{"303041":{"#nid":"303041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Spotlights Women in Engineering at Washington, D.C. Media Roundtable","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAttracting female students into the engineering field is a challenge facing educators, industry and policy makers across the country. Twenty-eight percent of Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering students are female. That compares to the national average of 18 percent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is leading the way, graduating the most female engineers in the nation, but the College of Engineering is not resting on its success. Its incoming freshman class this fall will have close to 30 percent women. Two of Georgia Tech\u2019s engineering programs, biomedical and environmental, both have more than 50 percent women.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite the success, Georgia Tech Dean of Engineering Gary May knows the Institute can do more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRight now we have a lot of work to do to build awareness and provide a support system for our women students as well as for our faculty, for that matter,\u201d said May, who hosted a media roundtable in Washington, D.C. to discuss the challenges and success stories involved with attracting women to the STEM fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think the most critical aspect of what we\u2019re doing is bringing awareness of the issues,\u201d said May. \u201cAs an institution in a leadership position in the production of women engineers and scientists, it is our responsibility to get the word out about how important this is to the rest of the nation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe roundtable, held on Capitol Hill, highlighted a discussion of thought leaders from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, IBM and Caterpillar; representatives from academia; and recent alumni. \u0026nbsp;Panelists shared their personal stories about overcoming obstacles, how they developed their own career in a STEM field as well as shared what their employers are doing to encourage women in the STEM fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m an engineer. I\u2019ve had a terrific career and really enjoyed what I\u2019ve done and the types of problems you can bring your toolset to solve,\u201d said Patricia Falcone from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and a roundtable panelist. \u201cWhen I went to school, it was kind of the early days for women going into engineering. What surprises me is that the numbers haven\u2019t gone up. We know that having mixed and diverse teams really enables creativity and good solutions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI believe the number one issue with girls and women in technical fields is confidence or lack of confidence,\u201d said Susan Puglia, vice president of IBM\u2019s Global University Programs and vice chair of IBM\u2019s Academy of Technology board of governors. \u201cBuilding that confidence early on as girls are going through middle school, high school and even college, as well as into the workforce, is so important.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPuglia says that IBM and other companies have programs designed to support their female workforce.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve been focused on some programs at IBM on teaching women what computing and engineering is all about,\u0022 she said. \u0022In the workforce, it takes the form of coaches or sponsorships to help them progress and do well in their fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe media roundtables are an example of a collaborative effort between Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Government and Community Relations, College of Engineering, Office of Development and Institute Communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPolicymakers in Washington, D.C. are very concerned about the STEM crisis in our country and the impact it\u2019s having on our competitiveness,\u201d said Robert Knotts, Georgia Tech\u2019s director of Federal Relations. \u0022As the producer of more engineers than any other university in the country, it\u2019s important that Georgia Tech lead the discussion about how we can get more girls and women engaged in engineering. We were thrilled to hear from Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (the ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee) and from our distinguished panel of experts about what we can all do to encourage and support female engineers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis collaborative effort was possible because we had the support of so many units across campus,\u201d said Matt Nagel, director of media relations. \u201cMedia roundtables give us a unique opportunity to raise Georgia Tech\u2019s profile among many of its key audiences on a national level including media, congressional staff and other influencers in the D.C. area.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech media relations team is working on several upcoming media roundtables, but Nagel says they are always looking for good ideas from the units across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEach roundtable is different. The Women in Engineering roundtable was targeted toward congressional staff and higher education reporters. In the future, we may take a more specific topic and have a much more intimate group setting.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMedia roundtables give the Institute a unique opportunity to raise Georgia Tech\u2019s profile among many of its key audiences on a national level including media, congressional staff and other influencers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Event explored the challenges and success stories involved with attracting women to the STEM fields."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2014-06-13 09:33:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:33","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"151171":{"id":"151171","type":"image","title":"Capitol Building - Washington DC","body":null,"created":"1449178848","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:40:48","changed":"1475894784","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:24","alt":"Capitol Building - Washington DC","file":{"fid":"195187","name":"capitol_dc.