{"494471":{"#nid":"494471","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Panel Discusses Implications of COP21- Paris Climate Summit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom November 30 to December 12, 2015 the United Nations held a conference, known as COP21, on Climate Change in Paris, where 195 participating countries agreed to a final universal pact, known as the Paris Agreement. The proposed agreement set a goal to limit the rise of global temperature below 2\u2103 for the next century.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn January 20, 2016 Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP) along with the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS) hosted a public panel to discuss the implications and potential effects of COP21. The panel was moderated by Dr. Alasdair Young of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and featured His Excellency Denis Barbet, Consul General of France, Dr. Marilyn Brown and Dr. Emanuele Massetti from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Public Policy, Dr. Erik Johnson from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Economics, Dr. Jarrod Hayes from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and Dr. Kim Cobb from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis Excellency Denis Barbet opened the panel by describing the agreement as a cooperative commitment of transparency between all of the attending nations. Nations will have individual plans to reduce their carbon emissions which will be revised and reviewed every five years. He stressed that the goal should be to keep the rise in global temperature as low as possible, and not simply under 2\u2103.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Marilyn Brown, whose\u0026nbsp;deep expertise in climate and energy policy helped shape numerous reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, including one that led to the organization receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, discussed the policy implications related to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent. Dr. Brown described the process for US plans for energy efficiency, highlighting the state of Georgia and the potential of clean coal and natural gas technologies as fuels for producing energy. She discussed that the state of Georgia is currently one of over 20 states suing the Environmental Protection Agency in order to stall the enforcement of federal emissions regulations. Regardless of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s disagreement, initial state plans are due for review by September of 2016, and finalized plans should be complete by 2017 or 2018, with reduction goals needing to be met in 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Kim Cobb highlighted areas of hope and concern from the perspective of a climate scientist. Dr. Cobb began with the reality that as a collective, nations have lowered their expectations concerning climate summits due to frequent failures to achieve a consensus. However, she is concerned that the agreement may not go far enough. Climate scientists have confirmed that 2015 was the warmest year on record, and that the goal of keeping the global temperature from rising more than 2\u2103 may only limit the rise to 4\u2103. It is also problematic that the risks of a 2\u2103 increase are still unquantifiable and unknowable to climate scientists. Fortunately, she is optimistic about the \u0026ldquo;ratcheting mechanism,\u0026rdquo; which calls for a meeting every five years between the compliant parties to reaffirm and adjust their commitments. Dr. Cobb stated that her job has just begun as a climate scientist, and is optimistic that over the coming decades the international community will get a clearer picture of the risks, costs, and benefits of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jarrod Hayes discussed whether the agreement could be considered a success or a failure. Similar to Dr. Cobb, he is concerned that COP21 will not keep the global temperature from rising more than 2\u2103, as the agreement is not legally binding, the mechanism of compliance is non-adversarial and non-confrontational, and there is no punishment for shirking responsibilities. However, he does point out that climate change forces us to redefine our idea of success. The \u0026ldquo;ratchet mechanism\u0026rdquo; may not have true enforcement power, but by creating five year focal points for action, it generates momentum for leaders to honor their committments. The universal and transparent shared commitment rely on honor and embarrassment for non-action as enforcement devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Erik Johnson asserted that an ideal solution is to increase investment in clean energy sources. If states truly believe that reducing emissions is a universal shared responsibility, then the agreement may lead to increased investment that gives certainty to new clean energy technologies. Dr. Johnson argues that these investments could positively impact economies, as well as provide validation for the agreement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Emanuele Massetti is optimistic because all of the signatory nations appear to be on the same page, with the compliant nations contributing their own plans and committing to what they believe they are capable of achieving. Conversely, Dr. Massetti believes that the enforcement mechanism (shaming for nations that fail to meet their goals) is problematic concerning allies and more powerful states, but this is an issue that will be dealt with in the future. Overall, he sees the agreement as the best possible outcome, and in the future we may begin to see more focused multilateral agreements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"On January 20, 2016 Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP) along with the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS) hosted a public panel to discuss the implications and potential effects of COP21."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn January 20, 2016, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP) along with the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS) hosted a public panel to discuss the implications and potential effects of COP21. The panel was moderated by Dr. Alasdair Young of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and featured His Excellency Denis Barbet, Consul General of France, Dr. Marilyn Brown and Dr. Emanuele Massetti from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Public Policy, Dr. Erik Johnson from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Economics, Dr. Jarrod Hayes from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and Dr. Kim Cobb from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On January 20, 2016 Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP) along with the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS) hosted a public panel to discuss the implications and potential effects of COP21."}],"uid":"27751","created_gmt":"2016-02-02 15:16:48","changed_gmt":"2020-12-07 15:30:04","author":"Vince Pedicino","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"494481":{"id":"494481","type":"image","title":"COP21 Panel","body":null,"created":"1454515200","gmt_created":"2016-02-03 16:00:00","changed":"1475895251","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:11","alt":"COP21 Panel","file":{"fid":"205864","name":"20160120_161728.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20160120_161728.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20160120_161728.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":842330,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20160120_161728.jpg?itok=f3dvO9GH"}}},"media_ids":["494481"],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"46571","name":"CETS"},{"id":"795","name":"CISTP"},{"id":"169872","name":"COP21"},{"id":"169873","name":"Paris Climate Summit"}],"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\u003EChris McDermott\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:chris.mcdermott@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Echris.mcdermott@inta.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["chris.mcdermott@inta.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"503851":{"#nid":"503851","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Panel Discusses Implications and Potential Effects of the COP21 Climate Change Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn January 20, 2016, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP) along with the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS) hosted a public panel to discuss the implications and potential effects of the COP21 climate change conference. The panel was moderated by Alasdair Young, professor in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, and featured His Excellency Denis Barbet, consul general of France, professors Marilyn Brown and Emanuele Massetti from the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, Erik Johnson from the College\u0026#39;s School of Economics, Jarrod Hayes from the Nunn School, and Kim Cobb from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECOP21 was a conference on climate change held by the United Nations in Paris from November 30 to December 12, 2015. During the conference,\u0026nbsp;195 participating countries agreed to a final universal pact, known as the Paris Agreement. The proposed agreement set a goal to limit the rise of global temperature below 2\u2103\u0026nbsp;for the next century.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBarbet opened the panel by describing the agreement as a cooperative commitment of transparency between all of the attending nations. Nations will have individual plans to reduce their carbon emissions which will be revised and reviewed every five years. He stressed that the goal should be to keep the rise in global temperature as low as possible, and not simply under 2\u2103.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBrown, whose\u0026nbsp;deep expertise in climate and energy policy helped shape numerous reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, including one that led to the organization receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, discussed the policy implications related to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent. Brown described the process for U.S. plans for energy efficiency, highlighting the state of Georgia and the potential of clean coal and natural gas technologies as fuels for producing energy. She discussed that the state of Georgia is currently one of over 20 states suing the Environmental Protection Agency in order to stall the enforcement of federal emissions regulations. Regardless of Georgia\u0026rsquo;s disagreement, initial state plans are due for review by September of 2016, and finalized plans should be complete by 2017 or 2018, with reduction goals needing to be met in 2022.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECobb highlighted areas of hope and concern from the perspective of a climate scientist. Cobb began with the reality that as a collective, nations have lowered their expectations concerning climate summits due to frequent failures to achieve a consensus. However, she is concerned that the agreement may not go far enough. Climate scientists have confirmed that 2015 was the warmest year on record, and that the goal of keeping the global temperature from rising more than 2\u2103 may only limit the rise to 4\u2103. It is also problematic that the risks of a 2\u2103 increase are still unquantifiable and unknowable to climate scientists. Fortunately, she is optimistic about the \u0026ldquo;ratcheting mechanism,\u0026rdquo; which calls for a meeting every five years between the compliant parties to reaffirm and adjust their commitments. Cobb stated that her job has just begun as a climate scientist, and is optimistic that over the coming decades the international community will get a clearer picture of the risks, costs, and benefits of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHayes discussed whether the agreement could be considered a success or a failure. Similar to Cobb, he is concerned that COP21 will not keep the global temperature from rising more than 2\u2103, as the agreement is not legally binding, the mechanism of compliance is non-adversarial and non-confrontational, and there is no punishment for shirking responsibilities. However, he does point out that climate change forces us to redefine our idea of success. The \u0026ldquo;ratchet mechanism\u0026rdquo; may not have true enforcement power, but by creating five year focal points for action, it generates momentum for leaders to honor their committments. The universal and transparent shared commitment rely on honor and embarrassment for non-action as enforcement devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJohnson asserted that an ideal solution is to increase investment in clean energy sources. If states truly believe that reducing emissions is a universal shared responsibility, then the agreement may lead to increased investment that gives certainty to new clean energy technologies. Johnson argues that these investments could positively impact economies, as well as provide validation for the agreement.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMassetti is optimistic because all of the signatory nations appear to be on the same page, with the compliant nations contributing their own plans and committing to what they believe they are capable of achieving. Conversely, Massetti believes that the enforcement mechanism (shaming for nations that fail to meet their goals) is problematic concerning allies and more powerful states, but this is an issue that will be dealt with in the future. Overall, he sees the agreement as the best possible outcome, and in the future we may begin to see more focused multilateral agreements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn January 20, 2016 Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP) along with the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS) hosted a public panel to discuss the implications and potential effects of the Paris Climate Accord..\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP) with the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS) hosted a public panel to discuss the implications and potential effects of the Paris Climate Accord."}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-02-19 15:57:16","changed_gmt":"2020-12-07 15:29:13","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"494481":{"id":"494481","type":"image","title":"COP21 Panel","body":null,"created":"1454515200","gmt_created":"2016-02-03 16:00:00","changed":"1475895251","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:11","alt":"COP21 Panel","file":{"fid":"205864","name":"20160120_161728.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20160120_161728.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20160120_161728.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":842330,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20160120_161728.jpg?itok=f3dvO9GH"}}},"media_ids":["494481"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"46571","name":"CETS"},{"id":"795","name":"CISTP"},{"id":"169872","name":"COP21"},{"id":"169873","name":"Paris Climate Summit"}],"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\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"623405":{"#nid":"623405","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Town Hall Reflects on Successes, Looks to the Future","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIPaT held its yearly Spring Town Hall meeting last month to discuss strategic research priorities and faculty opportunities. IPaT Director Beth Mynatt opened the town hall with a look at recent achievements by our faculty and staff.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIPaT researchers were awarded one of six Innovation in Data Engineering and Science (IDEAS) grants from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Office of the Executive Vice President of Research to help define research in the future High Performance Computing Building in Tech Square. Mynatt, along with Rahul Basole, Julie Swann, Nicoleta Serban, Paul Griffin, May Wang, Myung Choi, Leanne West, Mark Braunstein, and Margaret Wagner-Dahl received the grant in September for \u0026ldquo;Analytics for Transforming Health and Healthcare.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;I\u0026#39;m excited that IPaT is driving this conversation in many ways,\u0026rdquo; said Mynatt. \u0026quot;Driven by a vision of how healthcare delivery will be transformed by data science and engineering, the team is creating software infrastructure to support the research community, exploring new avenues for research funding, and facilitating collaborations with new industry partners.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nOther highlights include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; - Georgia Tech and Georgia State University are partnering with the City of Atlanta as founding members in the MetroLab Network, part of the Obama Administration\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;Smart Cities\u0026rdquo; initiative to help communities tackle local challenges and improve city services.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; - As part of a grant from the Centers for Disease Control, Georgia Tech researchers will collaborate with Emory and Georgia State to discover new methods for protecting patients and health care workers from highly infectious diseases like Ebola.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; - Led by Ashok Goel and Betty Whittaker and funded through a GVU\/IPaT\/GTRI engagement grant, faculty have been meeting regularly to discuss research challenges and strategies for leadership in cognitive systems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; - Georgia Tech informed the President\u0026rsquo;s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report on Aging and Technology. The report was passed unanimously at the PCAST meeting in January and included recommendations informed by the research of Wendy Rogers, Brian Jones, Brad Fain, Charlie Kemp, Jon Sanford and Beth Mynatt. The final report will be published soon.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; - IPaT submitted major research proposals to the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health on pediatric healthcare delivery, human augmentation, and aging in place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMynatt said of the aging in place proposal, \u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s a once in a lifetime opportunity to create aging in place infrastructure for the entire country.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nShe also discussed three newly-named Interdisciplinary Research Centers that are tied to IPaT: the Center for Urban Innovation, the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems, and the GVU Center. IRCs bring together researchers from different disciplines to address topics of strategic importance to Georgia Tech, but may have a shorter life cycle than Interdisciplinary Research Institutes.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s exciting to grow out our network, grow out our leadership, and grow out our impact on campus,\u0026rdquo; said Mynatt.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIPaT unveiled a new website last Fall, as well as our\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/research_digest_website.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EResearch Digest\u003C\/a\u003E, a bi-annual collection of summaries from a selected set of our faculty publications.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nEach year, IPaT also collaborates with several community partners to offer seed grants to Georgia Tech faculty.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; - Children\u0026#39;s Healthcare of Atlanta, with partners at Georgia Tech, Emory University, and Morehouse School of Medicine offer an annual research pilot program that is aligned with the aims of the Pediatric Research Centers. These pilot award funds are designed to stimulate new research projects and build new collaborations in child health-related research areas.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; - The GVU Center provides seed grants, with funding support from IPaT, to research initiatives committed to building on our success in interdisciplinary research and innovation in the human experience of computing. Research Grants provide seed funding to conduct interdisciplinary research. The objective of the Research Grant program is to promote research activities involving faculty and students from the many disciplines represented in the GVU Center. Engagement Grants are designed to foster new sorts of engagements and collaboration, whether internally or externally.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; - The CDC\/Georgia Tech Research Awards provide funding to foster scientific collaboration among Georgia Tech and CDC investigators. The award program supports pilot research in the form of proof of concept and feasibility projects that will advance the state of the science to facilitate scientific innovation, new external funding and novel collaborative relationships.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTo find out more about these funding opportunities, including previous awardees,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/grants\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Evisit our website\u003C\/a\u003E. In the coming months we\u0026rsquo;ll provide more information about available opportunities and how to apply.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe town hall concluded with breakout groups on three of IPaT\u0026rsquo;s strategic priorities: Smart Communities, Pediatric Healthcare, and Wearable Computing. Attendees discussed current research projects, \u0026ldquo;dream\u0026rdquo; projects for the future, and potential stakeholders.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPaT held its yearly Spring Town Hall meeting last month to discuss strategic research priorities and faculty opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"PaT held its yearly Spring Town Hall meeting last month to discuss strategic research priorities and faculty opportunities."}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2019-07-15 19:41:48","changed_gmt":"2019-07-15 19:41:48","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"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\u003EAlyson Powell\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["alyson.powell@ipat.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"489011":{"#nid":"489011","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Forms New IRCs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has announced the designation of seven research centers on campus as Interdisciplinary Research Centers (IRCs), including three strongly tied to IPaT. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hhscenter.gatech.edu\/home\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Health and Humanitarian Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (HHS), the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.urbaninnovation.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Urban Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E (CUI), and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGVU Center\u003C\/a\u003E all received the new classification.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIRCs bring together researchers from different disciplines to address topics of strategic importance to Georgia Tech. They promote collaborative research and coordinate activities aimed at large external funding opportunities. Some centers receive financial or other support from Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Office of the Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) or from Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs), such as IPaT, that may be aligned with their mission.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026quot;An important strategy for IPaT is to grow research leadership at Georgia Tech, enabling us to significantly scale our research activities and amplify our impact. The recognition and support of these three IRCs is exciting and empowering for our research community,\u0026quot; said Beth Mynatt, executive director of the Institute for People and Technology.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUnlike IRIs, which are expected to have long lifetimes and an explicit economic development mission, IRCs may have their shorter life cycles. IRCs are encouraged to pursue bold new research ideas, even if they follow very new, emerging hypotheses. IRCs are likely connected to Georgia Tech Colleges or IRIs to connect their research activities with professional support and economic development opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCenter for Urban Innovation\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECUI is based in the Ivan Allen College and directed by Jennifer Clark, associate professor in the School of Public Policy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026quot;The center conducts and supports research that thinks globally, acts locally, and encourages interdisciplinary, scholarly research on urban issues,\u0026quot; said Clark. \u0026quot;CUI serves as an incubator for faculty research initiatives, as well as with other universities, non-profits, civic organizations, public agencies, and industry partners that are developing and assessing strategies for building smart, sustainable communities.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCurrent CUI research projects fall into four themes: People, Places, and Productions; Sustainable Cities; The City as Studio; and Urban Histories. Researchers focus on conducting original research on cities and regions to develop replicable models, connect with partners and share creative solutions to pressing urban issues through coordination with local, regional, and national stakeholders.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCUI and IPaT are currently working together on several projects. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cycleatlanta.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECycle Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E is a smartphone app for recording bicycle trips. Cyclists provide the City of Atlanta needed data to make improvements to bicycle infrastructure. The app also allows users to report problems along their route such as potholes and obstructed lanes. Another project is \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/onebusaway.org\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOneBusAway\u003C\/a\u003E, an app that tracks public transportation in real time. It includes arrival times for MARTA trains and buses, the Georgia Tech trolley and Stinger Shuttle, Cobb Community Transit, GRTA Xpress, and Gwinnett County Transit. The latest CUI\/IPaT collaborative project is equipping the Atlanta streetcar with GPS in order to predict more accurate arrival times.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCUI also supports Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s engagement with the White House Smart Cities Initiative. Georgia Tech, the City of Atlanta, and Georgia State University are \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/georgia-tech-joins-national-metrolab-network\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efounding members of the MetroLab Network\u003C\/a\u003E, announced last year at the White House Smart Cities Forum. The goal of the forum is to research, develop, and deploy new technologies to address challenges in the nation\u0026rsquo;s urban areas. The MetroLab Network will provide the opportunity to share successes, address challenges, and build shared platforms for experimentation and data between cities and universities necessary to increase the tangible results of new innovations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCenter for Health and Humanitarian Systems\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHHS began in 2007, and has built an extensive program of education, outreach, and research, with collaborators across Georgia Tech and numerous external organizations. The vision for the center is that it will serve as an academic engine that improves the delivery of health care, disaster response, and long-term development though the discovery and translation of scientific methods and solutions in health and humanitarian systems.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026quot;Being named one of the first Interdisciplinary Research Centers is both an honor and an opportunity to further the impact of Georgia Tech in these important areas,\u0026quot; said Julie Swann, HHS co-director and professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. \u0026quot;The center will provide a unique cross-disciplinary environment that leverages expertise with industry, government agencies, providers, NGOs, and faculty and students from multiple universities, with project and research results leading to transformation in health and humanitarian systems.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWhile the HHS IRC builds upon the existing HHS Center, the IRC involves more than 30 affiliated faculty and scientists across Georgia Tech from all colleges of the campus and from GTRI.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe long-term mission of HHS is to be a premier research and educational center that advances science and evidence-based approaches to meet a triple aim of improving population outcomes locally, nationally, and worldwide; reducing per capita costs in the system; and improving opportunities and sustainability of the systems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026quot;We have many short to medium-term goals as well,\u0026quot; explains Pinar Keskinocak, HHS co-director and professor in the College of Engineering. \u0026quot;In outreach, we want to grow the number of affiliated faculty and scientists from Georgia Tech, bring in new collaborating partners from external organizations, organize several events around campus to build collaborations and knowledge, reach out to Georgia Tech alumni affiliated with health or humanitarian systems, and bring in monetary support to help achieve the aims of the HHS IRC.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHHS looks forward to working with entities within IPaT toward providing solutions through advanced technologies, including groups that focus on mobile applications in health care or real-world solutions and training for improved disaster response. HHS is involved with more than 100 collaborators or participants from outside Georgia Tech, and will bring these partners to the table to connect with researchers at Georgia Tech, which is also part of the mission of IPaT. HHS will also benefit from the affiliation with IPaT due to shared infrastructure, co-hosting of events, and increased visibility outside Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EGVU Center\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GVU Center seeks to\u0026nbsp;create\u0026nbsp;the next innovations in people-focused technology that will shape how we live in a world poised for the next computing revolution. For more than 20 years, the center has represented demonstrated excellence and passion in computing research innovation at Georgia Tech and its impact in shaping communities and how we live everyday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRegarding the IRC announcement, GVU Director and Professor of Interactive Computing Keith Edwards said, \u0026quot;We\u0026rsquo;re excited about this reaffirmation of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s commitment to human-centered perspectives on technology, and are looking forward to continuing to represent the Institute along with our research partners here, including IPaT.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGVU\u0026rsquo;s vision is built on the\u0026nbsp;interdisciplinary research ecosystem that spans across Georgia Tech. The center is\u0026nbsp;a primary incubator for a dynamic community of research propelling new partnerships with business, national research agencies and other academic experts. Virtually all GVU research brings together\u0026nbsp;multiple perspectives and\u0026nbsp;disciplines. Much of the center\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;research also involves external industry participation, bringing valuable insight to real-world problems and enabling applications to solve\u0026nbsp;complex challenges.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026quot;In terms of immediate plans, one of our main goals for 2016 is to look at new models for industry engagement,\u0026quot; said Edwards. \u0026quot;We already have a number of very healthy industry partnerships, but are also exploring new models for how to connect.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGVU and IPaT jointly sponsor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/2015-16-research-and-engagement-grants-announced\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eresearch pilot grants and engagement grants\u003C\/a\u003E to help build a nascent research community. This year\u0026#39;s awards include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026bull; \u003Cstrong\u003EApplying Design Studio Pedagogy in STEM Learning with Novel Presentation and Sensing Technologies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EBetsy DiSalvo, Mark Guzdial, Blair MacIntyre\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThis project takes the open collaboration teaching methods of design studios and uses them in STEM learning, with the goal of creating more motivation to learn.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026bull; \u003Cstrong\u003EReimagining Humanities Visualization: A Research-Through-Design Workshop for Civic and Cultural Data\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\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;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003ERahul Basole, Polo Chau, Carl DiSalvo, Alex Endert, Jim Foley, Nassim JafariNaimi, Lauren Klein, Yanni Loukissas, John Stasko, Jimeng Sun\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech researchers are studying how they can use visualization techniques to explore \u0026ldquo;messy\u0026rdquo; humanistic data such as civic and cultural data. They plan to host a workshop in March 2016 for leading humanities scholars and information visualization researchers to explore the meanings of civic and cultural \u0026ldquo;data,\u0026rdquo; and to prototype new methods for their visual display. The goal is to imagine new forms and platforms capable of portraying the humanistic dimensions of civic and cultural data, and to establish Georgia Tech as a leading center of interdisciplinary visualization research.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026bull; \u003Cstrong\u003EPromoting Cognitive Systems Research at Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EAshok\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E Goel, Elizabeth Whitaker\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGoel and Whitaker are working to foster internal collaboration and enhance external visibility in cognitive systems research. They plan to host seminars (link to current seminar), monthly meetings, and workshops with the goal of creating an interdisciplinary center for cognitive systems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026bull; \u003Cstrong\u003EReal-Time Control to Replace Schedules on the Atlanta Streetcar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EKari Watkins, Russ Clark\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nResearchers will equip the new Atlanta streetcar with GPS in order to predict more accurate arrival times. Currently, it\u0026rsquo;s difficult to predict arrival times due to factors like traffic congestion and operation failures.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTwo types of centers were considered as candidate IRCs: Type 1 includes existing, high profile centers such as GVU and Type 2 includes new, nascent of developing centers such as HHS and CUI. The Office of the EVPR has released a call for proposals for the seeding of new, Type 2 IRCs with funding to start next year. 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Georgia Tech Campus Services, in partnership with the Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center (RNOC), has launched the Tech Eats app on the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/m.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGT Mobile platform\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUsers are shown a list of restaurants sorted by walk distance, which can then be filtered by categories such as which restaurants are currently open, if they deliver, and if they have vegan or vegetarian cuisine. The app also has menus for the majority of the locations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026ldquo;We consider Tech Eats a discovery application,\u0026rdquo; said James Pete, senior director of the Campus Services Information Technology Group. \u0026ldquo;That is, the application allows users to be aware of what is around them with regards to food options.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWhat users won\u0026rsquo;t see is the behind the scenes development work completed by Campus Services and RNOC to create an authoritative repository of location data, including a self-service user interface. They also built APIs for the mobile application to utilize.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026quot;It was important for GT Dining to be able to quickly and easily update menus, promotions, and even temporary changes in hours of operation. The self-service MVC application serves that role, which allows the API to seamlessly keep the Tech Eats app updated and relevant,\u0026quot; said Stephen Garrett, application developer manager, Campus Services Information Technology Group.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe lab staff at RNOC built the front end application and deployed it on GT Mobile, while the Information Technology Group was responsible for the data repository and API building. Both teams leveraged each other\u0026rsquo;s expertise to come together to launch a new service on campus.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026quot;RNOC and Campus Services have long worked together to enhance the campus experience and are partners in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtjourney.gatech.edu\/live\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGT Journey initiative\u003C\/a\u003E, which aims to make for a more open and accessible campus,\u0026quot; said RNOC Research Scientist Siva Jayaraman. GT Journey is an opportunity for all members of the Georgia Tech community to collaborate on applications and solutions that benefit the campus by making campus data available as APIs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGT Mobile is a web portal, built and maintained by RNOC, for the deployment of web applications. It\u0026rsquo;s a resource that benefits the Georgia Tech community by providing a place where students, staff, alumni, and faculty can host their applications or services. 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Georgia Tech alumni Stan Chia, SVP of Operations at GrubHub, is working with ISyE James C. Edenfield Chair and Professor Martin Savelsbergh to optimize the delivery network in order to ultimately deliver a superior diner, restaurant, and driver experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESavelsbergh notes that \u0026ldquo;even though GrubHub can no longer be viewed as a start-up company, it still feels and operates as a start-up company. That is, there is a \u0026lsquo;can-do\u0026rsquo; attitude, and all challenges are seen as opportunities. There is a constant flow of ideas on how to possibly extend offerings, how to possibly improve service \u0026ndash; both to restaurants and to diners \u0026ndash; and how to best get things done.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout the collaboration, Savelsbergh explains, \u0026ldquo;GrubHub is trying to revolutionize meal delivery, both in terms of their offerings as well as in terms of the scale of their operations \u0026ndash; ultimately wanting to provide service in all major U.S. cities. The highly dynamic nature of their business is something rarely seen in other delivery operations and creates a great environment for researchers to develop and test new delivery optimization ideas, which is one of my primary research interests.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech alumni Stan Chia, SVP of Operations at GrubHub, is working with ISyE James C. 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Georgia Institute of Technology researchers went to the Pacific Ocean to scoop up hundreds of the 3-millimeter marine mollusks (pteropods) and then used high-speed cameras to watch how they move. They found that sea butterflies don\u0026rsquo;t paddle like most small water animals. Instead, they\u0026rsquo;re like flying insects, flapping their wings to produce lift and propel them through the water.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Snails evolutionarily diverged from flying insects 550 million years ago,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/501\/overview\u0022\u003EDonald Webster\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. \u0026ldquo;Hence, it is amazing that marine snails are using the same figure-eight wing pattern that is typical of their very distant airborne relatives.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother amazing similarity between the pteropods and insects is the use of a clap-and-fling wing motion. Each species claps its wings together, then rapidly flings them apart to generate enhanced lift.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Almost all other plankton use their appendages as paddles, kind of like a turtle,\u0026rdquo; said David Murphy, who led the study and received his Georgia Tech doctoral degree in 2012.\u0026nbsp; \u0026ldquo;Sea butterflies are honorary insects.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMurphy is now a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team did find one major difference in sea butterflies and flying insects. Nearly two-thirds of the plankton\u0026rsquo;s body is its shell. When it\u0026rsquo;s not moving forward, it sinks to the ocean floor. To avoid sinking, the pteropod rotates its body up to 60 degrees with each stroke. The rotation puts its wings in the proper position to flap downward during every half-stroke (about 10 times per second) and move in an upward, zig-zag path in the water.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Insects and birds don\u0026rsquo;t typically rotate their bodies in a similar manner to generate lift,\u0026rdquo; said Webster. \u0026ldquo;By rotating their shell during each stroke, sea butterflies put their wings in a position to always generate upward thrust and fly forward.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers study the plankton for two reasons. First, they play a vital role in the food web in the Pacific, Arctic and Southern Oceans. Fish, seals and sea birds eat them in massive quantities. Second, absorption of carbon dioxide increases the acidity of the oceans. As carbon dioxide levels increase in the future, so will seawater acidity, which breaks down the shells of pteropods. 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Because only trace amounts exist in the atmosphere, most hydrogen fuel today is derived from fossil fuels, using processes called petroleum reforming and coal gasification. It can also be thermochemically extracted from biomass, using high temperatures and expensive catalysts. Other ways to harvest hydrogen from biomass are fermentation, electrolysis and photoelectrochemical conversion, but these methods cannot directly break down the fibrous lignin and cellulose found in wood and grass.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/deng.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYulin Deng\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and his team at Georgia Tech have developed a low-temperature electrolytic technology that can harvest hydrogen fuel from nearly all types of biomass.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe process takes place in an electrolysis cell containing a membrane that protons can pass through, sandwiched between an anode and a cathode. Water containing both powdered biomass and polyoxometalate (POM), a metal oxide catalyst, is added to the anode side of the cell. By heating the solution or exposing it to sunlight, POM molecules can grab hydrogen atoms from the biomass, becoming H-POM. Applying a voltage across the electrodes causes the H-POM molecules to dump an electron onto the positively charged anode, and a proton into the electrolyte solution. The electrons flow around a circuit to the cathode side of the cell, while the free floating protons diffuse though the membrane and combine with these electrons at the cathode, forming hydrogen atoms. The atoms then react to form stable hydrogen gas, which can be collected.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExperts in deriving hydrogen from biomass have praised the new approach. \u0022This process provides an open door to using smaller quantities of biomass and different biomass varieties for renewable hydrogen production,\u0022 said\u0026nbsp;Chris Zygarlicke, at the University of North Dakota. And David Kingfrom the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, added,\u0022This is really interesting work \u2026 the claimed Faradaic efficiency for the process is extremely high.\u2019\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeng and his team are currently working to make the method even more efficient. \u0022Our goal is to collect 100 percent of the hydrogen atoms from biomass. 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The awards are the result of a merit competition jointly conducted by three DoD research offices: the Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, and Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The DURIP is highly competitive. The three DoD research offices solicit proposals from university investigators conducting science and engineering research of importance to national defense.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe lead investigator of the project, Satish Kumar, said \u0022the acquisitions made by this award in addition to the equipment and facilities currently accessible to the PIs will enable us to measure transport characteristics of a wide variety of electronic devices and energy conversion systemsrelated to \u0026nbsp;photovoltaics, RF electronics, power electronics, light emitting diodes (LEDs), and microprocessors. The measurements coupled with\u0026nbsp; extensive modeling will directly support multiple research programs pursued by the PIs such as the Energy Efficient Outposts Modeling Consortium (EEOMC) by ONR, DARPA Young Investigator Award on GaN based power electronic devices,\u0026nbsp; the Near Junction Thermal Transport and ICE Cool programs by DARPA, and\u0026nbsp; High Reliability Electronics Virtual (HiREV) Center activities supported by AFRL.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Kumar, Graham, Joshi gets funding from DoD"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2016-03-18 13:22:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:09","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"515371":{"id":"515371","type":"image","title":"AlGaN\/GaN based power electronic device","body":null,"created":"1458923790","gmt_created":"2016-03-25 16:36:30","changed":"1475895280","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:40","alt":"AlGaN\/GaN based power electronic device","file":{"fid":"205100","name":"durip1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/durip1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/durip1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":31622,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/durip1_0.jpg?itok=9JKBXePR"}}},"media_ids":["515371"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"}],"keywords":[],"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":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"508541":{"#nid":"508541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Fred Cook to receive Olney Medal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Fred Cook, Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate programs, Schools of Materials Science \u0026amp; Engineering, was recently selected to receive the American Association of Textile and Chemists and Colorists 2015 Olney Medal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECook will be honored at the AATCC\u0027s international conference, April 19-21 in Williamsburg, VA. The medal signifies outstanding achievement in textile chemistry, or in polymer or other fields of chemistry that are of major importance to textile sciences and fibrous materials. This also includes the development of chemical agents or chemical processes used in the manufacture of textiles, fibrous materials, or methods for their evaluation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Olney Medal is the Associations\u2019 highest scientific award. It was established in 1944 as a testimonial to Dr. Louis Atwell Olney, founder of AATCC, in recognition of his lifetime of devotion and multitudinous contributions to the field of textile chemistry. This award is given to encourage and afford public recognition of such achievements and contributions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Cook\u0027s research interests lie in the fields of textile and polymer chemistry. More specifically, areas under investigation include: crown ethers in anionic polymerizations and resin supports, carbon fiber conversion processes, energy-conserving textile chemical processes and polymer syntheses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe returned to Georgia Tech from the Experimental Station of E.I. DuPont Co., where he served as a polymer research chemist. His studies at Tech blend polymer chemistry with textile chemical and process applications. A member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, the Fiber Society, Dr. Cook has chaired the AATCC National Committee of Conferences, chaired the NTC Operating Board, chaired the Georgia Tech Polymer Program for eight years, President of NCTE, and is a member of Sigma Xi, Delta Kappa Phi and Tau Beta Pi Professional Fraternities. He is a consulting editor for Textile World Magazine, and he has served as an expert witness in court for Bic Co.