{"56296":{"#nid":"56296","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gold Rush Rivalry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy Josh Clark\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOriginally published in \u0022The Sunday Paper\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(October 6, 2007 Issue)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe longstanding competition between the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech is well known on the gridiron. But elsewhere, beyond the hedges and out of sight of the ghost of Bobby Dodd, there exists another front to the rivalry. These opposing warriors wear lab coats instead of shoulder pads, and nary a one can throw anything approaching a tight spiral, but the division between Tech and the state\u0027s flagship university is just as wide as ever. It can be found within the labs and facilities that make up Georgia\u0027s rough and tumble field of biofuel research.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I would say there is a rivalry,\u0022 says John Muzzy, a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor at Tech. \u0022But it\u0027s not like the football rivalry.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat\u0027s true. Tech has better footing in this version. When they hear alternative fuel research, average Georgians think, \u0022Georgia Tech.\u0022 After all, it is an institute of technology. But UGA has been quietly making a name for itself in biofuel research. Still, one can\u0027t help but get the idea that maybe Tech doesn\u0027t really respect UGA\u0027s research as fully as the school\u0027s defensive line will respect Knowshon Moreno next month.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022[The two schools] are kind of going in different directions,\u0022 Muzzy says. \u0022UGA is working on a lot of biodiesel and agricultural-type feed stocks. That\u0027s not really Tech\u0027s forte.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMuzzy is quick to point out, however, that despite the rivalry between Tech and Georgia, researchers from the two schools have a good history of working together. Muzzy himself is part of a team that consists of both Tech and UGA researchers that looks like it will produce a healthy start-up company, and Muzzy says he can guess where the perfect location for the corporate offices would be.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We will probably set it up in Gwinnett County, because it\u0027s between Tech and Georgia,\u0022 he says.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOf course the researchers will work together: There\u0027s a lot on the line. Money, prestige, careers\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"UGA and Tech Pioneer Rich Biofuel Frontiers"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering Professor John Muzzy and a professor from UGA discuss advances in biofuel research.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"UGA and Tech Pioneer Rich Biofuel Frontiers"}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2007-10-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:01","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-10-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-10-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"56297":{"id":"56297","type":"image","title":"Professor John Muzzy","body":null,"created":"1449175629","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:47:09","changed":"1475894499","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:39","alt":"Professor John Muzzy","file":{"fid":"190439","name":"tbb43127.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbb43127_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tbb43127_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":32252,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tbb43127_0.jpg?itok=PwvoJ1J5"}}},"media_ids":["56297"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9456","name":"Alternative Fuels"},{"id":"2342","name":"biofuels"},{"id":"1303","name":"chbe"},{"id":"5834","name":"chemical and biomolecular engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJosie Giles\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jg234\u0022\u003EContact Josie Giles\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-2299\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["josie.giles@chbe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}