral changes in the adult fish.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEvolution has fine-tuned some of these developmental mechanisms to produce diversity,\u201d Streelman said. \u201cIn this study, we have figured out which ones.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers studied six different species of East African cichlids, and also worked with collaborators at King\u2019s College in London to apply similar techniques in the zebrafish.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a next step, the researchers would like to follow the embryos through to adulthood to see if the changes seen in embryonic and juvenile brain structures actually do change behavior of adults. It\u2019s possible, said Streelman, that later developmental events could compensate for the early differences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe results could be of interest to scientists investigating human neurological disorders that result from an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory neurons. Those disorders include autism and schizophrenia. \u201cWe think it is particularly interesting that there may be some adaptive variation in the natural proportions of excitatory versus inhibitory neurons in the species we study, correlated with their natural behavioral differences,\u201d said Streelman.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the researchers already mentioned, the study included undergraduate coauthors Constance Rich and Chuyong Yi from Georgia Tech, and Joao Peres and Corinne Houart from King\u2019s College in London. Rich is presently in the neuroscience PhD program at the University of Cambridge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grants IOS 0922964 and IOS 1146275. 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It was the largest expo to date with 137 teams showcasing their inventions and innovations in Georgia Tech\u0027s McCamish Pavilion on April 25.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESponsored by\u0026nbsp;the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.harrellnut.com\/Content\/Default\/8\/11\/0\/harrell-nut\/harrell-nut.html?gclid=CIbcsKKr6LYCFdCZ4AodxjMAHA\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHarrell Nut Company\u003C\/a\u003E, the Nuttin\u0027 But Trouble team of mechanical engineering students\u0026nbsp;Michael Jacobs, Jonathan Kuo, Jignesh Patel, Sam Eden, Eric Shults, and Matt O\u2019Donnell\u0026nbsp;took home $2,000 along with bragging rights as best overall project.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Capstone Design Expo is the culmination of many engineering majors\u0027 undergraduate careers. Students from multiple disciplines including mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, aerospace engineering, electrical and computer engineering, and industrial design from the College of Architecture work in either mono- or interdisciplinary teams to develop various prototypes for real-world applications. Both industry and campus created projects were designed and developed by about 650 graduating seniors, nearly double the participants in last semester\u2019s expo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn exciting part of the night was the live texting for the People\u2019s Choice awards, whose results were updated in real time on the McCamish Pavilion jumbotron. 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Unfortunately, with students on campus at later and different hours than usual, and perhaps in a more tired state, these circumstances can also create opportunities for crime.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the next week, if you are around campus at odd hours preparing for finals or taking care of other year-end activities, remember to be aware of your surroundings, and \u201cif you see something, say something.\u201d Report suspicious behavior to the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) at 404-894-2500.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Library and Clough Commons are both open 24-hours to accommodate student schedules during this time. Students are encouraged to walk with others after dark and be aware of their surroundings. When possible, take the Stingerette or Midnight Rambler bus to your destination.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, if you haven\u2019t registered for Jacket Guardian, you may do so for free and use the timer feature when walking to or from your residence hall or vehicle. The timer allows you to indicate the expected length of time it will take you to reach a specified destination and sends an alert to the police if the timer expires, providing your GPS location so they can come ensure your safety. All information is secure and private unless an alert is activated. Sign up at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.guardian.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.guardian.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.guardian.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTPD also offers the following tips for safety year-round:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERegister valuables (including laptops, smartphones, tablets and bicycles) with GTPD\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/police.gatech.edu\/services\/property\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EActivate location services on your electronic devices when possible.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAvoid working or studying alone in a building at night. Have a friend available for emergencies.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPark in a well-lit area, near other vehicles, or in a high-traffic area.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIn your vehicle, keep packages and valuables out of sight \u2014 either under a seat, in a glove box or in the trunk.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWhen leaving your vehicle, ensure your windows are rolled completely up and your doors are locked.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKeep doors and windows secured \u2014 avoid propping doors open, even for a short time.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWhen possible, use ATMs during the day. If you must do so at night, use an indoor or otherwise well-lit machine.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAvoid using stairs in remote sections of a building.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents are asked to take extra care with their safety when on campus late at night during finals week.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students are asked to take extra care with their safety when on campus late at night during finals week."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-04-25 10:26:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:08","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/library.gatech.edu\/calendar\/hours.php?mo=4\u0026yr=2013","title":"Library Hours"},{"url":"http:\/\/police.gatech.edu\/","title":"GTPD"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"},{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"},{"id":"167060","name":"safety"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Police Department\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-2500\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"210091":{"#nid":"210091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IRI Intros: 5 Questions with Tim Lieuwen","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EYou\u2019ve probably heard that Georgia Tech has a number of Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) \u2013 but do you know much about them?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis article is part of a series of Q\u0026amp;As to introduce the Tech community to the eight IRIs and their faculty leaders. In this installment, Executive Director Tim Lieuwen answers questions about the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.energy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ.\u0026nbsp;A lot seems to be going in energy these days. Can you summarize the big trends and where Tech lies in this?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. \u003C\/strong\u003EEnergy is one of the defining issues of this generation. The changes within the broader energy landscape are unparalleled in history; what makes them so significant is the sheer massiveness of the energy industry and the rapid pace at which the changes are taking place. 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The major spread between gas and oil prices has also triggered an interest in the possibility of increased use of natural gas for the transportation sector; companies like UPS are already converting their fleets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe bottom line is that the energy industry is undergoing historic transformations. Georgia Tech is a leader in most of the areas I mentioned above.\u0026nbsp; For example, we have substantial solar work going on; we are leaders in power transmission and smart grid; we have the largest geomechanics group in the country, which has been working on the shale gas problem; we have the country\u2019s best chemical separations and combustion groups; we also have major expertise in nuclear research. And the list goes on! This points to one of the things that makes this job both exhilarating and hard \u2013 clearly, Tech needs to focus and prioritize its efforts to be effective, but we also want to do this in a way that capitalizes on the breadth and depth that Tech brings to bear.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ. \u0026nbsp;What is the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) and what does it do?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EThe SEI is intended to be a voice for all of the exciting energy research taking place across Tech. We want to amplify the impact of everyone\u2019s work by facilitating cross-campus and external collaborations and helping grow our sponsored research in a way that provides the biggest economic and societal benefit to Georgia Tech, our state, nation, and world. Our efforts are organized around three key thrusts:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDeveloping and nurturing the energy community at Tech.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGrowing the resource base for energy research at Tech.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGrowing Tech\u2019s thought leadership.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe SEI leadership team has expended significant energy connecting people across campus.\u0026nbsp; I have personally met with most school chairs and deans from all colleges across the Institute, as well as numerous faculty. 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We are now planning a \u003Cem\u003EHow to Work With Industry \u003C\/em\u003Esession.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ. \u0026nbsp;What is the SEI doing to help grow energy research across all of Georgia Tech?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;A.\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026nbsp;Facilitating diverse and collaborative proposal development teams is one way the SEI and Tech\u2019s interdisciplinary research institutes (IRIs) provide value across all of Tech. We have been working on several large proposal opportunities; one such effort, in response to a National Science Foundation solicitation, involved collaboration between four different campus units on a single proposal. Another NSF effort involved coordinating a collaborative response, which included two Tech academic units, two state agencies, and two industry partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApart from working to coordinate responses to large government solicitations, we have been very successful in connecting large energy-focused companies with researchers all across Tech, and we are actively working to broaden the types of companies partnering with us.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, I want to grow the philanthropic funding that will enable us to support some of the aspirational work we wish to pursue that is not ordinarily funded through government\/corporate sponsorship. We have been working with Georgia Tech Development to pursue new opportunities, and we\u2019ve already had success: SEI, working with Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, has received funding from the Ray Anderson Foundation for a project focused on sustainable manufacturing and workforce needs in Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow does the SEI support the growth of Georgia Tech thought leadership?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA.\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026nbsp;A repeated observation from our external energy advisory groups, my meetings with faculty, the internal Strategic Planning Committee, and others is that projecting thought leadership should be a major focus of our activities. One example of how we have begun doing this is the introduction of our Energy101 massive open online course. Led by SEI\u2019s Sam Shelton, the course has been very well received and has made us realize the need to further leverage this resource. We have been working to identify additional funds to further support such course development, which helps position Tech as a thought leader in energy research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe\u2019re also working on nominating Tech faculty for a number of high-profile energy-related government advisory boards, and adding communication resources to help publicize Tech\u2019s work \u2013 both internally and externally.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother point we\u2019re cognizant of is that we have significant breadth and depth in energy research at Tech but need to be more effective in framing the grand challenges and the way society thinks about the complex, highly integrated problems in energy. So, we will also sponsor a variety of workshops and development of white papers that will consist of problem definition or scenario-planning exercises that will provide tools and frameworks for tackling these problems. For example, we are sponsoring a COE-COS-Ivan Allen study that is analyzing the most strategic deployment of our nation\u2019s natural gas resources. The results from this study should be helpful in driving policy that will maximize economic impact while minimizing carbon emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ. \u0026nbsp;How can someone engage with the SEI? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA. \u003C\/strong\u003EI encourage faculty and staff to reach out to me with thoughts, ideas, and questions. I\u2019ve been meeting with faculty weekly and continue to learn more about the exciting and leading-edge energy research taking place across Georgia Tech. I urge all those I have not yet connected with to reach out to me (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tim.lieuwen@aerospace.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etim.lieuwen@aerospace.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E), so I can keep broadening my support of Tech\u2019s world-changing research work. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou\u2019ve probably heard that Georgia Tech has a number of Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) \u2013 but do you know much about them?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis article is part of a series of Q\u0026amp;As to introduce the Tech community to the eight IRIs and their faculty leaders. In this installment, Executive Director Tim Lieuwen answers questions about the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.energy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27268","created_gmt":"2013-04-29 10:42:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:08","author":"Kirk Englehardt","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/tlw-proxy.gatech.edu\/research\/areas\/energy-and-sustainable-infrastructure","title":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure Research at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.energy.gatech.edu\/","title":"Strategic Energy Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.sustainable.gatech.edu\/","title":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"167358","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"},{"id":"36441","name":"Tim Lieuwen"}],"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:kirkeng@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKirk Englehardt\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kirkeng@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"210251":{"#nid":"210251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Robots Able to Reach through Clutter with Whole-Arm Tactile Sensing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhether reaching for a book out of a cluttered cabinet or pruning a bush in the backyard, a person\u2019s arm frequently makes contact with objects during everyday tasks. Animals do it too, when foraging for food, for example.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMuch in the same way, robots are now able to intelligently maneuver within clutter, gently making contact with objects while accomplishing a task. This new control method has wide applications, ranging from robots for search-and-rescue operations to assistive robotics for people with disabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUp until now, the dominant strategies for robot manipulation have discouraged contact between the robot\u2019s arm and the world,\u201d said Charlie Kemp, lead researcher and associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECoulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cInstead of avoiding contact, our approach enables the arm to make contact with objects, people and the rest of the robot while keeping forces low.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKemp, director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Healthcare Robotics Lab, along with his graduate students and researchers at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mekabot.com\/\u0022\u003EMeka Robotics\u003C\/a\u003E, has\u0026nbsp;developed a control method that works in tandem with compliant robotic joints and whole-arm tactile sensing. 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In a preliminary trial with the new control method and sensors, Henry Evans, a person with quadriplegia, used the robot to perform tasks for himself. He was able to pull a blanket over himself and grab a cloth to wipe his face, all while he was in bed at his home.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis trial was conducted as part of the Robots for Humanity project with Willow Garage. In order to ensure safety, researchers from Kemp\u2019s lab closely monitored the activities. This research has been accepted and will be presented at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwconf\/icorr2013\/\u0022\u003EInternational Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics\u003C\/a\u003E in June.\u0026nbsp;\u2028\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think it\u2019s a good safety feature because it hardly presses against me even when I tell it to,\u201d Evans said after the trial. \u201cIt really feels safe to be close to the robot.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEvans was also impressed by how the robot\u2019s arm \u201cjust wriggles around obstacles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKemp\u2019s research team has also released the designs and code for the sensors and controller as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hsi.gatech.edu\/hrl\/project_open_source_whole_arm_tactile_sensing.shtml\u0022\u003Eopen source hardware and software\u003C\/a\u003E so that researchers and hobbyists can build on the work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research is part of an ongoing effort to create a new foundation for robotics, where contact between the robot\u2019s arm and the world is encouraged.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur belief is that this approach is the way of the future for robots,\u201d said Kemp, who is also a member of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Robotics and Intelligent Machines\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cIt is going to allow robots to better operate in our homes, our workplaces and other complex environments.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research is funded by the DARPA Maximum Mobility and Manipulation (M3) Contract W911NF-11-1- 603. 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The advance not only could help improve user experiences with video games but also applications beyond the gaming world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDigital gaming has surged in recent years and is being adopted almost as fast as the mobile devices that are enabling its growth. The Georgia Tech researchers developed a simple turn-based game, then used participant scores to apply algorithms that predict how others with similar skill sets would perform and adjust the difficulty accordingly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPeople come in playing video games with different skills, abilities, interests and even desires, which is very contrary to the way video games are built now with a \u2018one size fits many approach,\u2019\u201d said Mark Riedl, co-creator of the model and assistant professor in the School of Interactive Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers used a method called collaborative filtering, a popular technique employed by Netflix and Amazon in product ratings and recommendations. While Netflix recommends movies, the gaming model recommends the next challenge for players, adjusting game difficulty by computationally forecasting in-game performance. Riedl said the approach can scale to tens of thousands of users.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe data-driven gaming model outperforms other current techniques specifically because it models player improvement over time, said Riedl. It uses an off-the-shelf algorithm, called tensor factorization, for the first time in gaming research to tailor challenges to individual players.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe gaming model also includes a performance arc with which an algorithm selects in-game events for gamers that brings the predicted player performance in line with the developer\u2019s specifications for target performance (i.e., completing the game). Current games use player progress to make small adjustments to what\u2019s going on in the game, sometimes called \u201crubberbanding.\u201d The classic example: fall behind in a racing game and the other cars slow down; blow away the field with a large lead and the cars speed up.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is very reactionary,\u201d said Riedl, who directs the Georgia Tech Entertainment Intelligence Lab. \u201cYou have to wait for things to fall apart, and then the game tries to correct it in this ad-hoc way.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERiedl said that the new gaming model, which grows alongside the learner, has significant potential for educational and training applications as well. Students struggling with math concepts, for example, could use the model to master arithmetic and mitigate the chances of falling behind in a course, said Riedl.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve also done some work with the U.S. Army,\u201d he said, \u201cto generate virtual missions where we choose and tailor the types of things that have to happen in the mission so that we don\u2019t overwhelm the novices or that we can really challenge the experts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur approach could allow novices to progress slowly and prevent them from abandoning a challenge right away,\u201d said Riedl. \u201cFor those good at certain skills, the game can be tuned to their particular talents to provide the right challenge at the right time.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlex Zook, a Ph.D. candidate in human-centered computing, said that they were able to predict, with up to 93 percent accuracy, how players would perform in-game by modeling the changes in a player\u2019s skills and applying the recommendation algorithm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZook was primary author on the paper he and Riedl presented on their findings at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/aiide.org\/\u0022\u003E8th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment\u003C\/a\u003E in Palo Alto, Calif. The paper is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~riedl\/pubs\/aiide12.pdf\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~riedl\/pubs\/aiide12.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"New model could be applied to training, educational content"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have developed a computational model that can predict video game players\u2019 in-game performance and provide a corresponding challenge they can beat, leading to quicker mastery of new skills.\u0026nbsp;The researchers used a method called collaborative filtering, a popular technique employed by Netflix and Amazon in product ratings and recommendations. 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something\u201d by calling 404-894-2500 or emailing \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:crimetips@police.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecrimetips@police.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cOur thoughts and prayers go out to the MIT community and the family and friends of the officer who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson. \u201cThe incidents unfolding this week in Boston have touched us all, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to safety and security, and in particular, standing alongside our colleagues at peer institutions and the community of law enforcement professionals.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe campus community is reminded that the Institute has the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/emergency\/notification.html\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Emergency Notification System (GTENS)\u003C\/a\u003E in place to provide time-sensitive emergency messages using a number of tools including e-mail, voice and text messaging, outdoor sirens and a weather alert system designed to send messages to the campus community within minutes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/emergencypreparedness\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Office of Emergency Preparedness\u003C\/a\u003E, part of GTPD, has also developed emergency response plans to ensure the safety of the Tech community. The Emergency Preparedness staff also coordinates exercises year round to educate the campus on how to deal with various scenarios.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents, faculty and staff are urged to sign up for \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/police.gatech.edu\/services\/jacketguardian\/\u0022\u003EJacket Guardian\u003C\/a\u003E, a free security tool that transforms mobile phones to personal safety devices. Jacket Guardian allows cellphone users to make an emergency call directly to GTPD and to provide profile information that might be helpful to first responders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cKeeping our campus safe is a shared responsibility,\u201d said GTPD Police Chief Teresa Crocker. \u201cDon\u2019t look the other way or ignore suspicious activity. If you see something that prompts concern, say something and notify GTPD immediately.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the overnight death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police officer, security is top of mind for campus security officials across the country.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the overnight death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) police officer, security is top of mind for campus security officials across the country."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-04-19 09:34:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:04","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/index.html","title":"Georgia Tech Police Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/emergencypreparedness\/","title":"Georgia Tech Office of Emergency Preparedness"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"},{"id":"4470","name":"Office of Emergency Preparedness"},{"id":"167060","name":"safety"},{"id":"169647","name":"see something say something"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Police Department\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-2500\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"207821":{"#nid":"207821","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Midtown Alliance and Georgia Tech Partner to Create a Live-Work-Play \u2018Laboratory\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMidtown Alliance, the driving force behind the revitalization of Midtown Atlanta, today announced a new partnership with Georgia Tech to expand and strengthen Midtown\u2019s flourishing innovation district. This unique partnership combines Midtown\u2019s desirable setting with Georgia Tech\u2019s considerable intellectual capital, research labs and incubators to develop leading-edge technology approaches to enhance the urban environment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Midtown Alliance-Georgia Tech partnership will work with local thought leaders on strategies to further strengthen Midtown\u2019s technology infrastructure, create commercial real estate opportunities for entrepreneurs and highlight the sizeable array of innovation assets, activities and success stories that are happening now.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first phase will include the creation of a\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ELive-Work-Play \u201c\u003C\/strong\u003ELaboratory\u201d for exploring the potential of media technologies and creating a climate for continual innovation. A vital component of the living laboratory will be the development of an open platform for experimental mobile applications designed to enrich the Midtown experience for those who work, live and visit here.\u0026nbsp; Initial mobile apps using this platform will focus on areas that have a close nexus with the work of Midtown Alliance. This exciting partnership will explore areas including augmented reality tours of the district, apps to help users find parking and real-time public transportation options, and ways to gather community feedback loops for upcoming projects and initiatives.\u0026nbsp; Applications will be tested and improved with public feedback; new participants and industry partners will be encouraged to use the open platform to develop applications that can be piloted in Midtown.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThrough this unique partnership with Georgia Tech, we will explore how to harness an array of new technology and tools to further enhance the user experience and buttress our city\u2019s innovation assets,\u201d says Dennis Lockhart, chairman of the Midtown Alliance. \u201cMidtown Alliance has been focused on making Midtown a more livable, walkable and vibrant district for a long time, through physical improvements, urban design and a range of programs to improve the physical environment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKevin Green, Midtown Alliance\u2019s CEO, notes that successful innovation districts come from partnerships among higher education, business, entrepreneurs and government. \u201cMidtown today has an impressive array of innovation assets and activities concentrated in close proximity and in a vibrant urban district. This is the \u2018power of place.\u2019\u0026nbsp; As an organization focused on Midtown and our city\u2019s continued progress, we want to leverage the success that is already happening here around technology innovation, help to connect the dots and grow it even further.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany of the programs and resources in Midtown support entrepreneurs and connect industry leaders with students and researchers based in Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson. \u201cThis collaboration is a great example of Georgia Tech engaging with the community and industry to create economic development that will benefit Midtown and Atlanta as a whole.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis partnership is a natural extension of our research in media, health and community-focused technologies that directly impact quality of life,\u201d said Beth Mynatt, executive director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Institute for People and Technology, who will lead the laboratory activities. \u201cThe partnership will bring together the best of Georgia Tech\u2019s inventive power and the innovation culture of Midtown Atlanta.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csub\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Midtown Alliance:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/sub\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csub\u003EMidtown Alliance is a non-profit membership organization and a coalition of leading business and community leaders \u2013 united in our commitment to Midtown as a premiere destination for commerce, culture, education and living. Governed by a 56-member board of the district\u0027s top leaders, our mission is to improve and sustain the quality of life for those who live, work and visit Midtown. The Alliance accomplishes this goal through a comprehensive approach to planning and development that includes initiatives to enhance public safety, improve the physical environment, and strengthen the urban amenities which give the area its unique character. Guided by a visionary master plan \u2013 Blueprint Midtown \u2013 and in partnership with the Midtown Improvement District, Midtown has become a national model for urban excellence.\u0026nbsp; To learn more about Midtown Alliance initiatives visit midtownatl.com.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/sub\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csub\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/sub\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Csub\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the world\u0027s premier research universities. Ranked seventh among U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s top public universities, the Institute enrolls 21,500 students within its six colleges. Georgia Tech is the nation\u0027s leading producer of engineers as well as a leading producer of female and minority engineering Ph.D. graduates. Holding more than 848 patents and receiving approximately $689 million in research and development expenditures, Georgia Tech ranks among the nation\u0027s top ten universities (without a medical school) in research expenditures. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\u003C\/sub\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis unique partnership combines Midtown\u2019s desirable setting with Georgia Tech\u2019s considerable intellectual capital, research labs and incubators to develop leading-edge technology approaches to enhance the urban environment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The unique partnership aims to develop leading-edge technology approaches to enhance the urban environment."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2013-04-19 10:45:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:04","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/","title":"Institute for People and Technology"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERenata LeDantec, Georgia Tech\u0027s Institute for People and Technology\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.324.3307\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Renata@ipat.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERenata@ipat.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECatherine Smith, Midtown Alliance\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.809.2123\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Catherine@MidtownATL.com\u0022\u003ECatherine@MidtownATL.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"207941":{"#nid":"207941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Players Coach International Students in American Football","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents from around the world gathered in Bobby Dodd Stadium Thursday afternoon to learn about football from Tech\u2019s experts at the Institute\u2019s first International Football Clinic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event was designed to teach international students, who make up about 20 percent of Tech\u2019s student population, the game and customs of American football.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe felt like even though international students are included, they didn\u2019t necessarily feel like they were a part of the football experience,\u201d said Kris Surapaneni, co-chair of the Athletic and Recreational Services Committee for the undergraduate Student Government Association (SGA).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHead Football Coach Paul Johnson gave a 20-minute overview of various elements of gameplay, such as positions, scoring, equipment, terminology and field layout, before answering questions from participants. The students, who represented at least 20 countries, then toured the equipment and locker rooms and were led onto Grant Field behind the Ramblin\u2019 Wreck, just as the team is at each home game.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter an hour of training with the football team, students relaxed and socialized over barbecue at a tailgate hosted by the Ramblin\u2019 Reck Club, where players autographed team photos given to each student.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI would watch it on television before but not really understand it,\u201d said Zoey Zhang, a graduate student from Singapore who attended the clinic. \u201cI was thinking it was a very physically strong game, but actually it\u2019s a very smart game.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlayers and the coaching staff were able to share their love of the sport and connect with the international students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s great any time our players have the chance to interact with the student body, and it gives them an idea what we\u2019re really all about,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cA big part of your college experience is athletics and going to the events. Hopefully now they can understand it a little better and they\u2019ll come and have a little better time.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe idea for the clinic, spearheaded by SGA, was borrowed from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iSWj2rI_tbk\u0022\u003ERice University\u003C\/a\u003E. Surapaneni and Ahsan Khan, also co-chair of SGA\u2019s athletic and recreational services committee, spent about eight months planning and anticipating the Tech event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe expected people to have a good time, but everyone left laughing, smiling and already talking about doing it again,\u201d said Khan. \u201cI think the enthusiasm from the players and Coach Johnson made a lasting impression on the students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESurapaneni and Khan hope to grow the event in the future, potentially tying it into orientation for international students.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESGA, Athletics and the Ramblin\u0027 Reck Club hosted the Institute\u0027s first International Football Clinic.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SGA, Athletics and the Ramblin\u0027 Reck Club hosted the Institute\u0027s first International Football Clinic."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-04-19 11:18:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:04","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"207921":{"id":"207921","type":"image","title":"Vad Lee at International Football Clinic","body":null,"created":"1449179988","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:48","changed":"1475894866","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:46","alt":"Vad Lee at International Football Clinic","file":{"fid":"196795","name":"intfootball.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/intfootball_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/intfootball_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":280463,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/intfootball_0.jpg?itok=ZTF69VxW"}},"207931":{"id":"207931","type":"image","title":"Students Run Drills at International Football Clinic","body":null,"created":"1449179988","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:48","changed":"1475894866","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:46","alt":"Students Run Drills at International Football Clinic","file":{"fid":"196796","name":"footballclinic3.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/footballclinic3_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/footballclinic3_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":161139,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/footballclinic3_0.jpeg?itok=9xGSdb2h"}}},"media_ids":["207921","207931"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/","title":"Georgia Tech Athletics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1625","name":"athletics"},{"id":"1843","name":"football"},{"id":"64541","name":"international football clinic"},{"id":"4374","name":"international students"}],"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:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"208251":{"#nid":"208251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Alumni Association Awards $28,000 to Band","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter two rounds of more than 1,200 votes, the Student Alumni Association elected to use its 2013 Gift to Tech to help preserve and enhance one of Tech\u2019s most visible \u2014 and audible \u2014 elements of school spirit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than $28,000 was awarded to the Georgia Tech Band at a ceremony at the Kessler Campanile on Tuesday. The funds will go toward replacing one of the two trucks that transport equipment for the bands and School of Music.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAny time the band moves, we use those vehicles to transport the instruments,\u201d said Chris Moore, director of athletic bands and percussion studies. The 11-year-old trucks have been less reliable in recent years, at times causing student drivers to deal with breakdowns and jumpstarts on the road.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe band travels throughout the year, accompanying the Yellow Jackets at away games and representing Tech at events such as the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Of course, performing at any venue is challenging if the instruments don\u2019t make it there.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA new truck will run about $75,000, but the $28,000 gift provides a foundation for fundraising. Moore anticipates they\u2019ll be able to raise the rest and make a purchase within the next few months.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have a very strong alumni group, and one of their initiatives is to help meet this goal,\u201d he said. \u201cHaving some money in hand will help us go out and get a little more.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe annual Gift to Tech lets students vote among several projects for funding. Other candidates this year were campus safety, bicycle infrastructure, academic advising, tutoring services, student entrepreneurship and innovation, TEAM Buzz, and a scholarship fund. The gift is meant to give students a way to start giving back to Tech while still on campus and continue the alumni and student tradition of philanthropy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStudents once again picked something that maintains traditions and supports school spirit, which is an important pillar of SAA,\u201d said Catie McCoy, student organizations manager with the Alumni Association. Last year, more than $25,000 went to the Dean Dull Ramblin\u2019 Reck Endowment for Tech\u2019s historic automobile mascot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt looks like students want to invest in Tech in ways that support traditions financially, and they understand the rich tradition of giving back,\u201d McCoy said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe final gift sum will be determined after the fiscal year ends on June 30. Until then, any new SAA member contributions will be added to the 2013 gift. This year\u2019s gift is the sum of $5 from every SAA member and a $10,000 match from alumnus Allen Ecker (EE 1957, MS EE 1958).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the Tech community can submit ideas for future Gift to Tech recipients to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gifttotech@gtsaa.com\u0022\u003Egifttotech@gtsaa.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFunds will go toward replacing one of the two trucks that transport equipment for the bands and School of Music.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Funds will go toward replacing one of the two trucks that transport equipment for the bands and School of Music."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-04-22 13:17:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:04","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"208711":{"id":"208711","type":"image","title":"Band Performs at Gift to Tech Ceremony","body":null,"created":"1449180001","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:00:01","changed":"1475894866","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:46","alt":"Band Performs at Gift to Tech Ceremony","file":{"fid":"196822","name":"042313tech108.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/042313tech108_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/042313tech108_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6890588,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/042313tech108_0.jpg?itok=5lbt_5cC"}},"208271":{"id":"208271","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Marching Band","body":null,"created":"1449180001","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:00:01","changed":"1475894866","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:46","alt":"Georgia Tech Marching Band","file":{"fid":"196807","name":"band2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/band2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/band2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1625529,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/band2_0.jpg?itok=6nl88_--"}},"208261":{"id":"208261","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Marching Band","body":null,"created":"1449180001","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 22:00:01","changed":"1475894866","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:46","alt":"Georgia Tech Marching Band","file":{"fid":"196806","name":"band1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/band1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/band1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":839336,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/band1_0.jpg?itok=Itvs4WZL"}}},"media_ids":["208711","208271","208261"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtsaa.com\/","title":"GT Student Alumni Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2277","name":"Georgia Tech Band"},{"id":"57861","name":"gift to tech"},{"id":"167520","name":"saa"},{"id":"167406","name":"Student Alumni Association"}],"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:catie.mccoy@alumni.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECatie McCoy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlumni Association\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"206121":{"#nid":"206121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Anemia Testing Technology Wins Ideas to SERVE Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnemo Check\u0027s technology to improve the accuracy and affordability of testing for anemia around the world won first place in the 2013 Ideas to SERVE (I2S) Competition at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOpen to all Georgia Tech students and recent alumni, the I2S competition involves innovative business concepts that could help improve society or preserve the environment. The finals were held on April 10 following a poster showcase on April 5.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EErika Tyburski, who earned her BS at in biomedical engineering in 2012, leads Anemo Check. \u0022I myself have mild anemia, so it made perfect sense for me to work on solving this problem,\u0022 she says. \u0022Thirty percent of the world will experience anemia at some point this year and most of the time anemia is completely curable if diagnosed in time.