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFounded as the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), the Association continues to evolve to meet the needs of those in the ever-changing textile and materials industries. AATCC has served textile professionals since 1921. Today, the Association provides test method development, quality control materials, education, and professional networking for a global audience.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Honor will be awarded by the AATCC in April"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2016-03-02 15:29:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:57","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"508551":{"id":"508551","type":"image","title":"Fred Cook","body":null,"created":"1457114400","gmt_created":"2016-03-04 18:00:00","changed":"1475895270","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:30","alt":"Fred Cook","file":{"fid":"204916","name":"fred_cook.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fred_cook_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fred_cook_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12770,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fred_cook_0.jpg?itok=hNrH0wH_"}}},"media_ids":["508551"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"829","name":"AATCC"},{"id":"1692","name":"materials"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"507671":{"#nid":"507671","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Technology\/Music Mashup Leads to Accordion of the Future","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2016 Moog Hackathon began Saturday morning with forty participants and a table piled with Moog parts. Forty-eight hours later, one sleep-deprived team walked away with a creation that could only be described as a \u201cscrambobulator.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA cross between a synthesizer, an accordion and a Theremin, the winning design is now the final entry in this Thursday\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.guthman.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGuthman Musical Instrument Competition\u003C\/a\u003E, their own Moog Werkstatt synthesizer and $3000.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for Music Technology\u003C\/a\u003E hosted the Hackathon which generated a huge range of musical instruments. Winners Greg Hendler and Mark Crowley (who won last year for a breath-controlled synthesizer guitar) said the competition was much harder this year and they really had no idea who would win on Sunday night.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe competition included \u0022a multi-footswitch Bass guitar drone effect system that allows the player to select octaves of the drone at will; a multi-person interactive Werkstatt interface for iPads and iPhones; a box that projects colors and generates sound according to color; a playable electronic necktie; and even an electronic flute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe pleasantries of Saturday morning\u2019s coffee and team brainstorming soon gave way to furious coding which sounded like the techno rhythm background to experimental synthesizer \u201ccshwa-wa-wa\u201d drones. Divided into 13 teams, the hackers were learning to use Arduino Unos, Werstatts, a vast assortment of components and sensors, and seriously geeking out in the Couch Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy Saturday night, stale pizza, burnt solder and sheer determination were driving the teams on. Wooden housings for developing instruments were built, but the Hackathon room was mostly silent. The occasional \u201ca ha!\u201d moment marked transitions from quiet giggles of exhaustion to contagious rounds of yawns.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFifteen hours in, it seemed like zombies had taken over the Hackathon. The bleary-eyed contestants made slow progress, challenged by the drone of the air conditioner and (ironically) melodic snores of their teammates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith Sunday came a more frenetic pace. The contestants had to perform with their experimental instruments for a panel of judges led by Moog CEO Mike Adams. As the teams scrambled to make final touches and tweaks to their instruments, the room was a cacophony of \u201cbreeeap\u201d, \u201cwa-hah-shwoo\u201d and \u201ctic-tic-eee\u201d sounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter all the instrument demos, these projects were the winners:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFirst place: The Big Eared Scrambler\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Created by Greg Handler and Mark Crowley, the instrument is an accordion type synthesizer that is described as the \u0022scrambobulator\u0022.\u0026nbsp; Greg and Mark were awarded entry into the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, a Moog Werkstatt, and a $3000 dollar cash prize.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESecond place: The See-Saw\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Created by Jonathan Wang, Nikhil Bhanu, and Avrosh Kumar, thier instrument is an interactive Iphone and Ipad case used to create music with friends. They were awarded a Moog Werkstatt and $2000 dollar cash prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThird place: The Electro-Flute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Created by Kenneth Swanson and Samuel Greene, their instrument converts wind into electronic synthesizer sounds that are controlled by touch. They were awarded a Moog Werkstatt and $1000 dollar cash prize.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHonorable mention: The Kinect Theremin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Created by Andy Pruett, his instrument used body gestures to create synthesizer sounds.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2016 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition will take place this Thursday, March 3, in the Robert Ferst Center for the Arts at 7:00 P.M. Called the \u201cX-Prize for musical instruments\u201d by Wired Magazine, the competition aims to identify the world\u0027s next generation of musical instruments, unveiling the best new ideas in musicality, design, and engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdmission is free. For more information please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.guthman.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.guthman.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2016 Moog Hackathon generated a range of futuristic musical instruments. The winner is entered in the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 2016 Moog Hackathon generated a range of futuristic musical instruments. 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Applications of this research span all disciplines in science and engineering with particular emphasis on biomedicine, electronics, optoelectronics and photonics, and energy applications. As there can be a learning curve associated with initial proof-of-concept development and testing using cleanroom tools, this seed grant program was developed to expedite the initiation of new graduate students and new research projects into productive activity. Successful proposals to this program will identify a new, currently-unfunded research idea that requires cleanroom access to generate preliminary data necessary to pursue other funding avenues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProgram Eligibility\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech Applicants\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis program is open to any current Georgia Tech or GTRI faculty member as project PI. The graduate student performing the research should be in the first 2 years of his\/her graduate studies, and preference will be given to students who are new users of the IEN facilities. The student\u2019s research advisor (project PI) does not need to be a current user of the IEN cleanroom\/lab facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EExternal (non-Georgia Tech) Applicants\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERecent funding from the NSF to create the Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/senic.gatech.edu\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/senic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/senic.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E) as part of the NNCI has allowed IEN to open this program to external (not affiliated with Georgia Tech) users currently at an academic institution in the southeastern US. The graduate student performing the proposed research cannot be a current user of the IEN facilities. The student\u2019s research advisor (project PI) may have a current project in place for use of the IEN cleanroom\/lab facilities, but this is not a requirement. If awarded, a specialized service agreement will need to be arranged with the user\u2019s home institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPast awardees of a seed grant may submit additional proposals for different students\/projects, but not in consecutive funding cycles. It is the responsibility of the project PI and student to determine their ability to make use of the awarded time during the grant period. Extensions requested once the project has begun will not be granted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAward Information\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEach seed grant award will consist of free cleanroom access to the student identified in the proposal for 2 (consecutive) billing quarters. Based on current access rates and the academic cap on hourly charges (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cleanroom.ien.gatech.edu\/rates\/\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/cleanroom.ien.gatech.edu\/rates\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/cleanroom.ien.gatech.edu\/rates\/\u003C\/a\u003E), this comprises a maximum award of $6000 for the 6 month period. This maximum award amount is still in effect even if IEN non-cleanroom (lab) equipment or electron beam lithography (EBL) is required. The designated student user is expected to only utilize the cleanroom\/tool access while working with the PI on the proposed project. Members of the IEN Advanced Technology Team (ATT) will be available to consult during the project period. The number of awards for each proposal submission date will depend on the number and quality of the proposals. A short report describing the research activities is required midway and at the completion of the award period.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESubmission Schedule\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis Seed Grant program is offered in\u003Cstrong\u003E two competitions each year with due dates on April 1 and October 1\u003C\/strong\u003E. While it is expected that research activity will begin on June 1 and December 1, respectively, there is flexibility in scheduling the 2 quarters of research work, as long as they conform to the IEN billing quarters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProposal Requirements (2 pages max)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe proposal (submitted as a PDF file of no more than 2 pages) should do the following:\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. Provide a project title.\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. Identify the research problem and specify the proposed methods.\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. Indicate the IEN research tools necessary to conduct the research. If assistance is needed with this component, members of the IEN Advanced Technology Team are available for consultation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. Describe the relationship of this research to the PI\u2019s other research activity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E5. Identify the PI and the graduate student involved (including year of graduate work), and if there will be a mentoring relationship with the PI\u2019s other students. Note if there are collaborative relationships with Georgia Tech faculty that bear on this research project.\u003Cbr \/\u003E6. Specify the potential for follow-on funding based on the results of this initial work.\u003Cbr \/\u003ESubmit the PDF file by the specified due date to Ms. Amy Duke (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amy.duke@ien.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eamy.duke@ien.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReview Criteria\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EProposals will initially be reviewed by IEN staff for technical feasibility within the 6-month time frame. Rating of proposals will be done by a review committee of Georgia Tech faculty, with final selection of awardees by IEN staff.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, please contact Dr. David Gottfried, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dsgottfried@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edsgottfried@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E, (404) 894-0479.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech IEN is an Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRI) comprised of faculty and students interested in using the most advanced fabrication and characterization tools, and cleanroom infrastructure, to facilitate research in micro- and nano-scale materials, devices, and systems. Applications of this research span all disciplines in science and engineering with particular emphasis on biomedicine, electronics, optoelectronics and photonics, and energy applications. As there can be a learning curve associated with initial proof-of-concept development and testing using cleanroom tools, this seed grant program was developed to expedite the initiation of new graduate students and new research projects into productive activity. 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Filled with inspirational stories, the book\u0026nbsp;provides novelty, inspiration, motivation and a bright perspective for the next generation of scientists and engineers seeking exciting and fulfilling careers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGerhardt\u0027s research focuses on determining structure-property-processing relationships in a wide range of materials.\u0026nbsp; Most recently, her research group has focused on making and characterizing polymer and ceramic composites containing conducting and semiconducting nanofillers and on the synthesis and assembly of nanoparticles into thin films useful for use as transparent electrodes, solar cell components, microwave heatable inserts, conductive paper, etc.. Over the years, she has worked with a variety of ceramic materials such as dielectric insulators, ionic conductors and ceramic superconductors in bulk and thin film form, as well as with intrinsic conducting polymers.\u0026nbsp; Her work also extends onto non-electronics related materials such as fiber and particulate reinforced composites and metallic alloys that are used for wear applications and as components in the hot-sections of gas turbine engines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/faculty\/gerhardt\u0022\u003ERead more\u003C\/a\u003E about Dr. Gerhardt\u2019s research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/WileyTitle\/productCd-1118733606,subjectCd-CG00.html\u0022\u003ELearn\u0026nbsp; more\u003C\/a\u003E about the book.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2016-03-02 15:41:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:57","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"373831":{"id":"373831","type":"image","title":"Rosario Gerhardt","body":null,"created":"1449246186","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:06","changed":"1475894344","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:04","alt":"Rosario Gerhardt","file":{"fid":"75113","name":"rosariogerhardt.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rosariogerhardt.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rosariogerhardt.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":691529,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rosariogerhardt.jpg?itok=YXXzc2by"}}},"media_ids":["373831"],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"74261","name":"ceramics"},{"id":"126411","name":"Gerhardt"},{"id":"1692","name":"materials"},{"id":"647","name":"metallic"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"507121":{"#nid":"507121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Device \u201cFingerprints\u201d Could Help Protect Power Grid, Other Industrial Systems","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHuman voices are individually recognizable because they\u2019re generated by the unique components of each person\u2019s voice box, pharynx, esophagus and other physical structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers are using the same principle to identify devices on electrical grid control networks, using their unique electronic \u201cvoices\u201d \u2013 fingerprints produced by the devices\u2019 individual physical characteristics \u2013 to determine which signals are legitimate and which signals might be from attackers. A similar approach could also be used to protect networked industrial control systems in oil and gas refineries, manufacturing facilities, wastewater treatment plants and other critical industrial systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research, reported February 23 at the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium in San Diego, was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF). While device fingerprinting isn\u2019t a complete solution in itself, the technique could help address the unique security challenges of the electrical grid and other cyber-physical systems. The approach has been successfully tested in two electrical substations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have developed fingerprinting techniques that work together to protect various operations of the power grid to prevent or minimize spoofing of packets that could be injected to produce false data or false control commands into the system,\u201d said Raheem Beyah, an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cThis is the first technique that can passively fingerprint different devices that are part of critical infrastructure networks. We believe it can be used to significantly improve the security of the grid and other networks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe networked systems controlling the U.S. electrical grid and other industrial systems often lack the ability to run modern encryption and authentication systems, and the legacy systems connected to them were never designed for networked security. Because they are distributed around the country, often in remote areas, the systems are also difficult to update using the \u201cpatching\u201d techniques common in computer networks. And on the electric grid, keeping the power on is a priority, so security can\u2019t cause delays or shutdowns.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe stakes are extremely high, but the systems are very different from home or office computer networks,\u201d said Beyah. \u201cIt is critical that we secure these systems against attackers who may introduce false data or issue malicious commands.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyah, his students, and colleagues in Georgia Tech\u2019s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering set out to develop security techniques that take advantage of the unique physical properties of the grid and the consistent type of operations that take place there.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor instance, control devices used in the power grid produce signals that are distinctive because of their unique physical configurations and compositions. Security devices listening to signals traversing the grid\u2019s control systems can differentiate between these legitimate devices and signals produced by equipment that\u2019s not part of the system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother aspect of the work takes advantage of simple physics. Devices such as circuit breakers and electrical protection systems can be told to open or close remotely, and they then report on the actions they\u2019ve taken. The time required to open a breaker or a valve is determined by the physical properties of the device. If an acknowledgement arrives too soon after the command is issued \u2013 less time than it would take for a breaker or valve to open, for instance \u2013 the security system could suspect spoofing, Beyah explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo develop the device fingerprints, the researchers, including mechanical engineering assistant professor Jonathan Rogers, have built computer models of utility grid devices to understand how they operate. Information to build the models came from \u201cblack box\u201d techniques \u2013 watching the information that goes into and out of the system \u2013 and \u201cwhite box\u201d techniques that utilize schematics or physical access to the systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDevice fingerprinting is a unique signature that indicates the identity of a specific device, or device type, or an action associated with that device type,\u201d Beyah explained. \u201cWe can use physics and mathematics to analyze and build a model using first principles based on the devices themselves. Schematics and specifications allow us to determine how the devices are actually operating.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have demonstrated the technique on two electrical substations, and plan to continue refining it until it becomes close to 100 percent accurate. Their current technique addresses the protocol used for more than half of the devices on the electrical grid, and future work will include examining application of the method to other protocols.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause they also include devices with measurable physical properties, Beyah believes the approach could have broad application to securing industrial control systems used in manufacturing, oil and gas refining, wastewater treatment and other industries. Beyond industrial controls, the principle could also apply to the Internet of Things (IoT), where the devices being controlled have specific signatures related to switching them on and off.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAll of these IoT devices will be doing physical things, such as turning your air-conditioning on or off,\u201d Beyah said. \u201cThere will be a physical action occurring, which is similar to what we have studied with valves and actuators.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the research included graduate students David Formby, the paper\u2019s first author; Preethi Srinivasan and Andrew Leonard.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 1140230. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: David Formby, Preethi Srinivasan, Andrew Leonard, Jonathan Rogers and Raheem Beyah, \u201cWho\u2019s in Control of Your Control System? 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In a mock building fire, test subjects followed instructions from an \u201cEmergency Guide Robot\u201d even after the machine had proven itself unreliable \u2013 and after some participants were told that robot had broken down.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was designed to determine whether or not building occupants would trust a robot designed to help them evacuate a high-rise in case of fire or other emergency. But the researchers were surprised to find that the test subjects followed the robot\u2019s instructions \u2013 even when the machine\u2019s behavior should not have inspired trust.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research, believed to be the first to study human-robot trust in an emergency situation, is scheduled to be presented March 9 at the 2016 ACM\/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2016) in Christchurch, New Zealand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPeople seem to believe that these robotic systems know more about the world than they really do, and that they would never make mistakes or have any kind of fault,\u201d said Alan Wagner, a senior research engineer in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI). \u201cIn our studies, test subjects followed the robot\u2019s directions even to the point where it might have put them in danger had this been a real emergency.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the study, sponsored in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the researchers recruited a group of 42 volunteers, most of them college students, and asked them to follow a brightly colored robot that had the words \u201cEmergency Guide Robot\u201d on its side. The robot led the study subjects to a conference room, where they were asked to complete a survey about robots and read an unrelated magazine article. The subjects were not told the true nature of the research project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn some cases, the robot \u2013 which was controlled by a hidden researcher \u2013 led the volunteers into the wrong room and traveled around in a circle twice before entering the conference room. For several test subjects, the robot stopped moving, and an experimenter told the subjects that the robot had broken down. Once the subjects were in the conference room with the door closed, the hallway through which the participants had entered the building was filled with artificial smoke, which set off a smoke alarm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen the test subjects opened the conference room door, they saw the smoke \u2013 and the robot, which was then brightly-lit with red LEDs and white \u201carms\u201d that served as pointers. The robot directed the subjects to an exit in the back of the building instead of toward the doorway \u2013 marked with exit signs \u2013 that had been used to enter the building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe expected that if the robot had proven itself untrustworthy in guiding them to the conference room, that people wouldn\u2019t follow it during the simulated emergency,\u201d said Paul Robinette, a GTRI research engineer who conducted the study as part of his doctoral dissertation. \u201cInstead, all of the volunteers followed the robot\u2019s instructions, no matter how well it had performed previously. We absolutely didn\u2019t expect this.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers surmise that in the scenario they studied, the robot may have become an \u201cauthority figure\u201d that the test subjects were more likely to trust in the time pressure of an emergency. In simulation-based research done without a realistic emergency scenario, test subjects did not trust a robot that had previously made mistakes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese are just the type of human-robot experiments that we as roboticists should be investigating,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/ayanna-maccalla-howard\u0022\u003EAyanna Howard\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWe need to ensure that our robots, when placed in situations that evoke trust, are also designed to mitigate that trust when trust is detrimental to the human.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnly when the robot made obvious errors during the emergency part of the experiment did the participants question its directions. In those cases, some subjects still followed the robot\u2019s instructions even when it directed them toward a darkened room that was blocked by furniture. \u003Cbr \/\u003EIn future research, the scientists hope to learn more about why the test subjects trusted the robot, whether that response differs by education level or demographics, and how the robots themselves might indicate the level of trust that should be given to them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research is part of a long-term study of how humans trust robots, an important issue as robots play a greater role in society. The researchers envision using groups of robots stationed in high-rise buildings to point occupants toward exits and urge them to evacuate during emergencies. Research has shown that people often don\u2019t leave buildings when fire alarms sound, and that they sometimes ignore nearby emergency exits in favor of more familiar building entrances.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut in light of these findings, the researchers are reconsidering the questions they should ask.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe wanted to ask the question about whether people would be willing to trust these rescue robots,\u201d said Wagner. \u201cA more important question now might be to ask how to prevent them from trusting these robots too much.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond emergency situations, there are other issues of trust in human-robot relationships, said Robinette.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWould people trust a hamburger-making robot to provide them with food?\u201d he asked. \u201cIf a robot carried a sign saying it was a \u2018child-care robot,\u2019 would people leave their babies with it? Will people put their children into an autonomous vehicle and trust it to take them to grandma\u2019s house? We don\u2019t know why people trust or don\u2019t trust machines.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the research included Wenchen Li and Robert Allen, graduate research assistants in Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Computing.The researchers would like to thank Larry Labbe and the Georgia Tech Fire Safety Office for their support during this research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESupport for this research was provided by the Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair in Bioengineering, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) under contract FA9550-13-1-0169. 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It\u2019s really exciting to bring in companies like Smurfit Kappa, an organization with a tremendous number of mills that can offer students a glimpse into a possible career path in the industry.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPresentations by several faculty members highlighted the various advances and new methods in materials and technology used for the development of new packaging, including smart and sustainable packaging.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey were very impressed with the direction of our research and the creative approaches we are using to transform the packaging industry,\u201d Luettgen said. \u201cWe are very hopeful Smurfit Kappa will not only make a return visit, but that they realize the potential of a true partnership with RBI and the wider Georgia Tech community. It\u2019s a tremendous opportunity \u2013 for all of us.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESmurfit Kappa designs, manufactures and supplies paper-based packaging and also manages nearly a quarter of a million acres of forest. The company is located in 21 countries in Europe and 13 in the Americas, employing about 45,000 worldwide. For more information, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.smurfitkappa.com\/vHome\/com\/Pages\/Default.aspx\u0022\u003Ecompany\u2019s website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Company leads in smart packaging"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2016-02-25 14:43:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:53","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"506311":{"id":"506311","type":"image","title":"Smurfit Kappa with RBI\u0027s PSE students","body":null,"created":"1456765200","gmt_created":"2016-02-29 17:00:00","changed":"1475895268","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:28","alt":"Smurfit Kappa with RBI\u0027s PSE students","file":{"fid":"204849","name":"dsc_0009.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_0009_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_0009_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1428411,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc_0009_0.jpg?itok=9sHIVS6A"}}},"media_ids":["506311"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"918","name":"COPE"},{"id":"4187","name":"packaging"},{"id":"6712","name":"paper science"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kelly.smith@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekelly.smith@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"505401":{"#nid":"505401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Extraterrestrial Life May Be Ubiquitous, Georgia Tech Research Suggests","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cssb.biology.gatech.edu\/skolnick\/people\/jeff.html\u0022\u003EJeffrey Skolnick\u003C\/a\u003E and coworkers at the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E have shown that the ability to catalyze biochemical reactions is an intrinsic property of protein molecules, defined only by their structure and the principles of chemistry and physics. Their \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/5-207\/v1\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E was published on Feb. 23, 2016, in the open-access journal \u003Cem\u003EF1000Research\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe finding suggests that where proteins exist, life is possible because biochemical transformations are possible. And because biochemical transformations are required for life, life as we know it could be ubiquitous in the universe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELife on Earth depends on myriad biochemical reactions mediated by proteins. The conventional wisdom is that the biochemical properties of proteins arise from evolutionary selection. According to the new study, evolution is not necessary for the existence of proteins\u2019 biochemical functions, although evolutionary selection may have optimized proteins for specific roles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study\u2019s conclusion is profound, said Terry Snell, chair of the School of Biology, in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. That\u2019s because \u201cthe impression of design pervades biology,\u201d he explained. \u201cAll the exquisite structures in biology\u2014such as the complex anatomy of the vertebrate eye or the molecular structure of enzymes\u2014are thought to have arisen by adaptation directed by natural selection. The new paper suggests that a considerable portion of the design in biology can be attributed to physical and chemical laws that dictate the function and structure of proteins.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cm.utexas.edu\/ron_elber\u0022\u003ERon Elber\u003C\/a\u003E concurs. He is the W.A. \u201cTex\u201d Moncrief Chair\u0026nbsp;in Computational Life Sciences and Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. The work \u201csuggests that physical principles assist nature in selecting proteins for specific functions,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile selection is necessary, it is useful to reduce the number of possibilities, and the Skolnick study suggests a mechanism of how that might happen.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESkolnick and coworkers Mu Gao and Hongyi Zhou at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cssb.biology.gatech.edu\/skolnick\/people\/jeff.html\u0022\u003ECenter for the Study of Systems Biology\u003C\/a\u003E studied the properties of a library of artificially generated proteins selected only for their intrinsic stability, not any type of function. They found that a remarkable number of the artificial proteins have the unique features of functional proteins, including binding pockets to accommodate small molecules. These pockets are necessary for biochemical catalysis to take place.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlthough Skolnick and coworkers studied only a small ensemble of protein-like molecules, Elber observed, \u201cit nevertheless includes features that resemble active sites even though it was generated on the basis of physical principles only.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers further predicted computationally that some members of the artificial, nonfunctional protein library would have strong protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions. Such interactions are essential in the machinery of life as we know it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe biochemical seeds of life could be prevalent,\u201d Skolnick said. \u201cIf you rain meteorites containing amino acids and somehow these polymerize to form small proteins, then a subset of these would fold to stable structure and a small subset of these could engage in rudimentary metabolism, all without any selection for biochemical function. Thus, the background probability for function is much larger than had been previously appreciated.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a manuscript in preparation, Skolnick and coworkers have built on this finding to propose a mechanism for the emergence of chirality in biology. Many compounds can have the same structure and physical properties but differ only in their right- or left-handed orientation. 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That\u2019s the glaring difference in food choices between two groups of people in the northeastern United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe foods on the first list are more exclusive in social media feeds of people living in northeastern food deserts, a term used by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to describe communities with limited access to grocery stores. The second list is more exclusive to non-food deserts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology has identified the food choices and nutritional profiles of people living in both types of communities throughout America. It included three million geo-tagged posts on the social media platform where food is king: Instagram. The researchers found that food posted (and eaten) by people in food deserts is 5 to 17 percent higher in fat, cholesterol and sugars compared to those shared in non-food deserts areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMunmun De Choudhury, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Interactive Computing, led the study.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe USDA identifies food deserts based on the availability of fresh food,\u201d she said. \u201cInstagram literally gives us a picture of what people are actually eating in these communities, allowing us to study them in a new way.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study identified the foods that are most exclusive to each community in four other regions of the country, as well. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe breakdown by region is:\u003Cbr \/\u003ESoutheast: bacon, potatoes and grits (food deserts) vs. collard greens, oranges and peaches (non-food deserts)\u003Cbr \/\u003EMidwest: hamburgers, hot dogs and brisket vs. beans, spinach and kale\u003Cbr \/\u003EWest: pie, beef and sausage vs. quinoa, apple and crab\u003Cbr \/\u003ESouthwest: barbeque, pork and burritos vs. tomatoes, asparagus and bananas\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFruits and vegetables are the biggest difference,\u201d De Choudhury said. \u201cForty-eight percent of posts from people in non-food deserts mention them. It\u2019s only 33 percent in food deserts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team used the USDA\u2019s database of nutritional values for nearly 9,000 foods to create a nutritional profile for both groups. The amount of calories didn\u2019t differ significantly, but the levels of fats, cholesterol and sugars were much higher in food deserts, especially in the West and Southwest. The smallest differences between the two communities were in the Southeast.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat would seem counterintuitive at first because so much of the south is designated as a food desert,\u201d De Choudhury said. \u201cBut other statistics show that Southern people generally eat-high calorie food that is rich in fat and cholesterol.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne final note about food on Instagram: Pictures of meals that are most likely to be posted by both groups tend to be the staples of each region. 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She is also a member of the FAS Board of Experts. Dr. Thomas\u0027s research interests are energy systems, sustainability, industrial ecology, technology assessment, international security, and science and technology policy. Current research projects include the environmental impacts of biofuels and electricity system policy and planning. Dr. Thomas is a member of the USDA\/DOE Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee. In 2004-2005, she was the American Physical Society Congressional Science Fellow. Dr. Thomas is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the American Physical Society, and has been a Member of the U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board. She has previously worked at the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, and at Princeton University\u2019s Environmental Institute. Dr. Thomas received a B.A. in physics from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cornell University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat made you want to become a scientist or engineer and what is your primary field of focus?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI became a scientist because I was fascinated by quantum physics. I wanted to know about it and I wanted to know more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut now I am working on a very pragmatic and applied problem: how to create a sustainable energy system. It\u2019s an easy problem. That is, we can solve this and I am confident we will. The challenge is in how gracefully we get there, and the details of the solution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI keep wanting to get back to theoretical physics. But I love working on energy problems and with so much work to do currently, I haven\u2019t yet found a way to do both.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was your first science experiment?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGreat question. It made me think: What makes something a science experiment, and what makes it mine?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy first experiments were engineering experiments \u2013 about making things rather than discovering the world. As a child, I liked to design and make things \u2013 out of fabric, paper, yarn, paint \u2013 and I liked to explore and build forts in the woods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo, what makes an experiment \u201cmine\u0022? It\u2019s \u201cmine\u201d simply when I create it and carry it out. In high school \u0026nbsp;and college, all the science experiments were with a partner, so to me, that doesn\u2019t count. Finally in graduate school, we had a lab course in which we had to carry out the experiment alone, by ourselves. That was great; I worked on superconductivity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat advice would you give scientists and other technically-trained people in how to apply their knowledge and experience to societal issues and\/or to educate policymakers?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI would specifically like to address this question in the context of climate change and energy challenges. In my view, there has been too narrow a focus on the science of climate change and on the impacts of climate change, at the expense of a focus on how we can change our energy and industrial systems. There is huge potential for us to change our systems for the better; there is a very positive message and opportunity here.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy advice is to bring forward any of the myriad innovations, and to convey the happy enthusiasm that we have for continuing to be creative and innovative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat advice would you give someone trying to break into your field or the scientific and technical worlds in general?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKeep a deep and intense commitment. Make sure to have lots of failures, and remember that it is really fun. Don\u2019t be afraid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDo you find that people react in a certain way when you tell them you\u2019re a scientist? Do they make any assumptions?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI find that people assume I\u2019m a rigid, narrow-minded, boring, uncreative person, focused on the immediately practical, with no vision, poetry, or spirit. And they definitely assume it would not be fun to ask me much about what I do.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you personally find to be the most rewarding and the most irritating parts of studying science?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI like to sink down into a problem, to really work at it hard and thoroughly, and to come up with a new way of thinking (or to at least slightly change how people understand the questions and the solutions).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI also really like working with a wide variety of people \u2013 on research projects, in class, in committees \u2013 and finding ways to get to better and more satisfying outcomes \u2013 whether in my teaching or in the research we are doing, or in how our scientific and engineering institutions are set up. People don\u2019t realize how wildly social science can be.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe most irritating parts? Hm, here\u2019s a list: boring talks, having to sit in my chair for too long, slow computers, unhealthy boxed lunches, so many airplane flights\u2026\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you believe is FAS\u2019s greatest strength and how can the organization take advantage of it?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFAS\u2019s greatest strength is its clear and consistent record of focus on science and technology issues of international security. This provides a platform, both for building dialogue with policy makers and for providing opportunities for scientists and engineers to engage with policymakers. FAS could further develop this potential by finding more scientists and engineers, from different locations and institutions, who could use FAS as a bridge to communicate with policy makers and the public.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are the top issues that FAS should focus on in the next five years?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENuclear power and nuclear proliferation, globally. I used to work in the area of nuclear arms control, and in that field, the challenges of nuclear proliferation are well understood. Now I work in the energy field, and, strangely, nuclear proliferation is generally seen as \u201cout-of-scope.\u201d Developing an integrated understanding of nuclear energy and nuclear proliferation risks as part of the energy future is something that FAS is very well suited to do.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnergy solutions, globally: New approaches to buildings and transportation for large, system-level efficiencies. New technologies \u2013 piezo-electrics, thermo-electrics, energy storage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENuclear problems have been and continue to be a challenge that FAS can address comprehensively and with credibility. 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While tablet devices have given those children an interactive experience that has revolutionized their learning, in its proposal, Zyrobotics notes that while\u0026nbsp;some\u0026nbsp;tablet devices are intuitive in use and easy for lots of kids, those with disabilities are largely overlooked due to difficulties in effecting pinch-and-swipe gestures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis project thus addresses a direct need in our society by providing an integrated educational experience, focused on math education that addresses the diverse needs of children, while providing a solution for variations found in their disabilities,\u201d the company wrote in its grant proposal. \u201cThis SBIR Phase II project addresses an unmet need by developing an innovative solution to enable children with motor disabilities access to mobile devices and apps that could engage them fully into the educational system.