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/capitol_dc_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/capitol_dc_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":181105,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/capitol_dc_0.jpg?itok=QYkB9UaA"}}},"media_ids":["151171"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"1976","name":"Media"},{"id":"167258","name":"STEM"},{"id":"1235","name":"women in engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"296491":{"#nid":"296491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Part of Four Grants Intended to Strengthen U.S. Manufacturing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeams from the Georgia Institute of Technology are recipients of four grants recently announced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The funding is designed to support research that will strengthen U.S. manufacturing and innovation performance across industries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NIST grants, which range from $378,900 to $540,000, were part of $9 million in advanced technology planning grants awarded to 19 universities and other nonprofit organizations and are the first conferred by NIST\u2019s inaugural Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETodd McDevitt, associate professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center, will serve as the technical lead for the $499,636 AMTech grant awarded to the Georgia Research Alliance, in partnership with Georgia Tech. With cell therapy manufacturing projected to grow rapidly over the next decade, the funds will be used to establish a national road map and consortium in cell manufacturing to improve access to cutting-edge medical technology for patients.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBen Wang, executive director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, will serve as the lead for a second AMTech grant totaling $385,112 that will help speed development and deployment of advanced composites.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Institute of Paper Science and Technology, part of the Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance, is a collaborator on the $482,078 NIST funded project that will map pathways for developing advanced technologies for pulp and paper manufacturing. The Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance is an industry-led consortium that promotes development of advanced technologies for the pulp and paper industry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETom Kurfess, professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control, is part of a $434,577 award led by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing \u0026amp; Machining focused on developing a strategy and roadmap to identify current barriers to full adoption of MTConnect, an evolving interoperability standard for manufacturing. The funding will also determine the best path forward to achieve widespread implementation across manufacturing industries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETechnology road mapping is a key component of all funded AMTech projects. 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President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson serves on the Steering Committee of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, and Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute runs the Manufacturing Extension Partnership for the state of Georgia (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gamep.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E). \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"National Institute of Standards and Technology Awards Inaugural Funding"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeams from the Georgia Institute of Technology are recipients of four grants recently announced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 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The students will learn the latest manufacturing techniques as well as how to work with the new technologies. They will work side by side with world-class researchers and business leaders in additive manufacturing, precision machining, scalable manufacturing and sustainable design and manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis program will leverage GTMI\u2019s world-class facilities, diverse technical expertise and inspiring interdisciplinary research environment,\u201d said Chuck Zhang, the principal investigator of the grant, and a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and GTMI. \u201cIt will provide a great opportunity for transitioning veterans and underrepresented minority students to learn the latest manufacturing techniques that can give them hands on experience and prepare them for the workforce in manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, the curriculum will also include an entrepreneurship component that will allow students to learn firsthand from experts at Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute as well as startup leaders at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program is currently recruiting students nationwide and hopes to attract transitioning military veterans as well as underrepresented minorities to participate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re really excited about this opportunity,\u201d said John Morehouse, Director of Manufacturing Programs and Partnerships at GTMI, and co-principal investigator for REVAMP. \u201cThis type of program can truly be transforming for the students. It can open their eyes to other possibilities for a career path and even show them the possibilities of starting their own business.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents will be required to be in Atlanta for the summer. Each student will be provided support for travel expenses, a $5,000 stipend, and on-campus housing. The program is set to begin on May 27, 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose interested can find additional information at http:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/revamp-nsf-reu.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant aimed at training undergraduate students, particularly veterans, in the fundamental\u0026nbsp;principles of advanced manufacturing science and technology and entrepreneurship. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTMI has been awarded a NSF grant aimed at training undergraduate students, particularly veterans, in the fundamental principals of advanced manufacturing science and technology and entr"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2014-04-22 09:37:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/revamp-nsf-reu","title":"Additional information"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"40791","name":"Chuck Zhang"},{"id":"49371","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute"},{"id":"362","name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\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":["Nagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"282301":{"#nid":"282301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Graduate Programs Earn High Marks in 2015 National Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology graduate programs continue to earn high marks from U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s annual rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute\u2019s College of Engineering ranked No. 6 and all 11 of the programs within the college are ranked in