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnemia, a condition marked by a deficiency of hemoglobin in the blood, can be caused by poor nutrition, malaria, pregnancy, blood loss, or sickle cell disease, resulting in such symptoms as fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath, fever, brain damage, and death. Treatments for anemia include better nutrition, hydration, and iron supplementation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrent diagnostic tests for the disorder are often inaccurate, says Tyburski, who began working on this technology through a senior industrial design project. \u0022But with just one drop of blood, Anemo Check can provide clear reliable results for less than 25 cents per test. It is safe, simple and accurate anemia screening.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow It Works\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnemo Check\u0027s patent-pending technology involves adding a drop of blood to a chemical in a small tube. The color the mixture turns correlates to the hemoglobin level in the individual, indicating states of anemia, if present.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETyburski, who expects the FDA approval process to take less than two years, plans to focus first on generating profits in the United States. Then Anemo Check would use some of that revenue to make this testing affordably accessible in developing countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs winner of I2S, Anemo Check won $7,500 (following a second place finish in Georgia Tech\u0027s InVenture Competition earlier this year). Anemo Check also won the Best Global Solution ($2,500) in I2S.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrganized\u0026nbsp;by Georgia Tech\u0027s\u0026nbsp;Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship, I2S is a primarily a competition of ideas where creativity, imagination, and technology are applied to solving social and environmental problems. While many participants go on to other careers, some continue to pursue bringing their concepts to reality after graduation, as Tyburski is doing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe hope that eventually these ideas will lead to sustainable organizations that are able to generate sufficient income flows to sustain their missions,\u201d says Professor Terry Blum, director of ILE. \u201cIf the organizations are for-profit companies, the ideas should eventually be capable of providing returns for investors as well.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOther Winners\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFloMera won second place in I2S ($3,500) for an in-home breast cancer test that requires only a single drop of blood. This team includes mechanical engineering PhD student Billy Wang, MBA students Jimmy He and Jessica Walling, and Emory law student Ernesto Escobar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe FloMera team, which also won the People\u0027s Choice Award ($250), is part of the Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER program), a collaboration between Georgia Tech and Emory Law School that brings together PhD, MBA, and law students to work on commercializing early-stage technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBlue Sky won Hub Atlanta\u0027s $3,500 service package for Most Ready for Market. The team is working on affordable, effective air filtration masks for use in developing countries with heavy pollution, such as China. 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And he learns every student\u2019s name, even in large lectures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe lessons that stick with students over time are the ones that take them outside of their comfort zones,\u201d said Potter, an associate professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering who has taught at Georgia Tech since 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecently, Potter\u2019s atypical techniques helped earn him the 2013 Teaching Excellence Award, given by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI tell my students\u0026nbsp; exactly what they need to do to succeed in my class, meaning that I lay out \u2014 in great detail \u2014 what it takes to get an A,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then I do my best to raise their excitement and motivation to a level that makes all that work seem like fun.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, for his introductory neuroscience course, Potter asks students to select a specific topic in the neuroscience field and become an expert on it by reading research papers and interviewing engineers and scientists working in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce they\u2019ve done their due diligence, students are asked to create a Wikipedia article about their neuro-related topic to demonstrate understanding and to share what they\u2019ve learned with classmates and the general public. 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I always looked forward to going to his class, and I think other students did too.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead on to learn more about Potter and his time at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us something that others might not know about your job.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnlike many courses where the subject matter is well understood, neuroscience is still in its infancy and is dominated by our pretty sketchy understanding of the brain. As a consequence, I never try to convince my students of any \u201ctruths\u201d but merely emphasize how even a limited understanding can be useful in treating some disease or disorder of the nervous system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is one thing you\u2019ve learned from your students?\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere are many different learning styles. It helps to try a variety of teaching approaches, so each student will have something that works for them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWould you ever teach a massive open online course (MOOC)? 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Entries focus on research and innovation in converged services and networks, as well as client and server platforms and environments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0022Many times, to make a project, people use dummy data,\u0022 said Sagar Savla, a graduate student in computer science whose Shoply project placed first in the connected home category. \u0026nbsp;\u0022This competition is about making a project with actual, real data. 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The showcase will feature more than 80 demonstrations from Georgia Tech researchers. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gvu-dm.eventbrite.com\/\u0022\u003ELearn more or register online\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe CIC is produced by the Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center and the Institute for People and Technology. 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The result would be low-cost, weather-resistant devices that could be affixed by the thousands to various kinds of structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For many engineering structures, one of the most dangerous problems is the initiation of stress concentration and cracking, which is caused by overloading or inadequate design and can lead to collapse \u2013 as in the case of the I-35W bridge failure in Minneapolis in 2007,\u0022 said Yang Wang, an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. \u0022Placing a \u0027smart skin\u0027 of sensors on structural members, especially on certain high-stress hot spots that have been pinpointed by structural analysis, could provide early notification of potential trouble.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang is collaborating with a team that includes professor Manos M. 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The simple sensor architecture allows it to be made at very low cost and to potentially be deployed in large quantities on any bridge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInkjet-Printed Circuits\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore sophisticated designs are in the works. Tentzeris\u0027 team is tackling an approach that produces strain sensors using different applications of inkjet printing technology.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne such design uses a silver-nanoparticle-based ink that is applied to a flexible or semi-flexible substrate, said Rushi Vyas, a Ph.D. student working with Tentzeris. The ink lays down a structure that can change properties in response to strain.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA second approach involves the use of inkjet-printed carbon-nanotube-based structures, Vyas said. In this case, the nanotubes themselves produce an altered response when subjected to deformation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn laboratory testing, the team\u0027s prototype sensors have demonstrated high sensitivity in response to even slight changes in metal structures, Wang said. The sensors have been able to reliably detect a degree of deformation change as low as tens of microstrains (one microstrain equals 0.0001 percent, or 1 part per million), and they can continuously monitor stress accumulation until the metal develops a severe crack.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne issue still being addressed is the capacity of the passive sensor to respond to a reader. A reader transmits a radio-frequency beam to a sensor, which utilizes that received energy to reflect a signal back to the reader.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut this technique can be rather inefficient, Vyas said. A signal from a reader might travel 50 feet, yet the sensor\u0027s response might only travel back 10 feet. 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Multi-band systems are expected to generate one milliwatt or more \u2013 enough to operate some small electronic devices such as low-power wireless sensors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETentzeris noted that smart-skin technology may soon help to enable a broad range of applications. 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Once a profile is set up, GTScholar streamlines the updating process, making it easier to prepare grant applications, find collaborators, and promote work from one portal.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTScholar aims to streamline the management of professional research and scholarly information into a central repository."}],"uid":"27268","created_gmt":"2013-04-17 15:46:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:04","author":"Kirk Englehardt","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtscholar.gatech.edu\/","title":"GT Scholar Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"64311","name":"Faculty Profile System"},{"id":"64321","name":"GTScholar"},{"id":"4452","name":"proposals"},{"id":"64341","name":"Publications"},{"id":"64331","name":"Vita"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["gtscholar@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"203421":{"#nid":"203421","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineering Style of Dance for Robots and People","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA dancing robot is nothing new. A quick search on YouTube will yield videos of robots dancing to Michael Jackson\u2019s Thriller, Gangnam Style, the Macarena and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut at the Georgia Institute of Technology, researchers are taking robots and dance to a higher level.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstead of programming a robot to copy an existing dance such as those in the online videos, Amy LaViers, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering, is defining the various styles of human movement and creating algorithms to reproduce them on a humanoid robot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u2019s more, LaViers has produced a robotic dance performance based on her research, called \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_6LqL3S4lDk\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\u0022\u003E\u201cAutomaton\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d in which a Nao robot and professional dancers explore the notion of \u201cautomatic style.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe show debuts at 8 p.m. on April 6 in the lower atrium of the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. A second showing will be held at 5 p.m. on April 13, also in Clough Commons\u2019 lower atrium, as part of the 2013 TechArts Festival.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are working with such a highly articulated robot that can do so many cool things, yet there are many ways he is limited too,\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.prism.gatech.edu\/~alaviers3\/\u0022\u003ELaViers\u003C\/a\u003E said. \u201cI do play with that idea of: What can the robot do, and what can the people do? Where are the differences and where are the similarities?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaViers\u0027 work exemplifies the intersection of engineering and dance, and could be applied to make robots more useful in everyday life, said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/users.ece.gatech.edu\/~magnus\/\u0022\u003EMagnus Egerstedt\u003C\/a\u003E, professor of electrical and computer engineering and LaViers\u0027 faculty advisor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen robots are transitioning out of the manufacturing floor and into homes, becoming co-workers instead of tools, they need to understand to a certain degree what it means to be human,\u201d Egerstedt said. \u201cThey need to move in a style that makes sense to people, so that\u2019s why we started thinking about how you quantify style.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA dancer for most of her life, LaViers thought to combine dance with engineering during her undergraduate senior project at Princeton University. She saw a natural overlap between choreography, an arrangement of steps, and robotic algorithms, an engineering tool that plans robotic movement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobotic movements tend to be stiff and unnatural, but LaViers believes robots should have a range of quality of movement. To achieve this, she is developing quantitative tools that explain what differentiates movements using dance theorist Rudolf Laban\u2019s notion of quality.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaViers also examines the basic poses and movements that define a style to quantify differences between genres of movement. What is the difference, for instance, between doing a disco dance and performing ballet? Using a computer program she developed for her thesis, she encodes that information so it can be reproduced on robots. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUnderstanding how humans move is key to developing better techniques and applications to make robots move in a way that humans can relate to. \u2018Style\u2019 is part of this \u2013 particularly in the arts,\u201d LaViers said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaViers\u2019 research fits into the overall objective of Egerstedt\u2019s lab, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gritslab.gatech.edu\/home\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems (GRITS) \u003C\/a\u003Elab.\u0026nbsp; The lab aims to produce robotic algorithms that endow robots of all kinds with desirable behavior.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaving algorithms that mimic human movement in a high-level way could advance the use of robots in real-world settings.\u0026nbsp; For example, it may enable caregiving robots to have more comforting movement that is less intimidating to patients. Style-based measurements may also provide better feedback to patients recovering from physical disabilities or injuries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the \u201cAutomaton\u201d piece, LaViers presents choreography generated from the framework in her thesis that is performed by human dancers and automated on the humanoid robot. After the performance, audience members will have a chance to give feedback on their impressions of the movement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI hope the audience thinks of movement and programmed objects a little bit differently after seeing the show,\u201d LaViers said. \u201cI also hope it brings up ideas of technology in our lives today and in the future, when robots may be more commonplace.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInstead of programming a robot to copy an existing dance such as those in the online videos, Amy LaViers, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering, is defining the various styles of human movement and creating algorithms to reproduce them on a humanoid robot.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Amy LaViers, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering, is defining the various styles of human movement and creating algorithms to reproduce them on a humanoid robot."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2013-04-01 13:54:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:59","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"203441":{"id":"203441","type":"image","title":"Amy LaViers","body":null,"created":"1449179952","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:12","changed":"1475894859","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:39","alt":"Amy LaViers","file":{"fid":"196644","name":"automaton3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/automaton3_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/automaton3_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1418092,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/automaton3_0.jpg?itok=0sOLoQ4U"}},"203451":{"id":"203451","type":"image","title":"Automaton - 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As you\u0027re making your way around campus, be aware of the following events that could impact your travel time:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe 25th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championships\u0026nbsp;(which are nearly sold out)\u0026nbsp;will be held on April 4 at 7 p.m. at the McCamish Pavillion.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFinal Four activities will kick off April 5 and continue through April 8 at the Georgia Dome.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Big Dance Concert Series, including a block party, will take place at Centennial Olympic Park at various times April 5-7.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETraffic congestion will continue in the vicinity of Bobby Dodd Way with ongoing construction activities.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Police Department will assist with traffic during this busy time.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This week, a perfect storm is brewing in terms of traffic concerns. As you\u0027re making your way around campus, be aware of the following events that could impact your travel time."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-04-02 07:50:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:59","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"},{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"},{"id":"1262","name":"traffic"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Police Department\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-2500\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"203771":{"#nid":"203771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Project Will Improve Heat Dissipation in 3-D Microelectronic Systems","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop three-dimensional chip-cooling technology able to handle heat loads as much as ten times greater than systems commonly used today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to higher overall chip heat dissipation demands, the new approach will also have to handle on-chip hot-spots that dissipate considerably more power per unit area than the remainder of the device. Such cooling demands may be needed for future generations of high-performance integrated circuits embedded in a wide range of military equipment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere is really no good way to address this heat dissipation need with existing technology, and the problem is getting worse because computing power is increasing and the capabilities being put on chips are expanding,\u201d said Yogendra Joshi, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the project\u2019s principal investigator. \u201cThere is a real need for developing schemes that can address high power on the whole chip coupled with very high power dissipation areas that are only a few millimeters square.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDARPA\u2019s Microsystems Technology Office, which provided the three-year $2.9 million contract, is seeking techniques to dissipate heat of as much as one kilowatt per square centimeter in the overall integrated circuit, and five kilowatts per square centimeter on smaller areas. The research is part of DARPA\u2019s Intrachip\/Interchip Enhanced Cooling (ICECool) program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe approaches that we are talking about are relatively high-risk,\u201d said Joshi, who specializes in electronic cooling from the chip-level on up to full-sized data centers. \u201cThey have not been tried before, so there are real questions of reliability \u2013 whether they can hold up under repeated cycles of being powered up and powered down.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Joshi, the research team includes:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMuhannad Bakir, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, who specializes in three-dimensional interconnected systems;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAndrei Fedorov, a professor in the Georgia Tech School of Mechanical Engineering, who specializes in understanding and utilizing unique physical properties at the nanoscale, and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESuresh Sitaraman, also a professor in the Georgia Tech School of Mechanical Engineering, who specializes in evaluating electronic device reliability through innovative characterization techniques and physics-based modeling.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile applications for the high-powered chips aren\u2019t specified, their installation in systems intended for field use will add to the level of challenge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor speed and performance issues, this computing power may be embedded where it is needed in the field,\u201d Joshi said. \u201cThe challenges of cooling these high performance integrated circuits will be even more challenging because they will operate in environments that may be adverse compared to an office or computer room situation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the significant challenges ahead are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EImplementing non-uniform cooling using liquid evaporation in three dimensional integrated circuits. The program calls for two dies to be cooled together, but the approaches developed for that could be used in multiple stacked dies. Being able to cool smaller areas with higher heat dissipation needs will provide an additional challenge.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMeeting reliability standards while ensuring that the coolant and vaporization within tiny microfluidic passages does not induce liquid dry-out, passage cracking, fluid leakage or undesirable electronic performance.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFabricating micron-scale cooling structures smaller than the thickness of a hair in the integrated circuit stack and understanding the flow and heat transfer physics taking place at that scale.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is well known that cooling constraints play a critical role in designing electronic systems,\u201d said Bakir. \u201cOften a favorable electronic system configuration may not be realizable due to lack of adequate cooling. The novel microscale thermal technologies that will result from this project will address the most demanding thermal needs of future heterogeneous 3-D nanoelectronic systems and will enable new levels of performance and energy efficiency.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the technology challenges, the researchers will also need to develop a detailed and fundamental understanding of how liquids boil at the micron size scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe physics of how liquids boil has been well studied for large systems such as power plant boilers,\u201d Joshi noted. \u201cWhat we are talking about here is boiling that will take place in passages that are produced by microfabrication techniques that may be only 50 micrometers by 50 micrometers. The physics of what will be going on there is very different than what happens at the large scale, and how these liquids boil in the passages of interest will result in new scientific insights.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESelecting an appropriate coolant able to provide the necessary phase change performance \u2013 while not damaging the silicon chips \u2013 will be part of the project. In an earlier research program supported by the Office of Naval Research, Georgia Tech developed new coolant candidates that will be considered along with traditional dielectric fluids.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research will be done in collaboration with industry partner Rockwell-Collins, a major manufacturer of electronic systems for the military. That collaboration will help ensure that solutions developed will be compatible with defense system requirements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe challenges for material characterization and physics-based modeling are to consider the larger features of the electronic system without overlooking the micrometer and sub-micrometer scale features that are the main locations for fracture and failure,\u201d said Sitaraman. \u201cMechanical characterization and physics-based modeling will be important to understanding the reliability of microelectronic systems operating with fluid passages.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond meeting the project requirements, the research will produce technology advances that should be broadly useful for future microsystems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe technologies we have proposed aim to explore uncharted territory in multiple science and technology domains to bring about an order-of-magnitude improvement in the current state-of-the-art,\u201d said Fedorov. \u201cThe project represents a significant challenge on the most fundamental level of materials and fluid behavior down to the sub-micron scale. We\u2019re confident that this project will produce some really new technologies to address the needs of future 3-D microsystems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research is supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under contract HR0011-13-2-0008. 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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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Francis Collins, director, National Institute of Health, called the potential advancements from this research the next \u201cgreatest scientific frontier.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnlocking the human brain has the potential to impact dozens of diseases including, Parkinson\u2019s disease, eye diseases, mental health, traumatic brain injury, to name just a few. The NIH committed $40 million from its budget for the project and other government agencies, including the National Science Foundation as well as Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency also made commitments. 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Nicholas Picon, an aerospace engineering major, is running for president with Lucy Tucker, a biomedical engineering major; industrial engineering majors Max Tanski and Lisandro Sagstume are the other pair running for president and vice president, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGraduate SGA leadership run on separate tickets, but both the president and vice president candidates are running unopposed this year. Arren Washington, a chemistry student, and Johann Weber, public policy, are up for election for president and vice president, respectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to president and vice president, undergraduate class and major representatives will also be up for election this week. Senators to represent the graduate population will be elected in the fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPolls open Friday, April 5, and will close Wednesday, April 10. Cast your ballot at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/elections.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eelections.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore information on the election process and candidate profiles is available online at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/elections\u0022\u003Esga.gatech.edu\/elections\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate and graduate students run for president, vice president, and House positions.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Undergraduate and graduate students run for president, vice president and House positions."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-04-04 14:18:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:59","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"121721":{"id":"121721","type":"image","title":"SGA Seal","body":null,"created":"1449178582","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:22","changed":"1566415234","gmt_changed":"2019-08-21 19:20:34","alt":"SGA Seal","file":{"fid":"237940","name":"sga-seal-color.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sga-seal-color.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sga-seal-color.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":100331,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sga-seal-color.jpg?itok=eCVEEp2q"}}},"media_ids":["121721"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/","title":"Student Government Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"9475","name":"elections"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166923","name":"student government association"},{"id":"167474","name":"student involvement"}],"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:msaha3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMegna Saha\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EUndergraduate SGA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jordan.landry@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJordan Landry\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EGraduate SGA\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"204891":{"#nid":"204891","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tickets Available for Former U.S. Secs. of Defense Event at Ferst Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Tuesday, April 23, the Georgia Tech community is invited to participate in a unique and candid conversation among those who have been central to shaping the United States military strategy over the past 40 years.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=202281\u0022\u003EThe event\u003C\/a\u003E, sponsored by the Southern Center for International Studies, is an in-depth, two-hour discussion with five former U.S. Secretaries of Defense entitled \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=202281\u0022\u003E\u201cBipartisan Advice to the New Administration.\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EModerated by CNN political analyst David Gergen, confirmed participants include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Rumsfeld\u0022\u003EDonald Rumsfeld\u003C\/a\u003E (1975-1977 \u0026amp; 2001-2006)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Cohen\u0022\u003EWilliam Cohen\u003C\/a\u003E (1997-2001)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dick_Cheney\u0022\u003ERichard Cheney \u003C\/a\u003E(1989-1993)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Carlucci\u0022\u003EFrank Carlucci\u003C\/a\u003E (1987-1989)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Schlesinger\u0022\u003EJames Schlesinger\u003C\/a\u003E (1973-1975)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA limited number of free tickets are available\u003C\/strong\u003E to students, staff and faculty at the Ferst Center Box Office, located on the second floor of the Student Center. 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By facilitating new research, the separation process could also lead to improvements in the reprogramming technique itself and help scientists model certain disease processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe reprogramming technique allows a small percentage of cells \u2013 often taken from the skin or blood \u2013 to become human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) capable of producing a wide range of other cell types. Using cells taken from a patient\u2019s own body, the reprogramming technique might one day enable regenerative therapies that could, for example, provide new heart cells for treating cardiovascular disorders or new neurons for treating Alzheimer\u2019s disease or Parkinson\u2019s disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut the cell reprogramming technique is inefficient, generating mixtures in which the cells of interest make up just a small percentage of the total volume. Separating out the pluripotent stem cells is now time-consuming and requires a level of skill that could limit use of the technique \u2013 and hold back the potential therapies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo address the problem, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tunable process that separates cells according to the degree to which they adhere to a substrate inside a tiny microfluidic device. The adhesion properties of the hiPSCs differ significantly from those of the cells with which they are mixed, allowing the potentially-therapeutic cells to be separated to as much as 99 percent purity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe high-throughput separation process, which takes less than 10 minutes to perform, does not rely on labeling technologies such as antibodies. Because it allows separation of intact cell colonies, it avoids damaging the cells, allowing a cell survival rate greater than 80 percent. The resulting cells retain normal transcriptional profiles, differentiation potential and karyotype.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe principle of the separation is based on the physical phenomenon of adhesion strength, which is controlled by the underlying biology,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/garcia\u0022\u003EAndr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda\u003C\/a\u003E, the study\u2019s principal investigator and a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EPetit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThis is a very powerful platform technology because it is easy to implement and easy to scale up.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe separation process was described April 7 in the advance online publication of the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Methods\u003C\/em\u003E. The research was supported by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nih.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Institutes of Health\u003C\/a\u003E (NIH) and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E (NSF), supplemented by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe scientists applied their new understanding of the adhesive properties of human pluripotent stem cells to develop a quick, efficient method for isolating these medically important cells,\u201d said Paula Flicker, of the National Institutes of Health\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nigms.nih.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Institute of General Medical Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, which partly funded the research. \u201cTheir work represents an innovative conversion of basic biological findings into a strategy with therapeutic potential.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn improved separation technique is essential for converting the human induced pluripotent stem cells produced by reprogramming into viable therapies, said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=78\u0022\u003ETodd McDevitt\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University\u003C\/a\u003E, and director of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scec.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EStem Cell Engineering Center\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor research purposes, depending on labeling reagents for separation is not a major problem,\u201d said McDevitt, one of the paper\u2019s co-authors. \u201cBut when we move into commercialization and manufacturing of cell therapies for humans, we need a technology approach that is unbiased and able to be scaled up.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe separation technique, called micro stem cell high-efficiency adhesion-based recovery (\u00b5SHEAR), will allow standardization across laboratories, providing consistent results that don\u2019t depend on the skill level of the users.\u0026nbsp; \u201cBecause of the engineering and technology involved, and the characterization work, we now have a technology that is readily transferrable,\u201d McDevitt said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u00b5SHEAR process grew out of an understanding of how cells involved in the reprogramming process change morphologically as the process proceeds. Using a spinning disk device, the researchers tested the adhesive properties of the hiPSCs, the parental somatic cells, partially-reprogrammed cells and reprogrammed cells that had begun differentiating. For each cell type, they measured its \u201cadhesive signature\u201d \u2013 the level of force required to detach the cells from a substrate that had been coated with specific proteins.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team, which included Georgia Tech postdoctoral fellows Ankur Singh and Shalu Suri, tested their technique in microfluidic devices developed in collaboration with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/lu\u0022\u003EHang Lu\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the testing, cells from the culture were first allowed to attach to the substrate before being subjected to the flow of buffer fluid. Cells with a lower adhesive signature detached from the substrate at lower flow rates. By varying the flow rate, the researchers were able to separate specific types of cells, allowing production of stem cell cultures with purity as high as 99 percent \u2013 from mixtures in which those cells accounted for only a few percent of the total.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt different stages of reprogramming, we see differences in the molecular composition and distribution of the cellular structures that control adhesion force,\u201d Garc\u00eda explained. \u201cOnce we know the range of adhesive forces for each cell type, we can apply those narrow ranges to select the populations that come off in each range.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing inexpensive disposable \u201ccassettes,\u201d the microfluidic system could be scaled up to increase the volume of cells produced and to provide specific separations, Garc\u00eda noted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnlike existing labeling techniques, the new separation process works on cell colonies, avoiding the need to risk damaging cells by breaking up colonies for separation. The separation process has been tested with both reprogrammed blood and skin cells. Cells were provided for testing by ArunA Biomedical, a company based in Athens, Ga., founded by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/stice.uga.edu\/\u0022\u003EUniversity of Georgia professor Steven Stice\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the direct application in producing stem cells, the separation technique could also help scientists with other research in which cells need to be separated \u2013 including potential improvements in the reprogramming technique, which won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cCell reprogramming has been a black box,\u201d said McDevitt. \u201cYou start the reprogramming process, and when the cells are fully reprogrammed, you can pick them out visually. But there are really interesting scientific questions about this process, and by isolating cells undergoing reprogramming, we may be able to make new discoveries about how the process occurs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the project also included graduate student Ted Lee and research technician Marissa Cooke of Georgia Tech, researcher Jamie Chilton of ArunA, and Weiqiang Chen and Jianping Fu of the University of Michigan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work was supported by an ARRA supplement to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards R01 GM065918 and R43 NS080407, the Stem Cell Engineering Center at Georgia Tech, a Sloan Foundation Fellowship, by the National Science Foundation under award DBI-0649833 and an ARRA sub-award under grant RC1CA144825, and by NSF award CMMI-1129611, the Georgia Tech-Emory Center for Regenerative Medicine (GTEC) and the Parker H. 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Any conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official positions of the NIH or NSF.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Singh, Ankur, et al., \u201cAdhesion strength\u2013based, label-free isolation of human pluripotent stem cells,\u201d (Nature Methods, 2013). \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/nmeth.2437\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/nmeth.2437\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new separation process that depends on an easily-distinguished physical difference in adhesive forces among cells could help expand production of stem cells generated through cell reprogramming. 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in 2008, \u003Cem\u003EThe Tower\u003C\/em\u003E has progressed from a publication that simply binds together research articles to one that captures the stories and faces of undergraduate research across the Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe journal, which publishes each semester, gives undergraduate researchers the opportunity to have their articles accepted to a peer-reviewed publication. The fifth edition includes work from the College of Engineering, College of Sciences, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and Scheller College of Business. It also highlights opportunities available through the Fellowships Office and provides insight into the Institute\u2019s research strategy through interviews with Executive Vice President for Research Steve Cross and Integrated Sciences Curriculum Coordinator Jennifer Leavey.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this issue, the staff has honed the journal\u2019s look, incorporating high-quality photography and a simplified layout. For guidance, they went to Van Jensen, editor of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumnimag.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E, whom Editor-in-Chief T.J. 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The journal also continually accepts staff applications. More information on both can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gttower.org\/\u0022\u003Egttower.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPick up your copy of \u003Cem\u003EThe Tower\u2019s\u003C\/em\u003E fifth edition at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/JbwxR\u0022\u003Evarious locations around campus\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Tower now features guest articles and interviews with faculty and students.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Tower now features guest articles and interviews with faculty and students."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-04-09 09:37:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:59","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"205391":{"id":"205391","type":"image","title":"The Tower, Volume 5","body":null,"created":"1449179977","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:37","changed":"1475894861","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:41","alt":"The Tower, Volume 5","file":{"fid":"196711","name":"screen_shot_2013-04-09_at_9.37.05_am.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2013-04-09_at_9.37.05_am_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2013-04-09_at_9.37.05_am_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":604924,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/screen_shot_2013-04-09_at_9.37.05_am_0.png?itok=9y2XApA1"}},"72485":{"id":"72485","type":"image","title":"The Tower Distribution Map","body":null,"created":"1449177934","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:34","changed":"1475894658","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:18","alt":"The Tower Distribution Map","file":{"fid":"193684","name":"screen_shot_2011-11-10_at_10.43.55_am.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2011-11-10_at_10.43.55_am_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2011-11-10_at_10.43.55_am_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":664879,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/screen_shot_2011-11-10_at_10.43.55_am_0.png?itok=SOc6uWlQ"}}},"media_ids":["205391","72485"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gttower.org\/","title":"The Tower"},{"url":"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/JbwxR","title":"Where to pickup The Tower on Campus"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"167464","name":"student publications"},{"id":"11468","name":"the tower"},{"id":"453","name":"undergraduate research"}],"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:editor@gttower.org\u0022\u003ET.J. Kaplan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Tower\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"205461":{"#nid":"205461","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Surface Diffusion Plays a Key Role in Defining the Shapes of Catalytic Nanoparticles","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EControlling the shapes of nanometer-sized catalytic and electrocatalytic particles made from noble metals such as platinum and palladium may be more complicated than previously thought.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing systematic experiments, researchers have investigated how surface diffusion \u2013 a process in which atoms move from one site to another on nanoscale surfaces \u2013 affects the final shape of the particles. The issue is important for a wide range of applications that use specific shapes to optimize the activity and selectivity of nanoparticles, including catalytic converters, fuel cell technology, chemical catalysis and plasmonics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResults of the research could lead to a better understanding of how to manage the diffusion process by controlling the reaction temperature and deposition rate, or by introducing structural barriers designed to hinder the surface movement of atoms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to be able to design the synthesis to produce nanoparticles with the exact shape we want for each specific application,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=158\u0022\u003EYounan Xia\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cFundamentally, it is important to understand how these shapes are formed, to visualize how this happens on structures over a length scale of about 100 atoms.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was reported April 8 in the early online edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E (PNAS). The research was sponsored by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E (NSF).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EControlling the shape of nanoparticles is important in catalysis and other applications that require the use of expensive noble metals such as platinum and palladium. For example, optimizing the shape of platinum nanoparticles can substantially enhance their catalytic activity, reducing demand for the precious material, noted Xia, who is a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gra.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Research Alliance\u003C\/a\u003E (GRA) eminent scholar in nanomedicine. Xia also holds joint appointments in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cControlling the shape is very important to tuning the activity of catalysts and in minimizing the loading of the catalysts,\u201d he said. \u201cShape control is also very important in plasmonic applications, where the shape controls where optical absorption and scattering peaks are positioned. Shape is also important to determining where the electrical charges will be concentrated on nanoparticles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough the importance of particle shape at the nanoscale has been well known, researchers hadn\u2019t before understood the importance of surface diffusion in creating the final particle shape.