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this next phase, Howard and her team plan to design accessible math apps geared to children with or without disabilities in kindergarten through 12th grade. The company also plans to\u0026nbsp;design another set of apps that adapt educational content and provide feedback to parents and teachers based on real-time analytics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe company says it sees ample market opportunity for its products both domestically and abroad. Here in the United States, children with disabilities are entitled to a free and appropriate public education, and Zyrobotics sees its products as addressing that need from both a commercial and societal standpoint. Worldwide, more than\u0026nbsp;93 million children live with a disability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen founded, the company went through Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;VentureLab\u0026nbsp;startup incubator, ranked No. 2 in North America. VentureLab, a unit of Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E), works with Georgia Tech faculty, students, and staff to help them validate and commercialize their research and ideas into viable companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZyrobotics is now part of Tech\u2019s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), a sister startup incubator program that serves all of Georgia. Zyrobotics, with the help of ATDC\u2019s SBIR program, was able to receive its Phase I award in 2015, laying the groundwork for the Phase II grant.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cZyrobotics is a wonderful Georgia Tech startup, based on the fine research in Dr. Howard\u2019s lab, and enhanced by a very successful journey through the NSF I-Corps program,\u201d said Keith McGreggor, VentureLab\u2019s director. \u201cThis is a great example of how the research done in the classroom and lab, followed by idea validation, can lead to real breakthroughs that are designed to have a lasting impact on the lives touched by the technologies that Dr. Howard has created.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2014 P\u00e9ralte C. Paul\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Focus is continued development of accessible education platforms for children with special needs."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2016-02-18 17:07:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:49","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"313961":{"id":"313961","type":"image","title":"Ayanna Howard","body":null,"created":"1449244929","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:02:09","changed":"1475895022","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:22","alt":"Ayanna Howard","file":{"fid":"199903","name":"ayannahoward131021br295_web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ayannahoward131021br295_web_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ayannahoward131021br295_web_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2446492,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ayannahoward131021br295_web_0.jpg?itok=5AMpNX2H"}}},"media_ids":["313961"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4238","name":"atdc"},{"id":"825","name":"Ayanna Howard"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"167833","name":"SBIR"},{"id":"4193","name":"venturelab"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["peralte.paul@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"503391":{"#nid":"503391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Why Apple\u0027s Fight With the FBI Matters","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA federal court ordered Apple to help the FBI unlock an iPhone used by one of the attackers in the San Bernardino shooting. Apple is challenging the court\u2019s request.\u0026nbsp; This battle between tech companies and the government over encryption could open a Pandora\u2019s box, said \u003Cstrong\u003EAndrew Howard\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of the Cyber Technology and Information Security Laboratory at the Georgia Tech Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/amplifier.gatech.edu\/articles\/2016\/02\/why-apple%E2%80%99s-fight-fbi-matters\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERead more\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA federal court order asks Apple to do more than simply flip a one-time switch to disable security; it\u0027s asking Apple to manufacture vulnerability, says Andrew Howard, director of the Cyber Technology and Information Security Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A federal court ordered Apple to help the FBI unlock an iPhone used in a crime."}],"uid":"27490","created_gmt":"2016-02-18 23:30:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:49","author":"Tara La Bouff","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"503141":{"id":"503141","type":"image","title":"Andrew Howard","body":null,"created":"1456167600","gmt_created":"2016-02-22 19:00:00","changed":"1475895258","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:18","alt":"Andrew Howard","file":{"fid":"204671","name":"img_6830.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_6830_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_6830_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":90030,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_6830_0.jpg?itok=ysgXxr4V"}}},"media_ids":["503141"],"groups":[{"id":"430601","name":"Institute for Information Security and Privacy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1404","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"504131":{"#nid":"504131","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Discovers How Mobile Ads Leak Personal Data","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EATLANTA \u2013 February 22, 2016\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003E\u2013\u003C\/strong\u003E The personal information of millions of smartphone users is at risk due to in-app advertising that can leak potentially sensitive user information between ad networks and mobile app developers, according to a new study by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResults will be presented Tuesday, Feb. 23 at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.internetsociety.org\/events\/ndss-symposium-2016\u0022\u003E2016 Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS \u002716)\u003C\/a\u003E in San Diego, Calif., by researchers \u003Cstrong\u003EWei Meng\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ERen Ding\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ESimon Chung\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003ESteven Han\u003C\/strong\u003E under the direction of Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iisp.gatech.edu\/wenke-lee\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWenke Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study examined more than 200 participants who used a custom-built app for Android-based smartphones, which account for 52 percent of the U.S. smartphone market according to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.comscore.com\/Insights\/Market-Rankings\/comScore-Reports-April-2015-U.S.-Smartphone-Subscriber-Market-Share\u0022\u003EcomScore\u2019s April 2015 report\u003C\/a\u003E. Georgia Tech researchers reviewed the accuracy of personalized ads that were served to test subjects from the Google AdNetwork based upon their personal interests and demographic profiles; and secondly, examined how much a mobile app creator could uncover about users because of the personalized ads served to them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers found that 73 percent of ad impressions for 92 percent of users are correctly aligned with their demographic profiles. Researchers also found that, based on ads shown, a mobile app developer could learn a user\u2019s:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Egender with 75 percent accuracy,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eparental status with 66 percent accuracy,\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eage group with 54 percent accuracy, and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ecould also predict income, political affiliation, marital status, with higher accuracy than random guesses.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome personal information is deemed so sensitive that Google explicitly states those factors are not used for personalization, yet the study found that app developers still can discover this information due to leakage between ad networks and app developers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFree smart phone apps are not really free,\u201d says Wei Meng, lead researcher and a graduate student studying computer science. \u201cApps \u2013 especially malicious apps \u2013 can be used to collect potentially sensitive information about someone simply by hosting ads in the app and observing what is received by a user. Mobile, personalized in-app ads absolutely present a new privacy threat.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch6\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow it Works\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMobile app developers choose to accept in-app ads inside their app.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAd networks pay a fee to app developers in order to show ads and monitor user activity \u2013 collecting app lists, device models, geo-locations, etc. This aggregate information is made available to help advertisers choose where to place ads.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAdvertisers instruct an ad network to show their ads based on topic targeting (such as \u201cAutos \u0026amp; Vehicles\u201d), interest targeting (such as user usage patterns and previous click thrus), and demographic targeting (such as estimated age range).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe ad network displays ads to appropriate mobile app users and receives payment from advertisers for successful views or click thrus by the recipient of the ad.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIn-app ads are displayed unencrypted as part of the app\u2019s graphical user interface. Therefore, mobile app developers can access the targeted ad content delivered to its own app users and then reverse engineer that data to construct a profile of their app customer.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnlike advertising on a website page, where personalized ad content is protected from publishers and other third parties by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Same-origin_policy\u0022\u003ESame Origin Policy\u003C\/a\u003E, there is no isolation of personalized ad content from the mobile app developer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the smartphone dependent population \u2013 the 7 percent of largely low-income Americans, defined by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/2015\/04\/01\/us-smartphone-use-in-2015\/\u0022\u003EPew Internet (\u0022U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015\u0022)\u003C\/a\u003E, who have neither traditional broadband at home nor any other online alternative \u2013 their personal information may be particularly at risk.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPeople use their smartphones now for online dating, banking, and social media every day,\u201d said Wenke Lee, professor of computer science and co-director of the Institute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy at Georgia Tech. \u201cMobile devices are intimate to users, so safeguarding personal information from malicious parties is more important than ever.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study acknowledges that the online advertising industry is taking steps to protect users\u2019 information by improving the HTTPS protocol, but researchers believe the threat to user privacy is greater than HTTPS protection can provide under a mobile scenario.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers contacted Google AdNetworks about their finding.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch6\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/%7Ewmeng6\/ndss16_mobile_ad.pdf\u0022\u003EDownload\u003C\/a\u003E the complete research paper.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdditional research at NDSS \u002716\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s School of Computer Science will present three additional papers at the conference. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/taesoo.gtisc.gatech.edu\/pubs\/2016\/kdfi\/kdfi.pdf\u0022\u003EEnforcing Kernel Security Invariants with Data Flow Integrity\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 by Chengyu Song, Byoungyoung Lee, Kangjie Lu, William Harris, and Wenke Lee\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/%7Eklu38\/publications\/runtimeaslr-ndss16.pdf\u0022\u003EHow to Make ASLR Win the Clone Wars: Runtime Re-Randomization\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0022 \u003C\/em\u003Eby Kangjie Lu, Stefan Nurnberger, Michael Backes, and Wenke Lee\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/taesoo.gtisc.gatech.edu\/pubs\/2016\/opensgx\/opensgx.pdf\u0022\u003EOpenSGX: \u0026nbsp;An Open Platform for SGX Research\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0022 \u003C\/em\u003Eby Prerit Jain, Soham Desai, Ming-Wei Shih, and Taesoo Kim in partnership with KAIST of South Korea researchers Seongmin Kim, JaeHyuk Lee, Changho Choi, Youjung Shin, Brent Byunghoon Kang, and Dongsu Han\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Computer Science researchers find that personalized in-app ads can leak sensitive profile information between developers and ad networks. 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Up to a point, the more base added, the more neutral and less toxic the spill becomes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESomething very similar is happening in the atmosphere. Acidic sulfur emissions from power plants have been rapidly declining over the past decade, and the neutralizing base \u2013 ammonia \u2013 is emitted from a different source, and has not declined. This has led many atmospheric scientists to assume that the ambient sulfate particles we all breathe are becoming less acidic and therefore less toxic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut a new study shows this intuitive expectation hasn\u2019t happened, at least not in the Southeast United States, where the remaining sulfate particles appear to be as acidic as ever.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough they were surprised by the findings, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an explanation that may also ease concerns about yet another atmospheric pollutant that scientists had feared would take the place of the reduced sulfates. Beyond human health, the research has broader implications for atmospheric pollution and global climate change modeling.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the research was reported February 22 in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Geoscience\u003C\/em\u003E. The conclusions are based on observed gas and aerosol composition, humidity and temperature data collected at a site in rural Alabama as part of the Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSulfates are the major source of acidity in the atmosphere, and gas-phase ammonia \u2013 mostly from agriculture \u2013 had been expected to react with the remaining particles to reduce their acidity,\u201d explained \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/Rodney_Weber\u0022\u003ERodney Weber\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth \u0026amp; Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cBut what we found is that the system that forms the sulfate particles isn\u2019t very sensitive to the amounts of ammonia neutralizer. This has implications because the acidity of these particles affects other important atmospheric reactions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstead of reacting with all of the available acidic sulfates, the alkaline ammonia emitted from agricultural operations and other sources appears to form an equilibrium between gas-phase compounds and particle compounds. These emissions, though seasonal, have remained largely unchanged.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the same amount of neutralizing ammonia available to react with a much smaller amount of sulfates, scientists had expected the pH of the sulfate fine particles to rise toward neutral levels. But the pH remains between 0 and 2 \u2013 approximately the same level of acidity as battery acid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSulfates stay in the particle phase and are not volatile,\u201d said Weber, who is the paper\u2019s first author. \u201cAmmonia likes to volatilize and, in part, stay in the gas phase. This means that it is very difficult for it to fully neutralize the acidic particles, which explains why the system tends to be insensitive to the amounts of neutralizer available.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EParticles smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter \u2013 known as PM\u003Csub\u003E2.5\u003C\/sub\u003E \u2013 have human health implications because they can travel deep into the lungs to cause respiratory and cardiovascular problems. Because of their potential health impacts, production of the sulfur compounds that form these particles has been reduced by more than 70 percent over the past 15 years in the Southeast United States through installation of scrubbers on coal-fired power plants, replacement of coal with natural gas, and the use of low-sulfur fuels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond reducing the volume of acidic particles in aerosols, cutting the sulfur emissions has also reduced the deposition of acids in lakes and waterways, noted \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cee.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/411\/overview\u0022\u003EArmistead \u201cTed\u201d Russell\u003C\/a\u003E, a Regent\u2019s Professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cee.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and another of the paper\u2019s co-authors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDeclining acidity levels in the sulfate particles had been expected to lead to an increase in the production of atmospheric ammonium nitrates. Those particles also have harmful effects, and had they risen to replace the sulfates, further regulatory action might have been required. The continuing high acidity of the sulfate particles has limited ammonium nitrate formation, the researchers believe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt turns out the nitrate levels have been flat,\u201d Russell said. \u201cThey haven\u2019t changed at all, and this is good news. This also has a strong impact on how nitrogen fertilizes ecosystems, which is important to understanding how the earth\u2019s systems respond to pollution.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe pH of PM\u003Csub\u003E2.5\u003C\/sub\u003E particles can\u2019t be directly measured, so scientists must infer their acidity by studying the distribution of atmospheric species that can be measured and are highly sensitive to the value of the particle pH. This requires modeling, which can be checked by studying compounds \u2013 such as aerosol components and gas-phase components \u2013 that can be directly measured. The data was analyzed using the ISORROPIA-II thermodynamic chemistry model, which was developed by one of the co-authors and is widely used in air quality and climate modeling worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper\u2019s conclusions are based on atmospheric conditions found in the Southeastern United States, and Graduate Research Assistant Hongyu Guo has begun a study of data from the Northeast United States to determine if the same thing happens elsewhere in the country. It is likely that in many parts of the United States \u2013 and in the rest of the world \u2013 the acidity of sulfate particles remains surprisingly high, Weber said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the health effects, the acidity of the particles affects other aspect of atmospheric chemistry, including the reaction of isoprene, a natural hydrocarbon produced by trees in forests of many kinds, and the solubility of metals found in mineral dust. \u201cThe pH really has a significant effect on many of the processes that affect the overall aerosol mass,\u201d Weber added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research may force a re-examination of the role of acidity in atmospheric chemistry, especially where it affects key processes in climate change models.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think that this research is going to have a long-term influence on how the community evaluates air quality and climate models, because the pH of particles is so important, yet mostly overlooked,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/Athanasios_Nenes\u0022\u003EAthanasios Nenes\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor and Georgia Power Scholar in the School of Earth \u0026amp; Atmospheric Sciences and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and another co-author. \u201cWe think there will be a paradigm shift as people re-evaluate what they had intuitively believed about particle pH and how it responds to emissions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation through contract number 1242258, and through U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants RD835410 and RD834799. 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The funds will establish the Computational Sustainability Network, or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.compsust.net\/\u0022\u003ECompSusNet\u003C\/a\u003E, with Cornell University as lead institution.\u0026nbsp; CompSusNet will be comprised of 12 academic institutions, as well as domestic and international, private and non-profit organizations.\u0026nbsp; Dilkina will also sit on the executive council for the Expedition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EComputational sustainability is a young field of study.\u0026nbsp; Highly trans-disciplinary research teams focus on mathematical and computational models to aid in management and decision making for the major challenges related to sustainability, such as poverty mitigation, renewable energy, and biodiversity conservation. \u0026nbsp;Computational sustainability problems tend to be dynamic and complex, often utilizing combinatorial decision making algorithms, big data, citizen science, dynamical models, machine learning, and optimization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECompSusNet is one of three Expeditions in Computing grants awarded by the NSF.\u0026nbsp; These grants represent some of the NSF\u2019s largest investments in computer science research.\u0026nbsp; The two other 2015 Expeditions in Computing grants went to \u201cThe Science of Deep Specification\u201d at Princeton University, which aims to eliminate software \u201cbugs\u201d that can lead to security vulnerabilities, and \u201cThe Evolvable Living Computer Project\u201d at Boston University, which will study which computing principles can be applied repeatedly and reliably to synthetic biology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDilkina\u2019s expertise and research interests, as well as the resources available at Georgia Tech (such as the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hpc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Data and High Performance Computing\u003C\/a\u003E), dovetail well with goals of the Computational Sustainability Network grant.\u0026nbsp; Dilkina\u2019s project focuses on developing decision support models to optimize biodiversity conservation by balancing habitat connectivity with other urban planning considerations.\u0026nbsp; As human-centered landscapes become more developed, wildlife habitat becomes fragmented and isolated.\u0026nbsp; Maintaining landscape connectivity has been shown to be an effective strategy to preserve biodiversity, however it is extremely complex to implement. Together with ecologists and computer scientists at Cornell University, Dilkina will develop a habitat connectivity-focused conservation plan for the Andean bear populations in Ecuador. \u0026nbsp;However, the models and techniques that will be developed will not necessarily be specific to species, ecosystem, or spatial scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch6\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/bbisss-big-ideas-archive\u0022\u003ERead more BBISS Big Ideas Stories.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h6\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor and BBISS Fellow, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~bdilkina\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBistra Dilkina\u003C\/a\u003E, is the Georgia Tech lead investigator for a $10 million, 5 year National Science Foundation \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=137328\u0026amp;WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\u0026amp;WT.mc_ev=click\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u201cExpeditions in Computing\u201d grant\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; The funds will establish the Computational Sustainability Network, or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.compsust.net\/\u0022\u003ECompSusNet\u003C\/a\u003E, with Cornell University as lead institution.\u0026nbsp; CompSusNet will be comprised of 12 academic institutions, as well as domestic and international, private and non-profit organizations.\u0026nbsp; Dilkina will also sit on the executive council for the Expedition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The \u201cExpeditions in Computing\u201d grant is a $10 million, 5 year National Science Foundation program which will establish the Computational Sustainability Network with Cornell University as lead institution. 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The impact of #BlackLivesMatter was felt again last fall, when higher education institutions received public demands from students about addressing culture and climate on college campuses and renewing dialogue on the ways society is falling short in its pledge of \u201cliberty and justice for all.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring Georgia Tech\u2019s third annual Black History Month Lecture on February 11, presented by Institute Diversity and the African-American Student Union (AASU), Benjamin Crump, partner of Parks \u0026amp; Crump Law Firm, delivered a keynote speech on \u201cThe Criminal Justice System, #BlackLivesMatter, and College Student Activism Today.\u201d Crump is known for his cases with civil rights implications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDiversity is a community value \u2014 a value that Georgia Tech has prioritized in its Strategic Plan. 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The major media outlets could not ignore the case because #BlackLivesMatter was omnipresent on social media.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We need laws that tell people your life matters,\u0022 concluded Crump. \u201cBy standing up for the Trayvon Martins and Michael Browns of the world, it makes America a great beacon of hope for the rest of the world to marvel. We all have a role to play. 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This lecture is cosponsored by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Rutt Bridges.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: How did you get interested in driverless cars?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003C\/strong\u003E I\u2019d just sold my startup and I decided to take a deep dive into disruptive technologies because it was a fascinating subject, all about change and the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI got very interested in drones, but also genomics, material sciences, nanoparticles, a wide variety of different technologies. Even disruptive business plans and how it\u2019s changing companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut I got into driverless cars. The more I looked at them, the more I realized we\u2019re not that far out from seeing it on our streets and highways.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019m from a venture capital background, so I built a business plan around this idea. What will this cost? The answer is, the cost of a driverless car would be between 30 and 40 cents a mile for the vehicle. That\u2019s half the cost of owning a car, including mileage, depreciation, taxes, all the other things. Not including the cost of parking, a driverless car could be, on a per passenger basis, half that cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI started thinking about what that means to people. Instead of owning the car you could just rent your seat in the car. In a two-person car, like with ride sharing, it\u2019s 15 cents a mile. That\u2019s far cheaper than bus fare. You\u2019re looking at a technology that\u2019s going to change a lot of things.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: So what could some of those changes be?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003C\/strong\u003E If you\u2019re real estate developer or city planner, instead of having to build parking spaces \u2013 even when the building is residential -- then building costs less. An apartment would cost less anywhere, in cities or suburbs. The cost of living would be lower.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe impact on the disabled community would be huge. Even a blind person could get in a car and go somewhere if there were driverless vehicles. There\u2019s always public transportation, but the biggest issue there for anyone who is handicapped are the first and last miles of the ride.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA lot of public transportation takes you from where you\u2019re not to not quite where you want to be. If you don\u2019t have a door-to-door solution and public transportation is your only option, commutes can often take an hour more than if you drove your own car.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut it\u2019s also tough for a single mom or a low income worker. Look how much time it takes to public transportation; the amount of time it takes to change busses. It also costs more to live near (a subway). Single moms might decide to take a lesser job that\u2019s within walking distance of their home. All that is time away from the kids, helping them do homework or having fun with your family.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor seniors, the moment your kids come to you and say, \u0022Hey dad, hey mom, you can\u2019t drive anymore, and it\u2019s not safe, and we have to come up with another solution.\u0022 When you give up your keys you give up your freedom. Driverless cars could let you maintain your independence, stay in your home and take care of your day to day needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt has a bigger societal effect \u2013 driverless cars could improve quality of life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: You say that the Driverless Revolution is possibly only a few years away. What\u2019s one of the harbingers of autonomous vehicles?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003C\/strong\u003E I was recently at a fundraiser \u2026 in Washington, D.C. and ran into an old friend. She told me that her son did not want a new car for his 16\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E birthday \u2013 that he asked for an Uber account instead.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen I turned 16, I was right there when that door opened at the driver\u2019s test. I was waiting. And today, there is a stunning statistic on the Department of Transportation website. If you look at 16 to 19 year olds, half of those people do not have drivers\u2019 licenses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPartially it\u2019s a social change. Driving isn\u2019t as big a deal, they\u2019re just less interested in it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen I was growing up cars were the cool thing. Back in the day we were interested in engines and overhead and exhaust, all that. Millennials are not driving as much.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: You\u2019re a Georgia Tech grad with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a Master of Science in Geophysics. How did that get you into driverless cars?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003C\/strong\u003E My last startup was (based in) geophysics, big data and analytics, but before that I ran a public policy think tank and did a whole lot of other things. One of the joys in life is being able to shift gears.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen I exited that last startup I decided to take a different direction. I had the science background to think about it in terms of the raw technology. I took Lydar courses at Georgia Tech but I also did software development there for gravity surveys. That software is key to driverless cars. It\u2019s as much a software problem as it is a parts and pieces and science problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s one of the reasons that Apple, Google and Tesla, the \u201cSilicon bunch,\u201d are the leaders in this next generation of car technologies. Major automakers are looking at this and saying, \u201cWe\u2019re gonna keep super cruise control and make it park itself,\u201d and Google said, \u201cWhat is a car? What will a car be 100 years from now?\u201d They started with a clean sheet of paper.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoogle\u2019s model is providing mobility. Most people are more interested in how they get from point A to point B than what they\u2019re in when they get there. If they can travel efficiently, inexpensively, and sit in the back and do whatever they want to do -- tomorrow\u2019s PowerPoint presentation or catch up on your email or watch cat videos. I actually found an awful lot of people care more about that than the potential cost of driverless cars, having a free hour a day that you otherwise not have because you were in traffic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech alum shares his thoughts on how a near future with autonomous vehicles will change society.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Georgia Tech alum shares his thoughts on how a near future with autonomous vehicles will change society."}],"uid":"27803","created_gmt":"2016-02-16 18:13:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:46","author":"Ann Hoevel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"501321":{"id":"501321","type":"image","title":"The Driverless Car Revolution talk","body":null,"created":"1455904800","gmt_created":"2016-02-19 18:00:00","changed":"1475895261","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:21","alt":"The Driverless Car Revolution talk","file":{"fid":"204720","name":"driverless.car_.revolution.poster.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/driverless.car_.revolution.poster_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/driverless.car_.revolution.poster_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":649822,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/driverless.car_.revolution.poster_0.jpg?itok=0g_hTP_g"}}},"media_ids":["501321"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.id.gatech.edu\/capstone\/","title":"Imagining the right kind of car"}],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"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\u003EFor more information please contact: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnn Hoevel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDirector of Communication for the College of Architecture\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ann.hoevel@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eann.hoevel@coa.gatech.edu \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Eor\u003Cstrong\u003E Maureen Rouhi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDirector of Communication for the College of Sciences\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"501481":{"#nid":"501481","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Four Georgia science teams share one mission: Getting us to Mars","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers and groups across the state are working on bringing us closer to traveling to Mars. \u0026nbsp;A recent article in Atlanta magazine shares those stories:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantamagazine.com\/great-reads\/four-georgia-science-teams-share-one-mission-getting-us-to-mars\/\u0022\u003EFour Georgia science teams share one mission: Getting us to Mars\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn excerpt from the article:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing all of this \u201cspectral evidence,\u201d which Wray likens to a \u201cfingerprint, signature, or a criminal\u2019s calling card,\u201d the researchers discovered something sure to usher in a momentous new Space Age: flowing water on Mars. The perchlorate was keeping it from freezing, acting like salt on an icy sidewalk. Mars apparently was weeping salty tears, some a meter wide. You might be able to make mud pies in them, but you wouldn\u2019t want to drink from those brooks, at least not in their current saline form. Moreover, perchlorate has another useful and fateful-sounding feature: It can function as rocket propellant. Says Wray, \u201cI honestly don\u2019t know if this is good news or bad news for the idea of supporting life, but it was certainly news.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;The full article can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atlantamagazine.com\/great-reads\/four-georgia-science-teams-share-one-mission-getting-us-to-mars\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Four Georgia science teams share one mission: Getting us to Mars"}],"uid":"28808","created_gmt":"2016-02-17 10:28:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:46","author":"Brandon Sforzo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"501471":{"id":"501471","type":"image","title":"Mars","body":null,"created":"1455904800","gmt_created":"2016-02-19 18:00:00","changed":"1475895261","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:21","alt":"Mars","file":{"fid":"204723","name":"mars_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mars_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mars_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":38267,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mars_0.jpg?itok=99neKQRI"}},"175481":{"id":"175481","type":"image","title":"James Wray","body":null,"created":"1449179022","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:42","changed":"1475894816","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:56","alt":"James Wray","file":{"fid":"195846","name":"james.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/james_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/james_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":208720,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/james_0.jpg?itok=0zoK3QQg"}}},"media_ids":["501471","175481"],"groups":[{"id":"282661","name":"Center for Space Technology and Research (CSTAR)"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7057","name":"Mars"},{"id":"167146","name":"space"},{"id":"788","name":"Water"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"502081":{"#nid":"502081","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT Grad Student Selected for GM\u2019s Student Sustainability Advisory Council","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeshia Robinson has been selected by General Motors to serve on their \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.intaadvising.gatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/General-Motors-Student-Sustainability-Advisory-Council-2015.pdf\u0022\u003EStudent Sustainability Advisory Council\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Teshia is a Mechanical Engineering Master\u2019s student in her first year of graduate studies here at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; She is originally from Osceola, Iowa, and received her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Sales Engineering from Iowa State University. \u0026nbsp;She also has a strong interest in the social sciences and economics.\u0026nbsp; Teshia jumped at the opportunity to combine her diverse passions in an industry that is trying to implement a more holistic approach in their product development, especially since she has been fascinated with vehicles and transportation from a very young age.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, Teshia\u2019s research at Georgia Tech is focused on teaching sustainable design.\u0026nbsp; One instructional technique she is exploring is to use an automotive case study to teach sustainable design, making the GM SSAC a fortuitous opportunity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGM started the Student Sustainability Advisory Council (SSAC) to foster engagement with university graduate students on sustainability issues.\u0026nbsp; In 2016, its inaugural year, the SSAC will have five council members from different universities around the country.\u0026nbsp; Five additional members will be added next year.\u0026nbsp; Students will serve on the council for two years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents will complete multiple individual and group projects, participate in conference calls and subject matter seminars, and gain mentorship opportunities. \u0026nbsp;They will have access to research and GM employees related to the company\u2019s sustainability efforts. \u0026nbsp;GM hopes to gain input from students on its sustainability strategy in order to foster a holistic understanding of its business strategy, identify emerging trends, and to identify actionable ideas using the holistic \u201clens\u201d of sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeshia Robinson has been selected by General Motors to serve on their \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.intaadvising.gatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/General-Motors-Student-Sustainability-Advisory-Council-2015.pdf\u0022\u003EStudent Sustainability Advisory Council\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; 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The two-foot long \u201csmart arm\u201d can be attached to a musician\u2019s shoulder. It responds to human gestures and the music it hears. When the drummer moves to play the high hat cymbal, for example, the robotic arm maneuvers to play the ride cymbal. When the drummer switches to the snare, the mechanical arm shifts to the tom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Professor Gil Weinberg oversees the project, which is funded by the National Science Foundation. He says the goal is to push the limits of what humans can do.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you augment humans with smart, wearable robotics, they could interact with their environment in a much more sophisticated manner,\u201d said Weinberg, director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Music Technology\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThe third arm provides a much richer and more creative experience, allowing the human to play many drums simultaneously with virtuosity and sophistication that are not otherwise possible.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe robotic arm is smart for a few reasons. First, it knows what to play by listening to the music in the room. It improvises based on the beat and rhythm. For instance, if the musician plays slowly, the arm slows the tempo. If the drummer speeds up, it plays faster.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother aspect of its intelligence is knowing where it\u2019s located at all times, where the drums are, and the direction and proximity of the human arms. When the robot approaches an instrument, it uses built-in accelerometers to sense the distance and proximity. On-board motors make sure the stick is always parallel to the playing surface, allowing it to rise, lower or twist to ensure solid contact with the drum or cymbal. The arm moves naturally with intuitive gestures because it was programmed using human motion capture technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg and a team of student researchers with backgrounds in music, engineering, computer science and physics built the arm after creating a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2014\/03\/05\/robotic-prosthesis-turns-drummer-three-armed-cyborg\u0022\u003Erobotic prosthesis for an Atlanta drummer\u003C\/a\u003E. That device had two sticks, one with a mind of its own. The prosthetic arm allowed the man to continue his musical passion after losing an arm in an accident, while also making him the fastest drummer in the world. Its success led Weinberg to create the \u201cthird arm\u201d robot, something that anyone can wear and become a cyborg drummer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you have a robotic device that is part of your body, it\u2019s a completely different feeling from working alongside a regular robot,\u201d said Weinberg. \u201cThe machine learns how your body moves and can augment and complement your activity. It becomes a part of you.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe next step is linking the arm\u2019s movements to brain activity. The team is already experimenting with an electroencephalogram (EEG) headband that detects a drummer\u2019s brain patterns. They\u2019re hoping to identify patterns that would allow the arm to react when the musician simply thinks about changing tempo or instruments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWeinberg sees other applications for the technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cImagine if doctors could use a third arm to bring them tools, supplies or even participate in surgeries. Technicians could use an extra hand to help with repairs and experiments,\u201d he said. \u201cMusic is based on very timely, precise movements. It\u2019s the perfect medium to try this concept of human augmentation and a third arm.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor another video showing the technology, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/guthmancompetition\/?fref=ts\u0022\u003EGuthman Musical Instrument Competition Facebook page\u003C\/a\u003E. The competition for future musical instruments is held annually at Georgia Tech and is scheduled for March 3.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through grant numbers IIS-\u003C\/em\u003E1345006\u003Cem\u003E. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NSF.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology researchers have built a wearable robotic limb that allows drummers to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/fKryPingtww\u0022\u003Eplay with three arms\u003C\/a\u003E. The two-foot long \u201csmart arm\u201d can be attached to a musician\u2019s shoulder. It responds to human gestures and the music it hears. When the drummer moves to play the high hat cymbal, for example, the robotic arm maneuvers to play the ride cymbal. 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He was a post-doctoral fellow in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University from 1998 to 1999.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe is a recipient several NIH R01 awards, NSF CAREER award, and also the lead inventor on the \u201cOutstanding Invention of 2007 in \u003Cem\u003EPhysical Science Category\u003C\/em\u003E\u201d at UMCP. He is a recipient of the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award. In 2011, he was an invited speaker at the National Academy of Sciences \u201cDistinctive Voices\u201d seminar series on the topic of \u201c\u003Cem\u003ERobot-Assisted Neurosurgery\u003C\/em\u003E\u201d at the Beckman Center. He was also invited to attend the National Academy of Engineering\u2019s 2011 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. 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This is what current approaches focus on, the so-called protein coding-regions. But if the architect\u2019s plans call for more windows than the beams can support, or the contractor doesn\u2019t deliver enough concrete, then the consequences can be just as bad.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EWe now know that a lot more of the genetic component related to differences in the way we look and behave (or what makes us susceptible to different diseases) is in the planning than the structural components. This insight is based on studies of common polymorphisms, namely the millions of genetic differences that we all share. The new study argues that it will also be true of rare genetic variants, including new mutations that are specific to a single person.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EGraduate student Jing Zhao sequenced the regulatory regions of almost 500 genes from 500 participants in the Georgia Tech-Emory Predictive Health Institute study, and added up the number of rare mutations in people whose expression of those genes was toward the extreme.\u0026nbsp; The result is what she calls a \u201csmile plot,\u201d because the curve has a high number at either end and low number in the middle. It means that the plans can be off in either direction, making too little or too much transcript for each gene. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cIt is as if all the houses with crooked window frames are that way not because of the wood quality, but because each builder made different mistakes when putting the frames in,\u201d Gibson says.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EFurthermore, Gibson says, there seem to be specific subsets of genes where these events are more or less likely to happen. This is important, because it implies that we may be able to develop algorithms that identify the most likely places for regulation to go wrong, based on the evolutionary conservation of different parts of genes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EProjects such as President Obama\u2019s precision medicine initiative aim to use genomics to help researchers decipher individual causes of disease.\u0026nbsp; In the next few years, Gibson expects that much larger datasets of tens and eventually hundreds of thousands of people, in many different tissues, will appear. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cThe challenges,\u201d Gibson says, \u201care as much in the bioinformatics than the technology. \u201c\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIn addition to Gibson and Zhao, also contributing to the published study were research scientist Dalia Arafat-Gulick (lab manager for the Gibson lab), T.J. 