{"66538":{"#nid":"66538","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumnus Endows First Director\u0027s Chair for Research Institute at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumnus\nParker H. \u201cPete\u201d Petit (ME 1962, MS EM 1964) recently made a commitment to\nestablish the first endowed director\u2019s chair for a research institute at\nGeorgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nParker H. Petit Director\u2019s Chair in Bioengineering and Bioscience will be within\nthe Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB), an\ninterdisciplinary research facility that Petit helped create with an endowment 15\nyears ago.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nnew endowed director\u2019s chair position is designed to significantly enhance\nIBB\u2019s ability to attract and retain an eminent researcher-scholar to this\nposition of academic leadership without regard to the academic discipline of\n\u2028the incumbent.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERobert\nE. Guldberg, director of IBB, will be the first to hold the endowed position. A\nprofessor of mechanical engineering, Guldberg was named IBB director in 2009\nafter serving as associate director since 2004. Guldberg is widely recognized\nfor his research in biomechanics, biomaterials and tissue engineering with an\nemphasis on orthopedic applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPete\u2019s\npast generosity and good will toward Georgia Tech and IBB catalyzed the\nformation and growth of a unique and thriving bio-community,\u201d Guldberg said.\n\u201cNow, he is once again paving the way in support of innovation and\ninterdisciplinary research by providing this unique endowment\u2014the first of its\nkind on the Georgia Tech campus.\u201d\u2028\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPetit\nis chairman and CEO of Atlanta-based MiMedx Group, an integrated\ndeveloper, manufacturer and marketer of patent-protected biomaterial-based\nproducts focused on augmenting the repair of traumatized tissues and\nstructures. An exceedingly active alumnus for nearly five decades, Petit serves\non the IBB Advisory Board, the Campaign Georgia Tech Steering Committee and the\nAlexander-Tharpe Fund Board of Trustees.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPetit\nis also among a handful of Georgia Tech pioneers who recognized very early the\nvast potential of bioengineering and bioscience, and provided the significant\nsupport required for that potential to be realized.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETwenty-five\nyears ago, Petit established the Parker H. Petit Distinguished Chair for\nEngineering in Medicine in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical\nEngineering. In 1995, Petit committed an additional $5 million to establish an\nendowment for IBB. Petit is once again leading the way in providing vital\nsupport for the life sciences at his alma mater.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat started in the mid 1980s as an initial\ninvestment on my part has resulted in this amazing program at Georgia Tech,\u201d\nPetit said. \u201cTo see this facility, and the students and faculty and the\ngroundbreaking interdisciplinary research they\u2019re doing in the facility\u2014there\u2019s\nno other word for it\u2014it\u2019s overwhelming.\u201d\u2028 \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nParker H. Petit Director\u2019s Chair in Bioengineering and Bioscience will be within\nthe Parker H. 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