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdding atoms to the corners of platinum cubes, for instance, can create particles with protruding \u201carms\u201d that increase the catalytic activity. Convex surfaces on cubic particles may also provide better performance. But those advantageous shapes must be created and maintained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENatural energetic preferences related to the arrangement of atoms on the tiny structures favor a spherical shape that is not ideal for most catalysts, fuel cells and other applications. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn their research, Xia and his collaborators varied the temperature of the process used to deposit atoms onto metallic nanocrystals that acted as seeds for the nanoparticles. They also varied the rates at which atoms were deposited onto the surfaces, which were determined by the injection rate at which a chemical precursor material was introduced. The diffusion rate is determined by the temperature, with higher temperatures allowing the atoms to move around faster on the nanoparticle surfaces. In the research, bromide ions were used to limit the movement of the added atoms from one portion of the particle to another.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing transmission electron microscopy, the researchers observed the structures that were formed under different conditions. Ultimately, they found that the ratio of the deposition rate to the diffusion rate determines the final shape. When the ratio is greater than one, the adsorbed atoms tend to stay where they are placed. If the ratio is less than one, they tend to move.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUnless the atomic reaction is at absolute zero, you will always have some diffusion,\u201d said Xia, who holds the Brock Family Chair in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. \u201cBut if you can add atoms to the surface in the places that you want them faster than they can diffuse, you can control the final destination for the atoms.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EXia believes the research may also lead to improved techniques for preserving the unique shapes of nanoparticles even at high operating temperatures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFundamentally, it is very useful for people to know how these shapes are formed,\u201d he said. \u201cMost of these structures had been observed before, but people did not understand why they formed under certain conditions. To do that, we need to be able to visualize what happens on these tiny structures.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EXia\u2019s research team also studied the impact of diffusion on bi-metallic particles composed of both palladium and platinum. The combination can enhance certain properties, and because palladium is currently less expensive than platinum, using a core of palladium covered by a thin layer of platinum provides the catalytic activity of platinum while reducing cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn that instance, surface diffusion can be helpful in covering the palladium surface with a single monolayer of the platinum. Only the surface platinum atoms will be able to provide the catalytic properties, while the palladium core only serves as a support.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research is part of a long-term study of catalytic nanoparticles being conducted by Xia\u2019s research group. Other aspects of the team\u2019s work addresses biomedical uses of nanoparticles in such areas as cancer therapy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are very excited by this result because it is generic and can apply to understand and control diffusion on the surfaces of many systems,\u201d Xia added. \u201cUltimately we want to see how we can take advantage of this diffusion to improve the catalytic and optical properties of these nanoparticles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team also included Xiaohu Xia, Shuifen Xie, Maochang Liu and Hsin-Chieh Peng at Georgia Tech; and Ning Lu, Jinguo Wang and Professor Moon J. Kim at the University of Texas at Dallas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant DMR-1215034 and by startup funds from Georgia Tech. Any conclusions expressed are those of the principal investigator and may not necessarily represent the official views of the NSF.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Xia, Xiaohu, et al., \u201cOn the role of surface diffusion in determining the shape or morphology of noble-metal nanocrystals,\u201d (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2013). \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2013\/04\/05\/1222109110\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2013\/04\/05\/1222109110\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp; John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EControlling the shapes of nanometer-sized catalytic and electrocatalytic particles made from noble metals such as platinum and palladium may be more complicated than previously thought.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new study shows the importance of surface diffusion in forming catalytic nanoparticles."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2013-04-09 10:40:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:59","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"205451":{"id":"205451","type":"image","title":"Surface diffusion in nanocatalysts","body":null,"created":"1449179977","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:37","changed":"1475894861","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:41","alt":"Surface diffusion in nanocatalysts","file":{"fid":"196714","name":"catalyst-shapes.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/catalyst-shapes_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/catalyst-shapes_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":461612,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/catalyst-shapes_0.jpg?itok=ejTiE-dW"}}},"media_ids":["205451"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2506","name":"catalyst"},{"id":"14219","name":"Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"2044","name":"Fuel Cell"},{"id":"63631","name":"nanocatalyst"},{"id":"2054","name":"nanoparticle"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"169567","name":"surface diffusion"},{"id":"24841","name":"Younan Xia"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"205601":{"#nid":"205601","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Project Will Help Protect U.S. Forces by Simulating Hostile UAVs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EToday, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a rapidly growing part of military operations, and forces that aren\u0027t prepared to deal with them are vulnerable. To protect its ground forces, the United States military must be prepared to counter the surveillance technologies aboard hostile unmanned aircraft.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of its broad-based work in electronic-warfare technologies, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI) is developing integrated hardware devices that simulate sensors potentially present on enemy UAVs. The technology \u2013 produced by GTRI as part of its Threat Unmanned Devices Program \u2013 is expected to be used to gauge the effectiveness of U.S. countermeasures against enemy drones. The research is sponsored by the U.S. Army Threat Systems Management Office.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The assets that we\u0027re building can simulate the threat capability you would expect on a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle,\u0022 said Vince Camp, a GTRI senior research engineer who is a principal investigator for the project. \u0022We\u0027re reproducing the ISR [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] capability that a threat UAV would have. Simulating this ISR capability makes it possible to test the effectiveness of U.S. countermeasures against a potentially hostile signal intelligence capability in the air.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen aloft, GTRI\u0027s integrated devices simulate three principal threat capabilities, said Doug Martin, a senior research engineer who directs the GTRI Threat Unmanned Devices Program. The simulated threats include an electro-optical infrared sensor package that includes thermal-imaging capability, other sensors that detect and analyze U.S. communication signals, and equipment capable of jamming U.S. weapons systems. Additional threat-simulation capabilities could be added in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The intent here isn\u0027t to shoot down a hostile UAV or even to prevent it from being there,\u0022 Martin explained. \u0022We want to know what information that vehicle is trying to gather, and what can be done to minimize the exposure of that information.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, he noted, GTRI\u0027s threat simulator payload is being used on a Diamond DA-40 manned aircraft rather than a UAV. That\u0027s largely because the presence of a human pilot makes it easier to obtain clearance to fly over U.S. ground forces and ground assets at test ranges. Acquiring clearance for a UAV flyover is more difficult and time-consuming due to safety concerns.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter takeoff, the test aircraft is directed entirely by a ground operator. The human pilot simply executes the flight plan and commands sent from the ground, maintaining a human-in-the-loop in the event of an emergency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe simulator devices are controlled from the ground via a FalconView interface, which also provides the pilot direction. FalconView is a widely used mapping system created by GTRI that displays maps and other information useful to military mission planners, aviators and aviation support personnel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022From the standpoint of the ground operator, the manned aircraft will look and function like a UAV,\u0022 Martin said. \u0022The ground control interface makes it look like it\u0027s an autonomous vehicle up there.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe GTRI team has finished integration of the threat-simulation devices that are called for under current plans and has passed initial acceptance tests in the air. The completed system was demonstrated successfully at a missile range in fall 2012.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEventually, Camp said, it\u0027s possible that GTRI\u0027s threat simulator hardware will be placed on true UAVs, which could be either ground-controlled or fully autonomous. Mounting a simulation payload on a UAV could provide a more complete, multi-function test environment.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Currently, simulating threat UAV payload performance is the priority over simulating the signature of the aircraft,\u0022 Camp said. \u0022In the future, a test UAV platform could provide a more realistic radar cross-section, electro-optic\/infrared signature and acoustic signature needed to provide a complete threat UAV test capability. What we learn from testing with the UAV threat simulator will help us deploy countermeasures more effectively.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Lance Wallace (404-407-7280)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elance.wallace@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Rick Robinson\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is developing integrated hardware devices that simulate sensors potentially present on enemy UAVs. 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Vince Camp"},{"id":"171265","name":"simulator"},{"id":"1500","name":"UAV"},{"id":"3249","name":"unmanned aerial vehicle"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"205701":{"#nid":"205701","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineers at Play: Students Tackle Gaming Gauntlet in a Semester","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech held a student game developers day April 5 in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons where students showed off playable games they created in a single semester, wrapping 13 weeks of marathon programming, designing and testing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAbout 40 undergraduate and graduate students finished the gaming gauntlet in which the students organized themselves into development teams and met weekly to ensure completion of the games through VGDev, Georgia Tech\u2019s student video game developers group. The games were playable for the crowd of more than 100 attendees and will be ready in time for finals week free on the web and mobile devices at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.vgdev.org\u0022\u003Ewww.vgdev.org\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EOne aspect that sets apart VGDev\u0027s work is that the projects are led and created entirely by students in their free time, apart from any course credit, which has helped in shaping the interdisciplinary group, says Chris DeLeon, a Ph.D. Student in the Digital Media program at Georgia Tech and founder of the development community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EGames from previous semesters are currently available for free at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.vgdev.org\/\u0022\u003Ewww.vgdev.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents created video games in the course of a semester through VGDev, an extracurricular game development group.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students created video games in the course of a semester through VGDev, an extracurricular game development group."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-04-10 15:15:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:59","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/","title":"GVU Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.vgdev.org\/","title":"VGDev.org"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10013","name":"computational media"},{"id":"124","name":"Digital Media"},{"id":"2356","name":"gaming"},{"id":"1946","name":"GVU"},{"id":"166847","name":"students"}],"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:jpreston@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJosh Preston\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGVU Center\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"205891":{"#nid":"205891","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bose-Einstein Condensates Evaluated for Communicating Among Quantum Computers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EQuantum computers promise to perform certain types of operations much more quickly than conventional digital computers. But many challenges must be addressed before these ultra-fast machines become available, among them, the loss of order in the systems \u2013 a problem known as quantum decoherence \u2013 which worsens as the number of bits in a quantum computer increases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne proposed solution is to divide the computing among multiple small quantum computers that would work together much as today\u2019s multi-core supercomputers team up to tackle big digital operations. The individual computers in such a system could communicate quantum information using Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) \u2013 clouds of ultra-cold atoms that all exist in exactly the same quantum state. The approach could address the decoherence problem by reducing the number of bits necessary for a single computer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, a team of physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology has examined how this Bose-Einstein communication might work. The researchers determined the amount of time needed for quantum information to propagate across their BEC, essentially establishing the top speed at which such quantum computers could communicate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we did in this study was look at how this kind of quantum information would propagate,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/chandra-raman\u0022\u003EChandra Raman\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWe are interested in the dynamics of this quantum information flow not just for quantum information systems, but also more generally for fundamental problems in physics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research is scheduled to be published in the April 19 online version of the journal \u003Cem\u003EPhysical Review Letters\u003C\/em\u003E. The research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The work involved both an experimental physics group headed by Raman and a theoretical physics group headed by associate professor Carlos Sa De Melo, also in the Georgia Tech School of Physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers first assembled a gaseous Bose-Einstein condensate that consisted of as many as three million sodium atoms cooled to nearly absolute zero. To begin the experiment, they switched on a magnetic field applied to the BEC that instantly placed the system out of equilibrium. That triggered spin-exchange collisions as the atoms attempted to transition from one ground state to a new one. Atoms near one another became entangled, pairing up with one atom\u2019s spin pointing up, and the other\u2019s pointing down. This pairing of opposite spins created a correlation between pairs of atoms that moved through the entire BEC as it established a new equilibrium.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers, who included graduate student Anshuman Vinit and former postdoctoral fellow Eva Bookjans, measured the correlations as they spread through the cloud of cold atoms. At first, the quantum entanglement was concentrated in space, but over time, it spread outward like drop of dye diffuses through water.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can imagine having a drop of dye that is concentrated at one point in space,\u201d Raman said. \u201cThrough diffusion, the dye molecules move throughout the water, slowly spreading throughout the entire system.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research could help scientists anticipate the operating speed for a quantum computing system composed of many cores communicating through a BEC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis propagation takes place on the time scale of ten to a hundred milliseconds,\u201d Raman said. \u201cThis is the speed at which quantum information naturally flows through this kind of system. If you were to use this medium for quantum communication, that would be its natural time scale, and that would set the timing for other processes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough relevant to communication of quantum information, the process also showed how a large system undergoing a phase transition does so in localized patches that expand to attempt to incorporate the entire system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAn extended system doesn\u2019t move from one phase to another in a uniform way,\u201d said Raman. \u201cIt does this locally. Things happen locally that are not connected to one another initially, so you see this inhomogeneity.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond quantum computing, the results may also have implications for quantum sensing \u2013 and for the study of other physical systems that undergo phase transitions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPhase transitions have universal properties,\u201d Raman noted. \u201cYou can take the phase transitions that happen in a variety of systems and find that they are described by the same physics. It is a unifying principle.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERaman hopes the work will lead to new ways of thinking about quantum computing, regardless of its immediate practical use.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne paradigm of quantum computing is to build a linear chain of as many trapped ions as possible and to simultaneously engineer away as many challenges as possible,\u201d he said. \u201cBut perhaps what may be successful is to build these smaller quantum systems that can communicate with one another. It\u2019s important to try as many things as possible and to keep an open mind. We need to try to understand these systems as well as we can.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) through grant DE-FG-02-03ER15450 and by the National Science Foundation under grant PHY-1100179. The conclusions in this article are those of the principal investigator and do not necessarily represent the official views of the DOE or the NSF.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Vinit, Anshuman, et al., \u201cAntiferromagnetic Spatial Ordering in a Quenched One-dimensional Spinor Gas, (Physical Review Letters, 2013).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp; John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhysicists have examined how Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) might be used to provide communication among the nodes of a distributed quantum computer. 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Providing equations to describe and predict this type of movement \u2013 comparable to what has been done to predict the motion of animals and vehicles through the air or water \u2013 could allow designers to optimize legged robots operating in complex environments for search-and-rescue missions, space exploration or other tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe now have the tools to understand the movement of legged vehicles over loose sand in the same way that scientists and engineers have had tools to understand aerodynamics and hydrodynamics,\u201d said Daniel Goldman, a professor in the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cWe are at the beginning of tools that will allow us to do the design and simulation of legged robots to not only predict their performance, but also to optimize designs and allow us to create new concepts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research behind \u201cterradynamics\u201d was described in the March 22 issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E. The research was supported by the National Science Foundation Physics of Living Systems program, the Army Research Office, the Army Research Laboratory, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science of the University of California, Berkeley.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobots such as the Mars Rover have depended on wheels for moving in complex environments such as sand and rocky terrain. Robots envisioned for autonomous search-and-rescue missions also rely on wheels, but as the vehicles become smaller, designers may need to examine alternative means of locomotion, Goldman said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExisting techniques for describing locomotion on surfaces are complex and can\u2019t take into account the intrusion of legs into a granular surface. To improve and simplify the understanding, Goldman and collaborators Chen Li and Tingnan Zhang examined the motion of a small legged robot as it moved on granular media. Using a 3-D printer, they created legs in a variety of shapes and used them to study how different configurations affected the robot\u2019s speed along a track bed. They then measured granular force laws from experiments to predict forces on legs, and created simulation to predict the robot\u2019s motion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe key insight, according to Goldman, was that the forces applied to independent elements of the robot legs could be simply summed together to provide a reasonably accurate measure of the net force on a robot moving through granular media. That technique, known as linear superposition, worked surprisingly well for legs moving in diverse kinds of granular media.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe discovered that the force laws affecting this motion are generic in a diversity of granular media, including poppy seeds, glass beads and natural sand,\u201d said Li, who is now a Miller postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Berkeley. \u201cBased on this generalization, we developed a practical procedure for non-specialists to easily apply terradynamics in their own studies using just a single force measurement made with simple equipment they can buy off the shelf, such as a penetrometer.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more complicated granular materials, although the terradynamics approach still worked well, an additional factor \u2013 perhaps the degree to which particles resemble a sphere \u2013 may be required to describe the forces with equivalent accuracy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond understanding the basic physics principles involved, the researchers also learned that convex legs made in the shape of the letter \u201cC\u201d worked better than other variations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs long as the legs are convex, the robot generates large lift and small body drag, and thus can run fast,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cWhen the limb shape was changed to flat or concave, the performance dropped. This information is important for optimizing the energy efficiency of legged robots.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAerodynamic designers have long used a series of equations known as Navier-Stokes to describe the movement of vehicles through the air. Similarly, these equations also allow hydrodynamics designers to know how submarines and other vehicles move through water.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTerradynamics\u201d could provide designers with an efficient technique for understanding motion through media that flows around legs of terrestrial animals and robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUsing terradynamics, our simulation is not only as accurate as the established discrete element method (DEM) simulation, but also much more computationally efficient,\u201d said Zhang, who is a graduate student in Goldman\u2019s laboratory. \u201cFor example, to simulate one second of robot locomotion on a granular bed of five million poppy seeds takes the DEM simulation a month using computers in our lab. Using terradynamics, the simulation takes only 10 seconds.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe six-legged experimental robot was just 13 centimeters long and weighed about 150 grams. Robots of that size could be used in the future for search-and-rescue missions, or to scout out unknown environments such as the surface of Mars. They could also provide biologists with a better understanding of how animals such as sand lizards run and kangaroo rats hop on granular media.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom a biological perspective, this opens up a new area,\u201d said Goldman, who has studied a variety of animals to learn how their locomotion may assist robot designers. \u201cThese are the kinds of tools that can help understand why lizards have feet and bodies of certain shapes. The problems associated with movement in sandy environments are as important to many animals as they are to robots.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond optimizing the design of future small robots, the work could also lead to a better understanding of the complex environment through which they will have to move.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe think that the kind of approach we are taking allows us to ask questions about the physics of granular materials that no one has asked before,\u201d Goldman added. \u201cThis may reveal new features of granular materials to help us create more comprehensive models and theories of motion. We are now beginning to get the rules of how vehicles move through these materials.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Army Research Laboratory Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA W911NF-08-2-004), the Army Research Office (W911NF-11-1-0514), the National Science Foundation (NSF) Physics of Living Systems program (PHY-1150760) and the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Any conclusions are those of the principal investigators, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Army Research Laboratory, the Army Research Office or the NSF.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Chen Li, Tingnan Zhang, Daniel I. 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Using tumor cells injected into a rat brain, the team proved nanocarriers are able to find their way to the brain tumor and selectively dye it blue while excluding normal brain tissue.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe findings are significant for hospitals worldwide that lack machines to help guide tumor removal, such as an intraoperative MRI machine. This new technique could help neurosurgeons remove brain tumors in children more accurately all over the world, the researchers said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrahma, Bellamkonda and other collaborators are developing a range of nanotechnologies designed to treat brain tumors and traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.\u0026nbsp;Other authors on the article include researchers from the Bellamkonda lab and Phil Santangelo, assistant professor and optical imaging expert in the joint biomedical engineering department at Georgia Tech and Emory University. The collaboration embodies the power and potential of the rapidly growing partnership between Children\u0027s, Georgia Tech and Emory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research effort is in collaboration with the Children\u0027s Neurosciences Center. This effort\u0026nbsp;is part of the Emory+Children\u2019s Pediatric Research Center led by Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University, including partnerships with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse School of Medicine. The research was funded by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.choa.org\/Childrens-Hospital-Services\/Cancer-and-Blood-Disorders\/Stop-Childhood-Cancer-Alliance\/Ians-Friends-Foundation\u0022\u003EIan\u2019s Friends Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E in Atlanta and the Georgia Cancer Coalition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Csub\u003EChildren\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/sub\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Csub\u003EChildren\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta, a not-for-profit organization, is dedicated to making kids better today and healthier tomorrow. The facility\u2019s specialized care helps children get better faster and live healthier lives. Managing more than half a million patient visits annually at three hospitals and 17 neighborhood locations, Children\u2019s is the largest healthcare provider for children in Georgia and one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country. Children\u2019s offers access to more than 60 pediatric specialties and programs and is ranked among the top children\u2019s hospitals in the country by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report. With generous philanthropic and volunteer support, Children\u2019s has made an impact in the lives of children in Georgia, the United States and throughout the world. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.choa.org\u0022\u003Ewww.choa.org\u003C\/a\u003E for more information\u003C\/sub\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Techn and\u0026nbsp;Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta announce new technique that increases precision in brain tumor removal.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Techn and Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta announce new technique that increases precision in brain tumor removal."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2013-03-27 08:35:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:55","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"202351":{"id":"202351","type":"image","title":"Staining Tumors Blue","body":null,"created":"1449179952","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:12","changed":"1475894856","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:36","alt":"Staining Tumors Blue","file":{"fid":"196615","name":"blue_brain_tumor.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/blue_brain_tumor_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/blue_brain_tumor_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1859642,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/blue_brain_tumor_0.jpg?itok=2O4Ujoi_"}}},"media_ids":["202351"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"62631","name":"blue staining technique"},{"id":"62621","name":"brain tumor removal"},{"id":"9721","name":"Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"36141","name":"Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University"},{"id":"62641","name":"Dr. Barun Brahma"},{"id":"2471","name":"Ravi Bellamkonda"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"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":""}},"202381":{"#nid":"202381","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NSA Director to Speak at Georgia Tech Cyber Security Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/gtsecuritysymposium\/keynote-speaker\u0022\u003EGeneral Keith B. Alexander\u003C\/a\u003E, director of the National Security Agency, will speak at Georgia Tech on Thursday about the need for a stronger digital defense to combat the growing number of cyber attacks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlexander, the top officer at U.S. Cyber Command, will give the keynote address of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/gtsecuritysymposium\/agenda\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Cyber Security Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E at 1:15 p.m. on March 28 at the Global Learning Center, room 236. Alexander will take questions from the audience during a Q\u0026amp;A session following his address.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHosted by the National Academy of Engineering and the FBI, the symposium will highlight the technologies, challenges and policies that can prevent, detect and respond to cyber incidents. The event is free and open to the public, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on March 28 and from 9 a.m. to noon on March 29.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Alexander\u2019s speech on March 28, panels including Georgia Tech experts will discuss cutting edge research, related cyber security startups and the need for cyber security legislation. Georgia Tech\u2019s expertise covers a wide range of cyber security issues including:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDetection of botnets and other emerging cyber threats\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAnalysis of malware and threat intelligence\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESecurity of mobile payments and detection of phone fraud\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInformation privacy and cyber security policy\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022With the growing scale and sophistication of cyber security threats, multidisciplinary teams at Georgia Tech are focused on gaining a better understanding of emerging threats, including partnering with government, business and industry to develop solutions,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson who will give opening remarks at the symposium. \u0022The key to protecting our information is collaboration, and capitalizing on our strengths.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the morning of March 29, chief information officers from 25 universities will examine cyber security concerns on college campuses and discuss the need for information sharing between the public and private sectors and law enforcement. Sean Farrell, chief of the FBI Office of the General Counsel\u2019s Cyber Task Force, will also speak about legal issues surrounding cyber security.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;A live webcast of the symposium will be available: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/proed.pe.gatech.edu\/gtpe\/pelive\/cybersecurity_32813\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/proed.pe.gatech.edu\/gtpe\/pelive\/cybersecurity_32813\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/gtsecuritysymposium\/keynote-speaker\u0022\u003EGeneral Keith B. Alexander\u003C\/a\u003E, director of the National Security Agency, will speak at Georgia Tech on Thursday about the need for a stronger digital defense to combat the growing number of cyber attacks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"General Keith B. Alexander will speak on March 28 about the need for a stronger digital defense to combat the growing number of cyber attacks."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2013-03-27 10:41:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:55","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"193591":{"id":"193591","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Cyber Security Symposium","body":null,"created":"1449179879","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:59","changed":"1475894843","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:23","alt":"Georgia Tech Cyber Security Symposium","file":{"fid":"196353","name":"gen_alexander1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gen_alexander1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gen_alexander1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":317433,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gen_alexander1_0.jpg?itok=3fhX2K1M"}}},"media_ids":["193591"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=193311","title":"Georgia Tech Cyber Security Symposium - calendar item"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/gtsecuritysymposium\/","title":"Georgia Tech Cyber Security Symposium - website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"59051","name":"Cyber Security Symposium"},{"id":"4206","name":"fbi"},{"id":"415","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"id":"1141","name":"national academy of engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"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":""}},"202561":{"#nid":"202561","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Farrugia to Manage Georgia Tech\/Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta Research Partnership","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta are advancing their commitment to collaborative research through enhanced management of their vast joint research portfolio.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis goal will be dramatically advanced by the naming of Sherry Farrugia as program director for the Georgia Tech\/Children\u2019s partnership. In this new, jointly funded management role, Farrugia will help build even closer collaboration between Children\u2019s and Georgia Tech in areas of mutual research interest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn her new role, she will serve as a member of the Georgia Tech\/Children\u2019s Executive Council, facilitate the annual planning and resource allocation process,\u0026nbsp;provide administrative oversight of the seed grant program approved in the annual plan, match Georgia Tech experts with Children\u2019s clinicians, coordinate large proposal development and participate in fundraising activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn June 2012, Georgia Tech and Children\u2019s announced a $20 million joint investment, strengthening their research commitment to developing technological solutions for improving children\u2019s health. The expanded collaboration combined the proficiencies of both organizations with a common vision \u2013 to become the global leader in pediatric technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFarrugia most recently served as a Georgia Tech strategic partners officer focused on health information technology initiatives. In that role, she worked closely with industry leaders to develop highly effective and mutually beneficial partnerships between companies and Georgia Tech. Prior to working at Georgia Tech, she held high-level corporate positions in the health field, and founded a healthcare information technology company that was sold to one of the nation\u2019s oldest and largest healthcare services organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Appointment Enhances Collaboration Efforts"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta are advancing their commitment to collaborative research through enhanced management of their vast joint research portfolio.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2013-03-27 15:08:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:55","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"202571":{"id":"202571","type":"image","title":"Sherry Farrugia","body":null,"created":"1449179952","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:12","changed":"1475894856","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:36","alt":"Sherry Farrugia","file":{"fid":"196617","name":"sherry_farrugia.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sherry_farrugia_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sherry_farrugia_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":400641,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sherry_farrugia_0.png?itok=df_UhpDP"}}},"media_ids":["202571"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=133521","title":"Georgia Tech\/Children\u0027s Healhcare Alliance Announcement"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14105","name":"children\u0027s healthcare"},{"id":"62701","name":"Farrugia"},{"id":"572","name":"partnership"},{"id":"171262","name":"strategic partners"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"202581":{"#nid":"202581","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Wellness Course Incorporates Physical Fitness","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESince its early days of shop class and drownproofing, Georgia Tech has historically been a place that values physical activity. However, in recent years, the academic curriculum has not incorporated a physical component. That will change this fall when, for the first time in years, undergraduates will be able to complete their wellness course requirement with a course that includes physical fitness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Applied Physiology has created the new Science of Physical Activity and Health course, or APPH 1050, to satisfy students\u2019 longstanding desire to have physical activity be part of the wellness requirement previously only satisfied by Health Concepts and Strategies, or HPS 1040.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want students to be physically active and know it does more than impact physical health,\u201d said Teresa Snow, academic professional in the School of Applied Physiology and wellness courses coordinator.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAPPH 1050 is a two-credit-hour class that meets twice a week for 90 minutes each: once for lecture, and once for structured physical activity at the Campus Recreation Center. When signing up for the course, students will be able to choose one of four activities for the duration of the semester: running, weight lifting, yoga, or fitness 101, an option for beginner exercisers that will involve warm-up activities, circuit strength training, cardiovascular conditioning, and cool-down and stretching techniques. A $35 fee for the semester will fund the certified instructors teaching the physical fitness courses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor students who want to get into an exercise routine, the physical component will establish that and, hopefully, give them something they can carry on after the course,\u201d Snow said. Grading will be predominantly based on attendance rather than performance in physical endeavors, with examinations being used to evaluate work in the lecture portions of the course.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor those not keen on physical activity, HPS 1040 will still exist, but will now be called the Scientific Foundations of Health, or APPH 1040. However, a recent survey conducted by the Student Government Association showed overwhelming support for physical activity from undergraduates; when asked on a scale of 1 to 5 how interested they would be in taking a physical wellness class, the average response was 4.15.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy and large from most students we\u2019ve talked to, they\u2019re really interested in some physical component,\u201d said John Miller, a fifth-year industrial engineering major who spearheaded the SGA effort. \u201cMost people look back on their time at Tech and wish they\u2019d done more with the CRC or some physical thing. With this class, more people will develop the habit to work out or go to the gym, specially if they take it early on.\u201d Research done by Miller and former SGA members showed that neighboring universities such as Kennesaw State University and the University of Georgia had physical classes for students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHPS 1040 has not consistently included a physical component since the late 1990s. Students recently voiced the desire for this component in a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nique.net\/news\/2012\/02\/10\/physical-education-proposed-for-hps-1040\/\u0022\u003E2012 Technique article\u003C\/a\u003E; the request became official at a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facultygovernance.gatech.edu\/IUCC%20Minutes%2002-12-13.pdf\u0022\u003EFeb. 12 Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee meeting\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe credit really goes to the students. We had an idea of how it might work, but they really had to push for it and have done a great job,\u201d said Snow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA big-picture hope is that increased physical activity could also permeate other aspects of student wellness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe more physically active and healthy you are, the less stress you have and the more fit you\u2019ll be mentally and otherwise,\u201d said Miller, who will graduate in May; he is currently enrolled in HPS 1040 after holding out hope for the revised course to come to fruition before his graduation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis fall, students will be able to choose from two courses to complete their wellness requirement \u2014 one of which includes physical activity.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This fall, students will be able to choose from two courses 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Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) continuing grant for her proposal to add a robotics component to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sure.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s SURE program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobotics, as a discipline, is inherently interdisciplinary, combining all aspects of engineering and computer science necessary for designing and deploying integrated systems and solutions. \u201cAs students are exposed to robotics, they begin to see connections among these disciplines and begin to understand how their in-class book knowledge translates into real-world systems that can assist society in positive ways,\u201d Howard says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunded with co-support from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/\u0022\u003EDepartment of Defense\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;NSF\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/div\/index.jsp?div=EEC\u0022\u003EDivision of Engineering Education and Centers\u003C\/a\u003E, the program will support the involvement of undergraduate students in an immersive robotics research experience, and as a direct consequence, interest them in opportunities available through graduate study.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe robotics REU program will be offered in conjunction with the ongoing Georgia Tech SURE program, which was established in 1992, and offers a ten-week summer research program designed to attract qualified minority students into graduate school in the fields of engineering and science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Leyla Conrad, outreach director for ECE and co-PI on the robotics REU program grant, approximately thirty-five students of at least junior-level undergraduate standing are recruited on a nationwide basis each year for Georgia Tech\u2019s SURE program. The students are paired with both a faculty member and a graduate student mentor to undertake research projects in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mrsec.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdding a robotics component to the SURE program is important not only to diversify research options for students but is also timely as the strategic importance of robotics and automation technologies to the U.S. economy continues to increase.