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But how can robots learn ethical behavior if there is no \u201cuser manual\u201d for being human?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.cc.gatech.edu\/inc\/mark-riedl\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark Riedl \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Eand \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.brenteharrison.com\/\u0022\u003EBrent Harrison\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E from the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology believe the answer lies in \u201cQuixote\u201d \u2013 to be unveiled at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aaai.org\/Conferences\/AAAI\/aaai16.php\u0022\u003EAAAI-16 Conference\u003C\/a\u003E in Phoenix, Ariz. (Feb. 12 \u2013 17). Quixote teaches \u201cvalue alignment\u201d to robots by training them to read stories, learn acceptable sequences of events and understand successful ways to behave in human societies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe collected stories of different cultures teach children how to behave in socially acceptable ways with examples of proper and improper behavior in fables, novels and other literature,\u201d says Riedl, associate professor and director of the Entertainment Intelligence Lab. \u201cWe believe story comprehension in robots can eliminate psychotic-appearing behavior and reinforce choices that won\u2019t harm humans and still achieve the intended purpose.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EQuixote is a technique for aligning an AI\u2019s goals with human values by placing rewards on socially appropriate behavior. It builds upon Riedl\u2019s prior research \u2013 the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2015\/09\/01\/georgia-tech-uses-artificial-intelligence-crowdsource-interactive-fiction\u0022\u003EScheherazade system\u003C\/a\u003E \u2013 which demonstrated how artificial intelligence can gather a correct sequence of actions by crowdsourcing story plots from the Internet.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EScheherazade learns what is a normal or \u201ccorrect\u201d plot graph. It then passes that data structure along to Quixote, which converts it into a \u201creward signal\u201d that reinforces certain behaviors and punishes other behaviors during trial-and-error learning. In essence, Quixote learns that it will be rewarded whenever it acts like the protagonist in a story instead of randomly or like the antagonist.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, if a robot is tasked with picking up a prescription for a human as quickly as possible, the robot could a) rob the pharmacy, take the medicine, and run; b) interact politely with the pharmacists, or c) wait in line. Without value alignment and positive reinforcement, the robot would learn that robbing is the fastest and cheapest way to accomplish its task. With value alignment from Quixote, the robot would be rewarded for waiting patiently in line and paying for the prescription.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERiedl and Harrison demonstrate in their research how a value-aligned reward signal can be produced to uncover all possible steps in a given scenario, map them into a plot trajectory tree, which is then used by the robotic agent to make \u201cplot choices\u201d (akin to what humans might remember as a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure novel) and receive rewards or punishments based on its choice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Quixote technique is best for robots that have a limited purpose but need to interact with humans to achieve it, and it is a primitive first step toward general moral reasoning in AI, Riedl says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe believe that AI has to be enculturated to adopt the values of a particular society, and in doing so, it will strive to avoid unacceptable behavior,\u201d he adds. \u201cGiving robots the ability to read and understand our stories may be the most expedient means in the absence of a human user manual.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/%7Eriedl\/pubs\/aaai-ethics16.pdf\u0022\u003EDownload\u003C\/a\u003E the complete research paper.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis project undertaken was or is sponsored by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under grant #D11AP00270 and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under grant #N00014-14-1-0003. 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Why not use the forecast as inspiration for this year\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day gift? Instead of buying loved ones flowers or chocolates, make them a disaster preparedness food kit, advises \u003Cstrong\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(ISyE William W. George Chair and ADVANCE Professor)\u0026nbsp; and \u003Cstrong\u003EJulie Swann \u003C\/strong\u003E(ISyE Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor), co-directors of Georgia Tech\u0027s Health \u0026amp; Humanitarian Logistics Center.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDid you know that many grocery stores only have enough food in their inventory for a few days? We know what those stores will look like after we rush in a panic to get enough milk, bread, eggs and canned soup to last until the storm passes and the roads are clear. But our stores may not be able to get a resupply quickly if the roads are closed to their distribution center. What do we do then?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt is easy to fix the problem of enough food. Every household should have enough staples to last at least two weeks. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/category\/preparedness\/calculators\/\u0022\u003Eamount and type of food to keep depends on\u003C\/a\u003E your family size, eating habits, and preferences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere are some staples to consider:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECans of beans\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECans of fruit and vegetables\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECans of tuna\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJars of peanut butter\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESoup\/chili\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBags of rice\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBottles of water\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDried milk\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECooking oil\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESalt and sugar\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECoffee (for the caffeine addict in the family)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESplurge item to break up the monotony\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you don\u2019t have the time or energy to pick out your own items, you can get prepackaged kits from Amazon or other sources, some with a shelf life of 10 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe best combo may be one-two weeks of the staples mentioned, plus enough food to feed a family of five for a month. Add a few other items \u2013 flashlight, hand crank radio, and cash (including coins) \u2013 and you\u2019ll have a good start.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESeptember\u2019s National Preparedness Month already passed us by, but I think I\u2019ll send my loved ones a disaster preparedness bucket for Valentine\u2019s Day. 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This fellowship is the highest honor for graduate students in the IEEE MTT-S, and Chi is the first Georgia Tech student to receive this fellowship in medical applications since the program was established in 2008.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Ph.D. student, Chi received this award for his proposed Ph.D. research entitled \u201cA CMOS Multi-Functional Cellular Thermal Actuation\/Sensing Array for Reconfigurable Localized Cell Heating, Ablation, and Manipulation.\u201d He is a member of the Georgia Tech Electronics and Micro-System Lab and is advised by Hua Wang, the Demetrius T. Paris Junior Professor in ECE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecently, there has been increasing research interest in applying microwave engineering techniques in the fields of biology and medical engineering. For instance, researchers have demonstrated microwave biomedical imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging and mm-wave\/THz non-invasive imaging, as well as microwave dielectric spectroscopy applications. However, very few designs focus on bio-actuation systems, especially for cell-based assays and applications. Cells are the basic biological units of all known living organisms, and proper cell actuation and manipulation are the key prerequisites to further advance cellular studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChi\u2019s proposed research leverages microwave techniques to achieve cell actuation and manipulation. In particular, the proposed cellular actuation array can generate localized thermal stress and electromagnetic field to alter the functionalities of the local cells. The array will serve as a multi-modality cell actuation\/manipulation platform and facilitate a plethora of high-impact biomedical areas, such as cancer studies, neural network characterization, and large-scale cell-based assays for low-cost drug screening. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship also recognizes Chi\u2019s past research and educational achievements,\u0026nbsp;including the Guo Moruo Scholarship (highest undergraduate honor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Science and Technology of China), the 2012 Georgia Tech Georgia Electronic Design Center Fellowship, the 2014\u0026nbsp;IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) Best Student Paper Award Finalist, the 2014 Texas Instruments IEEE CICC Student Scholarship Award, and 2015 International Solid-State Circuits Conference Analog Devices Inc. Outstanding Student Designer Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChi will be presented with the IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship at the 2016 IEEE International Microwave Symposium, to be held May 22-27 in San Francisco, California.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Ph.D. student Taiyun Chi has been named a recipient of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Graduate Fellowship for Medical Applications. 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Teaching is an elemental skill that all professionals require, no matter the field.\u0026nbsp; Students in our BME Ph.D. program receive both instructional and hands-on teaching training during this second year, whereby they are exposed to pedagogical strategies and practical classroom applications. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eb. As researchers at the intersection of engineering, bioscience, and medicine, our graduate students will be confronted with unprecedented ethical issues and must learn to negotiate the many challenges that various research methodologies, technologies and therapeutics will present.\u0026nbsp; They must also learn to function as highly ethical research professionals in their chosen paths, utilizing the principles laid out in fundamental ethical training.\u0026nbsp; This series of courses also includes eight-hours of face-to-face Responsibility of Conduct in Research training.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ec. Finally, Teaching \u0026amp; Research Practicum II includes highly focused and relevant professional development training for our students.\u0026nbsp; This course focuses on three professional development topics we feel are crucial for our students, no matter their career focus: project management, professional collaborations \u0026amp; relationships, and communications skills.\u0026nbsp; The students will apply these three topics toward their own research, immediately reflecting the relevance and applicability of such training.\u0026nbsp; With participation by various experts on both the Georgia Tech and Emory University campuses, including from the Scheller College of Business, the Center of Career Discover \u0026amp; Development, the Center for Enhanced Teaching \u0026amp; Learning, the Communication Center, and the Laney Graduate School, students will be exposed to biomedical research-specific tools and strategies within each topic.\u0026nbsp; Students will also have the opportunity to utilize such tools and strategies in workshops toward their own thesis work, creating a thesis milestone list and timeline, as well as designing and executing a three-minute presentation (or elevator pitch) of their research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBME Professional Development Seminar Series\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis seminar series focuses on offering our students the opportunity to hear from current leaders in the biomedical engineering field.\u0026nbsp; 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However, to gain as much relevant feedback as possible, each seminar will also have in attendance one faculty member for input on the science and one specialist from the Georgia Tech Communication Center for input on the presentation style.\u0026nbsp; This series will exist in two formats: a monthly seminar, where up to four students present; and an annual BME Graduate Student Research Day to be held during the first week of Fall classes.\u0026nbsp; Besides offering additional opportunities for students in this series, the Research Day also serves as a social event where newly matriculating graduate students can attend and discover the various kinds of research occurring within the program, as well as meet current graduate students and faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese three additions to the BME Graduate curriculum will serve as a foundation for the development of future professionals in the biomedical engineering field.\u0026nbsp; We believe these efforts, in combination with mentorship from some of the best researchers in the World, will culminate in the evolution of innovative and critical thinkers, able to engage the community, and help shape it\u2019s future.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"\u201cTraining the next generation of biomedical engineering leaders.\u0022"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ph.D. Program Adds Professional Development Fundamentals To Its Curriculum"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2016-02-15 15:57:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:42","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"500701":{"id":"500701","type":"image","title":"Shannon Barker, director of graduate training with Michael Nelson, a BME Ph.D. student.","body":null,"created":"1455904800","gmt_created":"2016-02-19 18:00:00","changed":"1475895261","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:21","alt":"Shannon Barker, director of graduate training with Michael Nelson, a BME Ph.D. student.","file":{"fid":"204706","name":"img_7617-edited.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_7617-edited.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_7617-edited.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1427223,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_7617-edited.jpg?itok=oDy_di0q"}}},"media_ids":["500701"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. 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The discovery, accepted for publication in the journal \u003Cem\u003EPhysical Review Letters\u003C\/em\u003E, was made by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (which includes the GEO Collaboration and the Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy) and the Virgo Collaboration using data from the two LIGO detectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/gravitational-waves-observed\u0022\u003E12 Georgia Institute of Technology faculty members, postdoctoral researchers and students\u003C\/a\u003E in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. The team is led by Associate Professor Laura Cadonati, who also chairs the LIGO Data Analysis Council. In this role, she coordinates and guides the activities of hundreds of scientists around the world who work together to analyze the data coming out of the LIGO detectors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a groundbreaking discovery that will open a new field of gravitational wave astronomy where gravitational waves will be a new probe to explore the mysteries of the universe,\u201d said Cadonati, who has been a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for 14 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBased on the observed signals, LIGO scientists estimate that the black holes for this event were about 29 and 36 times the mass of the sun, and the event took place 1.3 billion years ago. About three times the mass of the sun was converted into gravitational waves in a fraction of a second \u0026shy;\u2013 with a peak power output about 50 times that of the whole visible universe. By looking at the time of arrival of the signals \u0026shy;\u2013 the detector in Livingston recorded the event seven milliseconds before the detector in Hanford \u0026shy;\u2013 scientists can say that the source was located in the Southern Hemisphere.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech researchers conducted various analyses over the span of six months toward the confirmation of the first gravitational wave detection. They examined the large amount of data collected by the two detectors and performed investigations to ensure that the observed signal wasn\u2019t due to false noise from the instrument or environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOnce the signal was extracted from the LIGO data, the Georgia Tech team was able to compare it with hundreds of its simulations of binary black hole mergers. This helped confirm that the signal indeed originated from two black holes, nearly equal in mass, that were spinning on their respective axes as they orbited and collided, forming a single, spinning black hole. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese binary black hole simulations were produced by the Georgia Tech numerical relativity team, under the leadership of Deirdre Shoemaker, associate professor and director of Georgia Tech\u2019s\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cra.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E Center for Relativistic Astrophysics\u003C\/a\u003E. They solved Einstein\u2019s field equations to model sources of gravitational waves using high-performance computing facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen we saw the initial signal, we knew something that strong could only be from colliding black holes,\u201d said Shoemaker. \u201cMy group and I immediately went to our bank of theoretical predictions and searched for one that looked similar. After many years of computer modeling, we were finally able to compare our expectations with something that nature actually produced.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to general relativity, a pair of black holes orbiting around each other lose energy through the emission of gravitational waves, causing them to gradually approach each other over billions of years, and then much more quickly in the final minutes. During the final fraction of a second, the two black holes collide into each other at nearly one-half the speed of light and form a single more massive black hole, converting a portion of the combined black holes\u2019 mass to energy, according to Einstein\u2019s formula E=mc\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E. This energy is emitted as a final strong burst of gravitational waves. It is these gravitational waves that LIGO has observed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the coming months, as LIGO continues its observing schedule, data will be streamed directly to the PACE computing cluster at Georgia Tech. The team will continue to exploit this new window of the universe with the construction of additional computing facilities and deployment of the LIGO analyses on the Open Science Grid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe discovery was made possible by the enhanced capabilities of Advanced LIGO, a major upgrade that increases the sensitivity of the instruments compared to the first generation LIGO detectors, enabling a large increase in the volume of the universe probed\u2014and the discovery of gravitational waves during its first observation run. The US National Science Foundation leads in financial support for Advanced LIGO. Funding organizations in Germany (Max Planck Society), the U.K. (Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC) and Australia (Australian Research Council) also have made significant commitments to the project. Several of the key technologies that made Advanced LIGO so much more sensitive have been developed and tested by the German UK GEO collaboration. Significant computer resources have been contributed by the AEI Hannover Atlas Cluster, the LIGO Laboratory, Syracuse University, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. \u0026nbsp;Several universities designed, built, and tested key components for Advanced LIGO: The Australian National University, the University of Adelaide, the University of Florida, Stanford University, Columbia University in the City of New York, and Louisiana State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELIGO research is carried out by the LSC, a group of more than 1000 scientists from universities around the United States and in 14\u0026nbsp;other countries.\u0026nbsp;More than 90 universities and research institutes in the LSC develop detector technology and analyze data; approximately 250 students are strong contributing members of the collaboration. The LSC detector network includes the LIGO interferometers and the GEO600 detector. The GEO team includes scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI), Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover, along with partners at the University of Glasgow, Cardiff University, the University of Birmingham, other universities in the United Kingdom, and the University of the Balearic Islands in Spain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELIGO was originally proposed as a means of detecting these gravitational waves in the 1980s by Rainer Weiss, professor of physics, emeritus, from MIT; Kip Thorne, Caltech\u2019s Richard P. 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This award recognizes a peer-reviewed technical article from the prior calendar year that provides the finest overview of the state-of-the-art in a given area of the IEEE MTT Society\u2019s field of interest. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award-winning paper, entitled \u201cThe Wireless Workhorse: Mixed-Signal Power Amplifiers Leverage Digital and Analog Techniques to Enhance Large-Signal RF Operations,\u201d is based on Wang\u2019s collaboration with Toshiba Corporation and was published in the September 2015 issue of \u003Cem\u003EMicrowave Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang is the Demetrius T. Paris Junior Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). His coauthors on the paper are Shouhei Kousai and Kohei Onizuka, collaborators from Toshiba, and Song Hu, an ECE Ph.D. student in the Georgia Tech Electronics and Micro-System Lab, which Wang directs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis paper reviews recently reported new architectures for\u0026nbsp;silicon-based\u0026nbsp;power amplifiers\u0026nbsp;(PAs)\u0026nbsp;that exploit mixed-signal (both analog and digital) techniques to substantially improve PA performance, such as PA back-off power\u0026nbsp;efficiency, in-band\/out-of-band linearity, and robustness against antenna load variations. 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What should be and what is are often different, and this delta is usually the most fertile area of the attack surface.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis additional funding should be applied in two ways, first addressing the present and second looking to the future:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1)\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Compel federal government agencies to prove they are doing the basics:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003Einventory authorized and unauthorized devices (know what you\u2019ve got)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Einventory authorized and unauthorized software (know what it\u2019s running)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Ereduce and control use of admin privileges\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eread your logs (yes, really read them!)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eestablish secure configs for all apps and devices, roll this out, don\u2019t deviate, and patch it aggressively.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENone of this is new, but actually doing it consistently would be novel for much of the U.S. government.\u0026nbsp; The new CISO and cognizant officials can\u2019t keep admiring the problem, but actually must measure progress and hold poor performance accountable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E2)\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Fund research and development for cybersecurity across disciplinary lines \u2013 computer science, engineering, policy, etc:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAttribution of cyberthreats\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EConsumer-facing privacy\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECyber-physical systems\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EReward those working on hard problems and seek revolutionary gains.\u0026nbsp; Don\u2019t be afraid to fail.\u0026nbsp; Create the next!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMichael Farrell is chief scientist for the Cyber Technology \u0026amp; Information Security Lab (CTISL) and associate director of attribution for the Institute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy (IISP) at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident Barack Obama\u2019s budget proposal for fiscal 2017 includes a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-obama-budget-cyber-idUSKCN0VI0R1\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E35 percent increase for cybersecurity\u003C\/a\u003E, creating a new \u0022Cybersecurity National Action Plan.\u0022 Georgia Tech\u0027s Michael Farrell, associate director of attribution for the Institute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy, explains what that should mean and provide.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Associate Director Michael Farrell provides a public statement on behalf of the Institute for Information Security \u0026 Privacy."}],"uid":"27490","created_gmt":"2016-02-10 11:40:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:38","author":"Tara La Bouff","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"492491":{"id":"492491","type":"image","title":"IISP - required security poster","body":null,"created":"1454090400","gmt_created":"2016-01-29 18:00:00","changed":"1475895248","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:08","alt":"IISP - required security poster","file":{"fid":"205850","name":"required_security.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/required_security.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/required_security.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":174490,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/required_security.jpg?itok=XkOTjjaW"}}},"media_ids":["492491"],"groups":[{"id":"430601","name":"Institute for Information Security and Privacy"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"6467","name":"Barack Obama"},{"id":"1404","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"90001","name":"federal budget"},{"id":"146931","name":"The White House"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"494421":{"#nid":"494421","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Conte Named Computing Research Association Board Member","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas M. 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His lab\u2019s research there focused on the social lives of bacteria \u2013 in particular how bacterial social strategies shape disease traits (virulence, transmission, emergence, resistance) and also present new opportunities for control. He is now based in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Biology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EEmelianov was appointed the Joseph M. Pettit Chair in Microelectronics and as a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in 2015, after coming to Georgia Tech from the University of Texas, where he was director of the Ultrasound Imaging and Therapeutics Research Laboratory. His research interests are in the development of advanced imaging methods to diagnose cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other pathologies. Emelianov is based in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a joint appointment as professor in the Wallace H. 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He earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University in 2014 then served as a postdoctoral fellow in the Human Neuromechanics Lab at the University of Michigan. He\u2019ll join Georgia Tech as an assistant professor based in the School of Mechanical Engineering, where his research will focus on designing and improving powered orthotic and prosthetic control systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p3\u0022\u003ENow with almost 180 faculty members, the Petit Institute is an internationally recognized hub of multidisciplinary research on the Georgia Tech campus, bringing together engineers and scientists to solve some of the world\u2019s most complex health challenges. 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Glass provides ultra-smooth and dimensionally-stable substrates for high-throughput and large-area (1000 mm) panel processing \u003Cstrong\u003Ewith low cost\u003C\/strong\u003E. These advances are expected to enable the miniaturization, integration, performance and cost demands for emerging 5G front-end modules and their convergence with IoT and automotive communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech proposed\u003Cstrong\u003E 3D Integrated Passive and Active Component (3D IPAC) based glass RF modules\u003C\/strong\u003E and 3D IPDs in 2013, for unparalleled miniaturization, performance and cost. The 3D IPAC RF Module starts with an ultra-thin substrate (30-100 microns) made of glass, with ultra-low electrical loss and ultra-short through-package vias for double-side assembly of active and passive components separated by only about 50 \u00b5m in interconnect length. Actives and passives are embedded or assembled double-side on the glass using ultra-short, low-temperature and fine-pith copper interconnections. The module also integrates thermal and shielding functions with innovative structures and materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeveral technology breakthroughs\u003C\/strong\u003E were accomplished to demonstrate such RF IPDs and modules. High-density through-vias in bare glass were formed from unique via-machining techniques by Georgia Tech\u2019s partners such as Corning and Asahi Glass. Innovative tools and processes were developed for large glass panel handling with thinfilm low-loss build-up dielectrics, in partnership with Georgia Tech\u2019s consortium members such as Atotech, NGK-NTK, Shinko and Unimicron. Advanced 3D TPV-based inductor designs were developed for high Q and high-density inductors, while inorganic nanodielectrics and nanomagneto dielectrics were utilized for further miniaturization of capacitors, inductors and EMI shield structures. Precision panel-level lithography was achieved for accurate microwave impedance matching with less than 5% tolerance. Double-side assembly was also demonstrated with such ultra-thin glass substrates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s 3D IPD-based diplexers\u003C\/strong\u003E are 4X thinner compared to traditional approaches, with similar performance. With advanced thinfilm and high-density passive components, and design innovations, much superior performance is targeted in the next phase of the R\u0026amp;D program from 2016-2018. Georgia Tech and its partners also demonstrated \u003Cstrong\u003Eultra-miniaturized LTE and WLAN modules\u003C\/strong\u003E with its 3D IPAC approach with double-side integration of LNA, switch and filters. Good model-to-hardware correlations were seen from the module characterization of LNA gain and entry-to-exit insertion loss, illustrating the performance benefits of 3D IPAC modules. In the next phase, Georgia Tech is extending this concept further to complete PAMiD module integration with integrated thermal and shielding structures for LTE FDD\/TDD, 5G and mm wave applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about Georgia Tech\u2019s Integrated Passives and Actives, please contact Prof. Rao Tummala at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rao.tummala@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erao.tummala@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or Dr. P.M. 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Changes in these cell mechanical properties \u2013 from stiff to soft \u2013 can be triggered as a side effect of drugs commonly used to fight inflammation or boost blood pressure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther researchers have found that blood flow affects the cells that line arteries and that particles within cells tend to congregate near cell walls. Better understanding the role of physics in fine-tuning such biological processes could give researchers new approaches for both diagnosing and treating disease.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work, believed the first to show how biophysical effects can control where white blood cells are located within the blood circulation, was reported February 8 in the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E. The research was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the American Heart Association.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are showing that white blood cells, also known as leukocytes, respond physically to these drugs and that there is a biological consequence to that response,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Wilbur-A.-Lam\u0022\u003EWilbur Lam\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant 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. \u201cThis may suggest new ways to treat disease, and new places to look for diagnostic information. There may be physics-based disease biomarkers that we can use in addition to the common biological and biochemical markers we have been using.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELam\u2019s research group began studying the issue to better understand a common side effect of glucocorticoid drugs such as hydrocortisone used to treat inflammatory disorders such as asthma and allergic reactions. These hormonal drugs prompt an increase in white blood cell counts, a change that had been attributed to biological processes, including a reduced \u201cstickiness\u201d between the cells and blood vessel walls. The increase in white cell count is also seen with drugs that support blood pressure, such as epinephrine, also known as adrenaline.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe biological explanation for this seemed to fall short, so we thought maybe some of what was happening could be attributed to other factors \u2013 such as physical and mechanical issues,\u201d said Lam, who is also a physician in the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta and the Department of Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo examine the theory, graduate student Meredith Fay and postdoctoral researcher David Myers fabricated model blood vessel systems that include artificial blood vessels with diameters as narrow as the smallest capillaries in the body. To isolate effects attributable only to physics, the systems \u2013 which were fabricated in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ien.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Electronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/a\u003E \u2013 did not include the endothelial cells that normally line blood vessels in the body.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing blood samples taken from a healthy human volunteer, they studied the behavior of white blood cells in the presence \u2013 and absence \u2013 of the drugs dexamethasone \u2013 a glucocorticoid drug \u2013 and epinephrine. Working with Georgia Tech Professor of Mechanical Engineering Todd Sulchek, they also used atomic force microscopy to characterize the stiffness of individual white blood cells before and after they had been exposed to the drugs, and determined that the drugs cause the cells to become significantly softer than before exposure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen we fluorescently label the white blood cells and perfuse them into the artificial vessels, the white blood cells are always flowing along the edge, on the walls of these artificial blood vessels,\u201d said Lam. \u201cBut when they are exposed to the drugs, they go to the center of the channel and enter the main blood flow. Then, we discovered that the drugs cause the cells to remodel actin, which comprises the \u2018skeleton\u2019 of all mammalian cells.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe group\u2019s overall hypothesis is that the body uses the mechanical properties of these cells to help control their activity and where they are located within the circulation. The relative softness or stiffness of the cells, which collide constantly with billions of other cells in the bloodstream, including red and white blood cells, causes the cells to self-sort and determines where they end up physically within both the model blood vessels and in the human body.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe soft cells are always flowing in the middle of the bloodstream, while the stiff ones are sequestered on the edges,\u201d Lam said. \u201cWe believe this is how white blood cells traffic in the body and get to the site of an infection. This may be a way that the body very efficiently sorts and directs its white blood cells to get them where they\u2019re needed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a next step, Lam hopes to study how physical properties affect the movement of hematopoietic stem cells used in bone marrow transplants. Once injected intravenously into the body, the cells quickly move from the circulation to bone marrow sites where they belong, and he believes mechanical properties may also play a role in this homing process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhenever there is a change in some cellular activity or physiological activity, we tend to try to explain everything at the genetic level \u2013 which genes turn off and which genes turn on,\u201d he said. \u201cGene expression is a relatively complex process, and our hypothesis is that there are probably a lot of cellular processes that are much simpler and more efficient than the typical paradigm of DNA expression, then RNA translation, and then protein production. A little tweak of a white blood cell\u2019s actin will allow it to change from stiff to soft, and that small change, in and of itself, may have profound physiologic consequences and enable it to be transported from one part of the body to another.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the research also included Amit Kumar and Michael Graham from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Cory Turbyfield, Rebecca Byler and Kaci Crawford from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University and the George W. 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The request for a stay came from a coalition of 29 states, led by West Virginia and including most of the states in the South. The claim is that the regulation is overly far-reaching and burdensome.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe coalition\u2019s request for a \u201cstay\u201d did not dispute the Regulatory Impact Assessment of the Clean Power Plan, which showed that the benefits of the regulation far exceed the costs. There would be costs \u2013 a clean grid will require decommissioning the oldest, inefficient coal plants and removing their coal ash ponds as well as constructing cleaner power systems and deploying low-cost energy efficiency. But the benefits are much greater \u2013 including reduced childhood asthma and other respiratory diseases as well as reduced climate disruption from severe floods, storms, wildfires, and droughts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe good news is that the Court has agreed to begin hearing arguments on the case on June 2, 2016. Hopefully the legality of the Clean Power Plan will be determined shortly thereafter, so that the\u0026nbsp;nation can settle on a course of action for curtailing carbon dioxide emissions from its power generators.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn February 9th, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court halted implementing the Clean Power Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On February 9th, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court halted implementing the Clean Power Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants."}],"uid":"27498","created_gmt":"2016-02-10 14:21:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:35","author":"Rachel Miles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"162361":{"id":"162361","type":"image","title":"Marilyn Brown","body":null,"created":"1449178908","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:41:48","changed":"1507036920","gmt_changed":"2017-10-03 13:22:00","alt":"","file":{"fid":"195448","name":"brown1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/brown1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/brown1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":28159,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/brown1_0.jpg?itok=dKbAuBCO"}}},"media_ids":["162361"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"169200","name":"clean power plan"},{"id":"330","name":"Marilyn Brown"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"}],"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\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"491961":{"#nid":"491961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Reconfigurable Origami Tubes Could Find Antenna, Microfluidic Uses","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOrigami, the ancient art of paper folding, may soon provide a foundation for antennas that can reconfigure themselves to operate at different frequencies, microfluidic devices whose properties can change in operation \u2013 and even heating and air-conditioning ductwork that adjusts to demand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe applications could result from reconfigurable and reprogrammable origami tubes developed by researchers at three institutions, including the Georgia Institute of Technology. By changing the ways in which the paper is folded, the same tube can have six or more different cross sections. Though the models are now reconfigured by hand, magnetic or electrical actuators could make the changes when the tubes are used in real-world applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe tubes can be folded flat for shipping, and made in a range of sizes from the nanoscale up to architectural scale. By developing the mathematical theory behind the folding, the researchers can design tubes with the exact properties needed for electrical engineers, civil engineers or other users. The tubes employ the Miura-ori pattern, one of many unique patterns used in origami.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have developed a new type of origami tube that is reconfigurable to many different cross sections,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cee.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/6709\/overview\u0022\u003EGlaucio Paulino\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cee.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cWe have also developed a mathematical theory that goes along with it that allows us to design the tubes and predict how they can be reconfigured or reprogrammed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research was supported by the National Science Foundation and reported January 27th in the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the Royal Society A\u003C\/em\u003E. In addition to Paulino, the research team included Evgueni Filipov, a graduate student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Tokyo professor Tomohiro Tachi.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFabricating the tubes begins by scoring paper in a device that resembles a computer printer. A special type of cutter in the device follows the researchers\u2019 computer program to make cuts partially through the heavy paper by controlling the cutting speed and cutter force. The cuts facilitate folding and gluing the components to make the tubes, which can be folded flat and then expanded.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe innovation by the research team was to design folds have two options. One fold might create a section of paper that bulges out of the tube, like a mountain range \u2013 and alternatively can create a valley in the tube. These variations allow the different configurations to be selected, each producing a slightly different cross section.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe cross section of each one is different, the area of the tube is different and the properties of the tube are different,\u201d said Paulino. \u201cThe ability to create different cross sections is critical, especially for multi-physics applications such as deployable origami coupled with active or responsive materials.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong the potential applications are reconfigurable tubes that could carry electromagnetic energy and function as antennas. Different folds would allow them to operate at different frequencies, an application with potential military and commercial interest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYour phone has an antenna designed to work at a specific frequency,\u201d explained Paulino. \u201cIf you needed the phone to work at a different frequency, right now you would need a different device. With this reconfigurable capability, we could obtain different antenna configurations in the same device with the same origami tube antenna.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther applications could range from tiny microfluidic tubes able to switch liquids, to engineering and architectural-scale applications in ductwork, piping and even structures to provide shade for buildings during hot parts of the year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough they\u2019re made of paper, the origami tubes can be designed to be quite strong and to support heavy loads, while being easily foldable when not in use. In practical applications, the tubes would be made from flexible polymers or other materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrigami structures have been made for a long time, but what Paulino and his collaborators bring to the field is a mathematical understanding and theory that allows them to apply an engineering approach to the development of the new tube configurations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have a complete mathematical theory that allows us to see how many cross sections each tube would allow,\u201d he said. \u201cThe theory is very powerful. We now have the math, the theory and the prototypes to demonstrate the ideas. We can program these polygonal tubes to create almost any shape.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn future work, Paulino and his collaborators would like to establish an actuation mechanism to redeploy the tubes when needed. The system could be operated using magnetized structures, or by electronic means.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are working toward coupling these reconfigurable capabilities with a programmable function that would allow us to activate the folds remotely,\u201d he said. \u201cWe would be able to switch among the different configurations at will.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn September 2015, the same research team reported developing a new \u201czippered tube\u201d origami configuration that makes paper structures stiff enough to hold weight yet able to fold flat for easy shipping and storage. Their method could be applied to other thin materials, such as plastic or metal, to transform structures ranging from furniture and buildings to microscopic robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was partially supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant CMMI-1538830. 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The former Georgia Institute of Technology student, who earned his undergraduate degree from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2008, was named recently to the \u003Cem\u003EForbes\u003C\/em\u003E 2016 30 Under 30 list in the Manufacturing and Industry sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EChang, 29, is co-founder of Vertera Spine, a company that is working on unique spine solutions featuring its novel biomaterial, PEEK Scoria\u2122 \u2013 a porous surface technology made entirely out of polyetheretherketone (PEEK).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p3\u0022\u003EHe was one of 600 people selected across 20 sectors (from a pool of more than 15,000 candidates) to make the Forbes list, now in its fifth year. 