the top 10, including industrial engineering (No. 1), biomedical and bioengineering (No. 2), environmental (No. 4), civil (No. 5), aerospace (No. 5), mechanical (No. 5), electrical (No. 6), computer (No. 7), nuclear (No. 8), materials (No. 9) and chemical (No. 10). Georgia Tech appears on the top 10 list of engineering specialties more than any other ranked institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech\u0027s strong rankings with U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report year after year reflect the Institute\u0027s ongoing commitment to excellence in research and teaching, as well as a legacy of preparing innovators and leaders,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute tied for the No. 9 spot in overall computer science rankings, coming in No. 6 in both systems and artificial intelligence and No. 8 in theory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech moved from No. 26 to No. 24 in overall chemistry rankings and up to No. 29 in overall physics rankings. In discrete mathematics and combinatorics, the Institute moved up four spots to No. 4.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Scheller College of Business full-time MBA program ranked No. 27, while the Institute\u2019s part-time MBA program ranked No. 20, moving up from the No. 24 spot in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute\u2019s College of Engineering ranked No. 6 and all 11 of the programs within the college are ranked in the top 10.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"College of Engineering ranks #6, with all 11 programs within nation\u0027s top 10."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2014-03-11 09:03:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:58","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com\/best-graduate-schools","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"}],"core_research_areas":[],"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\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":["nagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"116491":{"#nid":"116491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Graduate Programs Earn High Marks In National Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology graduate programs continue\nto earn high marks from U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s annual rankings. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute\u2019s College of Engineering ranked No. 4 for the\neighth consecutive year and all eleven of the programs within the college are\nranked in the top 10 including industrial engineering (No. 1), biomedical and bioengineering (No.\n2), civil (No. 3), aerospace (No. 4), electrical (No. 5), nuclear (No. 5), environmental\n(No. 6), computer (No. 6), mechanical (No. 6), materials (No. 7) and chemical\n(No. 10).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAll of Georgia Tech\u2019s graduate\nengineering programs are ranked in the top ten in the nation.\u0026nbsp; We\u2019re proud that our College of Engineering\nis not only one of the best in the U.S., but also the largest, preparing nearly\n3,000 graduates each year,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d\nPeterson.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe commend our outstanding\nfaculty, staff and students who helped make this a reality.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech appears on the top 10 list of engineering specialties more than any other ranked institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Management full-time MBA program\nranked No. 32, while the Institute\u2019s part-time MBA program ranked No. 28. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology graduate programs continue\nto earn high marks from U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s annual rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech graduate programs continue to earn high marks from U.S. News \u0026 World Report."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2012-03-13 09:03:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:52","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"83641":{"id":"83641","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178095","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:15","changed":"1475894700","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:00"}},"media_ids":["83641"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com\/best-graduate-schools","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/home","title":"College of Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2008","name":"College of Management"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1209","name":"MBA"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"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":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"267241":{"#nid":"267241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Patent Mapping System Helps Find Innovation Pathways","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u2019s likely to be the \u201cnext big thing?\u201d What might be the most fertile areas for innovation? Where should countries and companies invest their limited research funds? What technology areas are a company\u2019s competitors pursuing?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo help answer those questions, researchers, policy-makers and R\u0026amp;D directors study patent maps, which provide a visual representation of where universities, companies and other organizations are protecting intellectual property produced by their research. But finding real trends in these maps can be difficult because categories with large numbers of patents \u2013 pharmaceuticals, for instance \u2013 are usually treated the same as areas with few patents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, a new patent mapping system that considers how patents cite one another may help researchers better understand the relationships between technologies \u2013 and how they may come together to spur disruptive new areas of innovation. The system, which also categorizes patents in a new way, was produced by a team of researchers from three universities and an Atlanta-based producer of data-mining software.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we are trying to do is forecast innovation pathways,\u201d said Alan Porter, professor emeritus in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering \u003C\/a\u003Eat the Georgia Institute of Technology and the project\u2019s principal investigator. \u201cWe take data on research and development, such as publications and patents, and we try to elicit some intelligence to help us gain a sense for where things are headed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPatent maps for major corporations can show where those firms plan to diversify, or conversely, where their technological weaknesses are. Looking at a nation\u2019s patent map might also suggest areas where R\u0026amp;D should be expanded to support new areas of innovation, or to fill gaps that may hinder economic growth, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInnovation often occurs at the intersection of major technology sectors, noted Jan Youtie, director of policy research services in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. Studying the relationships between different areas can help suggest where the innovation is occurring and what technologies are fueling it. Patent maps can also show how certain disciplines evolve.