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHoward says, \u201cThe push of robotics, as it moves from traditional industrial settings, into public spaces and homes across the world opens up extensive new research opportunities in important economic areas such as healthcare, education, and entertainment.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EScheduled to launch in May 2014, the robotics REU program will allow students to share in meeting the challenges of this promising new robotics domain and fully reap the rewards of being trained in this interdisciplinary field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a result of the new program, the College of Computing (CoC) will join the other three units currently overseeing SURE-related research projects. Eight professors who are faculty members in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ERobotics \u0026amp; Intelligent Machines Center (RIM)\u003C\/a\u003E and hail from both the College of Computing and the College of Engineering, will serve as the initial advisors for the robotics REU program: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=135\u0022\u003EAyanna Howard\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/charles-isbell-jr\u0022\u003ECharles Isbell\u003C\/a\u003E (CoC), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=104\u0022\u003ECharlie Kemp\u003C\/a\u003E (BME), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/mike-stilman\u0022\u003EMike Stilman\u003C\/a\u003E (CoC), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/andrea-thomaz\u0022\u003EAndrea Thomaz\u003C\/a\u003E (CoC), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/ueda\u0022\u003EJun Ueda\u003C\/a\u003E (ME), \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=139\u0022\u003EPatricio Vela\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE), and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=153\u0022\u003EFumin Zhang\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis program is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) (1263049) and is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program and NSF\u0027s Division of Engineering Education and Centers.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAyanna Howard has been awarded a NSF\u0026nbsp;REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE)\u0026nbsp;continuing grant\u0026nbsp;for her proposal to add a robotics component to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sure.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s SURE program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2013-03-27 20:18:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:55","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"202621":{"id":"202621","type":"image","title":"Ayanna Howard","body":null,"created":"1449179952","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:12","changed":"1475894856","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:36","alt":"Ayanna Howard","file":{"fid":"196620","name":"ayanna-square.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ayanna-square_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ayanna-square_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":50079,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ayanna-square_0.jpg?itok=FKSMq27-"}}},"media_ids":["202621"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.sure.gatech.edu\/","title":"Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering\/Science Program (SURE)"},{"url":"http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Robotics \u0026 Intelligent Machines"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=135","title":"Profile"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"825","name":"Ayanna Howard"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"60041","name":"Robotics \u0026 Intelligent Machines Center (RIM)"},{"id":"171263","name":"Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering (SURE) program"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosie Giles\u003Cbr \/\u003ERIM Communications Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:josie@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejosie@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["josie@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"202641":{"#nid":"202641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IRI Intros: 5 Questions with Bob Guldberg","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou\u2019ve probably heard that Georgia Tech has a number of Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) \u2013 but do you know much about them?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis article is the second in a series of Q\u0026amp;As to introduce the Tech community to the eight IRIs and their faculty leaders. In this installment, Executive Director Bob Guldberg answers questions about the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ibb.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: What is unique about the bioengineering and bioscience community at Georgia Tech \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eand what has made the Petit Institute such a success?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience was created in 1995 as a new model to facilitate interdisciplinary research among faculty and students from different academic units on campus. The Petit Biotechnology Building was opened in 1999 and was uniquely designed to break down barriers to working across disciplines by creating open research neighborhoods composed of investigators with common collaborative interests \u2013 from different schools and colleges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the years, the Petit Institute has grown beyond the walls of the initial building and now serves as the heart of the biotechnology complex. Part of the uniqueness of the Institute lies in the amazing breadth of research, spanning from cancer biotechnologies, regenerative medicine, and drug delivery, to multi-scale biomechanics, molecular biophysics, and chemical biology. The Petit Institute currently supports 16 interdisciplinary research centers focused on applications related to pediatric healthcare, military medicine, cardiovascular disease, stem cell engineering, and even the origins of life itself. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Petit Institute\u0027s success can be attributed first to a clear mission to add value by catalyzing research and education initiatives at the interface of bioengineering and the biosciences. As one example, the income from our endowment provided through the generosity of alumnus Parker H. \u201cPete\u201d Petit is used to support collaborative seed grants between faculty from different colleges at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; We also support a broad range of experimental core facilities, conferences and seminars, industry interactions, student activities, and outreach, combining to create a truly dynamic culture and ecosystem for interdisciplinary research. Another critical element of the Petit Institute\u0027s success has been coordination and partnership with participating academic units on campus as well as with external entities such as Emory and Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: How is the Petit Institute making an impact locally, nationally, and internationally?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003C\/strong\u003E In the coming decades, our society will face the multifaceted challenges of providing energy, sustainable food sources, and cost-effective, accessible health care for 9 billion people worldwide. The complexity of these challenges will require solutions that draw on research conducted at the intersection of the life sciences, the physical sciences, and engineering: a concept called convergent science that is being promoted by the National Academies and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The Petit Institute is actively contributing to these discussions and was recently recognized as a national model for promoting interdisciplinary research and education in partnership with academic departments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInternationally, the Petit Institute partners with institutions that share our ideology. Through various partnerships, we have held international workshops with researchers in Ireland, China, Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Switzerland, Singapore, Norway, Egypt, and Canada, to name a few. Out of those events, research proposals are emerging, and the Petit Institute\u2019s global footprint is continually expanding.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022ArticleText\u0022\u003ELocally, the Petit Institute acts as a liaison to our thriving local partnerships with the member institutions of the Georgia Research Alliance (Emory University, Georgia State University, Georgia Regents University, Clark-Atlanta University, and the University of Georgia) as well as other institutions such as Morehouse School of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta, Shepherd Center and Georgia Bio. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022ArticleText\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EHow does the Petit Institute support interdisciplinary research?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022ArticleText\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003C\/strong\u003E An important part of the Petit Institute\u2019s mission is to provide a collaborative culture and environment that catalyzes the formation of new interdisciplinary activities and research centers. The Petit Institute, with its unique environment and entrepreneurial spirit, facilitates collaboration between engineers and scientists to create new opportunities through its seed grant programs, innovative education programs, and staff support of grants, facilities, public relations, proposals, and industry relations. Out of these types of collaboration, true interdisciplinary activities and innovations emerge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the core of our community is the shared core facilities, which facilitate and enhance the research taking place throughout the bio-complex. These facilities and their powerful capabilities, allow Georgia Tech researchers to take their interdisciplinary research to the next level, giving Tech a competitive advantage over our peer institutions. As a technology-driven research institute, it is also the Petit Institute\u2019s mission to support the advancement of fundamental knowledge and help drive the translation of new research discoveries into applications that benefit human health and society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022ArticleText\u0022\u003EInnovative scientific research in the 21st century requires three critical factors:\u0026nbsp; the ability to form and deploy teams having diverse skill sets, the availability of state-of-the-art facilities, and the engagement of the world\u2019s brightest minds to understand and solve complex research problems. The Petit Institute, through its faculty, trainees, and partners, is fortunate to possess all of these essential ingredients. There are now over 140 faculty and nearly 1,000 graduate students, undergraduate students, and postdoctoral fellows who make up and contribute to the Petit Institute community.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EHow does the Petit Institute support education throughout the bio-community?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003C\/strong\u003E The Petit Institute supports nontraditional education programs in a variety of ways and focuses on providing opportunities and experiences for students at all levels that extend beyond formal courses, integrating science and engineering principles into educational experiences. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the Petit Institute is not a school or department with traditional classes,\u0026nbsp;we are involved in graduate student education on many levels. The Petit Institute invests in education experiences to support the bio-community\u0027s growing graduate student population.\u0026nbsp;For instance, the Petit Institute is home to four research training grants that provide scholarships, fellowships, or stipends for graduate and postdoctoral fellows. Graduate students who are supported by training grants often get to experience deeper relationships with industry through internships and often develop an understanding of a specific field \u2013 all while building their life experiences. The Petit Institute is also the administrative home for both the Bioengineering Graduate Program and the Bioinformatics Graduate Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, the Petit Institute is home to the Bioengineering and Bioscience Unified Graduate Students (BBUGS) group. The Petit Institute supports this group, which organizes over 30 of their own events each year as well as provides graduate students with a more well-rounded training experience, integrating social, policy, and industry activities into the classroom and lab work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EThe Petit Institute is also supportive of undergraduate initiatives, one of which is the Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, a competitive scholarship program for top undergraduates majoring in any of the bioscience or bioengineering fields. The program offers undergraduates a 12-month mentored research opportunity, providing a solid foundation to pursue advanced degrees in science or engineering. After graduating, 80 percent of Petit Scholars go on to obtain advanced degrees. Since its inception in 2000, the program has supported hundreds of top undergraduate researchers who have established distinguished careers in research, medicine, and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat will the bioengineering and bioscience community look like in the decade to come?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EWe look forward to continuing to strengthen and build the Georgia Tech bio-community as we head into a bright future. Since its investment in bioscience and bioengineering began almost 20 years ago, Georgia Tech has been at the forefront of the convergent science revolution. In 2015, we will see our bio-community expand with the addition of the Engineered Biosystems Building and recruitment of new faculty who believe in our mission. Talent is flocking to Georgia Tech to be a part of the culture we\u0027ve established and the regional growth in integrated biosciences and bioengineering. Together, we will quicken the pace of new discoveries, while promoting the commercialization and growth of biotechnologies in Georgia to benefit human health and society in the years ahead. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis article is the second in a series of Q\u0026amp;As to introduce the Tech community to the eight IRIs and their directors. In this installment, Executive Director Bob Guldberg answers five questions about the Parker H. 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The Boeing Company issues the awards annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech maintained a Silver composite performance rating for each month of the 12-month performance period, from October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2012, and was one of only 441 suppliers to receive the Silver level of recognition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Boeing Performance Excellence Award team noted that \u201cperformance excellence is fundamental to the success of both our (organizations). Boeing extends its sincere congratulations to the employees (of Georgia Tech) for demonstrating their dedication to the high performance standards necessary to meet customer expectations and remain competitive in the global economy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year, Georgia Tech was named one of 16 recipients of Boeing\u2019s 2011 Supplier of the Year Award. Boeing supports a variety of research activities at Georgia Tech related to manufacturing technologies, such as control and control systems on cranes, mobile platforms and robotics for moving parts in a factory environment, and active flow control for wing tips, noted Shreyes Melkote, associate director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and Morris M. Bryan Jr. Professor for Advanced Manufacturing Systems in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are quite pleased and honored to receive the 2012 Performance Excellence Award in the Supplier Management Division,\u201d Melkote said. \u201cOur faculty and research staff at Georgia Tech will continue to excel in conducting transformative research and developing tools, processes and products to address critical manufacturing issues to meet our customer\u2019s needs and be competitive in the global economy, which is vital to the manufacturing base in the U.S.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the Boeing Performance Excellence Award, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.boeing.com\/companyoffices\/doingbiz\/supplier_portal\/bpea.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.boeing.com\/companyoffices\/doingbiz\/supplier_portal\/bpea.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech received a 2012 Boeing Performance Excellence Award. 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On April 8 at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=200071\u0022\u003EInternational Food Fest\u003C\/a\u003E, a Tech tradition for more than 30 years, a communal table of international cuisine will let attendees globetrot their way through lunch.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso that day, the Georgia Tech Language Institute\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=200081\u0022\u003ELanguage Caf\u00e9\u003C\/a\u003E will bring together native and non-native English speakers for casual conversation, giving everyone a chance to practice whatever their second language may be.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur ultimate goal as an organization is to showcase the diversity of Tech\u0027s campus while encouraging cross-cultural cooperation,\u201d said Overstreet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther events throughout the week include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMonday, April 1: \u003Ca 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Phased array technology is replacing traditional electro-mechanical radar antennas \u2013 the familiar rotating dish that goes back many decades \u2013 because stationary solid state electronics are faster, more precise and more reliable than moving mechanical parts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYet phased array antennas, which require bulky supporting electronics, can be as large as older systems. To address this issue, a research team from the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a novel device \u2013 the ultra-compact passive true time delay.\u0026nbsp; This component could help reduce the size, complexity, power requirements and cost of phased array designs, and may have applications in other defense and communication areas as well.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe patent-pending ultra-compact device takes advantage of the difference in speed between light and sound, explained Ryan Westafer, a Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) research engineer who is leading the effort. The ultra-compact device uses acoustic technology to produce a type of signal delay that\u0027s essential to phased-array performance; existing phased-array antennas use cumbersome electrical technology to create this type of signal delay.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Most true time delay equipment currently uses long, meandering electromagnetic delay lines \u2013 comparable to coaxial cable \u2013 that take up a lot of space,\u0022 Westafer said. \u0022In addition, there are some time delay designs that utilize photonic technology, but they currently have size and functionality drawbacks as well.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ultra-compact delay device uses acoustic delay lines that are embedded entirely within thin film materials. The component can be made thousands of times smaller than an electrical delay-line design, Westafer said, and it can be readily integrated on top of semiconductor substrates commonly used in radar systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA Critical Delay\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a phased array radar system, true time delays are necessary to assure proper performance of the many signal beam producing elements that make up the array. As the elements scan back and forth electronically at extremely high speeds, their timing requires extremely fine coordination.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The individual antenna elements of a phased array appear to scan together, but in fact each element\u2019s signal has to leave up to a few nanoseconds later than its neighbor or the steered beam will be spoiled,\u201d explained Kyle Davis, a GTRI research engineer who is a team member. \u0022These delays need to march down each element in the array in succession for a steered beam to be produced. Without correct time delays, the signals will be degraded by a periodic interference pattern and the location of the target will be unclear.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditional phased array systems use one foot of electrical delay line for each nanosecond of delay. By contrast, the Georgia Tech team\u0027s time-delay design consists of a thin-film acoustic component that\u0027s a mere 40 microns square. The tiny device can be readily integrated into the silicon substrate of a radar component, yet it provides the same delay as many feet of cable.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis size reduction is possible because of a simple fact of physics \u2013 sound traveling through the air moves about 100,000 times more slowly than light. As a result, when an electromagnetic wave such as a radar signal becomes an acoustic wave, it slows down dramatically. In the case of the ultra-compact passive true time delay component, the acoustic area of the component furnishes a multi-nanosecond delay in the space of a few microns.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Microwave acoustic delay lines actually date back to 1959, but our ultra-compact delay\u0027s small size represents a significant advance that should allow microwave acoustic delay lines to be manufactured and integrated much more readily,\u0022 explained William Hunt, a professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. \u0022And it\u0027s worth noting that this innovative work took place as the result of both strong student participation and very effective collaboration across several Georgia Tech units.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAcoustic Wave Conversion\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA phased array radar using the Georgia Tech time delay component could operate like this: An electromagnetic wave is transmitted through an electrical line to the compact time delay device. Then, within the delay device, a piezoelectric transducer converts electromagnetic waves to acoustic waves, and over the distance of a few microns the waves are slowed by several orders of magnitude.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce the required delay is achieved, the acoustic waves are transduced back to electromagnetic waves, delivered into another electrical line and transmitted by an antenna. A similar but reverse sequence takes place when the radar beam bounces back from its target and is received by the antenna.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Westafer, Davis and Hunt, the Georgia Tech development team includes GTRI principal research engineers Jeff Hallman and Jim Maloney; GTRI research engineer Brent Tillery and GTRI research associate Chris Ward; School of Electrical and Computer Engineering student Stephen Mihalko, and GTRI student assistant Jonathan Perez.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo date, the Georgia Tech team has successfully demonstrated that the current version of the ultra-compact passive true time delay can handle radar signals at 100 percent bandwidth while delivering a 10 nanosecond delay. 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On April 22, the region\u2019s foremost startup accelerator will place its own focus on five of the most promising local startup companies as Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/\u0022\u003EAdvanced Technology Development Center\u003C\/a\u003E (ATDC) recognizes its graduates at the 2013 Startup Showcase.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe annual event brings together the elite of the Atlanta startup community\u2014hundreds of entrepreneurs, technology leaders, university representatives and investors\u2014to spotlight some of Georgia\u2019s brightest startups and emerging technologies. Speakers at this year\u2019s event include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBill Nussey, president and CEO of email marketing leader Silverpop\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESteve Cross, Georgia Tech\u2019s executive vice president for research\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHans Gant, senior vice president of economic development at the Metro Atlanta Chamber\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBlake Patton, entrepreneur and interim general manager of the ATDC\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSomeone asks me every day what the most innovative ATDC companies are doing. The Showcase is open to everyone, so it\u0027s your chance to see for yourself,\u201d said Patton. \u201cThese five graduates have achieved what all of our startups are striving for by taking innovative ideas and turning them into great businesses. They serve as examples of the value that entrepreneurs bring to this region.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EATDC member companies create an estimated 250 to 500 new jobs and generate about $84 million in revenue in an average year. Recently named one of the \u201c10 technology incubators that are changing the world\u201d by Forbes Magazine, ATDC has supported the creation of hundreds of technology companies that have raised more than a billion dollars in outside financing, including nationally known ones such as ScoutMob, BLiNQ Media, CodeGuard and SoloHealth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the graduates, dozens of ATDC\u2019s most promising companies\u2014representing industries as varied as information security, financial technology, healthcare IT, mobile technology, clean tech\/energy, and medical devices\u2014will exhibit their innovative technologies during the event, including the innovative SwimBrowser and a solar-powered car.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2013 ATDC graduates include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAccelerEyes makes code run 10 to 100 times faster by enabling it to run on graphics processing units. It serves thousands of customers in more than 40 countries across a variety of industries.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBrightWhistle is a first-in-class digital patient acquisition solution designed for health care providers. Its technology helps providers quickly find high value patients through search and social media.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKontrolFreek is a leading designer of ergonomic, game-enhancing products to improve comfort and performance when playing video games.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPatientco helps patients pay, track, understand and manage their healthcare costs. The company helps patients reign in healthcare costs and providers receive payments more quickly.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUrjanet offers tools for tracking and reporting energy use for large-scale consumers.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo help meet the growing demand for support to Georgia technology entrepreneurs and startup companies, Georgia Tech recently announced that it is strengthening and realigning resources in the ATDC. The changes will include expanding ATDC\u2019s staff of technology catalysts and entrepreneurs-in-residence, adding new facilities to support specialized startups and increasing the amount of office and incubator space at its headquarters in Atlanta\u2019s Technology Square.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Startup Showcase will be held at the Georgia Tech Hotel \u0026amp; Conference Center. Event tickets can be purchased online for $15. Early registration is available before April 6 for a $5 discount. Walk-ins are also welcomed, and tickets will be $20 at the door. To register, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atdcstartupshowcase.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.atdcstartupshowcase.com\u0022\u003Ewww.atdcstartupshowcase.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout ATDC\u003C\/strong\u003E: The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) serves as the hub for technology entrepreneurship in Georgia. Founded in 1980, ATDC helps Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build successful technology companies by providing coaching, connections, and community. Through business incubation and acceleration services, ATDC has supported the creation of hundreds of technology companies that have raised more than a billion dollars in outside financing.\u0026nbsp; ATDC members benefit from a close proximity to Georgia Tech and connections with other Georgia research universities. ATDC was named one of the \u201c10 technology incubators that are changing the world\u201d by Forbes Magazine in 2010.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn April 22, the region\u2019s foremost startup accelerator will place its own focus on five of the most promising local startup companies as Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) recognizes its graduates at the 2013 Startup Showcase.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The annual event, held April 22, brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs, technology leaders, university representatives and investors."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2013-03-29 14:07:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:55","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4238","name":"atdc"},{"id":"166973","name":"startup"},{"id":"60191","name":"technology company"}],"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\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"200941":{"#nid":"200941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"One Voice Atlanta Hosts Sex Trafficking Awareness Week","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDespite the many things that make it a great place to call home, Atlanta has risen to the top of a list that\u2019s not exactly pride-inducing: It\u2019s the biggest hub in the U.S. for human trafficking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s student organization One Voice Atlanta is raising awareness of this among Tech students and educating them on how they can help stop this growing problem. Events from March 25\u201329 will attempt to bring this issue to the forefront of students\u2019 minds during One Voice Atlanta\u2019s annual Sex Trafficking Awareness Week.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSo many students don\u2019t know this is going on and are floored when you tell them about it,\u201d said One Voice Atlanta President Brittany Mays, whose decision to attend Tech was based on the opportunity to have an influence on this issue that has been contaminating her own backyard.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, the week will include live performances, an interfaith prayer room, and events arranged with nearby businesses to fundraise for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wellspringliving.org\/\u0022\u003EWellspring Living\u003C\/a\u003E, a local organization that works with women recovering from sexual abuse.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe week also ties in with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/administration\/eop\/ofbnp\/interfaithservice\u0022\u003EPresident Barack Obama\u2019s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge\u003C\/a\u003E, the White House initiative meant to engage college students in interfaith service. Human trafficking will be Georgia Tech\u2019s focus for the Campus Challenge.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESex Trafficking Awareness Week activities include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=199491\u0022\u003EMonday, March 25 \u2013 Celebrate Justice\u003C\/a\u003E: Look for white balloons around campus and get a balloon, ribbon, or pin to show your solidarity, as well as a schedule for the rest of the week\u2019s events.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=199501\u0022\u003ETuesday, March 26 \u2013\u0026nbsp;Laleo\u003C\/a\u003E: This evening of performances will include groups such as the Salsa Club, SympVibes, and Pulse, as well as individual performances by staff and students. Participants will also be able to purchase hand-painted mugs; proceeds will benefit Wellspring Living.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=199511\u0022\u003EWednesday, March 27 \u2013\u0026nbsp;Pray Upon Injustice\u003C\/a\u003E: A 24-hour interfaith prayer room will be available for those of all faiths and belief systems.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=199521\u0022\u003EThursday, March 28 \u2013 Fitness for Freedom\u003C\/a\u003E: Be at the Campus Recreation Center at 5 p.m. for a surprise, and then stay for a free group yoga class at 8:45 p.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=199551\u0022\u003EFriday, March 29 \u2013\u0026nbsp;Freedom Festival\u003C\/a\u003E: Dine at Atlantic Station\u2019s California Pizza Kitchen, Burger Joint, or Which Wich, all of which will donate a portion of their proceeds to the week\u2019s efforts.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent organization will host events throughout the week to educate campus about the local and global issue of sex trafficking.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Student organization will host events throughout the week to educate campus about the local and global issue of sex trafficking."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-03-20 14:05:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:51","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"201011":{"id":"201011","type":"image","title":"One Voice Atlanta Tabling","body":null,"created":"1449179943","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:03","changed":"1475894853","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:33","alt":"One Voice Atlanta Tabling","file":{"fid":"196572","name":"ova1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ova1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ova1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":322555,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ova1_0.jpg?itok=nr7ODVrK"}},"201021":{"id":"201021","type":"image","title":"One Voice Atlanta Mugs","body":null,"created":"1449179943","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:03","changed":"1475894853","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:33","alt":"One Voice Atlanta Mugs","file":{"fid":"196573","name":"ova2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ova2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ova2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":302615,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ova2_0.jpg?itok=VjF17-gP"}},"199481":{"id":"199481","type":"image","title":"One Voice - 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The research suggests that forces applied both externally and internally may play a much larger role than previously believed in regulating a range of processes inside cells.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing atomic force microscopy (AFM) force-clamp experiments, the research found that tensile force regulates the kinetics of actin dissociation by prolonging the lifetimes of bonds at low force range, and by shortening bond lifetimes beyond a force threshold. The research also identified a possible molecular basis for the bonds that form when mechanical forces create new interactions between subunits of actin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFound in the cytoskeleton of nearly all cells, actin forms dynamic microfilaments that provide structure and sustain forces. A cell\u2019s ability to assemble and disassemble actin allows it to rapidly move or change shape in response to the environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was reported March 4 in the early online edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E (PNAS). The work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor the first time, we have shown that mechanical force can directly regulate how actin is assembled and disassembled,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=56\u0022\u003ELarry McIntire\u003C\/a\u003E, chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University\u003C\/a\u003E and corresponding author of the study. \u201cActin is fundamental to how cells accomplish most of their functions and processes. This research gives us a whole new way of thinking about how a cell can do things like rearrange its cytoskeleton in response to external forces.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe external forces affecting a cell could arise from such mechanical actions as blood flow, trauma to the body, or the loading of bones and other tissue as organisms move around.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cForces are applied to cells all the time, and often they are directional, not uniformly applied in a certain direction,\u201d said McIntire. \u201cThe cell can rearrange its cytoskeleton to either accommodate the forces that are being applied, or apply its own forces to do something \u2013 such as moving to go after food.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause these forces regulate the polymerization and depolymerization of actin, they load the actin fibers in a specific direction, affecting the duration of bonds that may influence cellular growth in one direction, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor instance, tensile forces applied to the actin produce catch bonds, in which the bond lifetime increases as the force increases. These catch bonds have been shown to exist in other proteins, but actin is the most important protein known to form the structures. Most bonds at the cellular level are slip bonds which, unlike catch bonds, dissociate more quickly with application of force.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers used a specially-constructed AFM to conduct their experiments. The tip was coated with actin monomers, while a polystyrene surface below the AFM tip was coated with either monomeric or filamentous actin. To study the catch-slip bonds, the tip was driven close to the surface to allow bond formation, then retracted to pull on the bond. The tension was held stationary to measure the bond lifetime at a constant force.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team also used molecular dynamics simulations to predict the specific amino acids likely to be important in forming the catch bonds. Experiments using specialized reagents confirmed the molecular mechanism, a lysine-glutamic acid-salt bridge believed to be responsible for forming long-lived bonds between actin sub-units when force is applied to them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we found was that when you apply force, the force induces additional interactions at the atomic scale,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=4\u0022\u003ECheng Zhu\u003C\/a\u003E, a Regents\u2019 professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and co-corresponding author of the paper. \u201cWhen you apply force, you find that residues that had previously not been making contact are now interacting. These are force-induced interactions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProof that force application can play a role in the internal functions of cells demonstrates the growing importance of a relatively new field of research known as mechano-biology, which studies how mechanical activities affect living tissues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe know that the cell can sense the mechanical environment around it,\u201d said Zhu, who holds the J. Erskine Love Endowed Chair in Engineering. \u201cOne of the cell\u2019s responses to the mechanical environment is to change shape and reorganize the actin cytoskeleton. Previously, it was thought that sensory molecules at the cell surface were required to convert the mechanical cues into biochemical signals before the actin cytoskeleton could be altered. The mechanism we describe can bypass the cellular signaling mechanisms because actin bears the force in the cell.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work sets the stage for additional research into other biochemical reactions that may be produced by the application of force.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s becoming more and more clear that the ability of the cell to vary its mechanical environment, in addition to responding to what\u2019s going on outside it, is crucial to a lot of what goes on with the biochemistry in the cell functions,\u201d McIntire added. \u201cIf you can change the structure of the amino acids by pulling on them, and that force is applied to an enzymatic site, you can increase or decrease the enzymatic activity by changing the local structure of the amino acids.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was inspired by a 2005 paper from the Shu Chien lab at the University of California at San Diego, and was carried out by Georgia Tech graduate student Cho-yin Lee (now at the National Taiwan University Hospital) and research scientist Jizhong Lou (now at the Chinese Academy of Sciences), with intellectual input from Suzanne B. Eskin from Georgia Tech and Shoichiro Ono from Emory University.\u0026nbsp; Kuo-kuang Wen and Melissa McKane from the laboratory of Peter A. Rubenstein at the University of Iowa provided actin mutants used in the research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under grants HL18672, HL70537, HL091020, HL093723, AI077343, AI044902, AR48615 and DC8803, and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China grants 31070827, 31222022 and 81161120424. 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The research suggests that forces applied both externally and internally may play a much larger role than previously believed in regulating a range of processes inside cells.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new study suggests that mechanical forces may play a much larger role in regulating cellular processes."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2013-03-20 14:48:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:51","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"200951":{"id":"200951","type":"image","title":"AFM Cantilever for Actin Study","body":null,"created":"1449179943","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:03","changed":"1475894853","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:33","alt":"AFM Cantilever for Actin Study","file":{"fid":"196569","name":"afm-cantilever.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/afm-cantilever_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/afm-cantilever_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":823628,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/afm-cantilever_0.jpg?itok=Io8TcY_T"}},"200971":{"id":"200971","type":"image","title":"Protein Progression in Actin","body":null,"created":"1449179943","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:03","changed":"1475894853","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:33","alt":"Protein Progression in Actin","file":{"fid":"196570","name":"protein-progression.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/protein-progression_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/protein-progression_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1311519,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/protein-progression_0.jpg?itok=JpKOaLiV"}}},"media_ids":["200951","200971"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"28591","name":"Actin"},{"id":"532","name":"cell"},{"id":"9893","name":"Cheng Zhu"},{"id":"14219","name":"Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"62091","name":"cytoskeleton"},{"id":"62111","name":"depolymerization"},{"id":"14772","name":"Larry McIntire"},{"id":"62101","name":"mechanical force"},{"id":"3003","name":"protein"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"201041":{"#nid":"201041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Collaborative Health Information Technology Program Launches","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClasses got underway March 4 at Gwinnett Tech in Lawrenceville for the newly-launched Health Information Technology (HIT) certificate program, a part of the HIT education partnership between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Gwinnett Technical College.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe inaugural class of 17, many with backgrounds in health care or information technology, are training for jobs in what many say is the fastest growing sector in the health care industry.\u0026nbsp; According to the Metro Atlanta Chamber, the Georgia-based HIT sector employs about 15,000 people, and the sector\u2019s primary businesses are growing at a 40 percent annual rate.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA $1.65 million award from the federal government\u2019s Jobs and Innovation Accelerator initiative supports the program and helps to provide stipends for veterans, the underemployed and the unemployed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe one-year HIT certificate includes industry-designed courses in an array of core skills essential for developing HIT professionals who are responsible for organizing and managing health information data and its secure exchange among all users.\u0026nbsp; The course work will also focus on communications skills needed to discuss patient information and information discrepancies with physicians, insurance companies and others in the health care industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe three-year \u201cFeet on the Ground\u201d program will continually evolve as curriculum components are tested in year one, with a target of graduating some 400 certified trainees annually in years two and three.\u0026nbsp; According to Jim Sass, dean of health information systems at Gwinnett Tech, by the third year the hope also is to roll the program out to all the technical college system schools in the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) is coordinating the HIT education partnership with Gwinnett Tech.\u0026nbsp; \u201cOur partnership with Gwinnett Tech is the first of its kind, and will be a key factor in the effort to cement Georgia\u2019s role as a leader in the rapidly growing health information technology sector,\u201d said Stephen Fleming, vice president and executive director of EI2. \u201cOur approach is to develop both the innovative technology vital to HIT and the workforce that will use the technology to improve health care delivery.\u201d \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClasses got underway March 4 at Gwinnett Tech in Lawrenceville for the newly-launched Health Information Technology (HIT) certificate program, a part of the HIT education partnership between the Georgia Institute of Technology and Gwinnett Technical College.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new collaborative program to train health information technology specialists has started."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2013-03-20 16:15:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:51","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2493","name":"health care"},{"id":"8677","name":"health information technology"},{"id":"62121","name":"Jobs and Innovation Accelerator"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"200161":{"#nid":"200161","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Startup Launched from Georgia Tech-Emory University Research Receives $7.9 Million","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClearside Biomedical, Inc. an Atlanta-based ophthalmic pharmaceutical company launched from research at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, has received $7.9 million in funding to continue drug and technology development for treatment of ocular diseases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new funding is in addition to a $4 million venture capital investment received by Clearside Biomedical in early 2012 that served as the foundation for the startup company.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESanten Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd in Osaka, Japan, will fund Clearside\u2019s technology development, and has also entered into a research collaboration agreement for posterior ocular diseases. Santen, along with new investor Mountain Group Capital and its affiliates, joins current investors Hatteras Venture Partners in Durham, NC, the Georgia Research Alliance Venture Fund, and the University of North Carolina\u2019s Kenan Flagler Business School Private Equity Fund.