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He now heads the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Duke University, and is a co-founder of Vertera Spine, where Chang invented a method for manufacturing the porous PEEK material, so that it could be commercialized.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe company plans a commercial launch of the COHERE\u2122 Cervical Interbody Fusion Device, its first PEEK Scoria product cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), later this year. Chang has high hopes for the product\u2019s success.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cPEEK is a well-known polymer, it\u2019s widely used, but it doesn\u2019t integrate really well with bone,\u201d Chang says. \u201cBut our porous device has been shown to elicit a positive response in a body. With PEEK Scoria, we\u2019re solving the integration problem.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThough he never worked in Gall\u2019s lab while attending Georgia Tech, Chang did take the professor\u2019s \u2018Principles and Applications of Engineering Materials\u2019 course, and it made an impression. \u201cThat was one of my favorite classes,\u201d he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAfter earning his Master of Engineering from Boston University, Chang returned to Atlanta and worked at MedShape, another startup company Gall co-founded.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cAllen\u2019s role has been instrumental. He completely led the scale up efforts,\u201d says Gall. \u201cIn addition to being a great engineer, he is a risk taker. 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I mean, that\u2019s why we do this, to help patients,\u201d says Chang, who was born in Taiwan and moved to Atlanta when he was 10.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EHe\u2019s already got a background in helping to improve the human condition, having worked 10 months with AmeriCorps, rehabilitating houses in Gulf Coast states that were affected by Hurricane Katrina, and up-scaling the production of biodiesel. 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Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. 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However, by examining reactions catalyzed by platinum clusters containing between 9 and 15 atoms, researchers in Germany and the United States found that at the nanoscale, that\u2019s no longer true. The shape of nanoscale clusters, they found, can dramatically affect reaction efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the study investigated only platinum nanoclusters and the ethylene reaction, the fundamental principles may apply to other catalysts and reactions, demonstrating how materials at the very smallest size scales can provide different properties than the same material in bulk quantities. Supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Department of Energy, the research was reported January 28 in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have re-examined the validity of a very fundamental concept on a very fundamental reaction,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/uzi-landman\u0022\u003EUzi Landman\u003C\/a\u003E, a Regents\u2019 Professor and F.E. Callaway Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cWe found that in the ultra-small catalyst range, on the order of a nanometer in size, old concepts don\u2019t hold. New types of reactivity can occur because of changes in one or two atoms of a cluster at the nanoscale.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe widely-used conversion process actually involves two separate reactions: (1) dissociation of H2 molecules into single hydrogen atoms, and (2) their addition to the ethylene, which involves conversion of a double bond into a single bond. In addition to producing ethane, the reaction can also take an alternative route that leads to the production of ethylidyne, which poisons the catalyst and prevents further reaction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project began with Professor Ueli Heiz and researchers in his group at the Technical University of Munich experimentally examining reaction rates for clusters containing 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13 platinum atoms that had been placed atop a magnesium oxide substrate. The 9-atom nanoclusters failed to produce a significant reaction, while larger clusters catalyzed the ethylene hydrogenation reaction with increasingly better efficiency. The best reaction occurred with 13-atom clusters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBokwon Yoon, a research scientist in Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Computational Materials Science, and Landman, the center\u2019s director, then used large-scale first-principles quantum mechanical simulations to understand how the size of the clusters \u2013 and their shape \u2013 affected the reactivity. Using their simulations, they discovered that the 9-atom cluster resembled a symmetrical \u201chut,\u201d while the larger clusters had bulges that served to concentrate electrical charges from the substrate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat one atom changes the whole activity of the catalyst,\u201d Landman said. \u201cWe found that the extra atom operates like a lightning rod. The distribution of the excess charge from the substrate helps facilitate the reaction. Platinum 9 has a compact shape that doesn\u2019t facilitate the reaction, but adding just one atom changes everything.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENanoclusters with 13 atoms provided the maximum reactivity because the additional atoms shift the structure in a phenomena Landman calls \u201cfluxionality.\u201d This structural adjustment has also been noted in earlier work of these two research groups, in studies of clusters of gold which are used in other catalytic reactions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDynamic fluxionality is the ability of the cluster to distort its structure to accommodate the reactants to actually enhance reactivity,\u201d he explained. \u201cOnly very small aggregates of metal can show such behavior, which mimics a biochemical enzyme.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe simulations showed that catalyst poisoning also varies with cluster size \u2013 and temperature. The 10-atom clusters can be poisoned at room temperature, while the 13-atom clusters are poisoned only at higher temperatures, helping to account for their improved reactivity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSmall really is different,\u201d said Landman. \u201cOnce you get into this size regime, the old rules of structure sensitivity and structure insensitivity must be assessed for their continued validity. It\u2019s not a question anymore of surface-to-volume ratio because everything is on the surface in these very small clusters.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the project examined only one reaction and one type of catalyst, the principles governing nanoscale catalysis \u2013 and the importance of re-examining traditional expectations \u2013 likely apply to a broad range of reactions catalyzed by nanoclusters at the smallest size scale. Such nanocatalysts are becoming more attractive as a means of conserving supplies of costly platinum.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s a much richer world at the nanoscale than at the macroscopic scale,\u201d added Landman. \u201cThese are very important messages for materials scientists and chemists who wish to design catalysts for new purposes, because the capabilities can be very different.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with the experimental surface characterization and reactivity measurements, the first-principles theoretical simulations provide a unique practical means for examining these structural and electronic issues because the clusters are too small to be seen with sufficient resolution using most electron microscopy techniques or traditional crystallography.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have looked at how the number of atoms dictates the geometrical structure of the cluster catalysts on the surface and how this geometrical structure is associated with electronic properties that bring about chemical bonding characteristics that enhance the reactions,\u201d Landman added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already named, the research team included first-author Andrew Crampton, Marian Rotzer, Claron Ridge and Florian Schweinberger from the Catalysis Research Center at the Technical University of Munich.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe experimental work has been supported by the European Research Council (ERC) through the advanced research grant (246645-ASC3), and by the DFG through project HE3454\/23-1. 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After looking into the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) and the curriculum it offered, she found that it provided the mix of business and engineering that interested her -- \u0022even going beyond,\u0022 she says, her expectations of what she would learn at ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe was able to put her IE skills into play as part of the GC, which promotes student-driven cross-disciplinary teams that investigate societally relevant technological and sociological problems. Together, students in teams attempt to solve the world\u0027s most \u0022wicked challenges,\u0022 as Desai puts it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDesai\u0027s particular team developed HIVE (Health Integration Via Education), a program targeted toward fourth graders in Chattahoochee Elementary School in Duluth, Ga. \u201cWe looked at how technology and interactive lesson plans impacted how students responded and retained health information.\u201d The students wore a clip-on pedometer that plugged into a computer and connected to a website called Zamzee. The students were awarded points for the steps they took.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe linked that back to a curriculum, so we would go in every week and teach the students about health,\u201d explains Desai. \u201cWhat we saw was that the kids were really receptive to the program we were creating, so the fact that they could wear these pedometers and take them home \u2013 we saw their fitness levels exceed our control group\u2019s by almost 60 percent. So it was a huge difference.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the program developed, Desai and her team discovered the possibility of turning the project into an entrepreneurial venture by creating their own startup company. She says, \u0022We began connecting with the start-up community in Atlanta and resources around campus to understand what building our own company would require and to also build our own wearable prototypes.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDesai\u2019s specific role in the potential business was team CEO. As an IE, \u201cwe\u2019re really good at strategy, critical thinking, and problem solving.\u201d She was responsible for making sure each team in the business was on task and meeting the project deliverables.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, due to technical challenges \u2013 as well as the fact that not everyone on the team was willing to drop out of school and work on the startup full-time \u2013 the GC team decided to put the project on hold. \u201cWe were really close,\u201d Desai adds. \u201cWe were about to launch the business \u2013 we were looking through the paperwork and everything. [But] having the dedication to doing one thing is an important part of the process.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the GC, Desai also participated in the VIP program, which offers credit to students for participating on research teams consisting of undergrads, graduate students, and professors. \u201cMany of the teams also focus on building projects from an entrepreneurial perspective,\u201d she says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor three semesters, she was part of the patient similarity team. As Desai explains it, \u201cThis project focused on clustering patients into meaningful groups to provide targeted provider care and better use of hospital resources. As part of the program, we not only built our minimum viable product but also worked with external groups to gain feedback, write business cases, and present to industry experts on our project. Our faculty lead really pushed us to look at our projects from a business perspective and taught us the keys to really making the right pitch.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs part of a VIP team, Desai was once again using her IE-driven business and engineering skills. When asked how her IE skills complement her entrepreneurial work, Desai reflects for a moment and then says, \u201cOur curriculum encompasses a lot of different skills: business, engineering, and computer science. Thus, as an IE, I find myself at the intersection of all these groups, and it\u2019s a really interesting spot to be in. We\u2019re really the jack-of-all-trades. We have the breadth to manage teams effectively and understand processes from a holistic perspective. However, we also have the skills to dive further in and concentrate in a particular area to enable us to step into entirely different roles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs for her future work, Desai feels prepared with her IE skills \u201cto look at problems and understand them analytically and from a holistic perspective. I would love to pursue entrepreneurial work after I graduate and to be a part of something that disturbs traditional ways of how things operate. I find innovation and challenges and possibilities of entrepreneurship to be really exciting. I am also really interested in analytics and how we can use data to drive new insights about people, businesses, and how processes work.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe\u0027s going to use those analytical IE skills as an operations leadership intern for Amazon this coming summer: \u201cI think this will be a really cool opportunity to see such a large supply chain network that\u2019s really been innovating processes and disturbing traditional supply chains. I\u2019ll basically act as manager of the operations facility \u2013 which is where Amazon gets your order, puts it in a box and ships it to the customer \u2013 a warehouse, essentially \u2013 and shadow the actual operations leader. So I\u2019ll be managing a team of 100 associates on the floor the entire time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis will be focused more on the supply chain on the operations side of things, so I\u2019ll manage the supply chain at this warehouse and make sure everything is flowing through it, monitoring and reducing bottlenecks. It\u2019s a collaboration of the supply chain classes I\u2019ve taken at Tech and then a lot of the optimization tools that come into play when I start looking at how I\u2019ll change my facility or how another change might affect the system. The idea of doing two-day delivery, same-day delivery, delivering your groceries \u2013 those are all really cool things. It\u2019s not how people imagined traditional supply chains, and the fact that Amazon can do it and do it so effectively \u2013 there\u2019s a lot of opportunity to learn from that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile not sure what she\u0027ll be doing after graduation \u2013 perhaps eventually going on to get her master\u0027s degree in statistics or analytics \u2013 Desai did say that she is \u201clooking for an environment where I can continue learning, innovating, and working with really talented people. And when you\u2019re in an atmosphere where you\u2019re \u2018disturbing\u2019 or causing some type of change, it\u2019s cool in that you don\u2019t know what to expect; you can only anticipate and think of every possible thing that could go wrong. So there\u2019s a lot to think about, but it\u2019s never been done before, so you\u2019re on your own. 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He has done a phenomenal job as chair of the Coulter Department.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChris Larsen, dean of the Emory University School of Medicine, echoed those sentiments saying, \u0022Ravi has inspired his department and his many colleagues at both Emory and Georgia Tech with a strategic vision of research and educational excellence while empowering his faculty to drive innovation and encourage entrepreneurship among their students.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs chair since 2013, Bellamkonda helped develop programs to sustain deep student learning and entrepreneurship at the undergraduate level.\u0026nbsp; He also directed an NIH-funded training grant on the Rational Design of Biomaterials, initiated a novel graduate leadership program for bioengineering graduate students, and is co-principal investigator for the Emory-Georgia Tech- Morehouse College Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBellamkonda\u2019s own research involves an exploration of the interplay of biomaterials and the nervous system for designing novel brain-machine interfaces, using immunomodulation to foster nerve repair and design devices for brain tumor therapy.\u0026nbsp; It is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, Ian\u2019s Friends Foundation, Georgia Research Alliance and the Marcus Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA graduate of Osmania University (India) who received his Ph.D. from Brown University and did post-doctoral training at MIT, Bellamkonda started his career at Case Western Reserve before moving to the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2003. From 2010-2013, he served as associate vice president for research at Georgia Tech, where he led programs to enhance translational research, technology transfer and programs that encourage innovation in research and education and faculty development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBellamkonda is the president of the American Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering (AIMBE), a policy advocacy group, and is a frequent consultant on biomedical engineering research and education.\u0026nbsp; He\u2019s the recipient of numerous honors, including the Clemson Award for Applied Research from the Society for Biomaterials, the EUREKA award from the National Cancer Institute, a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation, and the best professor award from the Georgia Tech BME students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Wallace H Coulter Department is a remarkable partnership between two great universities and right from our inception, risk and innovation has been embedded in our DNA. It has been an privilege to serve this department as Chair. I am confident that the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory will continue to be one of the leading BME departments in the country for a long time to come. \u0026nbsp;So it is with very mixed feelings that I take on the challenge and honor of being the Dean of Engineering at Duke University. \u0026nbsp;In many ways, this department gave me the scholarly and leadership experiences that paved the way for this next challenge. \u0026nbsp;Given our wonderful experiences here, Georgia Tech and Emory will always be home for our family!,\u0022 remarked Bellamkonda.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech began in 1997 as a joint program between a public university and private entity - creating leaders in research, academia, and industry. 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It will be directed to student and faculty initiatives and programs that enhance the mission of RBI as well as advance forest-related industries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is not the first large gift from the Institute of Paper Chemistry Foundation (IPCF). In 2014, RBI received a $44 million grant, one of the single largest gifts in Georgia Tech\u2019s history. That endowment currently supports 43 paper science and engineering students who advance the research mission of RBI through their faculty-directed research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJim Ferris, chair of the IPCF, stated that the IPC Legacy Endowment is targeted to place funding right at the interface of Georgia Tech and forest-related manufacturing sites.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want the funds generated by this grant to have the best chance of being of value to manufacturing sites,\u201d he said. \u201cThe grant will support the development of new technology that will improve competitiveness of existing or future forest-based industries and will support the development of people at these manufacturing locations.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe establishment of this fund further affirms the Institute\u2019s position as a leading driver of the future of the forest bioproducts industry and continues the commitment by the IPCF to strengthen RBI\u2019s hand in developing the next generation of engineers and leaders for the industry, according to RBI Executive Director Norman Marsolan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe IPC Foundation has played a pivotal role not only in the success found on this campus, but that of all who came before us \u2013 more than 85 years of industry leadership and research support,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe primary purpose of the fund is to support faculty and students engaging with the forest-related industries through the RBI. The fund will be used to encourage interaction among industry, students and faculty through programs and events that offer value to forest-related company leadership. The fund will also promote programs that attract undergraduate and graduate students to forest-related industries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur members are our partners, providing financial support, but also insight as to what challenges and opportunities the industry is facing today and what the evolution of those will hold for tomorrow,\u201d Marsolan said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to strengthen and maintain our existing RBI industry members, but also cultivate new partners, extending our outreach. The benefits extend beyond the companies\u2019 access and any financial contribution RBI receives. Our students receive a tremendous benefit by gaining a unique foothold in the industry and forming a relationship with a company, which many times translates into career opportunities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe IPC \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ewas founded in 1929 in Wisconsin to provide science, technology and education in support of the pulp and paper industry, a rapidly growing sector of the economy whose executives recognized the need for employees specifically trained in the scientific processes of papermaking. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIn 1989, IPC, renamed the Institute of Paper Science \u0026amp; Technology, relocated to Atlanta and merged with Georgia Tech in 2003.\u0026nbsp; The evolution continued in 2014 with an expanded scope of work and research, as well as designation as one of Georgia Tech\u2019s 11 interdisciplinary research institutes, the Renewable Bioproducts Institute. 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Smith\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kelly.smith@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekelly.smith@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"492881":{"#nid":"492881","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student poster contest now open for RBI\u0027s annual conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESummary\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYou are requested and encouraged to (1) display your research poster all day Tuesday, April 5\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E, and (2) to participate in at least one of the two RBI poster sessions on Tuesday, April 5. \u0026nbsp;And, though not required, you are cordially invited to present your poster at both the 11am and 5:30pm poster sessions\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDetails\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Renewable Bioproducts Institute will conduct its annual executive conference, \u201cReimagining Bioproducts Industries:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENew Ideas\u2014New Opportunities\u003C\/em\u003E,\u201d hosting industry, government and Georgia Tech guests on April 5-6, 2016.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;We request our PSE students to display their poster beginning Monday, April 4, and to be present at either or both of the two poster sessions at 11:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5.\u0026nbsp; The sessions are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (including lunch), and 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (followed by dinner).\u0026nbsp; Students will have excellent opportunities to engage with industry participants.\u0026nbsp; The event will be held in the Paper Tricentennial Building, 500 Tenth Street Northwest (at Hemphill).\u0026nbsp; Please visit the RBI website for more about the conference, including the preliminary agenda.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe will organize the posters as our conference is organized, in three focus areas:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENew Opportunities in Biochemicals\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Future of Biocomposites and Nanocellulose\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOperational Excellence in Advanced Pulping, Paper \u0026amp; Packaging\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease let us know as soon as possible, and\u0026nbsp;no later\u0026nbsp;than Friday, February 5, via e-mail to Lavon Harper (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Lavon.Harper@rbi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELavon.Harper@rbi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E), of your intent to participate and at which of the two sessions you will be present.\u0026nbsp; We ask that you\u0026nbsp;commit\u0026nbsp;to at least one.\u0026nbsp; Again, you are welcome and encouraged to be present at both.\u0026nbsp; Provide the title of your poster and the focus area (above) in which it should be grouped.\u0026nbsp; 150-word abstracts and your 75-word bio are due\u0026nbsp;no later\u0026nbsp;than Thursday, March 3. \u0026nbsp;A catalog of abstracts will be prepared and circulated to invited guests so that they can arrive ready to discuss your projects.\u0026nbsp; The Abstract Catalog from the 2015 RBI Executive Conference can be seen at:\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rbi1.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2015%20Executive%20Conference%20-%20Poster%20Abstracts.pdf\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/rbi1.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2015%20Executive%20Conference%20-%20Poster%20Abstracts.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYou will mount your posters on Monday, April 4\u003C\/strong\u003E, details to be announced.\u0026nbsp; Posters will be displayed throughout the conference.\u0026nbsp; You may retrieve your poster after dinner on Tuesday evening, April 5.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the past, our member company representatives have considered the poster session a highlight of our conferences, and several useful collaborations between students and companies have resulted from the occasion.\u0026nbsp; These poster sessions will reflect our expanded RBI and the continuing Paper Science \u0026amp; Engineering (PSE) program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease note that a number of students will make PowerPoint presentations as part of the conference program.\u0026nbsp; If you are making one of these presentations, participation in the poster session is optional.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo summarize, please:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EConfirm your plans to present a poster and provide your title and category ASAP (\u003Cstrong\u003Eno later than Friday, February 5\u003C\/strong\u003E). \u0026nbsp;Please provide this information to Lavon Harper (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lavon.harper@ipst.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elavon.harper@rbi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESubmit your abstract (150 words) and a 75-word bio edited for publication for the program book\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Eno later than Thursday, March 3\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;to Lavon Harper (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Lavon.Harper@rbi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELavon.Harper@rbi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDeliver your poster and push-pin it to the display boards\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Ebeginning at 10 a.m. and\u0026nbsp;by 5:00 p.m. Monday April 4th.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;You will be instructed as to which part of the room you should put your poster. \u0026nbsp;Location among the display boards in each section will be on a first-come basis. \u0026nbsp;The poster session will be on the first floor (ground level) of the Paper Tricentennial Building.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPresent your poster on\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EApril 5 at 11:00 a.m. and\/or at 5:30 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Dress code is business casual or better.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIndicate your intention to join us for lunch and\/or dinner and whether you have any dietary restrictions (email Lavon Harper at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lavon.harper@rbi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elavon.harper@rbi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u0026nbsp; If your plans change, let us know\u2014we need an accurate count.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAudience\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe audience will be made up of approximately 50 representatives from the chemical, fuel, materials and pulp \u0026amp; paper industries, and from national affiliated organizations and laboratories such as the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, the forest products industry\u2019s Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance, ACS, USDoE, and others.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract Guidelines\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;(due Thursday, March 3)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbstracts should be no more than 150 words in length. \u0026nbsp;They should explain the nature of the work and should lead with how your findings might be useful in terms of significance or potential application. \u0026nbsp;The audience will be technically savvy. \u0026nbsp;Please remember that not all individuals present will be experts in your particular field. \u0026nbsp;Keep your explanation clear and simple.\u0026nbsp; Protect intellectual property.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPoster Presentation Guidelines\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPoster Preparation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe poster may consist of images, illustrations, photographs supplemented by charts, descriptive material, technical information\/factors, etc.\u0026nbsp; Emphasis should be placed on originality of the content, technical excellence, educational value, and practical application.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA few of you may be working on confidential or restricted projects.\u0026nbsp; If this is the case, please focus on capabilities and public knowledge. \u0026nbsp;The attendees are industry guests and are not bound by a confidentiality agreement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EConstruction of the poster must be suitable for display on the free-standing, fabric-covered display boards.\u0026nbsp; 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But the fourth-year PhD student in bioengineering has broadened his scope.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cI\u2019m starting to realize that maybe I want something different and the idea of entrepreneurship is really attractive,\u201d says Nelson. \u201cMaking something based on your research, and looking back to say it succeeded or failed \u2013 that kind of independence appeals to me.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ENelson recently got a substantial boost for his research efforts when he was named an American Heart Association (AHA) Fellowship Award winner. 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There is presently no cure, but lymphedema can be managed with early diagnosis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cIt turns out that people who are obese develop lymphedema at a much higher rate than the rest of the population,\u201d Nelson says. \u201cWe want to understand how obesity affects the lymphatic system and its function.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ENelson, who is from the Nashville, Tennessee, area, earned his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering at Mississippi State. After enrolling at the Georgia Institute of Technology, he joined Dixon\u2019s Laboratory of Lymphatic Biology and Bioengineering (LLBB), where researchers focus on developing non-invasive methods to quantify lymphatic function.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EHe\u2019s always been interested in pursuing a career in industry once he earns his PhD. But since arriving at Georgia Tech, is thoughts on what that might look like have shifted a little bit.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cNow, I\u2019m thinking that I\u2019d really like to start up a small company, or work with an early-stage company,\u201d he says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThat line of thought is driven in part by his experience in the TI:GER (Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results) program, administered through the Scheller College of Business at Tech. The program is designed to teach students how to address the multidisciplinary issues that are part of technology commercialization.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThrough TI:GER, Nelson has teamed with two MBA students and two Emory Law students. 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But after learning about basic modeling techniques and realizing the diverse array of fields I could explore with an analytics-focused degree, I was hooked.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlmost a year into my career, I feel fortunate to have graduated from a school that has directly prepared me as well as two of my colleagues who also graduated from Georgia Tech, Abisht Raviprakash and Vinod Cheriyan, to succeed in our careers. From coursework to extracurriculars, we\u2019ve pinpointed unique knowledge and experiences we\u2019ve gained from our time at ISyE that have set us up for success as we grow our careers at Enova International, a technology and analytics-driven online lender in Chicago.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETake Advantage of Broad Coursework\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne thing that Georgia Tech does really well is offer a broad range of coursework. Every single industrial engineer takes a fairly wide breadth of classes beyond their concentration. For instance, an introductory course to forecasting and regression gave me the model-building skills I need to write the models that oversee our sophisticated, automated underwriting process at Enova International. A data visualization course gave me the tools I\u2019ve needed to successfully present information to our executives in a way that is both visual and meaningful.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECoding was another indispensible skill I learned through coursework and side projects. Having a basic understanding of a programming language \u2013 for me, it\u2019s Python \u2013 has enabled me to work much more efficiently in my current role. Even something as simple as pulling data into a spreadsheet can save tons of time if I do it myself rather than relying on someone else with specialized knowledge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGain Real-World Experience\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile textbook learning is invaluable, at some point theory stops and practice begins. Thankfully, through my Senior Design project, I was able to put my knowledge into practice and work on an analytics solution for a large telecommunications company. We were tasked with optimizing their network so that they could fit more data onto the same infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project taught me both people skills and technical skills that help me perform my job at Enova today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost valuable was learning how teams that are working on large-scale technical projects interact with each other. On the Senior Design project, eight of us were working together, so we had to learn how to efficiently decide who would be best at each task based on our individual strengths. We also learned how to interact with executives, both in a formal presentation setting and in sessions for data gathering purposes. The lesson: Much of our success was determined by knowing what to ask, when to ask it, and when to figure it out ourselves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis has translated to my job at Enova, where I\u2019m often working on a multi-department project designed to identify a business opportunity or answer a question such as, \u201cWhat product should we launch in this state?\u201d It will also come in handy as Enova begins to offer its analytics as a service to external clients through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.enovadecisions.com\u0022\u003EEnova Decisions\u003C\/a\u003E. Knowing how to successfully contribute to large-scale projects has been essential, and also has enabled me to continue to expand my knowledge by constantly working on new things and learning from others. I get to go deep in the data, but I\u2019m also getting inputs from others and able to watch the entire project lifecycle unfold.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EComplete Personal Side Projects \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen hiring analytics team members, companies look for passionate individuals who have gone the extra mile. The best way to show you\u2019re interested in analytics and a great way to get practice in it is to take on a personal side project. Plus, these can be really fun. For instance, there is a website called Kaggle where businesses post a problem that they want modeled. Anyone can submit a solution, everyone\u2019s answers are ranked, and sometimes there is prize money to be won. It\u2019s a good way to check your progress in a real-world scenario.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENever Stop Learning\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech does a great job of teaching students how to teach themselves, and this is a critical skill for those going into analytics. It\u2019s a new field that is still changing, and because of this it\u2019s never boring. I was fortunate to find a company that offers a flexible rotation program for new hires that are recent grads, so I was able to try a few different roles at Enova before landing in my current position on the portfolio analytics team.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAside from surrounding myself with colleagues who bring great insights and perspectives and learning from them, I keep up with the latest analytics developments by attending meetup groups, reading online content, and always being on the lookout for new programming languages and techniques to try. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnalytics is an exciting and ever-evolving field, and I\u2019m looking forward to continuing to learn and grow as I progress in my career. I\u2019m grateful for the foundation ISyE provided with its challenging coursework and ample real-world opportunities outside of the classroom, and I\u2019d advise any student at Georgia Tech who\u2019s interested in pursuing a career in analytics to take advantage of all the school has to offer. You have world-class opportunities at your fingertips, so make the most of them!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003EInsights from\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Ch2 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003EVinod Cheriyan and Abisht Raviprakash\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Ch5 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVinod Cheriyan\u003C\/strong\u003E, Ph.D. in Operations Research (2014),\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Ch5 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003EM.S. in Operations Research (2012)\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECurrent role\u003C\/strong\u003E: Senior Data Scientist, Research Architecture and Platform Analytics, Enova International\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMost valuable classes\u003C\/strong\u003E: Coursework in statistics, optimization, and stochastics\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMost valuable experience at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E: My Ph.D. research gave me familiarity with a wide range of algorithms and a great base in statistics and data analysis \u2013 especially with how to deal with imperfect data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat Georgia Tech does best\u003C\/strong\u003E: The coursework is thorough and rigorous, and they teach the \u201cwhy\u201d behind the \u201cwhat.\u201d Because of that foundation, I can understand why things work and pick up new concepts quickly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite part of current job\u003C\/strong\u003E: We have a culture of managed autonomy, which means anyone \u2013 regardless of level or how recently they joined \u2013 can have a huge direct impact if their model is the best. I also love working with really smart people who are willing to help each other.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETop tip for current students\u003C\/strong\u003E: Two things: 1) Know the \u201cwhy\u201d behind the \u201cwhat\u201d (e.g., why is multicollinearlity considered bad for regression?) and 2) gain experience using real datasets \u2013 not just curated samples used in courses. There are many public data sets available that you can play around with to get practical experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbisht Raviprakash\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Ch5 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003EM.S. in Quantitative and Computational Finance (2009)\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECurrent Role\u003C\/strong\u003E: Analytics Manager, Portfolio Analytics, Enova International\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMost valuable classes\u003C\/strong\u003E: Coursework in regression analysis and corporate strategy\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMost valuable experience at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E: I had a graduate assistantship focused on building an energy trading visualization map. It gave me exposure to computational skills and programming languages that I use today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat Georgia Tech does best\u003C\/strong\u003E: The coursework is very well structured for an individual looking to go into analytics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFavorite part of current job\u003C\/strong\u003E: I have exposure to a ton of different projects and tools. I\u2019m given a lot of responsibility but also a lot of flexibility in building my own career structure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETop tip for current students\u003C\/strong\u003E: Find something that you\u2019re passionate about and dig into it. 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For example, as much as half of the proteins that we rely on require metals to function properly. But metals can be pretty toxic to cells. So, somehow cells have managed to repurpose something that is inherently toxic into something beneficial. And it\u2019s Amit Reddi\u2019s job to find out why.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cBroadly speaking, we\u2019re interested in figuring out how cells assimilate metals into metabolism in a safe way,\u201d says Reddi, assistant professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a faculty researcher with the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe work is important enough and challenging enough so that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Reddi with a CAREER Award, an early career development program for young investigators.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cBasically, the program provides funding for the investigator\u2019s potential to really make an impact,\u201d says Reddi, whose lab focuses primarily on copper and iron, which are among the dozen or so metals that are frequently encountered in biology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EReddi\u2019s lab is particularly interested in a form of iron called heme (heme gives blood its red color). 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The grant is focused on understanding how these types of processes work.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe five-year award is totaled at $912,000, a lengthy jump start, \u201cthat gives me time to really build the program,\u201d says Reddi.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EHis lab has developed sensors to track the flow of heme, so one of the grant goals is to apply these sensors help identify the molecules and processes that regulate the mobilization of heme.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cThe longer term view, beyond the grant, is to recast heme as this very dynamic and mobile molecule,\u201d Reddi says. \u201cOur work has showed that it is actually a very mobile nutrient, and it might be important for signaling.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EHeme is basically present in every aspect of metabolism. 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Through our MLK Celebration, we are pleased to honor the lives of civil rights leaders like Dr. King and Julian Bond, as the journey continues for social justice and sustainable social change,\u201d said Archie Ervin, vice president for Institute Diversity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditionally, the MLK Celebration\u2019s educational programs and service opportunities kick off with the MLK Lecture. On January 13, MLK Lecture Keynote Speaker Jeffrey Johnson delivered an inspiring speech to nearly 500 students, faculty, staff, and community members in the Student Center Ballroom. Entitled \u201cUnclaimed Legacy: Who Will Lead the Next Social Movement?\u201d, Johnson\u2019s remarks challenged attendees to celebrate the real legacy of Dr. King and create transformation by speaking the truth, maybe becoming a little uncomfortable, and gaining the courage to lead.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJohnson, an award-winning journalist, activist, and thought leader, also posed the following questions:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAre we willing to be our authentic selves, which can be difficult in higher education institutions?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWhat does it mean to have a real social movement like #BlackLivesMatter?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAre we prepared to cast out visions that no longer make sense?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECan we create a seemingly ridiculous vision that its leaders will not see realized in their lifetimes?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIn your own life, how will you lead? 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If Dr. King was living in 2016, why would he still be dreaming a 1960s dream?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EColin Potts, vice provost of Undergraduate Education, who expressed his support for having discussions generated by such thought-provoking addresses more often, said, \u201cThis MLK Lecture challenged us to not be self-satisfied and retreat to the same language as the 1960s.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo continue these discussions at Georgia Tech, Institute Diversity and the African-American Student Union will host the Black History Month Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 4 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. 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The grants recognize the top educators and researchers in the country, those who \u201cexemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research,\u201d according to the NSF.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe CAREER award is really for you to lay out a plan for what you want to do in terms of research and education. It\u2019s supposed to be a landscape or a broad description of what kind of academic you want to be,\u201d Arson said. \u201cIt articulates what you already do with the academic objectives you want to pursue and provides a vision for the long term.