{"343631":{"#nid":"343631","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Broad-based Georgia Tech Research Aims to Make Transportation More Efficient","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERising concern about fuel prices and the environmental impact of transportation had led to a broad range of research activities at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u0026nbsp; Making transportation of all kinds more efficient is the focus of the cover story in this issue of Research Horizons magazine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContinuous Descent Arrivals: Atlanta Flight Test Evaluates Technique for Saving Fuel and Reducing Noise in Airliners\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAirline passengers arriving in Atlanta on early morning \u201credeye\u201d flights during the past few months may have noticed something different during their descent to the runway. Instead of the typical sound of engine power rising and falling as the aircraft descended in a series of level flight steps, they may have noticed a quieter arrival \u2013 without the steps.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe changes were part of Georgia Tech\u2019s flight-testing of \u201ccontinuous descent arrivals,\u201d a procedure designed to save fuel and time while producing environmental benefits by reducing both noise and emissions. Involving more than 600 flights, the Atlanta study was done in collaboration with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), FedEx and Atlanta\u2019s two dominant air carriers: Delta Air Lines and AirTran Airways.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe continuous descent arrival procedure has already been studied at Louisville and Los Angeles airports. Proponents hope the 90-day test at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport \u2013 currently the nation\u2019s busiest airport \u2013 will move the concept one step closer to nationwide implementation. Estimates suggest that continuous descent arrivals could save a large airline as much as $80 million per year in fuel costs alone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn commercial aircraft, we see anywhere between 300 and 1,000 pounds of fuel saved for each arrival,\u201d said John-Paul Clarke, director of the Air Transportation Laboratory at Georgia Tech and an associate professor in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering. \u201cWith fuel cost at $3 per gallon, that would amount to as much as $600 per arrival and could really add up for the airlines at a time when they need all the savings they can get.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause aircraft engines don\u2019t throttle up and down during a continuous descent arrival, there are also significant reductions in noise and emissions. Keeping engines at idle power can cut emissions of nitrogen oxides by nearly a third, and reduce noise by 6 decibels along certain portions of the flight path \u2013 both significant reductions that would improve the environment in the vicinity of airports.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd the technique could cut two minutes off the approach and landing portion of a flight. While that doesn\u2019t seem like much, it could result in more efficient utilization of aircraft and reductions in flight times for crews.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EContinuous descent arrival is one in a series of improvements aimed at creating the next generation of air transportation technologies. The goal is to redesign the airspace to allow future airliners to travel the most efficient paths to their destinations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough the final numbers from the Atlanta evaluation won\u2019t be known for several months, the potential savings have been demonstrated by more than 60,000 landings at Los Angeles with a continuous descent arrival technique developed by Georgia Tech. But adopting the procedure throughout the airspace system won\u2019t be easy. Safety considerations must be paramount, and there are a number of optimization challenges caused by widely varying aircraft types, wind conditions and airport configurations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cImagine a line of aircraft descending through a long tube that\u2019s fixed laterally and limited vertically to be within a narrow band,\u201d explained Clarke. \u201cIf each airplane were like a ball with a different coefficient of friction, then when you put the balls in the tube at equal intervals, they would begin to catch up with one another. The ball with the lower coefficient would tend to catch up with the ball with a higher coefficient. That\u2019s something that we have to work very hard to avoid.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the risks of getting aircraft too close are obvious \u2013 and governed by FAA rules on minimum spacing \u2013 too much spacing between landing aircraft can waste time and reduce airport throughput.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe goal is to design a procedure that allows the aircraft engines to throttle back to idle power at the point of initial descent and to remain at idle power along the flight path to the runway as long as possible,\u201c Clarke added. \u201cWe have figured out how to put altitude and speed constraints along the flight path so they can stay at idle power as long as possible while achieving the required minimal spacing at the runway threshold.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDetermining those constraints requires detailed knowledge of the performance of each aircraft type in use. Clarke and his research team have obtained performance data for most Boeing aircraft, as well as some of those manufactured by Airbus. Based on the performance data, they have simulated the operation of each aircraft type under varying wind and weight conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have also modeled variation in pilot behavior, because small differences in when flaps are deployed and landing gear lowered create variations in speed, which affect aircraft spacing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EArrivals would be customized for each airport, taking into account wind and traffic patterns. And because the spacing between aircraft is determined well before they arrive at their destinations, adoption of the technique will require changes in the nation\u2019s air traffic control system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe air traffic control system currently isn\u2019t designed to allow the kind of fine-tuning we need, but I\u2019m very optimistic about being able to change that,\u201d said Clarke. \u201cThroughout all the areas, the FAA and the airlines, there is a growing acceptance that this is a solution. We have been able to do the analysis, the flight-testing and the number crunching to show that it can be done.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClarke, who began the research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining Georgia Tech in 2005, believes the cost savings will ensure adoption of continuous descent arrivals. He compared the technique to the adoption of fuel-saving winglets, small vertical attachments that have replaced traditional wingtips on many aircraft.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor years people knew that winglets provided better performance, but it costs money to install them,\u201d he added. \u201cWhen fuel got more expensive, airlines started installing winglets because the savings justified the costs. The benefits of continuous descent arrival may also take some time to be realized.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by John Toon\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDeveloping New Systems to Monitor Traffic\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImagine getting into your vehicle and entering your destination into a small device that continuously sends your speed, location and travel path to a traffic monitoring station. By combining your information with data from other vehicles, motorists could receive real-time notifications of tieups and slowdowns in traffic on any road, from the largest interstate to the smallest dirt lane. The device could then display a map depicting the best route around congestion to your destination.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re investigating how to develop such a system, which will be the future generation of intelligent transportation systems,\u201d says Michael Hunter, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHunter is working on this research with Richard Fujimoto, Regents\u2019 Professor and chair of the College of Computing Computational Science and Engineering Division; Christos Alexopoulos, associate professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Randall Guensler, CEE professor; and Frank Southworth, CEE principal research scientist and Oak Ridge National Laboratory senior research staff member. These eff orts are being funded by the National Science Foundation\u2019s Emerging Frontiers in Research Innovation program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBy allowing motorists to be more active and participate in the traffic monitoring system by providing real-time data to the traffic centers, officials could build a picture of current and future traffic flow and actively manage that traffic with much lower infrastructure cost than is done today,\u201d says Fujimoto.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team envisions that each vehicle would contain a computer that collects real-time information and rapidly produces reliable forecasts of the future traffic in its local area. Using a concept called ad hoc distributed simulations, each vehicle\u2019s simulation of a portion of the network would be combined to create a more complete picture of the entire network. This type of system would allow offi cials to know what\u2019s happening on side roads and not just on the camera-equipped freeways.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers are currently investigating how to send information from each vehicle to a roadside server, which could involve transmitting it wirelessly from vehicle to vehicle until it reaches the server. They are also developing communications protocols to determine which information to collect and pass to the next vehicle and how to handle the databases in each vehicle. Field tests could begin in 2009.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe benefit of this type of system is that it tells traffic officials where a lot of people are headed so that they know what the demand is going to be, which will allow them to start managing for that demand immediately,\u201d explains Hunter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. EFRI- 0735991. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the researchers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Abby Vogel\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOptimizing Routes and Resources: Georgia Tech Helps Trucking Companies Reduce Costs and Improve Service\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs competition increases and shippers raise their expectations for service, trucking companies must optimize their routes and use of drivers, vehicles and facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech are developing models to help optimize driver and equipment scheduling, shipment planning, load consolidation and routing for two carriers \u2013 Saia and YRC Worldwide. The companies operate as less-than-truckload carriers, which means they collect freight from various shippers and consolidate that freight to fill trailers for travel to common destinations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTens of thousands of shipments have to be picked up and then dropped off hundreds or thousands of miles away, and we\u2019re studying how all of that freight can best be consolidated and sent through the company\u2019s network of hundreds of facilities to minimize cost and improve service,\u201d said Martin Savelsbergh, Schneider Professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany less-than-truckload carriers operate with a fixed consolidation and routing plan that they typically repeat every day. But Savelsbergh, along with associate professor Alan Erera, and graduate students, developed a different tactical plan for each day of the week for Duluth, Ga.-based Saia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur results have shown that there is the potential for 5 to 10 percent reductions in line haul costs, which equates to savings of $10 million to $20 million per year, simply by executing a different plan each weekday,\u201d said Erera.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETaking it one step further, the researchers are developing real-time dynamic plans for Saia based on freight information collected each day. While the goals of dynamic planning are to reduce the time required for freight in the system to arrive at destinations and to cut costs, the models developed also consider the future operational cost impact of decisions made today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor YRC Worldwide, which operates both the Yellow Freight and Roadway carriers, the researchers initially focused their efforts on driver management issues. They developed a computer program that could plan a week\u2019s worth of driver schedules in a matter of minutes, while considering driver constraints and costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur software can be used to tell companies how many drivers they should have, where the drivers should reside and how they should be dispatched,\u201d noted Erera.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have also recommended ways to manage YRC\u2019s equipment to minimize the tractor and trailer resources required by the company to effectively serve its customer demands. Results indicate that fleet sizes may be reduced by 10 to 15 percent if resources are moved geographically to where they are needed most at any given time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe optimization techniques we\u2019ve developed are applicable for any less-than-truckload carrier and are going to become increasingly necessary in the future to maximize profit and service based on the fixed resources available,\u201d explained Savelsbergh.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunding for this research was provided by the companies through the Leaders in Logistics program, which is part of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, and by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation\u2019s Trucking Industry Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Abby Vogel\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETesting Instruments to Detect Invisible Aviation Hazards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile radar and other existing systems typically warn aircraft pilots of potential weather hazards during flight, they do not detect all possible atmospheric dangers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSome hazards can be the most dangerous because pilots\u2019 eyes and radar cannot see them,\u201d says Gary Gimmestad, a principal research scientist in the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTRI is leading a team of researchers from five universities and research organizations to investigate the feasibility of using an instrument called a forward-looking interferometer to detect several of these invisible hazards during takeoff, cruise and landing. Forward-looking interferometers can detect the presence of the environmental hazards by identifying each hazard\u2019s distinct infrared spectral signature.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith funding from NASA, the researchers are conducting studies to determine the sensitivity of the system for detecting clear-air turbulence, wake vortices, volcanic ash, low visibility, dry wind shear and ice on runways.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA major concern for air navigation is clear-air turbulence because it cannot be seen and is therefore difficult for pilots to avoid. During a January 2008 ground test in Boulder, Colo., the research team evaluated the feasibility of the infrared interferometer to detect clear-air turbulence at a useful distance from the sensor by measuring temperature fluctuations. They also evaluated the turbulence detection and hazard prediction algorithms they developed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe measured results corresponded well to the model predictions, and this result was interpreted as a successful detection of mountain waves with interferometric radiometry, which has never before been accomplished,\u201d adds Leanne West, project director and GTRI senior research scientist.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA second field test was conducted in Madison, Wis., in June 2008 to investigate the ability of the instrument to detect wake vortices. This tornado-like turbulence forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air and can cause problems for any subsequent aircraft following the same flight path.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers were able to resolve what could potentially be a wake vortex about 80 seconds after a DC-9 aircraft passed overhead. If this result can be verified, it would be the first detection of a wake vortex by spectral infrared radiometry, according to the researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe preliminary results from the field tests show that the imaging system is a promising technology to detect many, if not all, of the external hazards. Further research will be completed to determine if the hazards can be detected in-flight with sufficient time-to-alarm for safe maneuvering to avoid the hazards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe material in this article is based upon work supported by NASA under award number NNX07AN17A. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the researchers and do not necessarily refl ect the views of NASA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Abby Vogel\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EModeling Transportation Infrastructure for the Port of Savannah\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Port of Savannah has experienced dramatic growth \u2013 15 percent per year on average since 2002. This trend could necessitate expanding the roads and railroads leading to and from the seaport on Georgia\u2019s coast. To help guide these infrastructure decisions, researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed models that show how freight moves on roads and railroads from the Port of Savannah to the rest of the nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022wp-caption-text\u0022\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech have developed models to show how freight moves on roads and railroads from the Port of Savannah. (Click image for high-resolution version. Credit: Georgia Department of Economic Development)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are developing models that can answer questions about the local and downstream impacts of growth in port operations, port infrastructure or local infrastructure on the larger system,\u201d says Michael Rodgers, a GTRI principal research scientist.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERodgers is working on this project with GTRI principal research engineer James McMichael, civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Michael Hunter, and graduate students Christopher Puglisi, Thomas Wall, Franklin Gbologah and Lakshmi Peesapati.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith data from the Logistics Innovation Center and funding from GTRI\u2019s independent research and development program, the models aim to help transportation organizations plan for corresponding growth in rail and highway systems. The models can reveal bottlenecks in the transportation network and determine where money would best be spent to improve the transportation infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTransportation organizations and governments have very limited resources, so our models will tell them what types of improvements give the most bang for the buck,\u201d adds Rodgers. \u201cIt is so much quicker, easier and less expensive to change the infrastructure in a computer than it is to change the infrastructure on the ground.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith the models, the researchers can examine many \u2018what-if\u2019 scenarios \u2013 such as the impact of new technologies, a high-speed rail line, truck-only lanes or the development of a regional freight corridor. In addition to studying proposals from a technical perspective, the researchers are also investigating the environmental impact of the scenarios based on energy consumption and vehicle emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, the model includes the Port of Savannah, railways from Miami to Washington, D.C., and west to Chicago, and highways from Savannah west to Atlanta. The researchers plan to expand the model to include ports in Charleston, S.C.; Norfolk, Va., and Jacksonville, Fla., and highways throughout the southeastern United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur models may help determine improvements that will allow freight moving through the Port of Savannah to reach its final destination faster, which could make the port even more attractive to shippers and improve the economy in Georgia,\u201d explains McMichael.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Abby Vogel\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELane Use Management: Monitoring Driving Behavior to Improve Highway Efficiency\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERandall Guensler, a professor in the Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, studies transportation efficiency in metropolitan areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis current work focuses on close monitoring of real-world driving behavior. The goal: find ways to improve traffic flow by maximizing the use of existing highways.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe vehicle-activity data being monitored are useful, he explains, not only for evaluating travel behavior, but also for studying traffic operations, safety, and environmental impact. Such data can help guide decisions affecting transportation planning and environmental policy analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany experts now believe that actively managing lane use can provide greatly improved service without having to construct extra lanes,\u201d Guensler said. \u201cThese managed-lane strategies can be implemented for minimal cost, especially when compared to the land and construction cost, the traffic problems and the demolition issues involved in building new roads.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGuensler and his team are involved in two major projects directly associated with transportation efficiency and managed-lane approaches:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECommute Atlanta is a four-phase project that examines how monetary incentives, often called value pricing, can influence driver behavior. The $2.3 million joint project, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), is also collecting vehicle-use and demographics data useful in studying highway safety and air quality, as well as traffic flow.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Congestion Pricing Project, sponsored by the GDOT, uses a variety of techniques including focus groups to collect consumer opinion and other data on lane-management approaches such as value pricing.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe benefits of controlling lane use through value pricing \u2013 sometimes called congestion pricing or peak-period pricing \u2013 are counter-intuitive, Guensler says. To people sitting in traffic, it looks as if fewer vehicles are flowing through the adjacent limited-access lane because there are big spaces between each car or truck.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBut in fact if you were looking from the top down, you\u2019d see more vehicles going through that lane every hour than in the congested lanes,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom an engineering standpoint, traffic flow is the product of vehicle speed and traffic density \u2013 that is, the speed of the vehicles and how closely are they following each other.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo look at it another way, he explains, a small hose that\u2019s flowing freeing moves more water than a large hose that\u2019s blocked.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECommute Atlanta\u2019s first two phases, now complete, examined consumers\u2019 response to having a price attached to their travel practices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe study selected several hundred representative Atlanta households. Using in-vehicle computers and Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment to collect speed, position and engine-operating data, the study pinned down each family\u2019s average travel habits.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThen each household was offered a monetary rebate for each mile it could pare from its monthly total by any means possible: fewer trips, carpooling, using public transportation, biking or even walking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGuensler says the study\u2019s first two phases have helped establish research guidelines, but results haven\u2019t been definitive. It\u2019s likely that a larger sampling will be needed to produce statistically significant data. However, he adds, the data already collected from 470 vehicles and more than 1.8 million vehicle trips will be useful in ongoing air-quality and safety research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe third and fourth phases of Commute Atlanta will simulate the impact of travel behavior on real-time congestion pricing \u2013 charging less for restricted-lane travel at off -peak periods. The research also includes installing portable devices on delivery and service vehicles to examine the potential effect of congestion pricing and other pricing mechanisms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs value pricing of lane use becomes a reality, it\u2019s likely to use a variety of monitoring and toll-collection technologies. To avoid congestion-prone toll booths, future approaches could use technologies similar to today\u2019s cruise cards, which employ radio-frequency identification (RFID) to keep track of a driver\u2019s highway usage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother approach could involve on-board vehicle-monitoring systems, which would be in-vehicle devices that use GPS and other techniques to monitor and bill drivers for using special lanes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Congestion Pricing Project, a study separate from the Commute Atlanta work, was recently completed for the GDOT. In that project, Guensler teamed with co-principal investigator Catherine Ross, who is the Harry West Professor in the Georgia Tech College of Architecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInitially, the Congestion Pricing project reviewed new toll-collection technologies, as well as case studies of congestion-pricing projects in other cities. Subsequently, it interviewed experts on congestion-pricing programs and then analyzed local consumer reactions using focus groups comprised of Atlanta-area citizens.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur focus group work revealed interesting points, including the fact that income groups that wouldn\u2019t generally use value priced lanes still liked having them available,\u201d Guensler said. \u201cThere are times when everyone finds that these lanes are a good economic decision \u2013 such as when you\u2019re late for daycare, and you\u2019re facing dollar-a-minute overtime charges.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESupporting a $110 Million HOV Toll Lane Project\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnder a recently announced plan, the state of Georgia will be the beneficiary of $110 million in federal funds to develop HOV toll lanes along Interstate 85 in metro Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), partnered with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), will monitor the effects of the high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane implementation. Georgia Tech has been performing research in support of managed-lane projects since 2003.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s activities, led by Guensler, have involved several efforts, including technology development, instrumented vehicle-data collection and analysis of the impact of pricing on traffic and emissions. More recently, working with Catherine Ross\u2019 planning team, the researchers have also completed a series of reports for GDOT that summarize expert panel and focus group results on potential consumer response to congestion pricing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the work continues, Guensler will oversee a study that will monitor drivers who choose to use the new toll lanes. His team will track changes in congestion levels, household travel behavior and emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers will also identify potential equity issues in a study that will include 700 households, 1,500 personal vehicles and the express bus fleet. The goal will be to assess the actual travel response and emissions changes that result from implementing the toll project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGuensler and his team are specialists in the development and deployment of in-vehicle devices to monitor motorists\u2019 driving habits.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the first two phases of the Commute Atlanta study, researchers developed instrumentation that used an onboard computer and GPS equipment to record numerous driving parameters including location, speed, engine functions and mileage. The team monitored more than 1.8 million vehicle trips on a second-by-second basis. A built-in cellular connection sent back accumulated data weekly.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe third and fourth Commute Atlanta phases are using upgraded equipment that allows real-time tracking of vehicle location, speed, mileage and as many as 10 engine parameters in some monitored vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGuensler and Jennifer Ogle, now at Clemson University, are principals in Vehicle Monitoring Technology, a new company that is now providing monitoring services for vehicle activity and emissions elsewhere in the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWritten by Rick Robinson\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETraveling the Road to Sustainability in Transportation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn transportation, efficiency and sustainability are inseparable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat\u2019s the viewpoint of transportation-sustainability researchers like Adjo Amekudzi, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTransportation performance needs to be evaluated in broader terms than in the past,\u201d Amekudzi says. \u201cA transport system must move goods and people effectively, but it should do so in ways that are environmentally friendly and socially equitable. In the long term, that approach is best for both sustained economic development and quality of life.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESustainable transportation, she says, plays a major role in quality-of-life issues. Clearly, the amount of money that both governments and individuals must spend on transportation affects other important expenditures. Air quality and the amount of time that people spend in traffic also figure importantly in quality-of-life perceptions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo help achieve sustainability, cities need to promote multi-modal transportation systems \u2013 those that distribute transportation over several systems rather than relying heavily on highways, Amekudzi says. A good multi-modal transportation system can improve efficiency across the board by giving both businesses and individuals true flexibility in matching their needs to given transport modes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmekudzi\u2019s recent research, funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Transportation, has focused on developing sustainability metrics and methods for sustainability planning. She examines the broader picture of transportation and society, including ways to generate alternative scenarios that can improve both travel efficiency and environmental impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnalyzing the link between land use and transportation is vital, she says, because usually land use generates the need for transportation. 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Integrating four nanogenerators on the hamster\u2019s jacket generated up to 0.5 nanoamps; less current was produced by the single generator on the finger.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang estimates that powering a handheld device such as a Bluetooth headset would require at least thousands of these single-wire generators, which could be built up in three-dimensional modules.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the finger-tapping and hamster-running, Wang believe his modules could be implanted into the body to harvest energy from such sources as muscle movements or pulsating blood vessels. In the body, they could be used to power nanodevices to measure blood pressure or other vital signs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause the devices produce alternating current, synchronizing the four generators on the hamster\u2019s back was vital to maximizing current production. Without the synchronization, current flow from one generator could cancel out the flow from another.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team \u2013 which also included Rusen Yang, Yong Qin, Cheng Li and Guang Zhu \u2013 solved that problem by using a substrate that was flexible in only one direction, forcing the generators to flex together. Still, there was substantial variation in the output from each generator. The differences result from variations in the amount of flexing and from inconsistencies in the hand-built devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe nanogenerators have to be synchronized, with the output of all of them coordinated so the current adds up constructively,\u201d Wang noted. \u201cThrough engineering, we would expect this can be resolved in the future through improved design and more consistent manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo ensure that the current measured was actually produced by the generators, the researchers took several precautions. For instance, they substituted carbon fibers \u2013 which are not piezoelectric \u2013 for the zinc oxide nanowires and measured no output electrical signal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team encountered a number of obstacles related to its four-legged subjects. 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While some cells certainly do migrate to injury sites, the actual percentage is very small and those that arrive at the site do not remain to engraft with the host tissue,\u0022 explained Boyan.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis limited effect may be the result of the injection process, according to Boyan, so researchers in the center are developing ways to protect the cells from damaging forces they might encounter when inserted into the body.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Studies in our laboratory have shown that when stem cells are encapsulated in microbeads, they can be injected by needle without loss of cell viability and they remain at the injury site for at least two months,\u0022 said Boyan.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProtecting the cells during insertion is just the first step toward improved tissue repair. The researchers must also examine whether the stem cells will turn into cells typical of the implanted tissue and if they produce or should be paired with molecules that can enhance the healing of the implanted tissues.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECenter researchers are also investigating whether bone marrow-derived stem cells can be used in the body to heal large defects in bone and cartilage if they are inserted in fiber mesh scaffolds and silk sponges during a surgical procedure.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditional projects in the center include assessing tissue viability, preventing the growth of bone in the soft tissues of the body and improving pre-hospital care of orthopedic injuries. 