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClearside Biomedical is developing microinjection technology that uses hollow microneedles to precisely deliver drugs to a targeted area at the back of the eye. If the technique proves successful in clinical trials and wins regulatory approval, it could provide an improved method for treating diseases including age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma, as well as other ocular conditions related to diabetes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technology was developed in a collaboration between the research groups of Henry Edelhauser, PhD, professor of ophthalmology at Emory University School of Medicine, and Mark Prausnitz, PhD, a Regents\u2019 professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. The National Institutes of Health sponsored research leading to development of the technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn contrast to standard treatments, this microneedle technology provides a more targeted approach for treating retinal diseases that confines the drug to the site of disease and reduces side effects from exposing other parts of the eye. Prior to the development of this technology, drugs could be delivered to the retinal tissues at the back of the eye in three ways: injection by hypodermic needle into the eye\u2019s vitreous humor (the gelatinous material that fills the eyeball); eye drops, which have limited ability to reach the back of the eye; and pills taken by mouth that expose the whole body to the drug.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technology developed by Georgia Tech and Emory uses a hollow micron-scale needle to inject drugs into the suprachoroidal space located between the outer surface of the eye \u2013 known as the sclera \u2013 and the choroid, a deeper layer that provides nutrients to the rest of the eye. Preclinical research has shown that fluid can flow between the two layers, where it can spread out along the circumference of the eye, targeting structures like the choroid and retina that are now difficult to reach.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy targeting the suprachoroidal space using microscopic needles, the researchers believe they can reduce trauma to the eye, make drugs more effective and reduce complications. The new delivery method could help advance a new series of drugs being developed to target the retina, choroid and other structures in the back of the eye.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI cannot imagine a better alliance as we continue to understand the role the suprachoroidal space will play in dosing medicine directly to the site of retinal disease in patients experiencing retinal blindness,\u201d says Daniel White, president and CEO of Clearside Biomedical. \u201cThe collaboration with Santen prepares an avenue to develop state-of-the-art medications for the critical treatment of sight-threatening diseases.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn November 2012, Clearside announced its first successful human dosing with the device in a safety and tolerability study in patients with retinal disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed Clearside Biomedical to pursue testing related to its Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for CLS1001 (triamcinolone acetonide) Suprachoroidal Injectable Suspension. This IND would treat sympathetic ophthalmia, temporal arteritis, uveitis and ocular inflammatory conditions unresponsive to topical corticosteroids. Clinical testing is scheduled to proceed within the next few months.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESamirkumar Patel and Vladimir Zarnitsyn, researchers from the Prausnitz lab who were involved in development of the ocular drug delivery technique, have joined Clearside Biomedical. 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The implant, which helps deaf individuals perceive sound, translates auditory information into electrical signals that go directly to the brain, bypassing cells that don\u0027t serve this function as they should because they are damaged.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, approximately 188,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants since these devices were introduced in the early 1980s, including roughly 41,500 adults and 25,500 children in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite their prevalence, cochlear implants have a long way to go before their performance is comparable to that of the intact human ear. Led by Pamela Bhatti, an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a new type of interface between the device and the brain that could dramatically improve the sound quality of the next generation of implants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA normal ear processes sound the way a Rube Goldberg machine flips a light switch \u2013 via a perfectly-timed chain reaction involving a number of pieces and parts. First, sound travels down the canal of the outer ear, striking the eardrum and causing it to vibrate. The vibration of the eardrum causes small bones in the middle ear to vibrate, which in turn, creates movement in the fluid of the inner ear, or cochlea. This causes movement in tiny structures called hair cells, which translate the movement into electrical signals that travel to the brain via the auditory nerve.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDysfunctional hair cells are the most common culprit in a type of hearing loss called sensorineural deafness, named for the resulting breakdown in communication between the ear and the brain. Sometimes the hair cells don\u0027t function properly from birth, but severe trauma or a bad infection can cause irreparable damage to these delicate structures as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContemporary cochlear implants\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditional hearing aids, which work by amplifying sound, rely on the presence of some functioning hair cells. A cochlear implant, on the other hand, bypasses the hair cells completely. Rather than restoring function, it works by translating sound vibrations captured by a microphone outside the ear into electrical signals. These signals are transmitted to the brain by the auditory nerve, which interprets them as sound.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECochlear implants are only recommended for individuals with severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss, meaning those who aren\u0027t able to hear sounds below 70 decibels. (Conversational speech typically occurs between 20 and 60 decibels.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe device itself consists of an external component that attaches via a magnetic disk to an internal component, implanted under the skin behind the ear. The external component detects sounds and selectively amplifies speech. The internal component converts this information into electrical impulses, which are sent to a bundle of thin wire electrodes threaded through the cochlea.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EImproving the interface\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs an electrical engineer, Bhatti sees the current electrode configuration as a significant barrier to clear sound transmission in the current device.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In an intact ear, the hair cells are plentiful, and are in close contact with the nerves that transmit sound information to the brain,\u0022 says Bhatti. \u0022The challenge with the implant is getting efficient coupling between the electrodes and the nerves.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EContemporary implants contain between 12 and 22 wire electrodes, each of which conveys a signal for a different pitch. The idea is the more electrodes, the clearer the message.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo why not add more wire electrodes to the current design and call it a day?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMuch like house-hunting in New York City, the problem comes down to a serious lack of available real estate. At its widest, the cochlea is 2 millimeters in diameter, or about the thickness of a nickel. As it coils, it tapers down to a mere 200 micrometers, about the width of a human hair.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022While we\u0027d like to be able to increase the number of electrodes, the space issue is a major challenge from an engineering perspective,\u0022 says Bhatti.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith funding from the National Science Foundation, Bhatti and her team have developed a new, thin-film, electrode array that is up to three times more sensitive than traditional wire electrodes, without adding bulk.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnlike wire electrodes, the new array is also flexible, meaning it can get closer to the inner wall of the cochlea. The researchers believe this will create better coupling between the array and the nervous system, leading to a crisper signal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Bhatti, one of the biggest challenges is actually implanting the device into the spiral-shaped cochlea.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We could have created the best array in the world, but it wouldn\u0027t have mattered if the surgeon couldn\u0027t get it in the right spot,\u0022 says Bhatti.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo combat this problem, the team has invented an insertion method that protects the array and serves as a guide for surgeons to ensure proper placement. The research is being done in collaboration with Georgia Regents University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore it\u0027s approved for use in humans, it will need to undergo rigorous testing to ensure that it is both safe and effective; however, Bhatti is already thinking about what\u0027s next. She envisions that one day, the electrodes won\u0027t need to be attached to an array at all. Instead, they will be anchored directly to the cochlea with a biocompatible material that will allow them to more seamlessly integrate with the brain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe most important thing, according to Bhatti, is not to lose sight of the big picture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are always designing with the end-user in mind,\u0022 says Bhatti. \u0022The human component is the most important one to consider when we translate science into practice.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe research depicted in this article has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the federal agency charged with funding basic research and education across all fields of science and engineering. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/27806-cochlear-implants-brain-awareness-bhatti-nsf.html\u0022\u003EThis Behind the Scenes article\u003C\/a\u003E was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe writer is Valerie Thompson, Ph.D., AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow and National Science Foundation, Directorate for Engineering.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a new type of interface between cochlear implant devices and the brain that could dramatically improve the sound quality of the next generation of implants. 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This research will provide the first unified electromagnetic\/quantum mechanical model to analyze high-frequency signal transport in nanomaterials in general and in multilayer graphene interconnects in particular. Existing full-wave electromagnetic field simulators cannot capture the multi-physical nature of signal transport in nano materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis research will potentially enable the design and development of faster and more energy efficient on-chip interconnects using two dimensional nanomaterials such as graphene. On chip wires are considered a major challenge in the quest for making ever smaller switches because of their delay and power dissipation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter graduating with his Ph.D. in ECE from Georgia Tech in 2003, Dr. Naeemi worked as a research engineer in the Microelectronics Research Center for five years. He is a member of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors Technical Working Group on Interconnects. 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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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It also established Robotics VO, a community networking platform that brings all robotics players together to focus on joint initiatives including research, STEM outreach and technology transfer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRobotics is one of a few technologies capable of building new companies, creating new jobs and addressing a number of issues of national importance,\u201d said Christensen. \u201cWe hope this report will help foster the discussion on how we can build partnerships and allocate resources to move the robotics industry forward.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobots are being used more widely than expected in a variety of sectors, and the trend is likely to continue with robotics becoming as ubiquitous as computer technology over the next 15 years, according to the new report.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Henrik Christensen, Georgia Tech\u2019s KUKA Chair of Robotics, presents \u201cA Roadmap for U.S. Robotics: From Internet to Robotics - 2013 Edition\u201d to Congress."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2013-03-20 08:31:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:51","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"200761":{"id":"200761","type":"image","title":"Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of Robotics","body":null,"created":"1449179943","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:03","changed":"1475894853","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:33","alt":"Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of Robotics","file":{"fid":"196566","name":"10p1000-p71-032.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10p1000-p71-032_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10p1000-p71-032_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1658067,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10p1000-p71-032_1.jpg?itok=thcn5Hdb"}}},"media_ids":["200761"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.robotics-vo.us\/node\/332","title":"Robotics VO"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.roboticscaucus.org\/members\/default.asp","title":"Congressional Robotics Caucus"},{"url":"http:\/\/robotics-vo.us\/sites\/default\/files\/2013%20Robotics%20Roadmap-rs.pdf","title":"A Roadmap for U.S. Robotics: From Internet to Robotics - 2013 Edition"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/henrik-christensen","title":"Henrik Christensen, Georgia Tech\u0027s KUKA Chair of Robotics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2013\/03\/20\/road-cutting-edge-robots","title":"White House Office of Science and Technology Policy blog post"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"346","name":"congress"},{"id":"11890","name":"henrik christensen"},{"id":"12239","name":"RIM"},{"id":"62031","name":"Robotics Roadmap"},{"id":"62041","name":"Robotics VO"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"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":""}},"198281":{"#nid":"198281","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Programs Place Eighth in World University Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology garnered the No. 8 spot on the 2012 list of the top 100 world universities in engineering\/technology and computer sciences, according to Shanghai Jiao Tong University\u0027s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EARWU ranks major institutions according to their academic or research performance in each of five broad subject fields according to a formula that factors in the following indicators: alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and fields medals; 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He will begin his term as president in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBellamkonda represents the fourth Georgia Tech bioengineer elected to serve as president of the prestigious organization, reflecting the Institute\u2019s leadership in biological and medical engineering. He follows in the footsteps of Georgia Tech\u2019s Robert Nerem, Don Giddens and Larry McIntire.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBellamkonda is the Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Chair in Georgia Tech and Emory University\u2019s Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), where he directs the Neurological Biomaterials and Cancer Therapeutics Laboratory. He also serves as Georgia Tech\u2019s associate vice president for research and is a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeadquartered in in Washington, D.C., \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aimbe.org\/\u0022\u003EAIMBE\u003C\/a\u003E provides leadership and advocacy in medical and biological engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech Researcher Begins Duties as President in 2014"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has named Ravi Bellamkonda as the organization\u2019s president-elect. 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He wrote the article with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Stanley has been developing approaches to better understand and control the neural code since 1997 and has published about 40 journal articles in this area.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNeuroscientists have made great progress toward reading the neural code since the 1990s, but the recent development of improved tools for measuring and activating neuronal circuits has finally put us in a position to start writing the neural code and controlling neuronal circuits in a physiological and meaningful way,\u201d said Stanley, a professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith recent reports that the Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build a comprehensive map of its activity, progress toward breaking the neural code could begin to accelerate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe potential rewards for cracking the neural code are immense. In addition to understanding how brains generate and manage information, neuroscientists may be able to control neurons in individuals with epilepsy and Parkinson\u2019s disease or restore lost function following a brain injury. Researchers may also be able to supply artificial brain signals that provide tactile sensation to amputees wearing a prosthetic device.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStanley\u2019s paper highlighted a major challenge neuroscientists face: selecting a viable code for conveying information through neural pathways. A longstanding debate exists in the neuroscience community over whether the neural code is a \u201crate code,\u201d where neurons simply spike faster than their background spiking rate when they are coding for something, or a \u201ctiming code,\u201d where the pattern of the spikes matters. Stanley expanded the debate by suggesting the neural code is a \u201csynchrony code,\u201d where the synchronization of spiking across neurons is important.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA synchrony code argues the need for precise millisecond timing coordination across groups of neighboring neurons to truly control the circuit. When a neuron receives an incoming stimulus, an electric pulse travels the neuron\u2019s length and triggers the cell to dump neurotransmitters that can spark a new impulse in a neighboring neuron. In this way, the signal gets passed around the brain and then the body, enabling individuals to see, touch, and hear things in the environment. Depending on the signals it receives, a neuron can spike with hundreds of these impulses every second.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEavesdropping on neurons in the brain is like listening to a bunch of people talk\u2014a lot of the noise is just filler, but you still have to determine what the important messages are,\u201d explained Stanley. \u201cMy perspective is that information is relevant only if it is going to propagate downstream, a process that requires the synchronization of neurons.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENeuronal synchrony is naturally modulated by the brain. In a study published in \u003Cem\u003ENature Neuroscience\u003C\/em\u003E in 2010, Stanley reported finding that a change in the degree of synchronous firing of neurons in the thalamus altered the nature of information as it traveled through the pathway and enhanced the brain\u2019s ability to discriminate between different sensations. The thalamus serves as a relay station between the outside world and the brain\u2019s cortex.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESynchrony induced through artificial stimulation poses a real challenge for creating a wide range of neural representations. Recent technological advances have provided researchers with new methods of activating and silencing neurons via artificial means. Electrical microstimulation had been used for decades to activate neurons, but the technique activated a large volume of neurons at a time and could not be used to silence them or separately activate excitatory and inhibitory neurons. Stanley compared the technique with driving a car that has the gas and brake pedals welded together.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENew research methods, such as optogenetics, enable activation and silencing of neurons in close proximity and provide control unavailable with electrical microstimulation. Through genetic expression or viral transfection, different cell types can be targeted to express specific proteins that can be activated with light.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMoving forward, new technologies need to be used to stimulate neural activity in more realistic and natural scenarios and their effects on the synchronization of neurons need to be thoroughly examined,\u201d said Stanley. \u201cFurther work also needs to be completed to determine whether synchrony is crucial in different contexts and across brain regions.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis study was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) (IIS-0904630 and IOS-1131948) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)(2R01NS048285). 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This year, students will represent Tech in locations across the western hemisphere, performing activities such as testing water quality, constructing houses, and building relationships with residents in remote communities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere are some of the initiatives Yellow Jackets are undertaking during the next several days:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/leadandengage.gatech.edu\/plugins\/content\/index.php?id=30\u0022\u003EAlternative Spring Breaks\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;|\u0026nbsp;Concord, N.C.; Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; Biloxi, Miss.; Tom\u2019s River, N.J.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis group\u2019s activities will include building and repairing homes, volunteering at food banks and homeless shelters, and assisting at soup kitchens and with Hurricane Sandy disaster relief efforts. Follow two of the students \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/twitter.com\/gtstudents\u0022\u003Eon Twitter\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtbcm.com\/international-spring-break.html\u0022\u003EBaptist Collegiate Ministries\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;|\u0026nbsp;Bowling Green, Ky.; Nashville, Tenn.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents will serve at places such as a therapeutic horse riding facility, the Nashville Rescue Mission, and a coffee house for men in alcohol and drug recovery programs. This trip has the added element of emphasizing the growth of friendships between American and international participants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtbcm.com\/\u0022\u003EBaptist Collegiate Ministries\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;|\u0026nbsp;Carnesville, Ga.; Rogersville, Tenn.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA separate group of BCM students will provide construction help for families and churches struggling financially.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtccf.org\/\u0022\u003ECampus Christian Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;|\u0026nbsp;Northern Mexico\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents will help build a house with the organization Casas por Cristo, which has built thousands of houses in Mexico.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtcatholic.org\u0022\u003ECatholic Center\u003C\/a\u003E;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cee.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\/GTCEE4803\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;|\u0026nbsp;Nicaragua\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAcademic and extracurricular efforts will complement each other in this endeavor. Students enrolled in CEE4803, Environmental Technology in the Developing World, choose areas of focus for applying environmental technology to solve issues in underdeveloped regions worldwide. This year, the group will focus on water modeling of chlorine in a water distribution system, improving an aquaponics system, and measuring air and water quality. In the same community, students from the Catholic Center will partner with Amigos for Christ to drill a well and dig waterlines to help get clean water to homes, all while building relationships with residents. 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Others will arrive at the Friday before and simply be thankful for a week without classes and the chance to relax.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERegardless, it\u2019s five days, from March 18 to 22, to unwind and break away from the rigidity of the college schedule. For those staying in town, it\u2019s a chance to explore parts of campus or the city that there isn\u2019t usually time to enjoy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProviding educational discounts at places such as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.zooatlanta.org\/home\/hours_and_rates\u0022\u003EZoo Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/woodruffcenter.org\u0022\u003EWoodruff Arts Center\u003C\/a\u003E, most movie theaters, and, of course, Tech athletics, the BuzzCard can facilitate some of that exploration. And for those on a limited budget, there are plenty of additional entertainment options nearby.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAll Week:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=188191\u0022\u003ECRC on Spring Break Contest\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Free): This Campus Recreation Center (CRC) contest is for students who photograph themselves wearing a CRC shirt during spring break and send it to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:marketing@crc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emarketing@crc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. The winner will be determined through \u201clikes\u201d on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/facebook.com\/crcatgt\u0022\u003Ethe CRC\u2019s Facebook page\u003C\/a\u003E and receive a prize pack that includes an iPod Nano.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantapreservationcenter.com\/calendar\u0022\u003EPhoenix Flies\u003C\/a\u003E (Free): This annual series, hosted by the Atlanta Preservation Center, offers free tours and events at historic places throughout the city.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/atlanta.braves.mlb.com\/atl\/ballpark\/tours\/index.jsp\u0022\u003ETurner Field Tours\u003C\/a\u003E ($5): During March, tours of the ballpark and Braves Museum and Hall of Fame are conducted every hour from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday to Saturday.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday, March 15:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantafilmfestival.com\/\u0022\u003EStart of Atlanta Film Festival\u003C\/a\u003E ($10): This annual festival runs through March 24 and gives attendees their fill of independent film. Most films will be shown at the Plaza Theatre on Ponce de Leon Avenue, while a few will be shown at other nearby locations.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESaturday, March 16:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=167741\u0022\u003EBaseball v. Boston College\u003C\/a\u003E (Free): The Yellow Jackets face the Eagles at home.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/stpatsparadeatlanta.com\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade\u003C\/a\u003E (Free): The parade runs down Peachtree Street south of campus.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=185751\u0022\u003EWomen\u2019s Tennis v. Notre Dame\u003C\/a\u003E (Free): The Jackets host the Fighting Irish at the new Ken Byers Tennis Complex.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/events\/marietta-walton-band-garage-sale\u0022\u003EWalton High School Band Garage Sale\u003C\/a\u003E (Free, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.): Marietta\u2019s finest donations will be on sale to support the Walton High School Band.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/atlanticstation.com\/event\u0022\u003EShamRock the Station\u003C\/a\u003E: ($10 in advance): Neighboring area Atlantic Station will host a concert in its park with an Irish theme, with 90\u0027s rock band Tonic headlining.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESunday, March 17:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gotech.gatech.edu\/plugins\/content\/index.php?id=81\u0022\u003EPublix Georgia Marathon\u003C\/a\u003E (Free): Volunteers are needed to help Tech defend its four-year title of Best Hydration Station.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=167751\u0022\u003EBaseball vs. Boston College\u003C\/a\u003E (Free): The Jackets take on the Eagles again.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETuesday, March 19:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=167771\u0022\u003EBaseball vs. Georgia Southern\u003C\/a\u003E (Free): The Jackets take on a second set of Eagles at Russ Chandler Stadium.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantapreservationcenter.com\/event_detail?id=797\u0022\u003EHistoric Academy of Medicine Tour\u003C\/a\u003E (Free): The Living History Program\u2019s Marilyn Somers will lead the tour through this building that was designed by a Tech grad and recently renovated as an event space.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWednesday, March 20:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ritasice.com\/events-and-promotions\/first-day-of-spring.aspx\u0022\u003ECelebrate the First Day of Spring\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Free): \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ritasfranchises.com\/\u0022\u003ERitas\u0027s\u003C\/a\u003E gives out free italian ice to all patrons on this day each year. Hope for a nice day and walk to the location near Piedmont Park.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThursday, March 21:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dadsgarage.com\/Shows\/Season-18\/Improv-18\/Improv-Revolution.aspx\u0022\u003EImprov Revolution at Dad\u2019s Garage\u003C\/a\u003E ($6): This night of adult humor takes place in the Inman Park neighborhood. Tickets are $12 but sold at 50 percent off to students who present their BuzzCard.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday, March 22:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=184961\u0022\u003EMen\u2019s Tennis v. Wake Forest\u003C\/a\u003E (Free): Tech hosts the Demon Deacons at home.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=199251\u0022\u003EHackathon for Social Good\u003C\/a\u003E (Free): \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/semadevelopment.com\u0022\u003ESEMA Development\u003C\/a\u003E, a student-spawned initiative, is partnering with AT\u0026amp;T to bring an overnight event of hacking and coding to the Clough Commons.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESaturday, March 23:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=148181\u0022\u003ESean Curran\u003C\/a\u003E ($10 for students): Tech\u2019s artist-in-residence will host his Atlanta premiere at the Ferst Center.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESunday, March 24:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=184971\u0022\u003EMen\u2019s Tennis v. 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Winning teams can earn up to $10,000, funded by SGA, for the implementation of their solution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe idea of campus culture is broad, and solutions could impact everything from mental health resources to student attendance at sporting events,\u201d said Amit Khanduri, a business administration major and vice president of the undergraduate SGA. \u201cWe hope to attract solutions that will improve pride in attending Georgia Tech in some capacity.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe competition includes three phases: a written proposal, oral presentation, and public voting. Students have until March 25 to form teams or request to be put on a team and submit their interest at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/buzzinga\u0022\u003Esga.gatech.edu\/buzzinga\u003C\/a\u003E. On March 25, an online submission form will be available for teams to submit proposals, which are due April 1. Semifinalists will make presentations April 8-10, and all students will be able to vote on finalists on April 19.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur community has its fair share of problems and may sometimes struggle to address them,\u201d said Imran Momin, an industrial engineering major who is helping organize the competition. \u201cWe want to engage our students in doing what they do best: Solve problems.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA breakdown of how each submission will be scored is available in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Buzzinga!.pdf\u0022\u003Ecompetition guidelines\u003C\/a\u003E; extra points are awarded to those teams composed of both undergraduate and graduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESGA will host a series of information sessions at its office on the first floor of the Student Center Commons to answer students\u2019 questions, leading up to the competition:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=198831\u0022\u003EWednesday, March 13, 8\u20139 p.m.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=198841\u0022\u003ETuesday, March 26, 11 a.m. to noon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=198851\u0022\u003EThursday, March 28, 6\u20137 p.m.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Government Association is hosting a competition and awarding up to $10,000 for innovative ideas to improve campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Student Government Association is hosting a competition and awarding up to $10,000 for innovative ideas to improve campus."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-03-11 17:51:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:48","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"198591":{"id":"198591","type":"image","title":"Buzzinga!","body":null,"created":"1449179918","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:38","changed":"1475894851","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:31","alt":"Buzzinga!","file":{"fid":"196504","name":"buzzinga.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/buzzinga_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/buzzinga_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":424407,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/buzzinga_0.jpg?itok=GWWXgR8O"}}},"media_ids":["198591"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/Buzzinga!.pdf","title":"Buzzinga! 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I was nervous at first, but so far I have loved getting out of my comfort zone and putting myself in someone else\u0027s shoes.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn March 8, International Women\u2019s Day, a second event gave participants the opportunity to reconvene and discuss the experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne girl felt that [wearing the headscarf] had made her more reflective and God-conscious during the day and had even brought her closer to her own faith of Christianity,\u201d said El-Shaffey. \u201cTheir reflections and feelings reminded me of my initial weeks starting the hijab my freshman year.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA few Muslim men also participated in the discussions, some leaving with changed or renewed perspectives. One came to college with a negative and oppressive view of hijab from family experiences but has since developed a respect and admiration for the women who do it, as he has made friends who practice hijab by choice. 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Our technology\u2019s estimated cost savings would be $6,000 annually per patient.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe winning GoNow team includes MBA student Alex Zavorski, MBA alumnus Pat Converse (2012), materials science and engineering PhD student Graham Sanborn, and Emory law students Adam Boger and Matt Parker.\u0026nbsp;GoNow\u2019s bladder control technology is based on Boger\u2019s thesis research when he was a PhD student in biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University before law school.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoger says his team is first targeting the spinal cord injury market with this bladder control technology because there are lower FDA barriers to approval to help this population. Currently, most spinal cord injury sufferers rely on urinary catheters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELater, GoNow might market this technology to people suffering from neurological problems such as multiple sclerosis or general incontinence (a $20 billion market representing 7 million Americans).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoNow has won a Small Business Technology Transfer Grant of $125,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration and hopes to win FDA approval for its patented and patent-pending technology within three years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoNow\u0027s team members are participants in Georgia Tech\u2019s Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER\u00ae) program. This collaboration with Emory Law School is the first program of its kind to bring together PhD, MBA, and law students in the classroom and research lab over two years to advance research into real business opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOther Winners\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn all, $23,000 was awarded during stages of the 2013 Business Plan Competition, leading up to the finals on March 8. Held at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, the annual competition is open to all graduate and undergraduate students at Tech as well as recent alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than 100 members of the community volunteered to participate as competition judges, team mentors, or workshop speakers. Starting in fall 2012, a series of workshops helped contestants prepare for the competition, covering such topics as intellectual property, entrepreneurial marketing, and finance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Clearview team placed second ($3,000) for its low-cost pathology device that enables clinicians to evaluate the success of breast cancer surgeries before sending patients home. The use of Clearview during breast conserving surgery is expected to prevent about 66,000 reoperations by more accurately determining tumor margins. Clearview includes Georgia Tech biomedical engineering PhD student Alice Cheng and several students at Johns Hopkins University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFloMera, another TI:GER team, won third place ($2,000) for an in-home breast cancer test that requires only a single drop of blood. 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UVNITY includes Xiaohang Li, a doctoral student in electrical engineering, and undergraduate electrical engineering major Andrew Vaziri.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESponsors of the 2013 Business Plan Competition included the College of Business, Georgia Tech\u0027s Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship, GREENGUARD Sustainability Institute, Advanced Technology Development Center, Nelson Mullins Riley \u0026amp; Scarborough LLP, Troutman Sanders, Hi Tech Partners, Atlanta Technology Angels, Delaney, HLB Gross Collins PC, Executive Entrepreneurs Society, and Bondurant Mixson \u0026amp; Elmore LLP.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETechnology that could help spinal-cord injury sufferers control their bladder by remote control won first place ($10,000) in the 2013 Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Technology that could 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considered participation in the armed services, the Georgia Tech Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program may be the answer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Army ROTC program has scholarship openings for upperclassmen and graduate students pursuing studies in the science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields and who plan to graduate in 2015.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents are encouraged to apply to attend the Leader\u2019s Training Course (LTC), a 30-day paid summer program at Fort Knox, Ky.\u0026nbsp;A student who successfully completes the LTC will be placed into the Military Science program as a junior Army ROTC cadet and earn a two-year academic scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo qualify for the LTC, students must have a GPA of 2.7 or higher and successfully complete a standard Army Physical Fitness Test.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose interested in applying to the LTC should contact Georgia Tech\u2019s Recruiting Operations Officer, Michael Ward, at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michael.ward@rotc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emichael.ward@rotc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E, with their name, major, date of graduation, and phone number.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe application deadline is Monday, July 1. Students can learn more about Tech\u2019s Army ROTC program at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/armyrotc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Earmyrotc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. In addition to the STEM majors, those participating in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.modlangs.gatech.edu\/Chinese_Flagship\/home\u0022\u003EChinese Language Flagship Program\u003C\/a\u003E should also apply.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Army ROTC program is now accepting applicants to its program who can earn a two-year academic scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Army ROTC program is now accepting applicants to its program who can earn a two-year academic scholarship."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-03-12 18:08:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:48","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.goarmy.com\/rotc\/courses-and-colleges\/curriculum\/leaders-training-course.html","title":"About the Army ROTC Leader\u0027s Training Course"},{"url":"http:\/\/armyrotc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Army ROTC"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"61191","name":"Army ROTC"},{"id":"167132","name":"Scholarships"}],"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:michael.ward@rotc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMichael Ward\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EArmy ROTC\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"197471":{"#nid":"197471","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Transportation, Dining, Other Services Adjust during Spring Break","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students will be observing Spring Break Monday, March 18, to Friday, March 22. Campus services will be adjusted to accomodate campus life during that week.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Police Department will operate as normal, and students are encouraged to take extra precautions with fewer people on campus and less activity than normal. Remember to call GTPD at 404.894.2500 if you see suspicious activity or have safety concerns.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHousing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll residence halls will be open and staffed over the break to accomodate students remaining on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECampus Recreation Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Campus Recreation Center will open at regular hours (Noon Sunday, 5:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. Saturday), but close earlier at 10 p.m. each night. Please refer to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/crc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecrc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for specific hours about the climbing wall and pools.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParking and Transportation Services\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETransportation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll transportation may have increased wait times with a reduced number of vehicles in service. Hours are as follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGreen Route\u003C\/strong\u003E: will operate on regular schedule.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEmory Shuttle\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;will operate on regular schedule.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMidnight Rambler\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;will operate on regular schedule.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETech Trolley\u003C\/strong\u003E: will operate weekdays from 5:45 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Saturdays from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Sundays from 3 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERed Route\u003C\/strong\u003E: will operate Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBlue Route\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;will operate Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWeekend Grocery Shuttle\u003C\/strong\u003E: will operate on regular schedule except for Sunday, March 17, due to the Publix Georgia Marathon. On that day, the North Avenue and Techwood Drive stops will not be serviced.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.stingerette.com \u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EStingerette\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E will be operate as normal, Monday through Sunday, 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParking\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENormal parking regulations will be in effect during Spring Break. Please be sure that your parking permit is displayed properly to avoid citations or towing. 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Until now, however, researchers attempting to improve the performance of these technologies haven\u2019t been able to directly and unambiguously identify how factors such as pore size, pore surface chemistry and electrolyte properties affect the concentration of ions in these materials as a function of the applied potential.