{"73163":{"#nid":"73163","#data":{"type":"news","title":"USA Today Names Tech Senior Academic All-Star","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJarret Lafleur, a fourth-year aerospace engineering major and a President\u0027s Scholar, was named to USA Today\u0027s 2006 College Academic All-Stars first team.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents applying for this distinction were asked to write an essay about their \u0022greatest intellectual endeavor,\u0022 said Lafleur. He chose to submit his conceptual design for Daedalon, a morphing wings spacecraft for navigation on Mars.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The concept was that you would enter (Mars\u0027 atmosphere) as a blunt body aeroshell and that aeroshell would transform into wings, which could change shape as you got to a lower speed. You could morph your wings into a low-speed configuration as you slow down,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELafleur worked on the project for the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts in 2003-04. As a co-op student, he has worked with the Johnson Space Center for three semesters, spending two semesters in Houston working on mission operations and design for an orbital space plane, and one at the White Sands, N.M., testing facility.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, Lafleur is researching what type of propulsion is needed to slow down a large spacecraft trying to land on Mars. That\u0027s a difficult problem because the Martian atmosphere is very thin and doesn\u0027t slow down a spacecraft as much as it would on Earth.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We were finding that if you have this 100 ton payload entering the atmosphere and just let it fall, without any propulsion to help slow it down, you\u0027d hit the ground at Mach 2 or 3 ,\u0022 he said. \u0022My part of the project is studying what type of propulsion would be required, whether you could use propulsion alone, or with a parachute.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2005, Lafleur received a scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Founded in 1984 by the six surviving astronauts of Mercury 7 and the widow of the seventh, the foundation says on its Web site that scholarships are awarded to \u0022college students who exhibit motivation, imagination and exceptional performance in the science or engineering field of their major.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOriginally from Rhode Island, Lafleur was attracted to Tech\u0027s top-flight aerospace engineering program. But that wasn\u0027t all. Lafleur has played flute and piccolo for the marching, concert and symphonic bands, the flute choir and the chamber winds ensemble. About his decision to attend Tech, he said, \u0022I knew I could keep up with music while I was here and I could get the strong aerospace background that I wanted. Those were probably the biggest draws.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Jarret is one of the rising stars in our aerospace engineering  program. He is extremely talented academically and is a credit to our school,\u0022 said John Olds, associate professor of aerospace engineering. \u0022He is very deserving of the honor.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELafleur plans to attend graduate school and pursue his doctorate. He is not certain where graduate school will take him but \u0022Georgia Tech is certainly up there in the running,\u0022 he said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EConcerning his career aspirations, Lafleur said, \u0022I certainly want to do space types of engineering. And I prefer to focus on human space flight and all the new exploration initiatives such as going to the moon and Mars.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Jarret Lafleur, a fourth-year aerospace engineering major and a President\u0027s Scholar, was named to USA Today\u0027s 2006 College Academic All-Stars first team.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Aerospace engineering student wins honors"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-03-15 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:42","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73164":{"id":"73164","type":"image","title":"Jarret Lafleur","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73164"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73220":{"#nid":"73220","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Strong Customer Focus Boosts Company Success","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECompanies may think they\u0027ve tuned into customers when, in reality, they\u0027re self-absorbed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Although most companies start out with a strong focus on customers, as the organization grows beyond a dozen members, people may stop looking outward and become preoccupied with internal processes,\u0022 says Craig Cochran, a regional manager at Georgia Tech\u0027s Office of Economic Development and Technology Ventures, where he assists companies with quality improvement and lean techniques.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his new book, \u0022Becoming a Customer-Focused Organization\u0022 (Paton Press, 2006), Cochran explains that this corporate myopia is a natural phenomenon sparked by self-preservation. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Once someone becomes part of an organization, it\u0027s only natural to want to remain part of it - at least, until something better comes along,\u0022 he explains. \u0022The irony is that this inward orientation doesn\u0027t ensure survival. In fact, it guarantees the opposite-irrelevance, obsolescence and death.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn contrast to other books on the topic, Cochran takes a global approach to being customer-focused, covering everything from management systems to complaint resolution. A customer-centric philosophy isn\u0027t just for Fortune 500 companies, he stresses: \u0022All organizations have customers, including government agencies and nonprofit groups.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIn search of feedback\u003C\/strong\u003E: A good example of the inward orientation at work is how many companies approach customer feedback as an annual event - an Olympic survey of sorts - instead of treating it as an ongoing process. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Companies shouldn\u0027t try to invent new ways for collecting customer feedback,\u0022 Cochran says. \u0022They already have countless customer interactions available to them, ranging from salespeople to technical reps. What\u0027s important is to provide some structure to these interactions and share them with everyone in the organization.\u0022 Weaving customer feedback into daily processes makes it easier to digest and easier to take action on, he adds.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEmbrace complaints\u003C\/strong\u003E: Another measure of an organization\u0027s true focus is how it handles customer complaints. Most companies treat complaints not as red alerts but as something they\u0027ll get around to eventually. Managers even argue about how to categorize complaints, whether it was a bona fide beef or merely a comment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESmart companies cherish customer complaints. \u0022Customers who complain are not nitpickers or looking for discounts, they\u0027re committed to your organization,\u0022 Cochran says, noting that complaining requires time, effort and emotion. \u0022Someone who isn\u0027t committed to your company wouldn\u0027t bother complaining.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECustomer-centric organizations make it easy to complain. They use toll-free numbers and complaint desks staffed by knowledgeable people who don\u0027t give scripted answers. They apologize for any inconvenience suffered by customers and thank them for bringing the problem to the company\u0027s attention. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPerhaps most important, customer-focused organizations make sure they get back to customers. \u0022Unless you let someone know what action has been taken, the customer is never going to perceive a difference,\u0022 Cochran says. \u0022You\u0027ve got to close the loop. If the customer isn\u0027t aware of the fix, then the remedy doesn\u0027t exist.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeading indicators\u003C\/strong\u003E: A customer-centric company tracks customer satisfaction and loyalty metrics at the highest levels of management instead of relegating them to the customer-service department. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn most companies, however, senior management fixates on financial measures like sales and profits. \u0022But these are historical metrics of what happened in the past,\u0022 Cochran points out. \u0022In contrast, customer-satisfaction and loyalty are leading measures that indicate what will happen in the future, so they\u0027re more valuable to the organization.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBottom line, if a company isn\u0027t concentrating on its customers, the blame belongs to the boss. \u0022The leadership of an organization has no job more important than making sure everyone knows the importance of the customer,\u0022 Cochran says. \u0022CEOs who want real job security should try to please customers, not shareholders.\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 Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Craig Cochran (678-699-1690); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:craig.cochran@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecraig.cochran@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: T.J. Becker\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech business expert authors book, \u0022Becoming a Customer-Focused Organization\u0022"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A new book published by a Georgia Tech business expert describes how companies can maintain a strong focus on customers -- and shows how many firms lose that key advantage.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Companies must maintain a strong customer focus"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-02-17 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:42","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73221":{"id":"73221","type":"image","title":"Craig Cochran","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73221"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.edtv.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Economic Development and Technology Ventures"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73214":{"#nid":"73214","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Software Supports Military Aircraft","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAircraft technicians these days are as likely to use a laptop as a printed manual and logbook, and to turn to the Internet for the latest job-status reports and technical information.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEngineers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are assisting them, using current computer and database technology to help military aircraft maintainers get their work done more efficiently.  A team from GTRI\u0027s Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory (EOSL) has been developing and improving maintenance software for the U.S. Navy since 2000.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECalled the Maintainer\u0027s Electronic Performance Support System (MEPSS\u00c2\u00ae), this software was initially developed for the Navy\u0027s P-3C Orion patrol aircraft. A more recent version is now helping maintain the RQ-2 Pioneer Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, and portions of the GTRI software are being used in other aircraft maintenance programs. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The idea is to give maintainers all the information tools and decision-making capabilities that they need,\u0022 said Gisele Bennett, director of EOSL and principal investigator for the project.  \u0022From a simplified standpoint, you can almost look at it as an information portal, where you\u0027re collecting and disseminating information to the maintainers.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMEPSS is typically installed on a laptop computer.  Technicians can check parts lists, consult manuals, and add information about their work as they go.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe system can be updated in a variety of ways - through a squadron LAN, a standalone server, CD-ROMs, USB devices, or the World Wide Web.  A Web-enabled system gives maintainers access to up-to-the-minute technical and parts information, and helps them both access and share work-related information.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhatever the connectivity approaches used, the software performs a needed centralizing function, Bennett says.  For example, by reviewing software reports maintainers can detect trends involving, say, troublesome parts that need multiple replacements.  Or they can pinpoint repair techniques that need improvement. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd maintainers can conveniently brief themselves on an aircraft\u0027s maintenance history, right down to work done recently by a previous shift that is not on site to answer questions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMEPSS uses MS Internet Explorer as the delivery mechanism for the information that is extracted from a database.  The system also has the ability to post announcements, allowing effective dissemination of critical issues and information among an entire maintenance community.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The maintainer can look up all kinds of information about how to repair a system, document what they did, document any problems, and add any helpful hints that they need to share,\u0022 Bennett said.  \u0022It\u0027s a collaborative tool that lets them share information with other maintainers and between squadrons.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKeesah Hall, an EOSL research scientist, says that in constructing MEPSS, researchers spent considerable time at Naval air bases watching how maintainers performed their work.  That kind of first-hand observation gave the research team insight into what maintainers needed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We made sure they were integral in the design process,\u0022 she said.  \u0022It was designed for them specifically, to help them with the tasks that they complete every day.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen maintainers are working overseas in the field, they find that electronically controlling maintenance records is an advantage.  That\u0027s because high winds, rain, sand and other environmental hazards will destroy paper publications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The paper can go flying everywhere, so having everything on a portable computer is helpful for them,\u0022 Hall said.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy contrast, the special hardened laptop computers used by maintainers shrug off most environmental effects.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMEPSS software won the 2001 Gold Award for Excellence in E-Learning in the Performance Centered Design Category. This awards program is sponsored by brandon-hall.com and Online Learning Magazine.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe maintenance program is written in the Java programming language and integrated with an Oracle database.  Java is \u0027platform-independent,\u0027 which means that Java-based programs are easy to move between various computer types such as the IBM-PC \/ Microsoft Windows computers, Apple Macintosh systems, or Unix-based and Linux-based computers. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe MEPSS system has several different components including: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EPassdown Log\u003C\/strong\u003E - tracks aircraft through the maintenance cycle;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003ETroubleshooting Tips\u003C\/strong\u003E - allows new repair techniques to be disseminated over the system; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EInteractive Training\u003C\/strong\u003E - offers refresher courses and procedural guides for complex repairs;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EParts Catalog\u003C\/strong\u003E - offers a pull-down menu format with links to various parts sources;  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EPersonal Notes\u003C\/strong\u003E - allows maintainers to document issues for future reference.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHall recalls that the aircraft maintainers used to carry individual \u0027wheel books,\u0027 which they used to make paper notes about important points and problems.  The problem was, sharing information between the individual wheel books wasn\u0027t automatic. Now, she notes, being able to enter such information into a linked computer system makes it much easier to share.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETrouble-shooting tips are among the most important capabilities the system offers, Hall believes.  When GTRI researchers interviewed maintainers, they learned that knotty maintenance problems can sometimes take a week or more to solve.  Now maintainers can share these hard-won solutions with their coworkers via MEPSS. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When we were designing the system we asked, \u0027How can we help them save money and time by documenting these kinds of issues?\u0027 \u0022 Hall said.  \u0022Now the system lets them keep track of things that are not easy to figure out.\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, GA 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 Kirk Englehardt (404-385-0280); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Gisele Bennett (404-894-0155); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gisele.bennett@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egisele.bennett@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Rick Robinson\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Maintainer\u0027s Electronic Performance Support System helps U.S. Navy maintain key systems"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A software system developed at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is helping the U.S. Navy maintain key aircraft, including the RQ-2 Pioneer Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and the P-3 Orion anti-submarine aircraft.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech helps the military maintain aircraft"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-02-21 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73215":{"id":"73215","type":"image","title":"Pioneer RQ-2 UAV","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73216":{"id":"73216","type":"image","title":"Researchers with software","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73217":{"id":"73217","type":"image","title":"P-3 Orion aircraft","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73215","73216","73217"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/landmarc.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Logistics and Maintenance Applied Research Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/eosl\/index.html","title":"GTRI Electro-Optical Systems Lab"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73208":{"#nid":"73208","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Programs Focus on Work Force for Nanotechnology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWho will operate the nanotechnology factories of the future?  Will the public be able to make informed decisions about new nanometer-scale products and services?  Will tomorrow\u0027s nanotechnology industry face the same kind of backlash as today\u0027s genetically-modified food industry?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese are some of the questions that concern Nancy Healy.  As education coordinator for the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), she\u0027s helping develop educational outreach programs designed to ensure that tomorrow\u0027s workers have the right skills for nanotechnology industries - and that the public will be able to separate nanotechnology fact from fiction.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHer biggest challenge: helping people relate to structures whose size is measured in billionths of meters.  And that\u0027s without explaining the quantum mechanical effects that make ordinary processes such as friction dramatically different at the nanoscale.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There\u0027s a misperception that nanotechnology is really still science fiction,\u0022 said Healy, who described NNIN education efforts February 18th at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).  \u0022People generally don\u0027t know what nanotechnology really is.  There\u0027s a risk that their perceptions will be based on popular culture portrayals of it rather than fact.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. government is investing a billion dollars a year in the technology of the very small.  The National Science Foundation (NSF) estimates that by the year 2015, nanotechnology will directly employ more than two million workers worldwide.  Yet 80 percent of the people recently surveyed by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies admitted to knowing little or nothing about it.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We still have a long road ahead in educating people,\u0022 said Healy, whose efforts are headquartered at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  \u0022But we don\u0027t have much time because the technology is moving forward quickly.  Nanotechnology is already here, though some of the most important aspects of it are still 10 or 15 years away.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToday, nanotechnology is mostly seen as the province of Ph.D. scientists and engineers.  But as the industry grows, it will need people at all education and skill levels to meet needs that range from cutting-edge research to maintenance of manufacturing equipment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The field is wide open,\u0022 Healy added.  \u0022There are many opportunities, not just for technical people, but also for specialists such as patent attorneys, pharmacists, entrepreneurs and marketers.  The most important skill will be the ability to work with people in other disciplines - to be an interdisciplinary person.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA consortium of 13 U.S. universities supported by the NSF, the NNIN supports a broad base of educational programs focused on K-12 students, teachers, undergraduate students - and the general public.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGoals of the effort include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Exposing young people to nanotechnology research to help encourage them toward careers in science and engineering;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Training teachers and guidance counselors about experimental sciences, providing teaching tools and enhancing their enthusiasm for helping students pursue science and engineering careers;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Creating and distributing educational materials for children, college students, technical professionals, teachers and the general public, and\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Focusing efforts on populations having disproportionately low employment and education in the sciences.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn pursuit of those goals, NNIN institutions are pursing a broad outreach effort that involves dozens of different projects.  Typical activities include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Summer \u0027Nanotechnology Camps\u0027 designed to engage high-school students;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u0027Chip Camps\u0027 that teach students key nanotechnology processes hands-on;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), a program that encourages college students to remain in science and engineering fields;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Development of an \u0027Open Textbook\u0027 on nanotechnology;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Hands-on activities to help teachers understand nanotechnology and development of materials to help them teach the topic, and\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Outreach activities such as Web sites, newsletters and presentations at national scientific meetings.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThough it\u0027s too early to judge success, Healy says students participating in the NNIN REU program tend to stay in science and technology fields.  The NNIN REU program is also growing, with 500 applicants in 2005.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond developing a nanotechnology workforce, the NNIN education initiative is also working to help the general public understand the new industry.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We want to avoid the problems that have come with genetically-modified organisms,\u0022 said Healy.  \u0022We want to make sure that the public understands the benefits, as well as the social and ethical issues.  We have to be sure that the public is comfortable with this, and that if there are questions, that the scientists and engineers answer them.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) is an integrated networking partnership of 13 universities that provide user facilities serving the resource needs of nanoscale science, engineering and technology.  Further information on the Network can be found at (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nnin.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.nnin.org\u0022\u003Ewww.nnin.org\u003C\/a\u003E).\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  USA  30308\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Nancy Healy (404-385-4307); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:nancy.healy@mirc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Enancy.healy@mirc.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":[{"value":"National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network educates teachers, students and the general public"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A new educational initiative headquartered at Georgia Tech aims to develop a work force for the future nanotechnology industry -- and to  educate the public about vital nanotech issues.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nanotech is the focus of a new education program"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-02-24 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73209":{"id":"73209","type":"image","title":"Student learning nano processes","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73210":{"id":"73210","type":"image","title":"Students at","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73209","73210"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nnin.org\/","title":"National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73056":{"#nid":"73056","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Chemical Companion Helps First Responders","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen dealing with hazardous materials - whether from a truck spill or a terrorist attack - information is critical. Before first responders can begin to aid victims and decontaminate a scene, they must determine what substances are present and understand the inherent risks to humans and the environment. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo help first responders and hazardous materials (hazmat) teams, researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed the \u0022Chemical Companion.\u0022 This software tool, which operates on Windows CE-based personal digital assistants, provides detailed information on 130 of the most common chemicals associated with hazmat incidents.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Knowing the characteristics of a chemical, such as its boiling point or density, tells us different things about how to approach the scene,\u0022 said project co-director Christina Baxter, a senior research scientist in GTRI\u0027s Health and Environmental Systems Laboratory (HESL). \u0022Suppose there\u0027s a fire. With some flammable substances, water might make the fire burn even hotter, and foam is needed to suppress the blaze.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESponsored by the federal government\u0027s Technical Support Work Group, the Chemical Companion helps first responders make decisions about:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Protective equipment. Different chemical agents require different protective clothing and respirators.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Chemical reactivity, which can result in toxic fumes, fires and explosions. For example, if bleach (sodium hypochlorite) and ammonia come into contact with each other, they can create a deadly chlorine gas.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Isolation and protective zones. Distances will vary depending on chemicals involved, the size of a spill, weather conditions and time of day. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Appropriate medical aid, ranging from basic to advanced life support.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-With some chemicals like Orthene\u00c2\u00ae, which is a fire-ant killer, administering oxygen to a victim would have a detrimental effect,\u0022 noted Amy Cook, a chemist in GTRI\u0027s Electro-Optical Systems Lab (EOSL).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFirst responders may be able to identify chemical agents from the shape of containers, shipping papers or signs posted at the hazmat scene. But if there are no solid clues, the Chemical Companion enables responders to identify an unknown chemical by entering details about the substance\u0027s physical appearance, such as odor, color and state. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother option for pinpointing unknown chemicals is to report medical symptoms displayed by victims. For example, twitching, constricted pupils, excessive sweating and confusion might indicate the presence of the nerve gas sarin. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Chemical Companion makes it easy for first responders to access information quickly from multiple paths,\u0022 said Gisele Bennett, director of EOSL and co-principal investigator. \u0022The system is also very robust and easy to update so we can continue to add more chemicals.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough there are existing software tools for hazmat teams, these programs can cost as much as $2,000 per license. In contrast, the Chemical Companion will be free to the military, law enforcement officers and fire departments.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBesides price, other hallmarks include greater depth of information on chemicals and more detailed medical advice. What\u0027s more, the Chemical Companion features a calculator to help responders determine \u0027stay times\u0027 - how long they can remain in a contaminated zone - based on what type of protective equipment they\u0027re wearing.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Being able to accurately project stay times saves money as well as lives,\u0022 said Baxter, noting that hazmat suits are expensive - about $1,000 each. \u0022These suits can only be worn once. If we pull a first responder from a hot zone after 15 minutes when he or she could have remained safely for 45 minutes, that\u0027s a considerable cost.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHazmat equipment also presented a design challenge for GTRI researchers. \u0022The whole concept of user design changes dramatically when you\u0027re dealing with this kind of environment,\u0022 Bennett explained. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIndeed, to get a taste for the conditions that first responders work under, GTRI engineers donned protective gear and participated in training exercises at the Douglas County Fire Department. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When you\u0027re in a hazmat suit, even simple tasks, like picking up a penny, can be very difficult,\u0022 said Benjamin Medlin, a GTRI software development specialist. \u0022So you can imagine how difficult it might be to use personal digital assistants - which aren\u0027t the easiest devices to use under normal conditions.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo minimize the amount of typing required to use the Chemical Companion, the GTRI team incorporated lots of dropdown menus and automatic fill-ins in the software. The program also features large lettering and shading between columns to make numbers and words easier to read from under bulky hazmat masks. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeta-testing for the Chemical Companion began in the fall of 2005 with a number of fire departments around the country, including units in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle and Douglas County, Ga. Researchers expect the Chemical Companion will be ready for distribution in the summer or fall of 2006.\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); Kirk Englehardt (404-385-0280); E-mail; (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Jane Sanders (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Christina Baxter (404-894-5362); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:christina.baxter@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Echristina.baxter@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Gisele Bennett (404-894-0155); E-mail:   (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gisele.bennett@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egisele.bennett@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: T.J. Becker\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"PDA software tool helps hazmat teams identify chemical spills"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed the \u0022Chemical Companion,\u0022 a PDA software tool that will help first responders identify 130 of the most common chemicals associated with hazmat incidents.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new PDA software tool helps hazmat teams"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-04-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73057":{"id":"73057","type":"image","title":"Chemical Companion","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73058":{"id":"73058","type":"image","title":"Researchers show Chemical Companion","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73057","73058"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/podcast\/chemical_companion.mp3","title":"Listen to a podcast about Chemical Companion (MP3 player required)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72966":{"#nid":"72966","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Leaders Identify Challenges to Economic Innovation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022How can communities harness the economic potential of technology and innovation?\u0022 That was the question posed to Georgians in a series of citizen forums earlier this year. Their answers are summarized in a report released June 4 at the annual meeting of the Southern Growth Policies Board in New Orleans. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report -- \u003Cem\u003EThe Report on Georgia\u0027s 2006 Innovation Forums\u003C\/em\u003E-- examines innovation as a force to drive economic development in the state. New approaches, processes, products and ideas can help strengthen Georgia\u0027s ability to compete in the global economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgians realize it is up to all of us to create a better environment for fostering innovation,\u0022 wrote Governor Sonny Perdue. \u0022We must ensure that all Georgians have access to the technology tools they need to spur innovation.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENearly 400 Georgians participated in 18 forums around the state as part of an annual effort by a public policy think tank -- the Southern Growth Policies Board -- to identify economic development issues. Through the forums, citizens helped to identify the opportunities and challenges that will create a \u0027culture of innovation\u0027 in Georgia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe forums and resulting report were led by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia in partnership with the Georgia Centers of Innovation and more than 20 local and regional partners.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDiscussions explored four approaches to promote innovation: building knowledge, encouraging entrepreneurship, boosting existing business, and recruiting talent and investment. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImproving K-12 education and preparing children for jobs that require skills in math and science dominated discussions. The report cited a need for increased access to technology particularly in rural areas, taking a more customized approach to education, and making classroom instruction relevant to the real world. Citizens also said that communities must address issues related to developing both the existing and the future workforce barriers such as the dropout rate, issues of persistent poverty, and low expectations for achievement.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022What we heard from Georgians during this process reinforces the central role that education plays in the Southeast region\u0027s economic development,\u0022 said Art Dunning, vice president for public service and outreach at the University of Georgia. \u0022Universities contribute to innovation not only through instruction but also through basic research.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EForum participants discussed ways to encourage entrepreneurship. One suggestion was that each high school graduate learn the basic skills to start and run a business. Others emphasized the importance of understanding career choices at an early age.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBusinesses owners said that existing businesses -- especially small to medium sized ones -- do not have the resources to invest in product development. They advocated a greater role for universities in fostering innovation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022To succeed in the new global marketplace, companies must be able to rapidly develop and commercialize innovative products, processes and services ahead of their competition,\u0022 said Wayne Hodges, vice provost in Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute.  \u0022This report identifies some of the issues Georgia companies and communities must address to build a more competitive economy based on innovation.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe state has invested in innovation and technology transfer through programs such as the Georgia Research Alliance, which recruits top scientists for the research universities, and the Georgia Centers of Innovation, which supports entrepreneurs and researchers, connecting them to the resources they need to nurture innovation the areas of aerospace, agriculture, life sciences, robotics manufacturing and maritime logistics. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report represents the first step in charting action plans tailored to each region of the state. The themes that emerged from the forums may inform program development and public policy. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong specific themes emerging from the forums were:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Spread the word on the importance of and vehicles to innovation;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Foster a \u0027culture of learning;\u0027\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Develop a more customized approach to education;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Conduct special outreach starting as early as third and fourth grade, to students and their parents, before the \u0027light\u0027 goes out;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Increase emphasis on developing critical thinking and problem solving skills among youth;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Focus on fostering home-grown innovation among existing enterprises, especially entrepreneurs;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Improve access to computers and Internet in all communities, across all socio-economic categories;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Expand support for programs for communities to learn how to create a desirable environment for talented and creative people as a route to fostering innovation;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Think regionally;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Continue the dialogue.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe entire report can be downloaded from the following Web sites: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.fanning.uga.edu\/news\/news.html\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.fanning.uga.edu\/news\/news.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.fanning.uga.edu\/news\/news.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/Portals\/0\/ga-innov-forums.pdf\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/Portals\/0\/ga-innov-forums.pdf\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/Portals\/0\/ga-innov-forums.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E\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: John Toon, Georgia Tech (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Kathleen Cason, University of Georgia (706-542-2512); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kcason@uga.edu\u0022\u003Ekcason@uga.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Joy Wilkins, Georgia Tech (404-895-6115); E-mail:  (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:joy.wilkins@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejoy.wilkins@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Mac Brown, University of Georgia (706-583-8284); E-mail:  (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:macbrown@fanning.uga.edu\u0022\u003Emacbrown@fanning.uga.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Southern Growth Policies Board is a non-partisan public policy think tank that provides a forum for decision makers in 13 Southern states to develop and advance visionary economic development policies. Georgia\u0027s report contributes to the Southern Growth Policies Board annual report.\n\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Southern Growth Policies Board\u0027s trustees from Georgia are Governor Sonny Purdue; State Representative David Casas; Chris Clark, deputy commissioner for global commerce at the Georgia Department of Economic Development; Nancy Cobb, executive director of the One Georgia Authority; O. B. McCorkle, president of the Warren County Chamber of Commerce; and State Senator Jeff E. 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Unlike carbon nanotubes, however, graphene circuitry can be produced using established microelectronics techniques, allowing researchers to envision a \u0027road map\u0027 for future high-volume production.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have shown that we can make the graphene material, that we can pattern it, and that its transport properties are very good,\u0022 said Walt de Heer, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Physics.  \u0022The material has high electron mobility, which means electrons can move through it without much scattering or resistance.  It is also coherent, which means electrons move through the graphene much like light travels through waveguides.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe results should encourage further development of graphene-based electronics, though de Heer cautions that practical devices may be a decade away.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is really the first step in a very long path,\u0022 he said.  \u0022We are at the proof-of principle stage, comparable to where transistors were in the late 1940s.  We have a lot to do, but I believe this technology will advance rapidly.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, begun by de Heer\u0027s team in 2001, is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Intel Corporation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn their paper, the researchers report seeing evidence of quantum confinement effects in their graphene circuitry, meaning electrons can move through it as waves.  \u0022The graphene ribbons we create are really like waveguides for electrons,\u0022 de Heer said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause carbon nanotubes conduct electricity with virtually no resistance, they have attracted strong interest for use in transistors and other devices.  However, the discrete nature of nanotubes - and variability in their properties - pose significant obstacles to their use in practical devices.  By contrast, continuous graphene circuitry can be produced using standard microelectronics processing techniques.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Nanotubes are simply graphene that has been rolled into a cylindrical shape,\u0022 de Heer explained.  \u0022Using narrow ribbons of graphene, we can get all the properties of nanotubes because those properties are due to the graphene and the confinement of the electrons, not the nanotube structures.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer envisions using the graphene electronics for specialized applications, potentially within conventional silicon-based systems.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have shown that we can interconnect graphene, put current into it, and take current out,\u0022 he said.  \u0022We have a very promising electronic material.  We see graphene as a platform, a canvas on which we can work.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer and collaborators Claire Berger, Zhimin Song, Xuebin Li, Xiaosong Wu, Nate Brown, Tianbo Li, Joanna Hass, Alexei Marchenkov, Edward Conrad and Phillip First of Georgia Tech and Didier Mayou and Cecile Naud of CNRS start with a wafer of silicon carbide, a material made up of silicon and carbon atoms.  By heating the wafer in a high vacuum, they drive silicon atoms from the surface, leaving a thin continuous layer of graphene.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENext, they spin-coat onto the surface a photo-resist material of the kind used in established microelectronics techniques.  Using electron-beam lithography, they produce patterns on the surface, then use conventional etching processes to remove unwanted graphene.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are doing lithography, which is completely familiar to those who work in microelectronics,\u0022 said de Heer.  \u0022It\u0027s exactly what is done in microelectronics, but with a different material.  That is the appeal of this process.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing electron beam lithography in Georgia Tech\u0027s Microelectronics Research Center, they\u0027ve created feature sizes as small as 80 nanometers.  The graphene circuitry demonstrates high electron mobility - up to 25,000 square centimeters per volt-second, showing that electrons move with little scattering.  The researchers expect to see ballistic transport at room temperature when they make structures small enough.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo far, they have built an all graphene planar field-effect transistor.  The side-gated device produces a change in resistance through its channel when voltage is applied to the gate.  However, this first device has a substantial current leak, which the team expects to eliminate with minor processing adjustments.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have also built a working quantum interference device, a ring-shaped structure that would be useful in manipulating electronic waves.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe key to properties of the new circuitry is the width of the ribbons, which confine the electrons in a quantum effect similar to that seen in carbon nanotubes.  The width of the ribbon controls the material\u0027s band-gap.  Other structures, such as sensing molecules, could be attached to the edges of the ribbons, which are normally passivated by hydrogen atoms.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond coherence and high electron mobility, the researchers note that the speed of electrons through the graphene is independent of energy - just like light waves.  The electrons also possess the properties of Dirac particles, which allow them to travel significant distances without scattering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the challenges ahead is improving the techniques for patterning the graphene, since electron transport is affected by the smoothness of edges in the circuitry.  Researchers will also have to understand the material\u0027s fundamental properties, which could still contain \u0027show-stoppers\u0027 that might make the material impractical.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer has seen hints that graphene may offer some surprises. \u0022We already have indications of some new and surprising electronic properties of this material,\u0022 he said.  \u0022It is doing things that we have never seen in two-dimensional materials before.\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 Co\u003C\/strong\u003Entacts: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Jane Sanders (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Walt de Heer (404-894-7880): E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:deheer@electra.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edeheer@electra.physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Phil First (404-894-0548); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:first@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Efirst@physics.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":[{"value":"Ultra-thin sheets of graphite allow fabrication of devices that handle electrons as waves"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A study of how electrons behave in circuitry made from ultrathin layers of graphite - known as graphene - suggests the material could provide the foundation for a new generation of nanometer scale devices that manipulate electrons as waves.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Graphite material shows promise for electronics"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-04-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73045":{"id":"73045","type":"image","title":"Professor Walt de Heer","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73046":{"id":"73046","type":"image","title":"Graphene Circuitry","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73047":{"id":"73047","type":"image","title":"Graphene growth","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73045","73046","73047"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mirc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Microelectronics Research Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/index.html","title":"Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/npeg\/npeg.html","title":"Small Systems Lab"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Physics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72963":{"#nid":"72963","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers Develop New Nanofabrication Technique","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have developed a new technique that could provide detailed information about the growth of carbon nanotubes and other nanometer-scale structures as they are being produced.  The technique offers a way for researchers to rapidly and systematically map how changes in growth conditions affect the fabrication of nanometer-scale structures. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInstead of a large furnace that is normally used to grow nanotubes as part of the chemical vapor deposition process, the Georgia Institute of Technology researchers grew bundles of nanotubes on a micro-heater built into an atomic force microscope (AFM) tip.  