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Instead, that electricity must be used for cooling the servers, a demand that continues to increase as computer processing power grows.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd the trend toward cloud computing will expand the need for both servers and cooling.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the Georgia Institute of Technology, researchers are using a 1,100-square-foot simulated data center to optimize cooling strategies and develop new heat transfer models that can be used by the designers of future facilities and equipment.  The goal is to reduce the portion of electricity used to cool data center equipment by as much as 15 percent.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Computers convert electricity to heat as they operate,\u0022 said Yogendra Joshi, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.  \u0022As they switch on and off, transistors produce heat, and all of that heat must be ultimately transferred to the environment.  If you are looking at a few computers, the heat produced is not that much.  But data centers generate heat at the rate of tens of megawatts that must be removed.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESummaries of the research have been published in the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Electronic Packaging \u003C\/em\u003Eand \u003Cem\u003EInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer \u003C\/em\u003Eand presented at the Second International Conference on Thermal Issues in Emerging Technologies, Theory and Applications. The research has been sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, and by the Consortium for Energy Efficient Thermal Management.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFive years ago, a typical refrigerator-sized server cabinet produced about one to five kilowatts of heat.  Today, high-performance computing cabinets of about the same size produce as much as 28 kilowatts, and machines already planned for production will produce twice as much.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Some people have called this the Moore\u0027s Law of data centers,\u0022 observed Joshi, who is also the John M. McKenney and Warren D. Shiver Chair in the School of Mechanical Engineering.  \u0022The growth of cooling requirements parallels the growth of computing power, which roughly doubles every 18 months.  That has brought the energy requirements of data centers into the forefront.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMost existing data centers rely on large air conditioning systems that pump cool air to server racks.  Data centers have traditionally used raised floors to allow space for circulating air beneath the equipment, but cooling can also come from the ceilings.  As cooling demands have increased, data center designers have developed complex systems of alternating cooling outlets and hot air returns throughout the facilities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022How these are arranged is very important to how much cooling power will be required,\u0022 Joshi said.  \u0022There are ways to rearrange equipment within data centers to promote better air flow and greater energy efficiency, and we are exploring ways to improve those.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore long, centers will likely have to use liquid cooling to replace chilled air in certain high-powered machines.  That will introduce a new level of complexity for the data centers, and create differential cooling needs that will have to be accounted for in the design and maintenance.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJoshi and his students have assembled a small high-power-density data center on the Georgia Tech campus that includes different types of cooling systems, partitions to change room volumes and both real and simulated server racks.  They use fog generators and lasers to visualize air flow patterns, infrared sensors to quantify heat, airflow sensors to measure the output of fans and other systems, and sophisticated thermometers to measure temperatures on server motherboards.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond studying the effects of alternate airflow patterns, they are also verifying that cooling systems are doing what they\u0027re supposed to do.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause tasks are dynamically assigned to specific machines, heat generation varies in a data center.  Joshi\u0027s group is also exploring algorithms that could help even out the computing load by assigning new computationally-intensive tasks to cooler machines, avoiding hot spots.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother issue they\u0027re studying is what happens when utility-system power to a data center is cut off.  The servers themselves continue to operate because they receive electricity from an uninterruptible power supply.  But the cooling equipment is powered by backup generators, which can take minutes to get up to speed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the brief time without cooling, heat builds up in the servers.  Existing computer models predict that temperatures will reach dangerous levels in a matter of seconds, but actual measurements done by Joshi\u0027s graduate students show that the equipment can run for as much as six minutes without cooling.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re developing models for different parts of the data center to learn how they respond to changes in temperature,\u0022 said Shawn Shields, a former graduate student in Joshi\u0027s lab.  \u0022Existing models consider that temperature changes across a server rack will be instantaneous, but we\u0027ve found that it takes quite a relatively long time for the server to reach a steady state.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond reducing cooling load, the researchers are also looking at how waste heat from data centers can be used.  The problem is that the heat is at relatively low temperatures, which makes it inefficient to convert to other forms of energy.  Options may include heating nearby buildings or pre-heating water, Joshi said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EData obtained by the researchers with thermometers and airflow meters is being used to validate computer models that are reasonably accurate, but run rapidly.  In the future, these models will help data center operators do a better job of optimizing cooling in real time, he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJoshi believes there\u0027s potential to reduce data center energy consumption by as much as 15 percent by adopting more efficient cooling techniques like those under development in his lab.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our data center laboratory is a complete sandbox in which we can study all sorts of options without affecting anybody\u0027s computing projects,\u0022 he added.  \u0022We can look at interesting ways to improve rack-level cooling, liquid cooling and thermoelectric cooling.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 100\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta, Georgia  30308  USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Abby Vogel (404-385-3364); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:avogel@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eavogel@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Approximately a third of the electricity consumed by large data centers doesn\u0027t power the computer servers that conduct online transactions or serve Web pages. 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Researchers have now experimentally demonstrated the potential for another graphene application: replacing copper for interconnects in future generations of integrated circuits.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a paper published in the June 2009 issue of the IEEE journal \u003Cem\u003EElectron Device Letters\u003C\/em\u003E, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology report detailed analysis of resistivity in graphene nanoribbon interconnects as narrow as 18 nanometers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe results suggest that graphene could out-perform copper for use as on-chip interconnects -- tiny wires that are used to connect transistors and other devices on integrated circuits.  Use of graphene for these interconnects could help extend the long run of performance improvements for silicon-based integrated circuit technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As you make copper interconnects narrower and narrower, the resistivity increases as the true nanoscale properties of the material become apparent,\u0022 said Raghunath Murali, a research engineer in Georgia Tech\u0027s Microelectronics Research Center and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.  \u0022Our experimental demonstration of graphene nanowire interconnects on the scale of 20 nanometers shows that their performance is comparable to even the most optimistic projections for copper interconnects at that scale.  Under real-world conditions, our graphene interconnects probably already out-perform copper at this size scale.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond resistivity improvement, graphene interconnects would offer higher electron mobility, better thermal conductivity, higher mechanical strength and reduced capacitance coupling between adjacent wires.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Resistivity is normally independent of the dimension -- a property inherent to the material,\u0022 Murali noted.  \u0022But as you get into the nanometer-scale domain, the grain sizes of the copper become important and conductance is affected by scattering at the grain boundaries and at the side walls.  These add up to increased resistivity, which nearly doubles as the interconnect sizes shrink to 30 nanometers.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research was supported by the Interconnect Focus Center, which is one of the Semiconductor Research Corporation\/DARPA Focus Centers, and the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative through the INDEX Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMurali and collaborators Kevin Brenner, Yinxiao Yang, Thomas Beck and James Meindl studied the electrical properties of graphene layers that had been taken from a block of pure graphite.  They believe the attractive properties will ultimately also be measured in graphene fabricated using other techniques, such as growth on silicon carbide, which now produces graphene of lower quality but has the potential for achieving higher quality.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause graphene can be patterned using conventional microelectronics processes, the transition from copper could be made without integrating a new manufacturing technique into circuit fabrication.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are optimistic about being able to use graphene in manufactured systems because researchers can already grow layers of it in the lab,\u0022 Murali noted.  \u0022There will be challenges in integrating graphene with silicon, but those will be overcome. Except for using a different material, everything we would need to produce graphene interconnects is already well known and established.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExperimentally, the researchers began with flakes of multi-layered graphene removed from a graphite block and placed onto an oxidized silicon substrate.  They used electron beam lithography to construct four electrode contacts on the graphene, then used lithography to fabricate devices consisting of parallel nanoribbons of widths ranging between 18 and 52 nanometers.  The three-dimensional resistivity of the nanoribbons on 18 different devices was then measured using standard analytical techniques at room temperature.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe best of the graphene nanoribbons showed conductivity equal to that predicted for copper interconnects of the same size.  Because the comparisons were between non-optimized graphene and optimistic estimates for copper, they suggest that performance of the new material will ultimately surpass that of the traditional interconnect material, Murali said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Even graphene samples of moderate quality show excellent properties,\u0022 he explained.  \u0022We are not using very high levels of optimization or especially clean processes.  With our straightforward processing, we are getting graphene interconnects that are essentially comparable to copper.  If we do this more optimally, the performance should surpass copper.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThough one of graphene\u0027s key properties is reported to be ballistic transport -- meaning electrons can flow through it without resistance -- the material\u0027s actual conductance is limited by factors that include scattering from impurities, line-edge roughness and from substrate phonons -- vibrations in the substrate lattice.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUse of graphene interconnects could help facilitate continuing increases in integrated circuit performance once features sizes drop to approximately 20 nanometers, which could happen in the next five years, Murali said.  At that scale, the increased resistance of copper interconnects could offset performance increases, meaning that without other improvements, higher density wouldn\u0027t produce faster integrated circuits.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is not a roadblock to achieving scaling from one generation to the next, but it is a roadblock to achieving increased performance,\u0022 he said.  \u0022Dimensional scaling could continue, but because we would be giving up so much in terms of resistivity, we wouldn\u0027t get a performance advantage from that.  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Though effective against the dangerous MRSA (methicillin-resistant \u003Cem\u003EStaphylococcus aureus\u003C\/em\u003E) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci, thiostrepton currently has only limited applications in humans because it is not water soluble.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIdentification of the gene cluster responsible for producing thiostrepton sets the stage for genetic manipulations that could make the drug more useful by improving its water solubility, potentially providing a new tool in the high-stakes battle against bacteria.  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Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E, run counter to previous studies that have shown snakes move by pushing laterally against rocks and branches.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We found that snakes\u0027 belly scales are oriented so that snakes resist sliding toward their tails and flanks,\u0022 said the paper\u0027s lead author, David Hu, a former postdoctoral researcher at NYU\u0027s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and now an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. \u0022These scales give the snakes a preferred direction of motion, which makes snake movement a lot like that of wheels, cross-country skis, or ice skates. 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We can make anything as long as we\u0027re able to keep the employment base,\u0022 stated Ford, chairman and executive vice president of culture. \u0022Adding a breakthrough technology product that addresses global warming fulfills our \u0027reinventing manufacturing\u0027 promise to the work culture, a step toward securing at least these 400 manufacturing jobs, and creating a role model for others to consider.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2007, Power Partners expanded its product line to manufacture solar water heater systems, which use solar energy to heat water and can provide up to 85 percent of the energy needed to produce domestic hot water. Systems are composed of solar thermal collectors, a fluid system that moves heat from the collector to the point of usage. According to commercial operations manager Scott Childs, Power Partners is initially marketing the systems to utility companies and dealers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The solar water heater system is going to provide hot water mainly in the summer, when electricity is most valuable to a utility, and the system will use more electricity in the winter when there is plenty of electrical capacity,\u0022 he noted. \u0022We think that situation will marry well with our product, in addition to the utilities\u0027 increased focus on green.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the distribution transformers and the solar water heater systems, Power Partners has the exclusive North American rights to begin manufacturing adsorption chillers, a product that can substantially reduce operating costs by converting waste heat into cool air. Ford says she is excited about the new product\u0027s potential.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When combined with other technologies, adsorption chillers create about as low an impact on the environment as you can get. This is really going to revolutionize the way architects and construction firms think about their designs,\u0022 Ford said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith all of the focus on manufacturing environmentally responsible products, it made sense for Power Partners to examine its own manufacturing processes. After working on projects in lean manufacturing and quality standards with Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute, Ford contacted the organization again to conduct an energy assessment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn July 2008, Bob Hitch, a project manager with the Enterprise Innovation Institute, evaluated Power Partners\u0027 process heating systems -- annealing, welding, drying and painting -- for potential energy-saving opportunities, an estimated energy savings of 30 percent. As a result of the recommendations, Power Partners is replacing its water-cooled bearings with high-temperature graphite bearings. Earlier assessment of the general facility energy usage by Hitch and the Power Partners engineers led to the update of lighting in the plant to T5 and T8 high-efficiency units, and replacement of outdated air compressors.