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s really a great proposal to write in the sense that it\u2019s supposed to help you grow,\u201d she said. \u201cYou really reflect on what kind of professor you are, what\u2019s your style, what are really the essential things you want to do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe CAREER award is $500,000 over five years, and the idea, the two scholars said, is to help them become leading experts in their fields and set them up for impactful careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003EDamage and healing in rocks\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003EArson\u2019s proposal focused on her work on damage and healing mechanics in rocks, work that has broad applications in energy production and underground waste storage systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe extract oil and gas from rock. We produce geothermal energy by extracting hot liquids or using heat exchangers that are embedded in the soil. Waste is stored in the ground,\u201d Arson said. \u201cSo here I found that there was a natural contribution that a geotechnical engineer could make just because of the essential processes that were involved.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EArson said her work will address fundamental questions like why cracks and pores form in rocks in the first place, how long it takes for rocks to recover from extraction or storage operations, and how much energy healing requires. She\u2019ll be creating numerical models of how the fractures start and spread, and her findings will help develop ideal conditions for minimizing damage or maximizing healing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201c[This work is] important for the energy and environmental perspectives, but I think that the process of doing this research will teach us much more than that,\u201d Arson said. \u201cIf we understand better how healing occurs in certain kinds of crystalline materials, that knowledge could also be applied to the design of better concrete, better cements \u2014 and why not better ceramics that you could use to repair bones or for a variety of purposes?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EArson\u2019s proposal also includes significant educational goals, including building international collaborations and engaging graduate students in debate and deliberation about the work they do, weighing the societal and environmental impact of their engineering solutions. She\u2019s also going to work on symbolic language, with the goal of removing an obstacle that prevents some students from succeeding.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOften the mathematical symbols are an obstacle for people who may be good conceptually but not so good formally,\u201d Arson said. \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to explore alternative ways to learn. So many times I see students who may not be really good test takers but who are really creative. Everything I proposed goes in that direction.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch5\u003ECharacterization and design of nanostructures\u003C\/h5\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESuryanarayana\u2019s proposal focused on nanostructures, extremely tiny materials that could have incredibly large implications for society. He plans to develop a theoretical and computational framework to help discover and describe new kinds of these atomic-scale structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe basic question is, how does one design such a nanostructure with the desired properties? The answer is, currently there does not exist any systematic approach, and therefore it is common to rely on empirical insight,\u201d Suryanarayana said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis approach will use symmetry to speed up the process of designing small-scale structures so that they are well suited for a variety of applications \u2014\u0026nbsp;like curing diseases, purifying air and water, or converting renewable energy. It\u2019s the kind of work that simply can\u2019t be done now because of the huge number of potential ways to configure the structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s a really hard problem because, how do we know what the shape should look like? How do we know where to place the atoms and which types of atoms?\u201d Suryanarayana said. \u201cThere are so many possibilities; it\u2019s basically infinite. One needs a systematic way of doing it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESuryanarayana said the key to the computational system he\u2019s building is symmetry, which plays an essential role in determining the properties of nanostructures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt turns out, most of the interesting nanomaterials and nanostructures have very high symmetry, either perfect, or just broken,\u201d he said. \u201cEven bio-structures like DNA and parts of viruses have helical symmetry. The idea is, can we use the notion of symmetry to discover new phenomena and design new materials suitable for technological applications?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose materials could have uses we can\u2019t even imagine yet, Suryanarayana said, including in medicine, where his work could eventually help scientists better understand viruses and develop cures for diseases.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMost of these biomolecules are at the nanoscale, so the code [I develop] based on the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics should be able to characterize them and study defects which gives rise to and\/or have implications for some kinds of diseases. Maybe then one can discover techniques that can help rectify that defect.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESuryanarayana said such applications are still closer to science fiction than reality, but that illustrates why he wanted to develop such a grand vision for his work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf this is successful, it would revolutionize many, many fields including nanoscience and nanotechnology. At the same time, that also makes it a very hard problem. 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This award is among the most prestigious a junior faculty member can receive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGiven by the the National Science Foundation, CAREER awards go to newer faculty members who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research, education and blending these two fields. Awardees are given yearly grants in order to further their research efforts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 2007, Qiu joined the Georgia Tech faculty in the fall of 2013. His research focuses on bioinformatics and computational biology, targeting statistical signal processing, machine learning, control systems and optimization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile mathematical modeling is essential in the research of complex biological systems, experimental data is often\u0026nbsp;lacking.With his CAREER project, Qiu seeks to help close the information gap that exists between both limited data and complex modeling. Concentrating on experimental design and model reduction in systems biology, Qiu\u2019s award will be used to develop computational algorithms to identify experiments that minimize parameter uncertainty. He also seeks to develop model-reduction algorithms based on manifold learning, explore their ability to identify mechanisms for the adaptation behavior, and apply the proposed algorithms to study protein signaling pathways and cell differentiation processes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe algorithms will be implemented in open-source software, which will be offered to researchers from several disciplines. Qiu will be awarded over $440,000 over four years to support his research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eby Ansley Thomas\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"BME\u0027S Peng Qiu Earns CAREER Award"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2016-01-21 16:41:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:27","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"489171":{"id":"489171","type":"image","title":"Peng Qiu, assistant professor","body":null,"created":"1453435200","gmt_created":"2016-01-22 04:00:00","changed":"1475895245","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:05","alt":"Peng Qiu, assistant professor","file":{"fid":"204396","name":"pengv1-nsf-v3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pengv1-nsf-v3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pengv1-nsf-v3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":198109,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pengv1-nsf-v3.jpg?itok=I3Ofcg3-"}}},"media_ids":["489171"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1612","name":"BME"}],"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\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wrich@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003EWallace H. 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By considering health impacts and generating costs together, the hybrid model may provide a new tool for utility companies seeking to meet air quality standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a test case for the state of Georgia, the model suggested that health impacts could have been reduced by $176 million, while increasing generating costs by $84 million.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe looked at what would be the least expensive way of running these power plants if you take into account both the generating costs and the health impact costs,\u201d said Valerie Thomas,\u0026nbsp;Anderson Interface Professor of Natural Systems in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering and School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. \u201cYou would still be operating plants that emit pollutants, of course, but you would reduce operations at the ones having the greatest impact and increase the use of facilities that have less impact or are in other areas.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new approach depends on the use of \u201creduced form\u201d air quality predictions. Comprehensive air quality models typically require days of computer time to calculate concentrations of pollution for one emissions scenario, but the new format uses only the \u201csensitivities\u201d derived from the full model to accurately produce predictions in less than a second. This capability would allow utility companies, for the first time, to test many possible scenarios in evaluating how air quality would change with different combinations of generating plant operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is really all about \u2018smart generation,\u2019\u201d said Athanasios Nenes, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering. \u201cThis shows there\u2019s a way to meet the standards by controlling who emits what and at what time, and that may change the amount of investment you\u2019d need to make in new emission control equipment. 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For example, this flow of electrons is essential in the critical biological processes of photosynthesis, respiration, and DNA synthesis. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EElectron transfer involves the generation of highly reactive intermediates, called radicals.\u0026nbsp; A fundamental question in biological chemistry is how the movement of electrons is controlled and radical-induced damage is prevented.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe lab of Bridgette Barry at the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience is helping to provide an answer with their research paper, \u201cA tyrosine-tryptophan dyad and radical-based charge transfer in a ribonucleotide reductase-inspired maquette,\u201d published last month in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EA large number of different proteins \u2013 especially metalloproteins like ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) \u2013 can mediate a high-energy flow of electrons.\u0026nbsp; Often, the movement of electrons involves hopping between aromatic groups, such as tyrosine and tryptophan.\u0026nbsp; In RNR and other proteins, these aromatic amino acids have complex interactions with each other and with other components of the protein. \u0026nbsp; Often, tyrosine and tryptophan are found in close proximity.\u0026nbsp; Because proteins like RNR are complex, it is difficult to determine the functional role of these tyrosine-tryptophan pairs or \u201cdyads.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ETo better understand their role, Barry, a professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and her collaborators designed and characterized a peptide model of RNR.\u0026nbsp; This model or maquette contains a tyrosine-tryptophan pair, but has a much simpler structure than RNR.\u0026nbsp; The results showed that an unpaired electron is shared between a tyrosine-based radical and the nearby tryptophan.\u0026nbsp; This transfer of charge between the tyrosine and tryptophan may be critical in directing a flow of electrons and in protecting the protein from damage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EUltimately, the lab\u2019s findings could have implications for cancer biology.\u0026nbsp; A hallmark of cancer is rapid cell proliferation. RNR is an iron-dependent enzyme that is essential for DNA synthesis. If you can inhibit the rapid synthesis of DNA, you can prevent cancer cells from proliferation. So, Barry and her team are learning more about RNR and its electron transfer pathway.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cWhen we understand the mechanism of a protein, we are better at designing inhibitors and useful drugs,\u201d says Barry, whose co-authors for the \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E paper are Cynthia Pagba, Tyler McCaslin, Gianluigi Veglia, Fernando Porcelli, Jiby Yohannan, Zhanjun Guo, and Miranda McDaniel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EVeglia is a faculty member at the University of Minnesota, and Porcelli is a faculty member of the University of Tuscia in Italy. The other coauthors are or were students in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and two of them \u2013 McDaniel and Yohannan \u2013 contributed to the research as undergraduates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ncomms\/2015\/151202\/ncomms10010\/full\/ncomms10010.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBarry Lab Research Paper\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECONTACT:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. 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The result is phytoplankton concentrations above oil seeps that are as much as twice the size of populations only a few kilometers away.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is the beginning of evidence that some microbes in the Gulf may be preconditioned to survive with oil, at least at lower concentrations,\u201d said Ajit Subramaniam, an oceanographer at Columbia University\u2019s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and co-author of the study. \u201cIn this case, we clearly see these phytoplankton are not negatively affected at low-concentrations of oil, and there is an accompanying process that helps them thrive. This does not mean that exposure to oil at all concentrations for prolonged lengths of time is good for phytoplankton.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research shows that the effects of oil and gas at the sea surface can be very different from the impacts of events such as the Deepwater Horizon spill, said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/joseph-montoya\u0022\u003EJoseph Montoya\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s School of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E and another of the paper\u2019s co-authors. The research could lead to a reconsideration of the response made to spills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere may be different responses by different organisms as we look at different regions of the spill itself,\u201d said Montoya.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study is the first to demonstrate this kind of teleconnection between the sea floor, subsea floor and microbial processes in the upper ocean, said Andy Juhl, an aquatic ecologist at Lamont and co-author. It also provides insight into how microbes and oil interact under water.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers, along with colleagues in the Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG) consortium, began studying interactions around oil seeps after the Deepwater Horizon oil well disaster in 2010 to better understand what happens to the oil during catastrophic gushers and to find ways to better respond to similar disasters in the future. The natural seeps, found in many parts of the Gulf of Mexico, are tiny compared to an oil well blowout. An oil slick from a natural seep lasts between one and seven days and reaches between 1 and 100 square kilometers. In comparison, the surface oil from the Deepwater Horizon well covered about 11,200 square kilometers and persisted for months, Subramaniam said. But natural seeps still produce enough oil and gas that the scientists can smell it at the surface and see the oil bubbles burst.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the lab, Juhl has been conducting experiments to understand how different concentrations of oil affect different types of phytoplankton. He has found no amount of oil on its own that has a positive effect on phytoplankton. \u201cThe direct effect of oil is usually negative, but in some cases small amounts of oil can be outweighed by the positive effect of the nutrients that are tagging along,\u201d Juhl said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENigel D\u2019Souza, then a post-doctoral researcher at Lamont, discovered the phytoplankton response to oil seeps while on a ship in the Gulf of Mexico monitoring chlorophyll fluorescence \u2013 energy that is emitted as light by compounds inside phytoplankton cells used for photosynthesis. Each time the ship crossed over a known oil seep, he noticed a spike in phytoplankton abundance. It was a Eureka moment, Juhl said. The evidence backed up what Susan Phan, a co-author and Columbia University student working on her senior thesis with Subramaniam, had previously noticed in remote sensing data. The scientists were able to compile multiple lines of evidence through chlorophyll fluorescence, water sampling and satellite images that all supported the idea that phytoplankton were benefitting from something connected with the seeps, even though the seeps were thousands of feet below.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe biggest impact was seen a few hundred feet deep in the water column, at the point where phytoplankton have enough light from above to still grow, and are receiving the most nutrients rising from below. Over oil seeps, D\u2019Souza \u2013 who is now at Georgia Tech \u2013 found that the population was about double the usual amount. The measurements also showed increases in phytoplankton abundance at the surface.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere are still many questions. For example, scientists don\u2019t yet know which types of phytoplankton are thriving over the seeps, or if some types of phytoplankton in the community are negatively affected by the rising oil. Previous studies have subjected phytoplankton to oil in laboratories to test their sensitivity and found differences in the impact on oceanic versus coastal phytoplankton and differences when phytoplankton were in nutrient-rich or nutrient-poor water, as well as damage to some phytoplankton cells at various concentrations of oil.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study combined sampling from surface vessels with remote sensing from space.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSatellite radar data have given us a detailed picture of where natural seeps are concentrated across deep seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico,\u201d said co-author Ian MacDonald, an oceanographer and professor at Florida State University. \u201cBuilding on this, the present, novel results show biological effects near the ocean surface in areas where seeps are most prolific.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research also demonstrates the importance of oceanographic field research in understanding complex ecosystem issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere has been a tendency to rely on autonomous samplers in place of researchers out at sea,\u201d Montoya observed. \u201cFor this project, it was really important to have diverse groups of scientists with broad interests working together both at sea and onshore, to tease the system apart.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team plans two pathways of study next: To analyze the behavior of different types of phytoplankton above seeps to better understand how they interact with oil, and to improve understanding of how oil from deep underwater rises to the surface.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study was part of the ECOGIG Consortium, a multi-institutional group that studies natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. In addition to those already mentioned, coauthors on the study were Mark Hafez, Alexander Chekalyuk, and Beizhan Yan of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; and Sarah Weber of the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work is supported by The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative\u0027s (GOMRI) ECOGIG consortium, with additional support from National Science Foundation (NSF) grant OCE-0928495. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: N.A, D\u2019Souza, et al., \u201cElevated surface chlorophyll associated with natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico,\u201d (Nature Geoscience, 2016). \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/ngeo2631\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/ngeo2631\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/ngeo2631\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 30332-0181 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia 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Oliver of the Georgia Tech School of Economics.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Renewable Energy and Wholesale Electricity Price Variability\u0022 previews the basic microeconomic theory underlying a larger empirical study by Johnson and Oliver on the effects of renewable energy support policies on wholesale electricity prices. The authors use a simple supply-demand model of an electricity market to demonstrate why greater renewable penetration should reduce the variation in wholesale electricity prices, reducing risk for key market actors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo access the full issue of \u003Cem\u003EIAEE Energy Forum\u003C\/em\u003E, please \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iaee.org\/en\/publications\/fullnewsletter.aspx?id=38\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E. 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For microorganisms in the oceans \u2013 including those that capture half of the carbon taken out of the atmosphere every day \u2013 viruses are a major threat. But a paper published January 25 in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Microbiology\u003C\/em\u003E shows that there\u2019s much less certainty about the size of these viral populations than scientists had long believed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollecting and re-examining more than 5,600 estimates of ocean microbial cell and virus populations recorded over the past 25 years, researchers have found that viral populations vary dramatically from location to location, and at differing depths in the sea. The study highlights another source of uncertainty governing climate models and other biogeochemical measures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat was surprising was that there was not a constant relationship, as people had assumed, between the number of microbial cells and the number of viruses,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biology\u003C\/a\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology and one of the paper\u2019s two senior co-authors. \u201cBecause viruses are parasites, it was assumed that their number would vary linearly with the number of microbes. We found that the ratio does not remain constant, but decreases systematically as the number of microbes increases.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research, which involved authors from 14 different institutions, was initiated as part of a working group from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), which is supported by the National Science Foundation. The research was completed with additional support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Simons Foundation. The research was co-led by Steven Wilhelm, a professor of microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the datasets examined by the researchers, the ratio of viruses to microbes varied from approximately 1 to 1 and 150 to 1 in surface waters, and from 5 to 1 and 75 to 1 in the deeper ocean. For years, scientists had utilized a baseline ratio of 10 to 1 \u2013 ten times more viruses than microbes \u2013 which may not adequately represent conditions in many marine ecosystems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA marine environment with 100-fold more viruses than microbes may have very different rates of microbial recycling than an environment with far fewer viruses,\u201d said Weitz. \u201cOur study begins to challenge the notion of a uniform ecosystem role for viruses.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA key target for viruses are cyanobacteria \u2013 marine microorganisms that obtain their energy through photosynthesis in a process that takes carbon out of the atmosphere. What happens to the carbon these tiny organisms remove may be determined by whether they are eaten by larger grazing creatures \u2013 or die from viral infections.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen these cyanobacteria die from infections, their carbon is likely to remain in the top of the water column, where it can nourish other microorganisms. If they are eaten by larger creatures, their carbon is likely to sink into the deeper ocean as the grazers die or excrete the carbon in in their feces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cViruses have a role in shunting some of the carbon away from the deep ocean and keeping it in the surface ocean,\u201d said Wilhelm. \u201cQuantifying the strength of the viral shunt remains a vital issue.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInfluenza and measles come to mind when most people think of viruses, but the bulk of world\u2019s viruses actually infect microorganisms. Estimates suggest that a single liter of seawater typically contain more than ten billion viruses.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo better understand this population, the researchers conducted a meta-analysis of the microbial and virus abundance data that had been collected over multiple decades, including datasets collected by many of the co-authors whose laboratories are based in the United States, Canada and Europe. The data had been obtained using a variety of techniques, including epifluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy combining data collected by 11 different research groups, the researchers created a big picture from many smaller ones. The statistical relationships between viruses and microbial cells, analyzed by first-author Charles Wigington from Georgia Tech and second-author Derek Sonderegger from Northern Arizona University, show the range of variation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe available data provides information about the abundance of viral particles, not their diversity. Viruses are selective in the microbes they target, meaning the true rates of infection require a renewed focus on virus-microbe infection networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFuture research should focus on examining the relationship between ocean microorganisms and viruses at the scale of relevant interactions,\u201d said Weitz, \u201cMore ocean surveys are needed to fill in the many blanks for this critical part of the carbon cycle. Indeed, virus infections of microbes could change the flux of carbon and nutrients on a global scale.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work was supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) grants OCE-1233760 and OCE-1061352, a Career Award at the Scientific Interface from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and a Simons Foundation SCOPE grant. This work arose from discussions in the Ocean Viral Dynamics working group at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, an Institute sponsored by the National Science Foundation through NSF Award DBI-1300426, with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Charles H. 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The fellows will spend a portion of this summer on-site at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) pursuing research collaborations that advance the frontiers of space science and space technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe CSTAR Summer Fellows@JPL program is designed to promote and encourage collaboration between Georgia Tech and JPL, focusing on research collaborations in science and engineering fields of mutual interest. Prospective proposers are encouraged to submit research proposals that align with CSTAR research thrusts, identify JPL interests and collaborators, and describe the downstream impact of the summer collaborations. The yearly proposal cycle includes a November proposal call, December proposal submission, and January proposal selection. All Georgia Tech academic faculty are eligible to apply.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese competitively awarded research grants build on the strengths of both JPL and Georgia Tech,\u201d said Georgia Tech Professor and CSTAR Director Robert Braun. \u201cThey are designed to foster future research collaborations between these two institutions, and are well aligned with our nation\u2019s future needs in space science and space technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe faculty selected for the 2016 Summer Fellows@JPL program and their research topics are as follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark Costello (AE):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E Robotic Legged Landing Gear for Spacecraft\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGlenn Lightsey (AE):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E Design Drivers and Solutions for Reliable Small Satellite Science Missions\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJulian Rimoli (AE):\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cem\u003ETensegrity Structures for Planetary Landing\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPaul Steffes (ECE):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E Improved Radio Occultation Retrievals Of Terrestrial Atmospheric Structure And Composition\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPanos Tsiotras (AE):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E Covariance Steering Theory for Precise GN\u0026amp;C Terrain Relative Navigation during Entry, Descent and Landing\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The CSTAR Summer Fellows@JPL program provides an excellent opportunity to connect leading Georgia Tech faculty with researchers at JPL,\u201d said JPL Chief Scientist Daniel McCleese. \u201cThe exciting projects chosen this year will open up new collaborations, and enhance both JPL and Georgia Tech\u0027s space science and engineering efforts.\u201d In 2012 Georgia Tech and JPL entered into a strategic partnership designed to promote and encourage collaboration between the institutions. CSTAR serves as the Georgia Tech focal point for this newly established partnership with JPL.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Space Technology and Research (CSTAR) is an interdisciplinary research center that serves to organize, integrate and facilitate the impact of Georgia Tech\u0027s space science and space technology research activities. CSTAR brings together a wide range of Georgia Tech faculty, active in space science and space technology research, and functions as the Georgia Tech focal point for growth of the space industry in the state of Georgia. CSTAR is led by Dr. Braun who serves as the Director and Dr. Thomas Orlando, Associate Director.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the Center for Space Technology and Research (CSTAR), visit:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cstar.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.cstar.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe are pleased to announce that five faculty members have been competitively selected as participants in the Georgia Tech - JPL summer 2016 faculty collaboration program sponsored by the Georgia Tech Center for Space Technology and Research and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five Faculty Members Selected as CSTAR 2016 Summer Fellows@JPL"}],"uid":"28808","created_gmt":"2016-01-19 17:36:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:27","author":"Brandon Sforzo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"475531":{"id":"475531","type":"image","title":"JPL Logo","body":null,"created":"1449257215","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:26:55","changed":"1475895227","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:47","alt":"JPL Logo","file":{"fid":"99276","name":"logo-jpl.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo-jpl_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo-jpl_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":47417,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/logo-jpl_0.png?itok=xDYY3sQ1"}}},"media_ids":["475531"],"groups":[{"id":"282661","name":"Center for Space Technology and Research (CSTAR)"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"489991":{"#nid":"489991","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor Prausnitz Wins Georgia Bio Innovation Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERegents\u2019 Professor Mark Prausnitz has been selected as one of three recipients of \u003Ca title=\u0022Georgia Bio\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gabio.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Bio\u003C\/a\u003E\u2019s 2016 Innovation Awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe awards, which will be presented January 28 at Atlanta\u2019s Fox Theatre, honor the department, institution, company or individuals who are forging new ground by thinking outside traditional paradigms to create unique technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrausnitz, who holds the J. Erskine Love Jr. Chair at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is being recognized for his success in translating science into useful products that will have a positive impact on the health of individuals and the population at large. He is the key scientific member of teams that have taken fundamental discoveries in microneedles and turned them into products to treat diseases of the eye and for cost-effective administration of vaccines to the global community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrausnitz leads a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/drugdelivery.chbe.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003Eresearch group\u003C\/a\u003E of more than 30 people working to develop novel mechanisms and technology to enhance and target drug and vaccine delivery for medical applications. His work has produced more than 220 research papers and more than 35 issued or pending U.S. patents (in addition to international filings).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2011, he co-founded Clearside Biomedical, which has raised $48 million in funding and is running three phase 2 or 3 clinical trials to treat inflammatory conditions in the back of the eye using the novel microneedle injection technology developed in Prausnitz\u2019s lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2014, he co-founded Micron Biomedical, which is a clinical-stage company that seeks to commercialize microneedle patch technology developed in Prausnitz\u0027s lab for needle-free vaccination against influenza, polio and other diseases and self-administration of biopharmaceuticals without injections.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Bio\u0026nbsp;is the state\u2019s life science industry association whose members include pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, medical centers, universities and research institutes, government groups and other business organizations involved in the development of life sciences related products and services.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther winners of Georgia Bio\u0027s 2016 Innovation Award include NFANT Labs and Abeome Corporation.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Professor Prausnitz Wins Georgia Bio Innovation Award"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERegents\u2019 Professor Mark Prausnitz has been selected as one of three recipients of Georgia Bio\u2019s 2016 Innovation Awards.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Prausnitz Wins Georgia Bio Innovation Award"}],"uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2016-01-25 14:44:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:27","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"357811":{"id":"357811","type":"image","title":"M. 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When making a proposal to the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) Capstone Design program all I had to do was hit the \u2018submit\u2019 button, and I connected twice.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ELast July, my wife and I submitted a project idea on behalf of our son, Joe. The online form asks for a \u201cclinical need to be addressed.\u201d As a baby, Joe was diagnosed with\u0026nbsp;spastic quadriplegia, a severe form of cerebral palsy. He\u2019s 14 now and his needs are wide-ranging. So we focused on mobility and proposed a better \u2018gait trainer,\u2019 an assistive walking device on wheels for people like Joe who can\u2019t walk independently.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe market for pediatric devices is challenging enough and the device we were proposing, with an improved harness and mobility, addresses really specific needs. Since there\u2019s no guarantee that a student Capstone team will take on your project, and since most proposals are submitted by healthcare professionals, biomedical industry members and academic researchers, we didn\u2019t have a lot of expectations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThen I got an email shortly after fall semester began, from James Rains, professor of practice and director of BME Capstone. Our project had \u201creceived quite a bit of student interest,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAfter additional review we felt that it would be preferable to have two multi-disciplinary teams take a crack at trying to develop a solution.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ESuddenly, we\u2019d gone from a shot in the dark to a double bulls eye. It was a little intimidating. 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Joe is a big fan of super heroes, so it felt perfectly natural to think of these senior students as super hero squads, a la the Avengers or the Justice League, each individual bringing his or her skills and super powers to accentuate the whole. That theme carried over into their work -- one of the teams used Iron Man colors for its device, and the other used an Iron Man image in their project video (proving they were both paying attention to my son\u0027s super hero preference).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EFirst to reach out via email was a team that called itself, \u2018Joey on the Move.\u2019 Shushmita (Sushi) Hoque introduced herself as the team\u2019s liaison. She and Clay Mangiameli were the biomedical engineers. 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They need to step back and figure out what the problem is that they\u2019re trying to solve. It\u2019s about understanding the user and the need first, and then understanding the engineering requirements.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ETo help the teams understand what they were getting into, Jane and I shared videos of Joe walking in the gait trainers he used at home, school and at his physical therapy sessions (which used to be held at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega, about 30 miles from our home in Sautee Nacoochee).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe students made several road trips. Over the course of the semester, each team visited our home twice and made separate trips to observe Joe at physical therapy at UNG. In early September, they each came to the house \u2013 an 85-mile drive from Georgia Tech \u2013 so they could see the challenges up close.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EGetting Joe into a gait trainer, with its harness and web of straps and difficult adjustments (and his dead weight \u2013 he can\u2019t stand on his own), requires a strong back and an extra arm or two wouldn\u2019t hurt. It typically takes two adults to get the job done. In working through the process, the students could see that what we needed was a device that was easier to use for both Joe and his aging parents!\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cBoth teams asked great questions,\u201d says Jane. \u201cAnd, while we didn\u2019t have to explain the mechanics of the pieces of mobility equipment we were demonstrating,\u0026nbsp;our teams learned a lot about the realities of people with motor and neuromuscular disabilities.\u0026nbsp;This was very important to us. As end users of the potential designs they created, and because these designs were going to be our son\u2019s path to more personal freedom and independent mobility, it was very important that the teams understood the whys and what ifs, not the just the what and the how of the designs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EWhile both teams clearly considered all of the above, they took slightly different paths to their prototypes. Joey on the Move took a more methodical approach, like the one Rains describes, while The League moved fairly quickly into the design process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cIn BME the initial focus is on defining the problem, and that\u2019s something that Sushi and I kept in mind,\u201d explains Clay. \u201cMeanwhile, the mechanical engineers were chomping at the bit, wanting to design a prototype right off the bat.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ESo the team studied our son and how he moved. They also interviewed other physical therapists and families and clinicians who helped them understand the broad range of challenges associated with cerebral palsy. As parents, we made it clear early on that while our ideas were based on Joe\u2019s needs, the teams might be better off thinking broadly about devices that could serve the needs of a larger population.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cOur main focus early on was to learn about the current devices out there and gain ideas from that,\u201d says Sushi. It wasn\u2019t until near the end of October that they had a viable design concept.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe League, on the other hand, seemed to follow an ME dominant approach \u2013 within a week of their early September visit, Claire sent us a copy of five design concepts they\u2019d drawn up, asking what we liked and didn\u2019t like about each. And by the middle of October, this note arrived from Claire: \u201cWe are moving along with our design and are getting close to being able to prototype our design. We are very excited to share our progress with you and to begin building our prototype!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EMeanwhile, Sushi kept sending us weekly updates, each report giving us a peek into what the Capstone process is like for these busy seniors:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u2022 October 12 (following a visit to Joe\u2019s PT session with Dr. Terrie Millard): \u201cThe meeting was extremely helpful as we learned more about what Joey needs and the specific problems he encounters when using his assistive mobility devices. \u2026 Additionally, our team is currently in the concept generation phase \u2026 each team member will be bringing in 20 concept sketches of devices or parts of a device that would perform particular functions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u2022 Oct. 27: \u201c\u2026 we have mainly focused on completing the Prior Art Report deliverable \u2026 we have begun to refine our final design to prepare it for prototyping. As seen in the report, our team has preliminary CAD (computer aided design) models for our top three concept designs. We are going forward with the first concept \u2026 once we finalize our design, we will order materials and begin building a prototype of the assistive walker we have designed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u2022 Nov. 10: \u201c ... we met for approximately eight hours on Friday \u2026 spent a lot of time doing calculations to ensure that the device will be able to support the necessary weight and height. \u2026 we discussed at length the types of steel that we need. \u2026 The main issue is being able to build the device on time. We have less than a month before the Capstone Expo, so every second counts! \u2026\u0026nbsp; we will be picking up some of our materials directly from McMaster-Carr, a local company, to avoid shipping time and costs. The frame metal is being shipped from Speedy Metals, which is located in the Midwest. \u2026 once the prototype is done, we will begin testing to see if the device is safe and if it can hold the required loads. \u2026 we have prepared a riveting sales pitch for a competition in our lab section.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThen it was Joe\u2019s turn to be a test pilot. The Sunday after Thanksgiving, both teams arrived at our house, a few hours apart, to give their prototypes a test run. Jane and I were like the proverbial kids in a toy store. The teams had created useable prototypes that were very different. The League of Extraordinary Engineers based their design on a TAOS Walker while Joey on the Move created something closer to the LiteGait (Joe has had experience on both of these mobility products). Both teams managed to simplify the harness and the process of getting Joe into the device, and improve the mechanism for raising and lowering the device, to adjust the effects of gravity on our son.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EDecember 3\u003Csup\u003Erd\u003C\/sup\u003E was showtime, the Capstone Design Expo, when all engineering seniors put their projects on display and deliver their presentations to a rotating, shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of judges and other attendees in McCamish Pavillion. Though it was a school night, Jane, Joe and I drove down to Atlanta to watch our teams in action.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAfter several months of research, of asking questions and gathering information and materials and turning all of that into a product, these students behaved like seasoned pros. If they were nervous, they didn\u2019t show it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cThe expo itself was less stressful than the previous few months,\u201d says Clay. \u201cWe\u2019d gone through the design process, we knew the project backwards and forwards, gone through a pitch competition. We were ready. It felt like we got into a rhythm that night at the expo.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EEach team demonstrated how their prototypes work \u2013 diminutive Sushi actually strapped herself in to explain the device her team created.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EBoth teams had videos of Joe using the device, and throughout the night, strangers who had visited our teams would come up to Joe and introduce themselves, \u201chey, you\u2019re Joey! We just saw you on the video!\u201d Our son basked in his new-found celebrity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThough neither of our teams won an award at the expo, my family felt like champions of the night. Our son now had two different devices to help him comfortably achieve new levels of independent mobility. He\u2019ll use the devices at home and we\u2019ll continue adjusting and improving, taking the best aspects of each and marrying them together. They\u2019re prototypes, wonderful works in progress.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe students have graduated, moved on to the next challenges in their lives. Sushi is going to pursue medical school. We\u2019ve made new friends and I feel as if the students gained new insights into what it\u2019s like to try and remake the world so a child can just be a child, something my wife and I have been working at for 14 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cOverall, the Capstone Design experience was a great one for us,\u201d says Jane. \u201cWe will experiment further with both of the designs and help Joe continue to perfect and demonstrate this mobility equipment, designed for a child with significant neuromuscular disorders.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p3\u0022\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p3\u0022\u003EThat was the point, after all. As the League of Extraordinary Engineers explains in its project description, \u201cOur goal is to design and develop a mobility device to assist a specific child with cerebral palsy, in particular to make up-right mobility easier through improving core and head support without restricting his gait.