The tiny device provided highly-localized heating for only the locations where researchers wanted to grow the nanostructures.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause the resonance frequency of the cantilever changed as the nanotubes grew, the researchers were able to use it to accurately measure the mass of the structures they produced.  The next step in the research will be to combine the growth and measurement processes to permit in situ study of mass change during nanostructure growth.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There are hundreds of materials - electronic, magnetic and optical - that are grown using a similar thermally-based technique,\u0022 said William P. King, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Mechanical Engineering.  \u0022By growing these structures on cantilevers, we will be able to determine exactly what is happening with the materials growth as it occurs.  This could provide a new tool for investigating the growth of these structures under different conditions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing arrays of cantilevers operating at different temperatures would allow researchers to accelerate the process for mapping the kinetics of nanostructure growth.  Because the cantilevers can be heated and cooled more rapidly than a traditional furnace, batches of nanostructures can be produced in just 10 minutes - compared to two hours or more for traditional processing.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We can change the structures being grown by rapidly changing the temperature,\u0022 explained Samuel Graham, also an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Mechanical Engineering.  \u0022We can also change the kinetics of growth, which is something that is difficult to do using conventional technology.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy demonstrating that carbon nanotubes can be growth on an AFM cantilever, the technique also provides a new way to integrate nanometer-scale structures with microdevices.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation\u0027s CAREER award, and has been reported in the journal Applied Physics Letters.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKing, Graham and collaborators Erik O. Sunden, Jungchul Lee and Tanya L. Wright began with an AFM cantilever fabricated in their Georgia Tech lab.  The cantilever had an integrated electric-resistance heater whose output temperature could be controlled by varying the current.  Actual heater temperatures were measured to within four degrees Celsius using Laser Raman thermometry. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECalibration of the cantilevers over a large temperature range using Raman spectroscopy was a key aspect of the success of this research, allowing the first detailed temperature maps of these devices, Graham noted.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers used electron beam evaporation to deposit a 10 nanometer iron catalyst film onto the cantilever.  After heating, the iron film formed islands that provided catalytic sites for growing nanotubes. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe cantilever was then placed into a quartz tube, which was purged of contaminants with argon gas.  The cantilever heating was then turned on and the temperature held at approximately 800 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes.  A combination of methane, hydrogen and acetylene - precursors for carbon nanotubes - was then flowed into the chamber.  Only the cantilever tip and the reaction gas immediately around it were heated, leaving the remainder of the experimental set-up at room temperature.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter removal from the tube, the cantilever was examined using a scanning electron microscope, which showed vertically aligned carbon nanotubes growing from the cantilever heater region.  The nanotubes ranged in length from five to 10 microns, and were 10 to 30 nanometers in diameter.  Although the entire cantilever was coated with the iron catalyst, the nanotubes grew only on the heated area.  A temperature gradient on the heater created differences in the types of nanotubes grown.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth before and after the growth, the cantilever was vibrated so its resonance frequency could be measured.  Those measurements showed a frequency decline from 119.10 to 118.23 kHz after the nanotubes were grown on the cantilever.  After the resonance measurements were made, the cantilever was heated beyond 900 degrees Celsius in air to burn off the nanotubes.  When the resonance frequency was measured again, it had changed to 119.09 kHz, showing that the frequency drop had been due to the mass of the nanotubes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom the change in the resonance frequency, the researchers were able to calculate the mass of the carbon nanotubes they had grown as approximately four picograms (4 x 10-14)kg. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are working on integrating the growing and weighing of the nanotubes so we can do both of them at the same time,\u0022 said King.  \u0022That would allow us to monitor the materials growth as it happens.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce the two processes are integrated, the researchers expect to increase the number of cantilevers operating simultaneously.  Cantilever arrays could allow many different growth temperatures and conditions to be measured in parallel, accelerating the task of charting the growth kinetics to determine the optimal settings.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a platform for materials discovery, so we could test tens or even thousands of different chemistry or growth conditions in a very short period of time,\u0022 King said.  \u0022With a thousand cantilevers, we could do in a single day experiments that would take years using conventional growth techniques.  Once the right conditions were found, the production process could be scaled up.\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 Jane Sanders (404-89402214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jsanders@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejsanders@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Bill King (404-385-4224); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:william.king@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewilliam.king@me.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Samuel Graham (404-894-2264); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sam.graham@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esam.graham@me.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":[{"value":"Growing nanostructures on micro cantilever provides new platform for materials discovery"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers have developed a new technique that could provide detailed information about the growth of carbon nanotubes and other nanometer-scale structures as they are being produced.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New fabrication technique studies nanomaterials"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-06-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72964":{"id":"72964","type":"image","title":"Nanotube growth on AFM cantilever","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"72965":{"id":"72965","type":"image","title":"Researchers examine nanostructure","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72964","72965"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/me\/people\/academic.faculty\/King_William.html","title":"William King"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/","title":"George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/me\/people\/academic.faculty\/Graham_Samuel.html","title":"Samuel Graham"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73048":{"#nid":"73048","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nanogenerator to Power Nanoscale Devices","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have developed a new technique for powering nanometer-scale devices without the need for bulky energy sources such as batteries.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy converting mechanical energy from body movement, muscle stretching or water flow into electricity, these \u0027nanogenerators\u0027 could make possible a new class of self-powered implantable medical devices, sensors and portable electronics.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDescribed in the April 14th issue of the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E, the nanogenerators produce current by bending and then releasing zinc oxide nanowires - which are both piezoelectric and semiconducting.  The research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the NASA Vehicle Systems Program and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There is a lot of mechanical energy available in our environment,\u0022 said Zhong Lin Wang, a Regents Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  \u0022Our nanogenerators can convert this mechanical energy to electrical energy.  This could potentially open up a lot of possibilities for the future of nanotechnology.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENanotechnology researchers have proposed and developed a broad range of nanoscale devices, but their use has been limited by the sources of energy available to power them.  Conventional batteries make the nanoscale systems too large, and the toxic contents of batteries limit their use in the body.  Other potential power sources also suffer from significant drawbacks.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We can build nanodevices that are very small, but if the complete integrated system must include a large power source, that defeats the purpose,\u0022 added Wang, who also holds affiliated faculty positions at Peking University and the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe nanogenerators developed by Wang and graduate student Jinhui Song use the very small piezoelectric discharges created when zinc oxide nanowires are bent and then released.  By building interconnected arrays containing millions of such wires, Wang believes he can produce enough current to power nanoscale devices.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo study the effect, the researchers grew arrays of zinc oxide nanowires, then used an atomic-force microscope tip to deflect individual wires.  As a wire was contacted and deflected by the tip, stretching on one side of the structure and compression on the other side created a charge separation - positive on the stretched side and negative on the compressed side - due to the piezoelectric effect.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe charges were preserved in the nanowire because a Schottky barrier was formed between the AFM tip and the nanowire.  The coupling between semiconducting and piezoelectric properties resulted in the charging and discharging process when the tip scanned across the nanowire, Wang explained.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the tip lost contact with the wire, the strain was released - and the researchers measured an electrical current.  After the strain release, the nanowire vibrated through many cycles, but the electrical discharge was measured only at the instant when the strain was released.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo rule out other potential sources of the current, the researchers conducted similar tests using structures that were not piezoelectric or semiconducting.  \u0022After a variety of tests, we are confident that what we are seeing is a piezoelectric-induced discharge process,\u0022 Wang said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers grew the nanowire arrays using a standard vapor-liquid-solid process in a small tube furnace.  First, gold nanoparticles were deposited onto a sapphire substrate placed in one end of the furnace.  An argon carrier gas was then flowed into the furnace as zinc oxide powder was heated.  The nanowires grew beneath the gold nanoparticles, which serve as catalysts.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe resulting arrays contained vertically-aligned nanowires that ranged from 200 to 500 nanometers in length and 20 to 40 nanometers in diameter.  The wires grew approximately 100 nanometers apart, as determined by the placement of the gold nanoparticles.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA film of zinc oxide also grew between the wires on the substrate surface, creating an electrical connection between the wires.  To that conductive substrate, the researchers attached an electrode for measuring current flow.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThough attractive for use inside the body because zinc oxide is non-toxic, the nanogenerators could also be used wherever mechanical energy - hydraulic motion of seawater, wind or the motion of a foot inside a shoe - is available.  The nanowires can be grown not only on crystal substrates, but also on polymer-based films.  Use of flexible polymer substrates could one day allow portable devices to be powered by the movement of their users.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You could envision having these nanogenerators in your shoes to produce electricity as you walk,\u0022 Wang said.  \u0022This could be beneficial to soldiers in the field, who now depend on batteries to power their electrical equipment.  As long as the soldiers were moving, they could generate electricity.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent could also be produced by placing the nanowire arrays into fields of acoustic or ultrasonic energy.  Though they are ceramic materials, the nanowires can bend as much as 50 degrees without breaking.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next step in the research will be to maximize the power produced by an array of the new nanogenerators.  Wang estimates that they can convert as much as 30 percent of the input mechanical energy into electrical energy for a single cycle of vibration.  That could allow a nanowire array just 10 microns square to power a single nanoscale device - if all the power generated by the nanowire array can be successfully collected. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our bodies are good at converting chemical energy from glucose into the mechanical energy of our muscles,\u0022 Wang noted.  \u0022These nanogenerators can take that mechanical energy and convert it to electrical energy for powering devices inside the body.  This could open up tremendous possibilities for self-powered implantable medical devices.\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\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 Jane Sanders (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Zhong Lin Wang (404-894-8008); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:zhong.wang@mse.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ezhong.wang@mse.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":[{"value":"Researchers convert mechanical energy to electrical energy for self-powered nanometer scale devices"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers have developed a new technique for powering nanometer-scale devices without the need for bulky energy sources such as batteries.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers develop generator for nanoscale devices"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-04-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73049":{"id":"73049","type":"image","title":"Nanogenerator sample","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73050":{"id":"73050","type":"image","title":"Zhong Lin Wang in Laboratory","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73051":{"id":"73051","type":"image","title":"Nanowires, electric discharge","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73049","73050","73051"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/FacultyStaff\/MSE_Faculty_researchbios\/Wang\/wang.html","title":"Zhong Lin Wang"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Materials Science and Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.nanoscience.gatech.edu\/zlwang\/","title":"Team Web site"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73200":{"#nid":"73200","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Launches New Communication System","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen a crisis occurs, it\u0027s critical for public safety officials to coordinate their efforts. Yet in Georgia, law enforcement agencies and first responders use radio systems that operate on different frequencies and technologies, making it difficult for various agencies to communicate quickly and effectively. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn response, the Georgia Office of Homeland Security\/Georgia Emergency Management Agency (OHS\/GEMA) asked the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to help implement a statewide communications system that enables interoperability among public-safety agencies. The $8 million project is funded through the federal Department of Homeland Security\u0027s Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022One of the advantages of this system is that it allows agencies to use their existing equipment,\u0022 explained Douglas Cobb, a principal research engineer at GTRI\u0027s Information Technology and Telecommunications Lab (ITTL) and the project\u0027s technical lead. Instead of replacing legacy radio equipment - which would carry a stiffer price tag of $200-300 million - interoperability will be achieved through a \u0027gateway approach.\u0027  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow it works\u003C\/strong\u003E: Internet networking components and a type of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) software will be installed in selected 911 dispatch centers throughout the state. This will allow radio calls from law officials and first responders to be routed over the state\u0027s private Internet Protocol (IP) network, which uses multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) technology designed to carry voice, data and video traffic.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECobb points out that the new system won\u0027t increase radio frequency coverage or channel capacity. \u0022It\u0027s not like adding more towers or more channels to a radio system,\u0022 he said. \u0022Instead, the system is IP-based with level-4 radio interoperability. Through the use of the state MPLS and network components, it provides dynamic statewide and regional radio interconnections (trunked and conventional) for public-safety first responders and allows agency dispatchers to access and control multiple legacy radio systems. With this system in place, an authorized police officer in Rome, Ga., could talk to a police officer in Savannah - something that isn\u0027t currently possible.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new interoperable communications system is significant on a number of levels, says Dan Brown, special projects manager for OHS\/GEMA, which is administering the project.  \u0022Not only does this help facilitate the National Response Plan,\u0022 Brown explained, \u0022but this begins to accomplish a goal that Georgia has had for more than 30 years.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new system could be used in a variety of scenarios, such as:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Transporting prisoners from one jurisdiction to another. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Manhunts like the one for Brian Nichols, Atlanta\u0027s alleged \u0027courthouse shooter,\u0027 where lookouts were posted in different counties.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Chemical spills or other accidents that might require re-routing of traffic.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Hurricane or other disaster evacuations. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERadio communication systems for police, fire and emergency medical have existed for decades, but these systems were primarily developed to serve local communities, points out Jay Sexton, a research engineer in GTRI\u0027s ITTL. \u0022As we enter a new era of homeland security and mutual aid, there\u0027s a greater need for interoperable systems,\u0022 Sexton said. Interoperability not only enables officials to respond faster to a crisis, he explains, but also prevents information from being misconstrued. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the project\u0027s technical adviser, GTRI has been involved in a variety of ways, from conducting feasibility studies to helping the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) identify potential technology vendors. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn September, Motorola was selected to provide networking equipment and service. Installation of the system has begun at four 911 centers in Cobb, Floyd, Glynn and Muscogee counties, along with one mobile communications unit. After these pilot sites are up and running, the system will be rolled out to the rest of the state. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy the end of 2006, more than 80 percent of Georgia\u0027s population should have access to the system through fixed assets in 911 centers with remaining areas of the state served by mobile communications units. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInstalling the equipment, however, is just one aspect of the project. Developing proper operating procedures -- such as what constitutes an emergency and who will turn the system on -- will also be critical to the system\u0027s success. \u0022You can have the greatest technology in the world, but unless you have the right procedures in place, you\u0027re toast,\u0022 said Doug Cohen, another GTRI engineer at ITTL involved in the project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to its other responsibilities, OHS\/GEMA will take the lead in developing those operating procedures as well as marketing the system to end users. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Although the project is a relatively low-cost statewide system, it\u0027s very complex - both from a technological and implementation perspective,\u0022 observed Cobb. In addition to the project\u0027s principal partners - OHS\/GEMA, GTRI and GTA - representatives from the Georgia State Patrol, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the state\u0027s sheriffs, police, fire and emergency response associations have participated. \u0022It\u0027s unusual to have so many partners involved in a single project,\u0022 Cobb said.  \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:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Georgia Tech: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Kirk Englehardt (404-385-0280); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- GEMA: Donna Burns (404-635-7061); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dburns@gema.state.ga.us\u0022\u003Edburns@gema.state.ga.us\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: T.J. Becker\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech helps implement new statewide interoperable public safety system"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers are assisting in the development of a new statewide interoperable communications sytem that will help the state\u0027s public safety agencies communicate better during crisis situations.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New communications system meets statewide need"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-02-28 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73201":{"id":"73201","type":"image","title":"Cobb County 911 Center","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73202":{"id":"73202","type":"image","title":"Equipment area","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73201","73202"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72958":{"#nid":"72958","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fail-Safe Techniques Erase Magnetic Storage Media","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter a U.S. intelligence-gathering aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision off the coast of China four years ago, the crew was unable to erase sensitive information from magnetic data storage systems before making an emergency landing in Chinese territory.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat event underscored the need for simple techniques to provide fail-safe destruction of sensitive data aboard such aircraft.  Working with defense contractor L-3 Communications Corp., scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a series of prototype systems that use special high-strength permanent magnets to quickly erase a wide variety of storage media.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDeveloped so far for VHS tapes, floppy drives, data cassettes, and small computer hard drives, the techniques could also have commercial applications for banking, human resource and other industries that must also protect sensitive information.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a very challenging problem,\u0022 said Michael Knotts, a research scientist in the GTRI\u0027s Signature Technology Laboratory.  \u0022We had to verify that the data would be beyond all possible recovery even with unlimited budget and unlimited time.  Commercial devices on the market for data erasure just couldn\u0027t fill the bill, because they were magnetically too weak, they were physically too large and heavy, or they didn\u0027t meet stringent air safety standards.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the project, the researchers developed testing procedures that use a magnetic force microscope (MFM) - a variation on the atomic-force microscope (AFM) more commonly used to provide detailed images of surfaces at the nanometer scale.  The MFM mapped the very small magnetic perturbations created by data stored on the media, helping determine how well data patterns had been destroyed.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If you erase the data by whatever means, you should see a surface devoid of any specific pattern or periodicity,\u0022 Knotts explained.  \u0022Our goal was to see a random distribution of magnetization that would indicate a clean disk.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the three-year project, Knotts and collaborators Don Creyts, Dave Maybury, Candy Ekangaki, and Tedd Toler explored a broad range of possible destruction techniques, including burning diskettes with heat-generating thermite materials, crushing drives in presses and chemically destroying the media.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers had to select techniques and equipment that would:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Be light enough for aircraft use and operate independently of aircraft electrical systems;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Be mechanically simple to ensure reliable operation;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Produce no harmful gases or flame;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Provide mechanisms to prevent inadvertent erasure.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring their first year of work, the researchers learned that data could remain on diskettes that had been subjected to high heat, and had to abandon thermal destruction techniques because of the fire and harmful gases they generated.  That left only magnetic techniques.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn developing techniques for complete erasure, the researchers first had to learn how different data storage drives operate, then assess the magnetic field levels necessary for complete erasure.  To do that, they obtained a number of commercially-available micro-drives, cut the media into sections, subjected them to varying magnetic fields, and then tested the sections with the MFM.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We had to understand how the data is laid out on the disk so we could know where to look for the patterns, and we had to do a lot of measurements to determine exactly what kind of magnetic field is needed to destroy all data,\u0022 said Knotts.  \u0022We had to do a lot of destructive testing to determine that, and our lab is littered with the carcasses of dead hard drives to prove it.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProducing a magnetic field sufficient to destroy data patterns required the use of neodymium iron-boron magnets custom-designed for the project and special pole pieces made of esoteric cobalt alloys.  The magnets, which weigh as much as 125 pounds, had to produce fields sufficient to penetrate metallic housings that surround some drives.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We developed models for magnetic circuits that we could run through optimization codes to design the best shape to get the field that we needed,\u0022 Knotts said.  \u0022It takes quite a magnetic field to get through the steel enclosures on some of the drives.  We are producing magnetic fields comparable to those used in magnetic resonance imaging equipment, so these are not your ordinary refrigerator magnets.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMechanically, the researchers faced challenges in reliably moving data storage devices through the magnetic fields.  In some cases, aircraft crews would simply insert removable media into a motorized mechanism that pushes them past the magnets, while for other media, crews would have to twist a knob and pull drives out of their enclosures and through a magnetic field.  To prevent accidental erasure, each technique requires several deliberate steps.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith success in erasing removable media and small hard drives, the researchers are moving onto a final phase of the project, which will involve large computer hard drives partially encased in thick steel caddies. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond Department of Defense applications, the magnetic erasure techniques could have applications to the commercial world, where banks, human resource agencies and other organizations must ensure complete destruction of data in computer equipment being discarded.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKnotts admits he\u0027ll be a bit sad to see the project end.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This was certainly an unusual project,\u0022 he said.  \u0022It\u0027s not often that we get paid to crush equipment in presses, blow things up and set off fires in microwave ovens.\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 Kirk Englehardt (404-407-7280); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.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":[{"value":"Researchers use powerful magnets to permanently delete information"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Using magnetic fields as powerful as those in medical imaging equipment, scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a fail-safe technique for permanently erasing data from magnetic computer drives.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New technique erases magnetic storage media"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-06-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72959":{"id":"72959","type":"image","title":"Imaging computer disks","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"72960":{"id":"72960","type":"image","title":"Modeling circuitry","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72959","72960"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72951":{"#nid":"72951","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GSE Systems to Collaborate with Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Maryland-based GSE Systems Inc. (GSE)(Amex - GVP) have signed an agreement to collaborate on research, development, education and training in advanced simulation systems.  GSE is a leading provider of real-time simulation and training services for the power, process, manufacturing and government sectors worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new collaboration will help advance the company\u0027s goal of \u0027education through simulation,\u0027 a concept it believes will transform education and training by helping students better visualize the operation of complex systems.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of its intended collaboration with Georgia Tech, GSE wants to advance its understanding of cognitive factors involved in decision-making processes, and develop new visualization tools and diagnostic techniques.  The company expects to work with Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing, the Strategic Energy Institute, the National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center (NEETRAC) and the Global Learning Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As today\u0027s technical staff retires, the electric power generation industry faces a critical human resources issue of how to provide the skilled personnel needed to operate and maintain increasingly complex facilities,\u0022 said Hal Paris, senior vice president of GSE.  \u0022The industry also needs personnel who can become productive quickly, without a long training period.  We think that education through simulation offers a real opportunity address these issues.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJohn Moran, the company\u0027s chief executive officer, said GSE sees the collaboration as a win-win opportunity that benefits both organizations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022What impressed me at Georgia Tech is the outstanding level of innovation and creativity,\u0022 Moran said.  \u0022Georgia Tech thinks differently about simulation and its applications.  That has enormous implications for companies like ours, and creates a force multiplier for both of our organizations.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond collaboration in the development of new technology and approaches to education and training, the company also wants to attract Georgia Tech students to the industry sectors it serves by providing internships and cooperative education opportunities at its simulation training centers currently underway or planned.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt a recent ceremony, company representatives were welcomed by four Georgia Tech officials: Wayne Hodges, vice provost in the Enterprise Innovation Institute; Jilda Garton, associate vice provost and president of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation; Thom McLean, director of technology services in the College of Computing, and Roger Webb, interim director of the Strategic Energy Institute.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This project involves an array of activities across campus from research to academics, and from training to the development of Georgia Tech students in co-op programs,\u0022 said Hodges. \u0022Georgia Tech helps enterprises be more innovative in solving problems using science and technology.  We are particularly interested in connecting companies to Georgia Tech resources so we can work together to create new opportunities and new products.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe collaboration will complement what the College of Computing is already doing to transform interdisciplinary computer science education, McLean explained.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022GSE is a world leader in simulation and the company has decades of experience applying that technology to meet the training and education needs of large-scale industrial facilities,\u0022 he said.  \u0022We look forward to helping GSE Systems transform the way people are prepared to manage and operate the world\u0027s industrial infrastructure.  This collaboration offers our students an opportunity to understand real-world issues, develop an international perspective, and to play a role in creating the next generation of simulation, training and worker assistance technology.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMcLean also announced that GSE will become the newest member of the College\u0027s Industrial Partner Association.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERoger Webb, interim director of the Strategic Energy Institute, noted that the energy industry must address significant human resource needs in the years ahead.  \u0022One of the major challenges in the energy business is developing the next generation of workers,\u0022 he said.  \u0022That goes beyond existing infrastructure and energy supply issues.\u0022\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGSE Systems is expanding into the Middle East, and recently won a contract from the Emirates Simulation Academy, LLC. to develop a simulation training center in the United Arab Emirates.  The facility will include real-time, high fidelity simulators for a gas turbine power plant, a desalination plant, a combined cycle plant, a petroleum refinery and an oil platform.  A similar concept is being finalized with the University of Strathclyde for a simulation training and diagnostic center in the United Kingdom.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGSE Systems is a real-time simulation company with more than three decades of experience, more than 250 applications and 100 customers in more than 25 countries.  GSE\u0027s software, hardware and integrated solutions provide applications to the energy, process, manufacturing and government sectors worldwide.  The company is headquartered in Columbia, MD.\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 Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: 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: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Organizations to advance \u0027education through simulation\u0027 initiatives"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology and Maryland-based GSE Systems Inc. (GSE)(Amex - GVP) have signed an agreement to collaborate on research, development, education and training in advanced simulation systems.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech will collaborate with GSE Systems"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-06-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72952":{"id":"72952","type":"image","title":"Signing ceremony","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72952"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/","title":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gses.com\/","title":"GSE Systems"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72953":{"#nid":"72953","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Epidemic of Fake Pharmaceuticals Prompts Study","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA worsening epidemic of sophisticated anti-malarial drug counterfeiting in southeast Asia and Africa is increasing the likelihood of drug-resistant parasites, yielding false-positive results on screening tests and risking the lives of hundreds of thousands of malaria patients, mostly children, researchers say.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe situation has prompted an international group of researchers to urge national and international authorities to combat the problem with stringent regulations, law enforcement and the provision of inexpensive medicines to undercut the counterfeiters. Based on their own research and other scientists\u0027 studies, they outline the problem and make recommendations for addressing it in a paper published June 13 in the Public Library of Science journal \u003Cem\u003EPLoS Medicine\u003C\/em\u003E. The researchers\u0027 work was funded by the Wellcome Trust of Great Britain and the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The manufacture and distribution of counterfeit drugs, including anti-malarials, is a massive international problem, and few agencies are investigating it,\u0022 said Facundo Fernandez, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Georgia Tech and an author on the paper. His close collaborators include scientists Paul Newton from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and Michael Green from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMalaria is a widespread international problem, primarily in poor and developing countries in the tropics - though some cases have been reported in Florida in the United States. The disease - transmitted by mosquitoes infected with the parasite \u003Cem\u003EPlasmodium falciparum\u003C\/em\u003E -- infects 300 to 500 million people a year. Each year, about 1.5 million of those - mostly children - die even though genuine anti-malarial drugs are quite effective. One of the most efficacious drugs is artesunate derived from the Artemisia annua plant native to China.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe percentage of over-the-counter counterfeit artesunate tablets containing no artesunate apparently increased from 38 to 53 percent in southeast Asia between 1999 and 2004, according to a studies led by Newton and Professor Nicholas White at Oxford. In some countries, the majority of the available artesunate is fake, according to the Oxford studies, which are cited in the \u003Cem\u003EPLoS Medicine \u003C\/em\u003Ereport. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMeanwhile, identifying counterfeit tablets has become increasingly difficult as counterfeiters have implemented sophisticated manufacturing and packaging strategies -- such as including low, but ineffective, levels of the proper active ingredients and applying counterfeit holograms to packaging -- to deceive investigators and consumers. In fact, Fernandez, a bioanalytical chemist, and his collaborators found that some counterfeit artesunate anti-malarial drugs contain up to 10 milligrams of the active ingredient - compared to the 50 milligrams that genuine artesunate tablets contain.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We make no apology for the use of the term \u0027manslaughter\u0027 to describe this criminal lethal trade,\u0022 the authors write. \u0022Indeed, some might call it murder. Somewhere people are directing a highly technical and sophisticated criminal trade-in the full knowledge that their ineffective \u0027product\u0027 may kill people who would otherwise survive malaria infection.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESerious implications exist for the relatively new practice of incorporating ineffective levels of active ingredients in artesunate tablets, the authors note. Exposure of malaria parasites to low concentrations of artesunate in patients taking counterfeit products will greatly increase the risk for the selection and spread of malaria parasites that are resistant to artemisinin derivatives. That could lead to a loss of effectiveness for these essential medicines and an avoidable failure of malaria control, they write. In addition, the presence of small quantities of artesunate in tablets may mean that the Fast Red dye test, widely used for screening the quality of artesunate tablets, yields false-positive results, depending on how much artesunate is present in the fakes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso, many fake artesunate tablets contain other drugs, possibly because the counterfeiters are trying to further deceive patients and doctors by producing a placebo effect, Fernandez said. \u0022For example, some of the counterfeit tablets we analyzed contained acetaminophen that would reduce a fever, or the antibiotic erythromycin, or even early-generation anti-malarials that are no longer effective.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers\u0027 analyses determined there are now at least 12 different types of fake artesunate, classified by Oxford researchers based on the counterfeit holograms affixed to artesunate packaging. Evidence suggests that production is on an industrial scale, according to research by Newton and Green published in 2001 in the British medical journal \u003Cem\u003EThe Lancet\u003C\/em\u003E. For example, a non-governmental organization in Burma purchased 100,000 counterfeit artesunate tablets from one large pharmacy, the researchers note.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022At this point, we believe there are probably multiple sources, but they may be using the same distribution network,\u0022 Fernandez added. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe authors also cite serious implications of this public health problem for tourists in malaria-prone countries. Visitors often buy unregulated artemisinin derivatives in the tropics or on the Internet. It is inevitable that counterfeit artesunate will seep into this trade, the authors predict.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe greater concern, they note, is for sub-Saharan Africa. Since 2001, artemisinin derivative-based combination therapy (ACT) has increasingly become the first-line malaria treatment in Africa. Authorities estimate that 130 million courses of ACT will be used in Africa in 2006. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The high cost and shortage of ACT provide a favorable situation for the spread of fake artemisinins that could put the lives of thousands of African children at risk,\u0022 the authors write. They urge authorities to implement tighter controls on drug importation, as well as a subsidy of up to $500 million a year to ensure that ACTs provided through the private sector are relatively inexpensive and locally affordable so there is no financial advantage in unwittingly purchasing a fake.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It will be an avoidable tragedy if a lack of political will and action allows fake artesunate to compromise the hope that artemisinin derivative-based combination therapy offers for malaria control in Africa and Asia and results in the emergence and spread of resistance to the artemisinin drugs, shortening the useful life of these vital medicines,\u0022 the authors add. \u0022As global efforts to control malaria rely heavily on these drugs, these issues deserve overdue, urgent action to prevent a public health disaster in the malarious world.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn related research, several of the authors, led by Fernandez, are studying new, high-throughput screening techniques to detect and quantify the contents of counterfeit anti-malarial drugs and other fake pharmaceuticals. This research will be published in an upcoming edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EChemMedChem\u003C\/em\u003E. Read more about this work online at:  \u003Ca href=\u0027gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/detect-fakes.htm\u0027\u003Egtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/detect-fakes.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\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: Jane Sanders (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jsanders@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejsanders@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Facundo Fernandez, Georgia Tech (404-385-4432); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:facundo.fernandez@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Efacundo.fernandez@chemistry.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Paul Newton, University of Oxford (856-21-242168); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:paul@tropmedres.ac\u0022\u003Epaul@tropmedres.ac\u003C\/a\u003E) or Michael Green, Centers for Disease Control (770-488-4039); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mdg4@cdc.gov\u0022\u003Emdg4@cdc.gov\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Jane Sanders\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Sophisticated counterfeiting of anti-malarial drugs brings call for crackdown and better detection"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A worsening epidemic of anti-malarial drug counterfeiting is increasing the likelihood of drug-resistant parasites, yielding false-positive results on screening tests and risking the lives of hundreds of thousands of malaria patients, mostly children.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Fake anti-malarial drugs are a growing problem"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-06-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72954":{"id":"72954","type":"image","title":"Malaria mosquito","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"72955":{"id":"72955","type":"image","title":"Malaria patient","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72954","72955"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/","title":"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/Fernandez\/","title":"Facundo Fernandez"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73192":{"#nid":"73192","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SENSIAC Center Helps Advance Military Sensing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the past, military sensing technologies have focused on observing and targeting the enemy from a distance. But with the new emphasis on homeland security, sensors must get up close and personal.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We now face a new concept of war where instead of being miles away, the enemy may be in the same building or just a few feet away,\u0022 said David Shumaker, director of SENSIAC, the military\u0027s sensing information analysis center. \u0022That means a paradigm shift in the design of sensors. In many applications today we need technologies for situational awareness, where long range may be a secondary consideration.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHoused within the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), SENSIAC is one of the newest information analysis centers (IACs) serving the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It replaces IRIA, a center that was initially founded at the University of Michigan\u0027s Willow Run Laboratories and operated there under various ownership for nearly 50 years until Georgia Tech won the contract in December 2004.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Although IRIA focused primarily on infrared technologies, SENSIAC has a much broader mission and scope,\u0022 said Ann Batchelor, SENSIAC\u0027s deputy director. \u0022We provide information on all sensing-based technologies related to defense activities, including infrared, laser, radar, acoustic, electro-optical, aroma, chemical and many other sensors.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to being a clearinghouse for information, SENSIAC conducts research projects and educational programs. The center draws upon experts across the Georgia Tech campus, as well as seven other universities that serve as SENSIAC team members. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWinning the DoD contract gives Georgia Tech national recognition in the military sensing arena, Shumaker said: \u0022This places us in the center of the military sensing community. We touch everyone in one way or another.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIndeed, SENSIAC supports the defense department and other government branches, including intelligence agencies like the FBI and CIA. In addition, the center helps government contractors and university researchers engaged in activities for national defense or homeland security.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022SENSIAC has a very broad audience,\u0022 Shumaker said. \u0022We serve everyone from university researchers to soldiers who are firing rifles.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExamples include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Warfighters who need to know the limitations of a particular sensor or  training in how to use it. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* DoD program managers who need an independent party to evaluate competing technologies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Contractors who need help testing new sensing equipment or simulating how well it will perform.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022To get help from SENSIAC, anyone in the military sensing community need only call or e-mail us with a problem,\u0022 said Shumaker. \u0022SENSIAC puts an expert on problems immediately, and best of all, it costs the user nothing. It is a free service of the IAC. We have answered questions from \u0027can you give me an expert in binary gas Joule-Thompson coolers\u0027 to \u0027how do I tune my missile warning receiver.\u0027 Inevitably, if the task requires extensive research, we have to charge the user.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEducation is an important part of the center\u0027s mission. Between the end of the Cold War and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, there was little hiring of sensing specialists in both government and industry circles. And now that a number of senior engineers are retiring, there is a lack of mentors for newcomers. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo help bridge this experience gap, SENSIAC offers continuing education classes for DoD, intelligence and homeland security agencies, as well as their contractors. Seven courses were available this fall, including classes on hyper-spectral imaging, target acquisition modeling and military laser principles. During the next few months, the curriculum will be expanded rapidly to more than 40 courses.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022SENSIAC really raises Georgia Tech\u0027s profile in defense sensing,\u0022 said David Schmieder, the center\u0027s Coordinator for Electro-Optics Education and Technical Inquiries. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027ve always been an educational leader in this area, providing specialty training that wasn\u0027t available anywhere else, but it was hard to get the word out,\u0022 Schmieder explained. \u0022Now SENSIAC gives Georgia Tech a formal path to make agencies aware that these programs exist, and it gives the military a formal path to request specific educational programs it may need.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESENSIAC also manages the defense department\u0027s Military Sensing Symposia (MSS). These eleven annual conferences, which began in 1956, enable government and industry experts to gather and share best practices about classified projects in a protected environment. Proceedings of the meetings are archived and made available to those with appropriate security clearance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause of a unique contract provision, SENSIAC can conduct research on an expedited basis for government agencies and contractors. \u0022As long as the research is related to military sensing in some way, a project can get a green light in as quickly as two weeks, as opposed to waiting six to eight months under alternative contracting methods,\u0022 Schmieder said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center is also launching a technology transfer program, which will be led by Edward Reedy, GTRI\u0027s retired director. The idea is to move emerging technology out of universities and into military sensing applications more quickly, Shumaker explains.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022SENSIAC is an enabler of military sensing technology,\u0022 Shumaker added. \u0022We exist to help others do their jobs faster, cheaper and more efficiently.\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 Kirk Englehardt (404-385-0280); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: David Shumaker (404-385-7370); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.shumaker@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edavid.shumaker@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Ann Batchelor (404-385-4032); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ann.batchelor@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eann.batchelor@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or David Schmieder (404-894-1051); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.schmieder@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edavid.schmieder@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: T.J. Becker\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech hosts information and education effort for defense sensors"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Housed within the Georgia Tech Research Institute, SENSIAC is one of the newest information analysis centers serving the U.S. Department of Defense with information and education programs.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new center is helping advance military sensing"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-03-06 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73193":{"id":"73193","type":"image","title":"SENSIAC officials","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73193"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.sensiac.gatech.edu\/external\/index.jsf","title":"SENSIAC Web Site"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73347":{"#nid":"73347","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Device Could Enable More Accurate Injections","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen medics are treating trauma patients, every second counts. Yet bruises, burns, and other physical conditions often make it difficult to locate veins and administer lifesaving drugs or solutions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn response, a team of Georgia Institute of Technology researchers is developing an inexpensive, handheld device that uses Doppler ultrasound technology to find veins quickly.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Depth and angle are the critical issues for vessel detection,\u0022 says project leader Michael Gray, a research engineer at the Electro-Optical (EOSL) Systems Laboratory within the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). \u0022Even if you locate a vein at the skin\u0027s surface, it\u0027s still easy to miss when you try to insert a needle into the tissue below.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Doppler effect is a phenomenon that occurs when electromagnetic and sound waves interact with a moving object, altering wavelengths and frequency. For example, a police radar gun sends microwave signals to a moving car, and when signals bounce back, the change in their frequency provides a measurement used to determine the vehicle\u0027s speed. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDoppler ultrasound is similar, except that acoustical waves are transmitted. Compared to static skin and tissue, blood is a moving substance, so ultrasonic waves reflected from blood vessels have different characteristics than transmitted ones, providing critical 3-D information about a vein\u0027s location. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHospitals have sophisticated ultrasound systems to evaluate the heart, valves and vessels for general blood-flow studies. But this kind of equipment is impractical and too costly for field use.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Although the use of Doppler technology isn\u0027t new, the novel aspect of our vein finder is the system\u0027s design, which makes it both portable and economical,\u0022 says Peter Rogers, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Mechanical Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe patent-pending vein finder is composed of two parts:  A reusable unit houses the electronics and signal processing components, while a disposable coupler box holds a reflector and needle guide. The needle guide is positioned parallel to the sound beam being transmitted by a transducer in the device\u0027s reusable section.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs medics move the device along a patient\u0027s arm or leg, the transducer emits a thin acoustical beam, about the size of pencil lead, into the reflector. Then the reflector directs the ultrasonic waves into the patient\u0027s skin at a slight angle. The device can determine the direction of blood flow to distinguish arteries (which carry blood away from the heart) from veins (which carry blood to the heart). Once the device detects a vein, an alarm is triggered, and medics insert the needle. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe vein finder has proved highly effective in initial tests on phantom tissue, a model that simulates human tissue and blood vessels. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have now begun adapting the device for human use.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDeveloping the user-friendly vein finder has been a deceptively complex task.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022One reason it\u0027s so challenging is that we\u0027re using very simple components to keep costs down,\u0022 notes Francois Guillot, a research engineer in the School of Mechanical Engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnlike large ultrasound systems used by hospitals for general blood-flow studies, the vein finder is targeting a very small area of the body. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022That means the acoustical beam has to be smaller,\u0022 says Jim Larsen, a research engineer in EOSL. Another complication is that only a small amount of energy, about 1\/10,000 of transmitted waves, scatters off the vein. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022So you\u0027re limited in how much energy you can put in and how much you can pick up,\u0022 he adds. \u0022Cost, size and power issues restrict us to using a single sensor, which limits the type of signal processing we can do to eliminate the scattering effects.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce the system is successfully adapted for humans, data processing and electronics will be miniaturized in a prototype for field-testing. The researchers envision the final product will be about the size of a fat fountain pen. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECompared to existing devices on the market that try to locate veins with lights or heat strips, the GTRI-developed system will be faster and more reliable, says Connell Reynolds, founder of Reynolds Medical Inc., a medical device manufacturer in Fairburn, Ga., that is sponsoring the project.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA former paramedic, Reynolds says the vein finder will be invaluable for a variety of medical users, including ambulance services, hospital emergency rooms, clinics, the military and nursing homes. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For example, IV (intravenous) insertion is especially difficult in dehydrated patients because their blood vessels lack normal volume,\u0022 he explains. \u0022Similarly, because cardiac patients\u0027 hearts aren\u0027t pumping properly, their veins are hard to locate. It\u0027s also difficult to find veins in obese people and young children because their vessels are covered by layers of fat.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to speed, the vein finder\u0027s accuracy will make treatment easier for hospital patients who need ongoing IVs or blood work. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELarsen recalls a hospital stay of his own that required numerous blood tests. This resulted in swelling and inflammation in his arms, making it increasingly more difficult for nurses to find his veins. \u0022It often took seven or eight tries,\u0022 he says. \u0022It wasn\u0027t long before I felt like a pin cushion.\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 Kirk Englehardt (404-385-0280); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Michael Gray (404-657-0441); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michael.gray@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emichael.gray@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Peter Rogers (404-894-3235); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:peter.rogers@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epeter.rogers@me.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Connell Reynolds (770-463-1233); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:creyn39598@aol.com\u0022\u003Ecreyn39598@aol.com\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: T.J. 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The article also mentioned Georgia Tech VentureLab, which was formed in 2001 to help guide faculty members through the process of launching companies based on Georgia Tech innovations.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFinally, the article reported the success of Jacket Micro Devices, a wireless chipmaker formed in VentureLab and now led by serial entrepreneur Jim Stratigos.  The company, based on technology developed at Georgia Tech, has raised more than $8 million to support its growth.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso included in the \u003Cem\u003EBusinessWeek\u003C\/em\u003E listing was Norcross-based Intelligent Systems, an incubator formed in 1990.  The two other incubators are the William M. Factory Small Business Incubator in Tacoma, Washington, and the Linux Collaboration Center in San Jose, Calif.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is always an honor to receive national recognition and attention for our program,\u0022 said Tony Antoniades, general manager of the ATDC.  \u0022It further validates our impact and benefits our companies by bringing them extra exposure and credibility in the financial marketplace.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the ATDC\u003C\/strong\u003E: Georgia Tech\u0027s Advanced Technology Development Center is a nationally recognized science and technology incubator that helps Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies, providing strategic business advice and connecting its member companies to the people and resources they need to succeed. More than 100 companies have emerged from the ATDC, including publicly-traded firms such as MindSpring Enterprises - now part of EarthLink. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHeadquartered at the Georgia Institute of Technology, ATDC has been recognized by \u003Cem\u003EInc. Magazine \u003C\/em\u003Eas one of the nation\u0027s top nonprofit incubators. ATDC was formed in 1980 to stimulate growth in Georgia\u0027s technology business base, and now has locations in Atlanta, Columbus, Savannah and Warner Robins. For more information, visit (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atdc.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.atdc.org\u0022\u003Ewww.atdc.org\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EATDC News \u0026amp; Information\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 100\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta, GA 30308 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.toon@atdc.org\u0022\u003Ejohn.toon@atdc.org\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":[{"value":"BusinessWeek Magazine\u0027s SmallBiz edition lists elite of U.S. business incubators"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s business incubator, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), has received another honor: listing as one of \u0027four incubators that are setting the pace.\u0027","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s ATDC wins another incubator award"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-01-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/","title":"ATDC"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/content\/05_49\/b3962458.htm?chan=sb","title":"BusinessWeek incubator article"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/content\/05_49\/b3962459.htm","title":"Description of four incubators"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1001","name":"bioterrorism"},{"id":"344","name":"cyber"},{"id":"2696","name":"MacArthur"},{"id":"544","name":"Nuclear"},{"id":"2163","name":"nunn"},{"id":"167043","name":"Sam Nunn"},{"id":"167055","name":"security"},{"id":"997","name":"terrorism"},{"id":"3039","name":"weapons of mass destruction"},{"id":"1264","name":"WMD"}],"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":""}},"73023":{"#nid":"73023","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Molecular Imaging Yields Clues to Childhood Virus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists have used a powerful molecular imaging technique to see inside living cells infected with the most pervasive and potentially fatal childhood respiratory virus known to medicine -- respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe technique is yielding insight on viruses - such as RSV, human influenza, hepatitis C, West Nile virus and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) -- that replicate with the help of proteins encoded by ribonucleic acid (RNA) inside the cell. Ultimately, the research could to lead to early and rapid detection of viral infection and the design of new antiviral drugs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EScientists and engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia are studying bovine and human RSV with molecular-scale probes - called molecular beacons - that are engineered oligonucleotides (short sequences of RNA or DNA) shaped like a hairpin with a fluorescent dye molecule on one end and a quencher molecule on the other end. They are designed to fluoresce only when they bind to a complementary target - in this case, RSV genomic RNA.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For the first time, we were able to visualize an important part of the RSV virus -- its genome -- in live, infected cells,\u0022 said Phil Santangelo, a research engineer in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \u0022Our molecular beacons attach to the virus and glow inside infected cells as the virus grows, replicates and infects other cells. We can now see that happen in real time in cultures in the lab.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022That\u0027s very different from how scientists have studied viruses in past; they\u0027ve looked at viruses in fixed (or preserved) cells,\u0022 he added. \u0022 Within the first week of studying human RSV in living cells, I learned something new because I was looking at it live.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMolecular beacons were originally developed at the Public Health Research Institute in New Jersey in the late 1990s. They were initially used for in vitro assays outside cells. But Santangelo and former Georgia Tech Ph.D. student Nitin Nitin, now a postdoctoral researcher at Rice University, devised methods for getting the beacons inside the cell without destroying the probe and without changing the cells. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESantangelo gave an invited presentation on his research April 20 at the Materials Research Society meeting in San Francisco. The research is funded under a National Institutes of Health grant to Professors Shuming Nie and Gang Bao - both in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory -- to develop new, high-sensitivity live-cell probes. In this study, Santangelo, who works for Bao, collaborated with Amelia Woolums, an associate professor of large animal medicine at UGA.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey determined their molecular beacon techniques deliver high-sensitivity and high-specificity results in both bovine and human RSV strains. \u0022The RSV genome is interesting in that it is 15,000 nucleotides long, and one of its RNA sequences repeats itself nine times,\u0022 Santangelo explained. \u0022So we were able to bind up to nine probes to that sequence, and that helped us achieve very high sensitivity to the virus. In the human virus, in fact, we were able to see a single RSV virion.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso, researchers were able to detect virion aggregates in bovine RSV within the first day in culture, Santangelo noted. Typically, veterinarians cannot detect RSV until after five or six days of incubation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBovine RSV can be a major problem in cows, which represent a good animal model for human RSV. Calves have RSV symptoms similar to those in human babies, and the disease pathology is similar. So studying bovine RSV yields information about the strain that infects humans, he added. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso in this study, researchers used confocal microscopy to view very thin sections of the RSV viral genome in live, infected cells. This technique allowed them to reconstruct the viral RNA aggregates in three dimensions. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Most pathologists look at thick sections of RSV in formaldehyde, but our 3D structures are more fluid and amorphous than the solid structures pathologists have observed,\u0022 Santangelo said. \u0022The more we know about how RSV really looks, the more we\u0027ll understand about its pathogenesis.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERSV is the most important cause of respiratory infection in young children worldwide, infecting virtually every child in the first few years of life. Immunity is feeble and fleeting, and repeated infections are the rule.  One in every 100 or 200 infected infants requires hospitalization, usually for bronchiolitis. There is not yet an effective vaccine for RSV, and current anti-viral drugs are in their infancy in terms of efficacy, Santangelo noted.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, researchers want to conduct in vivo testing, but must first adapt their molecular beacons technology for that purpose, Santangelo said. \u0022In the nearer term, we hope to use molecular beacons to detect RSV in clinical samples like with those taken with a nasal swab. We might be able to detect RSV in its first day of incubation and make an early diagnosis,\u0022 he added. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers also hope their research will lead to development of a suite of anti-viral drugs for treating RSV and other viruses, including human influenza. \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: Jane Sanders (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Phil Santangelo (404-385-5031); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:philip.santangelo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ephilip.santangelo@ibb.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Amelia Woolums (706-542-9329); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:awoolums@vet.uga.edu\u0022\u003Eawoolums@vet.uga.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Jane Sanders\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Research may lead to more rapid diagnosis of viral illness"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Scientists have used a powerful molecular imaging technique to see inside living cells infected with the most pervasive and potentially fatal childhood respiratory virus known to medicine -- respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Research may speed diagnosis of a common virus"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-04-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73024":{"id":"73024","type":"image","title":"viral structures","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"73025":{"id":"73025","type":"image","title":"Phil Santangelo in lab","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["73024","73025"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=40","title":"Shuming Nie"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/facultystaff\/faculty_record.php?id=2","title":"Gang Bao"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73182":{"#nid":"73182","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Environmental Test Facility Improves Indoor Air","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs scientists learn more about the potentially harmful effects of indoor air pollution, nations around the world are imposing increasingly strict regulations on chemical emissions from furnishings, paints and building materials.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing a new room-sized environmental test chamber, more than a dozen smaller chambers and a mass spectrometric center able to measure ultra-trace concentrations of airborne chemicals being emitted from products, scientists at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are helping manufacturers meet those international standards to minimize emissions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We can help manufacturers address regulatory issues,\u0022 said Charlene Bayer, principal research scientist in GTRI\u0027s Health and Environmental Systems Laboratory.  \u0022Because U.S. manufacturers sell their products worldwide, they must meet emission regulations imposed by nations in Europe and Asia.  We make the measurements companies need to improve their products.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor example, the testing helps manufacturers of indoor furnishings select components that have lower emissions.  It also helps textile and apparel companies choose fabric finishes that both survive cleaning and minimize emissions.  And it helps makers of paints and other wall coverings select biocides and other chemical constituents with the least impact on the indoor environment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELarge enough to accommodate humans or animals, the new 27.5 cubic meter environmental chamber will also allow researchers to study broader concerns - including the impact of low-level indoor air pollutants on productivity and human health.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There is an emphasis now on developing high-performance schools, and part of that will be to measure how changes in indoor air quality improve the performance of children,\u0022 explained Bayer.  \u0022By studying how emissions from normal furnishings affect children performing classroom tasks, you can estimate what might happen if you reduce the emissions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETests involving humans will be carefully designed to avoid exposing subjects to potentially harmful levels.  The research will also be done under close medical supervision, with cameras and a special windowed door to monitor subjects inside the chamber.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond helping manufacturers improve their products, the new facility may lead to a better understanding of what compounds cause problems and how indoor pollutants form.  There is evidence, Bayer said, that the chemistry inside buildings is more complex than previously thought.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s known, for instance, that ozone produced outdoors during summer months enters buildings in significant amounts.  There, the powerful oxidant may react with volatile organic compounds emitted from indoor furnishings to create a chemical soup that includes compounds not originally present in the furnishings.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The chances are very good that it\u0027s not the emissions we know about that are really bothering people, but rather the compounds that result when the emitted chemicals react with ozone,\u0022 Bayer said.  \u0022That could be quite significant in urban areas like Atlanta that have high levels of ground-level ozone.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe large chamber can simulate real-world environmental conditions inside buildings.  Coupled with the sensitive mass spectrometers, that allows those low-level chemical reactions to be studied in detail.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We really have to look at the interactions between chemicals and the changing indoor air chemistry,\u0022 Bayer added.  \u0022That\u0027s something we can now do because we have the room-sized chamber.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond an improved understanding of indoor air quality, GTRI\u0027s environmental chambers can also be used to calibrate a broad range of new sensors being developed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We can put sensors into a well-controlled environment that simulates real conditions,\u0022 Bayer said.  \u0022We can expose the sensors to carefully-controlled levels of individual compounds, as well as to combinations of compounds.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso under development is a vest-based instrument for measuring the airborne emissions that can affect children with asthma.  By correlating exposures with attacks, the vest will help researchers better understand the factors that lead to asthma problems.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn all, GTRI operates 15 environmental chambers that range in size from just 135 milliliters up to 27.5 cubic meters.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESamples taken from the chambers are analyzed by four mass spectrometers designed for different types of identification.  For example, one instrument is used to analyze light gases such as carbon dioxide, which is produced by the respiration of living organisms such as bacterial and fungi.  Another system is designed for proteomic and other biomedical research.  The instruments can measure as low as femtogram quantities of chemical compounds.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe facility also includes other instruments, including gas chromatograph\/mass spectrometer combinations.  For testing the efficiency of air filtration systems, Bayer uses a smoking machine that helps simulate a smoke-filled environment.  The test facility also analyzes the efficiency of other equipment designed to clean the air.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the expertise and facilities in GTRI\u0027s own labs, Bayer can call on researchers in Georgia Tech\u0027s academic colleges - as well as collaborators at Emory University, Georgia State University and the University of Miami Medical School.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Combining these capabilities, we can focus on the far-reaching and difficult issues,\u0022 she said.  \u0022The linkage to academic researchers and to these other schools gives us tremendous abilities to study complex issues.\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 Kirk Englehardt (404-385-0280); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Charlene Bayer (404-894-5361); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:charlene.bayer@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Echarlene.bayer@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Victor DeJesus (404-385-3081); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:victor.dejesus@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Evictor.dejesus@gtri.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":[{"value":"Georgia Tech helps manufacturers reduce emissions that contribute to indoor air pollution"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A new environmental test facility at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is helping manufacturers of furnishings, paints and building materials meet increasingly strict regulations on chemical emissions that can impact indoor air quality.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is helping improve indoor air quality"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-03-10 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73183":{"id":"73183","type":"image","title":"Researcher and mannequin","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73184":{"id":"73184","type":"image","title":"Researchers prepare samples","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73185":{"id":"73185","type":"image","title":"Environmental test chambers","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73183","73184","73185"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/hesl\/index.html","title":"The GTRI Health and Environmental Systems Laboratory"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72940":{"#nid":"72940","#data":{"type":"news","title":"System Blocks Unwanted Video \u0026 Still Photography","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera function in a given area.  Commercial versions of the technology could be used to stymie unwanted use of video or still cameras.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prototype device, produced by a team in the Interactive and Intelligent Computing division of the Georgia Tech College of Computing (COC), uses off-the-shelf equipment - camera-mounted sensors, lighting equipment, a projector and a computer -- to scan for, find and neutralize digital cameras.  The system works by looking for the reflectivity and shape of the image-producing sensors used in digital cameras. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGregory Abowd, an associate professor leading the project, says the new camera-neutralizing technology shows commercial promise in two principal fields - protecting limited areas against clandestine photography or stopping video copying in larger areas such as theaters. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re at a point right now where the prototype we have developed could lead to products for markets that have a small, critical area to protect,\u0022 Abowd said. \u0022Then we\u0027re also looking to do additional research that could increase the protected area for one of our more interesting clients, the motion picture industry.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbowd said the small-area product could prevent espionage photography in government buildings, industrial settings or trade shows.  It could also be used in business settings -- for instance, to stop amateur photography where shopping-mall-Santa pictures are being taken.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJames Clawson, a research technician on Abowd\u0027s prototype team, said preventing movie copying could be a major application for camera-blocking technology. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Movie piracy is a $3 billion-a-year problem,\u0022 Clawson maintains --  a problem said to be especially acute in Asia.  \u0022If someone videotapes a movie in a theater and then puts it up on the web that night or burns half a million copies to sell on the street - then the movie industry has lost a lot of in-theater revenue.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMoreover, movie theaters are likely to be a good setting for camera-blocking technology, said Jay Summet, a research assistant who is also working on the prototype.  A camera\u0027s image sensor - called a CCD -- is retroreflective, which means it sends light back directly to its origin rather than scattering it.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERetroreflections would probably make it relatively easy to detect and identify video cameras in a darkened theater.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe current prototype uses visible light and two cameras to find CCDs, but a future commercial system might use invisible infrared lasers and photo-detecting transistors to scan for contraband cameras.  Once such a system found a suspicious spot, it would feed information on the reflection\u0027s properties to a computer for a determination. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The biggest problem is making sure we don\u0027t get false positives from, say, a large shiny earring,\u0022 said Summet.  \u0022We need to make our system work well enough so that it can find a dot, then test to see if it\u0027s reflective, then see if it\u0027s retroreflective, and then test to see if it\u0027s the right shape.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce a scanning laser and photodetector located a video camera, the system would flash a thin beam of visible white light directly at the CCD.  This beam - possibly a laser in a commercial version - would overwhelm the target camera with light, rendering recorded video unusable.  Researchers say that energy levels used to neutralize cameras would be low enough to preclude any health risks to the operator.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStill camera neutralization in small areas also shows near-term commercial promise, Abowd said.  Despite ambient light levels far higher than in a theater, still cameras at a trade show or a mall should be fairly easy to detect, he said.  That\u0027s because image sensors in most cell phones and digital cameras are placed close to the lens, making them easier to spot than the deeper-set sensors of video cameras. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECamera neutralization\u0027s potential has helped bring it under the wing of VentureLab, a Georgia Tech group that assists fledgling companies through the critical feasibility and first-funding phases.  Operating under the name DominINC,  Abowd\u0027s company has already received a Phase 1 grant from the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) with VentureLab assistance.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbowd said that funding availability will likely decide which technology -- small- or large-area -- will be developed first.   DominINC will apply soon for GRA Phase 2 money, Abowd said.  Those funds would be used to aid anti-piracy product development, as would any funding coming from the film industry.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther potential funding, from industry and elsewhere, would likely be used to develop anti-espionage small-area applications.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStephen Fleming, Georgia Tech\u0027s chief commercialization officer, said motion-picture groups are actively looking for technology to foil piracy.  Movie distributors might even promote camera-neutralizing systems by refusing to send films to theaters that don\u0027t install anti-piracy systems. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are some caveats, according to Summet. Current camera-neutralizing technology may never work against single-lens-reflex cameras, which use a folding-mirror viewing system that effectively masks its CCD except when a photo is actually being taken.  Moreover, anti-digital techniques don\u0027t work on conventional film cameras because they have no image sensor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGood computer analysis will be the heart of effective camera blocking,  Summet believes. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Most of the major work that we have left involves algorithmic development,\u0022 he said.  \u0022False positives will eliminated by making a system with fast, efficient computing.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso involved in the camera-neutralizing project are Shwetak Patel, a College of Computing PhD student; Khai Truong, a former Georgia Tech PhD student who is now at the University of Toronto, and Kent Lyons, a College of Computing  post-doctoral student.  A paper on this technology was published and presented at the Ubicomp 2005 conference in Tokyo, Japan, last September.\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: Rick Robinson (404-694-2284); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rick.robinson@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erick.robinson@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Gregory Abowd (404-894-7512); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gregory.abowd@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egregory.abowd@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Rick Robinson\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Camera neutralizing technology could halt movie piracy and clandestine photography"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera function in a given area.  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By reducing cost and time, the design rules could help make high-volume production of nanotechnology-based products more economically feasible.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This work provides a rational link between what engineers want to make using nanoimprint lithography and the path for creating them,\u0022 said William King, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Mechanical Engineering.  \u0022We have developed manufacturing design rules that will give future users of this technology a predictive tool kit so they\u0027ll know what to expect over a broad range of parameters.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research results have been published in the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Vacuum Science Technology B\u003C\/em\u003E and the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Micromechanics and Microengineering\u003C\/em\u003E.  The research was supported by awards for King through the National Science Foundation\u0027s CAREER program and the PECASE award program of the U.S. Department of Energy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENanoimprint lithography is the ultra-miniaturized version of the decades-old embossing process in which a master tool - or a mold - is pressed into a soft material to create detailed patterns.  Using a broad range of polymer materials, nanoimprint lithography produces structures on the micron or nanometer size scales, offering the potential for lowering production costs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, quality issues caused by unpredictable polymer flow into the non-uniform features of embossing tools pose a major stumbling block.  Earlier research into this complex process has produced often conflicting recommendations, forcing manufacturers to pursue costly trial and error.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing the results of experimental work and a simulation program adapted in collaboration with researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, King\u0027s research team examined every variable involved in the nanoimprinting process, recording the outcome of each incremental change through the design space.  They studied such variables as shear deformation of the polymer, elastic stress release, capillary flow and viscous flow during the filling of imprinting tool cavities that had varying sizes and shapes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This helped us to resolve the phenomenological events that occur during the manufacturing process and to link them to the observed experimental outcomes,\u0022 King explained.  \u0022Because we have blanketed the entire design space, we have a firm understanding on the linkage between process parameters and outcomes.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the micron- and nanometer size scales studied by the researchers, the fundamental laws of physics remain the same as at larger scales, but manifest themselves in different ways.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022At the small scale with embossing and nano-imprinting, different issues are important,\u0022 King said.  \u0022For instance, we can have gradients in surface tension that are very important to how polymer nanostructures are formed.  We can also have high pressure gradients inside our embossing tools that are almost ridiculously high compared to what you would expect at the macro scale.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research examined, for example, how large differences in cavity sizes on the imprinting tool lead to non-uniform filling and non-local polymer flow.  It also provided recommendations on how to minimize such issues.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research ultimately pointed to specific parameters that determine the outcome of the process.  These include key geometric parameters that predict the polymer deformation mechanism.  The research also developed a new non-dimensional measure, the \u0027Nanoimprint Capillary Number,\u0027 which predicts the flow driving mechanism that ultimately governs all of the polymer flow details.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy reducing the complex set of variables to key parameters, King - along with Georgia Tech graduate student Harry D. Rowland and collaborators Amy C. Sun and P. Randall Schunk of Sandia National Laboratories - have been able to account for the varying process outcomes reported by other researchers in dozens of papers, King said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe results apply to any polymeric material that follows standard viscous flow rules and produces feature sizes larger than 50 nanometers.  The next step in the research would be to modify the simulation software to account for physics changes that occur on smaller size scales.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe results could have applications in semiconductor manufacturing, where nanoimprinting offers a potential alternative to increasingly expensive lithography processes to produce circuitry.  It could also help make high-volume production of nanoscale structures for optoelectronic, biomedical and other applications more economically feasible.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Nanoscale products are too expensive to manufacture, and they will continue to be too expensive until something fundamentally changes in the process,\u0022 King added.  \u0022Nanotechnology will not be successful until you can go into a grocery store or discount store and routinely purchase products based on nanotechnology.  That\u0027s what we want to accomplish.\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 Jane Sanders (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Bill King (404-385-4224); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bill.king@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebill.king@me.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":[{"value":"Key parameters predict the outcome of nanoimprint lithography"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Using experimental data and simulations, researchers have identified key parameters governing the outcome of nanoimprint lithography, a technique that offers an alternative to traditional lithography in patterning integrated circuits and other structures.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New design rules predict outcome of nanopatterning"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-04-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73027":{"id":"73027","type":"image","title":"Nanoimprinted pattern","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"73028":{"id":"73028","type":"image","title":"Nanoimprinted pattern","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73027","73028"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/","title":"George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/me\/people\/academic.faculty\/King_William.html","title":"William King"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73029":{"#nid":"73029","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Carbon Motors and Georgia Tech to Collaborate","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOfficials from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Carbon Motors Corporation - a new U.S. automaker that has announced plans to locate in Georgia - have taken the first step toward a collaboration that would develop the world\u0027s first vehicle built expressly for law enforcement agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe company, which will market its innovative \u0027purpose-built\u0027 vehicle directly to customers, also plans to revolutionize U.S. automobile manufacturing as a lean and integrated organization.  In March, the firm announced plans to locate its headquarters, research and development center, direct sales center, customer service, and mid-volume production and logistics operations in the metropolitan Atlanta area.  On April 19th, officials from Georgia Tech and Carbon Motors signed a memorandum of understanding setting out their intent to establish research, education and financial arrangements.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In this era of enhanced homeland security concerns, law enforcement first responders require the most appropriate specialized equipment delivered to them in the most efficient way possible so our women and men in uniform can patrol our communities in a more effective and safe manner,\u0022 said William Santana Li, chairman and CEO of Carbon Motors.  \u0022With more than 200 law enforcement agencies nationwide, we have developed a list of 74 critical criteria that law enforcement vehicles need to meet.  This vehicle will be different in almost every way to truly meet the needs and desires of law enforcement.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo make that vision a reality, Carbon Motors plans to take advantage of Georgia Tech\u0027s expertise in a broad range of areas.  Initially, the company\u0027s designers and engineers plan to tap Georgia Tech\u0027s expertise in the ergonomic design of aircraft cockpits and the integration of highly complex electronic and electrical systems.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Police vehicles today have a complex set of systems that need to be ergonomically configured to ensure proper flow of information to officers, especially when they are in pursuit or in stressful situations,\u0022 said Li.  \u0022What we essentially need is comparable to the cockpit of a helicopter - which Georgia Tech has experience in designing.  That is expertise not normally found in the automotive industry.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the human factors interface expertise, the company also intends to take advantage of Georgia Tech experience with integrating complex electronic systems - expertise also developed in decades of work done for military agencies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The amount of electronic and electrical equipment that will be in this vehicle is an order of magnitude beyond what you\u0027d find in any existing automobile,\u0022 Li noted.  \u0022This becomes not only a systems integration issue, but also a testing and validation concern involving electromagnetic interference and compatibility issues under a variety of environmental conditions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), which recently developed the Ultra-Armored Patrol concept vehicle for the U.S. military, plans to work with Carbon Motors on those key tasks.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Large scale systems engineering is an area where GTRI has a proven track record of success,\u0022 said Stephen E. Cross, director of GTRI and a vice president at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  \u0022We recently designed and built a concept military fighting vehicle to keep soldiers safer on the battlefield.  We look forward to working with Carbon Motors to develop new vehicles that will make first responders safer on the streets.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond human factors and systems integration, the company is also exploring Georgia Tech\u0027s expertise in other areas, including materials selection, logistics, information technology, manufacturing product life cycle management, sensor technology, aerodynamics, decision making algorithms and process engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This project is a prime example of how forward-thinking companies like Carbon Motors can collaborate with Georgia Tech to bring innovative products to the market and to transform a vital sector of the U.S. economy,\u0022 said Wayne Hodges, vice provost in the Georgia Tech Office of Economic Development and Technology Ventures.  \u0022We look forward to working with the company to both develop this new vehicle and to change the way that automobiles are designed, produced and sold.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Georgia Tech, the collaboration will not only provide an opportunity to impact industry and help create jobs in Georgia, but it will also give students an opportunity to work on real-world projects, Hodges noted.  That experience will equip those students to not only support Carbon Motors, but also to bring a new business model to the U.S. automotive industry, he added. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe collaboration is an example of how Georgia\u0027s investment in higher education can have an economic development payoff, noted Craig Lesser, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022One of Georgia\u0027s strengths is its research capabilities and the involvement of our universities in economic development,\u0022 Lesser said.  \u0022Georgia Tech is truly a world-class university, and we are pleased that Carbon Motors will develop the kind of relationship that will benefit both organizations.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on two years of market research, Carbon Motors identified what law enforcement agencies needed in a vehicle built expressly for their use.  Current police vehicles are based on retail passenger vehicles that are modified by a highly-fragmented set of local suppliers with little standardization or integration.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the improvements will be significantly enhanced total vehicle performance, improved fuel economy, enhanced safety and a reduction in total costs.  \t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECarbon Motors is working with the state of Georgia, the Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Power Company, local governments and developers to determine the best location for a rail-linked 100-acre site to become the \u0027Carbon Campus\u0027 housing the new company.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Carbon Motors\u003C\/strong\u003E: Carbon Motors Corporation is a new U.S. automaker with an innovative business model.  