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022By changing the bearings and the lighting and the compressors, we have saved an estimated $600,000 easily,\u0022 said Mike Stonecipher, vice president for technical services. \u0022Those are realized savings and we now have a whole philosophy and set of tools to move us forward.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPower Partners also participated in a November 2008 project for the Green Supplier Network, a partnership between the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute for Standards and Technology\u0027s Manufacturing Extension Partnership. In addition to Hitch, the project was facilitated by Bill Ritsch of the Enterprise Innovation Institute and Dan Loudermilk of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources\u0027 Pollution Prevention Assistance Division. The work was sponsored by Power Partners\u0027 customer, Pepco Holdings, Inc.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The primary objective of this three-day project was to identify opportunities for reductions of waste energy, material and inventories by creating a value stream map, which is a diagram used to analyze the flow of materials and information required to bring a product to a consumer,\u0022 recalled Hitch. \u0022A team of key players was chosen, and this group was effective in seeing beyond the current processes by proposing a future state map that included some impressive gains in productivity, material usage and environmental reductions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe improvement ideas included operating the paint line during one shift only, creating a single point of contact for ordering tanks, rearranging the tank wall inventory to minimize travel, reconfiguring conveyors to improve material flow, minimizing repair stations by combining repairs where possible, and re-using the waste water from the paint area. However, Stonecipher says that the most significant improvement was completing a \u0022green\u0022 value stream map for all plant processes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As part of lean manufacturing, we were familiar with the value process map. But what we had not done was look at it in terms of the environment. That was the first time we had taken a process map of a section of the factory and done it in accordance to our waste streams,\u0022 he said. \u0022Now when we do a process map, that\u0027s a standard part of it. From a lean and practice standpoint, lean green is a new tool that\u0027s been brought to the equation.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPower Partners realized other benefits as a result of the Green Supplier Network Project. Tank inventory was reduced by 34 percent, total supply chain lead time for tanks went from more than 17 days to less than a week, water usage was reduced by 10,000 gallons per day, quality improved and productivity increased. Stonecipher notes that while not all of the results were measurable, they were all beneficial.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPower Partners, which was recognized in 2007 as the seventh largest woman-owned business in America as certified by the Washington, D.C.-based Women\u0027s Enterprise Business National Council, plans to use Georgia Tech\u0027s assistance in the future to focus on pumps and motors, as well as ways to capture waste heat and re-use it so it can install its own adsorption chiller. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are people who are continually looking for creativity and innovation, and doing things that are not business as usual,\u0022 said Ford.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Enterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute helps companies, entrepreneurs, economic developers and communities improve their competitiveness through the application of science, technology and innovation. It is one of the most comprehensive university-based programs of business and industry assistance, technology commercialization and economic development in the nation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 100\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta, Georgia 30308 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Nancy Fullbright (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:nancy.fullbright@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Enancy.fullbright@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.toon@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejohn.toon@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Nancy Fullbright\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Power Partners Cuts Energy Costs by $600,000"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech assistance helped an Athens manufacturer of electrical distribution transformers and solar water heaters reduce its energy and water consumption while streamlining production.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech helped a manufacturer reduce energy and water usage"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2009-06-22 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:14","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"46296":{"id":"46296","type":"image","title":"Solar thermal","body":null,"created":"1449174375","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:26:15","changed":"1475894414","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:14","alt":"Solar thermal","file":{"fid":"101077","name":"tci16972.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tci16972_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tci16972_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":898557,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tci16972_0.jpg?itok=TYjwEOwo"}},"46297":{"id":"46297","type":"image","title":"Water-cooled bearings","body":null,"created":"1449174375","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:26:15","changed":"1475894414","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:14","alt":"Water-cooled bearings","file":{"fid":"101078","name":"twq16972.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twq16972_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twq16972_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1031067,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/twq16972_0.jpg?itok=2K1NKqdz"}},"46298":{"id":"46298","type":"image","title":"Distribution transformer","body":null,"created":"1449174375","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:26:15","changed":"1475894414","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:14","alt":"Distribution transformer","file":{"fid":"101079","name":"tpd16972.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpd16972_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpd16972_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1241239,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tpd16972_0.jpg?itok=KzMahgmF"}}},"media_ids":["46296","46297","46298"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.innovate.gatech.edu\/","title":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"214","name":"environmental solar"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; 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Known as desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS), the technique for the first time allows researchers to study unique chemical activity taking place on the surfaces of these organisms.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnderstanding this surface chemistry could one day allow scientists to borrow and adapt some of those defensive chemical compounds for use against cancer, HIV, malaria, drug-resistant bacteria and other diseases of humans. In a paper published April 6 in the early edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology describe a sophisticated chemical defense system that uses 28 different compounds to protect a species of seaweed against a single fungus. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Plants and animals in the wild use chemistry as way to fight with one another,\u0022 said Julia Kubanek, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Biology. \u0022Using this new technology, scientists can listen in on this fight to perhaps learn from what\u0027s going on and steal some of the strategies for human biomedical applications.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of a long-term project sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, Georgia Tech scientists have been cataloging and analyzing natural compounds from more than 800 species found in the waters surrounding the Fiji Islands. They have been particularly interested in \u003Cem\u003ECallophycus serratus\u003C\/em\u003E, an abundant species of red seaweed that seems particularly successful -- and adept at fighting off microbial infections.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing a DESI-MS technique adapted for this project in the laboratory of associate professor Facundo Fernandez in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry, researchers Leonard Nyadong and Asiri Galhena analyzed recently-collected samples of the seaweed and found groups of potent anti-fungal compounds in light-colored microscopic surface patches covering what may be wounds on the surface of the seaweed. In laboratory testing, graduate student Amy Lane found that these bromophycolide compounds and callophycoic acids effectively inhibited the growth of \u003Cem\u003ELindra thalassiae\u003C\/em\u003E, a common marine fungus. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is possible that the alga is marshalling its defenses and displaying them in a way that blocks the entry points for microbes that might invade and cause disease,\u0022 Kubanek said. \u0022Seaweeds don\u0027t have B cells, T cells and immune responses like humans do. But instead they have some chemical compounds in their tissues to protect them.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThough all the seaweed they studied was from a single species, the researchers were surprised to find two distinct groups of anti-fungal chemicals. From one seaweed subpopulation, dubbed the \u0022bushy\u0022 type for its appearance, 18 different anti-fungal compounds were identified. In a second group of seaweed, the researchers found 10 different anti-fungal compounds -- all different from the ones seen in the first group.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This species is producing some unique chemical compounds that other seaweeds don\u0027t produce, and it is producing a large number of compounds, each of which has a role to play in the overall defense against the fungus,\u0022 Kubanek noted. \u0022We think the compounds work together in an additive way.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThough chemically different, the compounds are structurally related and seem to arise from a similar metabolic pathway in the seaweed. Why one species of simple organism would produce 28 different anti-fungal compounds remains a mystery, though Kubanek believes the chemicals may also have other uses that are not yet understood.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe compounds have been tested for potential activity against drug-resistant bacteria, cancer, HIV, malaria and other human health threats. So far, preliminary testing suggests they have anti-malarial effects.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe DESI-MS technique allowed the researchers for the first time to analyze chemical activity occurring on the surface of the seaweed. Earlier techniques allowed identification of chemicals in the organism\u0027s tissue, but being able to confirm their location on the surface -- the first line of defense against infection -- confirms the role they play as defensive chemicals.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn DESI-MS, a charged stream of polar solvent is directed at the surface of a sample under study at ambient pressure and temperature. The spray desorbs molecules, which are then ionized and delivered to the mass spectrometer for analysis. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our collaborative team of researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the College of Sciences has worked within the newly-formed Bioimaging Mass Spectrometry Center at Georgia Tech to better understand the mechanisms of chemical defenses in marine organisms,\u0022 said Fernandez.  \u0022This is an example of cross-cutting interdisciplinary research that characterizes our institute.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the scientists mentioned above, others researchers contributing to the study are Tonya Shearer, Paige Stout, R. Mitchell Parry, Mark Kwasnik, May Wang and Mark Hay, all from Georgia Tech. Beyond the National Institutes of Health support, the research has also been sponsored by the National Science Foundation and seed funding from the Georgia Tech College of Sciences and College of Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the future, Kubanek and graduate student Paige Stout are working to modify the most promising of the anti-malarial compounds, replacing some oxygen atoms for nitrogen atoms and bromine for chlorine and fluorine. The hope is to create a compound more potent against the malaria organism with less toxicity for humans.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are doing reaction chemistry using these 28 compounds as a starting point,\u0022 Kubanek explained. \u0022Learning about how other species avoid diseases may give us something we can use to avoid or treat our own diseases.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 100\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta, Georgia  30308  USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Abby Vogel (404-385-3364); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:avogel@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eavogel@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Julia Kubanek (404-894-8424); 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However, the unit\u0027s highly parallel structure also makes it more efficient than a general-purpose central processing unit for a range of complex calculations important to defense applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers in the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are developing programming tools to enable engineers in the defense industry to utilize the processing power of GPUs without having to learn the complicated programming language required to use them directly.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As radar systems and other sensor systems get more complicated, the computational requirements are becoming a bottleneck,\u0022 said GTRI senior research engineer Daniel Campbell. \u0022We are capitalizing on the ability of GPUs to process radar, infrared sensor and video data faster than a typical computer and at a much lower cost and power than a computing cluster.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMark Richards, a principal research engineer and adjunct professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is collaborating with Campbell and graduate student Andrew Kerr to rewrite common signal processing commands to run on a GPU. This work is supported by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers are writing functions defined in the Vector, Signal and Image Processing Library (VSIPL) to run on GPUs. VSIPL is an open standard developed by embedded signal and image processing hardware and software vendors, academia, application developers and government labs. GPU VSIPL is available for download at (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gpu-vsipl.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/gpu-vsipl.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gpu-vsipl.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers are currently writing the functions in Nvidia\u0027s CUDA\u003Csup\u003ETM\u003C\/sup\u003E language, but the underlying principles can be applied to GPUs developed by other companies, according to Campbell. With GPU VSIPL, engineers can use high-level functions in their C programs to perform linear algebra and signal processing operations, and recompile with GPU VSIPL to take advantage of the speed of the GPU. Studies have shown that VSIPL functions operate between 20 and 350 times faster on a GPU than a central processing unit, depending on the function and size of the data set.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The results are not surprising because GPUs excel at performing repetitive arithmetic tasks like those in VSIPL, such as signal processing functions like Fourier transforms, spectral analysis, image formation and noise filtering,\u0022 noted Richards. \u0022We\u0027ve just alleviated the need for engineers to understand the entire GPU architecture by simply providing them with a library of routines that they frequently use.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research team is also assessing the advantages of GPUs by running a library of benchmarks for quantitatively comparing high-performance, embedded computing systems. The benchmarks address important operations across a broad range of U.S. Department of Defense signal and image processing applications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPreliminary studies have shown several of the benchmarks have straightforward parallelization schemes that result in faster operation without requiring significant optimization. For other benchmarks, additional research needs to be conducted into optimizing the use of multiple GPUs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the future, the researchers plan to continue expanding the GPU VSIPL, develop additional defense-related GPU function libraries and design programming tools to utilize other efficient processors, such as the cell broadband engine processor at the heart of the PlayStation 3 video game console.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 100\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta, Georgia 30308 USA\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMedia Relations Contacts: Abby Vogel (404-385-3364); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:avogel@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eavogel@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Kirk Englehardt (404-407-7280); E-mail: (\u003Ca 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Beyond nanomaterials and nanostructures, the technique could also improve reliability and precision in nanoelectronics measurements -- and in studies of certain larger-scale systems.