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo provide the needed information, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that a technique known as small angle neutron scattering (SANS) can be used to study the effects of ions moving into nanoscale pores. Believed to be the first application of the SANS technique for studying ion surface adsorption in-situ, details of the research were reported recently in the journal \u003Cem\u003EAngewandte Chemie International Edition\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing conductive nanoporous carbon, the researchers conducted proof-of-concept experiments to measure changes in the adsorption of hydrogen ions in pores of different sizes within the same material due to variations in solvent properties and applied electrical potential. Systematic studies performed with such a technique could ultimately help identify the optimal pore size, surface chemistry and electrolyte solvent properties necessary for either maximizing or minimizing the adsorption of ions under varying conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe need to understand this system better so we can predict the kind of surface chemistry required and the kinds of solvents needed to control the levels of ion penetration and adsorption in pores of different sizes,\u201d said Gleb Yushin, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Materials Science and Engineering. \u201cUnderstanding these processes better could lead to the development of improved energy storage, water purification and desalination systems. This new experimental methodology may also give us paths to better understand ion transport in biological systems and contribute to the development of improved drugs and artificial organs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was supported partially by the U.S. Army Research Office, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe advantage of neutron scattering is that it can be used to study real systems,\u201d said Yushin. \u201cYou can study most electrode materials and electrolyte combinations as long as they have a high sensitivity for neutron scattering.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYushin and his collaborators \u2013 Georgia Tech graduate research assistant Sofiane Boukhalfa, and Oak Ridge scientists Yuri Melnichenko and Lilin He \u2013 conducted the research using ORNL\u2019s High Flux Isotope Reactor, which produces a beam of high-energy neutrons. Their experimental setup allowed them to immerse activated carbon fabric samples \u2013 each sample containing pores of different sizes \u2013 in different electrolyte materials while varying the applied electrical potential.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy measuring how the neutron beam was scattered when it passed through the carbon fabric and electrolytes, the researchers could determine how the solvent, pore size and electrical potential affected the average ion concentration in the carbon material samples.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can learn whether the ions get adsorbed into small pores or large pores by simply comparing the changes in the neutron scattering,\u201d Yushin explained. \u201cThis experimental technique allows us to independently change the surface chemistry to see how that affects the ion concentrations, and we can use different solvents to observe how the interaction between electrolyte and pore walls affects the ion adsorption in pores of different sizes. We can further identify exactly where the ion adsorption takes place even when no potential is applied to an electrode.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarlier work in this area had not provided clear results.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere have been multiple prior studies on the pore size effect, but different research groups worldwide have obtained contradictory results depending on the material selection and the model used to determine the specific surface area and pore size distribution in carbon electrodes,\u201d Yushin said. \u201cNeutron scattering should help us clarify existing controversies. We have already observed that depending on the solvent-pore wall interactions, either enhanced or reduced ion electro-adsorption may take place in sub-nanometer pores.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn their experiments, the researchers used two different electrolytes: water containing sulfuric acid and deuterium oxide \u2013 also known as heavy water \u2013 which also contained sulfuric acid. The two were chosen for the proof-of-concept experiments, though a wide range of other hydrogen-containing electrolytes could also be used.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow that the technique has been shown to work, Yushin would like to expand the experimentation to develop better fundamental understanding about the complex interactions of solvent, ions and pore walls under applied potential. That could allow development of a model that could guide the design of future systems that depend on ion transport and adsorption.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOnce you gain the fundamental knowledge from SANS experiments, predictive theoretical models could be developed that would guide the synthesis of the optimal structures for these applications,\u201d he said. \u201cOnce you clearly understand the structure-property relationships, you can use materials science approaches to design and synthesize the optimal material with the desired properties.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInformation developed through the research could lead to improvements in supercapacitors and hybrid battery-capacitor devices for rapidly growing applications in hybrid electrical vehicles, energy efficient industrial equipment, smart grid-distributed energy storage, hybrid-electric and electrical ships, high-power energy storage for wind power and uninterruptible power supplies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was partially supported by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the U.S. Army Research Office under contract number W911NF-12-1-0259. The research at ORNL\u2019s High Flux Isotope Reactor was sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program and the Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy. The conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the U.S. Army Research Office or the Department of Energy.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Boukhalfa, S., et al., \u201cSmall-Angle Neutron Scattering for In Situ Probing of Ion Adsorption Inside Micropores.\u201d Angew. Chem. Int. 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We hope to leverage all of this expertise through the new center and pursue collaborative, value-adding partnerships within the broader sustainability community at Georgia Tech and beyond.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther faculty members integral to the development of the center proposal include Atalay Atasu, Manpreet Hora, and Ravi Subramanian (operations management); Omar Rodriguez-Vila and Koert van Ittersum (marketing); Wade Chumney and Lucien Dhooge (law and ethics); Terry Blum (organizational behavior, Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship); and Sudheer Chava (finance).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Ray C. Anderson Foundation was created in honor of the late Ray C. Anderson (1934-2011), the founder of Interface, a residential and commercial carpet manufacturer. 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Georgia Tech\u2019s tools allowed scientists to conduct a complete study on the fundamental properties of gas hydrates for the first time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis research will not only help us understand the character of gas hydrates in Japan, but we can also apply that knowledge as well as this innovative technology and approach to understand the potential in the U.S. and around the world,\u201d said Brenda Pierce, USGS Energy Resources program coordinator.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGas hydrates are ice-like substances that naturally form when methane combines with water at specific temperatures and pressures. They are mostly found beneath deepwater marine settings and permafrost areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDubbed \u201cburning ice,\u201d gas hydrates release enough methane to sustain a flame when they melt, making them a potentially significant source of natural gas. Scientists are also studying gas hydrates because they may contribute to global warming and could represent a threat to deep-sea petroleum production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGas hydrates are only stable at certain pressures and temperatures. Scientists have been working since the 1990s on sophisticated techniques to retrieve and preserve samples as \u201cpressure cores,\u201d keeping the gas as if it were still at its natural conditions in the subsurface where it formed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech developed \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pmrl.ce.gatech.edu\/papers\/Santamarina_2012a.pdf\u0022\u003EPressure Core Characterization Tools\u003C\/a\u003E with long-term support from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project. The tools allow the measurement of fundamental properties of gas hydrates, such as bioactivity, strength, compressibility, gas and water permeability, and sediment response during gas production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll these tests are conducted in fully instrumented high-pressure chambers. Hydrate bearing sediments are maintained in their natural state at all times. The tools and test protocols are designed to cut and sub-sample cores, to transfer samples and to test them without ever depressurizing the core.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a big step for the Japanese and U.S. scientists,\u201d said Sheng Dai, a Ph.D. student in Santamarina\u2019s lab who helped develop the tools and went to Japan to test them. \u201cLearning more about the properties can help us understand how methane can be recovered from the sediments, which would have a significant impact on our energy situation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe recent project is part of a multiyear program in deepwater gas hydrate exploration and production currently underway in Japan. 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Japanese researchers will soon be conducting the first offshore production test to track how much methane can be released from deepwater gas hydrate deposits.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe collaborative research in Japan was financially supported by USGS, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mh21japan.gr.jp\/english\/\u0022\u003EMH21 Research Consortium\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.energy.gov\u0022\u003EU.S. Department of Energy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the multinational Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESantamarina and his graduate students \u2013 Dai, Junbong Jang, Marco Terzariol and Efthymios Papadopoulos \u2013 said the trip was a chance to take on some of the most challenging energy problems by developing unprecedented engineering solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This has been an amazing opportunity to be part of an unprecedented project,\u0022 Terzariol said. \u0022We obtained great data and new insights, and identified questions to be addressed next in our research.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EImages courtsey of the U.S. Geological Survey.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists are now better able to examine rare methane gas samples recovered from deep beneath the seafloor using innovative tools developed by Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Scientists better able to examine rare methane gas samples recovered deep beneath the seafloor"}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2013-03-01 16:33:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:44","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"196351":{"id":"196351","type":"image","title":"Gas Hydrates in Japan - 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The expansion will involve hiring new personnel and refocusing responsibilities for some existing positions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Entrepreneurial companies are the largest source of new jobs and new economic activity in today\u0027s changing economy,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson. \u0022As part of our historic economic development mission, Georgia Tech has focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, and new business startups. We\u0027re pleased to respond to the growing need for services that will help boost the economy and create jobs in our city, state, region, and nation.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EATDC helps Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build successful technology companies by providing coaching, connection and community-building services. Founded in 1980, ATDC has helped create thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenues by graduating more than 140 companies, which together have raised\u0026nbsp;more than a billion dollars in outside financing. During 2012, ATDC assisted 322 technology companies, currently houses more than 40 startup companies in its incubator facilities, and plans to graduate five additional companies in at its annual Startup Showcase in April.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Entrepreneurs and the fast-growth companies they create are vitally important to the future of Atlanta\u0027s economy,\u0022 said Sam Williams, president of the Metro Atlanta Chamber. \u0022For decades, Georgia Tech has been the focal point for launching and building technology-based companies in Atlanta, and we\u0027re pleased to see this renewed emphasis on growing startups based on science and technology innovation.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EATDC currently has three facilities: two in Atlanta \u2014 its headquarters plus a satellite life-sciences facility on the Georgia Tech campus \u2014 and one as part of Georgia Tech facilities in Savannah. Multiple new satellite facilities are planned in Atlanta to provide space for startups with specialized needs, such as microelectronics fabrication, medical device development, advanced manufacturing and sustainable energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EATDC serves Georgia technology entrepreneurs, regardless of whether they have a connection to Georgia Tech. However, intellectual property arising from Georgia Tech\u0027s $655 million-per-year research program has driven many recent startup companies, including photovoltaic manufacturer Suniva and medical device developer CardioMEMS.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s nationally-recognized VentureLab program focuses on commercializing the results of research activities, and will benefit from the expansion of the ATDC. Related programs for startups include Flashpoint, a program that educates company leaders in startup discovery, and the National Science Foundation\u0027s (NSF) I-Corps, which teaches NSF-supported researchers to identify commercial opportunities and test their viability using scientific principles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech wants to see that our research with clear market potential gets to companies that will commercialize it,\u0022 said Stephen E. Cross, Georgia Tech\u0027s executive vice president for research. \u0022We want to fully support the creation of spinoff companies based on our research results as well as companies originating in Georgia\u0027s growing community of entrepreneurs. Altogether, VentureLab, Flashpoint and I-Corps provide a comprehensive commercialization assistance program that is the best in the nation and already launches more than 20 startups per year into ATDC.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ATDC expansion will be accomplished by reallocating existing Georgia Tech resources without additional state funding, and will be completed by the end of the fiscal year on June 30, said Stephen Fleming, a Georgia Tech vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2), the parent organization to both ATDC and VentureLab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This revitalization and expansion of ATDC will allow us to play an even larger role in catalyzing the innovation and creativity of Georgia entrepreneurs as they build new companies, new jobs and new economic activity,\u0022 said Fleming. \u0022The new economy is demanding a different type of support for entrepreneurs, and we\u0027re proud to respond to this challenge.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn all, ATDC expects to hire six additional entrepreneurs-in-residence (EIRs) and catalysts who will be focused on supporting the growth of technology entrepreneurs and startup companies. 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EI2 also recently hired a new principal for VentureLab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022ATDC has been the center of Georgia\u0027s technology community for more than three decades, and it has served as a model for what states and universities can do to help grow a dynamic community of startups,\u0022 said Fleming. \u0022We\u0027re confident that this expansion will position ATDC to help move Georgia forward, building on the strong community of technology entrepreneurs we already have.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETo help meet the growing demand for support to Georgia technology entrepreneurs and startup companies, Georgia Tech is strengthening and realigning resources in its Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), a technology accelerator that has assisted entrepreneurs for more than 30 years.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is strengthening and realigning resources in its Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) technology accelerator"}],"uid":"27262","created_gmt":"2013-03-04 17:38:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:44","author":"Fletcher Moore","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"196281":{"id":"196281","type":"image","title":"Centergy Building","body":null,"created":"1449179906","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:26","changed":"1531135132","gmt_changed":"2018-07-09 11:18:52","alt":"","file":{"fid":"196427","name":"centergy-bldg.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/centergy-bldg_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/centergy-bldg_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1799216,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/centergy-bldg_1.jpg?itok=rnmB0q-M"}}},"media_ids":["196281"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4238","name":"atdc"},{"id":"166973","name":"startup"},{"id":"171257","name":"startup company"},{"id":"60211","name":"technology startup"}],"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\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"196831":{"#nid":"196831","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Industry Agreements Streamline Contracting Process","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, investing in research is a top priority. As part of that commitment, the Office of Industry Engagement \u2014 part of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) \u2014 has developed four contract mechanisms that enable industry to engage with Georgia Tech researchers at all stages of R\u0026amp;D.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKnown as the \u0022industry contract continuum,\u0022 these agreements were crafted to streamline the contracting process and provide straightforward intellectual property terms for companies engaging in collaborative research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe four contracting mechanisms are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBasic Research\u003C\/strong\u003E: Explore fundamental challenges in a technical area\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EApplied Research\u003C\/strong\u003E: Identify solutions to real-world challenges\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDemonstration\u003C\/strong\u003E: Improve an existing technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpecialized Testing\u003C\/strong\u003E: Test new and existing products\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMembers of GTRC are available for town hall meetings with interested faculty to discuss the issues related to intellectual property, patenting, contracting, and non-disclosure agreements. 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Whether related to social, athletic or academic endeavors, Yellow Jackets are constantly adding awards to their literal and metaphorical trophy cases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere are a few honors bestowed upon members of the campus community during the recent winter months.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndividual Recognitions:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJose Bernardo\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\/node\/1126\u0022\u003EDepartment of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence Outstanding Student of the Year\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ET.J. 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More than 40,000 individuals registered for the course, which opened Jan. 28. A few days later, Tech requested that Coursera suspend the class pending further review.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe apologize to those students who have been inconvenienced by this decision, but we are resolute in providing an academic standard of quality that is consistent with Georgia Tech\u2019s reputation,\u201d Professional Education Dean Nelson Baker said. \u201cThis is true regardless of whether the student is paying tuition to receive classroom instruction in Atlanta or freely participating in one of our MOOCs anywhere one can access the Internet.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese are today\u2019s grand experiments in higher education,\u201d he continued. \u201cWith any experiment, sometimes one has to press pause and reset, which is what we are doing. Leaders take risks to try new things, and we are leading.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn signing an agreement with Coursera last July, Georgia Tech was one of the first universities in the nation to offer web-based courses online and create new opportunities for hands-on learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo date, Tech has successfully launched four courses through Coursera, and another seven \u2014 on topics such as music, mathematics and engineering \u2014 are open for enrollment. 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Wagner and School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Yang Wang are the only two Georgia Tech award recipients for 2013.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWagner\u2019s research interests include social robotics, social learning, and human-robot interaction. He joined GTRI in January 2010. 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The researchers plan to use this information to create an engineered reversible adhesive inspired by the remora that could be used to create pain- and residue-free bandages, attach sensors to objects in aquatic or military reconnaissance environments, replace surgical clamps and help robots climb.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhile other creatures with unique adhesive properties \u2013 such as geckos, tree frogs and insects \u2013 have been the inspiration for laboratory-fabricated adhesives, the remora has been overlooked until now,\u201d said GTRI senior research engineer Jason Nadler. \u201cThe remora\u2019s attachment mechanism is quite different from other suction cup-based systems, fasteners or adhesives that can only attach to smooth surfaces or cannot be detached without damaging the host.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study results were presented at the Materials Research Society\u2019s 2012 Fall Meeting and will be published in the meeting\u2019s proceedings. The research was supported by the Georgia Research Alliance and GTRI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe remora\u2019s suction plate is a greatly evolved dorsal fin on top of the fish\u2019s body. The fin is flattened into a disk-like pad and surrounded by a thick, fleshy lip of connective tissue that creates the seal between the remora and its host. The lip encloses rows of plate-like structures called lamellae, from which perpendicular rows of tooth-like structures called spinules emerge. The intricate skeletal structure enables efficient attachment to surfaces including sharks, sea turtles, whales and even boats.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo better understand how remoras attach to a host, Nadler and GTRI research scientist Allison Mercer teamed up with researchers from the Georgia Tech School of Biology and Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering to investigate and quantitatively analyze the structure and form of the remora adhesion system, including its hierarchical nature.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERemora typically attach to larger marine animals for three reasons: transportation \u2013 a free ride that allows the remora to conserve energy; protection \u2013 being attacked when attached to a shark is unlikely; and food \u2013 sharks are very sloppy eaters, often leaving plenty of delectable morsels floating around for the remora to gobble up.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut whether this attachment was active or passive had been unclear. Results from the GTRI study suggest that remoras utilize a passive adhesion mechanism, meaning that the fish do not have to exert additional energy to maintain their attachment. The researchers suspect that drag forces created as the host swims actually increase the strength of the adhesion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDissection experiments showed that the remora\u2019s attachment or release from a host could be controlled by muscles that raise or lower the lamellae. Dissection also revealed light-colored muscle tissue surrounding the suction disk, indicating low levels of myoglobin. 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From the images, the researchers digitally reconstructed each specimen, measured characteristic features, and quantified structural similarities among specimens with significant size differences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDetailed microtomography-based surface renderings of the lamellae showed a row of shorter, more regularly spaced and more densely packed spinules and another row of longer, less densely spaced spinules. A quantitative analysis uncovered similarities in suction disk structure with respect to the size and position of the lamellae and spinules despite significant specimen size differences. One of the fish\u2019s disks was more than twice as long as the others, but the researchers observed a length-to-width ratio of each specimen\u2019s adhesion disk that was within 16 percent of the average.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough additional experiments, the researchers found that the spacing between the spinules on the remoras and the spacing between scales on mako sharks was remarkably similar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cComplementary spacing between features on the remora and a shark likely contributes to the larger adhesive strength that has been observed when remoras are attached to shark skin compared to smoother surfaces,\u201d said Mercer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers are planning to conduct further tests to better understand the roles of the various suction disk structural elements and their interactions to create a successful attachment and detachment system in the laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are not trying to replicate the exact remora adhesion structure that occurs in nature,\u201d explained Nadler. \u201cWe would like to identify, characterize and harness its critical features to design and test attachment systems that enable those unique adhesive functions. 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nurses from Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center recently collaborated with a new virtual healthcare design lab at Georgia Tech to discover what device \u2013 desktop, laptop or tablet \u2013 is best to use with electronic medical records in their clinics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.simtigrate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESimTigrate Design Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;this fall, Children\u2019s Sibley doctors and nurses had the opportunity to test drive various devices to implement electronic medical records during a simulated patient encounter in a mock-up exam room.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe room was designed by the SimTigrate Lab to have the exact configuration as the Sibley clinics so the doctors and nurses could experience the usability of each device in a realistic environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to anticipate ahead of time what device is needed and which will run best with the software in the actual clinical space,\u201d said Megan Denham, research faculty in the College of Architecture and member of the SimTigrate lab. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter a day\u2019s worth of discussion and simulation, the Children\u2019s Sibley group selected the Lenovo x230 convertible table, which is a laptop with a screen that can be flipped to lay flat to function like a tablet. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe doctors and nurses found that when actually in a room with a patient, their first choice device actually didn\u0027t function as well as they thought,\u201d said Danny Presten, project manager at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.choa.org\/CARDIOLOGY\u0022\u003ESibley Heart Center\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cAfter several iterations, the team began to see some obvious differences in individual user needs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing electronic medical records can reduce paperwork and administrative burdens, cut costs, reduce medical errors and improve the quality of care, advocates say.\u0026nbsp;Many U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems have transitioned to electronic medical records, but clinics still largely use paper records because of the expense and hassle involved with the conversion. However, all healthcare providers and insurers are being encouraged to switch to electronic medical records as part of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.healthcare.gov\/law\/timeline\/full.html\u0022\u003EAffordable Care Act\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technological device a provider selects can set the tone for the entire implementation of medical records, Presten said. Ideally, a device will allow a healthcare provider to maintain good interaction with the patient and to efficiently document the visit in a variety of settings, from the patent room to the doctor\u2019s office.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunded jointly by Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the Sibley Heart Center, the simulated project was unique and innovative compared to how other facilities implement electronic medical records, Denham said.\u0026nbsp;By doing a mock office visit with a patient, the doctors and nurses could see first hand whether the placement of the device prevented or facilitated effective communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhile the undertaking was designed to limit the negative impact of a computer in the doctor-patient interaction, a surprising observation was that patients viewed the presence of technology in the examination room as a positive experience when the platform was used as an educational tool to explain a heart defect,\u201d said Dr. Martha L. Clabby, a cardiologist at Sibley Heart Center and physician lead on the electronic records implementation project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers also used Microsoft Kinect for Windows software to record the simulations live, so they could observe changes in posture and movement within the room. This technology allowed them to review the sessions from any vantage point.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother perk of going through the simulation is buy-in. Allowing both doctors and nurses to participate in the selection of the technology helped garner support as the devices rolled out at the clinics this month, Presten said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe end users are all very happy with the device\u0027s flexibility and look forward to continuing to explore some of its distinctive features as they grow more comfortable with the application we are using,\u201d Presten said. \u201cPatient care has improved as relevant information is available 24\/7 anywhere a provider has this computer.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaunched in March 2012 under the leadership of Professor Craig Zimring, Georgia Tech\u2019s SimTigrate lab, which is part of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E, aims to develop innovative solutions to improve healthcare facilities and environments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne of our goals is to develop and test solutions through evidence evaluation, computer modeling, lab tests and field tests,\u201d Denham said. \u201cOur hope is that these solutions will improve healthcare facilities and environments. 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It\u2019s thought that abnormalities in their ability to do so play an important role in a broad range of disorders, including cardiovascular disease and cancer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study\u2019s findings are outlined in the journal \u003Cem\u003EMolecular Cell\u003C\/em\u003E and describe a surprising new aspect of cell adhesion involving the family of cell adhesion molecules known as integrins, which are found on the surfaces of most cells. The research uncovered a phenomenon termed \u201ccyclic mechanical reinforcement,\u201d in which the length of time during which bonds exist is extended with repeated pulling and release between the integrins and ligands that are part of the extracellular matrix to which the cells attach.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Martin Humphries, dean of the faculty of life sciences at the University of Manchester and one of the paper\u2019s co-authors, says the study suggests some new capabilities for cells: \u201cThis paper identifies a new kind of bond that is strengthened by cyclical applications of force, and which appears to be mediated by complex shape changes in integrin receptors. The findings also shed light on a possible mechanism used by cells to sense extracellular topography and to aggregate information through \u2018remembering\u2019 multiple interaction events.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe cyclic mechanical reinforcement allows force to prolong the lifetimes of bonds, demonstrating a mechanical regulation of receptor-ligand interactions and identifying a molecular mechanism for strengthening cell adhesion through cyclical forces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany cell functions such as differentiation, growth and the expression of particular genes depend on cell interaction with the ligands of the intracellular matrix,\u201d said Cheng Zhu, a professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University and the study\u2019s corresponding author.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe cells respond to their environment, which includes many mechanical aspects. This study has extended our understanding of how connections are made and how mechanical forces regulate interactions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was published online by the journal on February 14th. The work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Wellcome Trust.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECells of the body regulate adhesion in response to both internally- and externally-applied forces. This is particularly important to adhesion mediated by proteins such as integrins that connect the extracellular matrix to the cytoskeleton \u2013 and provide cells with both mechanical anchorages and the means to initiate signaling.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing delicate force measuring equipment, researchers in Zhu\u2019s lab and the laboratory of Andres Garcia \u2013 a professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech \u2013 collaborated to study adhesion between integrin and fibronectin, a protein component of the extracellular matrix. What they found was that cyclic forces applied to the bond switch it from a short lived state \u2013 with lifetimes of about one second \u2013 to a long-lived state that can exist for more than a hundred seconds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cForce can be very important in biology,\u201d said Zhu. \u201cForce has direction, magnitude and duration, so in describing its effects on biological systems, you have to use a more complete language.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZhu, Garcia and Georgia Tech graduate students Fang Kong, William Parks and David Dumbauld \u2013 along with postdoctoral fellow Zenhai Li \u2013 used two different mechanical techniques to study the strength of bonds between integrin and fibronectin. One technique measured the bond strengths in purified molecules, while the other studied the effects of them in their native cellular environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have very precise force transducers that allow us to measure force on the scale of pico-newtons,\u201d said Zhu. \u201cWe prepare the samples in such a way that we engage only one bond, then we control the application of force and observe what happens.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers first used an atomic force microscope to bring the integrin molecule together with the fibronectin, then separate the two. Instruments measured the pico-newton forces required to separate the molecules, and found that the duration of the bonds increased with the repetition of the contacts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe second technique, known as BFP, involved the use of a fibronectin-bearing glass bead attached to a red blood cell aspirated by a micropipette. Integrin expressed on the micropipette-aspirated cell was pressed into the bead, then pulled away over repeated cycles.Lifetime measurement confirmed that repeated pulling increased the longevity of the bonds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers studied two integrins, part of a family of 24 related molecules that operate in humans. In future work, they hope to determine whether or not the cyclic mechanical reinforcement they observed is a universal property of many cellular adhesion molecules.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also hope to explore how cells use this cyclic mechanical reinforcement. Because many disease processes result from abnormal cellular adhesion mechanisms, a better understanding could provide insights into how cardiovascular disease, cancer and immune system disorders operate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe findings of the paper have deep implications for our understanding of force-regulated signaling,\u201d added Humphries. \u201cThere is abundant biological evidence for profound effects of extracellular tensility and elasticity in controlling processes such as cancer cell proliferation and stem cell differentiation, but the mechanisms whereby this information is transduced across the outer cell membrane are unclear.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under grants AI44902 and GM065918. 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Using that information, they\u2019re developing new biomaterials, including artificial blood platelets laced with regulatory chemicals that could be included in an injector device the size of an iPhone. Soldiers wounded in action could use the device to treat themselves, helping control bleeding, stabilizing the injury and setting the right course for healing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFormation of \u201cdesigner\u201d blood clots from the artificial platelets would be triggered by the same factor that initiates the body\u2019s natural clotting processes. In animal models, the synthetic platelets reduced clotting time by approximately 30 percent, though the materials have not yet been tested in humans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe idea is to have on the battlefield technologies that would deliver a biomaterial capable of finding where the bleeding is happening and augmenting the body\u2019s own clotting processes,\u201d said Thomas Barker, an associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \u201cSimultaneously, the material would help instruct the biochemistry and biophysics of the clot structure that would govern subsequent healing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBarker presented information on the research Friday, Feb. 15 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The research has been sponsored in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), by the U.S. Department of Defense through the Center for Advanced Bioengineering for Soldier Survivability at Georgia Tech, and by an American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship to Ashley Brown, a postdoctoral fellow working on the project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter an injury, the most critical need is to stop the bleeding. But as traumatic injuries heal, they often produce significant scarring that is difficult to treat. Georgia Tech researchers are working on both sides of the problem, developing cell signaling techniques that may head off the formation of scars \u2013 as well as techniques for addressing the fibrosis that is often the long-term result. Beyond helping halt the bleeding, the synthetic platelets would deliver regulatory chemicals designed to prevent scarring.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe blood clot actually ends up directing how the entire wound healing process is going to occur,\u201d Barker said. \u201cThe initial clot matrix instructs very specific cellular behaviors which have consequences for the next wave of cells that comes in to do specific jobs, which have consequences for the next wave of cells. If we can modify that initial clot, it can become the three-dimensional matrix needed to build the regenerated or repaired tissue.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe synthetic platelets, made from tiny structures known as hydrogels, could be injected into the bloodstream where they would circulate until activated by the body\u2019s own clotting processes. Once activated, the particles \u2013 which are about one micron in diameter \u2013 would change shape, converting to a thin film that would help seal wounds. To develop these hydrogels, Barker is collaborating with Andrew Lyon, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe bloodstream contains proteins known as fibrinogen that are the precursors for fibrin, the polymer that provides the basic structure for natural blood clots. When they receive the right signals from a protein called thrombin, these precursors polymerize at the site of the bleeding. To prevent unintended activation of their synthetic platelets, the researchers use the same trigger.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers followed a process known as molecular evolution to develop an antibody that could be attached to the hydrogels to cause their form to change when they encounter thrombin-activated fibrin. The resulting antibody has high affinity for the polymerized form of fibrin and low affinity for the precursor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe knew the molecule that we wanted and we knew the domains that were critical for recognition,\u201d Barker said. \u201cThe primary design concept was the ability to recognize an active, forming clot from the soluble, inactive precursor.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe artificial platelets have so far been tested in rats, and separately using \u003Cem\u003Ein vitro\u003C\/em\u003E simulated endothelial systems in the laboratory of Wilbur Lam, an assistant professor at Emory University in Atlanta. Though the work is a long way from a device that could be used on the battlefield, Barker envisions transitioning the research to a startup company that develop the technology to improve survivability for wounded soldiers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou could have it literally in the pocket of any soldier, who could pop it out when needed,\u201d Barker explained. \u201cAs the needle is extended, you would break the package of freeze-dried particles. The device would then be placed on the abdomen, where the particles would be injected into the bloodstream. They would circulate inactive until they encountered the initiation of clotting.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce the bleeding was stopped, cytokines and anti-inflammatory compounds within the \u201cdesigner\u201d clot could help determine the phenotype that should be adopted by healing cells and regulate their behavior. That would set the stage for the subsequent healing process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo help soldiers already suffering from the effects of fibrosis \u2013 the contraction of scarred tissue \u2013 the researchers are developing a polymer to which a natural peptide is attached. The peptide helps regulate the repair process that produces scars and could ultimately help reduce or reverse the effects of fibrosis. The technique has reversed the effects of pulmonary fibrosis in an animal model.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough the research focuses on the needs of soldiers injured on the battlefield, many of the technologies could ultimately find civilian use. Because the artificial platelets would only activate when the encounter thrombin-activated fibrin, they could be used by emergency medical technicians treating patients in which internal bleeding is suspected, Barker said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under contract R21EB013743 and by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) under contract W81XWH110306. 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TOHL has also been successful with its fundraising efforts, attracting multiple donors. In October 2012, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced that TOHL had won StartUp Atlanta\u0027s $10,000 Entrepreneur Video Competition. The team also won $35,000 a pitch competition in Chile and a mention from former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESolar Toilets to Save Lives\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sanivation.com\/\u0022\u003ESanivation\u003C\/a\u003E, another 2012 I2S contestant, developed a concept to help people in developing countries who lack access to basic facilities that treat human waste (a problem that contributes to disease and death).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince winning the most market-ready prize at I2S, Sanivation has continued to refine its idea for a solar latrine system. The team is working to provide an affordable, environmentally friendly and sustainable way to sanitize human feces without expensive, first-world infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo further its efforts, Sanivation has sought support from various international aid organizations. Recently, the team progressed to the final rounds of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation\u2019s \u201cReinvent the Toilet Challenge\u201d and the USAID Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Program. 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Administrators say the MOOC, or massively open online course, will be evaluated and possibly reopened at a future date.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe course, \u201cFundamentals of Online Education: Planning and Application,\u201d was offered through Coursera, one of the emerging distance education organizations that partners with universities to deliver free, non-credit academic courses on a global scale. More than 40,000 individuals registered for the course, which opened January 28. A few days later, Georgia Tech requested Coursera suspend the class pending further review.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe apologize to those students who have been inconvenienced by this decision, but we are resolute in providing an academic standard of quality that is consistent with Georgia Tech\u2019s reputation,\u201d Professional Education Dean Nelson Baker said. \u201cThis is true regardless of whether the student is paying tuition to receive classroom instruction in Atlanta or freely participating in one of our MOOCs anywhere one can access the Internet.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese are today\u2019s grand experiments in higher education,\u201d he continued. \u201cWith any experiment, sometimes one has to press pause and reset, which is what we are doing. Leaders take risks to try new things, and we are leading.