The company is developing and will manufacture, distribute and service an all-new purpose built law enforcement patrol vehicle.  The Carbon Motors mission includes developing a new lower-volume capable vehicle platform, establishing a direct and efficient end-to-end supply chain, and continuing to foster public and private sector collaboration.  For more information, visit (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.carbonmotors.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.carbonmotors.com\u0022\u003Ewww.carbonmotors.com\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E: The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.  GTRI\u0027s approximately 1,200 employees perform or support more than $100 million in research yearly for more than 200 clients in industry and government.  For more information, visit (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Tech Office of Economic Development and Technology Ventures\u003C\/strong\u003E: The Georgia Tech Office of Economic Development and Technology Ventures helps enterprises improve their competitiveness through the application of science, technology and innovation.  With integrated service offerings focused on specific customer sets, the Office of Economic Development and Technology Ventures helps companies achieve and maintain a competitive edge, fosters development of successful startup firms, and assists communities and economic developers in adopting innovative practices.  On May 1, the organization will become known as the Enterprise Innovation Institute.  For more information, visit (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.edtv.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.edtv.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.edtv.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\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 Kirk Englehardt (404-407-7280): E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.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":[{"value":"New U.S. automaker to build world\u0027s first \u0027purpose-built\u0027 law enforcement vehicle"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Officials from Georgia Tech and Carbon Motors Corp. - a new U.S. automaker with plans to locate in Georgia - have taken the first step toward a collaboration that would develop the world\u0027s first vehicle built expressly for law enforcement agencies.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Collaboration focuses on new law enforcement car"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-04-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73030":{"id":"73030","type":"image","title":"Proposed Carbon Motors vehicle","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73031":{"id":"73031","type":"image","title":"Agreement signers","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73030","73031"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.carbonmotors.com\/","title":"Carbon Motors Corp."},{"url":"http:\/\/www.edtv.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Economic Development and Technology Ventures"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/podcast\/carbon_motors.mp3","title":"Listen to a Podcast about the Carbon Motors project (MP3 player required)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73167":{"#nid":"73167","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Graphite Provides New Foundation for Circuitry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGraphite, the material that gives pencils their marking ability, could be the basis for a new class of nanometer-scale electronic devices that have the attractive properties of carbon nanotubes - but could be produced using established microelectronics manufacturing techniques.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing thin layers of graphite known as graphene, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, in collaboration with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France, have produced proof-of-principle transistors, loop devices and circuitry.  Ultimately, the researchers hope to use graphene layers less than 10 atoms thick as the basis for revolutionary electronic systems that would manipulate electrons as waves rather than particles, much like photonic systems control light waves.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We expect to make devices of a kind that don\u0027t really have an analog in silicon-based electronics, so this is an entirely different way of looking at electronics,\u0022 said Walt de Heer, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Physics.  \u0022Our ultimate goal is integrated electronic structures that work on diffraction of electrons rather than diffusion of electrons.  This will allow the production of very small devices with very high efficiencies and low power consumption.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESupported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Intel Corporation, the work was described March 13th at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society.  Details of fabrication techniques have been reported in the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Physical Chemistry\u003C\/em\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause carbon nanotubes conduct electricity with virtually no resistance, they have attracted strong interest for use in transistors and other devices.  However, serious obstacles must be overcome before nanotube-based devices could be scaled up into high-volume industrial products, including:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- An inability to produce nanotubes of consistent sizes and consistent electronic properties, \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Difficulty integrating nanotubes into electronic devices using processes suitable for volume production, and \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- High electrical resistance that produces heating and energy loss at junctions between nanotubes and the metal wires connecting them.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer, who helped discover many properties of carbon nanotubes over the past decade, believes their primary value has been in calling attention to the useful properties of graphene.  Continuous graphene circuitry can be produced using standard microelectronic processing techniques, potentially allowing creation of a \u0027road map\u0027 for high-volume graphene electronics manufacturing, he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Nanotubes are simply graphene that has been rolled into a cylindrical shape,\u0022 de Heer explained.  \u0022Using narrow ribbons of graphene, we can get all the properties of nanotubes because those properties are due to the graphene and the confinement of the electrons, not the nanotube structures.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer envisions using the graphene electronics for specialized applications, potentially within conventional silicon-based systems.  Graphene systems could also be used as the foundation for molecular electronics, helping resolve resistance issues that now affect such systems.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There is a huge advantage to making a system out of one continuous material, compared to having different materials with different interfaces - and large contract resistances to cause heating at the contacts,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer and collaborators Claire Berger, Nate Brown, Edward Conrad, Zhenting Dai, Rui Feng, Phillip First, Joanna Hass, Tianbo Li, Xuebin Li, Alexei Marchenkov, James Meindl, Asmerom Ogbazghi, Thomas Orlando, Zhimin Song, Xiaosong Wu of Georgia Tech and Didier Mayou and Cecile Naud of CNRS start with a wafer of silicon carbide, a material made up of silicon and carbon atoms.  By heating the wafer in a high vacuum, they drive silicon atoms from the surface, leaving a thin continuous layer of graphene.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENext, they spin-coat onto the surface a photo-resist material of the kind used in established microelectronics techniques.  Using optical lithography or electron-beam lithography, they produce patterns on the surface, then use conventional etching processes to remove unwanted graphene.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are doing lithography, which is completely familiar to those who work in microelectronics,\u0022 said de Heer.  \u0022It\u0027s exactly what is done in microelectronics, but with a different material.  That is the appeal of this process.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing electron beam lithography, they\u0027ve created feature sizes as small as 80 nanometers - on the way toward a goal of 10 nanometers with the help of a new nanolithographer in Georgia Tech\u0027s Microelectronics Research Center.  The graphene circuitry demonstrates high electron mobility - up to 25,000 square centimeters per volt-second, showing that electrons move with little scattering.  The researchers have also shown electronic coherence at near room temperature, and evidence of quantum interference effects.  They expect to see ballistic transport when they make structures small enough.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo far, they have built an all graphene planar field-effect transistor.  The side-gated device produces a change in resistance through its channel when voltage is applied to the gate.  However, this first device has a substantial current leak, which the team expects to eliminate with minor processing adjustments.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have also built a working quantum interference device, a ring-shaped structure that would be useful in manipulating electronic waves.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe key to properties of the new circuitry is the width of the ribbons, which confine the electrons in a quantum effect similar to that seen in carbon nanotubes.  The width of the ribbon controls the material\u0027s band-gap.  Other structures, such as sensing molecules, could be attached to the edges of the ribbons, which are normally passivated by hydrogen atoms.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer and collaborators began working on graphene in 2001 and received support from Intel in 2003.  They later received a Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT) award from the U.S. National Science Foundation.  They have filed one patent for their methods of fabricating graphene circuitry.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Heer and his colleagues expect to continue improving their materials and fabrication processes, while producing and testing new structures.  \u0022We have taken the first step of a very long road,\u0022 de Heer said.  \u0022Building a new class of electronics based on graphene is going to be very difficult and require the efforts of many people.\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 Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Walt de Heer (404-894-7880); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:deheer@electra.physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edeheer@electra.physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Phil First (404-894-0548); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:first@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Efirst@physics.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":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers develop new approach to carbon-based electronics"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Graphite, which gives pencils their marking ability, could be the basis for a new class of nanometer-scale electronic devices that have the attractive properties of carbon nanotubes - but could be produced using established manufacturing techniques.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Future electronics could be based on graphite"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-03-14 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73168":{"id":"73168","type":"image","title":"Walt de Heer \u0026 device","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73169":{"id":"73169","type":"image","title":"Close-up of graphene device","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73168","73169"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/npeg\/npeg.html","title":"Small Systems Lab"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Physics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73170":{"#nid":"73170","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nanoparticles Facilitate Chemical Separations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUsing the unique properties of new nanometer-scale magnetic particles, researchers have for the first time separated for reuse two different catalysts from a multi-step chemical reaction done in a single vessel.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy combining the new magnetic separation process with traditional gravity-driven separation, the technique could lead to more efficient production of specialty chemicals - and a reduction in waste normally produced by separation processes.  The research was reported March 13 in the online preview version of the journal \u003Cem\u003EAngewandte Chemie International Edition\u003C\/em\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have developed a way to do multiple reactions in a single vessel while being able to recover the catalysts in pure form for reuse,\u0022 explained Christopher W. Jones, an associate professor in the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  \u0022By doing the reactions in a single vessel, we can cut out two or three separation steps to provide both an economic advantage and an environmentally benign process.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESeparations using magnetic catalysts have been limited by a tendency of the nanoparticles to clump together because of their magnetic attraction for one another.  The clumping dramatically reduces their catalytic activity.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo overcome this problem, the Georgia Tech researchers used nanometer-scale magnetic particles that are so small (5 to 20 nanometers in diameter) that they no longer exhibit a net magnetic attraction.  But these superparamagnetic nanoparticles, developed by the research group of Z. John Zhang in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, are attracted to an external magnetic source, providing a mechanism for separating them in pure form from the reaction vessel.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These magnetic nanoparticles work well as catalyst supports because they are very small and so have a high surface area that allows creation of many catalytic sites for high activity levels,\u0022 Jones said.  \u0022Because they are superparamagnetic, they remain suspended in the reaction vessel and do not clump together until a magnetic source is brought near them.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETraditional batch chemical production involves a sequence of paired chemical reaction and separation steps at the end of which the desired chemical product must be removed from the excess reactants, waste products and catalyst.  The separation steps, which often require substantial energy inputs, add significant cost to the overall process.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo reduce the number of separations required, researchers have developed \u0027one-pot\u0027 processes in which multiple reactions take place without intermediate separation.  However, separations still must be done at the end of the combined reaction steps.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new technique would allow more than one catalyst to be recovered and reused at the end of the one-pot reactions.  Jones envisions the new process being used in the specialty chemical and pharmaceutical industries which produce relatively small volumes of high-value chemicals.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For a specialty chemical company, you could imagine having a library of different catalysts that could be recovered by traditional methods and a library of magnetic catalysts recovered by magnetic means,\u0022 he explained.  \u0022You could mix and match them to do different one-pot reactions depending on the needs.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn demonstrating the first example of a multi-step, one-pot reaction in which the catalysts could be recovered in pure form, the researchers controlled the reaction process by varying temperatures and pressures and controlling when reactants were introduced.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause of its simplicity, Jones expects the new one-pot technique could be immediately put to use for chemical reactions that require only organic active sites on the catalysts.  For more complex processes, additional time would be required to develop the necessary catalysts.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, economics will determine where the process is used.  \u0022Anything that can be done in the chemical industry to reduce the number of separations can greatly reduce the cost of making a product,\u0022 Jones said.  \u0022If you could cut the cost of synthesis by as little as 20 percent, that would have a huge impact.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the future, Jones and Zhang envision using multiple catalysts whose magnetic properties would be tuned for activation at different temperatures, allowing them to be separated independently.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Over the past few years, we have made great progress in developing a fundamental understanding of the magnetic properties of these nanoparticles,\u0022 Zhang said.  \u0022By carefully choosing their composition, we can design the magnetic properties of the nanoparticles to fit the requirements of the processing conditions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJones and collaborators Nam T.S. Phan, Christopher S. Gill and Joseph V. Nguyen began their demonstration by functionalizing superparamagnetic spinel ferrite (CoFe2O4) nanoparticles through silane chemistry to create surface base sites.  The basic nanoparticle solids were then used in conjunction with a sulfonic acid polymer resin in the tandem deactealization-Knoevenagel reaction.  Both catalysts and all the reagents were added to the vessel at the same time, and the chemical reaction took place over a 30-minute period.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter the reaction, the non-magnetic catalyst was removed from the vessel by decantation while a small permanent magnet held the magnetic catalyst to the vessel wall.  After separation, the recovered catalysts we analyzed for signs of contamination and then reused in other multi-step one-pot chemical reactions without loss of catalytic activity.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESupported by an exploratory research grant from the National Science Foundation and by Georgia Tech internal research funding, the project demonstrates how the unique properties of nanometer-scale materials can find real-world applications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Here, nanotechnology allows us to do something that is commercially relevant and environmentally benign,\u0022 Jones said.  \u0022The understanding of magnetic properties at the nanoscale allowed us to put a magnetic catalyst and a non-magnetic catalyst together, do a reaction, and then separate them.\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 Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Christopher Jones (404-385-1683); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:christopher.jones@chbe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Echristopher.jones@chbe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Zhang (404-894-6368); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.zhang@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejohn.zhang@chemistry.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":[{"value":"Nanoscale magnetic particles allow separations in one-pot multi-step chemical reactions"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Using the unique properties of new nanometer-scale magnetic particles, researchers have for the first time separated for reuse two different catalysts from a multi-step chemical reaction done in a single vessel.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nanoscience is facilitating chemical separations"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-03-14 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73171":{"id":"73171","type":"image","title":"Researchers observe reaction","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73172":{"id":"73172","type":"image","title":"Observing magnetic separation","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73173":{"id":"73173","type":"image","title":"Magnetic particles attracted","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73171","73172","73173"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/Zhang\/","title":"Z. 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Traditionally, surge protectors have addressed only voltage surges, said Deepak Divan, a Georgia Tech professor who invented Innovolt\u0027s core technology and serves as chairman and chief technology officer for Innovolt.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I had worked in the power protection area for many years, and I was puzzled that equipment was still being damaged in the field despite the application of transient voltage surge suppression or TVSS devices,\u0022 Divan explained.  \u0022I started digging and found that although lightning strikes are routinely blamed for damage, there is very little data that supports that.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFurther research, he says, revealed that the culprit was not voltage surges but current-inrush surges -- electrical current spikes that follow a power disturbance called a voltage sag.  Such sags typically show up as a momentary flickering of lights.  Then, as electrical flow recovers, current surges can damage every type of electronics equipment from consumer to industrial.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have found that for every voltage surge that the equipment faces, there are probably 100 current surges,\u0022 Divan said. \u0022And it can be a huge jump.  On different kinds of typical equipment, we have measured current-inrush surges of 60 times the normal current rating.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn electrical circuits, voltage is an energy-related measure, analogous to water pressure in a pipe. Current is a measure of the flow of charge in a circuit, analogous to the amount of water flowing through a pipe. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInnovolt\u0027s answer is the current-inrush voltage surge suppressor (CVSS), based on Divan\u0027s patent-pending inventions in the field. Innovolt\u0027s protection devices combine current-inrush suppression with the traditional transient voltage surge suppression found in existing surge suppressors.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We see this as a next generation device, not as a completely different type of technology,\u0022 Divan said. \u0022The users will not have to wonder if they need voltage or current protection - they will have both.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe company has completed initial product development, and its dual-technology devices are ready for beta testing in the field, says Uday D. Karra, Innovolt\u0027s chief executive officer.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInnovolt has secured an exclusive license to the underlying patents and technology from the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, he says, and is seeking early adopter partners to participate in beta testing, as well as second-round funding.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFirst-round funding for product development has come from various sources.  VentureLab has received $50,000 from the Georgia Research Alliance to assist in commercializing the current-inrush technology under license to Innovolt.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInnovolt executives envision a line of equipment protection devices that will help protect anything containing electronics, from televisions and computers to industrial equipment.  The company\u0027s business model calls for it to both manufacture and license its technology, depending on business opportunities.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth Divan and Karra are veterans of previous successful business ventures. Divan, a professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, started Soft Switching Technologies in 1995, developing  a line of power line-conditioning products for factories.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKarra recently served as chief software architect and CEO of Lumenor, an Atlanta company that offered financial software and services to banking, energy and telecommunications industries. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Both of us are seasoned entrepreneurs,\u0022 Karra said. \u0022Yet VentureLab and Commercialization Services have been of tremendous help in getting this technology out of the lab and into the real world.  They\u0027ve been the facilitators, helping us to navigate through the system.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Commercialization Services, a division of the Office of Economic Development and Technology Ventures, helps identify Georgia Tech innovations with potential commercial value.  When it finds a promising technology, Commercialization Services either helps negotiate technology-licensing agreements with existing companies, or its VentureLab unit assists fledgling companies through the critical feasibility and first-funding phases.\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: Rick Robinson (404-385-2562); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rick.robinson@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erick.robinson@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Rick Robinson\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Innovolt poised to market new technology for protecting electronic equipment"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Innovolt Inc., a company assisted by Georgia Tech\u0027s VentureLab program, has received a technology license from Georgia Tech and is poised to begin testing and marketing a new approach to protecting electronic devices from electricity surges.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech licenses surge protection technology"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-01-25 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73334":{"id":"73334","type":"image","title":"Deepak Divan holds device","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"},"73335":{"id":"73335","type":"image","title":"Close-up of surge protection","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73334","73335"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73018":{"#nid":"73018","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Analog Expertise in Great Demand","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers who study analog chips are in high demand today. Interest in these efficient and adaptable integrated circuits (ICs) is surging because of their advantages over conventional digital chips.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn today\u0027s electronics world analog chips perform a vital role, taking real-world information such as audio, video and temperature and converting it to the digital form that computers use.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut many researchers say analog\u0027s advantages go much farther, extending to the areas of power consumption, size, and heat generation that are critical to today\u0027s handheld devices.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EColleges and universities that train analog engineers are few and elite. The \u003Cem\u003ESan Jose Mercury News\u003C\/em\u003E, a Silicon Valley newspaper, recently published an article focusing on Georgia Tech, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the University of California-Berkeley as top centers of advanced analog education.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The world analog market is topping $32 billion a year and growing,\u0022 said Joy Laskar, director of the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC), a Georgia Tech center that specializes in research and design of \u0027mixed-signal\u0027 -- analog and digital -- applications. \u0022Our 41 industry partners keep a careful eye on both our research and our students.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe technology business world of today is excited about analog ICs, says Young Kim, vice president of business development for GTronix Inc., an analog chip design company located in Fremont, Calif., and Atlanta, Ga., that has Georgia Tech roots.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We were one of the rare cases where a top-tier venture capital firm funded us based on purely the potential of the technology,\u0022 he said. \u0022And that is because of the quality and potential of the technology that was researched within GEDC.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTronix has closed on a second round of funding from Menlo Ventures, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm with $3.9 billion under management. The new capital infusion was in the \u0022low double-digit millions,\u0022 Kim said. Deliveries of initial products aimed at the audio-applications market are probable in the 2006 second quarter, he adds. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther analog-oriented companies to come out of Georgia Tech include RF Solutions of Norcross, Ga., acquired in 2003 by New Jersey-based Anadigics Inc., and Quellan Inc., based in Santa Clara, Calif.; Atlanta, and Tokyo. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnalog\u0027s most important virtue may be its capacity to do many tasks that digital chips can - and do them better, says Paul Hasler, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and an analog research specialist at GEDC. Hasler, who is GTronix\u0027s chief science officer, runs the Cooperative Analog\/Digital Signal Processing Lab within GEDC.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Analog\u0027s biggest advantage is that it burns a lot less power,\u0022 said Hasler, who is also director of the Georgia Tech Analog Consortium, a research group within GEDC. \u0022It\u0027s a factor of a thousand or so when it\u0027s done right.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile a typical digital circuit operating at one watt might run an hour or two with a given battery, he explains, the equivalent analog circuit might last more than a month. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When you\u0027re looking at an hour versus a month timeframe in terms of your battery life, that\u0027s pretty impressive,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnalog\u0027s other advantages include small size and low heat production, explains David V. Anderson, an ECE professor who works with Hasler at GEDC. That means analog circuits may be preferable for many tasks suited to future mobile devices, including speech recognition, audio processing, and image and video processing. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnderson has been researching reconfigurable analog and mixed-signal systems at GEDC. The traditional problem with analog systems, he says, is that users cannot simply just change function by changing what\u0027s in memory, as they can with a digital system. Instead, they have had to go through a costly and time-consuming design process. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGEDC researchers, he says, have developed analog chips that can be reconfigured on the fly to perform a variety of tasks. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Now, it\u0027s essentially just a software change - and then this analog chip can do a different type of processing,\u0022 Anderson said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESuch reconfigurable analog chips are not as adaptable as digital chips, but are more so than previous analog designs, he adds. In an audio analog chip, for example, one algorithm might clean up audio, and then switch to modem processing with a simple software change. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnalog\u0027s capabilities are familiar ground to National Semiconductor Corp. (NSC), a Santa Clara, Calif., company with $1.91 billion in sales in FY 2005.  NSC\u0027s core area of expertise involves analog chips, principally RF and mixed-signal ICs. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There\u0027s been an analog resurgence in the past five years,\u0022 said Dennis Monticelli, chief technologist and fellow at NSC. \u0022And it\u0027s back because of the user experience.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDigital technology, he explains, makes information easier to store, copy and transmit.  But getting that information to human beings means going through the analog world -- sound, video and power management depend on analog chips.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When cell phone became digital,\u0022 Monticelli pointed out, \u0022the analog content of the cell phone actually increased, both to support digital chips with data conversion and power as well as to later add popular functions such as ring tones, MP3, and color displays.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELike a number of other companies, NSC keeps close ties to schools with strong analog-engineering programs.  During the 1990s, Monticelli says, many universities backed off analog education and heavily emphasized digital.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech was one of those schools that maintained a balance between digital and analog,\u0022 Monticelli said. \u0022We value our relationship there, and Joy Laskar as director of GEDC has helped the analog effort grow. We can choose the professors we would like to work with, and we get to work with some top students.  We have a design center in Atlanta, and some Georgia Tech students wind up working there as well as in some of our other U.S. sites.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGary May, who chairs Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, agrees that the combination of academic training and direct contact with industry helps put budding engineers on a solid career track.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Georgia Tech Analog Consortium has had a long history of success in preparing students for successful careers in industry,\u0022 said May, who is Steve W. Chaddick School Chair.  \u0022Through GTAC\u0027s industrial fellowship program, graduate students can gain valuable work experience at leading electronics companies who are members of the Consortium.  These internships can oftentimes lead to full-time employment.\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: Rick Robinson (404-694-2284); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rick.robinson@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erick.robinson@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Rick Robinson\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Analog integrated circuits are in high demand for their advantages"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers who study analog chips are in high demand today. 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Ruptures from this weakening of the lower aorta rank as the 13th leading cause of death in the United States. Although doctors can treat the bulging artery with a stent graft, stents can fail, so aneurysm patients require lifetime monitoring. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYet traditional testing methods, such as CT scans, are expensive and time-consuming. What\u0027s more, CT scans are limited in scope because they only reveal the size of an aneurysm. In contrast, the EndoSure monitors pressure inside the aneurysm sac - the most important measurement for doctors to know.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECardioMEMS also makes testing easier for both doctors and patients. About the size of a paper clip, the EndoSure sensor is implanted along with the stent graft during endovascular repair. During checkups, patients don\u0027t need to remove clothing: Doctors merely wave an antenna in front of the patient\u0027s chest, and low-power radio-frequency waves activate the EndoSure system, relaying pressure measurements to an external receiver and monitor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Initial demand is extremely encouraging, and we\u0027re working hard to get the product out to our new customers,\u0022 says Stern, noting that EndoSure is compatible with all commercially available stents.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to FDA clearance, CardioMEMS achieved another milestone when it closed on $16 million in financing in December. Leading this Series C round was new investor Medtronic, a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of implantable biomedical devices. Several previous investors also participated in the financing: Boston Millennia Partners, Foundation Medical Partners, Arboretum Ventures, Guidant Corp. and Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson Development Corp. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOutside investment in CardioMEMS now totals about $32 million - no small achievement. In fact, the company was tapped as one of the Georgia Biomedical Partnership\u0027s \u0022Deal of the Year\u0022 winners for 2006, an award recognizing companies that have advanced the state\u0027s bioscience industry.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDoctor-engineer duo  \u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EObservers link CardioMEMS\u0027 success partly to its approach to commercialization. \u0022Instead of a technology looking for a home, CardioMEMS clearly identified a market need that required a technology solution,\u0022 points out Lee Herron, general manager of biosciences at the Advanced Technology Development Center  (ATDC), Georgia Tech\u0027s incubator for high-tech startups. \u0022When it comes to tech transfer at universities, it\u0027s often the other way around,\u0022 he explains.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECardioMEMS traces its roots to an unlikely duo: Dr. Jay Yadav, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and chairman of CCF Innovations, and Mark Allen, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the school\u0027s MEMS research group. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHaving previously founded AngioGuard, a company that developed the first filter to prevent emboli during surgery, Yadav was interested in applying MEMS technology to medical devices. (MEMS uses micro-machining fabrication to build electrical and mechanical systems at the micron scale -- one-millionth of a meter. Although MEMS was originally developed for the integrated circuit industry, it\u0027s an attractive platform for medical devices because mechanical, sensory and computational functions can be placed on a single chip.) \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIntrigued by several of Allen\u0027s published papers on MEMS, Yadav traveled to Georgia Tech to meet the engineer. Allen had already developed microsensors that could monitor the performance of turbine engines in military aircraft, but he and Yadav believed that the technology could be adapted to measure heart and blood pressure in people.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough Allen had been involved in a previous startup -- Redeon, a pioneer in micro-needle technology - CardioMEMS marked his first experience commercializing a biocompatible medical device. \u0022Developing an implantable sensor for humans has been very exciting,\u0022 Allen says. \u0022It\u0027s opened a whole new application area for me to think about where MEMS technology could go.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECardioMEMS is already extending its core technology to other products. In the works are: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* A sensor that measures intracardiac pressure in people who suffer from congestive heart failure. After successful testing on animals, clinical trials began in February with a successful implantation in a patient\u0027s pulmonary artery in Santiago, Chile.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* A sensor that measures blood pressure in patients with thoracic aorta aneurysms. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Devices to help hypertension patients monitor their condition at home and adjust medication. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeveraging Georgia Tech resources\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has played an important role in CardioMEMS\u0027 growth, agree its founders. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor starters, the licensing process went smoothly, says Yadav, noting that Georgia Tech was \u0022very professional.\u0022 And having access to micromachining equipment and cleanrooms at Georgia Tech\u0027s Microelectronics Research Center (MiRC) was a critical resource, saving the company millions of dollars during prototype development. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022A lot of our processes, such as photolithography and wafer bonding, have to be carried out in clean environment because even small amounts of dust could destroy the devices we\u0027re trying to make,\u0022 Allen explains. \u0022Georgia Tech\u0027s MiRC is one of the few places in the state where that kind of technology can be done.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECardioMEMS has also benefited from the school\u0027s talent pool. A majority of the company\u0027s senior engineers are Georgia Tech graduates and many part-time workers are students from the school.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeing a member of ATDC, Georgia Tech\u0027s incubator for high-tech startups, has also been a plus. \u0022ATDC has been very accommodating,\u0022 Yadav says. \u0022We expanded several times, and they always managed to find us space.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast year marked a particular growth spurt when CardioMEMS more than doubled its size, growing from about 30 to 70 employees. CardioMEMS graduated from ATDC last summer, but continues to maintain headquarters in Technology Square. The company also has lab space in the ATDC Biosciences Center. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Having our offices so close to Georgia Tech not only makes it easier for me to remain in a consulting role but also for our engineers to access university resources,\u0022 Allen observes. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong startups formed from university research, CardioMEMS has been one of Georgia Tech\u0027s biomedical pioneers. \u0022The fact that CardioMEMS is starting to gain traction shows how the school\u0027s investment in bioscience resources and infrastructure is starting to pay off,\u0022 says Kevin Wozniak, associate director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Office of Technology Licensing. He refers to an initiative that began in the late 1990s and paved the way for a new four-building complex as well as new partnerships such as Emtech Bio, an incubator devoted to the formation of life-science companies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause life-science companies are prized for generating high-paying jobs, CardioMEMS\u0027 growth is good news for Georgia.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think we\u0027re helping change a misperception that there\u0027s no medical device industry in Atlanta,\u0022 Stern says. \u0022Granted, you wouldn\u0027t compare it to Minneapolis or Boston, but there are there are several other firms here and our progress creates additional visibility for that market in Atlanta. Success breeds success, helping attract more companies and investors.\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 Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: David Stern (404-920-6703); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dstern@cardiomems.com\u0022\u003Edstern@cardiomems.com\u003C\/a\u003E) or Mark Allen (404-894-9419); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mark.allen@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emark.allen@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: T.J. Becker\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Implantable wireless pressure sensor is based on Georgia Tech innovation"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Winning a thumbs-up from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CardioMEMS Inc. has launched its EndoSure\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 sensor, which makes testing safer and more convenient for aneurysm patients. The device is based on intellectual property from the Georgia Institute of Technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new medical device helps aneurysm patients"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-02-03 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73254":{"id":"73254","type":"image","title":"CardioMEMS sensor","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73254"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=4","title":"Mark Allen\\\u0027s Web site"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/","title":"ATDC"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cardiomems.com\/","title":"CardioMEMS Web site"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73154":{"#nid":"73154","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hybrid Network Delivers Wired\/Wireless Service","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETelecommunications researchers have demonstrated a novel communications network design that would provide both ultra-high-speed wireless and wired access services from the same signals carried on a single optical fiber.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new hybrid system could allow dual wired\/wireless transmission of the same content such as high-definition television, data and voice up to 100 times faster than current networks.  The new architecture would reduce the cost of providing dramatically improved service to conference centers, airports, hotels, shopping malls - and ultimately to homes and small offices.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The same services would be provided to customers who would either plug into the wired connection in the wall or access the same information through a wireless system,\u0022 explained Gee-Kung Chang, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  \u0022In an airport, for instance, a traveler could watch a movie, talk to a friend and work interactively through a wireless system or by plugging into the wall.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChang described the network architecture and experimental demonstrations of it March 10th at the OFC\/NFOEC optical conference in Anaheim, Calif.  Chang, who holds the Byers Endowed Chair in Optical Networks at Georgia Tech, is also a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and a researcher at Georgia Tech Broadband Institute in the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToday, telecommunications providers generally supply services that are either all-wireless, through cellular telephones or similar devices, or all-wired - through DSL, cable or optical access network.  As wireless providers seek to provide new bandwidth-intensive services such as video, music and high-speed Internet access, however, the bandwidth needs of wired and wireless services are converging.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe optical-wireless access network envisioned by Chang and his colleagues would connect to existing optical fiber networks that already serve much of the nation.  But before entering a building, signals on the optical fiber would be optically up-converted in the central office from their normal infrared wavelengths to the millimeter-wave spectrum. Using a technique developed at Georgia Tech, wireless and baseband signals carried by  multiple wavelengths would be converted onto the millimeter-wave carrier simultaneously.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conversion would be done using one of several all-optical techniques such as external modulator, four-wave mixing (FWM) or cross-phase modulation (XPM) that would not require costly high-frequency electronic devices.  The resulting signal would be split into two components and carried by passive optical network (PON) infrastructure installed throughout a building.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne component of the signal would be detected by high-speed receivers built into the ceilings of rooms, then amplified for short-range wireless transmission at frequencies of 40 to 60 gigahertz.  The other signal component - carrying identical information - would be accessed through standard wall outlet throughout the building using a low-cost receiver and optical filter.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEither way, users could receive signals at data rates of up to 2.5 gigabits per second, significantly faster than service provided by most Wi-Fi or WiMax systems used at Internet hot-spots and other service areas.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUpstream - from the user back into the network - the system would only need to provide less capacity - likely less than one gigabit per second per user.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause the capacity of optical fiber is so high, this optical-wireless network could use wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) to carry as many as 32 different channels, each providing 2.5 gigabit-per-second service.  That would allow users within buildings to subscribe to services from many different providers, each with their own content.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You could have one network shared by many providers because bandwidth is not a limitation once you combine the advantages of optical and wireless access systems,\u0022 Chang noted.  \u0022If you look into the future, the broadest bandwidth possible would come through combining and integrating optical and wireless services in a single network.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his laboratory, Chang and colleagues Jianjun Yu, Zhensheng Jia, Yong-Kee Yeo, and Benny Bing have already demonstrated transmission of 32 wavefronts, each with 2.5 gigabit per second wireless service.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChang has been talking with telecommunications providers about the new network architecture, and says it could be commercially available within five to seven years.  But he agrees that even with many groups world-wide working on the issue, there\u0027re many technical challenges remain.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA key issue will be reducing the cost of the components.  For commercial locations such as airports, hotels and convention centers, those costs could be shared by many users, Chang points out.  But before the service could be cost-competitive for the home or even small-office, home office (SOHO) market, equipment costs will have to drop.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother issue will be antenna designs for delivering high-speed wireless to specific areas of a building without interfering with service in adjoining spaces.  To meet those challenges, Chang is collaborating with Manos Tentzeris and John Papapolymerou, two Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering professors who are also part of the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChang is also working on efficient coding methods to deliver robust packets and bit streams under adverse environment such as RF blocking and fading of wireless signals inside the building. To meet these challenges, Chang is working with  Faramarz Fekri, a professor in School of Electrical and Computer Engineering,  to devise coding schemes that would extend the range of millimeter-wave transmission or reduce the bit error rate of transmission by intelligently using a small overhead in packets.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECompanies such as NEC and BellSouth are already working on components integration and systems requirements needed for the hybrid optical-wireless communications network.  