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccurate understanding of these properties is critical to the development of future high-volume industrial applications for nanomaterials and nanostructures because manufacturers will require consistency in their products.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our statistical model will be useful when the nanomaterials industry scales up from laboratory production because industrial users cannot afford to make a detailed study of every production run,\u0022 said C. F. Jeff Wu, a professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  \u0022The significant experimental errors can be filtered out automatically, which means this could be used in a manufacturing environment.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESponsored by the National Science Foundation, the research was reported June 25, 2009 in the early edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E.  The paper is believed to be the first to describe the use of statistical techniques for quantitative analysis of data from nanomechanical measurements.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENanotechnology researchers have long been troubled by the difficulty of measuring nanoscale properties and separating signals from noise and data artifacts.  Data artifacts can be caused by such issues as the slippage of structures being studied, surface irregularities and inaccurate placement of the atomic force microscope tip onto samples.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn measuring the effects of extremely small forces acting on extremely small structures, signals of interest may be only two or three times stronger than experimental noise.  That can make it difficult to draw conclusions, and potentially masks other interesting effects.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In the past, we have really not known the statistical reliability of the data at this size scale,\u0022 said Zhong Lin Wang, a Regents\u0027 professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Materials Science and Engineering.  \u0022At the nanoscale, small errors are amplified.  This new technique applies statistical theory to identify and analyze the data received from nanomechanics so we can be more confident of how reliable it is.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn developing the new technique, the researchers studied a data set measuring the deformation of zinc oxide nanobelts, research undertaken to determine the material\u0027s elastic modulus.  Theoretically, applying force to a nanobelt with the tip of an atomic force microscope should produce consistent linear deformation, but the experimental data didn\u0027t always show that.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn some cases, less force appeared to create more deformation, and the deformation curve was not symmetrical.  Wang\u0027s research team attempted to apply simple data-correction techniques, but was not satisfied with the results.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The measurements they had done simply didn\u0027t match what was expected with the theoretical model,\u0022 explained Wu, who holds a Coca-Cola chair in engineering statistics.  \u0022The curves should have been symmetric.  To address this issue, we developed a new modeling technique that uses the data itself to filter out the mismatch step-by-step using the regression technique.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIdeally, researchers would search out and correct the experimental causes of these data errors, but because they occur at such small size scales, that would be difficult, noted V. Roshan Joseph, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Physics-based models are based on several assumptions that can go wrong in reality,\u0022 he said.  \u0022We could try to identify all the sources of error and correct them, but that is very time-consuming.  Statistical techniques can more easily correct the errors, so this process is more geared toward industrial use.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond correcting the errors, the improved precision of the statistical technique could reduce the effort required to produce reliable experimental data on the properties of nanostructures.  \u0022With half of the experimental efforts, you can get about the same standard deviation as following the earlier method without the corrections,\u0022 Wu said.  \u0022This translates into fewer time-consuming experiments to confirm the properties.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the future, the research team -- which includes Xinwei Deng and Wenjie Mai in addition to those already mentioned -- plans to analyze the properties of nanowires, which are critical to the operation of a family of nanoscale electric generators being developed by Wang\u0027s research team.  Correcting for data errors in these structures will require development of a separate model using the same SPAR techniques, Wu said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, SPAR may lead researchers to new fundamental explanations of the nanoscale world.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022One of the key issues today in nanotechnology is whether the existing physical theories can still be applied to explain the phenomena we are seeing,\u0022 said Wang, who is also director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Nanostructure Characterization and Fabrication.  \u0022We have tried to answer the question of whether we are truly observing new phenomena, or whether our errors are so large that we cannot see that the theory still works.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWang plans to use the SPAR technique on future work, and to analyze past research for potential new findings. \u0022What may have seemed like noise could actually be an important signal,\u0022 he said.  \u0022This technique provides a truly new tool for data mining and analysis in nanotechnology.\u0022   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; 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A team of researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology believes the new microneedle skin patch method of delivering flu vaccine could improve overall seasonal vaccination coverage in people because of decreased pain, increased convenience, lower cost and simpler logistics over conventional hypodermic immunization.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research was published in the early online edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences \u003C\/em\u003E(PNAS). Another study by the research team on a different influenza strain was described in the journal \u003Cem\u003EPublic Library of Science \u003C\/em\u003E(PLoS) One. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe patches used in the experiments contained an array of stainless steel microneedles coated with inactivated influenza virus. The patches were pressed manually into the skin and after a few minutes, the vaccine coating dissolved off within the skin. The coated microneedle immunizations were compared to conventional intramuscular hypodermic injections at the same dose in another group of mice. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers found that the microneedle vaccinations induced strong immune responses against influenza virus that were comparable to immune responses induced by the intramuscular, hypodermic immunizations. One month after vaccination, the researchers infected both groups of mice with a high dose of influenza virus. While all mice in a control group of unvaccinated mice died of influenza, all mice in both the hypodermic and the microneedle groups survived. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our findings show that microneedle patches are just as effective at protecting against influenza as conventional hypodermic immunizations,\u0022 says Richard Compans, PhD, Emory professor of microbiology and immunology and one of the paper\u0027s senior authors. \u0022In addition, vaccine delivery into the skin is desirable because of the skin\u0027s rich immune network.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEven though cutaneous immunization has been shown to induce a broad range of immune responses, and to be especially effective in individuals over age 60, this method has not been widely used because it has not been convenient and has required highly trained personnel.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Unlike conventional hypodermic injections, microneedles are prepared in a patch for simple administration, possibly by patients themselves, and inserted painlessly onto the skin without specialized training,\u0022 says Mark Prausnitz, PhD, professor in the Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and co-senior author. \u0022These micron-scale needles can be mass produced using low-cost methods for distribution to doctors\u0027 offices, pharmacies and, possibly, people\u0027s homes.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther advantages of the microneedle patches could include more convenient storage, easier transportation and lower dosage requirements. Lower doses could be particularly important because flu vaccine production capacity sometimes is limited for seasonal vaccine, and a future influenza pandemic would require much greater production of vaccine. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EReplacing a hypodermic needle with a microneedle patch also could significantly impact the way other vaccines are delivered, and could be particularly beneficial in developing countries. A microneedle patch could fit inside an envelope for delivery by the postal service and would occupy much less storage space. Patches also would increase vaccine safety by reducing the dangers of accidental or intentional hypodermic needle re-use. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project team plans future immunization studies in other animal models, including guinea pigs or ferrets, before initiating studies in humans. Also, more studies are needed to determine the minimum vaccine dose needed for full protection. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Emory and Georgia Tech research team began developing the new microneedle vaccine patch technology in 2007 using grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The project team has extensive experience in microneedle development, influenza vaccines, vaccine delivery systems, product development and interdisciplinary collaboration.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2007 the NIH awarded a $32.8 million, seven-year contract to Emory, along with the University of Georgia, to establish the Emory\/UGA Influenza Pathogenesis and Immunology Research Center. The center is working to improve the effectiveness of flu vaccines through a number of different projects studying how influenza viruses attack their hosts, how they are transmitted, and what new immune targets might be identified for antiviral medicines.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrausnitz and his colleagues have been working since the mid 1990s to develop microneedle technology for painless drug and vaccine delivery through the skin. The Georgia Tech team has also developed manufacturing processes for microneedle patches and tested the ability of the needles to deliver proteins, vaccines, nanoparticles, and other small and large molecules through the skin.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther authors of the papers are Emory microbiologists Ioanna Skountzou and Chinglai Yang, and first authors Ling Ye, Qiyun Zhu, Dimitrios Koutsonanos, and Maria del Pilar Martin from Emory and Vladimir Zarnitsyn from Georgia Tech. Other authors and contributors were Yulong Gao, Lei Pan, and Zhiyuan Wen from Emory, and Harvinder Gill and Sean Sullivan from Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"New Delivery Method Could Result in Simpler, Safer, Painless Vaccines"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Flu vaccine delivered through skin patches containing microneedles has proven just as effective at preventing influenza in mice as intramuscular, hypodermic flu immunization.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Testing shows microneedle patches are effective for immunization"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2009-04-28 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:14","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"46339":{"id":"46339","type":"image","title":"Research team","body":null,"created":"1449174401","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:26:41","changed":"1475894416","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:16","alt":"Research team","file":{"fid":"101108","name":"ttf55060.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ttf55060_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ttf55060_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1505734,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ttf55060_0.jpg?itok=2pAK5-_4"}},"46340":{"id":"46340","type":"image","title":"Microscope image","body":null,"created":"1449174401","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:26:41","changed":"1475894416","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:16","alt":"Microscope image","file":{"fid":"101109","name":"tdz55060.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tdz55060_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tdz55060_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":304370,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tdz55060_0.jpg?itok=HM98liVO"}},"46341":{"id":"46341","type":"image","title":"Stainless steel microneedles","body":null,"created":"1449174401","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:26:41","changed":"1475894416","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:16","alt":"Stainless steel microneedles","file":{"fid":"101110","name":"tgi55060.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgi55060_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgi55060_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":784064,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tgi55060_0.jpg?itok=oa9E0otX"}}},"media_ids":["46339","46340","46341"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.che.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/fac_staff\/faculty\/prausnitz.php","title":"Mark Prausnitz"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.emory.edu\/","title":"Emory University"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"764","name":"immunization"},{"id":"765","name":"influenza"},{"id":"494","name":"Microneedle"},{"id":"170850","name":"skin"},{"id":"763","name":"vaccine"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jt7\u0022\u003EContact John Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-6986\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"46334":{"#nid":"46334","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President\u0027s Keynote Highlights GTRI\u0027s 75th Anniversary Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and its applied-research emphasis are vital to Georgia Tech\u0027s mission, and the current support and collaboration between GTRI and the university\u0027s academic units will continue to grow.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat was the core message delivered by Georgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson at the GTRI 75th Anniversary Technology Symposium on April 20.  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Even if the recall was the result of a purchasing, out-sourcing or off-shoring decision, the company should take shared responsibility for the error, the researchers say. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Consumers are forgiving, so if a firm apologizes, acknowledges the problem, and doesn\u0027t make the mistake again and again, consumers will continue to be loyal to that brand,\u0022 said Hora. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter apologizing, the firm needs to get the product off store shelves and out of consumer\u0027 hands as quickly as possible. To do this, the firm must choose the best way to compensate the product purchasers and who will interface with the customer to price the restitution. There are many choices -- the manufacturer, distributor or retailer can collect the recalled product and restitution can be provided by repairing or replacing the product or refunding the purchase price.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Firms must keep in mind that the best choices are those that decrease the time it takes to recall the product and our analysis shows that it takes much longer to recall the product if the company that announces the recall is further away or upstream from the consumer,\u0022 explained Hora.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETherefore firms need to collaborate and communicate well with their downstream distributors and retailers so that the distributors and retailers are willing to handle the recall for the manufacturer, leading to much faster recalls. However, if there are millions of units being recalled, it can be a logistical nightmare for the retailers to handle the issue.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen it comes to the type of restitution, shorter recall time is associated with exchanging rather than refunding the recalled product. The firm will fare better if the consumer doesn\u0027t have to jump through a lot of hoops for restitution, which may mean allowing consumers to visit a local retailer to return the item for a refund. In other words, companies fare better if they recall the product and provide a refund through a retailer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also studied how different types of recalls and defects affected the time it took to recall a product. Their results showed that manufacturing defects, such as lead content in toys, took much less time to recall than design defects such as detachable magnets. 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Previous field tests have shown that the shape of the response curves did not change when targets were buried at different depths, but the researchers wanted to know if the same was true for targets buried at different angles. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This facility allows us to collect measurements of typical targets and clutter objects with respect to location and orientation, which would be very difficult to measure in the field due to the difficulty of accurately placing and rotating the target,\u0022 said Scott. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the symposium, the researchers presented data collected in the facility from three targets: a single wire loop, a composite target with three wire loops and a 9 millimeter shell casing. Their results with the single wire loop and shell casing showed that the shape of the response curve was the same for all of the rotation angles, but the amplitude of the response changed with rotation angle. The more complex three-loop target exhibited changes in the shape and amplitude of the curve when the rotation angle was modified.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers plan to use these results to make improvements to the sensor hardware and processing algorithms. Future efforts in the experimental facility will focus on measuring more targets and investigating methods for summarizing the massive amounts of collected data into simple physical models. The researchers also plan to improve the processing algorithms to help characterize more complicated targets and refine the detection and discrimination methods for electromagnetic induction sensors.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExperiments conducted in the facility will ultimately help researchers better discriminate between land mines and harmless metal objects, which will lead to reduced false alarm rates.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This facility will help us develop advanced electromagnetic induction sensors that are most effective and able to quickly, accurately and repetitively measure the response of a buried target,\u0022 noted Scott.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work is supported in part by the U.S. Army Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, Science and Technology Division, Countermine Branch and in part by the U. S. Army Research Office under Contract Number W911NF-05-1-0257. 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FoodPAC enhances the competitiveness of Georgia\u0027s food industry, and through the Traditional Industries Program, has helped GTRI to commercialize some of its developments while also adapting them to the needs of such industries as bakeries and fruit processors.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile food processing technologies remain the division\u0027s research priority, funding from the Georgia Department of Transportation has allowed researchers to develop technologies for the transportation industry. 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For colonoscopies, doctors must currently guide a specialized endoscope through the patient\u0027s colon by pushing the endoscope and controlling the orientation of the instrument\u0027s tip while simultaneously watching a video monitor that displays images captured by the endoscope\u0027s camera. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDivision researchers are also collaborating with other ATAS researchers to develop and test unmanned and autonomous systems. These systems are recognized as critical components to all aspects of modern warfare across the joint forces, and they are growing in mission effectiveness. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to leading the division\u0027s research efforts, McMurray will also lead a $3 million fundraising campaign to expand the 36,000-square-foot Food Processing Technology Building by an extra 10,000 square feet. 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The only one of its kind in the Southeast, the new center is expected to attract companies from outside Georgia.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Medical device companies in the Southeast have long suffered a disadvantage compared to competitors that have access to long-established support networks,\u0022 said Nicolas Chronos, M.D., president of the Saint Joseph\u0027s Translational Research Institute and an internationally-known cardiologist and researcher.  \u0022The new Georgia center will allow companies to contract with a single entity for comprehensive development activities, create a single location for investors seeking qualified medical device companies, and allow innovations developed by multiple institutions to be combined to create more useful devices.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGCMI is a not-for-profit entity that will have its own governing board with representatives from the partners and stakeholders.  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gt motorsports has returned to the top 10 in the Formula SAE competition, held May 13-16, 2009, at Michigan International Speedway. The team placed 8th overall, out of a field of 93 collegiate teams from around the world.\n\ngt motorsports is a volunteer organization, comprised of students from many academic units on campus. Images from the event may be found on the team\u0027s Web site, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtms.gatech.edu\/media.php\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gtms.gatech.edu\/media.php\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"After several years of rebuilding, gt motorsports has returned to the top 10 in the Formula SAE competition, held May 13-16, 2009, at Michigan International Speedway. 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Tech to Test Sirens at 11","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe monthly test of the campus Siren Warning System (SWS) begins at 11 a.m. today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo assure that Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Monthly Siren Testing Today"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The monthly test of the campus Siren Warning System (SWS) begins at 11 a.m.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The monthly siren testing is scheduled today"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2009-03-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-03-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/emergency","title":"Emergency Preparedness Web Site"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/emergency\/notification","title":"Report GTENS Concerns"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1220","name":"emergency notification"},{"id":"1219","name":"GTENS"},{"id":"167127","name":"siren"},{"id":"170782","name":"SWS"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Lisa Grovenstein\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28092":{"#nid":"28092","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Princeton Review Names Tech One of Best Values","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was named one of top 50 best values for public colleges in 2009.  The top ten public colleges were ranked, followed by an alphabetical listing of the remaining 40 schools who made the list.  \n\nThe Princeton Review selected these institutions as its \u0022best value\u0022 choices for 2009 based on surveys of administrators and students at more than 650 public and private colleges and universities.   The selection criteria covered more than 30 factors in three areas:  academics, costs of attendance, and financial aid, using the most recently reported data from each institution for its 2007-08 academic year.\n\nPrinceton Review ranks University of Virginia, New College of Florida and the College of William and Mary as the top three best values.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech was named one of top 50 best values for public colleges in 2009.  The top ten public colleges were ranked, followed by an alphabetical listing of the remaining 40 schools who made the list.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech among Princeton Reviews"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2009-01-08 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/education\/best-value-colleges.htm","title":"Princeton Review Best Values"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1570","name":"Princeton Review Rankings"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28031":{"#nid":"28031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NASA Grant Targets STEM Teachers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia teachers will have the opportunity to hone their instructional skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as a result of a $3 million NASA grant awarded to the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Electronic Professional Development Network Grant is designed to help Georgia Tech, in tandem with Orbit Education, Inc., prepare, produce, deliver and evaluate NASA-related online courses, workshops and experiences for the benefit of STEM educators in Georgia and across the nation.  Courses and workshops will emphasize best practices, incorporating inquiry learning, case-based scenarios and data analysis actively into the programs. Georgia Tech\u0027s Distance Learning and Professional Education (DLPE) and Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) will be the lead units on the project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This project will allow Georgia Tech to reach a community of educators, enabling them to better prepare the next generation of engineers and scientists while enhancing their own careers\u0022, says Dr. Nelson Baker, vice provost for Distance Learning and Professional Education (DLPE).  \n\nThe five-year project will utilize existing NASA products and data. CEISMC, Georgia Tech\u0027s K-12 educational outreach center, regularly conducts teacher professional development workshops face-to-face with Georgia teachers.  \n\n\u0022We are eager to translate these professional learning experiences into an electronic format\u0022, says Dr. Marion Usselman, CEISMC senior research scientist.  \u0022This will enable us to reach teachers who otherwise don\u0027t have access to STEM professional development and to help move towards a more environmentally sustainable model where teacher and staff developers aren\u0027t required to drive long distances to effectively get together.\u0022 \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Electronic Delivery Will Provide Easy Access"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia teachers will have the opportunity to hone their instructional skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as a result of a $3 million NASA grant awarded to the Georgia Institute of Technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"$3 Million Grant Designed to Boost STEM Instruction"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2009-06-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"411","name":"CEISMC"},{"id":"410","name":"DLPE"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"167258","name":"STEM"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Lisa Grovenstein\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28076":{"#nid":"28076","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech CEE Alumni Weekend Takes Place In D.C.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech will be hosting the Third Annual Alumni Weekend in Washington D.C., taking place from April 17 through 19.  \n\nAlumni from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering along with other prominent alumni and friends are invited to participate. \n\nHighlights of the weekend include a historical look at the influence of Georgia Tech in constructing the District, a keynote address from a POW hero, a look at the future refurbishment of the National Mall, a panel discussion on the Future of Sustainable Infrastructure in the U.S. and a reception and dinner at the Smithsonian\u0027s Castle, which will include an address from Secretary G. Wayne Clough, former President of Georgia Tech.  \n\nFor more information or to register, please contact Laurie Somerville, director of development, at 404-894-2772 or click to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/alumni\/alumni-events\/dc-2009\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/alumni\/alumni-events\/dc-2009\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/alumni\/alumni-events\/dc-2009\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech is proud to present the Third Annual Alumni Weekend in Washington DC on April 17","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The third annual CEE alumni weekend will be held April"}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2009-03-24 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-03-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-03-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1095","name":"CEE; Engineering; Alumni"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Don Fernandez\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications and marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28029":{"#nid":"28029","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Information Sessions About NSF Funding For Graduate Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Foundation is increasing its funding opportunities for young researchers. Georgia Tech has three NSF Graduate Research Fellowship information sessions scheduled to assist students as they plan for their November applications. Session will include information from an NSF reviewer as well as from Dr. Karen Adams from the Fellowship Program.\n\nThe three NSF Graduate Research Fellowship information sessions planned are as follows:\n\n-  June 16, 11:00, Piedmont Room, Student Center\n-  September 1, 11:00, Piedmont Room, Student Center\n-  September 29, 11:00, Crescent Room, Student Center\n\nUndergraduates are encouraged to attend the sessions to learn what they need to do to prepare when they are eligible to apply.\n\nStudents eligible to apply in November are seniors, first-year graduate students, and second-year graduate students who have not completed MORE than 12 months of graduate work. (August to August is 12 months. When students apply in November, they have not completed MORE than 12 months.)\n\nAwards are $30,000 a year for three years of graduate study plus $10,500 each year to the university to go toward tuition, and $1000 for travel to an international conference. NSF awards can be deferred up to two years.\n\nStudents are encouraged to work on their three NSF essays this summer and can contact Dr. Karen Adams in the Fellowship Office for information (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Karen.adams@provost.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKaren.adams@provost.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E). \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The National Science Foundation is increasing its funding opportunities for young researchers. Georgia Tech has three NSF Graduate Research Fellowship information sessions scheduled to assist students as they plan for their November applications. Session will include information from an NSF reviewer as well as from Dr. Karen Adams from the Fellowship Program.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Fellowship Communication Program will host NSF information sessi"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2009-06-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.undergradstudies.gatech.edu\/fellowship\/","title":"Fellowship Communication Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"364","name":"Funding"},{"id":"366","name":"Graduate"},{"id":"361","name":"Information sessions"},{"id":"362","name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28074":{"#nid":"28074","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ga. Tech Helps Serve as Economic Engine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"$2.04 Billion No Small Change for Ga. Economy"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Economic impact of Ga. Tech reaches $2.04 billion"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2009-04-01 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/news\/2009\/040109.phtml","title":"Economic Impact of University System of Georgia"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1033","name":"Economic Impact"},{"id":"1034","name":"University System"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Lisa Grovenstein\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28024":{"#nid":"28024","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President Peterson Participates in The National Summit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson was among a group of national leaders participating in The National Summit on Competitiveness.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to organizers, the mission of The National Summit is to convene a cross-sector gathering of business, government, labor and academic leaders to promote actions to improve America\u0027s competitiveness in the global economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeterson spoke during a panel discussion on America\u0027s Competitiveness Agenda along with Thomas Paul d\u0027Aquino, president \u0026amp; CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives; Senator Debbie A. Stabenow (D- MI); and  Deborah L. Wince-Smith, president, The Council on Competitiveness.\n\nThe National Summit is meeting in Detroit over the next three days. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d\u009d Peterson was among a group of national leaders participating in The National Summit on Competitiveness.\n\nAccording to organizers, the mission of The National Summit is to convene a cross-sector gathering of business, government, labor and academic leaders to promote actions to improve America\u0027s competitiveness in the global economy.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech president among leaders at Summit in Detroit"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2009-06-16 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nationalsummit.org\/","title":"The National Summit"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"291","name":"Bud Peterson"},{"id":"287","name":"Competitiveness"},{"id":"290","name":"Economy"},{"id":"289","name":"Global"},{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"},{"id":"286","name":"The National Summit"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28027":{"#nid":"28027","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Health Advisory","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday June 15, 2009, the Georgia Public Health Laboratory confirmed a student has a case of H1N1 influenza. Georgia Tech health officials are following established protocols and the student is recovering at  \nhome.