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=140591\u0022\u003Esigning an agreement with Coursera last July\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech was one of the first universities in the nation to offer web-based courses online and create new opportunities for hands-on learning. To date, Tech has successfully launched four courses through Coursera, and another seven \u2014 on topics such as music, mathematics and engineering \u2014 are \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/gatech\u0022\u003Eopen for enrollment\u003C\/a\u003E. Other courses are in early stages of development. Baker noted the process of learning how to deliver education to the world has been just as instructional for the providers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech has more than 30 years of experience in online education, yet the nature and scale of MOOCs require a different approach to course and instructional design. A feature of the MOOC experience is the ability to continually engage in quality improvement, and the Institute is exploring how to improve that experience. When the course meets our expectations, it will be reopened,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUltimately, this was Georgia Tech\u2019s decision to suspend the course. We will review our policies and procedures and update them to reflect lessons learned from this experience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast weekend, Georgia Tech acted to suspend one of its free online courses, citing technical and quality issues. 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Ellis, (\u002770), and civil engineering alumnus John R. Huff, (\u002768), have been elected to the prestigious organization, joining more than 2,000 members and 211 foreign associates worldwide. Ellis, Huff and their fellow 2013 inductees will be officially honored in October, when the NAE convenes its annual meeting in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEllis is the president and chief executive officer for the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inpo.info\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute of Nuclear Power Operations\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Atlanta and serves on the board of directors of Lockheed Martin. He is a retired four-star admiral and former commander, United Stated Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. Ellis was recognized by the NAE \u201cfor leadership in advancing safe nuclear power plant operations throughout the world.\u201d Ellis holds a Master\u2019s degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe current chairman and retired CEO of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.oceaneering.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOceaneering, Inc\u003C\/a\u003E., Huff was recognized by the Academy for his contributions to the development of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for deep-water explorations. Huff originally supported the development of the vehicles as a means to improve the extraction of oil and gas deposits. But he quickly recognized their value in other enterprises. The ROVs that Oceaneering, Inc., developed have been employed to explore the Titanic, the wreckage of the Challenger capsule, and even the remains of the H.L. Hunley, a Civil War-era submarine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are delighted that the National Academy of Engineering has recognized two Georgia Tech graduates for their outstanding contributions to engineering and as leaders in their fields,\u201d said Gary S. May, dean of the College of Engineering. \u201cThe College of Engineering takes great pride in its alumni and their achievements following graduation from Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElection to the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nae.edu\/\u0022\u003ENational Academy of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer, according to NAE president Charles M. Vest. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to \u0022engineering research, practice, or education, engineering literature,\u0022 and to the \u0022pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing\/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.\u0022\u0026nbsp;Ellis and Huff were among 69 new members and 11 foreign associates elected this year.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced this week\u0026nbsp;that aerospace engineering alumnus James O. Ellis, (\u002770), and civil engineering alumnus John R. Huff, (\u002768), have been elected to the prestigious organization.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Aerospace engineering alumnus James O. 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Lanes will also be added to Hemphill Avenue in Home Park between 10th and 14th Streets. Improvements will be made to bike lanes already present on West Peachtree, running from 10th Street to North Avenue, and Fifth Street, from Williams Street to Piedmont Avenue.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFurther southwest, the city\u2019s first bike boulevard will be created near Atlanta University Center on James P. Brawley Drive, from Jefferson Street to Greensferry Avenue. Downtown, improvements will be made to the Peachtree Street corridor, from Pine Street to Peachtree Center Avenue. Other projects will improve connectivity in Inman Park, Castleberry Hill, Grant Park and other eastside areas. Some projects will use cycle tracks instead of bike lanes, providing more separation from motor vehicle traffic than just a painted lane.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to a 2012 commuter survey conducted by Parking \u0026amp; Transportation Services, 8 percent of the campus community commutes by bike; however, another 24 percent voiced an interest in biking if there were safer, more convenient bike paths available. Some of the slated city projects coincide with items in a proposed Campus Bike Master Plan and work with existing lanes and sharrows on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese projects will only further our mission in promoting sustainability on campus and will give people the commute alternatives they desire,\u201d said Fowler, who believes this is only the beginning of improved bicycle connectivity for Atlanta in the next few years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe five City of Atlanta projects closest to campus include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFifth Street Bike Lanes ($65,715):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E This project will upgrade the existing bicycle lanes along Fifth Street that connect the Georgia Tech campus to the Peachtree Street corridor and Midtown residential district, one of the busiest cycling corridors in the city. Scope includes pavement patching, long-lasting thermoplastic pavement marking installation, addition of green pavement markings at key conflict points, installation of enhanced parking\/regulatory signage and bicycle wayfinding signs and the construction of new bicycle treatments at intersections with other designated bicycle connections.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHem\u003Cstrong\u003Ephill Avenue Bike Lanes ($55,019):\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EThis project will install bicycle lanes along the northern section of Hemphill Avenue from 10th to 14th Streets. An on-street parking modification study will be conducted to determine the feasibility of reducing the roadway to two travel lanes and a single on-street parking lane. Scope includes pavement patching, long-lasting thermoplastic pavement marking installation, addition of green pavement markings at key conflict points, installation of enhanced parking\/regulatory signage and bicycle wayfinding signs and the construction of new bicycle treatments at intersections with other designated bicycle connections.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWest Peachtree\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EStreet Bike Lanes ($62,500):\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EThis project will upgrade the existing bicycle lane along West Peachtree Street that connects the MARTA North Avenue Station to the Georgia Tech Campus and points north. Scope includes pavement patching, railroad crossing improvements, long-lasting thermoplastic pavement marking installation, addition of green pavement markings at key conflict points, installation of enhanced parking\/regulatory signage and bicycle wayfinding signs and the construction of new bicycle treatments at intersections with other designated bicycle connections.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E10th Street Bridge Refurbishment with Bike Facilities ($125,000):\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EThis funding will serve as the City of Atlanta\u0027s contribution toward the bicycle component of the Midtown Alliance 10th Street Bridge Improvement Project. This project will improve bicycle and pedestrian facilities, add lights, landscaping and decorative fencing.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E10th \u003Cstrong\u003EStreet Cycle Track @ Atlanta BeltLine Intersection ($122,159)\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u003C\/strong\u003EThis project will construct a two-way cycle track along the 10th Street corridor, from Charles Allen Drive to Piedmont Avenue to tie into the planned two-way cycle track between Charles Allen Drive and Monroe Drive, connecting the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail to Piedmont Park and Midtown. Due to right-of-way constraints, the section between Myrtle Street and Piedmont Avenue will likely consist of bicycle lanes. 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The gift is meant to provide a way for students to starting giving back to Tech while still on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe gift\u0027s sum is a fluid number, as it includes $5 from every SAA member plus a $10,000 match from alumnus Allen Ecker (EE 1957, MS EE 1958). The current gift total already tops $25,000 from a member base of more than 3,000 students, but Catie McCoy, student organizations manager for the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, anticipates it will grow as students continue to join throughout the rest of the year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEven as students join SAA after the gift is announced, their donations will be included as well,\u201d she said. A team of SAA students compiled the list of potential recipients and worked with them to fine-tune the specifics of what the gift would fund in each area.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s potential beneficiaries represent the many varied interests of Tech students, including academic advising, bicycle infrastructure, campus safety, tutoring services, the marching band, student entrepreneurship and innovation, the TEAM Buzz day of service and an SAA student award endowment fund. Full descriptions of how the funds would be spent for each are available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtsaa.com\/events-and-programs\/philanthropy\/saa-gift-to-tech\/vote\u0022\u003ESAA\u2019s website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year, more than $25,000 went to the Dean Dull Ramblin\u2019 Reck Endowment to fund the maintenance and preservation of the historic automobile and school mascot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019d started the endowment fund, but the SAA gift brought it up significantly,\u201d said Stephen Webber, a fourth-year business administration major and 2012 Ramblin\u2019 Reck driver. \u201cWith fundraising, any little bit helps and gets others motivated.\u201d Since receiving the gift last May, Webber and the Ramblin\u2019 Reck Club have raised another $20,000 to provide a financial safety net for the coveted automobile.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2011, the Office of Solid Waste Management and Recycling earned more than $20,000 for campus recycling that funded new containers throughout campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll currently enrolled students have until March 15 to cast a vote; they must log in to vote at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtsaa.com\/giftvote\u0022\u003Egtsaa.com\/giftvote\u003C\/a\u003E with their Georgia Tech username and password. Voting will reopen on March 25 to SAA members only. Each member can cast one more vote for one of the top three projects from the first round of voting. Faculty and staff are not eligible to vote.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2013 Gift to Tech will be announced the week of April 22, with a celebration and presentation by the Student Alumni Association leadership and Allen Ecker at the Campanile on April 23 at 11 a.m.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Alumni Association\u2019s Gift to Tech lets students vote for which project they deem worthy of more than $25,000.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Student Alumni Association\u2019s Gift to Tech lets students vote for which project they deem worthy of more than $25,000."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-02-07 12:28:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:37","author":"Kristen 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Valentine\u2019s Day, Feb. 14, campus police officers will enjoy the company of members of the Tech community during their fourth annual Campus Safety Day.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) has planned activities on Tech Walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to remind students, faculty and staff to keep their personal safety top of mind and to take an active role in keeping the campus safe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere will be demonstrations by GTPD\u2019s K-9 unit, and officers will be on hand with many of the resources and equipment used in the field. McGruff the Crime Dog will also be in the thick of things, patrolling the area to greet attendees as they visit with officers and other GTPD representatives. In addition, a new feature this year will be a DUI\/texting while driving simulator provided in partnership with the Governor\u2019s Office of Highway Safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther campus groups participating in Campus Safety Day include Parking \u0026amp; Transportation Services, the Counseling Center, Stamps Health Services, Environmental Health \u0026amp; Safety, the Women\u2019s Resource Center and the Bicycle Infrastructure Improvement Committee. MARTA police and Atlantic Station security officers will also join the GTPD and APD officers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSafety is our top priority, and this annual event allows us to showcase some of the tools that we use to help protect campus,\u201d said Georgia Tech Police Chief Teresa Crocker.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd, since this time last year, considerable gains have been made in protecting campus: Campus crime has dropped by 24 percent, and, of four robberies this year, GTPD has made three arrests \u2013 two of which involved the robberies noted in the Jan. 15 Clery Act Alert. Additionally, the plain-clothes unit introduced a year ago has made more than 15 significant arrests\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTPD continues to encourage the campus community to heed the motto: \u201cSee Something, Say Something\u201d in order to actively contribute to campus safety.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECampus Safety Day activities will take place on Tech Walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Those interested in signing up ahead of time for the DUI\/texting while driving simulator can \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/health.gatech.edu\/promotion\/newsarticles\/Pages\/GOHS-DUI-Simulator-Signup.aspx\u0022\u003Edo so online\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGTPD has planned activities on Tech Walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 14.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTPD has planned activities on Tech Walk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 14."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-02-12 13:23:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:37","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"190291":{"id":"190291","type":"image","title":"Campus Safety Day 2013","body":null,"created":"1449179848","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:28","changed":"1475894838","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:18","alt":"Campus Safety Day 2013","file":{"fid":"196251","name":"safetydayflyer.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/safetydayflyer_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/safetydayflyer_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":549082,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/safetydayflyer_0.jpg?itok=ARRdKqIC"}},"190241":{"id":"190241","type":"image","title":"McGruff and Mounted Patrols","body":null,"created":"1449179848","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:28","changed":"1475894838","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:18","alt":"McGruff and Mounted Patrols","file":{"fid":"196250","name":"12c4353-p1-021.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12c4353-p1-021_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12c4353-p1-021_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2541170,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/12c4353-p1-021_0.jpg?itok=yWiAHkOC"}}},"media_ids":["190291","190241"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/health.gatech.edu\/promotion\/newsarticles\/Pages\/GOHS-DUI-Simulator-Signup.aspx","title":"Sign Up for DUI\/Texting While Driving SImulator"},{"url":"http:\/\/police.gatech.edu\/","title":"GTPD"},{"url":"http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=189031","title":"2013 Campus Safety Day"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2408","name":"campus safety"},{"id":"19461","name":"campus safety day"},{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"},{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"}],"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":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"191551":{"#nid":"191551","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Video Study Shows Picky Eater Fish Threaten Endangered Coral Reefs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUsing underwater video cameras to record fish feeding on South Pacific coral reefs, scientists have found that herbivorous fish can be picky eaters \u2013 a trait that could spell trouble for endangered reef systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a study done at the Fiji Islands, the researchers learned that just four species of herbivorous fish were primarily responsible for removing common and potentially harmful seaweeds on reefs \u2013 and that each type of seaweed is eaten by a different fish species. The research demonstrates that particular species, and certain mixes of species, are potentially critical to the health of reef systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERelated research also showed that even small marine protected areas \u2013 locations where fishing is forbidden \u2013 can encourage reef recovery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOf the nearly 30 species of bigger herbivores on the reef, there were four that were doing almost all of the feeding on the seven species of seaweeds that we studied,\u201d said Mark Hay, a professor in the School of Biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cWe did not see much overlap in the types of seaweed that each herbivore ate. Therefore, if any one of these four species was removed, that would potentially allow some macroalgae to proliferate.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research has been published online ahead of print by the journal Ecology and will be included in a future print edition. The study was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Teasley Endowment to Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMacroalgae \u2013 known as seaweeds \u2013 pose a major threat to endangered coral reefs. Some seaweeds emit chemicals that are toxic to corals, while others smother or abrade corals. If seaweed growth is not kept in check by herbivorous fish, the reefs can experience rapid decline. Overfishing of coral reef ecosystems has decimated fish populations in many areas, contributing to overgrowth by seaweed, along with the loss of corals and their ability to recover from disturbance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo determine which fish were most important \u2013 information potentially useful for protecting them \u2013 Hay and Georgia Tech graduate student Douglas Rasher moved samples of seven species of seaweed into healthy reef systems that had large populations of fish.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey set up three video cameras to watch the reef areas, then left the area to allow the fish to feed. They repeated the experiment over a period of five days in three different marine protected areas located off the Fiji Islands. In all, Rasher watched more than 45 hours of video to carefully record which species of fish ate which species of seaweed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe patterns were remarkably consistent among the reefs in terms of which fish were responsible for removing the seaweed,\u201d said Rasher. \u201cBecause different seaweeds use different defense strategies to deter herbivores from eating them, a particular mix of fish \u2013 each adapted to a particular type of seaweed \u2013 is needed to keep seaweeds off the reef.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the most important were two species of unicornfish, which removed numerous types of brown algae. A species of parrotfish consumed red seaweeds, while a rabbitfish ate a type of green seaweed that is particularly toxic to coral. Those four fish species were responsible for 97 percent of the bites taken from all the seaweeds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s not enough to have herbivorous fish on the reef,\u201d said Hay, who holds the Harry and Linda Teasley Chair in Environmental Biology at Georgia Tech. \u201cWe need to have the right mix of herbivores.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile just four fish species consumed the large seaweeds, Rasher observed a different set of species involved in what he termed \u201cmaintenance\u201d \u2013 the removal of small algal growths before they have a chance to grow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThrough our videos, we were able to observe both groups in action,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was not only little overlap in which fishes ate the large seaweeds, but there was also little overlap between fishes that comprised the two groups.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo help determine why certain fish ate certain seaweed, the researchers played a trick on the unicornfish. They removed chemicals from each seaweed species that the unicornfish avoided and coated them individually on a species of seaweed that the unicornfish were accustomed to eating. That caused the fish to stop eating the chemical-laced seaweed, suggesting that chemical defenses kept them from consuming some seaweeds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also compared the quality of coral reefs in marine protected areas to those in areas where fishing has been allowed. There are an estimated 300 marine protected areas in the Fiji Islands, most governed by local villages that have considerable autonomy over reef management.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESurveying these larger areas, the researchers found strong negative associations between the abundance or diversity of seaweed on the reef and diversity of herbivorous fishes at the sites they studied.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey found that strict rules against fishing in certain protected areas had led to a regeneration of corals, and that the contrast to fished areas nearby \u2013 some just 500 meters apart \u2013 was dramatic. The protected reefs supported as much as 11 times more live coral cover, 17 times more herbivorous fish biomass and three times more species diversity among herbivorous fishes as the unprotected areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we noted in Fiji is that where reefs are fished, they look like the devastated reefs in the Caribbean,\u201d said Hay. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of seaweed, there\u2019s almost no coral and there aren\u2019t many fish in these flattened areas. But right next to them, where fishing hasn\u2019t been allowed for the past eight or ten years, the reefs have recovered and have high coral cover, almost no seaweed and lots of fish.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough both fished and protected areas had only seven percent coral cover ten years ago, today the protected areas have recovered.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis really demonstrates the value of reef protection, even on small scales,\u201d Rasher said. \u201cThere is a lot of debate about whether or not small reserves work. 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The finding is of interest to atmospheric scientists, because the microorganisms could play a role in forming ice that may impact weather and climate. Long-distance transport of the bacteria could also be of interest for disease transmission models.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe microorganisms were documented in air samples taken as part of NASA\u2019s Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) program to study low- and high-altitude air masses associated with tropical storms. The sampling was done from a DC-8 aircraft over both land and ocean, including the Caribbean Sea and portions of the Atlantic Ocean. The sampling took place before, during and after two major tropical hurricanes \u2013 Earl and Karl \u2013 in 2010.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research, which has been supported by NASA and the National Science Foundation, was published online January 28th by the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe did not expect to find so many microorganisms in the troposphere, which is considered a difficult environment for life,\u201d said Kostas Konstantinidis, an assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cThere seems to be quite a diversity of species, but not all bacteria make it into the upper troposphere.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAboard the aircraft, a filter system designed by the research team collected particles \u2013 including the microorganisms \u2013 from outside air entering the aircraft\u2019s sampling probes. The filters were analyzed using genomic techniques including polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and gene sequencing, which allowed the researchers to detect the microorganisms and estimate their quantities without using conventional cell-culture techniques.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen the air masses studied originated over the ocean, the sampling found mostly marine bacteria. Air masses that originated over land had mostly terrestrial bacteria. The researchers also saw strong evidence that the hurricanes had a significant impact on the distribution and dynamics of microorganism populations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study showed that viable bacterial cells represented, on average, around 20 percent of the total particles detected in the size range of 0.25 to 1 microns in diameter. By at least one order of magnitude, bacteria outnumbered fungi in the samples, and the researchers detected 17 different bacteria taxa \u2013 including some that are capable of metabolizing the carbon compounds that are ubiquitous in the atmosphere \u2013 such as oxalic acid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe microorganisms could have an impact on cloud formation by supplementing (or replacing) the abiotic particles that normally serve as nuclei for forming ice crystals, said Athanasios Nenes, a professor in the Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn the absence of dust or other materials that could provide a good nucleus for ice formation, just having a small number of these microorganisms around could facilitate the formation of ice at these altitudes and attract surrounding moisture,\u201d Nenes said. \u201cIf they are the right size for forming ice, they could affect the clouds around them.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe microorganisms likely reach the troposphere through the same processes that launch dust and sea salt skyward. \u201cWhen sea spray is generated, it can carry bacteria because there are a lot of bacteria and organic materials on the surface of the ocean,\u201d Nenes said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research brought together microbiologists, atmospheric modelers and environmental researchers using the latest technologies for studying DNA. For the future, the researchers would like to know if certain types of bacteria are more suited than others for surviving at these altitudes. The researchers also want to understand the role played by the microorganisms \u2013 and determine whether or not they are carrying on metabolic functions in the troposphere.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor these organisms, perhaps, the conditions may not be that harsh,\u201d said Konstantinidis. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if there is active life and growth in clouds, but this is something we cannot say for sure now.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther researchers have gathered biological samples from atop mountains or from snow samples, but gathering biological material from a jet aircraft required a novel experimental setup. The researchers also had to optimize protocols for extracting DNA from levels of biomass far lower than what they typically study in soils or lakes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have demonstrated that our technique works, and that we can get some interesting information,\u201d Nenes said. \u201cA big fraction of the atmospheric particles that traditionally would have been expected to be dust or sea salt may actually be bacteria. At this point we are just seeing what\u2019s up there, so this is just the beginning of what we hope to do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team also included Natasha DeLeon-Rodriguez and Luis-Miguel Rodriguez-R from the Georgia Tech School of Biology, Terry Lathem from the Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and James Barazesh and Michael Bergin from the Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 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Each finalist will be announced a few days before his or her visit.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe dates of the three candidate visits are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFeb. 26-27;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFeb. 28 - March 1; and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMarch 5-6.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach will deliver a public presentation at 11 a.m. on the first day of their visit, followed by an informal public reception. The campus is invited to provide feedback on the candidates at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/provost.gatech.edu\/dean-sciences\u0022\u003Eprovost.gatech.edu\/dean-sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs chief academic and administrative officer of the College of Sciences, the Dean is responsible for providing leadership for the following specific activities: strategic planning, faculty appointments, budgetary and administrative oversight, stewardship and development and multidisciplinary partnerships. 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Thanks to Agilent\u2019s support, our students now have access to the industry\u2019s leading software and hardware tools.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year, Georgia Tech dedicated a new laboratory to Agilent after the company made a substantial donation to the Institute\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAgilent\u2019s latest in-kind donation is valued at approximately $90 million (book value) over three years and will comprise Agilent EDA software, support and training. The donation is being given as part of the Agilent EEsof EDA University Alliance program. It includes a tailored, three-year custom license program that provides member companies of ECE\u2019s Georgia Electronic Design Center with access to Agilent\u2019s EEsof EDA solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is one of the largest academic donations of Agilent EEsof products to a single institution and the largest software gift Georgia Tech has ever received,\u201d said Todd Cutler, general manager with Agilent EEsof EDA. \u201cWe realize that universities and start-up incubator programs play a crucial role in pushing the limits of EDA tools; feedback from our partnership with Georgia Tech helps us target our development investments to make sure our products support leading-edge technology development. We are proud to partner with Georgia Tech in this program and help its students gain the skills they need to impact industry today and in the future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAcademic uses of Agilent EDA software will focus on Agilent EEsof\u2019s Advanced Design System and SystemVue solutions. ADS is the world\u2019s leading electronic design automation software for RF, microwave and high-speed digital applications, pioneering innovative and commercially successful technologies such as X-parameters* and 3-D electromagnetic simulators. SystemVue is Agilent\u2019s premier platform for designing communications systems. It enables system architects and algorithm developers to innovate the physical layer of wireless and aerospace\/defense communications systems and provides unique value to RF, DSP, and FPGA\/ASIC implementers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore information about Agilent\u2019s EDA software offerings is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.agilent.com\/find\/eesof\u0022\u003Ewww.agilent.com\/find\/eesof\u003C\/a\u003E. For a video on the importance of Agilent\u2019s donation and support to Georgia Tech\u2019s engineering program, go to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.agilent.com\/find\/GeorgiaTechandAgilent_video\u0022\u003Ewww.agilent.com\/find\/GeorgiaTechandAgilent_video\u003C\/a\u003E. Additionally, the Agilent YouTube network at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/AgilentTM\u0022\u003Ewww.youtube.com\/AgilentTM\u003C\/a\u003E has videos of the company\u2019s latest products and applications in electronic design and measurement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"University Laboratory Dedicated in Agilent\u2019s Honor"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAgilent Technologies Inc. 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At this event, students will learn more about what happens under the gold dome and can thank state leaders for their commitment to higher education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EStudents who attend will have the opportunity to:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul class=\u0022ul1\u0022\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003EInteract with representatives\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022li5\u0022\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003ETake a tour of the Capitol, receiving a special Resolution\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003EShare opinions on legislative topics\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003EBe part of the political process\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003EEnjoy a special SympVibes concert\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose interested can \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/GTDayAtTheCapitol2013\u0022\u003Esign up online\u003C\/a\u003E to attend; space is limited. 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Though there is no \u201cGPA reset button,\u201d the Reboot Academic Recovery Program is a good place to start for those looking to make changes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EReboot automatically invites all students on academic probation (those with a 2.2 or lower GPA) to apply, and also encourages applications from any first- or second-year student with a GPA of 2.29 or lower. The program meets once a week for 50 minutes and provides a variety of resources to help students achieve their academic goals.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cReboot doesn\u2019t tell you exactly what you need to do but will guide you into the proper thinking and mentality to make changes that are best for you,\u201d said Steven Goss, a third-year mechanical engineering major who participated in Reboot last spring. \u201cI needed to change what I was doing to set myself up to succeed and wasn\u2019t sure how to do that, but Reboot taught me how to do exactly that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EReboot encourages students to make simple changes, such as participating in tutoring or PLUS sessions, which many may have been aware of but not tried.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoss found that Reboot helped him develop more effective study habits, including how to take better notes, get the most out of lectures and more efficiently manage time. He learned that having a study method, such as spending an hour a day on each subject and then moving on, keeps him moving through material and getting more done.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt made a drastic difference. I was a lot happier and I found more free time to do other things,\u201d Goss said. He even did so well in a class that semester that he became a teaching assistant for the fall. He\u2019s now in his second semester as a TA for a Computing for Engineers course and credits Reboot for his success in the course.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOf the many students who have a specific GPA they are working toward, nearly all who participate in Reboot raise their average.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOne student told me that she feels empowered when she leaves Reboot,\u201d said Beth Bullock Spencer, interim associate director in the Center for Academic Success who manages the program. \u201cThis is important because a student needs to believe that he or she can make changes and achieve goals.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpencer added that Reboot works for students who are ready to commit to making changes in their academic lives. \u201cParticipants have to be open to trying new strategies, learning new study skills and working toward becoming self-regulated learners.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the past, Reboot has served around 30 students per semester but will accommodate all students who want to participate. Spencer encourages participants to continue using the resources of the Center for Academic Success (which are open to all students) after their time in Reboot ends, especially since many will make progress toward their goals but, ultimately, not attain them in one semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTurning one\u2019s academic life around is a process,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are no quick fixes, and persisting in new habits is not easy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplications for Reboot for this semester are now available \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/success.gatech.edu\/node\/add\/recovery-apply\u0022\u003Eonline\u003C\/a\u003E, and meetings will begin Thursday, Jan. 17.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EReboot program helps students set and achieve academic goals.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Reboot program helps students set and achieve academic goals."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-01-11 17:25:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:29","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"183511":{"id":"183511","type":"image","title":"The Center for Academic Success","body":null,"created":"1449179062","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:44:22","changed":"1475894830","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:10","alt":"The Center for Academic Success","file":{"fid":"196090","name":"academic_reboot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/academic_reboot_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/academic_reboot_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":358088,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/academic_reboot_0.jpg?itok=PiGfos1j"}}},"media_ids":["183511"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/success.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Academic Success"},{"url":"http:\/\/success.gatech.edu\/node\/add\/recovery-apply","title":"Apply to Reboot"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"54961","name":"academic goals"},{"id":"54951","name":"Beth Spencer"},{"id":"13593","name":"center for academic success"},{"id":"54941","name":"Reboot Academic Recovery Program"},{"id":"167058","name":"Student"},{"id":"4402","name":"tutoring"}],"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:beth.spencer@provost.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBeth Spencer\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECenter for Academic Success\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"183381":{"#nid":"183381","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ray C. Anderson Foundation Awards Tech More Than $100,000","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis week, the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, created to honor the Tech alumnus and sustainability leader who passed away in 2011, awarded the Institute two research grants, totaling more than $100,000, for sustainability-related work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA grant of $43,700 was jointly awarded to Michael Chang in the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems and Mary Hallisey-Hunt in the Strategic Energy Institute. Their program, Vertical Integration of Research and Technical, Undergraduate and Graduate Education for Sustainability (VIRTUES), will facilitate collaboration between Georgia universities and manufacturing companies seeking their graduates. The goal is to create a more sustainability-conscious Georgia workforce.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA second grant of $60,000 went to Yulin Deng\u2019s project in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: \u201cGreen Polyurethanes from 100 Percent Sustainable Natural Materials through Non-isocyanate Reactions.\u201d Deng\u2019s project includes efforts to synthesize polyurethanes using natural materials instead of petroleum; a practice that can be applied in a number of industries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnderson, a 1956 graduate with a degree in industrial and systems engineering, was founder and chairman of Interface, which produced the first free-lay carpet tiles in America. He established the company\u2019s vision of \u201cMission Zero,\u201d with a goal of countering any negative environmental impact by redesigning processes and products, pioneering new technologies, reducing or eliminating waste and harmful emissions and increasing the use of renewable materials and energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe best way to honor him in our first funding cycle was to identify a few great projects that have the potential to infuse educational research findings directly into sustainable and innovative manufacturing processes,\u201d said Mary Anne Lanier, daughter of Anderson and foundation trustee.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnderson earned an honorary doctorate from Tech in 2011 for his work to secure a greener world for future generations and his championing of the business case for sustainability. For more than five decades, Anderson was a loyal and devoted supporter of his alma mater. He served as chair and vice chair of the Georgia Tech Advisory Board and was named an emeritus member of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Advisory Board. Anderson also served on the Georgia Tech Foundation Board of Trustees, the Capital Campaign Executive Committee and his 40th and 50th class reunion committees. In partnership with Interface, Anderson established the Anderson-Interface Chair in Natural Systems at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo sustainability research projects earned funding from the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, named for a Tech alumnus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Two sustainability research projects earned funding from the Ray C. 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Students are able to gain valuable experience in full-time research with a cohort of students from universities across the country and are able to not only participate in exciting research projects, but experience the research culture at another university.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate research helps students learn how to investigate challenging questions and solve open-ended problems that most likely have not been solved before. Such experiences strengthen a student\u2019s resume and lead to the development of unique career experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOpportunities are available in programs for all majors. The National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsors programs from Alabama to Washington, and other programs are sponsored by organizations such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NASA, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Department of Energy, the Mayo Clinic and the Department of Defense. Programs are also available abroad, either through the NSF or other international organizations or universities. Most domestic programs provide the participating student with a stipend, housing allowance and some travel assistance. Many also sponsor professional development seminars and workshops in addition to planned social events or outings. Because many programs label their summer research as an \u0022internship,\u0022 don\u2019t forget to include those opportunities in your search.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost programs have deadlines in early to late February, with some as early as mid-January. Many use rolling admission, so start looking now and apply early and often.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.undergradresearch.gatech.edu\/students\/summer-opportunities\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E for additional information and links to programs. 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This aerial test bed, called the GTRI Airborne Unmanned Sensor System (GAUSS), is based on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made by Griffon Aerospace and modified by GTRI.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Developing new sensor technologies that can be effectively employed from the air is a priority today given the rapidly increasing use of unmanned aircraft,\u0022 said Michael Brinkmann, a GTRI principal research engineer who is leading the work. \u0022Given suitable technology, small UAVs can perform complex, low-altitude missions effectively and at lower cost. The GAUSS system gives GTRI and its customers the ability to develop and test new airborne payloads in a rapid, cost effective way.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe current project includes development, installation and testing of a sensor suite relevant to many of GTRI\u2019s customers. This suite consists of a camera package, a signals intelligence package for detecting and locating ground-based emitters, and a multi-channel ground-mapping radar.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe radar is being designed using phased-array antenna technology that enables electronic scanning. This approach is more flexible and agile than traditional mechanically steered antennas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe combined sensor package is lightweight enough to be carried by the GAUSS UAV, which is a variant of the Griffon Outlaw ER aircraft and has a 13.6-foot wingspan and a payload capacity of approximately 40 pounds. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe aircraft navigates using a high precision global positioning system (GPS) combined with an inertial navigation system. These help guide the UAV, which can be programmed for autonomous flight or piloted manually from the ground. The airborne mission package also includes multi-terabyte onboard data recording and a stabilized gimbal that isolates the camera from aircraft movement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeavier sensor designs have several disadvantages, observed Mike Heiges, a principal research engineer who leads the GTRI team that is responsible for flying and maintaining the UAV platform. Larger sensors require larger unmanned aircraft to carry them, and those aircraft use bigger engines and must fly higher to avoid detection.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Rather than have your design spiral upwards until you\u0027re using very large and expensive aircraft, smaller sensors allow the use of smaller aircraft,\u0022 Heiges said.\u0026nbsp; \u0022A smaller UAV saves money and is logistically easier to support. But most important, it can gather information closer to the tactical level on the ground, where it\u0027s arguably most valuable.