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EBoth teams accomplished what they set out to do for the fall semester. But this was just one lap in a much longer race -- Joe\u0027s life isn\u0027t a sprint; it\u0027s more like a marathon run over an obstacle course. Underlying all of that is the desire to be as fully human as possible. Before either team could make material improvements, they had to embrace Joe\u2019s humanity. They accomplished this as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cThe mom in me was very touched by how each team really seemed to connect with the kid in Joe,\u201d Jane says. \u201cSometimes, it\u2019s important for a kid to just be a kid. Our Capstone teams never lost sight of that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStory by Jerry Grillo\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ejerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Capstone Design process becomes a family affair"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ECapstone Design process becomes a family affair\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Capstone Design process becomes a family affair"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2016-01-19 21:21:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:27","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"488021":{"id":"488021","type":"image","title":"Sushi jumping","body":null,"created":"1453309200","gmt_created":"2016-01-20 17:00:00","changed":"1475895242","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:02","alt":"Sushi jumping","file":{"fid":"204368","name":"sushi_jumping.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sushi_jumping_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sushi_jumping_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":636245,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sushi_jumping_0.jpg?itok=vCFdijMk"}},"488031":{"id":"488031","type":"image","title":"League of Extraordinary Engineers","body":null,"created":"1453309200","gmt_created":"2016-01-20 17:00:00","changed":"1475895242","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:02","alt":"League of Extraordinary Engineers","file":{"fid":"204369","name":"claire_team.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/claire_team_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/claire_team_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1252060,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/claire_team_0.jpg?itok=eunnf_DI"}}},"media_ids":["488021","488031"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"9835","name":"capstone design"},{"id":"171587","name":"cerebral palsy"},{"id":"1482","name":"mobility"}],"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":[],"email":["jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"490011":{"#nid":"490011","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Low Cost and High Performance 2.5D Glass Interposer BGA for Ultra-high Bandwidth at low power","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Tech and its partners have developed 2.5D glass interposer technology as a superior alternative to organic interposers in interconnect density, and silicon interposers in electrical performance, power consumption, and cost.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was the first to start glass packaging five years ago as the next generation packaging technology after plastic or leadframe packaging in the 1970s, ceramic packaging in 1980s, and organic build-up in the 1990s. Georgia Tech proposed glass packaging as a superior packaging platform due to its improved electrical properties including low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss, thermal expansion match to silicon ICs, smooth surface finish, low moisture absorption, and availability in ultra-thin and large form factors without grinding. Georgia Tech identified and addressed three fundamental limitations of glass packaging that included low thermal conductivity, TSV-like through via formation at fine pitch and low cost, and mechanical brittleness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, Georgia Tech is designing and demonstrating glass packaging for a variety of applications including digital, RF, power, flexible electronics and automotive applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of Georgia Tech\u2019s 2.5D glass interposer is to serve high-performance computing markets including networks, graphics and as the interconnect platform for split SOCs, as announced by IBM, AMD and now Intel. These markets share a common set of system requirements\u2014low latency, ultra-high interconnect density for ultra-high bandwidth, low-power interconnections, large package size, and low cost. Currently, silicon interposer is the only commercially-available technology that begins to address these system needs. Silicon interposers, while they provide suitable interconnect density, suffer from high signal losses due to dielectric and conductor losses and high cost due to small 300 mm size wafer processing and manufacturing, as well as the need for an organic BGA package between the interposer and system board. Organic interposers are being developed to overcome these limitations of silicon interposers, but are fundamentally limited in I\/O density over the long term. Georgia Tech\u2019s glass interposer, in contrast, is made up of 100 micron thin glass, which is available in large panel or roll-to-roll form, with through via at as low as 30 micron pitch and fine-pitch RDL with microvias at less than 10 microns\u2014enabling 40 micron chip-level I\/O pitch in development and 20 micron pitch in research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and its industry partners are designing and developing 2.5D glass interposer BGA packages with the following strategic advantages:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHigh electrical performance achieved using low permittivity and low loss dielectrics to fabricate multilayer RDL wiring lines at 6 micron line pitch with 3 micron line lithography leading to 40 micron bump pitch, enabling short, high-density die-to-die interconnections with 0.12 dB\/mm line insertion loss at 2 GHz.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELow interconnect losses achieved by reducing dielectric and conductor losses using low loss dielectrics and thick copper conductive lines, compared to BEOL. As a result, line insertion losses for high-speed, off-package interconnects as low as 0.05 dB\/mm are achieved\u2014a 6X reduction compared to similar results reported with silicon interposers.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHigh reliability using unique interposer fabrication and assembly technologies\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHigh density interconnections since glass behaves like silicon in its surface smoothness and dimensional stability in minimizing line lithography, line pitch and I\/O pitch. The Georgia Tech program has recently demonstrated 3 micron wiring lines with via-in-pad technology at 40 micron I\/O bump, targeting 20 micron pitch in 2016.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDirect board-level attachment of 2.5D glass interposer BGA:\u003C\/strong\u003E Unlike silicon interposer, which requires organic BGA for assembly to PCB, direct attachment of a glass interposer BGA to board has been demonstrated by the Georgia Tech team using a 18.5 mm glass BGA package size. The stresses due to CTE mismatch between the glass and board are managed by a variety of stress buffer approaches.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECost:\u003C\/strong\u003E The cost of glass interposer package is expected to be similar to organic packages in high volume by utilizing large panels that are 5-10x larger than 300 mm silicon wafers. In addition to large panel processing to reduce cost, the Georgia Tech process uses low cost materials and dryfilm processes, double-side advanced semi-additive plating, large area lithography, high-speed plating, and panel scalable die assembly technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Georgia Tech glass packaging R\u0026amp;D is unique in the academic world.\u003C\/strong\u003E It involves partnership with manufacturing supply chain and end-user companies, resulting in accelerated 2.5D glass interposer package R\u0026amp;D. Corning and Asahi Glass, for example, have both developed high throughput roll-to-roll glass panel manufacturing as well as high throughput through-via processes and prepared them for volume manufacturing. Other supply chain manufacturing contributions to accelerate 2.5D fabrication development include: Ushio\u2019s lithographic tool placed at Georgia Tech for 2 micron line lithography, SUSS MicroTec\u2019s projection excimer laser ablation for microvias at less than 10 microns, Atotech\u2019s differential seed layer etch for advanced SAP, as well as Shinko\u2019s and Unimicron\u2019s glass substrate prototype fabrication using panel manufacturing processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe current design and demonstration focus is the fabrication of low cost advanced RDL and TCB chip assembly processes, resulting in the first 2.5D glass interposer package prototype shown above.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe next focus is to apply this interposer technology for high bandwidth logic-to-memory applications working with semiconductor and system companies\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about Georgia Tech\u2019s glass packaging technology, please contact Prof. Rao Tummala at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rao.tummala@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erao.tummala@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Authors\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBrett Sawyer, is a 4\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E year ECE student pursuing his PhD under the advisement of Prof. Rao Tummala. His research focus is on Modeling, Design, and Fabrication of 2.5D Glass Interposer. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bsawyer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ebsawyer@gatech.edu\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDr. Rao Tummala is Director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Packaging Research Center. He is also a Chaired Professor in ECE and MSE. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rao.tummala@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Erao.tummala@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDr. Venky Sundaram is Program Manager for Glass Substrate at GT PRC and research faculty in ECE. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:vs24@mail.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Evs24@mail.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and its partners have developed 2.5D glass interposer technology as a superior alternative to organic interposers in interconnect density, and silicon interposers in electrical performance, power consumption, and cost."}],"uid":"27850","created_gmt":"2016-01-25 14:58:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:27","author":"Karen May","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"490021":{"id":"490021","type":"image","title":"First 2.5D glass interposer prototype fabricated using low-cost processes and panel-level chip assembly at 50 micron thick bump pitch.","body":null,"created":"1453752000","gmt_created":"2016-01-25 20:00:00","changed":"1475895218","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:38","alt":"First 2.5D glass interposer prototype fabricated using low-cost processes and panel-level chip assembly at 50 micron thick bump pitch.","file":{"fid":"204048","name":"first_2.5d.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/first_2.5d_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/first_2.5d_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":69090,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/first_2.5d_0.jpg?itok=lP4so1sz"}},"490031":{"id":"490031","type":"image","title":"Two-metal layer RDL on 300 micron thick glass panel.","body":null,"created":"1453752000","gmt_created":"2016-01-25 20:00:00","changed":"1475895245","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:05","alt":"Two-metal layer RDL on 300 micron thick glass panel.","file":{"fid":"204422","name":"two_metal_layer.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/two_metal_layer_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/two_metal_layer_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":180326,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/two_metal_layer_0.png?itok=QcCwUGuR"}}},"media_ids":["490021","490031"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"77001","name":"2.5D Packages"},{"id":"48351","name":"interconnect"},{"id":"69571","name":"Interposers"},{"id":"171599","name":"low power"},{"id":"4127","name":"PRC"},{"id":"12103","name":"Rao Tummala"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKaren Weber May\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarketing \u0026amp; Communications Coordinator\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPackaging Research Center\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:karen.may@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekaren.may@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 385-1220\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["karen.weber@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"488111":{"#nid":"488111","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Launches New MBA\/M.S. and MBA\/Ph.D. Dual Degree with College of Engineering and College of Computing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is now offering a dual degree option allowing students to combine an MBA with an M.S. or Ph.D. degree in programs within the College of Engineering and College of Computing. This interdisciplinary degree track will provide graduates with deep technology knowledge, analytical skillset, business acumen, and entrepreneurial mindset to propel them to the forefront of their chosen fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are pleased to offer the MBA dual degree option for students seeking advanced degrees in engineering and computing,\u201d said Maryam Alavi, dean of the Scheller College of Business and Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Chair. \u201cAs technology continues to reshape the business world, every industry requires technically savvy business leaders and professionals. The dual degree option is one of the many ways Scheller College is helping to close the gap between available skills and marketplace needs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe MBA dual degree leverages the combined strengths of Georgia Tech in engineering, computing, and business by melding the world-class expertise of the College of Engineering\u2019s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, the College of Computing\u2019s School of Computer Science, and the Scheller College of Business. By combining the strengths of these nationally ranked programs, students gain a unique blend of skills and a competitive advantage to accelerate their careers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis new degree option allows our students to combine their world class technical degree with a world class MBA. It will be particularly attractive to students who have an entrepreneurial mindset,\u201d said Laurence Jacobs, associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Engineering. \u201cThe MBA\/M.S. or Ph.D. dual degree allows engineering students to develop skills that employers look for in the next generation of leaders at their companies. We are excited about the opportunities this joint partnership will bring our students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne of the central objectives in creating the dual degree option is to produce graduates who will be ready to enter a workplace that is being transformed by technology at an increasing rate. From technology companies to traditional sectors such as consumer goods, finance, retail, and transportation, technological advancements are rapidly changing the U.S. and global economies. Georgia Tech recognized the need for a MBA\/M.S. and MBA\/Ph.D. offering to meet the growing industry demand for a new kind of principled leader who possesses innovative problem-solving skills and business know-how to help solve the most complex business and societal challenges of the 21st century.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Computing has become a catalyst for so many areas of human endeavor, and the business world is perhaps the best example,\u201d said Zvi Galil, the John P. Imlay Dean of the College of Computing. \u201cIt\u2019s virtually required these days for top business professionals to have a firm grasp on concepts like data science and analytics, because you can bet that if you don\u2019t take advantage of those tools, your competitors will. Moreover, it\u2019s a real advantage for our computing students to be able to add an MBA to their credentials for that moment in their careers when they decide to move into the executive suite.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe dual degree option allows students to count 15 credit hours from their M.S. or Ph.D. courses toward their MBA elective requirements, reducing the time required to complete both degrees. Thus, students can complete an MBA with 39 credit hours instead of 54 credit hours.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents who have been admitted to an M.S. or Ph.D. program in the Georgia Tech College of Engineering or College of Computing (excluding online degree programs) are eligible to pursue the dual degree option. This includes students in interdisciplinary programs where the two colleges participate, such as the M.S. programs in Analytics and Quantitative and Computational Finance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students currently pursing graduate degrees in the Colleges of Engineering and Computing who would like to learn more about the dual degree are invited to attend an upcoming \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/info-session.html\u0022\u003Einformation session\u003C\/a\u003E on February 2 or February 23. Please visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/degree-programs\/mba\/dual-degree\/index.html\u0022\u003EMBA dual degree Web page\u003C\/a\u003E for details about program structure, the application and admissions process, and tuition and financing, or contact the Scheller College MBA Program Office with questions at 404.894.8722 or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/contact-us.html\u0022\u003Eonline\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is now offering a dual degree option allowing students to combine an MBA with an M.S. or Ph.D. degree in programs within the College of Engineering and College of Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Launches New MBA\/M.S. and MBA\/Ph.D. Dual Degree with College of Engineering and College of Computing"}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2016-01-20 09:54:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:27","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"488061":{"id":"488061","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Launches Two New Degrees","body":null,"created":"1453309200","gmt_created":"2016-01-20 17:00:00","changed":"1475895242","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:02","alt":"Georgia Tech Launches Two New Degrees","file":{"fid":"204370","name":"new_degrees.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/new_degrees_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/new_degrees_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":32012,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/new_degrees_0.jpg?itok=68jh1OG4"}}},"media_ids":["488061"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"}],"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\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jessica.wolff@scheller.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJessica A. 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Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Institue of Technology, to its College of Fellows. Dr. Ting was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows \u003Cem\u003Efor outstanding accomplishments in neuromechanics of muscle coordination for locomotion and balance\u003C\/em\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Fellows is comprised of the top two percent of medical and biological engineers in the country. The most accomplished and distinguished engineering and medical school chairs, research directors, professors, innovators, and successful entrepreneurs, comprise the College of Fellows. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAIMBE Fellows are regularly recognized for their contributions in teaching, research, and innovation. AIMBE Fellows have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Science and the Presidential Medal of Technology and Innovation and many also are members of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA formal induction ceremony will be held during AIMBE\u2019s 25th Annual Meeting at the National Academy of Sciences Great Hall in Washington, DC on April 4, 2016. Dr. Ting will be inducted along with 160 colleagues who make up the AIMBE College of Fellows Class of 2016. For more information about the AIMBE Annual Meet, please visit www.aimbe.org. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAIMBE\u2019s mission is to recognize excellence in, and advocate for, the fields of medical and biological engineering in order to advance society. Since 1991, AIMBE\u2018s College of Fellows has lead the way for technological growth and advancement in the fields of medical and biological engineering. Fellows have helped revolutionize medicine and related fields in order to enhance and extend the lives of people all over the world. They have also successfully advocated for public policies that have enabled researchers and business-makers to further the interests of engineers, teachers, scientists, clinical practitioners, and ultimately, patients. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor questions regarding the College of Fellows and AIMBE, please contact Jason R. 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Toriello\u2019s project is titled \u201cTowards Exact Methods for Dynamic Integer Programs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDecision support tools in industry and government must increasingly account for uncertainty, and the recent explosion in the amount of available data and the frequency of its generation imply that decision makers must constantly react to new information in a dynamic fashion. Using the NSF CAREER grant, Toriello will develop general-purpose solution techniques and algorithms for a widely applicable class of dynamic optimization models with discrete components. In addition, the project\u2019s educational goals include a series of interactive lectures aimed at attracting and recruiting high school students to operations research and STEM more broadly, with a particular focus on students from historically under-represented groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAlejandro is truly deserving of this award, and we are pleased that the NSF decided to recognize him for his achievements,\u0022 said Edwin Romeijn, the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair at ISyE. \u201cHe is a very accomplished young researcher, and his work is already having an impact on dynamic decision support tools used within industry and government.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout ISyE Assistant Professor Alejandro Toriello\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToriello\u2019s research interests lie in the theory and application of supply chain management, logistics and transportation, and in related optimization methodologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe received his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech in 2010. Prior to joining ISyE, he served as an assistant professor in the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe is a member of INFORMS and the Mathematical Optimization Society.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) Assistant Professor Alejandro Toriello has been awarded a prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).The $500,000 award begins in mid-May 2016 and lasts for five years.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Faculty Spotlight: ISyE Assistant Professor Alejandro Toriello Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Grant"}],"uid":"28766","created_gmt":"2016-01-20 10:42:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:27","author":"Shelley Wunder-Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"488131":{"id":"488131","type":"image","title":"ISyE Assistant Professor Alejandro Toriello","body":null,"created":"1453309200","gmt_created":"2016-01-20 17:00:00","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09","alt":"ISyE Assistant Professor Alejandro Toriello","file":{"fid":"203983","name":"toriello_portrait_usc_cropped_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/toriello_portrait_usc_cropped_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/toriello_portrait_usc_cropped_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":28751,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/toriello_portrait_usc_cropped_0_0.jpg?itok=tH_2jME0"}}},"media_ids":["488131"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"71751","name":"Alejandro Toriello"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"362","name":"National Science Foundation"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:shelley.wunder-smith@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EShelley Wunder-Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWriter\/Editor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.385.4745\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"490371":{"#nid":"490371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cressler Publishes Second Edition of Silicon Earth","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn D. Cressler has released the second edition of his textbook, \u003Cem\u003ESilicon Earth: Introduction to Microelectronics and Nanotechnology\u003C\/em\u003E, published by CRC Press. Cressler is the Schlumberger Chair in Electronics at the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach fall, Cressler teaches CoE 3002, Introduction to the Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Revolution, a popular course with no prerequisites and which is open to all Tech students. CoE 3002 serves the Technology and Management Program within the Scheller College of Business, as well as the Georgia Tech Honors Program. He wrote a book for that course,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESilicon Earth\u003C\/em\u003E, which is very non-conventional in both substance and narrative style and is intended for general audiences.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESilicon Earth: Introduction to Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, Second Edition\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;introduces readers with little or no technical background to the marvels of microelectronics and nanotechnology, using straightforward language, an intuitive approach, minimal math, and a lot of pictures. The general scientific and engineering underpinnings of microelectronics and nanotechnology are described, as well as how this new technological revolution is transforming a broad array of interdisciplinary fields, and civilization as a whole.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpecial \u201cwidget deconstruction\u201d chapters address the inner workings of ubiquitous micro\/nano-enabled pieces of technology, such as smartphones, flash drives, and digital cameras. Completely updated and upgraded to full color, the Second Edition:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 includes new material on the design of electronic systems, the future of electronics, and the societal impact of micro\/nanotechnology\u2028\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 provides new widget deconstructions of cutting-edge tech gadgets like the GPS-enabled smartwatch\u2028\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 adds end-of-chapter study questions and hundreds of new color photos\u2028\u2028\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESilicon Earth: Introduction to Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, Second Edition\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a pick-up-and-read-cover-to-cover book for those curious about the micro\/nanoworld, as well as a classroom-tested, student-and-professor-approved text ideal for an undergraduate-level university course. 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The atrium hummed with the chatter of students, their mentors, faculty, family and representatives from the participating high schools (Coretta Scott King Young Women\u2019s Leadership Academy, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate and Mays High School in addition to B.E.S.T., all of them in the Atlanta Public School system).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThey gathered around and among a maze of student research posters. Then everyone packed themselves into the Suddath Room for an enlightening panel discussion among former ENGAGES students who are now in college: Amadou Bah (Stanford), Katrina Burch (Georgia Tech), Jovanay Carter (Dartmouth), and Imani Moon (North Carolina A\u0026amp;T).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe current group of ENGAGES students wanted to know what to expect from the college experience. The panel didn\u2019t sugarcoat its answers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cI study all of the time. 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Russell Chandler III Assistant Professor David Goldberg\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoldberg works in applied probability, interpreted broadly, on topics ranging from inventory control and queueing theory to distributionally robust and combinatorial optimization. Much of his work focuses on using ideas from probability theory to prove that high-dimensional complex systems can be well-approximated by much simpler systems, and using these insights to devise novel algorithms with provable performance guarantees. His work in inventory control has focused on applying this mantra to challenging problems in which there is a lead-time delay between when an order is placed and when it is received, such as lost sales models and dual-sourcing problems, for which Goldberg has derived some of the first nearly optimal efficient algorithms. His work in queueing theory has focused on the so-called stochastic comparison approach to multi-server queues, in which one proves that certain performance metrics (such as the probability of rare events) can be bounded above and below by those of more tractable models. He has also investigated robust approaches to optimizing inventory models with demand forecasting, as well as certain questions regarding the independent sets of large graphs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has received several honors for his work, including an NSF CAREER award, first place in the 2015 George Nicholson Student Paper Competition, second place in the 2015 JFIG Paper Competition, as well as finalist in the 2014 MSOM Student Paper Competition and 2010 George Nicholson Student Paper Competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGoldberg received his undergraduate degree in computer science at Columbia University, minoring in both industrial engineering\/operations research and applied math. 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In this case, Matias Siebert Sandoval, an ISyE Ph.D. student earning his doctorate in operations research (2019), is part of a team selected as a finalist for the prestigious \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognize-Excellence\/Franz-Edelman-Award\u0022\u003EINFORMS Franz Edelman Award\u003C\/a\u003E. The Edelman Award recognizes and rewards outstanding examples of operations research, management science, and advanced analytics in practice in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs Siebert describes it, his team\u2019s project uses optimization to schedule the Chilean Soccer Leagues, which has both a youth league and a professional league with three divisions, and the South American World Cup qualifying tournament.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is an ongoing project of some years in duration, so many people have been part of the team. Siebert\u2019s involvement began after he took a 2010 undergraduate course in modeling and optimization at the University of Chile, where he earned his undergraduate degree in industrial engineering and his master\u2019s degree in operations management. Homework for this particular course involved scheduling a simpler tournament with fewer teams. Because Siebert did well and demonstrated interest in the problem, his professors, Rodrigo Wolf, Guillermo Dur\u00e1n, and Andr\u00e9s Weintraub, invited him to join the project full-on. Siebert describes himself as \u201ca huge soccer fan\u201d and says that the project combined his love of soccer and his appreciation for OR.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESiebert explains how the scheduling process developed: \u201cAt first, we started working on an optimization model for scheduling the first-division tournament. Given the success of the first year\u2019s scheduling processes, we then extended the project to the other divisions of the professional soccer league and to the youth soccer league. And finally, in 2015, we used our knowledge of the soccer scheduling process to propose the procedure for the South American World Cup qualifiers. The process of scheduling each of the Chilean soccer leagues is very similar.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project, which is primarily led by Professor Andr\u00e9s Weintraub from the University of Chile and Professor Guillermo Dur\u00e1n, from the University of Chile and University of Buenos Aires, has provided many benefits \u2013 not only for the Chilean soccer teams themselves, which have seen increased ticket sales and cost reductions due to better travel schedules, but also for the Professional Chilean Soccer Association (ANFP) and for the TV broadcasters. In addition, Siebert says, the optimized scheduling has brought increased \u201ctransparency to the scheduling process, improvements to the tournament\u2019s attractiveness [by making the match-ups more competitive and interesting], and fairness for the less dominant teams.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen asked how it feels to be a finalist for the Edelman award, Siebert describes it as \u201ca dream come true.\u201d He elaborates, \u201cIt is the most important award in applied OR, so being a finalist \u2013 at this young age \u2013 is huge for my career. Additionally, because this is the third time that the OR group from my university in Chile has attained the finals for this award, it is very important for the group, but especially for my country. This shows that we have world-class researchers in this field of study.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESiebert is proud to be a student at Georgia Tech as well, having selected it for its preeminence in operations research. His professors in Chile encouraged him to apply for admission based on the high-quality teaching and research being done at ISyE. He says, \u201cBeing here for just one semester has shown me that it was the right decision to choose the OR program in ISyE.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESiebert and his team will travel to Orlando in April to present this project in the Edelman\u2019s finalists gala at the INFORMS Business Analytics and Operations Research Conference. 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So the expo serves as a potential recruiting trip for Kimbrell, who is based in Memphis, headquarters of Medtronic\u2019s spinal business unit and a hub of the country\u2019s orthopedic device industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EA big part of the expo buzz comes from students in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), who help fill the arena with prototypes of products and solutions designed to improve the human condition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EKimbrell says she has been interested in the talent coming out of BME. Medtronic has hired several BME graduates over the past several years, including at least one this year, following the fall Capstone Design Expo in December. Those career opportunities are an essential part of the expos, as James Rains sees it.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cOver the past few years we\u2019ve been trying to encourage companies to see the value in this event, so we\u2019ve invited them,\u201d says Rains, professor of practice and director of BME Capstone program, who sometimes thinks of the expo as a \u201creverse career fair.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cCompany representatives can see the students in action, whereas normally they would be sitting in a conference room, just talking about a project,\u201d Rains says. \u201cAt the expo, the prototype is right there and the students are talking you through the process, explaining the rationale and the engineering analysis. It\u2019s much more relevant than what you\u2019d experience in a traditional interview.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAt least 12 medical companies checked out BME teams at the fall expo, according to Rains. Some, like Medtronic, were there to identify talent and in some cases, hire people, like recent grad Scott Renner, whose Capstone team, Biospeal, developed an improvement for a standard biopsy gun, eliminating the risk of post-procedure bleeding and other complications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EKimbrell considers the expo as, \u201csomething like a mini interview. In that setting they have great energy, a lot of passion for what they\u2019ve just completed. You\u2019re seeing them at their best. And sometimes, you find great talent that aligns with what your business needs are.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECONTACT:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. 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This second storage device supplies DC current at voltages appropriate for powering wearable and mobile devices such as watches, heart monitors, calculators, thermometers \u2013 and even wireless remote entry devices for vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy matching the impedance of the storage device to that of the triboelectric generators, the new system can boost energy efficiency from just one percent to as much as 60 percent. The research was reported December 11 in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith a high-output triboelectric generator and this power management circuit, we can power a range of applications from human motion,\u201d said Simiao Niu, a graduate research assistant 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. \u201cThe first stage of our system is matched to the triboelectric nanogenerator, and the second stage is matched to the application that it will be powering.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETriboelectric nanogenerators use a combination of the triboelectric effect and electrostatic induction to generate small amounts of electrical power from mechanical motions such as rotation, sliding or vibration. The triboelectric effect takes advantage of the fact that certain materials become electrically charged after they come into moving contact with a surface made from a different material. However, the output is alternating current, which can power applications such as LED lighting \u2013 but is not ideal for mobile devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOrdinary alternating current can be converted to direct current by using a transformer \u2013 but such a device requires consistency in the number of cycles per second. Because biomechanical energy sources such as walking or finger tapping produce fluctuating amplitude and variable frequencies, a standard transformer can\u2019t be used. In addition, the output from a triboelectric generator tends to have high voltage and low current \u2013 while applications for it require just the opposite: low voltage and higher current.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo address the problem, Niu and collaborators under the supervision of Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/faculty\/wang\u0022\u003EZhong Lin Wang\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech developed their power management system, which converts the fluctuating power amplitudes and variable frequencies to a continuous direct current.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe power management system can work with any triboelectric generator that produces a minimum of 100 microwatts. The system requires some power to operate, but compensates by increasing the overall output as much as 330 times to reach milliwatt levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what kind of mechanical motion or what frequency of mechanical motion you have as long as the energy input is high,\u201d said Niu. \u201cThis is a critical step in the commercialization of triboelectric nanogenerators because it opens up a range of new applications.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith finger tapping as the only energy source, the power unit provides continuous direct current of 1.044 milliwatts. The unit can work continuously with the motion, allowing devices to be operated even as the device charges the battery or capacitor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond portable electronics, Niu believes the system could be useful in powering networks of sensors, allowing long-term operation without the need for replacing batteries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn a sensor network, you would have so many devices that you could not replace all of the batteries,\u201d he said. \u201cThis technology would allow you to power the sensors by harvesting energy from the environment and then directly providing energy for each component of the network.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the energy management circuitry demonstrated in this proof-of-concept, the next step will be to miniaturize the circuitry to fit into an overall system, said Zhong Ling Wang, a Regents professor in the Georgia Tech School of Materials Science and Engineering who led development of the original triboelectric nanogenerators.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis new device provides a bridge between the triboelectric nanogenerator and many different types of applications,\u201d he said. \u201cThis work will allow us to build a package that can power wearable and mobile devices from the motion of humans. With constant output from a battery or large capacitor, you can drive just about any device that you want.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe power management system could also be applied to piezoelectric and pyroelectric generators, which also produce alternating current.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2012, Wang and his research team announced triboelectric nanogenerators that produce small amounts of electricity from motion in the world around us \u2013 by capturing the electrical charge produced when two different kinds of plastic materials rub against one another. Based on flexible polymer materials, the triboelectric generators provide alternating current (AC) from activities such as walking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVariations in generator structures allow a variety of applications depending on the source of mechanical energy. Wang\u2019s team has reported four major groups of generators including those that operate by (1) vertical contact-separation mode, (2) lateral sliding mode, (3) single-electron mode, and (4) freestanding triboelectric-layer mode. 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Data Protection Commissioner\u003C\/em\u003E that personally identifiable information cannot be transfered between the EU and United States, Georgia Tech\u0027s Peter Swire has \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.alstonprivacy.com\/swire-challenges-factual-basis-of-schrems-decision\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Echallenged the factual basis\u003C\/a\u003E underpinning that decision. He will debate privacy activist Max Schrems on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.brusselsprivacyhub.org\/events.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJanuary 26, 2015 in Brussels, Belgium\u003C\/a\u003E. Swire -- who is the associate director of policy at the Institute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy and the Huang Professor of Law and Ethics at the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech -- plans to argue that the ECJ decision \u201csuffers from particular inaccuracies concerning the law and practice of U.S. foreign intelligence law.\u201d\u0026nbsp; More recently, Swire \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.alstonprivacy.com\/swire-white-paper-for-eu-regulators\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eauthored a white paper through the Future of Privacy Forum\u003C\/a\u003E about the conequences of the Schrems judgement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.jdsupra.com\/legalnews\/the-digital-download-privacy-data-65740\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThe Digital Download Privacy \u0026amp; Security Monthly Newsletter\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EListen to a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/justin-hemmings-44462987\/privacy-in-the-eu-and-us-a-debate-between-max-schrems-and-peter-swire\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Erecording of the debate\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPeter Swire -- associate director of policy at the Institute for Information Security \u0026amp; Privacy and the Huang Professor of Law and Ethics at the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech -- challenges European activist Max Schrems to a debate about the Safe Harbor Agreement\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.brusselsprivacyhub.org\/events.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E in Brussels, Belgium\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Debate continues about transfer of personally identifiable information between EU and US."}],"uid":"27490","created_gmt":"2016-01-12 10:39:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:24","author":"Tara La Bouff","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"232191":{"id":"232191","type":"image","title":"Professor Peter Swire","body":null,"created":"1449243627","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:27","changed":"1475894906","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:26","alt":"Professor Peter Swire","file":{"fid":"197584","name":"peterswire.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peterswire_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peterswire_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1745031,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/peterswire_0.jpg?itok=JZS3Hvxi"}}},"media_ids":["232191"],"groups":[{"id":"430601","name":"Institute for Information Security and Privacy"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1404","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"141341","name":"Institute for Information Security \u0026 Privacy"},{"id":"167089","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"487441":{"#nid":"487441","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Scientists Demonstrate Basics of Nucleic Acid Computing Inside Cells","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUsing strands of nucleic acid, scientists have demonstrated basic computing operations inside a living mammalian cell. The research could lead to an artificial sensing system that could control a cell\u2019s behavior in response to such stimuli as the presence of toxins or the development of cancer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research uses DNA strand displacement, a technology that has been widely used outside of cells for the design of molecular circuits, motors and sensors. Researchers modified the process to provide both \u201cAND\u201d and \u201cOR\u201d logic gates able to operate inside the living cells and interact with native messenger RNA (mRNA).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe tools they developed could provide a foundation for bio-computers able to sense, analyze and modulate molecular information at the cellular level. Supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), the research was reported December 21 in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Nanotechnology\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe whole idea is to be able to take the logic that is used in computers and port that logic into cells themselves,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Philip-Santangelo\u0022\u003EPhilip Santangelo\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThese devices could sense an aberrant RNA, for instance, and then shut down cellular translation or induce cell death.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStrand displacement reactions are the biological equivalent of the switches or gates that form the foundation for silicon-based computing. They can be programmed to turn on or off in response to an external stimuli such as a molecule. An \u201cAND\u201d gate, for example, would switch when both conditions were met, while an \u201cOR\u201d gate would switch when either condition was met.