\n\nWe remind the campus community that H1N1flu is considered no worse than seasonal flu and its symptoms are similar to those of the seasonal flu (see \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/h1n1flu\/key_facts.htm#flu\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/h1n1flu\/key_facts.htm#flu\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/h1n1flu\/key_facts.htm#flu\u003C\/a\u003E).  \n\nPersons with chronic medical conditions who might be more likely to develop complications from influenza should seek medical attention if they experience flu-like symptoms.\n\nPlease keep in mind that everyday actions can help prevent the spread of germs that cause respiratory illnesses such as influenza. Some of these preventative measures include:\n\n- Covering your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or  sneeze\n\n- Cleaning your hands after coughing or sneezing by washing with soap and warm water for 20 seconds or with alcohol-based hand cleaner.\n\nFurther information on influenza and H1N1 can be found at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/h1n1flu\/general_info.htm\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/h1n1flu\/general_info.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/h1n1flu\/general_info.htm\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"On Monday June 15, 2009, the Georgia Public Health Laboratory confirmed a student has a case of H1N1 influenza. Georgia Tech health officials are following established protocols and the student is recovering at  \nhome.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech student tests positive for H1N1"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2009-06-16 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/h1n1flu\/general_info.htm","title":"Center for Disease Control"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"296","name":"Flu"},{"id":"294","name":"H1N1"},{"id":"293","name":"Health Advisory"},{"id":"167058","name":"Student"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28069":{"#nid":"28069","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nick Wellkamp Named Truman Scholar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENick Wellkamp, a senior Industrial and Systems Engineering and Public Policy major, was one of 60 students nationally named a 2009 Harry S. Truman Scholar.    \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWelkamp was selected from more than 600 candidates nominated by more than 285 colleges and universities.  Scholars were selected on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability and likelihood of\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Nick Wellkamp, a senior Industrial and Systems Engineering and Public Policy major, was one of 60 students nationally named a 2009 Harry S. Truman Scholar.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Truman Scholars selected from pool of more than"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2009-04-06 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.truman.gov\/","title":"Truman Scholarship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"981","name":"Academics"},{"id":"982","name":"National Honors"},{"id":"980","name":"Nick Wellkamp"},{"id":"934","name":"Truman Scholarship"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28021":{"#nid":"28021","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Students Win NASA\/NIA Moon Design Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGraduate students from Georgia Tech and North Carolina State University took first place honors in the 2009 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage, or RASC-AL, contest sponsored by NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA). They presented their work at a forum in Cocoa Beach, Fla.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the graduate division, a team of Georgia Tech and North Carolina State University students studying at NIA won first place for their project titled, \u0022Reusable Lunar Transportation Architecture Utilizing Orbital Propellant Depots.\u0022 Team members included Georgia Tech students Erik Axdahl, Patrick Chai, Michael Grimes, Robert Rowland and Matthew Long along with John Gaebler and Rafael Lugo from NC State. Prof. Alan Wilhite of Georgia Tech served as the team\u0027s advisor.\n\nAn independent panel of space exploration experts drawn from NASA, industry and the academic community judged the entries. Teams scored points based on their final paper, oral presentations, outreach service, technicality and real-life concepts of the project.\n\nOver the course of the forum, students toured NASA\u0027s Kennedy Space Center, listened in on their peers\u0027 oral presentations and had the opportunity to network with one another and industry experts during the poster session and planned activities. \n\nFor more information about the 2009 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage competition and to view photos, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nianet.org\/rascal\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.nianet.org\/rascal\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nianet.org\/rascal\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Graduate students from Georgia Tech and North Carolina State University took first place honors in the 2009 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage, or RASC-AL, contest sponsored by NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA).","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech, NC State team, top NASA\/NIA graduate contest."}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2009-06-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"264","name":"Aerospace; NASA; NIA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Don Fernandez\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28018":{"#nid":"28018","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ga. Tech Places Eighth in World University Technology Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has maintained its eighth place ranking as one of the world\u0027s top universities in engineering and information technology. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ranking was announced as part of the U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s World\u0027s Best Colleges and Universities released on June 18, 2009. The rankings are based on data from the THE-QS World University Rankings that were produced in association with QS Quacquarelli Symonds, one of the world\u0027s leading networks for careers and education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast August, Georgia Tech was rated seventh nationally among public universities for undergraduates in the U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report rankings. For the past decade, Georgia Tech has been among the top ten public universities for undergraduates. In addition, the College of Engineering was ranked No. 4 nationwide for the fifth consecutive year in the publication\u0027s annual list of the best American graduate school programs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Engineering and Information Technology Programs Maintain No. 8 Status"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology has maintained its eighth place ranking as one of the world\u0027s top universities in engineering and information technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Programs rated No. 8 in annual world rankings"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2009-06-22 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"217","name":"U.S. News and World Report"},{"id":"216","name":"world rankings"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28066":{"#nid":"28066","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Joins Global Alliance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology joined six of the world\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Seven Leading Technological Universities Band Together"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology joined six of the world","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Top universities join together to address global issues"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2009-04-07 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"976","name":"global alliance"},{"id":"974","name":"Nanyang"},{"id":"167401","name":"Singapore"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Lisa Grovenstein\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28090":{"#nid":"28090","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Presentation Focuses on Lost Stories of Slaves","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDouglas A. Blackmon, the Wall Street Journal Atlanta Bureau Chief, will give a presentation on his groundbreaking book, \u0022Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II,\u0022 which broadly examines how a form of neoslavery thrived in the U.S. long after legal abolition. The lecture is planned for February 12, 2009, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Georgia Tech Library\u0027s Ferst Room. \n\n\u0022Slavery by Another Name\u0022 unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude. It also reveals te stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re-emergence of human labor trafficking, the modern comapnies that profited most from neoslavery, and the system\u0027s final demise in the 1940s.\n\nThe program is free and open to the public, however, interested parties are encouraged to R.S.V.P. the event by e-mailing Steven Henderson: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:steven.henderson@ht.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esteven.henderson@ht.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Author Doug Blackmon Discusses Book"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Douglas A. Blackmon, the Wall Street Journal Atlanta Bureau Chief, will give a presentation on his groundbreaking book, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, which broadly examines how a form of neoslavery thrived in the U.S. long after legal abolition.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lecture Presented as Part of Black History Month Observance"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2009-01-30 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-01-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1452","name":"Black History Month"},{"id":"1453","name":"Douglas Blackmon"},{"id":"170784","name":"Slavery"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Lisa Grovenstein\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28064":{"#nid":"28064","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Advanced-Flow Reactor Aids Chemical Synthesis Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology Professors Charles L. Liotta and Charles A. Eckert will begin working with Corning\u0027s Advanced-Flow\u003Csup\u003ETM\u003C\/sup\u003E glass reactor in their chemistry research programs. The reactor, donated by Corning, is noted for its ability to provide continuous and efficient mixing and heating at a lab and industrial scale, even with difficult chemical reactions. \n\n\u0022We are starting to see more and more continuous manufacturing of chemicals and pharmaceuticals because it provides lower cost and higher quality products. For the chemists and chemical engineers it opens up a whole new world of chemical pathways that are not possible with the use of ordinary batch equipment,\u0022 said Charles Liotta, regents\u0027 professor and interim chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology.\n\n\u0022We are very excited that Georgia Tech has chosen to use our technology in its notable program,\u0022 said Dr. Gary Calabrese, vice president, Science and Technology, Corning Incorporated. \u0022Corning\u0027s reactor technology is now being readied for deployment in manufacturing locations around the world. The new chemistry that Georgia Tech develops using the Corning Advanced-Flow reactor can have very significant practical impact,\u0022 Calabrese added.\n\n\u0022A fundamental cultural feature of Georgia Tech is the emphasis on interdisciplinary research.  The combination of chemistry and chemical engineering in the development of new chemical processes employing the Corning Advanced-Flow glass reactor will create new learning experiences for our graduate and undergraduate students,\u0022 said the J. Erskine Love, Jr., Professor of Chemical Engineering, Charles Eckert.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Corning Provides Equipment to Advance Research"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Institute of Technology Professors Charles L. Liotta and Charles A. 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Though the facility is not on  the Georgia Tech campus, approximately 135 spaces within the deck are leased to Tech employees through the  Georgia Tech Parking Office.  \n\nThere are no reported injuries at this point in time. The Atlanta Fire Department is on the scene,  and is busy stabilizing the structure prior to conducting a thorough interior assessment.  Georgia Tech has advised Institute employees who do park in the affected structure  that alternate transportation will be needed until city inspectors declare that it will be safe to remove their vehicles. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"No reported injuries at this time","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"No reported injuries at this time"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2009-06-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"170","name":"parking"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28058":{"#nid":"28058","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sarang Shah Named 2010 Mitchell Scholar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech graduating senior Sarang Shah has been named a 2010 George J. Mitchell Scholar, sponsored by the US - Ireland Alliance. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWinning this award means I will be able to pursue my interest of researching fundamental theoretical physics and the nature of space, time, matter and energy with the world class community of theoretical physicists at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Trinity College Dublin, and the University College Dublin,\u201d said Shah, who is excited about being a member of the Mitchell Scholarship community as well. \u0022Being a part of these communities and making a lifelong connection with the science and people of Ireland are precisely my motivations for applying for the Mitchell Scholarship in the first place.\u0022\n\nShah plans to graduate this spring with dual bachelor\u0027s degrees in physics and public policy. He then plans on pursuing his research and a PhD in theoretical physics at the University College of Dublin. \n\nDuring his time at Georgia Tech, Sarang conducted research in the field of theoretical neuroscience and developed textual analysis software to help map data. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwelve Mitchell Scholars between the ages of 18 and 30 are chosen annually for one year of postgraduate study in any discipline offered by institutions of higher learning in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Applicants are judged on three criteria: academic excellence, leadership and a sustained commitment to service and community. The Mitchell Scholarship provides tuition, housing, a living expenses stipend and an international travel stipend.\n\nThe Mitchell Scholarship is a national competitive fellowship, named to honor the former U.S. Senator\u0027s pivotal contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process and is designed to introduce and connect generations of future American leaders to the island of Ireland, while recognizing and fostering intellectual achievement, leadership and a commitment to public service and community. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech graduating senior Sarang Shah has been named a 2010 George J. 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After finishing my academics, I hope to enter a career in the federal government doing work related to the environment and international affairs.\u0022\n\nChristian was the first Georgia Tech student to win the award and is now the first student to win the award twice.  He was one of 80 student, selected from more than 66 colleges and universities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA 14-member independent review committee selected this year\u0027s group of scholars on the basis of commitment to careers in the environment, health care or tribal public policy; leadership potential; and academic achievement.  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In 2007, he founded Suniva, a Norcross, GA-based company, to commercialize the world\u0027s most advanced low-cost high-efficiency solar cells.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a critical time in the history of solar research and deployment.  Never before in my career have I seen today\u0027s confluence of technological advances, political will and economic conditions necessary to bring solar into the mainstream.  I\u0027m honored to receive such recognitions as America and the world embrace photovoltaics as a practical energy solution,\u0022 said Rohatgi. \n\nThroughout his career, Dr. Rohatgi has pushed the frontiers of PV cell performance and cost through research into the effects of impurities in silicon solar cells, the design and modeling of solar cells and the development of new fabrication techniques that simultaneously speed manufacturing and reduce costs. Dr. Rohatgi has authored and co-authored over 375 technical papers about solar, set 14 solar cell world records and helped more than 40 of the world\u0027s largest solar companies develop new technologies. \n\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Ajeet Rohatgi Named Individual Climate Protection Award Winner"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. Ajeet Rohatgi, a Regents\u0027 and Electrical and Computer Engineering professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was recently recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) for a lifetime\u0027s contribution to making solar technology a realistic, low-cost energy solution.