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can see where the portfolio is, and how it is changing,\u201d explained Youtie, who is also an adjunct associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy. \u201cIn the case of nanotechnology, for example, you can see that most of the patents are in materials and physics, though over time the number of patents in the bio-nano area is growing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe patent mapping research, which was supported by the National Science Foundation, will be described in a paper to be published in an upcoming issue of the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology\u003C\/em\u003E (JASIST). In addition to Youtie and Porter, the research was conducted by former Georgia Tech graduate student Luciano Kay, now a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California Santa Barbara.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe goal for this research was to create a new type of global patent map that was not tied into existing patent classification systems,\u201d Kay said. \u201cWe also wanted an approach that would classify patents into categories or clusters in a graphical representation of interrelated technologies even though they may be located in different sections and levels of the standard patent classification.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe International Patent Classification (IPC) system is based on a hierarchy of eight top-level classes such as \u201chuman necessity\u201d and \u201celectricity.\u201d Patent applications are further classified into 600 or so sub-classes beneath the top-level classes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECritics note that the IPC brings together technologies such as drugs and hats under the \u201chuman necessity\u201d class -- technologies that are not really closely related. The system also puts technologies that are closely related \u2013 pharmaceuticals and organic chemistry, for instance \u2013 into different classes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new Patent Overlay Mapping system does away with this hierarchy, and instead considers the similarity between technologies by noting connections between patents \u2013 which ones are cited by other patents. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe completely disaggregated the patient classification system and looked at all the categories with at least a thousand patents,\u201d Youtie explained. \u201cWe think our map gets closer to measuring the ideas of technological similarity and distance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaps produced by the system provide visual information relating the distances between technologies. The maps can also highlight the density of patenting activity, showing where investments are being made. And they can show gaps where future R\u0026amp;D investments may be needed to provide connections between related technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers produced a series of patent maps by applying their new system to 760,000 patent records filed in the European Patent Office between 2000 and 2006. The data came from the PatStat database, and was analyzed using a variety of tools, including the VantagePoint software developed by Search Technology of Norcross, along with Georgia Tech and Intelligent Information Services Corporation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne surprise in the work was the interdisciplinary nature of many of the 35 patent factors the researchers identified. For instance, the classification \u201cvehicles\u201d included six of the eight sections defined by the IPC system.\u0026nbsp; Only five of the 35 factors were confined to a single section, Youtie said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause the researchers adopted a new classification system, other researchers wanting to follow their approach will have use a thesaurus that translates existing IPC classes to the new system. That conversion system is available online.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the research team also included Ismael Rafols of Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain and Nils Newman of Intelligent Information Services Corp.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (Award No. 0531194) and NSF Award No. 1064146. The research was also undertaken in collaboration with the Center for Nanotechnology in Society, University of California Santa Barbara (NSF Awards No. 0938099 and No. 0531184). The findings and observations contained in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.\u003C\/em\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\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 Brett Israel (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brett.israel@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebrett.israel@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) (404-385-1933).\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 patent mapping system that considers how patents cite one another may help researchers better understand the relationships between technologies \u2013 and how they may come together to spur disruptive new areas of innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new patent mapping system may help researchers spot innovation trends."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2014-01-14 14:37:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:40","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"267221":{"id":"267221","type":"image","title":"Full patent map","body":null,"created":"1449244058","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:47:38","changed":"1475894956","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:16","alt":"Full patent map","file":{"fid":"198551","name":"patent-mapping-base.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/patent-mapping-base_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/patent-mapping-base_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1459959,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/patent-mapping-base_1.jpg?itok=ex3Qeb43"}}},"media_ids":["267221"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"1707","name":"Intellectual Property"},{"id":"83711","name":"patent maps"},{"id":"1543","name":"patents"},{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71901","name":"Society and Culture"}],"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":""}}}