Integrating the system components may be the most challenging part of the implementation and network deployment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We want to keep the mobility and easy of access that you find in wireless hot-spots, but we are shooting for the highest speed possible for wireless,\u0022 Chang added.  \u0022The interface between the optical and wireless is critical.  A lot of people are interested in this kind of research, but to make this practical, we need industry and universities working together.\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 303038 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: G.K. Chang (404-385-2712); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:geekung.chang@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egeekung.chang@ece.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":[{"value":"Optical-wireless convergence provides super-broadband access services simultaneously from single fiber"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Telecommunications researchers have demonstrated a novel communications network design that would provide both ultra-high-speed wireless and wired access services from the same signals carried on a single optical fiber.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new network design combines wired and wireless"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-03-16 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73155":{"id":"73155","type":"image","title":"Professor Gee-Kung Chang","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73156":{"id":"73156","type":"image","title":"Graduate students in telecom lab","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73155","73156"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gra.org\/","title":"Georgia Research Alliance"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=126","title":"Professor Gee-Kung Chang"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gcatt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72994":{"#nid":"72994","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Design Creates Ultra Wideband Antenna","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy taking advantage of a phenomenon that earlier designers had struggled to avoid, engineers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a new approach to phased-array antenna design that could allow a single ultra-wideband device to do the job of five conventional antennas.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u0027Fragmented Aperture Antenna,\u0027 a computer-designed planar system, has already demonstrated a 33-to-1 bandwidth - well beyond the 10-to-1 ratio achieved by conventional designs.  The researchers believe they can extend that range to at least 100-to-1 for use in radar and communication applications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Phased array antennas take up space, and if you must have a different antenna for every function - communications, radar and other tasks - the space required can be considerable,\u0022 noted Paul Friederich, a principal research engineer in GTRI\u0027s Signature Technology Lab (STL).  \u0022On any military platform, space is at a premium.  Our antenna can replace five conventional antennas, which would reduce the weight and volume required for antennas.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GTRI ultra-wideband antenna would also have applications in most Department of Defense agencies.  Current ships must carry dozens of antennas - a problem for all ships, especially submarines.  Aircraft have limited surface area for antennas, with weight always a concern.  Ground vehicles and even individual soldiers could benefit from reducing the number of antennas they must carry, Friederich noted.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause it is flat and can be conformed to surfaces, the new antenna design could also have commercial applications, Friederich noted.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKey to the new GTRI design was taking advantage of electronic interaction between antenna elements known as \u0027mutual coupling.\u0027  For years, antenna designers had been taught to minimize this interaction.  But with their detailed computer modeling, the GTRI engineers realized they could take advantage of it by electrically connecting the elements.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Instead of trying to avoid mutual coupling, we designed it into the antenna where it actually provides a lot of benefits - including allowing us to have an extremely wide bandwidth,\u0022 explained Jim Maloney, an STL principal research engineer.  \u0022What everybody used to avoid was actually the silver bullet that makes this work.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 33-to-1 antennas are flat and include three layers of metal foil fabricated in computer-designed patterns using printed circuit board technology.  A prototype that works down to 300 MHz is16 inches square and about three inches thick - providing a substantial size, weight and volume savings over conventional \u0027egg crate\u0027 antennas. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The advantage of this technology is that it is manufactured using planar printed circuit boards,\u0022 Maloney said.  \u0022We just laminate them together so they are flat.  The conformal nature of these antennas also provides an advantage.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond their circuitry pattern, the antennas also need a backplane to reflect electromagnetic energy - and protect the electronic control equipment behind the antenna.  The new antenna also relies on computer-designed innovations there: a \u0027broadband screen backplane\u0027 made up of foam and partially-conductive films.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a materials sandwich that we designed using our computer modeling codes,\u0022 explained Friederich.  \u0022We had to make a new backplane that would be compatible with the extreme bandwidths so it wouldn\u0027t degrade the antenna performance, so we developed a laminate of foam and partially-conducting layers to do that in an optimal way.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the technical issues they had to overcome, the researchers also faced skepticism from their colleagues - and an antenna test system that was designed for conventional devices.  For instance, they had to evaluate their 33-to-1 device in three different antenna test facilities to cover the entire frequency range.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI has been working on the ultra wideband antenna for nearly a decade, building new technology on top of detailed computer models.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Nobody could really study the mutual coupling effects until computers became good enough to evaluate what would happen when you moved elements around and changed their shapes in the presence of other elements,\u0022 said Maloney.  \u0022One of our strengths is an ability to do very detailed and accurate numerical models of antenna performance.  We can determine how antennas are going to perform without having to build them.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new design will reduce antenna volume and weight. By simplifying construction of the radiating structures, the antenna electronics become the driver of the overall cost.  Long term savings there will depend on advances in microelectronics fabrication, Friederich cautioned.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond potential use on military aircraft, ships and ground vehicles, the technology developed in GTRI could also have applications for devices that would not need broad bandwidth - such as wearable antennas that could be incorporated into military uniforms or even tents.  The conformal nature of the devices could also open up commercial applications, though cost could be an obstacle.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Now that we have shown the antenna works, we are in a consolidation phase of work in which we\u0027re trying to figure out which bandwidths make sense for particular applications, and we working with corporate partners to design the electronics that will be needed,\u0022 added Friederich.  \u0022It\u0027s just a matter of time before we see these antennas begin appearing on military platforms.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond Friederich and Maloney, development of the antenna has involved Doug Denison, Lynn Fountain, Brad Baker, Eric Kuster, Stephen Blalock, James Fraley and a number of co-op and graduate students.\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 Kirk Englehardt (404-407-7280); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: Paul Friederich (404-894-3272); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:paul.friederich@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epaul.friederich@gtri.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":[{"value":"100-to-1 bandwidth will have potential military and commercial applications"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Engineers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a new approach to phased-array antenna design that could allow a single ultra-wideband device to do the job of five conventional antennas.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Engineers have created an ultra-wideband antenna"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-05-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72995":{"id":"72995","type":"image","title":"Ultra wideband antenna","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"72996":{"id":"72996","type":"image","title":"Antenna patterns","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72995","72996"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72990":{"#nid":"72990","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Focuses on Competitive Challenges","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has launched a sweeping restructuring of its business and community assistance programs as part of a new initiative known as the Enterprise Innovation Institute.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe restructuring brings new and established Georgia Tech programs together into a broadly integrated initiative designed to help industry, entrepreneurs, economic developers and communities become more competitive through the application of science, technology and innovation.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECreation of the Enterprise Innovation Institute represents the first major reorganization of Georgia Tech\u0027s economic development and business assistance programs since the Economic Development Institute (EDI) was formed in 1993. The changes affect all activities of Georgia Tech\u0027s former Office of Economic Development and Technology Ventures, including the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) business incubator, VentureLab research commercialization effort, Commercialization Services initiative and former Economic Development Institute.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESupporting Georgia Tech\u0027s goal of defining the technological university of the 21st century, the new organization will expand efforts to identify and transfer key innovations likely to have significant impacts on local, state and national economies.  Plans for the restructuring grew out of consultations with key Georgia Tech stakeholders, findings of the 2005 Georgia Manufacturing Survey, and recommendations from the National Innovation Initiative co-chaired by Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The future viability of local, state and national economies will depend largely on their ability to successful apply science, technology and innovation,\u0022 said Georgia Tech Provost Jean-Lou Chameau.  \u0022Through the Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Tech will bring its considerable resources to bear on helping enterprises of all types become more competitive in today\u0027s global marketplace.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA leader in science and engineering education and with a research program totaling more than $400 million per year, Georgia Tech is a major developer of science and technology innovations.  Building on these new technologies and collaborating with like-minded organizations, the Enterprise Innovation Institute will work with the private sector to apply innovations to real marketplace needs, he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The rapid and dramatic changes taking place throughout the world mean U.S. companies can no longer compete just by reducing costs and boosting efficiency,\u0022 said Georgia Tech Vice Provost Wayne Hodges, who heads the new organization.  \u0022Business is now global and companies must complete on the basis of innovation.  To succeed in the future, companies must be able to develop and commercialize innovative products, processes and services ahead of their competition.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond driving innovation into business, industry and government, he explained, the new Enterprise Innovation Institute will also make Georgia Tech\u0027s services to industry and communities more customer-focused, more closely tied to the strengths of the institution, and better able to take advantage of Georgia Tech\u0027s expertise.  It will also expand efforts to form new companies and create new commercialization opportunities based on technology developed by Georgia Tech researchers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Because of its research and service programs, and participation in national competitiveness initiatives, Georgia Tech is uniquely positioned to help our state\u0027s companies and communities both understand and meet the challenges ahead,\u0022 Hodges added.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnderscoring the challenges facing Georgia companies, the 2005 Georgia Manufacturing Survey found that 18 percent of the state\u0027s manufacturers had lost business to international outsourcing between 2002 and 2004.  But on a more hopeful note, the survey also found that companies relying on innovation for a competitive edge enjoyed larger sales margins, paid higher wages - and had less to fear from outsourcing than did companies relying on other forms of competition.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new Enterprise Innovation Institute provides services through four primary units organized by customer group:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Industry Services, which focuses on industrial customers around the state.  This unit includes the Georgia Tech Regional Office Network; Atlanta-based centers that focus on such productivity improvements such as quality, lean enterprise, energy and environmental management; and federally-supported programs such as the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Commercialization Services, which focuses on moving technology out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.  Commercialization Services identifies Georgia Tech innovations with potential commercial value, works with faculty to determine the best path for commercializing the technology, helps license technology established companies, and - where appropriate - involves experienced entrepreneurs in forming new companies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Entrepreneur Services, which focuses on meeting the needs of emerging companies around the state.  The unit includes the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), the Georgia Statewide Minority Business Enterprise Center, the Centers of Innovation program and the new SBIR Assistance Program for the State of Georgia, which helps eligible companies win federal R\u0026amp;D grants.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E- Community Policy and Research Services, which brings innovation to local and state government entities while conducting technology-based research and policy projects that help communities provide a supportive environment for business and industry.  The group\u0027s best-known services are WebFIT, which helps communities anticipate the results of land-use decisions, and LOCI, which assess the economic impact of development. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA fifth new unit, the Strategic Partners Office, assists companies seeking to develop Georgia Tech relationships, serving as bridge to a broad range of campus-based resources and people.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We see a need for more strategic and comprehensive assistance to these companies that are forward-thinking and interested in innovation,\u0022 Hodges said of the Strategic Partners Office.  \u0022Expanding our relationships with them will help create synergies between Georgia Tech assistance programs that will boost both their value and impact.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the Enterprise Innovation Institute, please visit (innovate.gatech.edu).\t\t\t\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 Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: 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: John Toon\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"New Enterprise Innovation Institute helps industry, entrepreneurs, communities and economic developers meet global challenges"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology has launched a sweeping restructuring of its business and community assistance programs as part of a new initiative known as the Enterprise Innovation Institute.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech launches new assistance program"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-05-14 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72991":{"id":"72991","type":"image","title":"Centergy Building","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72991"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/","title":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"73145":{"#nid":"73145","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Polymer Shows Promise for Drug Delivery","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA newly developed family of biodegradable polymers has shown potential for use in intracellular delivery and sustained release of therapeutic drugs to the acidic environments of tumors, inflammatory tissues and intracellular vesicles that hold foreign matter.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese polymers have several advantages over existing biodegradable polymers, researchers said. Among them, the polymers - called polyketals - are biodegradable into Food and Drug Administration-approved compounds. Synthesis is a simple and easily customized process. Degradation of the polymer does not produce inflammation-causing acid, but instead generates membrane-permeable products that allow all of the polymer\u0027s byproducts to diffuse outside the cell. That means byproducts shouldn\u0027t accumulate in a patient\u0027s tissue and cause inflammation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027ve known for 20 to 30 years that when cells take up particles, they move them to a part of the cell with a low pH -- about 5.0,\u0022 said Niren Murthy, an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. \u0022Researchers have been able to successfully exploit this process in cell culture and in animal models, but have done so using materials that generated acid degradation products and that hydrolyzed too slowly for chronic use. Thus, there has been very little clinical activity in this area.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, polyketal nanoparticles use the cell\u0027s acid to hydrolyze into hydrophilic compounds that can release encapsulated therapeutics at an accelerated rate in the acidic environments to which they are targeted, Murthy explained. Also, unlike polyester-based biomaterials, polyketal nanoparticles do not generate acid when they degrade. Researchers don\u0027t know yet whether polyketals will be less inflammatory than current polymers used for drug delivery, but expect to evaluate this response within the next year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMurthy presented information on the development and potential applications of polyketals March 27 at the 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting in Atlanta. His collaborators are Emory University immunologist Bali Pulendran, University of Rochester physician Robert Pierce, and Georgia Tech graduate students Michael Heffernan and Stephen Yang. Their research -- under way for the past two and a half years -- is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDevelopment of the polymer was a surprisingly straightforward process, Murthy said. \u0022There is a reaction that is well known in synthetic organic chemistry called the acetal exchange reaction,\u0022 he explained. \u0022We can change this reaction a little bit and use it to make these polymers. It\u0027s normally a reaction used to protect alcohols, but when you make it react with a molecule with two alcohols, it makes this polymer.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause this chemical process is a simple one, it is feasible for production of the polymer on an industrial scale, potentially making it widely available, Murthy said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have a lot of flexibility in terms of the types of alcohols we incorporate into the polymer,\u0022 he added. \u0022We can tailor the polymer\u0027s hydrolysis rates and mechanical properties, which would broaden its medical applications. For example, in some cases you want drug delivery faster than others. With acute liver failure, you want drug release in one to two days, whereas with arthritis, you want release over one to two months.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to its simple synthesis, another advantage of polyketals is their degradation process, which generates membrane-permeable products, Murthy said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The problem with using polyesters as drug delivery vehicles is that most of the illnesses being treated are chronic diseases requiring weekly injections, yet polyesters take months to degrade,\u0022 he noted. \u0022Polyketals hydrolyze in a week, diffuse out of the cell and are then excreted outside of the cell.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers hope to test polyketals in clinical trials within five years if animal model studies show potential. To date, Pierce has done some testing in mice to treat acute liver failure. He injected polyketal nanoparticles in mice, and the polyketals delivered them to the animals\u0027 livers. But researchers don\u0027t know yet whether their system can deliver treatment in vivo. The answer to that question is about a year away, Murthy added.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPotential applications of polyketals include the delivery of anti-oxidants to treat acute liver failure in people who have suffered an alcohol or acetaminophen overdose. In these patients, the liver stops functioning because macrophage cells in the liver create reactive oxygen species. One of the treatments is the delivery of superoxide dismutase, an enzyme that essentially detoxifies superoxide. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther applications include the use of polyketals in any type of protein-based vaccine, Murthy said, adding that researchers have not yet pursued this possibility. Yet another application is protein delivery for a wide range of therapeutics, including insulin delivery for Type 1 diabetics - alleviating the need for multiple injections.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn mid-2005, Georgia Tech, Emory and the University of Rochester filed two provisional patent applications on the polyketal drug delivery system. Murthy noted that a Japanese patent filed in 2001 described the same polymerization process, but used it to make photo resists, rather than a drug delivery system.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers have discussed the start up of a biomedical company based on this technology, but first they must have some compelling data from animal studies. If they pursue commercialization, the process could potentially be done within Emtech Bio, an early-stage biosciences business incubator operated by Emory University and Georgia Tech. \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: Jane Sanders (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n1. Niren Murthy, Georgia Tech (404-385-5145); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:niren.murthy@bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eniren.murthy@bme.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n2. Bali Pulendran, Emory University (404-727-8945); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:bali.pulendran@emory.edu\u0022\u003Ebali.pulendran@emory.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n3. Robert Pierce, University of Rochester (585-275-1874); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:robert_pierce@urmc.rochester.edu\u0022\u003Erobert_pierce@urmc.rochester.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Jane Sanders\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Biodegradable polyketals have advantages for intracellular delivery and sustained release"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A newly developed family of biodegradable polymers has shown potential for use in intracellular delivery and sustained release of therapeutic drugs to the acidic environments of tumors, inflammatory tissues and intracellular vesicles.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New materials show promise for drug delivery"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-03-28 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73146":{"id":"73146","type":"image","title":"Niren Murthy","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73147":{"id":"73147","type":"image","title":"Polyketal materials","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73146","73147"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. 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The ATP study marks the first application of a novel sensing system developed by a research team led by Christine Kranz at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis patented technology adds recessed micro- and nano-electrodes to the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM), creating a single tool that can simultaneously monitor topography along with electrochemical activity at the cell surface. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers presented information on the work March 26 at the American Chemical Society\u0027s 231st National Meeting in Atlanta during a session on new approaches in analytical chemistry. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new multi-functional imaging technique will advance the study of biological samples, said Boris Mizaikoff, an associate professor at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and director of its Applied Sensors Lab. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Conventional AFM can image surfaces, but usually provides limited chemical information,\u0022 he explained. \u0022And though scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM), another probing technique, provides laterally resolved electrochemical data, it has limited spatial resolution. By combining AFM and SECM functionality into a single scanning probe, our tool provides researchers with a more holistic view of activities at the cell surface.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Mizaikoff and Kranz, the team also includes post-doctoral scholar Jean-Francois Masson and graduate student Justyna Wiedemair.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the ATP study, which is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and done in collaboration with Douglas Eaton at Emory University\u0027s School of Physiology, the Georgia Tech team used the multi-scanning biosensors to study ATP release at the surface of live epithelial cells (cells that cover most glands and organs in the body). ATP, a chemical involved in energy transport, is of interest to medical researchers because elevated levels have been linked with cystic fibrosis, a disease that affects one out of every 2,500 people in the United States. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing epithelial cell cultures from Emory, the Georgia Tech researchers have demonstrated that their multi-functional biosensors work at the live-cell surface during in vitro studies. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Before you can identify what triggers the ATP release, we must be able to quantitatively measure the released species at the cell surface,\u0022 Mizaikoff said, noting that many pathological events involve the disruption of chemical communication and molecular signaling between cells, especially in the nervous system, lungs and kidneys. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EImproved understanding of cellular communication can lead to new strategies for treating diseases, Mizaikoff added: \u0022Being able to operate sensors in an electrochemical imaging mode at the micro- and nanoscale is an exciting opportunity for complementing optical imaging techniques. There are many clinical research problems that these biosensors can help with.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the same ACS session, the Georgia Tech team also presented findings of a related project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA collaboration with Estelle Gauda at Johns Hopkins University and also supported by NIH grants, this project monitors ATP release at the carotid body. (The carotid body is a chemoreceptor that, among other functions, monitors oxygen content in the blood and helps control respiration.) \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChronic oxygen stress - too much or too little oxygen during early postnatal development - can lead to a deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching body tissues in premature infants and newborn animals. But little is known about how oxygen stress affects regulatory networks and alters chemoreceptors. To gain insights, the Georgia Tech researchers will study ATP, which is among the signaling molecules released by the carotid body. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers incorporate the same technology used for the multi-functional scanning probe. For this study, however, they have tailored the biosensor to work at a larger scale - the microelectrodes are about 25 micrometers in diameter as opposed to the sub-micrometer dimensions of the combined AFM-SECM approach.    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There are a lot of emerging sensor technologies, but few have been adapted for routine use in medical research, which is one of the development goals at the Applied Sensors Lab,\u0022 Mizaikoff said. \u0022As analytical chemists, we want to develop quantitative sensing devices that can answer important questions for clinical researchers.\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: Jane Sanders (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Boris Mizaikoff (404-894-4030 or 404-936-5367); E-mail:  (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:boris.mizaikoff@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eboris.mizaikoff@chemistry.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChristine Kranz (404-385-1794); E-mail:  (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:christine.kranz@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Echristine.kranz@chemistry.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: T.J. Becker\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Multi-functional sensing tool is used to investigate the role of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) release"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers are using an innovative, multi-functional sensing tool to investigate adenosine triphosphate (ATP) release and its role in cystic fibrosis.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new sensing tool is studying cystic fibrosis"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-03-30 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73138":{"id":"73138","type":"image","title":"ATP sensor","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73139":{"id":"73139","type":"image","title":"Examining ATP data","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73138","73139"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/Mizaikoff\/","title":"Boris Mizaikoff faculty page"},{"url":"http:\/\/asl.chemistry.gatech.edu\/","title":"Applied Sensors Laboratory"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72985":{"#nid":"72985","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u0022Clean-Tech\u0022 Companies Gain Traction","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVolatile weather, summer smog alerts, soaring fuel prices and rising greenhouse-gas levels have focused increased attention on cleaner, more-sustainable technologies. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat concern can be clearly seen among the startup companies formed in Georgia Tech\u0027s VentureLab program, which is assisting more than a half-dozen early-stage companies that are pursuing clean-technology products and services. These new technologies range from renewable fuels and high-efficiency solar cells to hurricane forecasting and tiny jet-like devices that could reduce aircraft-fuel consumption.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is well positioned to pursue clean technology and renewable energy.  Among its many interdisciplinary research centers are the University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaics Research and Education, the Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technology, the Strategic Energy Initiative, the Institute for Sustainable Technology and Development, and the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our clean-tech companies have one aim in common - to use Georgia Tech discoveries to make a number of things happen in a more environmentally sensitive and economically viable way,\u0022 said Stephen Fleming, Georgia Tech\u0027s chief commercialization officer. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECommercialization Services, a unit of Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute, identifies, evaluates and promotes Georgia Tech innovations with potential commercial value. Most such discoveries fall into two categories: the majority are licensed to established corporations, while a few - about one in 10 --  have the right stuff to form the basis for new companies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese new-company candidates typically come under the wing of VentureLab, a Commercialization Services unit that assists fledgling businesses through the critical feasibility and first-funding phases.  Ben Hill and Jon Goldman, business advisers with VentureLab, work with clean tech and renewable energy companies and projects. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Mounting concern has made clean tech and renewable energy an important business area,\u0022 said Hill.  \u0022We think that a lot of Georgia Tech research can be developed into companies that will help Georgia\u0027s economy as well as the environment.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E VentureLab is currently advising a number of \u0022clean-tech\u0022 startups, including:  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EC2 Biofuels \u003C\/strong\u003Eis an outgrowth of a Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Initiative (SEI) project that seeks to develop fuel-ethanol production from biomass material available in large quantities in the Southeast, including Southern yellow pine. This business is supported by Sam Shelton of SEI and the Georgia Tech School of Mechanical Engineering and Bill Bulpitt of SEI.  In addition, a team at the Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the University of Georgia is helping to evaluate and develop processes and technologies. The startup is led by Roger Reisert, a Georgia Tech alumnus who has designed, built and operated refineries. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EClimate Forecast Applications \u003C\/strong\u003Edevelops tools to forecast cyclones and hurricanes 10 to 30 days ahead, a service that would be valuable to utility, energy and risk-management companies, and to agriculture.  The work is based on research by Judith Curry of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Peter Webster of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWiSPI\u003C\/strong\u003E focuses on methanol-based fuel cells that can be integrated onto silicon chips, enabling self-powered, wireless sensors that could monitor everything from soil moisture content to weather patterns and secure areas.  Such technology, which could have extensive business, military and consumer uses, is based on the work of Paul Kohl of  the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.  Kohl is teamed with David Kelly, a seasoned executive. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELumoFlex\u003C\/strong\u003E is developing organic photovoltaic materials that could result in substantial power savings in a number of products. The company derives from research by Seth Marder of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Bernard Kippelen of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAjeetco\u003C\/strong\u003E is a solar-energy company that is using high-efficiency polycrystalline silicon films to produce large-scale photovoltaic solar panels. It is based on research by Ajeet Rohatgi of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaics Research and Education.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther projects in the pipeline include: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPlum Combustion\u003C\/strong\u003E, which uses stagnation point reverse flow combustion to enable efficient burning, thus obtaining low-NOx emissions without catalysts. Potential applications include aircraft and other turbines, microturbines, hot-water heaters and industrial burners and dryers. The technology is based on the work of Ben Zinn in the School of Aerospace Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVirtual Aerosurface \u003C\/strong\u003Edevelops tiny devices that, installed in aircraft wings or wind turbines, emit \u0027microjets\u0027 of air that adjust lift and drag to improve control and save fuel.  Such devices could aid other Georgia Tech projects -- such the SEI \/ InfinitEnergy plan for a demonstration wind farm offshore from Savannah that could generate 10 megawatts of power.  Microjet devices derive from the work of Ari Glezer of the School of Mechanical Engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVehicle Monitoring Technology \u003C\/strong\u003Emonitors vehicle activity and vehicle emissions in conjunction with driver behavior to promote safety, air quality and energy efficiency.  The technologies are based on research by Randall Guensler and Jennifer Ogle of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWaitless Algorithms \u003C\/strong\u003Eis a ride- and vehicle-sharing technology that could result in fewer vehicles on the road in smog-plagued urban areas. The technology is based on work by Steve Dickerson of the School of Mechanical Engineering. \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: Rick Robinson (404-694-2284); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rick.robinson@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erick.robinson@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\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Ben Hill (404-894-2376); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ben.hill@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eben.hill@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Jon Goldman (404-385-4109); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jon.goldman@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejon.goldman@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Rick Robinson\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s VentureLab program assists startup companies in energy, environment and sustainable technologies"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Volatile weather, summer smog alerts, soaring fuel prices and rising greenhouse-gas levels have focused increased attention on cleaner, more-sustainable technologies.  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The new test could ultimately allow the use of simpler analytical instrumentation on future space missions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the search for life on other planets, astrobiologists regard liquid water and chiral biomolecules to be critical components. \u0022Yet because chiral molecules can be made synthetically as well as biologically, it\u0027s not enough to just find them on other planets. We need to show a change of chirality over time,\u0022 said Tracey Thaler, a graduate student at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Thaler works with Professor Andreas Bommarius in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThaler has investigated racemization - the conversion of an optically active compound to a racemic form, which has no optical rotation - as a new approach for analyzing samples in outer space. \u0022Because this type of reaction is found only in biological systems, it could serve as a marker for extraterrestrial life,\u0022 Thaler explained. She presented results from the study on Thursday, March 30, at the 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting in Atlanta. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study is part of a collaborative effort with Professor Rick Trebino\u0027s research group in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Physics. The two research groups are trying to improve analytical instruments used on space missions, research that is sponsored by NASA.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChromatography, the current method used to evaluate extraterrestrial samples on space missions, is a tedious process, Bommarius explained. Another drawback, researchers must know in advance the specific compounds they\u0027re looking for, which isn\u0027t always possible. In contrast, polarimetry, a method for measuring optical activity, does not require knowledge of the structure being analyzed. But because existing polarimeters have performance limitations, Georgia Tech researchers are developing a more sensitive polarimeter that can detect smaller concentrations of optically active compounds. Thaler\u0027s work serves as a test bed for such an instrument.    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Tracey\u0027s study is significant because it marks the first time that racemization has been looked on as a sign of life on other planets,\u0022 Bommarius said. \u0022What\u0027s more, she has identified two new media in which the enzyme mandelate racemase is active.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMandelate racemase (MR) is an enzyme that catalyzes the racemization reaction for the substrate mandelic acid. Mandelate is one the simplest chiral molecules and has a large specific optical rotation, making it well-suited for polarization analysis, Thaler explained. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAn important part of the study was to determine if MR reactivity could occur at subzero temperatures found on planets like Mars or moons like Titan, Europa or Enceladus, where recent data shows water is likely to exist.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter a number of unsuccessful attempts with organic cryosolvents - the most common medium to probe enzyme activity at low temperatures - Thaler achieved MR reactivity in two unconventional media. They were concentrated ammonium salt solutions and water-in-oil microemulsions (anionic surfactant Aerosol OT and non-ionic surfactant Triton X-100). Racemization occurred in temperatures as low as -30 degrees Celsius. This was promising because both the microemulsions and the concentrated salt solutions are expected to form on other planets and moons. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother auspicious finding: Measurements for the activation parameters (thermodynamics) in the ammonium salt solutions and water-in-oil microemulsions were very similar. \u0022This tells us that racemization is not only possible in other media, but thermodynamic parameters found in these media are similar to those found in media that\u0027s normally used,\u0022 Thaler said.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next step will be to use the MR system with the new polarimeter being developed by Trebino\u0027s group while Thaler and other members of Bommarius\u0027 team explore additional  enzyme systems that might also be good test models.  \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: Jane Sanders (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Tracey Thaler (404-385-3089 or 404-388-5974); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tracey.thaler@chbe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etracey.thaler@chbe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Andreas Bommarius (404-385-1334); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:andreas.bommarius@chbe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eandreas.bommarius@chbe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E:  T.J. 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Researchers conducted preliminary screenings of many bacterial isolates and found several candidate strains that released inorganic phosphate after hydrolyzing an organo-phosphate source the researchers provided.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe bioremediation research project, funded for three years by DOE\u0027s Environmental Remediation Sciences Division, is in its early stages. Research team member Melanie Beazley, a Ph.D. student in the Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, presented preliminary findings on March 30 at the 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting in Atlanta. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These organisms release phosphate into the medium, but the precipitation (of uranium phosphate) occurs chemically,\u0022 explained Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Martial Taillefert, co-director of the study. \u0022That is the biomineralization of uranium and the novelty of this approach.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe process begins when the bacteria - from the genera \u003Cem\u003ERhanella\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EBacillus\u003C\/em\u003E and possibly \u003Cem\u003EArthrobacter\u003C\/em\u003E -- degrade an organo-phosphate compound such as glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) or phytic acid (IP6), which can be present in subsurface soils. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022During their growth, the organisms liberate phosphate they derive from the organo-phosphate compound,\u0022 said project co-director Patricia Sobecky, an associate professor of biology. \u0022The free phosphate is released to the surrounding media, which is a solution in the lab. Then we conduct assays to see how much uranium is mineralized by the phosphate released by the bacteria.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe bacteria\u0027s role is crucial in this process because uranium cannot dissociate the organo-phosphate compound chemically, Taillefert explained. So uranium in the presence of organo-phosphate alone does not result in significant uranium precipitation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESobecky and her Ph.D. student Robert Martinez are conducting the microbiological and physiological component of the research, while Taillefert and Beazley study the uranium chemistry and analyze distribution of different forms of uranium during incubation in the lab.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The devil\u0027s in the details with the chemistry of uranium:  There are numerous forms of uranium in the environment, which are all influenced by the natural properties of soils and groundwater,\u0022 Taillefert said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESobecky added, \u0022What we\u0027re doing now is optimizing the assay conditions and the techniques to analyze the distribution of uranium species in the lab.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETraditionally, DOE has funded research investigating the chemical reduction of uranium contamination. But there are two approaches to immobilizing uranium. One strategy reduces uranium (VI) to uranium (IV), which is, in principle, immobile. But the uranium can re-oxidize even with traces of oxygen from rainwater seeping into the groundwater. The Georgia Tech approach biomineralizes uranium (VI) into an insoluble form of uranium via phosphate precipitation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs they work toward a bioremediation strategy that will work in the field, researchers must design a mechanism to deal with competing organisms in the soil that might sequester the free phosphate, Sobecky noted. Though their current grant does not cover the cost of a field study, researchers hope to obtain funds in the future to test their strategy at Oak Ridge and potentially other DOE sites. Uranium contamination is a concern at DOE sites because it can migrate to groundwater in surrounding areas, Taillefert noted.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022At this point, we know the organisms we\u0027re studying are active in precipitating uranium phosphate,\u0022 he said. \u0022Now we need to determine how chemically stable it is.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers also have learned that when the bacteria are releasing phosphate from G3P, the bacteria can tolerate the toxic uranium and can continue to grow once the uranium is precipitated by the released phosphate. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our challenge now is fine-tuning the conditions around the bacterium so eventually it can thrive and work chemically in a natural setting,\u0022 Taillefert said. \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: Jane Sanders (404-894-2214); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejane.sanders@edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Toon (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETechnical Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: Patricia Sobecky (404-894-5819); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:patricia.sobecky@biology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epatricia.sobecky@biology.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Martial Taillefert (404-894-6043); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:martial.taillefert@eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emartial.taillefert@eas.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Jane Sanders\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Research shows organisms found in soil can immobilize radioactive material"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"In research that could help control contamination from the radioactive element uranium, scientists have discovered that bacteria found in the soil and subsurface can help convert uranium contamination into an insoluble and immobile form.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Bacteria may help clean up uranium contamination"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-03-30 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:34","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73143":{"id":"73143","type":"image","title":"Martial Taillefert and Patricia Sobecky","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"},"73144":{"id":"73144","type":"image","title":"Melanie Beazley and Robert Martinez","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73143","73144"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/patricia-sobecky\/","title":"Patricia Sobecky"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/taillefert.htm","title":"Martial Taillefert"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Biology"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72934":{"#nid":"72934","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\/IBM Announce New Chip Speed Record","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz.  Though the record performance was attained at extremely cold temperatures, the results suggest that the upper bound for performance in silicon-germanium devices may be higher than originally expected.