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe GTRI team has developed a modular design that allows the GAUSS platform to be reconfigured for a number of sensor types. Among the possibilities for evaluation are devices that utilize light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology and chemical-biological sensing technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The overall concept for the GAUSS program is that the airplane itself will be simply a conveyance, and we can mount on it whatever sensor\/communication package is required,\u0022 said Brinkmann.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe radar package that GTRI is currently installing and testing is complex, he explained.\u0026nbsp; In addition to phased-array scanning capability, the radar operates in the X-band, is capable of five acquisition modes and can be programmed to transmit arbitrary waveforms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This radar is a very flexible system that will be able to do ground mapping, as well as detecting and tracking objects moving around on the ground,\u0022 Brinkmann said. \u0022These multiple sensing capabilities offer many possibilities for defense operations, along with search-and-rescue and disaster-recovery operations.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPossible applications include using the signals intelligence package to locate people buried in rubble by searching for cell phone signals, he said. 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No matter the major, studying abroad gives students an irreplaceable academic, social and professional experience. For those considering summer programs, now is the time to plan financially.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents enrolled in a Georgia Tech study abroad program (including exchanges) can use their institutional financial aid for study abroad, and most programs offer in-state tuition for all students; there is an additional fee for non-residents ($250 for most study abroad programs and $2,500 for Georgia Tech Lorraine).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne way to make study abroad more affordable is through scholarships. Students are encouraged to visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/oie.gatech.edu\/scholarships\u0022\u003Ewww.oie.gatech.edu\/scholarships\u003C\/a\u003E for more information, including national scholarships available specifically for students who are studying abroad. After researching opportunities, students should meet with the Scholarships Advisor in the Office of International Education (OIE) to discuss how to submit a competitive application. Contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:scholarships@oie.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Escholarships@oie.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBelow is a list of financial aid and scholarship application deadlines:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJanuary 30:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Campus deadline for Boren Scholarship for summer, fall and academic year. Available to undergraduate students studying outside of Western Europe. For more information, please visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.borenawards.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.borenawards.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJanuary 31:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Application deadline for DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship for upcoming academic year. Available to students studying in Germany for 4-10 months. For more information, please visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.daad.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.daad.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFebruary 15:\u003C\/strong\u003E Students receiving financial aid who are planning to study abroad during the summer term will need to complete a summer financial aid application by February 15. These applications are available on the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid website, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.finaid.gatech.edu\/summer\/\u0022\u003Ewww.finaid.gatech.edu\/summer\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFebruary 26:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Campus deadline for Gilman International Scholarship for summer, fall and academic year. Available to Pell Grant recipients only. For more information, please visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iie.org\/gilman\u0022\u003Ewww.iie.org\/gilman\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EApril 5:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Deadline for Georgia Tech sponsored scholarships for Spring 2014. Available to Georgia Tech undergraduate students. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/oie.gatech.edu\/oie-administered-application-form\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E to apply. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease note that because some of these national scholarships require a campus review, the Georgia Tech campus deadline may be earlier than the national deadline listed on the scholarship\u2019s website.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo find out more about Georgia Tech Study Abroad programs, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/oie.gatech.edu\/study-abroad\u0022\u003Ewww.oie.gatech.edu\/study-abroad\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or stop by\u0026nbsp;the Office of International Education in Savant 211.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUpcoming Study Abroad Application Deadlines:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJan. 25:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJapan - GE3-Tohoku Exchange Program (academic year)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFeb. 1:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAustralia - Queensland Exchange Program (fall and academic year)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEngland - LSE England Exchange Program (academic year)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFrance- INSA Lyon Exchange Program (academic year)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJapan - Rikkyo Tokyo Business Exchange Program (academic year)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMost GE3 Exchange Programs (fall and academic year)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFeb. 15:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERemaining GT Summer Exchange Programs\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMost GT Fall \u0026amp; 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Unless the weather forecast changes significantly, the Institute will open tomorrow (Jan. 18) as usual, and classes will follow their normal schedule.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the possibility of patchy ice on roadways on Friday morning, as always, you should allow extra time to travel to work on Friday morning. If you are concerned about your safety or road conditions in your particular area, work with your supervisor or check with your professor to make appropriate arrangements.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECheck the following resources to determine the status of the Institute\u2019s business hours tomorrow:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWebsite\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E (Institute homepage)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETwitter\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GeorgiaTech\u0022\u003Ewww.twitter.com\/GeorgiaTech\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GTPDalerts\u0022\u003Ewww.twitter.com\/GTPDalerts\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFacebook\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GeorgiaTech\u0022\u003Ewww.facebook.com\/GeorgiaTech\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GTEmergency\u0022\u003Ewww.facebook.com\/GTEmergency\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Institute Expects Normal Operating Hours on Friday"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Office of Emergency Preparedness will be monitoring weather conditions throughout the evening.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Office of Emergency Preparedness will be monitoring weather conditions throughout the day and evening."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2013-01-17 13:40:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:29","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72386":{"id":"72386","type":"image","title":"Winter scene","body":null,"created":"1449177462","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:42","changed":"1475894656","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:16","alt":"Winter scene","file":{"fid":"193666","name":"winterscene.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/winterscene.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/winterscene.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1540305,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/winterscene.jpg?itok=MATJSrKn"}}},"media_ids":["72386"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/emergencypreparedness\/","title":"Georgia Tech Office of Emergency Preparedness"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8743","name":"emergency preparedness"},{"id":"8885","name":"ice"},{"id":"8185","name":"winter weather"}],"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":""}},"185091":{"#nid":"185091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Open Today","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will observe a normal operating schedule today (Jan. 18). 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The camp spans three days and two nights and covers traditions, leadership development and diversity. Last year, 75 incoming students kick-started their arrival at Tech by participating.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It was one of those experiences where no one knew exactly what it would be like going in since it was the first time, but it ended up being a blast,\u0022 said Erin Sapp, a second-year computational media major who served on the Wreck Camp crew team last summer. Sapp will be returning this summer in the role of director of participant relations, partly for her love of seeing incoming students get comfortable in their new environment. \u0022I think everyone came out loving the experience, loving Tech and ready to start the new year. Being a counselor and getting to watch that happen was amazing.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, Wreck Camp leadership hopes to see twice as many new students attend camp. Sapp, along with fellow directors Kirsten Carella, Tim Feltman and Christy Miller, have been working with Jordan Holliday, coordinator of sophomore programs and traditions camps in the Division of Student Affairs, to recruit counselors and crew for the coming year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We want to have a diverse, excited and fun student staff to welcome these students,\u0022 Holliday said. Wreck Camp needs around 30 students to serve as counselors and crew for the 2013 program. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nssp.wufoo.com\/forms\/wreck-camp-2013-staff-application\/\u0022\u003EOnline applications\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;are now open and must be submitted by Friday, Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. The program is designed to help enrich the student experience for both current and new students, part of Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/vision\u0022\u003Estrategic plan\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The beauty of Wreck Camp is that it\u0027s for everyone,\u0022 he said. \u0022Anyone who loves helping new students, loves Georgia Tech and wants to have an awesome summer should apply.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeneral Requirements of Wreck Camp Counselors and Crew:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBe in good academic and disciplinary standing with Georgia Tech.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHave a 2.2 or higher cumulative GPA.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBe enrolled at Georgia Tech in the fall of 2013.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWreck Camp Counselor Duties:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInteract with incoming students for camp activities, serving as a small group leader for 8 to 12 student participants.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EParticipate in all camp functions.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBe a positive role model and good representation of the Institute and Georgia Tech community for participants.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EParticipate in all training sessions during the spring of 2013, including a staff retreat.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EContribute to staff in a positive and energetic fashion, always being a team player.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EServe as a member of a Wreck Camp committee.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe three-day camp experience for new students covers traditions, campus and community information and leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The three-day camp experience for new students covers traditions, campus and community information and leadership."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-01-17 17:27:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:29","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"186351":{"id":"186351","type":"image","title":"Wreck Camp 2012","body":null,"created":"1449179090","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:44:50","changed":"1475894833","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:13","alt":"Wreck Camp 2012","file":{"fid":"196161","name":"img_3419.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_3419_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_3419_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3614613,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_3419_0.jpg?itok=UxqPLbvT"}},"186361":{"id":"186361","type":"image","title":"Wreck Camp 2012 - 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By analyzing the ratio of specific oxygen isotopes in the coral skeletons, the scientists obtained information about ENSO-related temperature and rainfall variations during the periods of time in which the corals grew.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFossil corals are the kings of El Nino reconstruction,\u201d said Cobb. \u201cCorals grow in the heart of the El Nino region, and with monthly-resolved records, they provide a very high level of detail.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers collected the coral samples by drilling into massive coral \u201crocks\u201d rolled onto Pacific island beaches by the action of strong storms or tsunamis. Cobb and her team studied 17 such cores of varying lengths and ages recovered from beaches on Christmas and Fanning Islands, which are part of the Line Island chain located in the mid-Pacific.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe islands are ideal places for obtaining records of past ENSO activity because they are close enough to the source region for ENSO to be affected by its temperature and precipitation variations, but not so close that the islands\u2019 corals are bleached by large temperature increases during strong El Nino warm events.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study of each core began with careful dating, done by analyzing the ratio of uranium to thorium. That work was performed by co-authors Larry Edwards and Hai Cheng at the University of Minnesota. Once the age of each core was determined, Cobb and her team chose a subset of the collection to be studied in detail.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey sawed each core in half, then X-rayed the cross-sections to reveal the growth direction of each coral. The researchers then drilled out small samples of coral powder every millimeter down the core and analyzed them with mass spectrometers at Georgia Tech and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography to determine the ratio of oxygen isotopes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe isotope ratio of the coral skeleton changes with the temperature and amount of rainfall, providing detailed information about environmental conditions during each period of the coral\u2019s growth. As many as 20 samples are analyzed for each year of the coral\u2019s lifetime.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are able to count back in time, following the seasonal cycles locked in the coral skeleton, as long as the core will allow us,\u201d Cobb explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn all, Cobb\u2019s team added 650 years of monthly-resolved information about ENSO variations across nearly 7,000 years. That required analyzing approximately 15,000 samples over the course of the study, which began in 2005.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing the new sequences to quantify the range of natural variability in ENSO strength, the researchers have detected a modest, but statistically-significant increase in 20th century ENSO strength that may be related to anthropogenic climate change. However, the coral reconstruction shows an even higher level of ENSO strength 400 years ago, though its duration was shorter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe level of ENSO variability we see in the 20th century is not unprecedented,\u201d Cobb said. \u201cBut the 20th century does stand out, statistically, as being higher than the fossil coral baseline.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInformation about the El Nino-Southern Oscillation is important for climate scientists because the cycle helps drive other aspects of global climate change.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEl Nino is something that people want to know about when they reconstruct past climate changes at a specific site,\u201d Cobb said. \u201cOur data will provide a reference for the magnitude of ENSO-related changes that may have occurred, and allow researchers to probe the causes of past climate changes evident in other paleoclimate records and in model simulations of past climates.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work has already called into question a long-held belief that ENSO was reduced some 6,000 years ago. Certain climate models support that picture, but Cobb said that fossil coral data from that period doesn\u2019t support a reduction in ENSO strength.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELooking to future research, Cobb believes the work will be useful in helping scientists assess the accuracy of climate models.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPrior to this publication, we had a smattering of coral records from this period of interest,\u201d she said. \u201cWe now have tripled the amount of fossil coral data available to investigate these important questions. We have been able to provide a comprehensive view of recent variations in ENSO.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the researchers already mentioned, the paper\u2019s co-authors include Hussein R. Sayani and Emanuele Di Lorenzo from Georgia Tech and Christopher Charles, Niko Westphal and Jordan Watson from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. In addition to the National Science Foundation, the project received assistance from Norwegian Cruise Lines, the National Geographic WAITT program, and the Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe bulk of the research reported here was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant OCE-0752091. 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Another email carried an attachment it said contained the marketing plan the recipient had requested at a recent conference. A third email bearing a colleague\u2019s name suggested a useful website to visit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENone of these emails were what they pretended to be. The first directed victims to a website that asked for personal information, including the user\u2019s password. The second included a virus launched when the \u201cmarketing plan\u201d was opened. The third directed users to a website that attempted to install a malicious program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll three are examples of what information security experts at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) say is the most challenging threat facing corporate networks today: \u201cspear phishing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeneric emails asking employees to open malicious attachments, provide confidential information or follow links to infected websites have been around for a long time. What\u2019s new today is that the authors of these emails are now targeting their attacks using specific knowledge about employees and the organizations they work for. The inside knowledge used in these spear phishing attacks gains the trust of recipients.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSpear phishing is the most popular way to get into a corporate network these days,\u201d said Andrew Howard, a GTRI research scientist who heads up the organization\u2019s malware unit. \u201cBecause the malware authors now have some information about the people they are sending these to, they are more likely to get a response. When they know something about you, they can dramatically increase their odds.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe success of spear phishing attacks depends on finding the weakest link in a corporate network. That weakest link can be just one person who falls for an authentic-looking email.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOrganizations can spend millions and millions of dollars to protect their networks, but all it takes is one carefully-crafted email to let someone into it,\u201d Howard said. \u201cIt\u2019s very difficult to put technical controls into place to prevent humans from making a mistake. To keep these attacks out, email users have to do the right thing every single time.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHoward and other GTRI researchers are now working to help email recipients by taking advantage of the same public information the malware authors use to con their victims. Much of that information comes from social media sites that both companies and malware authors find helpful. Other information may be found in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, or even on an organization\u2019s own website.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are lots of open sources of information that will increase the chances of eliciting a response in spear phishing,\u201d Howard said. \u201cWe are looking at a way to warn users based on this information. We\u2019d like to see email systems smart enough to let users know that information contained in a suspect message is from an open source and suggest they be cautious.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther techniques to counter the attacks may come from having access to all the traffic entering a corporate network.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo increase their chance of success, criminals attempting to access a corporate network often target more than one person in an organization. Network security tools could use information about similar spear phishing attempts to warn other members of an organization. And by having access to all email, security systems could learn what\u2019s \u201cnormal\u201d for each individual \u2013 and recognize unusual email that may be suspicious.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are looking at building behavioral patterns for users so we\u2019d know what kinds of email they usually receive. When something comes in that\u2019s suspicious, we could warn the user,\u201d Howard said. \u201cWe think the real answer is to keep malicious email from ever getting into a user\u2019s in-box, but that is a much more difficult problem.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s difficult because organizations today depend on receiving, opening and responding to email from customers. Deleting or even delaying emails can have a high business cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we do requires a careful balance of protecting the user, but allowing the user to get his or her job done,\u201d he said. \u201cLike any security challenge we have to balance that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese and other strategies will be part of Phalanx, a new product being developed by GTRI researchers to protect corporate networks from spear phishing. It will be part of Titan, a dynamic framework for malicious software analysis that GTRI launched last spring.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the challenges ahead are developing natural language algorithms that can quickly separate potential spear phishing attacks from harmless emails. That could be done by searching for language indicating a request such as \u201copen this attachment\u201d or \u201cverify your password.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTRI researchers been gaining experience with corporate networks based on security evaluations they\u2019ve done, and work with GTRI\u2019s own network \u2013 which receives millions of emails each day. Fortunately, they say, it\u2019s not just the bad guys who are learning more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe chief financial officers of companies now understand the financial impacts of spear phishing, and whey they join forces with the chief information officers, there will be an urgency to address this problem,\u201d he added. \u201cUntil then, users are the front line defense. We need every user to have a little paranoia about email.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are working to counter threats from spear phishing. 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One potential alternative is PlyC, a potent enzyme that kills the bacteria that causes strep throat and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. PlyC operates by locking onto the surface of a bacteria cell and chewing a hole in the cell wall large enough for the bacteria\u2019s inner membrane to protrude from the cell, ultimately causing the cell to burst and die.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch has shown that alternative antimicrobials such as PlyC can effectively kill bacteria. However, fundamental questions remain about how bacteria respond to the holes that these therapeutics make in their cell wall and what size holes bacteria can withstand before breaking apart. Answering those questions could improve the effectiveness of current antibacterial drugs and initiate the development of new ones.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Maryland recently conducted a study to try to answer those questions. The researchers created a biophysical model of the response of a Gram-positive bacterium to the formation of a hole in its cell wall. Then they used experimental measurements to validate the theory, which predicted that a hole in the bacteria cell wall larger than 15 to 24 nanometers in diameter would cause the cell to lyse, or burst. These small holes are approximately one-hundredth the diameter of a typical bacterial cell. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur model correctly predicted that the membrane and cell contents of Gram-positive bacteria cells explode out of holes in cell walls that exceed a few dozen nanometers. This critical hole size, validated by experiments, is much larger than the holes Gram-positive bacteria use to transport molecules necessary for their survival, which have been estimated to be less than 7 nanometers in diameter,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ecotheory.biology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the School of Biology at Georgia Tech. Weitz also holds an adjunct appointment in the School of Physics at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study was published online on Jan. 9, 2013 in the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of the Royal Society Interface\u003C\/em\u003E. The work was supported by the James S. 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The cell wall constitutes the outer layer of Gram-positive bacteria, whereas the cell wall lies between the inner and outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria and is therefore protected from direct exposure to the environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech biology graduate student Gabriel Mitchell, Georgia Tech physics professor Kurt Wiesenfeld and Weitz developed a biophysical theory of the response of a Gram-positive bacterium to the formation of a hole in its cell wall. The model detailed the effect of pressure, bending and stretching forces on the changing configuration of the cell membrane due to a hole. The force associated with bending and stretching pulls the membrane inward, while the pressure from the inside of the cell pushes the membrane outward through the hole.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe found that bending forces act to keep the membrane together and push it back inside, but a sufficiently large hole enables the bending forces to be overpowered by the internal pressure forces and the membrane begins to escape out and the cell contents follow,\u201d said Weitz.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe balance between the bending and pressure forces led to the model prediction that holes 15 to 24 nanometers in diameter or larger would cause a bacteria cell to burst. To test the theory, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibbr.umd.edu\/profiles\/daniel-nelson\u0022\u003EDaniel Nelson\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, used transmission electron microscopy images to measure the size of holes created in lysed \u003Cem\u003EStreptococcus pyogenes\u003C\/em\u003E bacteria cells following PlyC exposure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENelson found holes in the lysed bacteria cells that ranged in diameter from 22 to 180 nanometers, with a mean diameter of 68 nanometers. These experimental measurements agreed with the researchers\u2019 theoretical prediction of critical hole sizes that cause bacterial cell death.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the researchers, their theoretical model is the first to consider the effects of cell wall thickness on lysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBecause lysis events occur most often at thinner points in the cell wall, cell wall thickness may play a role in suppressing lysis by serving as a buffer against the formation of large holes,\u201d said Mitchell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe combination of theory and experiments used in this study provided insights into the effect of defects on a cell\u2019s viability and the mechanisms used by enzymes to disrupt homeostasis and cause bacteria cell death. To further understand the mechanisms behind enzyme-induced lysis, the researchers plan to measure membrane dynamics as a function of hole geometry in the future.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Mitchell GJ, Wiesenfeld K, Nelson DC, Weitz JS, \u201cCritical cell wall hole size for lysis in Gram-positive bacteria,\u201d J R Soc Interface 20120892 (2013): \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1098\/rsif.2012.0892\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1098\/rsif.2012.0892\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1098\/rsif.2012.0892\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Abby Robinson\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers recently created a biophysical model of the response of a Gram-positive bacterium to the formation of a hole in its cell wall, then used experimental measurements to validate the theory, which predicted that a hole in the bacteria cell wall larger than 15 to 24 nanometers in diameter would cause the cell to lyse, or burst.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new study has quantified the size holes made in bacteria by new antibacterial compounds."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2013-01-09 22:24:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:26","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"182211":{"id":"182211","type":"image","title":"Bursting a Bacteria Cell Wall","body":null,"created":"1449179062","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:44:22","changed":"1475894828","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:08","alt":"Bursting a Bacteria Cell Wall","file":{"fid":"196061","name":"lysis_cover.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lysis_cover_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lysis_cover_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2717232,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lysis_cover_0.jpg?itok=TsqxqPAL"}},"182221":{"id":"182221","type":"image","title":"Bursting a Bacteria Cell Wall2","body":null,"created":"1449179062","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:44:22","changed":"1475894828","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:08","alt":"Bursting a Bacteria Cell Wall2","file":{"fid":"196062","name":"lysis5a.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lysis5a_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lysis5a_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2439483,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lysis5a_0.jpg?itok=J1cX_maV"}}},"media_ids":["182211","182221"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"54711","name":"antibacterial"},{"id":"7077","name":"bacteria"},{"id":"54701","name":"cell wall"},{"id":"11599","name":"Joshua Weitz"},{"id":"7234","name":"lysis"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"195571":{"#nid":"195571","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Elevate Issues of Hunger and Homelessness","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis week, many students will turn their attention from textbooks to world hunger in an effort to spotlight the issues of hunger and homelessness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMobilizing Opportunities for Volunteer Experience (MOVE) has partnered with Campus Christian Fellowship (CCF) in order to expand the week\u2019s activities from previous years. Activities begin Saturday for this year\u2019s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and are open to all. This year\u2019s activities include volunteer projects, campuswide events, guest speakers, activist demonstrations and a candlelight vigil.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne campus-wide event, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/stingpoverty.org\/hunger\u0022\u003ESting Hunger Now\u003C\/a\u003E, will take place Friday and have students, faculty and staff pack meals to be delivered to those in developing countries or crisis situations. MOVE is accepting food donations throughout the week and volunteers for the day of the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHunger and homelessness are issues that hit geographically close to home given Tech\u2019s location in Atlanta, home to many nonprofits and shelters that assist those in need.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about MOVE and this weeklong event, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/move.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Emove.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;or view the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/move.gatech.edu\/projects\/handh\/schedule.php\u0022\u003EHunger and Homelessness Awareness Week schedule\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAll Week\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHygiene\/Dental Drive: Collection bins will be available at all events for donations such as (give examples). Collected items will be donated to a local dental clinic.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA Week Without: Everyone is encouraged to give up something each day throughout the week in order to be better able to relate to the plight of the hungry and homeless.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMonday\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cKick-off\u201d Ceremony: Students are invited to kick off their shoes and wear only socks.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/hnhshantytown\u0022\u003EShantytown: A Closer Look at Homelessness\u003C\/a\u003E: This presents a chance to experience sleeping outdoors as the homeless do..\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/viewform?formkey=dFZ4QzROdGlHbGtmZTFNN1luUV85WEE6MQ#gid=0\u0022\u003EHunger Banquet\u003C\/a\u003E: This event is held in conjunction with Oxfam and will educate participants about hunger disparity.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDocumentary Showings (10 a.m., 3 p.m.): Students can stop by the Student Center Theater to watch \u201cThe Human Experience\u201d or \u201cMy Concrete Mattress.\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETuesday\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/hnhshantytown\u0022\u003EShantytown\u003C\/a\u003E: This presents a chance to experience sleeping outdoors as the homeless do..\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/hnhshelter\u0022\u003EOvernight Shelter Volunteering\u003C\/a\u003E: Students will serve dinner and spend the night to assist those staying at the shelter.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECaf\u00e9 Unplugged: CCF will host its Caf\u00e9 Night without electricity.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENo Electricity: Everyone is asked to give up electricity and electronics (or a single one).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWednesday\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA Jug a Day: The challenge is to live on only one gallon of water, which includes what\u2019s used for showering.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECandlelight Vigil: Candles will be set up around the Campanile with posters depicting hunger and homelessness around the world.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThursday\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDocumentary Showings (2 p.m., 6 p.m.): Students can stop by the Student Center Theater to watch \u201cThe Human Experience\u201d or \u201cMy Concrete Mattress.\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHomelessness Speakers Bureau: Guests who have experienced homelessness will share their stories in the Student Center Theater.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENorth Avenue \u201cNight in the Quad\u201d: CCF members will be sleeping outside, in the quad of North Avenue Apartments, to experience giving up shelter. All are invited to join.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFast: Everyone is encouraged to go without a meal or two and donate the money saved to Sting Hunger Now.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/stingpoverty.org\/hunger\u0022\u003ESting Hunger Now\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Student Center Ballroom, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.): This is a meal-packing event, which will help provide meals for those in developing countries and those facing crisis situations around the world. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EH\u0026amp;H Week Dance: An end-of-the-week dance will be held at CCF. The entry fee will be a hygiene donation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESaturday\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/hnhtlw\u0022\u003ETruly Living Well Urban Farming\u003C\/a\u003E: All are invited to tend the downtown Wheat Street community garden from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESunday\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/hnhhungerwalk\u0022\u003EHunger Walk\/Run\u003C\/a\u003E: Proceeds for this downtown 5K walk\/run will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul foundation.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMOVE and Oxfam will host events throughout the week to educate peers on hunger and homelessness issues.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"MOVE and Oxfam will host events throughout the week to educate peers on hunger and homelessness issues."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2013-02-26 18:32:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:44","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"196361":{"id":"196361","type":"image","title":"Shantytown: A Closer Look at Homelessness (2012)","body":null,"created":"1449179906","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:26","changed":"1475894848","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:28","alt":"Shantytown: A Closer Look at Homelessness (2012)","file":{"fid":"196434","name":"536764_336344583089438_294208774_n.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/536764_336344583089438_294208774_n_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/536764_336344583089438_294208774_n_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":95848,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/536764_336344583089438_294208774_n_0.jpg?itok=o2oFoaEr"}}},"media_ids":["196361"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/move.gatech.edu\/projects\/handh\/schedule.php","title":"Hunger and Homelessness Week Schedule"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"25161","name":"hunger and homelessness awareness week"},{"id":"4210","name":"move"},{"id":"59961","name":"Oxfam"},{"id":"167247","name":"service"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"}],"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:m.mandula@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMichele Mandula\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMOVE\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"387581":{"#nid":"387581","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Transportation, Dining, Other Services Adjust during Spring Break","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students will be observing Spring Break Monday, March 16, to Friday, March 20. Campus services will be adjusted to accommodate campus life during that week.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Police Department will operate as normal, and students are encouraged to take extra precautions with fewer people on campus and less activity than normal. Remember to call GTPD at 404.894.2500 if you see suspicious activity or have safety concerns.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHousing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll residence halls will be open and staffed over the break to accommodate students remaining on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECampus Recreation Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Campus Recreation Center will open at regular hours (Noon Sunday, 5:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. Saturday), but close earlier at 10 p.m. each night. The climbing wall and wilderness outpost will be closed for the break. Please refer to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/crc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecrc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for additional information. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParking and Transportation Services\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETransportation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENormal Service:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;The Green Stinger, Emory Shuttle, Midnight Rambler, Stingerette Paratransit, and Stingerette Nighttime will operate on normal service days, hours, and frequencies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Weekend Grocery Shuttle will operate as normal\u0026nbsp;except\u0026nbsp;on Sunday, March 22.\u0026nbsp;On this day, the bus stops along Techwood Drive and at North Avenue Apartments will be closed until 3:00 p.m. due to the\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Publix Georgia Marathon\u003C\/strong\u003E. The GLC, Transit Hub, Student Center, Fitten Hall, and 8th@Hemphill stops will remain open.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReduced Service:\u003C\/strong\u003E The Tech Trolley and the Red and Blue Stingers will operate at their standard service days and hours, but at reduced frequencies.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENo Service:\u003C\/strong\u003E The GLC-Clough Shuttle will not operate.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPlease use\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nextbus.com\/predictor\/stopSelector.jsp?a=georgia-tech\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENextBus.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to help predict bus arrival times and track vehicles.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParking\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENormal parking regulations will be in effect during Spring Break. Please be sure that your parking permit is displayed properly to avoid citations or towing. If you are leaving campus early, please call (404) 385-PARK to find alternate parking.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/georgiamarathon.com\u0022\u003EPublix Georgia Marathon\u003C\/a\u003E will run through campus and affect two parking areas on Sunday, March 22.\u0026nbsp;Vehicles will be towed from these areas in order to clear the course for marathon participants. Towed cars will be removed from campus and taken to an off-site location.\u0026nbsp;If you think your car has been towed, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ga.towedcar.com\/\u0022\u003Ega.towedcar.com\u003C\/a\u003E and follow the instructions. If that does not provide results, call GTPD at 404.894.2500.\u003Cstrong\u003E Please relocate vehicles from the following areas before 5 a.m. on Sunday, March 22:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EER51\u003C\/strong\u003E: Techwood Drive from Ferst Drive to North Avenue\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EW01\u003C\/strong\u003E: Tech Parkway from North Avenue to Means Street\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDining Services\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe following locations will close in the afternoon on Friday, March 13 and will remain closed through Sunday, March 22. Normal hours resume on Monday, March 23. Exceptions are noted. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatechdining.com\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Dining Services\u003C\/a\u003E for additional information.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBrittain Dining Hall\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWoodruff Dining Hall (Open Sunday, March 22: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENorth Avenue Dining Hall (Open Sunday, March 22: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Edge\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFerst Place\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESubway\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETaco Bell\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EH2O Cafe (Saturday, March 14 - Sunday, March 15: 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPizza Hut\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWestside Market\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe following locations will remain open with altered hours:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHighland Bakery: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStarbucks at Clough Commons:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMonday-Friday: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESunday, March 22: 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFood Court (limited options available): Monday-Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDunkin\u2019 Donuts: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPanda Express: Monday-Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChick-fil-A: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWing Zone:\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESaturday, March 14 - Sunday, March 15: 4 p.m. to 12 a.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMonday-Friday: 4 p.m. to 12 a.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESaturday, March 21 - Sunday, March 22: 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETech Square\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERestaurants will operate as normal.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarnes \u0026amp; Noble at Georgia Tech Bookstore\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESunday, March 15: Closed\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMonday-Saturday, March 16\u201321: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStarbucks will open at 7 a.m. Monday-Friday and at 8 a.m. on Saturday\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBuzzCard will have normal hours of operation.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStamps Health Services\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStamps Health Services will maintain regular hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2 class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStudent Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Center will also feature altered hours during Spring Break. 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