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"EPA Names Ajeet Rohatgi  Individual Climate Protection Award Win"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2009-04-22 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"472","name":"epa"},{"id":"836","name":"Rohatgi"},{"id":"167182","name":"solar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Lisa Grovenstein\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28089":{"#nid":"28089","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Statement Regarding Pickrick Restaurant","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\n\nStatement by Associate Vice President, Communications and Marketing, James Fetig:\n\n\n\u0022The building that housed the Pickrick and the area surrounding it look significantly different than they did when it was a functioning restaurant, and do not communicate the true meaning of what happened there.  After considerable reflection and consultation, Georgia Tech plans for this historic site to become a special place of contemplation as a green space often frequented by large numbers of students.  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Tech Professor Receives Engineering Honor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has selected Ayanna M. Howard, Ph.D. of the Georgia Institute of Technology to receive NSBE\u0027s 2009 Golden Torch award. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Howard, associate professor at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the award at a gala ceremony during NSBE\u0027s 35th Annual National Convention.\n\nLaunched more than a decade ago, the Golden Torch Awards are NSBE\u0027s highest honors. The awards recognize outstanding professional achievement and community service and are part of NSBE\u0027s effort to spotlight the hundreds of thousands of black professionals and students in engineering, science and information technology in the U.S. The NSBE Golden Torch Awards also honor organizations that give outstanding support to these individuals. In addition, selected, talented high school students receive benefits from the awards in the form of scholarships funded by the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ayanna Howard joined the faculty of Georgia Tech in 2005, after a 12-year \u0022rocket-fueled\u0022 run as a robotics research engineer at NASA\u0027s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. At the age of 30, she was listed as one of the \u0022Top Young Innovators\u0022 by the prestigious MIT Technology Review and was also covered by Time magazine for her work in robotics. In her short, four-year tenure at Georgia Tech, Dr. Howard has already made a significant impact on intelligent systems research and engineering education. \n\nDr. Howard has developed two educational software packages for artificial intelligence and robotics programming and a new graduate course on robotics control and techniques. She is also the principal investigator of the Human-Robot Interaction Workshop series, which provides research experience to underrepresented undergraduate math, science and engineering high school and middle school students, and is the co-principal investigator of the Advanced Robotics Technology for Societal Impact (ARTSI) Alliance, whose goal is to increase the number of African Americans who study computer science and robotics and then go on to pursue graduate studies. Dr. Howard has a B.S. in computer engineering from Brown University, an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, and an M.B.A. from Claremont Graduate University.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Ayanna Howard Named Golden Torch Recipient"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has selected Ayanna M. 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His pioneering experiments have yielded deeper understanding of the mechanisms of electronic dynamics in many systems of different length scales ranging from gaseous molecules; ions; gaseous clusters; molecules in condensed phase; amorphous and crystalline solids; nanoparticles and photo biological systems.\n\nThe Ahmed Zewail Prize was presented during the 2009 Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society, in Salt Lake City, USA.\n\nAbout the Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences\nThe Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences is awarded on a biennial basis to an individual scientist who has made significant and creative contributions, particularly those of a fundamental nature, to any of the disciplines of molecular sciences. The awardee\u0027s research activities may cover theoretical and\/or experimental aspects of studies in all phases of matter and biological systems.\n\nThe Prize consists of a monetary award of US$ 20,000, a Gold Medal, and a certificate. The awarding of the Prize takes place at the Ahmed Zewail Prize Award Symposium at the ACS Spring National Meetings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Mostafa El-Sayed Wins Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences for his seminal contributions to the understanding of the electronic and molecular dynamics and properties of systems with different length scales, ranging from molecules to nanoparticles to biomedical systems.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"American Chemical Society gives honor to chemistry professor"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2009-04-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"743","name":"acs"},{"id":"89","name":"chemistry"},{"id":"741","name":"el-sayed"},{"id":"742","name":"mostafa"},{"id":"102","name":"Prize"},{"id":"740","name":"zewali"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"David Terraso\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications and Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28049":{"#nid":"28049","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Student Named to USA Today\u0027s 2009 All-USA College Academic Team","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Virgil Secasanu, a recent biomedical engineering (BME) graduate, has been named to USA Today\u0027s All Academic Team.  Secasanu was one of 20 students named to the first-team; each winner will receive a $2,500 cash reward.  Judges based the selection on grades, leadership, activities and, most importantly, how students extend their intellectual talents beyond the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This award is very exciting to me,\u0022 said Secasanu.  \u0022I\u0027m humbled to be a part of this group of students and to have my hard work nationally recognized.\u0022\n\nSecasanu\u0027s accomplishments go well beyond the classroom.\n\n\u0022I worked with another undergraduate student and a BME professor to almost quadruple the output of a laboratory technique used to control the micrometer-scale synthesis of cell scaffolds,\u0022 said Secasanu.  \u0022We published this work and used the technique to synthesize neuron scaffolds for a nerve regeneration project (which could have strong benefits to curing nerve damage, and even paralysis).\u0022\n\nSecasanu also worked with several physicians to design and develop medical devices. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My most ambitious project was working with two additional BME students where we designed, developed, constructed and evaluated a minimally invasive device for treating atrial fibrillation (a cardiac disorder),\u0022 he said.  \u0022It has strong benefits to reducing healthcare costs and improving treatment availability.\u0022\n\nThat work helped Secasanu land his current job as a research and development engineer at an Atlanta medical device startup (TransCardiac Therapeutics). As part of his work, he\u0027s been able to design, patent, evaluate and submit for FDA review several novel cardiac devices.  He plans to go to medical school in the fall and says his long-term goals include melding his passion for medicine and bioengineering to help treat and eradicate ailments.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Virgil Secasanu, a recent biomedical engineering (BME) graduate, has been named to USA Today\u0027s All Academic Team.  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Boe, 44, will speak in the Georgia Tech Student Center Theater on Monday, February 23, at 11 a.m. Boe was among the seven astronauts","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"NASA astronaut to share experiences of recent mission"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2009-02-12 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.jsc.nasa.gov\/Bios\/htmlbios\/boe-ea.html","title":"Eric Boe Biography"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1336","name":"Astronaut"},{"id":"1339","name":"Endeavour"},{"id":"169710","name":"shuttle"},{"id":"167146","name":"space"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Lisa Grovenstein\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28043":{"#nid":"28043","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CEISMC Employee Recognized for Work in Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast month, the Stone Mountain-Lithonia Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. recognized Neva Rose for making \u0022significant inroads in encouraging young people to pursue science, mathematics, engineering and technology fields, and for her work in training educators to guide young people into those fields.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERose is a program director at Tech\u0027s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC). Atlanta Public Schools is funding her work in developing and aligning science curriculum and designing and providing professional learning for teachers in the sciences and mathematics.\n\nCEISMC Director Dr. Richard Millman said, \u0022Georgia Tech has an important role to play in outreach, especially regarding science, engineering and mathematics in the K-12 schools.  Ms. Rose\u0027s accomplishments are extraordinary, and she is a wonderful example of a person who is truly making a difference in the lives of students and teachers.\u0022\n\nWhen asked about the award, Rose quoted Maya Angelou: \u0022\u0027When you learn, teach. When you get, give.\u0027 This award will serve as a constant reminder to continue to teach and give,\u0022 she added.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Last month, the Stone Mountain-Lithonia Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. recognized Neva Rose of the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC).","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Neva Rose honored by National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc."}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2009-05-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"411","name":"CEISMC"},{"id":"705","name":"rose"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"David Terraso\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications and Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28040":{"#nid":"28040","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Former Georgia Tech Faculty Heads To Space For Hubble Service","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer Georgia Tech Associate Professor Mike Massimino will be part of a seven-person crew set to perform maintenance and repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope.\n\nMassimino - who who previously made a Hubble service run in 2002 - and his fellow crew are scheduled to take flight on the space shuttle Atlantis on May 11 for what is touted as the last shuttle mission to the Hubble.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA member emeritus of the ISyE Advisory Board, Massimino has been using Twitter to post updates on his training and the Hubble mission. 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The program provides support to scholars to engage in full-time research over two summers and part-time research during the academic year. The award includes a $16,000 stipend, a travel award to present research results at two technical conferences and an invitation to participate in the Beckman Foundation Scholars conference in Irvine, Calif. \n \nThe 2009 Georgia Tech Beckman Scholars are: Ms. Kadija McAnuff and Mr. Rishi Patel, biomedical engineering students who plan to perform research under the supervision of Professors Andres Garcia of the School of Mechanical Engineering and Julia Babensee of the School of Biomedical Engineering, respectively.  Ms. Rebecca Hood, a biochemistry major, and Ms. Kelsey Beaver, a Materials Science and Engineering major, will work under the supervision of Professors Yomi Oyelere and Lawrence Bottomley of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, respectively. \n \nThe Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation provides funding to promote research in chemistry and the life sciences that will open up new avenues of research. Arnold O. 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Tech Library Dean Featured on CBS Evening News","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Dean and Director of Libraries Catherine Murray-Rust will be spotlighted on the CBS Evening News, Thursday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe segment will focus on the importance of colon cancer screenings. Murray-Rust will share her personal experience with a delayed diagnosis due to the difference in her insurance coverage when moving from Colorado to Georgia.\n\nColorectal Awareness Month will launch, March 6, with Dress in Blue Day. 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The complex joins the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute in Atlanta and The Logistics Institute Asia-Pacific in Singapore as part of a focused effort to utilize research, innovation and education for increasing trade across borders and making existing trade more productive. \n\nWith trade across borders becoming increasingly challenging due to varied components owned by diverse enterprises, the TIP Center aims to combine analytics, digital services and supply chain management to address trade-chain productivity. The goal of the TIP Center is to help develop the knowledge, data, analytics and technology necessary to generate and execute trade-chains and to provide education to relevant and potential stakeholders. \n\nThe TIP Center will initially focus its efforts on three trade domains: food products, high-value electronics and digitized business services.\n\nThe TIP Center is a joint development of the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the College of Management at Georgia Tech in partnership with PROCOMER and the Chamber of Industries in Costa Rica. The TIP Center will join Georgia Tech in establishing a network of international centers focused on improving existing trade and creating new trade. \n\nA private donor provided initial funding for the center to expand Georgia Tech\u0027s activities in Central America for the benefit of the Costa Rican economy and scientific community. The center will utilize expertise from Georgia Tech as well as Costa Rican universities along with U.S. and Costa Rican partners in government and industry.\n \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Costa Rica is the location of Georgia Tech\u0027s newest Trade-chain Innovation and Productivity (TIP) Center. The complex joins the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute in Atlanta and The Logistics Institute Asia-Pacific in Singapore as part of a focused effort to utilize research, innovation and education for increasing trade across borders and making existing trade more productive.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New TIP Center aims to facilitate trade internationally."}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2009-03-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1214","name":"Engineering; Trade-chain Innovation and Productivity Center; Costa Rica"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Don Fernandez\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications and marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28035":{"#nid":"28035","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Buzz Around Town Online Auction","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast fall, the Alumni Association commissioned 25 5-foot-tall Buzz sculptures to display around campus in celebration of their 100th anniversary.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlumni, students and campus sponsors were paired with talented local artists who helped translate their unique vision of Tech onto our beloved mascot. \n\nFrom May 15 to May 22, the Alumni Association is auctioning off 20 of these Buzz sculptures. This marks the end of the Association\u0027s centennial celebration and raises money for Tech with auction proceeds supporting various Georgia Tech organizations. \n\nTo take part in the auction visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.cmarket.com\/auction\/AuctionHome.action?vhost=gtalumni\u0027\u003EBuzz Around Town\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"From May 15 to May 22, the Alumni Association is auctioning off 20 Buzz sculptures created for their 100th Anniversary celebration.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Auction runs May 15 to May 22"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2009-05-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:29","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"596","name":"Alumni Association"},{"id":"125","name":"art"},{"id":"595","name":"Buzz"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"Renee Queen\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlumni Association\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.894.0754","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"28077":{"#nid":"28077","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ga. Tech Students Featured on Oprah Show","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen The Oprah Winfrey Show put out the call to Atlanta colleges for the messiest dorm room, students at the Georgia Institute of Technology did not disappoint. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter submitting videos to the The Oprah Winfrey Show highlighting their highly unorganized clutter, Ashley Bush and Kali Watson\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Messy Room Makeover Show to Air March"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"When The Oprah Winfrey Show put out the call to Atlanta colleges for the messiest dorm room, students at the Georgia Institute of Technology did not disappoint. In fact, two rooms were selected for a makeover by leading designers. 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