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the switches the researchers used, a fluorophore reporter molecule and its complementary quenching molecule were placed side-by-side to create an \u201coff\u201d mode. Binding of RNA in one of the strands then displaced a portion of nucleic acid, separating the molecules and allowing generation of a signal that created an \u201con\u201d mode. Two \u201con\u201d modes on adjacent nucleic acid strands created an \u201cAND\u201d gate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDemonstrating individual logic gates is only a first step,\u201d said Georg Seelig, assistant professor of computer science and engineering and electrical engineering at the University of Washington. \u201cIn the longer term, we want to expand this technology to create circuits with many inputs, such as those we have constructed in cell-free settings.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers used ligands designed to bind to specific portions of the nucleic acid strands, which can be created as desired and produced by commercial suppliers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe sensed molecules and showed that we could respond to them,\u201d said Santangelo. \u201cWe showed that we could utilize native molecules in the cell as part of the circuit, though we haven\u2019t been able to control a cell yet.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGetting basic computing operations to function inside cells was no easy task, and the research required a number of years to accomplish. Among the challenges were getting the devices into the cells without triggering the switches, providing operation rapid enough to be useful, and not killing the human cell lines that researchers used in the lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe had to chemically change the probes to get them to work inside the cell and to make them stable enough inside the cells,\u201d said Santangelo. \u201cWe found that these strand displacement reactions can be slow within the cytosol, so to get them to work faster, we built scaffolding onto the messenger RNA that allowed us to amplify the effects.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe nucleic acid computers ultimately operated as desired, and the next step is to use their switching to trigger the production of signaling chemicals that would prompt the desired reaction from the cells. Cellular activity is normally controlled by the production of proteins, so the nucleic acid switches will have to be given the ability to produce enough signaling molecules to induce a change.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe need to generate enough of whatever final signal is needed to get the cell to react,\u201d Santangelo explained. \u201cThere are amplification methods used in strand displacement technology, but none of them have been used so far in living cells.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEven without that final step, the researchers feel they\u2019ve built a foundation that can be used to attain the goal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were able to design some of the basic logical constructs that could be used as building blocks for future work,\u201d Santangelo said. \u201cWe know the concentrations of chemicals and the design requirements for individual components, so we can now start putting together a more complicated set of circuits and components.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECells, of course, already know how to sense toxic molecules and the development malignant tendencies, and to then take action. But those safeguards can be turned off by viruses or cancer cells that know how to circumvent natural cellular processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur mechanism would just give cells a hand at doing this,\u201d Santangelo said. \u201cThe idea is to add to the existing machinery to give the cells enhanced capabilities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplying an engineering approach to the biological world sets this example apart from other efforts to control cellular machinery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat makes DNA strand displacement circuits unique is that all components are fully rationally designed at the level of the DNA sequence,\u201d said Seelig. \u201cThis really makes this technology ideal for an engineering approach. In contrast, many other approaches to controlling the cellular machinery rely on components that are borrowed from biology and are not fully understood.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond those already mentioned, the research team included Benjamin Groves, Yuan-Jyue Chen and Sergii Pochekailov from the University of Washington and Chiara Zurla and Jonathan Kirschman from Georgia Tech and Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis material is based on work supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under contract W911NF-11-2-0068 and by National Science Foundation CAREER award 1253691. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of DARPA or the NSF.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Benjamin Groves, et al., \u201cComputing in mammalian cells with nucleic acid strand exchange,\u201d (Nature Nanotechnology, 2015). \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/nnano.2015.278\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/nnano.2015.278\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 30332-0181 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:joon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejoon@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\u003EUsing strands of nucleic acid, scientists have demonstrated basic computing operations inside a living mammalian cell. 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Development of these coastal resources has progressed slowly, in part, because state and federal laws regarding the use of coastal waters for offshore energy development are still evolving and no structure is currently in place for local and state permitting. Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Strategic Energy Institute in partnership with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources\u2019 (DNR\u2019s) Coastal Resources Division, have launched a new marine spatial planning tool, called the Georgia Coastal and Marine Planner (GCAMP), that aims to define a clear process for offshore energy licensing and permitting in Georgia, and close data and communication gaps between regulatory agencies that could delay the permitting process.The comprehensive energy resource assessment and planning tool is live at \u0026nbsp;its new address at:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/geospatial.gatech.edu\/GCAMP\u0022\u003Egeospatial.gatech.edu\/GCAMP\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Sponsored through a five-year grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), GCAMP creates a central repository for public data and information relating to Georgia\u2019s coastline. The application provides industry, governmental agencies, and research institutions engaged in the planning and management of Georgia\u2019s ocean resources, with a series of tools and interactive maps to aid in the assessment of potential locations for offshore development.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cGCAMP establishes a transparent and open processes for fostering better understanding among stakeholders about what is happening in Georgia\u2019s ocean areas, what resources and human uses are located where, and the potential implications of changes in the uses of resources located in the state\u2019s coastal waters,\u201d said Jill Huntington Andrews, program manager for Georgia DNR\u2019s Coastal Resources Division. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOffshore energy development is particularly challenging because proposed projects must co-exist alongside other ocean uses that are vital to the state, such as tourism, commercial fisheries, military areas, shipping lanes, recreational areas, and sensitive ecological areas. In addition to the complexity and the public nature the ocean environment, offshore development involves many different federal and state laws and agencies. At the state level alone as many as seven different agencies could be involved in the permitting process. Although The State of Georgia has jurisdiction over activities in the offshore environment that extend three nautical miles from the shoreline, it must coordinate must coordinate with numerous federal government agencies in planning and siting decisions, even for projects located wholly within state waters. The State of Georgia also has a role in projects in federal waters due to Federal Consistency requirements that mandate state review and approval of potential projects. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Mary Hallisey Hunt, senior research associate and director of research and business operations for the Strategic Energy Institute, said GCAMP provides an important tool for better project siting and smarter development of Georgia\u2019s coastal regions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u201cOffshore projects often involve areas of significant jurisdictional overlap,\u201d said Hallisey Hunt. \u201cGCAMP provides easily accessible and understandable baseline information by which potential stakeholders can make informed decisions about the suitability and economic viability of potential sites for offshore development.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech and Georgia DNR debuted the latest version of the GCAMP at a recent workshop of industry, state, and federal stakeholders that included: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4; Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; State Properties Commission; Georgia Power\u2019s Renewables Division; the Georgia Public Service Commission; Georgia DNR\u2019s Wildlife Resources Division; the State Properties Commission; the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Office of the Governor, the Bureau of Ocean Management, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Andrews said providing access to high-quality, reliable data will enable stakeholders to participate more effectively in the processes affecting ocean energy development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cStakeholder engagement is essential for effective ocean planning and management because each agency brings different levels of knowledge, different views, and concerns about activities in the offshore environment that could help identify priority coastal issues, potential solutions and needs, and ensure that development is conducted in a responsible manner,\u201d said Andrews.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Using GCAMP data, the team developed a hypothetical case study of the permitting and licensing process for a potential wind farm project to suggest a potential process through which state and federal agencies could explore whether and, if so, how to facilitate energy development in Georgia\u2019s coastal waters.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGCAMP compiles data across three main areas relating to ocean use: human use, which includes such data as shipping tracks and artificial reefs; ecological and biological information, such as fisheries and wildlife data; and a physical data, such as geophysical conditions and energy resources data. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe mobile-enabled platform also includes a variety of tools and use-specific applications designed to help users create custom data visualizations for their specific needs and interests. The main GCAMP map includes tools for measuring; drawing, creating charts; and for querying the available data.\u0026nbsp; Users can choose from an exhaustive list of queries, such as wind farm suitability by Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lease Blocks, or set specific parameters for their own query. The application also includes story maps that link multi-media Power Points to the map data, enabling users to interact with key components of the data through an engaging, guided narrative. Tony Giarrusso, associate director of Georgia Tech\u2019s the Center Geographic Information Systems said GCAMP was designed for user ease and flexibility. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe included hundreds of data sets in our first iterations of GCAMP,\u201d said Giarrusso. \u201cBut we quickly realized that it needed to be much simpler for users to be able to derive any meaningful intelligence. \u201cWe\u2019ve put a lot of thought into the data, and its potential uses and have created a comprehensive yet manageable tool that could be useful to many other recreational and commercial industries beyond energy.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the help of stakeholders, the Georgia Tech and Georgia DNR team hope to continue to refine the tool. The team is working with the Nature Conservancy to include data for recreational fishing areas in GCAMP.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Center for Geographic Information Systems, Strategic Energy Institute and Ga. 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The therapies will be used for a variety of disorders such as cancer, lung fibrosis, autism, neuro-degenerative diseases, autoimmune disorders and spinal-cord injury \u2013 as well as in regenerative medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe work of the new Marcus Center for Therapeutic Cell Characterization and Manufacturing (MC3M) will help provide standardized production and quality testing for these living cells, which have great therapeutic potential. Standardized manufacturing techniques already exist for drug-based pharmaceuticals; the new center will help provide similar methods and standards for manufacturing therapeutic cells.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExpected to be the first of its kind in the United States, the center will include a validation facility for good manufacturing practices in cell production. In addition to The Marcus Foundation, funding will come from the Georgia Research Alliance and Georgia Tech sources for a total investment of $23 million. The center will also seek support from federal agencies, clinical research organizations and other sources.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe aspirin you buy today from one pharmacy is essentially the same as the aspirin you buy from another pharmacy, but cell-based therapies may have different efficacy depending on the source and manufacturing processes,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Krishnendu-Roy\u0022\u003EKrishnendu Roy\u003C\/a\u003E, Robert A. Milton Chair and professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \u201cThere are established ways to quickly assess the efficacy and safety of small-molecule drugs that are acceptable around the world. We want to develop and establish similar processes for therapeutic cell manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, the growing need for these cell therapeutics could require large-scale production facilities similar to those used in today\u2019s pharmaceutical production. But living stem cells and immune system cells are readily affected by the varying conditions under which they are grown, stored and packaged, meaning the same type of cell produced at different facilities could behave very differently. Unless those cells can be produced with consistency, in large scale and at low cost with high quality, use of the new cell therapies could be limited and their promise would not extend to large numbers of patients.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe critical goal is to either minimize differences caused by varying manufacturing conditions, or to have a very defined characterization process so we exactly know how much the cells have changed and what specific characteristics are predictive of their efficacy in patients,\u201d explained Roy, who will lead the new center. \u201cThat consistency will allow us to produce affordable products that can make this new technology available to the large community of people who need it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new center will collaborate with research and clinical institutions around the country, especially those at which The Marcus Foundation funds research on cell-based therapies, including Duke University, the University of Miami, City of Hope, Emory University, as well as the University of Georgia and other national and international universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAccess to this network will provide us a huge advantage by bringing together experts to work on a common problem,\u201d Roy said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Stem cell treatments and cell-based immunotherapies are, and will be, the treatment of the future,\u201d said Bernie Marcus, who co-founded The Home Depot. \u201cManufacturing and characterization of stem cells and immune cells is a major first step, and that is why The Marcus Foundation chose Georgia Tech and its teams \u2013 they have the experience and the personnel to achieve key goals in this process.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new center will be a collaboration among research groups at Georgia Tech, as well as numerous outside institutions, noted Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cReproducible production of high-quality therapeutic cells and understanding what markers predict cell effectiveness could give clinicians worldwide new tools in the battle against some of the most difficult human health challenges we face today,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cTransitioning these cells into broad clinical use will require the kind of multidisciplinary collaboration that Georgia Tech is known for. Beyond Georgia Tech, this effort will involve The Marcus Foundation, top clinical institutions, the private sector and the Georgia Research Alliance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe center will involve multiple research organizations at Georgia Tech, including the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute and the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience. Also involved will be faculty researchers from the College of Sciences, College of Computing, and various schools in the College of Engineering, which includes the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering operated by Georgia Tech and Emory University. The center will also work closely with the Center for Immunoengineering at Georgia Tech, the Georgia Immunoengineering Consortium, and the Regenerative Engineering and Medicine (REM) Center, a partnership between Georgia Tech, Emory University and the University of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere is no question that stem cell and immune cell manufacturing have the potential to significantly impact our lives, especially as we age,\u201d said Ravi Bellamkonda, chair of the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. \u201cWe are fortunate to have a visionary foundation in The Marcus Foundation, and the foresight of the Georgia Research Alliance providing leadership in this endeavor.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWork of the center will help make new cell-based therapies more widely available to patients.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe timing of this investment in cell manufacturing by The Marcus Foundation is absolutely critical,\u201d said Robert E. Guldberg, executive director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience. \u201cCell therapies are being evaluated in nearly 9,000 clinical trials worldwide, but their potential to impact human healthcare will be severely limited until we can scale up their production reproducibly and at low cost. There are currently FDA-approved, clinically effective cell therapy products sitting on the shelf and unavailable to patients because the cost of manufacturing them is simply too high.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe cell manufacturing effort grew, in part, out of a major planning grant awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to the Georgia Research Alliance in 2014. That effort focused on developing a road map for cell manufacturing in the state of Georgia \u2013 an initiative expected to provide significant economic development benefits. Georgia Tech has been leading this road mapping effort that involves more than 30 industry partners and 16 academic institutions as well as key federal agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe NIST grant kick-started our efforts to develop a national road map for cell manufacturing,\u201d said Michael Cassidy, president and CEO of the Georgia Research Alliance. \u201cThe cell manufacturing industry is an emerging and growing industry with annual revenues of about $1 billion. This initiative has the potential to turn scientific research into new businesses and jobs for Georgia.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInitial funding is for five years, and ultimately the center will be expected to support itself with corporate, government and nonprofit funding, Roy said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a unique public-private philanthropic partnership to address a grand challenge,\u201d he added. \u201cWe hope to make significant contributions to improving cell-based treatments and lowering their cost. This could provide huge benefit not only to the health of our fellow citizens, both adults and children, but as a manufacturing initiative, could be transformative to the economic development and workforce in Georgia.\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 USA\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\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA $15.7 million grant from the Atlanta-based Marcus Foundation has helped launch a new Georgia Institute of Technology research center that will develop processes and techniques for ensuring the consistent, low-cost, large-scale manufacture of high-quality living cells used in cell-based therapies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new research center will develop processes and techniques for ensuring the consistent, low-cost, large-scale manufacture of high-quality living cells used in cell-based therapies."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2016-01-18 14:06:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:24","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"487451":{"id":"487451","type":"image","title":"MC3M Center1","body":null,"created":"1453233601","gmt_created":"2016-01-19 20:00:01","changed":"1475895242","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:02","alt":"MC3M Center1","file":{"fid":"204351","name":"cell-manufacturing-008.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cell-manufacturing-008_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cell-manufacturing-008_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1695163,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cell-manufacturing-008_0.jpg?itok=1NJ9k33z"}},"487461":{"id":"487461","type":"image","title":"MC3M Center2","body":null,"created":"1453233601","gmt_created":"2016-01-19 20:00:01","changed":"1475895242","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:02","alt":"MC3M Center2","file":{"fid":"204352","name":"cell-manufacturing-010.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cell-manufacturing-010_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cell-manufacturing-010_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1718727,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cell-manufacturing-010_0.jpg?itok=iuxAmONx"}}},"media_ids":["487451","487461"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"93181","name":"Cell Manufacturing"},{"id":"9534","name":"cell therapy"},{"id":"12786","name":"Krishnendu Roy"},{"id":"1489","name":"Regenerative Medicine"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"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":""}},"485221":{"#nid":"485221","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nexidia Honored With Technology and Engineering Emmy Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENexidia, a leading developer of dialogue and audio analysis products and technologies, was honored by the National Academy of Television Arts \u0026amp; Sciences (NATAS) with a\u0026nbsp;Technology and Engineering Achievement Emmy\u0026nbsp;Award\u0026nbsp;for Phonetic Indexing and Timing. A team from Nexidia received this honor on January 8, 2016 at the Technology and Engineering Emmy\u0026nbsp;Awards, held at the Bellagio Hotel in\u0026nbsp;Las Vegas, Nevada\u0026nbsp;during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes the unique, patented speech technology behind Nexidia\u0027s products for media and entertainment \u2014 which focus on search, script-based editing, and caption verification and alignment \u2014 for its novel and creative approach to solving some of the industry\u0027s most challenging problems. Receiving the Emmy for the company, as well as individual awards, were Drew Lanham, senior vice president and general manager, Nexidia Media \u0026amp; Entertainment Division; Mark Clements and Peter Cardillo, founders of Nexidia\u0026nbsp;and inventors of the technology; and Jacob Garland and Ken Griggs, Georgia Tech College of Computing alumni who productized the technology. The core technology of phonetic indexing and related search was developed at Tech while Cardillo was still a graduate student and formed the basis for starting the company.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClements is the Joseph M. Pettit Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Cardillo is a Tech M.S.E.E. graduate who serves as Nexidia\u2019s director for Research and Development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technology behind Nexidia Dialogue Search\u0026nbsp;software has enabled broadcasters and other media organizations to dive deeper into even the largest of media archives to find assets that would have otherwise gone undiscovered, thereby making it possible to repurpose or remonetize them. Nexidia Dialogue Search\u0026nbsp;is a software tool that searches for any combination of spoken words or phrases across workgroups or massive media libraries in seconds. The tool harnesses Nexidia\u0027s patented phonetic search technology to enable searches independent of logging, transcription, and\/or captions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Nexidia Illuminate\u0026nbsp;suite of software products uses the same technology to automate processes that until recently required human intervention \u2013 the most inefficient and expensive steps in the workflow. Nexidia Illuminate\u0026nbsp;software checks the validity of closed captions, spoken language, and video description, ensuring that they are not only present, but also correct within file-based program creation and broadcast compliance-monitoring applications. Likewise, Nexidia Align\u0026nbsp;software automates closed caption alignment by adjusting the timecodes in the caption file, ensuring the captions are properly aligned with the spoken words. The application then returns a new, accurately timed caption file that\u0027s ready for distribution. The speed and comprehensiveness provided by these solutions are critical advantages in the face of format proliferation, growing volumes of digital content, complex file-delivery requirements, and evolving Federal Communications Commission regulations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Digital production has led to massive and ever-growing volumes of media footage being delivered and stored, which in turn has created real challenges for content producers, owners, and distributors when it comes to finding those assets and fulfilling multiple delivery requirements for format and for caption compliance,\u0022 said\u0026nbsp;Lanham. \u0022Over the 15 years it took to develop this technology, our company was driven by a singular vision \u2014 to be the first to solve some of the industry\u0027s biggest problems in an unprecedented way that\u0027s powerful, massively efficient, and delivers unparalleled ROI. We appreciate that NATAS has chosen to recognize these efforts and honor us with this award.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Nexidia technology has proven robust and flexible enough to span the gamut of use cases in a production-centric environment \u2014 from ad hoc search, search at scale, and script-based editing, to closed caption verification and alignment. Some of Nexidia\u0027s customers include CBS, CNN, Comcast, NBC Universal, PBS, Fox, Scripps, and Turner Studios.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The National Academy\u0027s Technology and Engineering Achievement Committee is pleased to honor Nexidia and the companies and individuals whose innovation and vision have improved the television viewing experience and continue to set the standard for technological excellence in our industry,\u0022 said\u0026nbsp;Robert P. 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They\u2019ll be accessible to anyone in the world, which means remote users will be able to upload their own code, run their own experiments, and test their own ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESound extreme? It is. But Egerstedt never lets that stand in his way.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is going to go big,\u201d he promises.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETearing Down the Wall\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe possibilities stretch in every direction. If Egerstedt can fill his menagerie with a diverse collection of machines, the Robotarium could become a lab for both basic tests and high-level research. That means, Egerstedt says, that the project might entice everyone from middle school science students to professors like him and his collaborators.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAaron Ames, an associate professor in ECE and the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, is one of those collaborators. Like Egerstedt, he\u2019s frustrated that so few people have access to pricey hardware \u2013 the linchpin behind most robotics research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThat\u2019s the wall that prevents most academic work from translating to the commercial domain to the everyday-life domain,\u201d Ames says, \u201cand this will break that open. This will tear down that wall.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with Ames, Egerstedt also enlisted the help of Professors Raheem Beyah (of ECE), and Eric Feron (from the School of Aerospace Engineering), and Blair MacIntyre (from the School of Interactive Computing) to make the idea a reality. The National Science Foundation awarded the team $2.5a million dollars to kick-start the work.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA few Ph.D. students are also helping outinvolved. Chief among them is Daniel Pickem, who is studying robotic self-assembly under Egerstedt and ECE Professor Jeff Shamma. He shares Egerstedt\u2019s vision for what the Robotarium could become.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a powerful paradigm: maintenance-free, hassle-free robotics,\u201d Pickem says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Long View\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERight now, Pickem spends many of his days debugging code and tweaking the boards of GRITSBots, tiny robots designed in Egerstedt\u2019s Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab. These creatures live on a large table that is, in a way, the first incarnation of the Robotarium.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIts gleaming white surface makes it resemble an air hockey table. But there\u2019s important work being done here: The GRITSBots can move and interact with each other based on remote users\u2019 controls. The table offers a glimpse of the Robotarium in miniature, and it allows Egerstedt and his colleagues to anticipate potential problems with a facility that\u2019s accessible to anyone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA key concern is safety, which is being overseen by Ames.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe first thing that\u2019s going to happen when you open it to the public is someone is going to try to break it,\u201d he acknowledges. He\u2019s already developed an algorithm to prevent robots from colliding with each other, but there\u2019s a lot more work to come.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday, there is just the white table. Egerstedt estimates another three to five years could pass before the full Robotarium is complete.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe likes taking the long view. Though he is known for championing novel \u2013 and sometimes untested \u2013 ways to make robotics more accessible, his ideas are informed by his past experiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the professor of one of Georgia Tech\u2019s early massive open online courses (MOOCs), he aimed to make advanced controls coursework available to anyone. After that, he contemplated using the principles of the MOOC for larger projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI was thinking: What does a MOOC look like in research?\u201d he says. (A robot zoo, apparently.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Crystal Cathedral\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EBut what\u2019s in it for Georgia Tech and the College of Engineering? A lot of exposure, of course, but also the chance to be at the vanguard of robotics. 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In addition to Anupam and Gupta, the team consists of\u0026nbsp;Annick Huber, Tanisha Wagh, Shaziya Tambawala, and Sahib Singh, all graduate students from the CoC Human-Computer Interaction program; Justeen Lee, an undergraduate in the CoA Industrial Design program; and\u0026nbsp;David Chiang, a graduate student in the LMC Digital Media program. Past contributors to this project were Rose Peng and\u0026nbsp;Mithila Tople (both of CoC\/LMC), Bill Dorn (Computer Science), and Baishen Huang (ECE). \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Serious Games Showcase \u0026amp; Challenge is the premiere venue for recognition of excellence in the field of Serious Games development. 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Instantly, your brain shifts its focus to assess the potential threat, which you quickly determine to be a slow-moving bicycle \u2013 not a car \u2013 which will pass behind you as you complete your crossing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe brain\u2019s ability to quickly focus on life-or-death, yes-or-no decisions, then immediately shift to detailed analytical processing, is believed to be the work of the thalamus, a small section of the midbrain through which most sensory inputs from the body flow. When cells in the thalamus detect something that requires urgent attention from the rest of the brain, they begin \u201cbursting\u201d \u2013 many cells firing off simultaneous signals to get the attention of the cortex. Once the threat passes, the cells quickly switch back to quieter activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing optogenetics and other technology, researchers have for the first time precisely manipulated this bursting activity of the thalamus, tying it to the sense of touch. The work, done in animal models, was reported January 14th in the journal \u003Cem\u003ECell Reports\u003C\/em\u003E. The research is supported by the National Institutes of Health\u2019s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you clap your hands once, that\u2019s loud,\u201d explained \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Garrett-B.-Stanley\u0022\u003EGarrett Stanley\u003C\/a\u003E, a 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. \u201cBut if you clap your hands several times in a row, that\u2019s louder. And if you and your friends all clap together and at the same time, that\u2019s even stronger. That is what these cells do, and the idea is that this mechanism produces bursts synchronized across many cells to send out a very strong signal about a stimulus in the outside world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENeuroscientists have long believed that such coordinated spikes of activity serve to focus the brain\u2019s attention on issues requiring immediate attention. Stanley and graduate student Clarissa Whitmire \u2013 working with researchers Cornelius Schwarz and Christian Waiblinger from the University of T\u00fcbingen in Germany \u2013 used optogenetics techniques to study bursting activity in the thalamus of rats. Their findings could lead to a better understanding of how cells in this walnut-sized portion of the human brain perform a variety of sensory and motor control tasks, switching from one mode to another as needed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cClarissa was able to get into the mechanism of synchronized thalamic bursting so we can manipulate it and look at it not only from within individual cells, but also across cells, recording from multiple cells simultaneously,\u201d said Stanley, who has been studying the thalamus for more than a decade. \u201cWe can now begin to provide a coherent story about how information gets from the outside world to the brain machinery that\u2019s in the cortex.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers studied the connection between the rats\u2019 whiskers and cells in their thalamus. By stimulating the whiskers in many different ways, they were able to induce signals \u2013 including bursting \u2013 in the thalamus. The researchers used light-sensitive proteins introduced into the thalamic cells \u2013 a technology known as optogenetics \u2013 to establish optical control of the bursting activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were able to turn the bursting mechanism on or off at will,\u201d explained Stanley, who is the Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Professor in the Coulter Department. \u201cThis is really the first time we have been able to readily control this, turning the knob in one direction to eliminate the bursting activity and then turning it the other way to make the cells produce these bursts in rapid succession.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe control extended not just to turning the bursting on or off, but also allowed the researchers to create a continuum of cell activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cClarissa could make them act very \u2018bursty\u2019 and very synchronized, or she could turn the knob and move them very smoothly to the opposite end of the spectrum,\u201d Stanley said. \u201cThere is a range of activity that people had speculated would be there, but nobody had actually done the experiments to show it existed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe cellular bursting mechanism likely developed very early in mammalian evolution to help creatures survive threats posed by predators. The brain\u2019s cortex is always busy with higher-level activity, and the thalamic bursting serves to let it know that critical outside activities need its urgent attention.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther sensory inputs such as vision can initiate bursting, but Stanley\u2019s group chose to study sense of touch in this work. In rats, the whiskers are embedded in follicles that have specialized cells whose function is similar to that of human sensory cells. Thus, these whiskers serve many of the same \u201ctouch\u201d functions as human fingers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen you reach out with your hand and touch a surface, you are mechanically deforming the skin, stretching the sensors that are in the skin and sending signals to tell the brain about the surface you are touching,\u201d Stanley noted. \u201cIn the rats, we moved the whiskers, recorded the activity, and identified the presence of a burst.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs a next step, Stanley and his research team plan to connect what they\u2019ve learned about bursting activity of the thalamus to behavior in an effort to fully confirm the theory. \u201cThe next step is to take this to behavior and work with animals that are trained to detect and discriminate between different kinds of inputs,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the optogenetics and other advanced technology, researchers are beginning to see the big picture of how sensory inputs affect brain activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese thalamic cells are somewhere in between the outside world and the cognitive machinery of the brain, and they have a job that changes rapidly,\u201d Stanley said. \u201cIn some cases, they are saying \u2018yes\u2019 or \u2018no\u2019 about something in the outside world, and in some cases they are discriminating between the final details of objects in the outside world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work was supported by US-German Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience grant (US: NSF CRCNS IOS-1131948; German: BMBF CRCNS 01GQ1113) and NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke grants R01NS048285 and R01NS085447. 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Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia, followed General Jones by discussing the Korean War in a larger historical context, largely in the context of the evolution of the Cold War and the emergence of the national security state. He claimed that the period between 1950 and 1953 was extraordinarily significant in shaping the Cold War and the institutionalization of the national security state, and provided three reasons why this was the case: 1. The Korean War institutionalized the arms race and made it a way of life for the next four decades, 2. The national security state was consolidated in terms of the institutional and bureaucratic mechanisms of the American government, 3. 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So his family, friends, and colleagues established an award in his honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEvery year since, the F.L. \u201cBud\u201d Suddath Memorial Award has been given to a Ph.D. student who has at least one year remaining in his or her program and who has demonstrated a significant research achievement in biology, biochemistry, or biomedical engineering. This year, that student is Jordan Ciciliano, who earned the top prize in the 2016 Suddath Award competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECiciliano is a bioengineering student whose home school is the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. She\u2019s a member of Wilbur Lam\u2019s lab in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, where her research interests are biomechanics, diagnostics, microfluidics, hematology, and oncology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAs winner of the $1,000 top prize, her name will be engraved on the award plaque and she\u2019ll deliver a presentation on her research, entitled, \u201cDeveloping microfluidic approaches to solve longstanding hematologic questions,\u0022 at the Suddath Symposium (Feb. 11-12 at the Petit Institute).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA second place Suddath Award ($500) went to Eric Parker, a chemistry and biochemistry grad student in the lab of Facundo Fernandez. Third place ($250) went to Jose Garc\u00eda, a bioengineering student who works in the lab of Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Suddath Awards were announced during the Petit Institute\u2019s annual holiday party in December 2015, along with a number of other awards and honors for institute faculty, staff and students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe evening\u2019s other award winners were:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Al Merrill, Krishnendu Roy and Fred Vannberg took home the faculty awards. Merrill is a professor in the School of Biology, where he is the Smithgall Chair in Molecular Cell Biology. Roy is a professor in the Coulter Department and director of the Center for ImmunoEngineering at Georgia Tech. Vannberg is assistant professor in the School of Biology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Trainee awards went to Kyle Blum (grad student in the lab of Lena Ting), Josh Hooks (Brandon Dixon\u2019s lab) and Claire Segar (Ed Botchwey\u2019s lab).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Staff awards went to Karen Ethier and Floyd Wood.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Petit Institute honors researchers, scholars and staff"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EPetit Institute honors researchers, scholars and staff\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Petit Institute honors researchers, scholars and staff"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2016-01-06 13:28:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:20","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-01-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-01-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"482581":{"id":"482581","type":"image","title":"Suddath winner 2016","body":null,"created":"1452106800","gmt_created":"2016-01-06 19:00:00","changed":"1475895236","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:56","alt":"Suddath winner 2016","file":{"fid":"204238","name":"bob_and_suddath_winner.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bob_and_suddath_winner_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bob_and_suddath_winner_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1580518,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bob_and_suddath_winner_0.jpg?itok=lRd-4Jgw"}}},"media_ids":["482581"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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Many value-added chemicals require sensors for high-throughput screening \u2013 that\u2019s what Peralta-Yahya and her colleagues are going after.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u201cWe engineer microorganisms to make chemicals and one of our areas is making biofuels,\u201d says Peralta-Yahya, who is an assistant professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a faculty researcher with the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience. \u201cRight now, when we engineer a biofuel-producing microorganism \u2013 when we make changes and screen large numbers of cells to determine how the changes affect the microorganism\u2019s biofuel production \u2013 we use chromatography, so we can only test 100 samples a day. It limits what we can do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EFor the larger scale genome engineering Peralta-Yahya has in mind, a process that can screen on the order of 10 million samples a day is needed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EBut making biosensors for biofuel precursors isn\u2019t easy, she says, \u201cbecause biofuels are hydrocarbons, so they don\u2019t have a lot of functional groups to bind, which is one way of triggering a sensor.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ESo they used G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs, a class of protein at the root of our five senses) as a sensing unit. 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That has sent fortune-seeking Americans to gas stations and grocery stores in droves to try their luck. Unfortunately, the odds aren\u2019t ever in your favor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Powerball lottery is hitting a record jackpot of $1.5 billion, but the odds are stacked against you.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Lew Lefton from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s School of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E crunches numbers like these for a living. Saying that your chances are slim to none is a complete understatement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are 292 million possible winning combinations,\u201d Lefton says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat means you have a 1 in 292 million chance of winning. So just how unlikely is that?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImagine you walked into Georgia Tech\u2019s Bobby Dodd Stadium and placed a penny on the field somewhere. Then, you asked a friend to put on a blindfold and walk into the stadium with a penny as well. If they placed the penny in the exact same location, that would be 15 times more likely to happen than winning the Powerball jackpot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImagine rolling ten dice all at the same time. If all ten landed on the same number the very first time you tried, that\u2019s still five times more likely than winning the $1.5 billion dollar jackpot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDice aren\u2019t your thing? You\u2019re 500 times more likely to get a royal flush in the first five cards you are dealt than taking home the big prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere isn\u2019t a way to improve your odds,\u201d Lefton explains.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo forget what you might have heard. But you can increase the chances of winning the jackpot all by yourself.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPlay numbers higher than 31,\u201d Lefton says.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany people play birthday numbers, so choosing higher, less-popular numbers decreases the chances of sharing the pot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso, people statistically choose odd numbers more often. Choosing high, even numbers is your best bet, according to Lefton.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELefton says very few mathematicians like himself spring for tickets because they are the first to know the odds are so astronomically against them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpeaking of odds, take this into consideration when March Madness rolls around: You\u2019re 100 times more likely to win the Powerball twice in a row than you are to select a perfect NCAA basketball bracket. 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