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUltra-high-frequency silicon-germanium circuits have potential applications in many communications systems, defense systems, space electronics platforms, and remote sensing systems. Achieving such extreme speeds in silicon-based technology - which can be manufactured using conventional low-cost techniques - could provide a pathway to high-volume applications.  Until now, only integrated circuits fabricated from more costly III-V compound semiconductor materials have achieved such extreme levels of transistor performance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For the first time, Georgia Tech and IBM have demonstrated that speeds of half a trillion cycles per second can be achieved in a commercial silicon-based technology, using large wafers and silicon-compatible low-cost manufacturing techniques,\u0022 said John D. Cressler, Byers Professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a researcher in the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) at Georgia Tech.  \u0022This work redefines the upper bounds of what is possible using silicon-germanium nanotechnology techniques.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe accomplishment will be reported in the July issue of the journal IEEE Electron Device Letters.  The research has been supported by IBM, NASA, and the GEDC at Georgia Tech. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This groundbreaking collaborative research by Georgia Tech and IBM redefines the performance limits of silicon-based semiconductors,\u0022 said Bernie Meyerson, vice president and chief technologist at the IBM Systems and Technology Group.  \u0022IBM is committed to working closely with our academic and industry partners to deliver the insight and innovation that will enable a new generation of high-performance, energy efficient microprocessors.\u0022\n\t\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe silicon-germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors built by the IBM-Georgia Tech team operated at frequencies above 500 GHz at 4.5 Kelvins (451 degrees below zero Fahrenheit) - a temperature attained using liquid helium cooling. At room temperature, these devices operated at approximately 350 GHz. Performance measurements were made using a specialized high-frequency test system in the Georgia Electronic Design Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe devices used in the research are from a prototype fourth-generation SiGe technology fabricated at IBM on a 200-millimeter wafer using an older un-optimized mask set.  Simulations suggest that the technology could ultimately support much higher (near-Terahertz) operational frequencies at room temperature, Cressler said.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Having a silicon-based technology that is compatible with low-cost IC manufacturing - while still providing these extreme levels of performance - allows us to envision integrating these devices into systems that would be affordable for emerging commercial markets as well as defense applications,\u0022 Cressler said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next step in this research will be to understand the physics behind the silicon-germanium devices, which display some unusual properties at these extremely low temperatures. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We observe effects in these devices at cryogenic temperatures which potentially make them faster than simple theory would suggest, and may allow us to ultimately make the devices even faster,\u0022 said Cressler, who heads the world\u0027s largest university-based silicon-germanium research team at Georgia Tech.  \u0022Understanding the basic physics of these advanced transistors arms us with knowledge that could make the next generation of silicon-based integrated circuits even better.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESiGe is a process technology in which the electrical properties of silicon, the material underlying virtually all modern microchips, is augmented with germanium to make chips operate more efficiently.  SiGe boosts performance and reduces power consumption in chips that go into cellular phones and other advanced communication devices.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESilicon-germanium technology has been of great interest to the electronics industry because it allows substantial transistor performance improvements to be achieved while using fabrication techniques compatible with standard high-volume silicon-based manufacturing processes.  By introducing germanium into silicon wafers at the atomic scale, engineers can boost performance while retaining the many advantages of silicon.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIBM first announced its SiGe technology in 1989, and later introduced SiGe into the industry\u0027s first standard, high-volume SiGe chips in October 1998.  Since that time, the company has shipped hundreds of millions of SiGe chips.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA laboratory and specialized test equipment used in the research are located in the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) at Georgia Tech.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are happy to see that the GEDC\u0027s continuing support of research in high-speed mixed-signal technologies and other device research is leading to more cost-effective solutions for commercial applications,\u0022 said Joy Laskar, who is director of the GEDC and also the Joseph M. Pettit Professor Chair in Electronics in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond Cressler, the research team included Georgia Tech Ph.D. students Ramkumar Krithivasan and Yuan Lu; Jae-Sun Rieh of Korea University in Seoul, South Korea (formerly with IBM); and Marwan Khater, David Ahlgren and Greg Freeman of IBM Microelectronics in East Fishkill, N.Y.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This new speed record provides encouragement to keep pushing forward on silicon-germanium devices,\u0022 Cressler said.  \u0022There is a lot more fruit available from silicon-germanium technology if we invest the effort to get there.\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, Georgia Tech (404-894-6986); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Glen Brandow, IBM (914-766-4615); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brandow@us.ibm.com\u0022\u003Ebrandow@us.ibm.com\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":[{"value":"Silicon-germanium transistor operates-250 times faster than average cell phone"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\/IBM set a new speed record for chips"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-06-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:29","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72935":{"id":"72935","type":"image","title":"Testing chips at cold temperature","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"},"72936":{"id":"72936","type":"image","title":"Cryogenic test station","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"},"72937":{"id":"72937","type":"image","title":"Testing chips at cold temperature","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72935","72936","72937"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/podcast\/Frozen_Chip.wmv","title":"View IBM\\\u0027s video on the announcement"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gedcenter.org\/","title":"Georgia Electronic Design Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=123","title":"John Cressler"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72921":{"#nid":"72921","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Helps Company Meet Customer Needs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen officials at one of the world\u0027s premier golf club manufacturers were looking for ways to improve their production process, they didn\u0027t realize that a new and better approach was already sitting in many PGA professionals\u0027 golf bags.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlbany, Ga.-based MacGregor Golf Co., which employs about 115 workers during peak production, has been producing golf clubs for more than a century. In recent years the process typically worked like this: New designs were created for the upcoming season, raw materials obtained, club parts manufactured to the new specifications and clubs were assembled in batches of 50. Customized clubs accounted for about 10 percent of the company\u0027s annual output.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe process left MacGregor with a substantial surplus inventory at the end of the year. The company couldn\u0027t discount the inventory without, in effect, competing with its own new designs the following season.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe burdensome and costly end-of-year surplus was a topic of conversation this past fall when manufacturing manager Scott Nix met with Art Ford, South Region manager of Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute, and Ed Hardison, a quality\/environmental\/energy specialist from Tech\u0027s Albany, Ga., office to talk about Georgia Tech\u0027s services, including lean manufacturing assistance. The discussion was followed by a preliminary on-site assessment by Ford and John Stephens, a Georgia Tech lean-manufacturing specialist based in Eastman, Ga.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a presentation at the company on lean management, they recommended conducting a kaizen class - a fast and focused problem-solving exercise - to introduce lean-manufacturing concepts to a cross-section of MacGregor employees, according to Nix. \u0022I sent about 25 people to the class - managers, people from different departments, and four or five team leads who went through the whole simulation process. The light went off in everybody\u0027s heads: Wow! This is a pretty cool way of doing it.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENext, Stephens devised the nuts and bolts of a lean manufacturing program for MacGregor, the heart of which is called a manufacturing cell. A cell is a system where everything needed to build a particular product - from raw materials to packaging - is contained in one compact area. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMacGregor started this past February with a cell to make wedges and irons, then added another for putters and metal woods. Plans for a third cell are on the drawing board.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Products move from one operation to the next easily - you\u0027re just passing the product off as you make it, so basically you\u0027re making one at a time,\u0022 explained Stephens. \u0022There\u0027s no up-front picking or sorting of materials, so that labor is eliminated. There\u0027s no movement throughout the plant of batches of irons, as there was before.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnlike a conventional assembly line, the cell is configured in a U shape, which brings tasks and workers closer together. \u0022Consequently almost any person in the cell can help almost any other person in the cell because they\u0027re all that close,\u0022 he added.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe cell accommodates the principle of lean manufacturing that an item is not produced until there is an order for it, according to Stephens.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You should never have any finished goods sitting around,\u0022 he explained. Lead times may dictate a need to store certain raw materials, \u0022but you don\u0027t put the effort or labor or overhead into producing items and putting them into finished-goods stock.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe approach is similar to MacGregor\u0027s custom work for touring PGA professionals. Each club is produced individually, and a set is complete and shipped within two days. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the keys to rapid turnaround was that club heads were attached to shafts with an epoxy that cured in 15 minutes at room temperature. In MacGregor\u0027s standard procedure, heads were affixed with a glue that had to be cured in an oven for two hours. The epoxy method was adopted for all production.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You could get custom clubs faster than you could get stock product, which didn\u0027t make any sense,\u0022 Nix said. \u0022We were already doing lean manufacturing, accidentally, on the custom side. John came in and helped us adapt our custom express philosophy over the whole plant. Now everything is made to order.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso important is that the product quality for which MacGregor is famous has not been compromised by the cell manufacturing approach.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There\u0027s a lot of care taken in the cell generally, and there\u0027s a lot of cleaning of the finished product before it gets to the last station of the cell, which is packing,\u0022 Stephens said. \u0022Clubs have to be blemish-free, they have to be perfect.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResults from the lean manufacturing process at MacGregor have been impressive, according to MacGregor Senior Vice President Joe Rocco. Productivity has increased 50 percent while labor savings of about 25 percent have come from both production and shipping, since clubs leave the cells packaged and labeled, he says. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The biggest savings have come from the elimination of obsolete inventory,\u0022 Rocco noted. \u0022Energy costs have decreased because cure ovens are no longer necessary, and the entire manufacturing operation uses only one-fourth of its former space.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECustomers are happier because an order is built and shipped within 48 hours, versus one week under the old system, he adds. \u0022Rapid response time also provides us with the flexibility to meet increased demand for a particular product.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom a different standpoint, Stephens was impressed with MacGregor\u0027s flexibility too. \u0022Although this was a big change for them, they were already in the mindset that change is good,\u0022 he said. \u0022They just moved ahead and implemented a lean approach.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on lean enterprise services of the Enterprise Innovation Institute, please contact Tim Israel (404-894-2272); E-mail: (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tim.israel@innovate.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etim.israel@innovate.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or John Stephens (478-374-1493).\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 Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: 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: Gary Goettling\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Lean manufacturing principles boost productivity and cut delivery time"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"When officials at one of the world\u0027s premier golf club manufacturers were looking for ways to improve their production process, they didn\u0027t realize that a new and better approach was already sitting in many PGA professionals\u0027 golf bags.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech helped boost productivity for company"}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2006-06-30 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:29","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72922":{"id":"72922","type":"image","title":"Manufacturing a golf club","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"},"72923":{"id":"72923","type":"image","title":"Production line","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"}},"media_ids":["72922","72923"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/","title":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":""}},"72974":{"#nid":"72974","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Part of New $21 Million Research Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDiscovering ways to reduce fuel consumption, developing devices for people with mobility impairments and designing state-of-the-art rescue robots are just three of the goals of a new $21 million engineering research center that will include Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced a $15 million, five-year grant to support the new Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power. Industry partners will augment NSF funding with $3 million, and seven universities involved in the center, including Georgia Tech, will contribute an additional $3 million. The center will be based at the University of Minnesota\u0027s Twin Cities campus.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This center will advance fundamental knowledge, providing a platform for technology that will spawn new industries. We are impressed with the ambitious goals of the center for research and education and the strong partnership with industry,\u0022 said Lynn Preston, leader of the Engineering Research Centers Program at NSF.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFluid-power technology encompasses most applications that use liquids or gases to transmit power in the form of pressurized fluid. The complexity of these systems ranges from a simple hydraulic jack used to lift your car when replacing a tire to sophisticated airplane flight control actuators that rely on high-pressure hydraulic systems. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFluid power is a $33 billion industry worldwide. Industry areas include aerospace, agriculture, construction, health care, manufacturing, mining and transportation. With help from the National Fluid Power Association, more than 50 companies have agreed to provide support for the research center. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The challenges and opportunities in fluid power have been amplified by the inactivity of universities in recent decades. Forward looking industry leaders have seeded efforts at Georgia Tech and elsewhere, but the NSF recognition of the transformational opportunities for efficient fluid power drives of advanced devices was needed to spur on a new generation of researchers with interdisciplinary talents,\u0022 said Wayne Book, the HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Professor of Fluid Power and Motion Control in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, director of the Fluid Power and Motion Control Center and the leader of the Georgia Tech team for the ERC.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the center will study ways to use fluid power more efficiently in manufacturing, agriculture, construction and mining. Each 10 percent improvement in efficiency of current uses of fluid power in these industries will save about $7 billion a year in U.S. energy costs. Researchers will also work to develop hydraulic hybrid passenger cars that are less expensive and more efficient than current electric hybrids. A 10 percent improvement in efficiency in national passenger-car energy use will save about $10 billion a year. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother goal of the research center is to develop portable, wearable and autonomous fluid-power devices capable of operating for long periods of time without external energy sources. This technology could lead to new medical and rehabilitation devices and robots that could be used in rescue missions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA range of obstacles will be tackled by the new center to enable such devices. At Georgia Tech, Richard Salant, a professor of mechanical engineering, will lead a project to minimize leakage by understanding the complex interactions among fluids, metals and sealing materials and to incorporate the understanding in analysis for computer-aided design of seals.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKen Cunefare, a professor of mechanical engineering and an acoustician with a research emphasis in noise control, will work to find ways to reduce the noise of fluid power, one of the primary deterrents to fluid power\u0027s use in the applications of the future.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChris Paredis, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and a specialist in the theory and methods of design, will examine the combination of many interdisciplinary analyses and how they can be introduced into a multi-phased design process.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWayne Book, who specializes in robotic controls, will research improvements in the human interface to hydraulic and pneumatic machines so that the machines can be more easily controlled to reduce training time and task time and to minimize errors.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to research, the center will be involved in developing youth education programs, improving efforts to increase student diversity in engineering, designing internship and exchange programs for undergraduate and graduate students, and offering short courses and labs for industry workers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther core universities involved in the center include University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Purdue University and Vanderbilt University.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"NSF announces grant to support a new engineering research center for fluid power"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Discovering ways to reduce fuel consumption, developing devices for people with mobility impairments and designing state-of-the-art rescue robots are just three of the goals of a new $21 million NSF engineering research center that will include Georgia Tech.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech to study fluid power with NSF grant"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-05-26 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72975":{"id":"72975","type":"image","title":"Wayne Book","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"72976":{"id":"72976","type":"image","title":"Zhu with digital clay","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72975","72976"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73211":{"#nid":"73211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dan Radakovich is Tech\u0027s New Athletics Director","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Radakovich, formerly senior associate athletics director at Louisiana State University, is Georgia Tech\u0027s new Director of Athletics, Institute President Dr. Wayne Clough announced at a Feb. 22 news conference.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERadakovich has nearly 20 years of experience in collegiate athletics management positions. He comes to Tech after six years at LSU, and he previously served as the athletics director at American University in Washington, D.C., in 2000-01. That followed stints as associate athletics director at South Carolina (1994-2000) and Long Beach State (1989-94) as well as two years as the athletics business manager at Miami. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJust the seventh Director of Athletics in Tech history, Radakovich takes over for Dave Braine, who is retiring after nearly nine years in the post, and he also follows in the footsteps of storied names such as John Heisman, Bobby Dodd and Homer Rice. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am pleased that Dan Radakovich has chosen to join Georgia Tech as our new Athletics Director,\u0022said Clough. \u0022He brings a unique combination of enthusiasm for sports, concern for student athletes, experience in athletic administration, business experience and communication skills that are needed in today\u0027s complex world of intercollegiate athletics. It is my pleasure to welcome Dan and his wife, Marcie, and their two children to Atlanta. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our search has been thorough and complete,\u0022 continued Clough, who chaired a search committee that also included Dan Schrage, Faculty Representative for Athletics; Joe Irwin, President of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association; Chuck Easley, former Tech football standout and current member of the Athletic Board; and David Anderson, President of the Student Government Association. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have left no stone unturned and have considered candidates from around the nation, from a range of institutions and from non-traditional sources. I want to thank my fellow search committee members who worked long and hard to evaluate individuals with outstanding credentials who were interested in our AD position. I am gratified by the interest we saw by top members of intercollegiate athletics in our job, and I thank each one for their participation. This says a great deal about Georgia Tech and its strong position in intercollegiate athletics.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his position at LSU, Radakovich was responsible for the day-to-day operation of an athletics program with an annual budget of more than $50 million, encompassing 20 sports and more than 450 student-athletes. He directly supervised LSU\u0027s men\u0027s basketball and baseball programs. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA strong fund-raiser, Radakovich was instrumental in developing LSU\u0027s football ticket donation program which resulted in more than $9 million in new annual revenue. He also participated in the most ambitious capital improvement initiative in school history, including a $90 million renovation of the Tigers\u0027 football stadium. LSU athletics reached unparalleled heights during his tenure, highlighted by the 2003 national championship in football, as well as national titles in men\u0027s and women\u0027s track and field and top five national rankings in baseball, women\u0027s basketball, softball and gymnastics. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his stint as athletics director at American, he coordinated the school\u0027s move into the Patriot League. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs associate athletics director at South Carolina, Radakovich directed financial operations for a $30 million athletics budget while supervising financing and logistics for $33 million in facilities improvements. He also worked closely with then-South Carolina athletics director Mike McGee in laying the groundwork for the new $70 million Colonial Center Arena in downtown Columbia, S.C. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Long Beach State, where he served as senior associate athletics director from 1989-94, Radakovich managed a $5 million budget while reorganizing the fund-raising operations and coordinating the production and sales of radio broadcasting packages. He also supervised the men\u0027s basketball and baseball programs. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERadakovich began his career in athletics administration as the athletics business manager at Miami from 1983-85. He then worked in the private sector for four years before moving to Long Beach State in 1989. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA native of Monaca, Pa., Radakovich, 47, was a football letterwinner and student coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1980 with a bachelor of science degree in finance. He added a master\u0027s degree in business administration from Miami in 1982. He also completed the Sports Management Institute\u0027s executive education program in 1992. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe is married to the former Marcie McDonald, and the couple has two children, Christian, 15, and Grant, 12.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dan Radakovich, formerly senior associate athletics director at Louisiana State University, is Georgia Tech\u0027s new Director of Athletics.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Former LSU director to replace Braine"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-02-22 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EAllison George\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Sports Information\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ageorge@at.gtaa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Allison George\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.894.5445\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ageorge@at.gtaa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73205":{"#nid":"73205","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Four Tech Students to Compete in Dubai","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour Georgia Tech graduate students from the College of Architecture will travel to Dubai to compete in a worldwide urban planning and sustainability competition in March.  The Georgia Tech team, headed by Professor Richard Dagenhart, will represent North and South America in the international competition.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe competition centers around a forum to discuss ways to preserve and revive a historical section of Dubai.  The city has had massive growth in the last 45-plus years. Since 1960 Dubai\u0027s population has grown from 50,000 thousand people to more than 1.4 million.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMost of Dubai\u0027s urban areas consist of fairly new structures because of the massive population boom.  However, the original settlement, which is built around Dubai Creek, has some deteriorating structures and will be the focus of the competition.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe forum is asking each university team to come up with a plan to revitalize the original settlement of Dubai while maintaining the integrity its heritage.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s team is made up of four graduate students from the College of Architecture.  Shauna Achey, C. Scott D\u0027Agostino, Chad Stacy and Jeffrey Williams were all personally selected by Dagenhart to compete in the project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022They are a diverse group,\u0022 said Dagenhart.  \u0022I think they complement each other very well.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I see it as an honor to be given the opportunity to work among such a talented group of designers and represent Georgia Tech and the College of Architecture,\u0022 said Stacy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s team began its research for the competition over winter break and finished working on the presentation in the middle of January.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It was a little more than a month of hard work,\u0022 said Dagenhart.  \u0022We did a lot of initial digging around to learn more about the local traditions of Islamic architecture and cities.  We wanted to understand their heritage and the history behind their architecture.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The project has been an exciting experience so far,\u0022 said Stacy.  \u0022It has challenged us to closely analyze the chronological development of the city and its relation with cultural and socioeconomic complexities of not only Deira and Bur Dubai, but also that of the Arabic region.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team then put together a plan that revolves around four central easy-to-remember concepts: Green, Cool, Inhabit and Connect.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGreen refers to the idea of planting trees and creating an urban arboretum.  This part of the plan also calls for parking gardens.  The second part of the Georgia Tech plan utilizes the historic wind towers used in traditional housing in Dubai.  These wind towers were used to cool the houses by directing the wind down the tower to cool the area below.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We would make the wind towers public art,\u0022 said Dagenhart.  \u0022They would be functioning wind towers.  Some might have fans or misting towers attached to them.  We want people to enjoy the heritage and art of the project.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next portion of the plan calls for building additional housing to allow more people to inhabit the area.  The housing development would use traditional Arabic forms of architecture to preserve the historic nature of the area.  These houses would include courtyards and bent entries.  These entries are made so that a visitor cannot see clearly into the home.  Both are important elements used in traditional Arabic housing.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe last part of the Georgia Team plan is to connect the historic area of Dubai with the rest of the city.  This would be accomplished through a metro transportation system (that is already in the works) and a system of water taxis and other ground transportation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s team will leave March 15 for Dubai and return on March 21.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe competition will include five universities competing from around the world representing different regions.  The four other universities are South Australia (Australia), Tongji (China), Pavia (Italy) and Aleppo (Syria).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m looking forward to seeing the other team\u0027s strategies for solving the issues of re-inhabiting downtown Dubai,\u0022 said Stacy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech will represent the North America in Dubai international urban planning and preservation competition"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Four Georgia Tech graduate students from the College of Architecture will travel to Dubai to compete in a worldwide urban planning and sustainability competition in March.  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Students Study Calculus via Distance Learning","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHow do high schools provide advanced classes to one or two bright students who have completed all the math classes their high schools offer? Fulton County Schools has found a solution by partnering with Georgia Tech to provide college-level calculus classes through distance-learning technologies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is piloting an effort to provide advanced calculus courses to students at five Fulton County high schools via distance learning. Through live two-way videoconferencing technologies 34 high school seniors, juniors and sophomores are able to continue their math studies, after they completed all the math courses offered at their high schools. This spring semester 33 of those high school students will continue their calculus studies with Calculus III. The pilot program is currently with Alpharetta, Centennial, Chattahoochee, North Springs and Roswell high schools with plans to expand to other schools throughout Fulton County next year. Other metro Atlanta counties have expressed interest as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We approached this partnership with the mindset of how can Georgia Tech reach out and help the state of Georgia assist students who have the academic desire to achieve beyond what\u0027s available at their local school,\u0022 says Nelson C. Baker, associate vice provost for Distance Learning and Professional Education at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This joint venture is one of many we hope to develop with Georgia Tech,\u0022 says Judy H. Dennison, director of core academics for Fulton County Schools. \u0022We have many students who need the challenge of college-level classes, and through this distance learning effort we\u0027re able to provide that in a cost-effective way.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 36 high school students, mostly seniors, taking the calculus distance learning courses have already completed Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus and passed the exam for college credit for Calculus I. The distance learning class is a good deal for the high school students, since they receive both high school credit as well as college credit for the class.  The HOPE Scholarship program pays the tuition costs to Georgia Tech, and Fulton County Schools pays the transmission costs and provides the videoconferencing equipment required for each school.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It was a little tough getting used to the fact that your teacher isn\u0027t in the room and is on the screen, but I\u0027ve gotten used to it,\u0022 said Molly McLaughlin, a senior at Roswell high school who is interested in studying chemical engineering. \u0022The distance learning calculus classes are going to prepare me for college so I\u0027ll know better what to expect next year.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We face the double challenge of finding qualified math teachers to teach higher level calculus and the logistical challenge of serving the small number of exceptionally advanced students sprinkled throughout the county.  We\u0027re finding that distance learning is a great solution,\u0022 says Dennison.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech already participates in the Accel program, funded by the Georgia Lottery, where a small number of high school students from 10 - 15 per year enroll and attend one to two classes on campus.  However, for most high school students traveling to campus for class is not practical. To qualify for the distance learning calculus class, the Admissions office reviewed students\u0027 G.P.A. in math, SAT scores and AP Calculus exam scores.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The students enrolled in the distance learning calculus class are highly qualified students who we would be interested in recruiting to Georgia Tech for college,\u0022 says Rick Clark, assistant director in Georgia Tech\u0027s Admission office. \u0022Through this program we\u0027re able to provide them a glimpse of life at Georgia Tech, so it\u0027s important that this be a positive experience for them.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJust like the traditional Tech students enrolled in Calculus III, the high school students attend three lectures per week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. and a smaller recitation period on Tuesday and Thursday with a teaching assistant.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These students are incredible,\u0022 says Tom Morley, professor in the School of Mathematics who teaches the distance learning calculus class. \u0022There\u0027s a big gap between high school and college in terms of expectations, and they are doing well. I\u0027ve found that these students are bright and if they want to say something to the class they will. They don\u0027t seem intimidated by the Tech students or the videoconferencing dynamic.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen asked if teaching simultaneously to a lecture hall of Tech students and to the high school students at remote locations is difficult, Morley says, \u0022With the distance technology I find myself having to stay in one place rather than run around as I want.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMorley has been involved in a number of outreach activities including serving on the committee that did the final rewrite for the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) for mathematics grades 9-12, conducting for several years summer workshops for Atlanta and DeKalb AP calculus teachers, running a month-long workshop for Fulton County 6th grade teachers last summer to prepare them for the new Georgia Curriculum and many more. Next summer he\u0027s teaching a workshop for Fulton County 7th grade teachers and the new Georgia Curriculum.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics \u0026amp; Computing (CEISMC) has a long relationship with Fulton County schools as well as many other educational groups, schools, corporations, and opinion leaders throughout the state of Georgia. CEISMC works toward one common goal to ensure that K-12 students in Georgia receive the best possible preparation in science, mathematics and technology. Through this relationship, the distance learning partnership developed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This partnership is providing a service to Georgia students that they couldn\u0027t get elsewhere,\u0022 Morley. \u0022There are many small and large counties that have the same issues. I\u0027d really like to grow this program to address the specialized needs of students throughout the state.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Contacts:\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EElizabeth Campell\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n404-894-4233\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:elizabeth.campell@icpa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eelizabeth.campell@icpa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMitzi Edge\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFulton County Schools\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n404-763-6834\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:EdgeM@fulton.k12.ga.us\u0022\u003EEdgeM@fulton.k12.ga.us\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Distance Learning Technology Enables High School Students to Study Advanced Calculus"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"How do high schools provide advanced classes to students who have completed all the math their high schools offer? Fulton County Schools found a solution by partnering with Georgia Tech to provide college-level calculus classes via distance learning.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech offers calculus via distance learning"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-01-10 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73354":{"id":"73354","type":"image","title":"Lecture hall","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"},"73355":{"id":"73355","type":"image","title":"high school students on monitor","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73354","73355"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/morley.html","title":"Morley\\\u0027s Faculty Page"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.fultonschools.org\/","title":"Fulton County Schools"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.dlpe.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Distance Learning and Professional Education"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73356":{"#nid":"73356","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Two Georgia Tech Professors Named ACM Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the oldest and largest society for computing and technology professionals worldwide, has recognized two Georgia Tech professors for their contributions to both the practical and theoretical aspects of computing and information technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKrishna V. Palem\u003C\/strong\u003E, joint professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the College of Computing and the founding Director of the Center for Research in Embedded Systems \u0026amp; Technology (CREST) (1999-2005), was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to compiler optimization and embedded computing. He has worked with and led efforts internationally in the area of embedded systems and their compiler optimizations, having founded one of the earliest laboratories for research in academia dedicated to this field in 1994 \u0022the Real-time Compilation Technologies and Instruction Level Parallelism (ReaCTILP) laboratory at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, where he was a faculty member. The work pursued there led to the widely used TRIMARAN system co-developed with the CAR group of HP-Labs and the IMPACT project of the University of Illinois. From 1986 to 1994, he was a member of the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. As part of his research and while at Georgia Tech, Palem laid the foundations of architecture assembly which the prestigious Analysts\u0027 Choice Awards recognized by nominating it as one of the outstanding technologies of 2002. More recently, he has been innovating a novel technology entitled Probabilistic CMOS (PCMOS) for enabling \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=514\u0022\u003Eultra low-energy embedded computing\u003C\/a\u003E. He was a Schonbrunn visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, where he was recognized for excellence in teaching, and an invited professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. Palem was instrumental in helping found the first thematic program in Embedded and Hybrid Systems administered by Singapore\u0027s premier funding agency, ASTAR, and chairs its advisory body in this area. He is a fellow of the IEEE.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVijay Vazirani\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the College of Computing, was named an ACM Fellow for contributions to optimization and approximation algorithms. Dr. Vazirani is a leading researcher in algorithm design, and more generally, in the theory of computing. Throughout his research career, he has demonstrated a consistent ability to obtain novel algorithmic ideas, frequently of substantial mathematical depth, which while solving the problem at hand, also lay the groundwork for future contributions by others. Vazirani joined Georgia Tech in 1995. His work on approximation algorithms, championing the primal-dual schema, which he applied to network design, facility location, and web searching and clustering, helped determine the direction of that field in the 1990\u0027s, culminating in his definitive book on the subject, published in 2001 and translated into several languages. More recently, with his brother, Umesh Vazirani, professor at U.C. Berkeley, and his doctoral students, Aranyak Mehta and Amin Saberi, he has gone back to his earlier seminal contributions to the classical maximum matching problem to develop algorithms for optimizing ad auctions on the web, an entirely new application with large commercial implications for search engine companies such as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=568\u0022\u003EGoogle, Yahoo and MSN\u003C\/a\u003E. His recent work in the nascent area of algorithmic game theory and market equilibria, which attempts to address economic\/computational issues arising from the Internet, represents another example of the creation of a wholly new area. He is currently involved in producing, together with three other prominent researchers, an edited volume that will consolidate progress made in this area over the last five years and also help set the tone of research for the next few years.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new ACM Fellows, from some of the world\u0027s leading industries, research labs and universities, have made significant advances that are having lasting effects on the lives of citizens throughout the world. This year ACM selected 34 of its members as ACM Fellows.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESeveral universities had multiple winners, including Georgia Tech, Berkeley, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Illinois, Stanford, Washington and Wisconsin, with achievements in a variety of fields. Among the technology areas cited were: verifiable voting systems; software reliability and security; active and semi-structured database systems; high performance discrete-event simulation; theory and computing infrastructure for real time computing systems; shared-memory multiprocessing; compiler construction, programming languages, interactive programming environments, and network architecture, protocols and algorithms.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWithin the corporate sector, Intel Corporation garnered two Fellows, with achievements recognized in mobile and ubiquitous systems, and high performance processors and multimedia architectures. AT\u0026amp;T Labs also had two Fellows, whose contributions were in algorithms and data structures, and the theory of e-commerce and market-based, decentralized computation. Other corporate research facilities with 2005 Fellows were Microsoft Research; IBM Almaden Research Center; and Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies. Their contributions included database query processing; application of logic in computer science; and packet processing and traffic management algorithms.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These individuals deserve our acclaim for their dedication, creativity, and success in pursuing productive careers in information technology,\u0022 said ACM President David Patterson. \u0022By seizing these opportunities, they demonstrate the astonishing potential for innovation in the computing discipline, and the broad-based, profound and enduring impacts of their achievements for the way we live and work in the 21st Century. On a personal note, I am pleased that I\u0027ve known and collaborated with many of these new fellows for several years.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EACM will formally recognize the new Fellows at its annual Awards Banquet on May 20, 2006, in San Francisco, CA. Additional information about the ACM 2005 Fellows, the awards event, as well as previous ACM Fellows and award winners is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.acm.org\/awards\/\u0022\u003Ewww.acm.org\/awards\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2005 ACM Fellows\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThomas E. Anderson, University of Washington\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDines Bj\u00c7\u00bfrner, Technical University of Denmark\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStephen R. Bourne, El Dorado Ventures\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRodney Brooks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSurajit Chaudhuri, Microsoft Research\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKeith D. Cooper, Rice University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDavid L. Dill, Stanford University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChristophe Diot, Thomson Paris Research Lab\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMichel Dubois, University of Southern California\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMichael J. Franklin, University of California, Berkeley\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOphir Frieder, Illinois Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRobert Harper, Carnegie Mellon University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMaurice Herlihy, Brown University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhokion G. Kolaitis, IBM Almaden Research Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nVipin Kumar, University of Minnesota\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nT.V. Lakshman, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBrad A. Myers, Carnegie Mellon University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDavid M. Nicol, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.crest.gatech.edu\/palembioetc\/bio2004.pdf\u0022\u003EKrishna Palem, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThomas Reps, University of Wisconsin, Madison\/GrammaTech, Inc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLui Sha, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMikkel Thorup, AT\u0026amp;T Labs - Research\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEli Upfal, Brown University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUmesh Vazirani, University of California, Berkeley\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/vazirani.html\u0022\u003EVijay V. Vazirani, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRoy Want, Intel Corporation\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGerhard Weikum, Max-Planck Institute for Informatics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUri C. Weiser, Intel Corporation\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDaniel S. Weld, University of Washington\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMichael P. Wellman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJennifer Widom, Stanford University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWalter Willinger, AT\u0026amp;T Labs - Research\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDavid A. Wood, University of Wisconsin, Madison\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHui Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout ACM\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nACM is an educational and scientific society uniting the world\u0027s computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field\u0027s challenges. ACM strengthens the profession\u0027s collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence. ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the ACM Fellows Program \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nInitiated in 1993, the Fellows program celebrates the exceptional contributions of the leading members in the computing field. These individuals have helped to enlighten researchers, developers, practitioners and end-users of information technology throughout the world. The new ACM Fellows join a distinguished list of colleagues to whom ACM and its members look for guidance and leadership in computing and information technology.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Palem and Vazirani recognized for contributions to Computing and IT"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Association for Computing Machinery, the oldest and largest society for computing and technology professionals worldwide, has recognized two Georgia Tech professors for their contributions to computing and information technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Palem and Vazirani selected for contributions to CS"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-01-11 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73357":{"id":"73357","type":"image","title":"Dr. Krishna Palem","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"},"73358":{"id":"73358","type":"image","title":"Dr. Vijay Vazirani","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73357","73358"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/technology\/content\/feb2005\/tc2005024_2426_tc024.htm","title":"PCMOS and Moore\\\u0027s Law"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.crest.gatech.edu\/palembioetc\/bio2004.pdf","title":"Palem Bio"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/vazirani.html","title":"Vazirani Faculty Page"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.acm.org\/","title":"ACM"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=568","title":"Google Advertising release"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72961":{"#nid":"72961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"James Meindl to Receive IEEE Medal of Honor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJames D. Meindl, director of the Microelectronics Research Center and the Joseph M. Pettit Chair Professor of Microelectronics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named recipient of one of technology\u0027s most prestigious accolades - the 2006 IEEE Medal of Honor. Some of his pioneering contributions to microelectronics transformed medical research, improved portable military devices and resulted in the creation of a portable electronic reading aid for the blind.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESponsored by the IEEE Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.), the medal will be presented to Meindl at the IEEE Honors Ceremony on Saturday, June 24 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his career as a scientist, educator and high-level technology executive,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMeindl logged a string of exceptional technical accomplishments. Early in his career, he developed micropower integrated circuits for portable military equipment at the Army Signal Corps R\u0026amp;D Laboratories in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELater at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, he created low-power integrated circuits and sensors for a portable electronic reading aid for the blind, miniature wireless radio telemetry systems for biomedical research, and non-invasive ultrasonic imaging and blood-flow measurement systems. He was the founding director of the Integrated Circuits Laboratory and a founding co-director of the Center for Integrated Systems at Stanford, a model for university and industry cooperative research in microelectronics.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 1986 to 1993, Meindl was senior vice president for academic affairs and provost of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, where he oversaw all teaching and research.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe joined Georgia Tech in 1993 and was appointed director of its Microelectronic Research Center in 1996. In 1998, he became the founding director of the Interconnect Focus Center, leading a team of more than 60 faculty members from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford, Rensselaer, The State University of New York Albany and Georgia Tech in a partnership with industry and government. His research at Georgia Tech includes exploring solutions to problems that arise from trying to interconnect billions of transistors within a tiny chip.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his career at Stanford, Rensselaer and Georgia Tech, Meindl has supervised more than 80 doctoral graduates who went on to have profound impacts on the semiconductor industry.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAn IEEE Life Fellow, Meindl is the recipient of the Benjamin Garver Lamme Medal of the American Association for Engineering Education, the J.J. Ebers Award of the IEEE Electron Devices Society, the IEEE Education Medal and the IEEE Solid State Circuits Award. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He holds bachelor\u0027s, master\u0027s and doctoral degrees, all in electrical engineering, from the Carnegie Institute of Technology at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe IEEE is the world\u0027s largest technical professional society. Through its 365,000 members in 150 countries, the society is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications, to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Dedicated to the advancement of technology, the IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world\u0027s literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards. The organization also sponsors or co-sponsors more than 300 international technical conferences each year.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"James Meindl will be awarded the 2006 IEEE Medal of Honor.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Award is for contributions to microelectronics"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-06-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72962":{"id":"72962","type":"image","title":"James Meindl","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72962"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/origin.www.spectrum.ieee.org\/jun06\/inthisissue","title":"IEEE Spectrum article on Meindl"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mirc.gatech.edu\/message.php","title":"Microelectronics Research Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73359":{"#nid":"73359","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rothaermel Named Sloan Industry Studies Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrank T. Rothaermel, assistant professor of strategic management at Georgia Tech College of Management, was only one of four young scholars in the United States or Canada to win a 2006 Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEngaged in groundbreaking research of the complex influences shaping today\u0027s industrial enterprises, Sloan Industry Studies Fellows are selected based on their promise to contribute to the advancement of knowledge as well as U.S. industrial development and economic competitiveness. Rothaermel was recognized for his work in the biotechnology industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESloan Industry Fellows, who are free to pursue whatever lines of study are of most interest to them, receive a $45,000 grant for a two-year period. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am truly honored and humbled to receive a Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship,\u0022 Rothaermel says. \u0022I greatly appreciate the recognition of my past work. This generous grant will enable me to continue my quest of understanding the competitive and welfare implications of the life sciences in general and biotechnology in particular.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESloan Industry Studies Fellowships provide support to junior faculty from a wide array of academic disciplines, including management, economics, engineering and political science. Fellowship candidates, who are nominated by their academic department chairs, other senior scholars, or business executives, must have strong partnerships with people in their chosen industries. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther 2006 Industry Studies Fellows include Jason Owen-Smith of the University of Michigan, Meredith B. Rosenthal of the Harvard School of Public Health, and Anita L. Tucker of the University of Pennsylvania.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Sloan Foundation, which began awarding its prestigious Research Fellowships to young scientists in 1955, launched the Industry Studies Fellowships in 2004 to extend the tradition of the nonprofit institution\u0027s founder, a renowned industrialist. Alfred P. Sloan Jr., who served as chairman and CEO of General Motors, established the foundation in 1934.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERothaermel, who joined Georgia Tech in 2003, has published his research in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal, among other journals. Honors won by his research include the Academy of Management\u0027s William H. Newman Award and the Strategic Management Society Conference\u0027s Best Paper Prize. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter: \u003C\/strong\u003EBrad Dixon, College of Management\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Frank T. Rothaermel, assistant professor of strategic management at Georgia Tech College of Management, was only one of four young scholars in the United States or Canada to win a 2006 Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor receives $45,000 research grant"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-01-24 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73360":{"id":"73360","type":"image","title":"Frank Rothaermel","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73360"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73042":{"#nid":"73042","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech\u0027s 1st Female Engineering Professor Passes Away","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Helen Grenga, the first full-tenured female engineering professor at Georgia Tech, passed away on April 14.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGrenga\u0027s appointment to metallurgy professor in 1968 opened the door to many more distinguished women faculty members and students at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile she came to Georgia Tech as a postdoctoral fellow in chemistry, Grenga retired a professor and administrator. During her time at Tech, Grenga held several administrative positions on campus, including director in the Office of Graduate Studies and Research. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EShe was secretary, vice president and then president of the national Society of Women Engineers (SWE) in addition to being longtime faculty advisor for the student chapter of SWE. She also served as professor emeritus in the School of Materials Science and Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, she held the office of president of Sigma Xi and Phi Kappa Phi. She was a recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Georgia Tech ANAK Faculty Award and the Georgia Tech Women\u0027s Leadership Conference\u0027s Women of Distinction Outstanding Faculty Member Award.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGrenga obtained her B.A. in chemistry in 1960 from Shorter College and her Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Virginia in 1967. She was employed by the Food and Drug Administration for a few years until she began her career in academia. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2001, Grenga published a book entitled Movies on the Fantail, a compilation of the diary writings of her brother, James Grenga, and other sailors\u0027 accounts while aboard the destroyer USS Barr.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. Helen Grenga, the first full-tenured female engineering professor at Georgia Tech, passed away on April 14.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Grenga was Tech\u0027s first full-tenured female prof"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-04-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73043":{"id":"73043","type":"image","title":"Helen Grenga","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73043"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73194":{"#nid":"73194","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Industrial Engineering Receives $20 M Committment","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), ranked No. 1 in the country for the past 15 years by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report, has received a commitment of $20 million from Georgia Tech alumnus H. Milton \u0027Milt\u0027 Stewart and his wife, Carolyn Stewart.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe commitment establishes a permanent endowment, the income from which will be available for unrestricted use within ISyE.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe school has been named the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering in recognition of the Stewarts\u0027 commitment. ISyE becomes the fourth named school in the Georgia Tech College of Engineering, joining the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The opportunities presented by a commitment of this magnitude are nothing short of amazing,\u0022 said Chelsea C. \u0027Chip\u0027 White III, the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in ISyE. \u0022I look forward to working with our faculty, staff and administration in determining how these funds can best be used to build upon the school\u0027s long tradition of innovation, research and educational excellence and academic leadership.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe highly visible U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report college rankings have placed ISyE in the nation\u0027s No. 1 slot in industrial and manufacturing engineering for 16 of the past 17 years. The Stewarts\u0027 commitment will be instrumental in helping the school maintain and increase its national prominence. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022You can\u0027t have the nation\u0027s No. 1 ISyE program for fifteen years running without strong private, philanthropic support from alumni and friends, corporations and foundations,\u0022 said College of Engineering Dean Don P. Giddens. \u0022Sustaining the unparalleled quality of the school\u0027s research programs and the excellence of its faculty and student body takes ongoing, significant investment. We are very fortunate that Milt Stewart has always understood that need and offered his wholehearted support of ISyE.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to a gift of $2.5 million that has already been made, the Stewarts\u0027 commitment consists of two charitable remainder annuity trusts totaling $7.5 million that have recently been established and a third charitable remainder annuity trust of $10 million that will be established in the near future. The Stewarts will receive income from the trusts until December 2015, when the trusts assets will be transferred to the endowment, whose estimated value will be at least $20 million.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We were thrilled seven years ago when they created the first school chair in Georgia Tech history, a visionary step that helped secure the finest leadership available for the School,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough. \u0022Now, with this wonderfully generous commitment, Milt and Carolyn have ensured the ongoing momentum and prestige of the school they love so much for many years to come.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStewart has a long history of philanthropy at Georgia Tech. He established the H. Milton Stewart Endowment Fund for ISyE Programs in 1995 and the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in ISyE in 1999. He has supported scholarships for women students coming to Georgia Tech from Habersham High School.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStewart is retired chairman and CEO of Standard Group, a company he established in 1987 with his sister, Kay Swanson, in Cornelia, Georgia. Holdings of the Standard Group at that time included Standard Telephone, which Stewart\u0027s father, H. M. Stewart Sr., purchased in 1939. Arkansas-based Alltel purchased Standard Telephone in 1998.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to receiving his bachelor\u0027s degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1961, Stewart later went on to receive his MBA from Emory University. Stewart is a trustee emeritus of the Georgia Tech Foundation, emeritus member and former chairman of the ISyE Advisory Board, former member of the College of Engineering Advisory Board, and a former president, trustee and Executive Committee member of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Receives $20 Million Commitment"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), ranked No. 1 in the country for the past 15 years by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report, has received a commitment of $20 million from Georgia Tech alumnus H. Milton \u0027Milt\u0027 Stewart and his wife, Carolyn Stewart.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School will be renamed H. Milton Stewart School of ISyE"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-03-03 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73195":{"id":"73195","type":"image","title":"Tech tower","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73195"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/","title":"Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73350":{"#nid":"73350","#data":{"type":"news","title":"FOCUS Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFOCUS, Georgia Tech\u0027s annual recruitment\/awareness event for minority undergraduate students, is celebrating its 15th anniversary.  The program is designed to give minority undergraduate students and any student who feels that the program will be beneficial a chance to visit Georgia Tech, encourage them to pursue graduate studies and participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.  210 students were selected for this year\u0027s program, and as part of the program graduates from each of the past fourteen years will be recognized.   \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis attraction and a partnership between the King Center and the Georgia Institute of Technology led to the development of the FOCUS program in 1991.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We hope this visit will encourage each student to pursue an advanced degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology but if not Georgia Tech an institution of their choice,\u0022 said Robert Haley, founder and Director of the FOCUS Program.  \u0022This program has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success.  I believe the administration\u0027s commitment to the program, coupled with the wonderful students who attend our program, make this a premier event.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFOCUS is credited with keeping Georgia Tech among the leaders for awarding graduate degrees to minority students.  The program has hosted more than two thousand students from more than 100 universities during its 15-year existence.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHaley has built the program into one of the finest in the country and believes its success will continue because of the tremendous support from the administration, faculty, staff and students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The FOCUS program has a bright future,\u0022 said Haley.  \u0022We have the right chemistry and inclusive environment on campus to keep this program among the elite minority recruiting tools in higher education for years to come.  It gives Georgia Tech a clear advantage over its peer institutions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Wayne Clough says he\u0027s pleased with the program and its success.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am proud of the work that Robert Haley and his staff have done to make FOCUS what it is today.  This program has become a model that other institutions want to emulate,\u0022 said Clough.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s agenda features speakers Calvin Mackie, co-founder of Channel Zer0; Nicolas Donofrio, executive vice president, Innovation and Technology, IBM; Michael Thurmond, Georgia Commissioner of Labor and Frank Matthews, publisher\/editor-in-chief, Diversity Issues in Higher Education..\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The FOCUS recruitment program is set to have another successful celebration"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"FOCUS, Georgia Tech\u0027s annual recruitment\/awareness event for minority undergraduate students, is celebrating its 15th anniversary.  The program is designed to give minority undergraduate students and any student who feels that the program will be beneficial a chance to visit Georgia Tech, encourage them to pursue graduate studies and participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"More than 200 students have registered to attend"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-01-12 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73351":{"id":"73351","type":"image","title":"Robert Haley","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"},"73352":{"id":"73352","type":"image","title":"FOCUS participants enjoy the evening","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73351","73352"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.focus.gatech.edu\/","title":"FOCUS program at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73038":{"#nid":"73038","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Friedman\u0027s \u0022World Is Flat\u0022 Praises Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThomas L. Friedman, renowned best-selling author and \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times \u003C\/em\u003Ecolumnist, showcases Georgia Tech in the re-release of his most recent book, \u003Cem\u003EThe World Is Flat\u003C\/em\u003E, originally published in 2005.  He has updated and expanded content with more than 100 pages of new reports and commentary, featuring Georgia Tech\u0027s approach to education in the 21st century in the chapter, \u0022The Right Stuff.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022What the Georgia Tech model recognizes is that the world is increasingly going to be operating off the flat-world platform, with its tools for all kinds of horizontal collaboration,\u0022 writes Friedman.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn \u003Cem\u003EThe World Is Flat\u003C\/em\u003E, Friedman demystifies the new flat world that technology, communication and increasing globalization are creating. In the chapter \u0022The Right Stuff,\u0022 Friedman extensively quotes Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough and describes how Tech has worked over the last 10 years to attract and retain more students with more wide-ranging interests such as music and film, with the thought that these students are more flexible and able to adapt and work across disciplines.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Friedman, \u0022very few presidents of premier technology universities boast about their tubas as much as their test tubes. But Clough has reason to boast, because my guess is that by making Georgia Tech sing-and by making other user-friendly additions to the undergraduate teaching system, and by making education overseas easily available for Georgia Tech students - he is producing not just more engineers, but the right kind of engineers.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Tom Friedman understands like few others how the world is changing around us and how important technologically savvy graduates have become to our nation. Georgia Tech shares his conviction and appreciates the validation he has given to our efforts to create an educational experience that prepares our students for success in an era that demands flexibility, creativity, experimentation, and teamwork across traditional boundaries,\u0022 says Clough.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFriedman continues his observations, sharing conversations with Rich DeMillo, dean of the College of Computing, and Merrick Furst, associate dean of the College of Computing. Friedman highlights the College of Computing\u0027s re-design of the computer science major called Threads. The new curriculum features nine \u0027threads\u0027 which combine computing with another field such as media, information, or people, to produce graduates with broader knowledge and experiences than the traditional fixed set of computer science skills.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFriedman has won the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work at \u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E, where he serves as the foreign affairs columnist. He is the author of three previous books, all of them best-sellers: \u003Cem\u003EFrom Beirut to Jerusalem\u003C\/em\u003E, winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction; \u003Cem\u003EThe Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization\u003C\/em\u003E; and \u003Cem\u003ELongitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11\u003C\/em\u003E. In 2005, \u003Cem\u003EThe World Is Flat\u003C\/em\u003E was given the first Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and Friedman was named one of America\u0027s Best Leaders by \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Preparing Students for Global Reality of 21st Century"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Thomas L. Friedman, renowned best-selling author and New York Times columnist, showcases Georgia Tech in the re-release of his most recent book, The World Is Flat, originally published in 2005.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has right stuff for 21st century"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-04-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73039":{"id":"73039","type":"image","title":"Thomas Friedman","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73039"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.thomaslfriedman.com\/","title":"Thomas L. Friedman"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73040":{"#nid":"73040","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Test Tubes, Tubas \u0026 Threads - A Winning Combination","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Thomas L. Friedman, renowned best-selling author and New York Times columnist, Georgia Tech\u0027s President G. Wayne Clough \u0022had to rethink education in a flattening world out of sheer necessity.\u0022  Friedman showcases Georgia Tech\u0027s approach to education in the 21st century, as well as the College of Computing\u0027s redesign of the computer science major called \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThreads\u003C\/a\u003E, in the rerelease of his most recent book, \u003Cem\u003EThe World Is Flat\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Chapter Seven, entitled \u0022The Right Stuff,\u0022 Friedman extensively quotes Clough in the \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/documents\/excerpt_the-world-is-flat.pdf\u0022\u003ETubas and Test Tubes\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 section and describes how Georgia Tech has worked over the last ten years to attract and retain more students who have more wide-ranging interests such as music and film, with the thought that these students are more flexible and able to adapt and work across disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFriedman points out that, \u0022very few presidents of premier technology universities boast about their tubas as much as their test tubes. But Clough has reason to boast, because my guess is that by making Georgia Tech sing-and by making other user-friendly additions to the undergraduate teaching system, and by making education overseas easily available for Georgia Tech students-he is producing not just more engineers, but the right kind of engineers.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFriedman continues his observations, sharing conversations with Rich DeMillo, dean of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/a\u003E, and Merrick Furst, associate dean of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\u003C\/a\u003E. Friedman highlights the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Computing\u0027s\u003C\/a\u003E redesign of the computer science major called \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/content\/view\/692\/144\/\u0022\u003EThreads\u003C\/a\u003E. The new curriculum features nine \u0027threads\u0027 that combine computing with another field such as media, information, or people, to produce graduates with a broader knowledge base and set of experiences than the traditional fixed set of computer science skills.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022What the Georgia Tech model recognizes is that the world is increasingly going to be operating off the flat-world platform, with its tools for all kinds of horizontal collaboration,\u0022 writes Friedman.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Institute Prepares Students for Global Reality of 21st Century According to Best-Selling Author"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"According to Thomas L. Friedman, renowned best-selling author and New York Times columnist, Tech\u0027s President G. Wayne Clough \u0022had to rethink education in a flattening world out of sheer necessity.\u0022","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech prepares students for global reality"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-04-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73041":{"id":"73041","type":"image","title":"Tom Friedman","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73041"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.thomaslfriedman.com\/","title":"Thomas L. Friedman"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72945":{"#nid":"72945","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Chevron, Tech Partner to Create Alternative Fuels","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChevron Corp. and the Georgia Institute of Technology have formed a strategic research alliance to pursue advanced technology aimed at making cellulosic biofuels and hydrogen viable transportation fuels. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChevron Technology Ventures, a subsidiary of Chevron, plans to collaborate with Georgia Tech\u0027s Strategic Energy Institute and contribute up to $12 million over five years for research into and development of these emerging energy technologies. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe focus of the joint research is to develop commercially viable processes for the production of transportation fuels from renewable resources such as forest and agricultural waste. This is viewed as an important advancement over first-generation biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, which are made from agricultural crops such as corn, sugarcane and soybeans. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This research alliance underscores Chevron\u0027s commitment to expand and diversify the world\u0027s energy sources and represents an ambitious effort to achieve breakthrough technology in the development of cellulosic biofuels,\u0022 said Don Paul, vice president and chief technology officer, Chevron Corporation. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Beyond this project, Chevron in 2006 expects to spend approximately $400 million in the development of alternative and renewable energy technologies and in delivering energy efficiency solutions,\u0022 added Paul. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Once developed, second-generation processing technology will allow waste products to be converted into renewable transportation fuels, opening the door to a new phase in alternative energy,\u0022 said Rick Zalesky, vice president of Biofuels and Hydrogen, Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChevron and Georgia Tech formed the alliance because their research and development goals related to emerging energy technologies are closely aligned. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This collaboration fits well with Georgia Tech and its Strategic Energy Institute\u0027s goal to help develop energy technologies that both industry and consumers can embrace. We look forward to working with Chevron to create effective and economical fuel alternatives,\u0022 said Roger Webb, director of the Strategic Energy Institute. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I appreciate Chevron\u0027s commitment to assist Georgia Tech with developing commercially viable and environmentally friendly Georgia ethanol,\u0022 said Governor Sonny Perdue. \u0022Georgia has a wealth of renewable energy resources and we must be proactive in developing alternative fuel sources. The state of Georgia and Georgia Tech are leading the nation with this cutting-edge research.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe alliance will focus its research on four areas: production of cellulosic biofuels, understanding the characteristics of biofuel feedstocks, developing regenerative sorbents and improving sorbents used to produce high-purity hydrogen. (Note: During hydrogen production, sorbent materials are used to remove gases such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen.) \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECellulosic Biofuels \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThrough a process called aqueous phase reforming, researchers will develop processes to directly convert biomass such as wood or switchgrass into hydrogen or hydrocarbon transportation fuels. The study will help researchers determine the feasibility of producing commercial volumes of cellulosic biofuels or hydrogen from biomass and also understand the conditions needed for large-scale production facilities. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother focus area will be to understand the characteristics of biofuels produced from different feedstocks and their effects on biofuel production processes. Defining the properties of various biofuels will help in the design of equipment and procedures to accommodate different feedstocks. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHydrogen \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSorbents are used in hydrogen production from natural gas to remove odorants that contain sulfur. They are usually costly and can be used only once. Scientists from Chevron and Georgia Tech are working to develop regenerative sorbents that can be used repeatedly, thereby reducing the cost of hydrogen production from natural gas. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a related project, researchers are working to develop sorbents for the purification of hydrogen produced from natural gas reforming. Both hydrogen performance and vehicle performance increase with sorbent performance, leading to greater overall energy efficiency. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the advanced research that the Georgia Tech initiative will conduct, Chevron is making significant investments in conventional biofuels. The company recently formed a biofuels business unit to advance technology and pursue commercial opportunities related to the production and distribution of biofuels in the United States. Chevron also recently invested in a new biodiesel facility in Galveston, Texas, that will produce diesel fuel from soybeans and other renewable feedstocks. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChevron is investing across the energy spectrum to develop energy sources for future generations by expanding the capabilities of today\u0027s alternative and renewable energy technologies. Since 2000, Chevron Corporation, through its various subsidiaries, has spent more than $1.5 billion on renewable energy projects and on delivering energy efficiency solutions. Focus areas include geothermal, hydrogen, biofuels and advanced batteries as well as wind and solar technologies. Chevron is the largest renewable energy producer among global oil and gas companies, producing 1,152 megawatts of renewable energy, primarily from geothermal operations in Indonesia and the Philippines.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Chevron and Georgia Tech\u0027s Strategic Energy Institute form $12 million research partnership"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Chevron will form a $12 million partnership with Georgia Tech\u0027s Strategic Energy Institute to develop renewable transportation fuels.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Chevron to give Tech $12 million for fuels research"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-06-15 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72946":{"id":"72946","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72946"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chevron.com\/","title":"Chevron"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.energy.gatech.edu\/","title":"Strategic Energy Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73186":{"#nid":"73186","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Invasive Exotic Plants Helped by Natural Enemies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlthough conventional wisdom suggests that invasive exotic plants thrive because they escape the natural enemies that kept them in check in their native ranges, a new study in the journal Science suggests the opposite. Exotic plants that are in the presence of their natural enemies actually do better in their introduced ranges. The research from the Georgia Institute of Technology appears in the March 10, 2006 issue of the journal Science, published by the AAAS, the science society, the world\u0027s largest general scientific organization.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year, invasive exotic species cause an estimated $120 billion in damage in the United States, not to mention the untold amount of harm they do to the structure and function of native ecosystems. In this latest study, researchers found that exotic herbivores, including cattle, rabbits and goats introduced by Old World explorers, can encourage the spread of invasive exotic plants - increasing their relative abundance by nearly 70 percent over native plants.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Exotic herbivores may facilitate the growth of exotic plants by selectively consuming native plants, potentially freeing resources for exotic plants that can resist these herbivores,\u0022 said John Parker, graduate researcher in the School of Biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EParker, along with Professor Mark Hay and fellow graduate student Deron Burkepile, analyzed 63 published studies of more than 100 exotic and 400 native plant species. In addition to finding that exotic plant eaters increased the percentage of exotic plants in a community, they found that exotic plant eaters also increased the richness and variety of exotic plants. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey also found that native herbivores, once thought to have little effect on exotic plants, are far more effective in reducing their number. They decreased the relative abundance of exotics by 28 percent and the absolute abundance by 15 percent.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These findings were interesting to us because, on most continents, many of the resident herbivores have been hunted to extinction by early settlers, often times to make room for their own domesticated and feral herbivores from the old world,\u0022 said Parker.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe also noted that this radical shift in herbivore composition may favor exotic plants over natives.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERecent research, including a paper authored by Parker in Ecology Letters last year, suggests that native herbivores actually prefer to eat exotic plants over native plants. This research proposes that since the exotic plants haven\u0027t yet adapted to the threats posed by native plant eaters, they may not have the right defenses and are often easier prey than the native herbivores\u0027 usual meal.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMoreover, most previous assessments of this \u0022natural enemies hypothesis,\u0022 have focused on the effect that specialized insects have on plants. However, Parker notes that insects commonly reduce plant growth and biomass, but vertebrate herbivores are often larger and thus more commonly kill plants outright. Because of this, vertebrate herbivores often have a stronger impact on plant communities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study\u0027s findings have serious implications for conserving ecosystems and reducing the economic damage that invasive exotic species cause. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Restoring native vertebrate herbivores to their natural ranges, while reducing the number of exotic herbivores, could be an effective tool in reducing invasive exotic plants,\u0022 said Parker.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A new Georgia Tech study suggests that exotic plants in the presence of their natural enemies actually do better in their introduced ranges. The findings could help mitigate the $120 billion in damage caused by exotic species in the U.S. each year.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Importing plant-eaters may help exotics thrive"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-03-06 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73187":{"id":"73187","type":"image","title":"Crayfish","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73187"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73336":{"#nid":"73336","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Evolution Study Tightens Human-Chimp Connection","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found genetic evidence that seems to support a controversial hypothesis that humans and chimpanzees may be more closely related to each other than chimps are to the other two species of great apes - gorillas and orangutans. They also found that humans evolved at a slower rate than apes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAppearing in the January 23, 2006 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, biologist Soojin Yi reports that the rate of human and chimp molecular evolution - changes that occur over time at the genetic level - is much slower than that of gorillas and orangutans, with the evolution of humans being the slowest of all. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs species branch off along evolutionary lines, important genetic traits, like the rate of molecular evolution also begin to diverge. They found that the speed of this molecular clock in humans and chimps is so similar, it suggests that certain human-specific traits, like generation time, began to evolve one million years ago - very recently in terms of evolution.  The amount of time between parents and offspring is longer in humans than apes. Since a long generation time is closely correlated with the evolution of a big brain, it also suggests that developmental changes specific to humans may also have evolved very recently.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a large-scale genetic analysis of approximately 63 million base pairs of DNA, the scientists studied the rate at which the base pairs that define the differences between species were incorrectly paired due to errors in the genetic encoding process, an occurrence known as substitution.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For the first time, we\u0027ve shown that the difference in the rate of molecular evolution between humans and chimpanzees is very small, but significant, suggesting that the evolution of human-specific life history traits is very recent,\u0022 said Yi.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMost biologists believe that humans and chimpanzees had a common ancestor before the evolutionary lines diverged about 5-7 million years ago. According to the analysis, one million years ago the molecular clock in the line that became modern humans began to slow down. Today, the human molecular clock is only 3 percent slower than the molecular clock of the chimp, while it has slowed down 11 percent from the gorilla\u0027s molecular clock.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis slow down in the molecular clock correlates with a longer generation time because substitutions need to be passed to the next generation in order to have any lasting effect on the species,\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022A long generation time is an important trait that separates humans from their evolutionary relatives,\u0022 said Navin Elango, graduate student in the School of Biology and first author of the research paper. \u0022We used to think that apes shared one generation time, but that\u0027s not true. There\u0027s a lot more variation. In our study, we found that the chimpanzee\u0027s generation time is a lot closer to that of humans than it is to other apes.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe results also confirm that there is very little difference in the alignable regions of the human and chimp genomes. Taken together, the study\u0027s findings suggest that humans and chimps are more closely related to each other than the chimps are to the other great apes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think we can say that this study provides further support for the hypothesis that humans and chimpanzees should be in one genus, rather than two different genus\u0027 because we not only share extremely similar genomes, we share similar generation time,\u0022 said Yi.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEven though the 63 million base pairs they studied is a large sample, it\u0027s still a small part of the genome, Yi said. \u0022If we look at the whole genome, maybe it\u0027s a different story, but there is evidence in the fossil record that this change in generation time occurred very recently, so the genetic evidence and the fossil data seem to fit together quite well so far.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found genetic evidence that supports a controversial hypothesis that humans and chimpanzees may be more closely related to each other than chimps are to the other two species of great apes - gorillas and orangutans. They report that the rate of human and chimp molecular evolution is much slower than that of gorillas and orangutans, with the evolution of humans being the slowest of all.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Study also finds human evolution slower than apes"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-01-24 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73337":{"id":"73337","type":"image","title":"Chimpanzee","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73337"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/soojin-yi\/","title":"Soojin Yi"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73338":{"#nid":"73338","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lee Recognized for Health Care Management Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, which recognizes research excellence in the broad field of management science, has awarded its 2005 Pierskalla Award in health care and management science to Eva Lee, a professor of industrial and systems engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Lee was recognized for her research in emergency treatment response and real-time staff allocation for bioterrorism and infectious disease outbreak.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, a collaboration with Siddhartha Maheshwary and Dr. Jacquelyn Mason at the Centers for Disease Control, was cited as timely and innovative, advancing research frontiers of both management science and health care services. The award is named after Dr. William Pierskalla to recognize his contribution and dedication to improving health services research and delivery through operations research. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELee\u0027s research focuses on novel mathematical modeling and computational advances for medical and biomedical investigations, developing realistic mathematical models, algorithmic strategies and clinical decision-support systems to help analyze large-scale biological, DNA\/genomic and clinical data. Her medical\/biomedical research includes novel pattern recognition and classification algorithms for early disease diagnosis and prediction, target therapeutic intervention and disease monitoring; analysis of clinical treatment modalities and design of optimal and combination treatment regimens, and drug delivery for cancer; and health care outcome analysis and development of prediction rules for treatment effectiveness, and design of improved treatment regimens. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1996, Lee received the NSF CAREER Young Investigator Award for research on integer programming and parallel algorithms. She was the recipient of the prestigious Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Grant for Young Investigators in 2000 for her work on novel biological imaging and combined optimal treatment for prostate cancer. She is the first industrial engineering researcher to receive this award. She also received an NSF Information Technology Research Award for her work on computational advances for cancer therapeutics in 2003. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EShe has received six patents on innovative medical systems and devices, one of which is currently under FDA review for approval for clinical use in the treatment of prostate cancer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELee received her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Computer Science with highest distinction from Hong Kong Baptist University. She received her Ph.D degree in Computational and Applied Mathematics from Rice University in 1993. After graduation, she spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow in the NSF Center for Parallel Computation, and in 1995, she was an NSF\/NATO postdoctoral fellow in Scientific Computing at Konrad-Zuse Zentrum Informationstechnik Berlin.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, which recognizes research excellence in the broad field of management science, has awarded its 2005 Pierskalla Award in health care and management science to Eva Lee.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lee gets honors for emergency treatment response"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-01-24 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73339":{"id":"73339","type":"image","title":"Eva Lee","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73339"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72930":{"#nid":"72930","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Opens Research Institute in Ireland","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology, have expanded Georgia Tech\u0027s global reach with the opening of a research institute in Athlone, Ireland. The new institute will focus on four technology areas that mirror Ireland and Georgia Tech\u0027s research strengths - digital media, radio frequency identification (RFID), biotechnology and energy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Ireland (GT Ireland) will be GTRI\u0027s first applied research facility outside the United States. Over the next five years, the Irish operation plans to build up a portfolio of research programs and collaborations with industry valued in excess of $24 million, and at full operation, it expects to employ 50 highly qualified researchers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI, which conducts more than $140 million in research and development annually for industry, government and academic institutions across the world, is launching this new enterprise with support from IDA Ireland, the agency responsible for industrial development and overseas investment in Ireland. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ireland is increasingly known as a world leader in innovation and for embracing technology. As Georgia Tech expands its global horizons, we seek partners who share our values and goals,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough. \u0022Thus, we are especially pleased to celebrate the formation of this forward-looking collaboration with Ireland and our Georgia Tech Research Institute. We are grateful to the government and civic leaders of Ireland who worked on this exciting initiative with us.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute will work closely with Irish corporations and universities, the Georgia Tech research community and U.S. companies to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with industry-focused research and development that bridge the gap between academic discovery and commercial success.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m delighted to be celebrating the official opening of GTRI Ireland, a unique and innovative institute for Athlone,\u0022 said Ireland\u0027s Minister of Finance Brian Cowen. \u0022This international Applied Research Institute will be a critical component of Ireland\u0027s R\u0026amp;D infrastructure.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Stephen E. Cross, Georgia Tech vice president and GTRI director noted, \u0022GT Ireland is an integral part of GTRI\u0027s plan to develop international operations and build long-term relationships with industrial partners by providing innovative solutions through customer-focused R\u0026amp;D. This initiative directly supports Georgia Tech\u0027s vision to define the technological university of the 21st Century.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Ireland and its research partners will focus on several strategic research strands to provide international leadership in these emerging fields.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute\u0027s digital media research will include development of a national test bed for Internet protocol television (IPTV), a fully interactive digital television research and development platform offered via fixed and wireless broadband connections. By bringing together developers and users, the institute will explore the potential applications of this emerging technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research with RFID will center on authentication and identification technologies including RF, accoustics and optics for the commercial sector. Using a system engineering approach, the work will provide novel technologies to address complex challenges in global asset tracking, ePedigree and manufacturing.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute\u0027s biotechnology research will focus primarily on medical devices for preventive and predictive medicine and manufacturing of medical devices. Here the focus will be on the convergence of pharma, biomedical devices and ICT.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute\u0027s energy and environmental research focus will be on enabling technologies and systems models for sustainable energy alternatives. The range of research will span stationary and mobile applications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGT Ireland\u0027s Athlone location leaves it well situated for collaborative research with a broad range of companies and universities throughout Ireland. Athlone is between Dublin on the east coast and Galway on the west coast. Cork, home of the renowned Tyndall Institute, is on the southern coast. Elan Pharmaceutical and Ericsson are both headquartered in Athlone, and other major corporations have plans to come to the region.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI Deputy Director Dr. David Parekh, who has been working with IDA Ireland for the past two years to bring this initiative to fruition, will have primary responsibility for developing GT Ireland strategy, establishing corporate alliances and selecting the right talent to ensure this endeavor is successful. He commended IDA for its commitment to innovation and effectiveness in supporting initiatives through a world-class staff of professionals in Ireland and the U.S. In describing this partnership with the country of Ireland, he remarked, \u0022Ireland has the resources of a nation and the agility of a start-up.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI, established since 1934, has an international standing for its excellence in many areas of science and technology. It employs 1,300 people, including 600 full-time engineers and scientists, of which 73 percent hold advanced degrees.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The new institute, with research and collaborations valued at $24 million, will focus on IPTV, RFID, medical devices and sustainable energy"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has opened a new research institute in Athlone, Ireland. The new institute\u0027s research will focus on RFID, IPTV, medical devices and energy.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Irish institute will focus on IPTV, RFID, energy"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-06-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72931":{"id":"72931","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"}},"media_ids":["72931"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.idaireland.com\/home\/index.aspx","title":"IDA Ireland"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73021":{"#nid":"73021","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ga Tech and Solvay: $3M  Deal for OLED Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE) and Solvay announced a $3 million deal for OLED research today.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESolvay, an international chemical and pharmaceutical group headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, with units in more than 50 countries and a strong presence in Georgia, has signed a three-year commitment with Georgia Tech to fund research in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Solvay\u0027s partnership represents a substantial investment in Georgia Tech and signifies the company\u0027s confidence in Tech\u0027s ability to provide end-to-end resources encompassing modeling, synthesis, fabrication and testing,\u0022 said Seth Marder, director of COPE.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESolvay\u0027s commitment to Tech will help fund research in OLEDs, thin-films of organic molecules that give off light when electricity is applied. OLEDs could be used in everything from television and computer monitors to household lighting to handheld computing devices, such as iPods and personal digital assistants.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECOPE has already developed a unique material platform for OLEDs that may be deposited over large areas by ink-jet printing and patterned using standard photolithography. Tech researchers have found that exposing the material to ultraviolet light leads to hardened materials that are insoluble and maintain stability under high temperatures. This allows researchers to build a multi-layered solid-state device from liquid materials.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe partnership further strengthens the company\u0027s solid presence in Georgia, with offices of Solvay Advanced Polymers in Alpharetta and Solvay Pharmaceuticals in Marietta. For Tech, the partnership enhances its already strong international presence and reputation and adds an outlet for successful technology transfer and commercialization of research.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECOPE, through the research group of Jean-Luc Bredas, already conducts research activities with the University of Mons-Hainaut in Belgium. Georgia Tech has two international campuses, Georgia Tech Lorraine in Metz, France, and Georgia Tech Singapore.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Because Georgia Tech is an institution that is continuing to grow its reputation as a global player, this partnership helps that effort by strengthening the name recognition in the capital of Europe,\u0022 said Bredas, professor at COPE and Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Marder and Bredas, two other principals at COPE are Bernard Kippelen, associate director of COPE and professor in Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Marcus Weck, associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EL\u00c3\u00a9opold Demiddeleer, director of Solvay Corporate R\u0026amp;D and New Business Development, commented: \u0022The New Business Development division of the Solvay Group was looking worldwide to build a strong knowledge and innovation base in advanced materials for organic electronics. COPE was right on target, at the right time and at the right location for us. This winning partnership will take advantage of the world-class expertise of COPE and the industrial potential of Solvay in this highly challenging field. I consider this as the first critical step of a major long-term program for the company. Let\u0027s get started!\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout Solvay: SOLVAY is an international chemical and pharmaceutical Group with headquarters in Brussels. It employs some 30,000 people in 50 countries. In 2005, its consolidated sales amounted to EUR 8.6 billion generated by its three activity sectors: Chemicals, Plastics, and Pharmaceuticals. SOLVAY is listed on the Euronext 100 index of top European companies. Details are available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.solvay.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.solvay.com\u0022\u003Ewww.solvay.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE) and Belgian chemical giant Solvay announced a $3 million deal for OLED research.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Chemical giant Solvay partners with COPE"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-04-26 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73022":{"id":"73022","type":"image","title":"Organic light-emitting diodes","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["73022"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cope.gatech.edu\/","title":"COPE"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73255":{"#nid":"73255","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gold \u0026 White Honors Recipients","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe roster of Georgia Tech alumni and supporters who will be saluted during the Gold \u0026amp; White Honors celebration March 16 includes researchers, philanthropists and business leaders.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Joseph Mayo Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award will be presented to \u003Cstrong\u003ECharlie Brown\u003C\/strong\u003E, BC 62, a leader in commercial development in metro Atlanta; \u003Cstrong\u003EBen Dyer\u003C\/strong\u003E, IE 70, co-founder of Peachtree Software and a general partner of Cordova Intellimedia Ventures; \u003Cstrong\u003EGlen Robinson\u003C\/strong\u003E, Phys 48, MS Phys 50, a researcher who chipped in $100 to form Scientific-Atlanta and became its CEO; and \u003Cstrong\u003EAl West\u003C\/strong\u003E, AE 64, who transformed a computer game into a $600 million-a-year business.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Alumni Association for a lifetime of leadership, achievement and service to Georgia Tech and the community.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Dean Griffin Community Service Award will be presented to \u003Cstrong\u003EBill Todd\u003C\/strong\u003E, IM 71, president and CEO of the Georgia Cancer Coalition, the first president of the Georgia Research Alliance and the Alumni Association\u0027s vice chairman of Roll Call.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristopher Klaus\u003C\/strong\u003E, Cls 96, will be named the Outstanding Young Alumnus. The founder and chief technology officer of Internet Security Systems gave Georgia Tech one of the largest gifts in its history - $15 million for the construction of the Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe designation of honorary alumnus will be presented to \u003Cstrong\u003EJean Duke\u003C\/strong\u003E, wife of Paul A. Duke Sr., ME 45, IE 46; \u003Cstrong\u003EAaron King\u003C\/strong\u003E, team dentist for the Georgia Tech athletics program for 40 years; and \u003Cstrong\u003EBob Thompson\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Institute\u0027s vice president for administration and finance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Alumni Association will stage the Gold \u0026amp; White Honors gala at the Atlanta History Center.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The roster of Georgia Tech alumni and supporters who will be saluted during the Gold \u0026amp; White Honors celebration March 16 includes researchers, philanthropists and business leaders.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Gold \u0026 White Honors salutes alumni and friends"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-02-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/site\/","title":"Alumni Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Dunn\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlumni Association\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.dunn@alumni.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact John Dunn\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-0760\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["john.dunn@alumni.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73243":{"#nid":"73243","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Accelerates Drug Discovery with Supercomputer","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology today announced that one of the world\u0027s most powerful supercomputing clusters will anchor Georgia Tech\u0027s new Center for the Study of Systems Biology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Center will use IBM technologies to advance research into new drugs for the treatment of some of today\u0027s most life-threatening diseases, including cancer. The Center\u0027s research will be headed by one of the world\u0027s leading systems biologists, Dr. Jeffrey Skolnick, the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Computational Systems Biology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFunded by $8.5 million in grants from the State of Georgia, the Georgia Research Alliance and the National Institutes of Health, the new Center for the Study of Systems Biology merges Dr.Skolnick\u0027s biomedical research expertise with IBM\u0027s high-performance computing capabilities to create a brand new supercomputer. The new supercomputing cluster running Linux will be among the fastest in the world, and one of the most powerful among research universities in the Southeastern United States. The cluster is hosted by BellSouth\u0027s world-class facilities in Midtown Atlanta.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022By using IBM technology for our research, we can significantly shorten the time to market for new drugs,\u0022 said Dr. Skolnick. \u0022Systems biology integrates mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology with advanced, high performance computing and engineering. Bioinformatics and systems biology allow us to utilize the vast information growing out of the sequencing of the human genome, enabling drug developers to reduce the number of compounds they must screen by a factor of 10.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 1000-node Cluster 1350 system built on IBM BladeCenter\u00c2\u00ae systems and powered by dual-core AMD Opteron\u00c2\u00ae processors is capable of performing more than 8.5 trillion calculations per second, which would place it as the world\u0027s 41st most powerful supercomputer based upon the November 2005 TOP500 list (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.top500.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.top500.org\u0022\u003Ewww.top500.org\u003C\/a\u003E) of supercomputers. The system performance and scalability will offer students and faculty the ability to quickly and accurately analyze complex DNA and proteins to determine the biological and chemical processes of human cancer genes and proteins, to aid in the development of more targeted drugs to treat such diseases.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Universities today are looking for the fastest, most innovative and cost-efficient systems to help their intellectual communities translate the research they generate into viable information for the commercial market,\u0022 said Doug Balog, vice president, IBM BladeCenter. \u0022With the Cluster 1350 system based on the AMD Opteron LS20 IBM BladeCenter, students and faculty of Georgia Tech are gaining the processing power and system resources they need to make more accurate decisions in research and raise the profile of the Institute among the nation\u0027s most elite research facilities.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Only the most technologically savvy universities are able to compete in the field of drug discovery and bioinformatics,\u0022 said Mike Cassidy, president and CEO of the Georgia Research\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAlliance. \u0022Georgia Tech\u0027s focus on top-of-the-line technology and research facilities and the attraction of Dr. Jeff Skolnick and other world-class scholars will raise its presence in this competitive market and attract some of the nation\u0027s brightest students to join our research team to advance medicines that will improve the well-being of people everywhere.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBellSouth worked closely with Georgia Tech and IBM to design a unique, reliable hosting environment to support the high power density supercomputing cluster.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022With our hosting background, we had the flexibility and experience to quickly create a one-of-a-kind solution that could support Georgia Tech, IBM and the supercomputing cluster that will power the groundbreaking research of Dr. Skolnick,\u0022 said Bill Smith, BellSouth\u0027s Chief Technology Officer.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new supercomputer, capable of a peak performance of more than 16 TeraFlops, consists of a cluster of 1,000 AMD Opteron processor-based LS20 nodes for IBM BladeCenter systems (total of 4,000 core processors) running Red Hat Linux 4 on the infrastructure nodes and Scientific Linux on the compute nodes. The supercomputer forms the basis of the IBM Cluster 1350, a pre-packaged and tested super-cluster that is ultra-dense and easy to manage. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022AMD64 technology delivers the processing power needed to run some of the most demanding supercomputers, without sacrificing performance-per-watt efficiencies,\u0022 said Kevin Knox, vice president, Worldwide Commercial Business, AMD. \u0022By working closely with IBM on their AMD Opteron processor-based BladeCenter cluster, we feel confident that researchers at Georgia Tech will be better equipped to execute against demanding timelines and ultimately help bring critical drugs and research to market even faster.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe technology from IBM also includes 28 terabytes of IBM DS4800 storage and 20 terabytes of IBM DS4100 storage to house the large volumes of research data and provide a disaster recovery backup. Force10 TeraScale E-Series family of switch\/routers are also integrated into the IBM BladeCenter cluster to provide resilient interconnectivity enabling predictable cluster performance and scalability that will allow Georgia Tech to seamlessly expand its cluster.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Network resiliency is key to ensuring computing cycles are not interrupted and that researchers gain the reliable computing power they need to efficiently analyze massive amounts of data,\u0022 said Marc Randall, president and CEO at Force10 Networks.  \u0022IBM has taken its leading server technology and combined it with our leading switch\/router in a single high performance cluster solution to provide organizations like the Center for the Study of Systems Biology with the computing power they require to for advanced scientific research.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso included with the solution is IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger (code named \u0022Cool Blue,\u0022) a technology component that can use the existing chilled water supply for air conditioning systems already located in the majority of customer datacenters to reduce server heat emissions into the room by up to 55 percent. Georgia Tech has deployed \u0022Cool Blue\u0022 on 12 racks, reducing noise and easing the burden on existing air conditioning units. The Rear Door Heat eXchanger can reduce first-time installation costs by as much as 40 percent while lowering energy costs by almost 15 percent.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe cluster solution helps increase the overall performance of the Center\u0027s datacenter while lowering its total cost of ownership. The speed and flexibility of the systems also reduce the time it takes to complete research projects, allowing the Center more time to explore new commercial opportunities in the fields of pharmaceutical science and healthcare. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout BellSouth Corporation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation\u0027s largest wireless voice and data provider with 54.1 million customers. More information about BellSouth can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bellsouth.com\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.bellsouth.com\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.bellsouth.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Research Alliance\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA model public-private partnership between Georgia universities, business and state government, the Georgia Research Alliance helps build Georgia\u0027s technology-rich economy in three major ways: through attracting Eminent Scholars to Georgia\u0027s research universities; through improving laboratories and equipment at these research universities; and through converting research into products, services and jobs that drive the economy. To learn more about GRA, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gra.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.gra.org\u0022\u003Ewww.gra.org\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Force10 Networks\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nForce10 Networks is the pioneer in high performance switching and routing.  Based on a revolutionary system architecture that delivers best-in-class resiliency and massive scalability, Force10\u0027s TeraScale E-Series switch\/routers ensure predictable application performance, increase network availability, and reduce operating costs.  Today, many of the world\u0027s largest Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks depend on Force10 Networks.  For additional information, please visit the company\u0027s website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.force10networks.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.force10networks.com\u0022\u003Ewww.force10networks.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout IBM\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIBM is the world\u0027s largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. For more information about IBM, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibm.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.ibm.com\u0022\u003Ewww.ibm.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIBM and BladeCenter are trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation in the United States and\/or other countries.  For a complete list of IBM Trademarks, see \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/legal\/copytrade.shtml\u0022 title=\u0022www.ibm.com\/legal\/copytrade.shtml\u0022\u003Ewww.ibm.com\/legal\/copytrade.shtml\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology today announced that one of the world\u0027s most powerful supercomputing clusters will anchor Georgia Tech\u0027s new Center for the Study of Systems Biology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"IBM cluster to fuel research in systems biology"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-02-08 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73244":{"id":"73244","type":"image","title":"Jeffrey Skolnick","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73244"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72999":{"#nid":"72999","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Three at Tech Win Goldwater Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOne\u0027s a film director turned physicist, another is a second-generation engineer and another is a mathematician who\u0027s studied the relationships between members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Sophomores Jonathan Diaz, Andrew Marin and A.J. Friend are Tech\u0027s latest recipients of the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJonathan Diaz is proof that good high school teachers can change students lives, or at least their minds. He had planned to go to film school to become a director, but after taking a high school astronomy class he decided that his future lay in cosmology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I was always good in science,\u0022 said Diaz, a physics major from Alpharetta, Ga, \u0022but the thought that I would spend my life devoted to it, didn\u0027t occur to me until I took an astronomy course. I realized that there is something more than what I see in front of my eyes.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Tech, Diaz is working in the PicoForce lab under Elisa Reido studying the atomic origins of friction and other phenomena on the nanoscale.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut just because he\u0027s an aspiring physicist, doesn\u0027t mean he\u0027s turned his back on filmmaking. He recently finished making his first feature-length film, shot on mini-DV, titled \u0027Disruptions.\u0027 He is currently writing his second feature-length screenplay.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAndrew Marin comes from scientific stock. With an engineer for a father, a mother who\u0027s a nurse, an uncle who\u0027s a geologist and another who\u0027s an ecologist, it\u0027s no surprise to his family that Marin decided to pursue engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn fact, the chemical and biomolecular engineering major from Plano, Tx said he can\u0027t remember a time when he hasn\u0027t been interested in engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s very hands-on. I like seeing things develop from an idea to an application - that\u0027s very satisfying,\u0022 said Marin.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen he\u0027s not busy playing soccer or competing in a triathlon, he\u0027s working with professors Charles Eckert and Charles Liotta on tunable solvents. Marin  participated in the development of these solvents in which key properties can be rapidly changed. This could streamline the processing of chemicals - such as those used in the food and pharmaceutical industry.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to A.J. Friend, mathematics is key to understanding the world. Whether it\u0027s discovering the hidden relationships between seemingly unrelated people or groups, predicting and explaining people\u0027s behavior, or solving more traditional mathematical problems such as those faced in engineering or the sciences - math is an essential tool. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile still a freshman, the discrete mathematics major from West Haven, Ct, participated in research examining the degree of partisanship and power networks of the U.S. House of Representatives. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Network theory is going to have a huge impact,\u0022 said Friend. \u0022It\u0027s what Google and Amazon\u0027s recommendations are based on. With the direction that marketing is taking, it\u0027s the only way to understand the world.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELike Diaz, it was a high school teacher who really inspired him to utilize his natural talent for math. And like Marin, he\u0027s also athletic, playing sweeper in intramural soccer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EConcentrating in both applied and theoretical mathematics, Friend is still experimenting with the direction he wants his future to take. What he is sure of is that he wants to teach. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Relaying mathematical ideas to others in a simple and clear fashion and then seeing the epiphany in that person\u0027s expressions have been joys of mine for as long as I knew enough math to do so,\u0022 he said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENamed in honor of the former Arizona senator, the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Program is designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. The award covers the cost of tuition, fees, books and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year for up to two years.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Sophomores Jonathan Diaz, Andrew Marin and A.J. Friend are Tech\u0027s latest recipients of the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three sophomores receive coveted honor"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-05-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73000":{"id":"73000","type":"image","title":"Jonathan Diaz","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"73001":{"id":"73001","type":"image","title":"Andrew Marin","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"73002":{"id":"73002","type":"image","title":"A.J. Friend","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["73000","73001","73002"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.act.org\/goldwater\/","title":"Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.che.gatech.edu\/ssc\/eckert\/","title":"Eckert - Liotta Joint Research Group"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Mathematics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.che.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Physics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73245":{"#nid":"73245","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Creates More Compact, Inexpensive Spectrometer","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBeing the delicate optical instruments that they are, spectrometers are pretty picky about light.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut Georgia Tech researchers have developed a technology to help spectrometers - instruments that can be used as the main parts of sensors that can detect substances present in even ultra-small concentrations - analyze substances using fewer parts in a wider variety of environments, regardless of lighting. The technology can improve the portability while reducing the size, complexity, and cost of many sensing and diagnostics systems that use spectrometers. The technology has appeared in Applied Optics, Optics Express and Optics Letters and was presented as an invited talk at the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting 2005.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EConventional spectrometers have multiple parts - a narrow slit, a lens (to guide light), a grating (to separate wavelengths), a second lens and a detector (to detect the power at different wavelengths). The Georgia Tech team\u0027s goal was to combine all these pieces into two parts, a volume hologram (formed in an inexpensive piece of polymer) and a detector, to create a compact, efficient and inexpensive spectrometer that could be used for multiple spectroscopy and sensing applications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This technology is very useful for low-end spectrometers, but at the same time, there are many applications that require high-end spectrometers. This technology could convert a portion of a complex, high-end system into a much more versatile and light system,\u0022 said Ali Adibi, head of the project and an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause of its light weight and relative insensitivity to optical alignment, the new design helps create more versatile and portable spectrometers for several applications where portability had been difficult. For instance, the technology would make hand held devices possible for carbon monoxide detection or on-the-spot blood analysis and other biomedical applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the key advantages to the new spectrometer is its insensitivity to alignment.  Spectrometers are very sensitive to the direction and wavelength of light and several of their parts are devoted to keeping the light correctly directed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the Georgia Tech team was able to incorporate those necessary alignments along with the focusing functions into a volume hologram. This hologram is recorded by the interference pattern of two beams in a piece of photopolymer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There were lots of challenges because the light we need to analyze is diffuse in nature,\u0022 Adibi said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EConventional spectrometers work the best under collimated light (i.e. light moving in only one direction). However, the optical signal needed for practical sensing applications is diffuse. This problem is solved in conventional spectrometers by blocking light in all but one direction using a slit and a lens, but this also results in considerable power loss and lower efficiency. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022By choosing the appropriate hologram, we have no collimating hardware in our system. We have further demonstrated the capability of improving the throughput by using more complex holograms, which are recorded similar to less complex holograms, in our spectrometer without adding to the actual complexity of the system,\u0022 Adibi added.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team has a prototype for a lower-end spectrometer comparable to those currently on the market but for a considerably lower cost, Adibi said. Their research will now focus on developing more complex systems by using specially designed volume holograms to improve the efficiency - and thus the sensitivity - of the spectrometers, Adibi added.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project was funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism through the Integrated Alcohol Sensing and Data Analysis program. The Georgia Tech team is part of a larger team of researchers lead by Dr. David Brady at Duke University. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"New technology allows for more versatile portable spectrometers"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers have developed a technology to help spectrometers analyze substances using fewer parts in a wider variety of environments, regardless of lighting. The technology can improve the portability while reducing the size, complexity, and cost of many sensing and diagnostics systems that use spectrometers.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Technology improves portability of spectrometers"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-02-08 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73246":{"id":"73246","type":"image","title":"Portable spectrometer","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73247":{"id":"73247","type":"image","title":"Ali Adibi","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73246","73247"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73003":{"#nid":"73003","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers Demystify Role of COO in New Book","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChief operating officers are something of a mystery. Second in command, they are typically responsible for day-to-day delivery of business results, but their role can vary widely from company to company, causing confusion over COOs\u0027 value, according to a new book.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There is no agreed-upon description of what the job entails or even what it\u0027s called,\u0022 says Nate Bennett, a Georgia Tech professor of organizational behavior who is co-author, with Stephen Miles, of \u003Cem\u003ERiding Shotgun: The Role of the COO\u003C\/em\u003E (due June 19 from Stanford University Press) and an article in \u003Cem\u003EHarvard Business Review\u003C\/em\u003E\u0027s May issue on the same subject.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother challenge, in addition to defining the COO role, is determining whether the position is headed for extinction or making a comeback, say Bennett and Miles, a partner of Heidrick \u0026amp; Struggles Leadership Consulting. Although they cite one 2004 study showing that the number of firms with COOs had declined 22 percent over the previous decade, the authors have seen recent evidence that corporate demand for the position is growing. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile some firms have declined to fill vacated COO spots, instead dividing the job\u0027s duties among other top managers, many companies in a wide range of industries have announced new COOs in recent years, including Microsoft, RadioShack, Airbus, Allstate, Alcatel, Chiron, Nissan, Comcast, Eli Lilly, Apple, and Medtronic.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We can easily argue that there is a growing need for the role,\u0022 says Miles, listing such reasons as the widening scope of CEO responsibilities and the increasing desire of boards to identify heirs to the top spot. Bennett adds: \u0022In light of these trends, it\u0027s surprising that COOs are not more common. Our suspicion is that they would be if there were less variability and confusion surrounding the role.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAiming to shed light on a job largely neglected by scholars and the business press, Bennett and Miles extensively researched what makes a successful COO and why companies might want to add the position. Their book, \u003Cem\u003ERiding Shotgun\u003C\/em\u003E, features in-depth interviews with numerous executives, including Motorola\u0027s Ed Zander, eBay\u0027s Maynard Webb, Starbucks\u0027s Jim Donald, and PepsiCo\u0027s Steve Reinemund.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFinding that COO duties tend to vary greatly because companies adapt the job to meet the needs of particular CEOs, Bennett and Miles identify seven major types of second bananas: 1) the executor, who implements strategies, enabling the CEO to be more externally focused; 2) the change agent, charged with leading major reorganizations, turnarounds, or other strategic imperatives; 3) the mentor, brought on board to help a young or inexperienced CEO; 4) the other half, whose strengths complement the CEO\u0027s; 5) the partner, for CEOs who work best in that kind of relationship; 6) the heir apparent, groomed to take over one day; and 7) the MVP, promoted because he or she is too valuable to lose to a competitor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The tremendous variation in COO roles and responsibilities manifestly implies that there is no standard set of \u0027great COO\u0027 attributes\u0027.\u0022 write Bennett and Miles in the \u003Cem\u003EHarvard Business Review\u003C\/em\u003E, noting that the most critical factor for success is a high level of trust between the CEO and COO. \u0022The CEO must feel certain that the COO shares his vision, is not gunning for the top spot, and can get the job done.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOf potential interest to any manager climbing the ladder, both the journal article and Riding Shotgun are intended as resources to help CEOs and COOs collaborate more effectively. While COOs must keep their egos in check, CEOs should find ways to share the spotlight, the authors note. Frequent communication and a clear division of responsibility between the two are also crucial, they write.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the authors, reluctance to add a number-two executive can sometimes be detrimental to both the company and CEO. They argue, for example, that ousted Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina should have hired a COO to help ease the company\u0027s complicated merger with Compaq.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Understanding what makes for a successful chief operating officer is vital because the effectiveness of COOs is critical to the fortunes of many companies - and could be to many more,\u0022 Bennett says.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E Brad Dixon, College of Management\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Chief operating officers are something of a mystery. Second in command, they are typically responsible for day-to-day delivery of business results, but their role can vary widely by company, causing confusion over COOs\u0027 value, according to a new book.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New book titled Riding Shotgun: The Role of the COO"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-05-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73004":{"id":"73004","type":"image","title":"Nate Bennett","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["73004"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/directory\/bennett.html","title":"Bennett Faculty Website"},{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/index.html?link=logo","title":"College of Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73248":{"#nid":"73248","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Professor President of French Research Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECatherine Brechignac, adjunct professor of Physics and a distinguished visiting scholar chair at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been appointed president of France\u0027s Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the largest scientific organization in Europe.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrechignac oversaw the day-to-day operations as director general for CNRS from 1997-2000, returning to research upon the end of her tenure. Picked for the post by the French Government, Brechignac will now be responsible for formulating and guiding the organization\u0027s research strategy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We will continue promoting the traditional disciplines. But now, we have to face the global problems of the world, like energy and water, and that requires an interdisciplinary approach,\u0022 said Brechignac. \u0022If you want to make new things, you have to bring people from different fields and motivate them to work together.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith a budget close to $3 billion US ($2.29 billion Euros) and a workforce of more than 26,000 people, the CNRS is a very influential scientific organization that helps coordinate research in government, university and corporate laboratories.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrechignac\u0027s affiliation with Georgia Tech began in the early 1990\u0027s, when she began collaborating with Uzi Landman, director of the Center for Computational Materials Science, Regents\u0027 and Institute professor and F.E. Callaway endowed chair of physics at Georgia Tech. Her extensive work with Landman\u0027s group at the School of Physics on fission processes of charged metal clusters, that bear similarities to nuclear fission, led to Brechignac\u0027s appointment  to adjunct professor of physics and  the distinguished visiting scholar chair in 2001.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Catherine has long been a leader of the international scientific community and she is most deserving. I am confident that she will lead the CNRS ahead in its research priorities,\u0022 said Georgia Tech Provost Jean-Lou Chameau. \u0022Georgia Tech is proud of its association with prominent international scientists like Catherine and leading research institutions such as the CNRS. It\u0027s serendipitous that our relationship with CNRS through Georgia Tech Lorraine is now augmented by our established and emerging collaborations with Dr. Brechignac.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe CNRS and Georgia Tech Lorraine have been working together since 1998 when a CNRS lab, GTL-CNRS Telecom was opened at the Lorraine campus.  Recently, this relationship has been strengthened with the formation of an international partnership known as Unite Mixte Internationale between Tech and CNRS.  This partnership is the first of its kind in France where CNRS partners with a non-French entity to engage in  research of mutual interest.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs president, Brechignac will continue to expand her research in nanoscience and the structure of fractal systems, like those found in the brain. She and Landman are currently exploring ways to further strengthen their individual collaboration, as well as the institutional partnership.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022To connect with Georgia Tech will be a great benefit to research in both organizations,\u0022 said Brechignac. \u0022Science is a global endeavor. Nobody can do it all, nobody should try to do it all. So it\u0027s through our collaborations that we hope to expand our knowledge of the world,\u0022 added Landman.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Catherine Brechignac, adjunct professor of Physics and a distinguished visiting scholar chair at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been appointed president of France\u0027s Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the largest scientific organization in Europe.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CNRS is Europe\u0027s largest scientific organization"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-02-08 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73249":{"id":"73249","type":"image","title":"Catherine Brechignac","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73249"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/accueil.html","title":"CNRS"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73235":{"#nid":"73235","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Device Revolutionizes Nano Imaging","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile a microphone is useful for many things, you probably wouldn\u0027t guess that it could help make movies of molecules or measure physical and chemical properties of a material at the nanoscale with just one poke.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have created a highly sensitive atomic force microscopy (AFM) technology capable of high-speed imaging 100 times faster than current AFM. This technology could prove invaluable for many types of nano-research, in particular for measuring microelectronic devices and observing fast biological interactions on the molecular scale, even translating into movies of molecular interactions in real time. The research, funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, appears in the February issue of Review of Scientific Instruments.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENot only is FIRAT\u00c2\u00ae (Force sensing Integrated Readout and Active Tip) much faster than AFM (the current workhorse of nanotech), it can capture other measurements never before possible with AFM, including material property imaging and parallel molecular assays for drug screening and discovery. FIRAT could also speed up semiconductor metrology and even enable fabrication of smaller devices. It can be added with little effort to existing AFM systems for certain applications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think this technology will eventually replace the current AFM,\u0022 said Dr. Levent Degertekin, head of the project and an asscoiate professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. \u0022We\u0027ve multiplied each of the old capabilities by at least 10, and it has lots of new applications.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFIRAT solves two of AFM\u0027s chief disadvantages as a tool for examining nanostructures - AFM doesn\u0027t record movies and it can\u0027t reveal information on the physical characteristics of a surface, said Dr. Calvin Quate, one of the inventors of AFM and a professor at Stanford University.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is possible that this device provides us with the \u0027ubiquitous\u0027 tool for examining nanostructures,\u0022 Quate added. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd what\u0027s the key to this dramatic increase in speed and capabilities? A completely new microphone-inspired probe.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent AFM scans surfaces with a thin cantilever with a sharp tip at the end. An optical beam is bounced off the cantilever tip to measure the deflection of the cantilever as the sharp tip moves over the surface and interacts with the material being analyzed. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFIRAT works a bit like a cross between a pogo stick and a microphone. In one version of the probe, the membrane with a sharp tip moves toward the sample and just before it touches, it is pulled by attractive forces. Much like a microphone diaphragm picks up sound vibrations, the FIRAT membrane starts taking sensory readings well before it touches the sample.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd when the tip hits the surface, the elasticity and stiffness of the surface determines how hard the material pushes back against the tip. So rather than just capturing a topography scan of the sample, FIRAT can pick up a wide variety of other material properties.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022From just one scan, we can get topography, adhesion, stiffness, elasticity, viscosity - pretty much everything,\u0022 Degertekin said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor a regular AFM to detect the features of the object, the actuator must be large enough to move the cantilever up and down. The inertia of this large actuator limits the scanning speed of the current AFM. But FIRAT solves this problem by combining the actuator and the probe in a structure smaller than the size of a head of a pin. With this improvement, FIRAT can move over sample topography in a fraction of the time it takes AFM to scan the same area. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have been able to use FIRAT  with a commercial AFM system to produce clear scans of nanoscale features at speeds as high as 60 Hertz (or 60 lines per second). The same system was used to image the topography as well as elastic and adhesive properties of carbon nanotubes simultaneously, which is another first.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFIRAT\u0027s new speed and added features may open up many new applications for AFM.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor instance, FIRAT is capable of scanning integrated circuits for mechanical and material defects. And in biomolecular measurement applications, FIRAT can scan the surface quickly enough for a researcher to observe molecular interactions in real time.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The potential is huge. AFM started as a topography tool and has exploded to many more uses since. I\u0027m sure people will find all sorts of uses for FIRAT that I haven\u0027t imagined,\u0022 Degertekin said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFIRAT will be available for certain applications immediately, while others may take a few years, Degertekin said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Much faster technology allows AFM to capture nano movies, create material properties images"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has developed a new probe for AFM (the primary tool for nano-scale imaging) capable of high-speed imaging 100 times faster than current AFM. This technology could prove invaluable for many types of nano-research, even translating into movies of molecular interactions in real time.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Technology creates a faster, more sensitive AFM"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-02-09 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73236":{"id":"73236","type":"image","title":"FIRAT images","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73237":{"id":"73237","type":"image","title":"Levent Degertekin and FIRAT","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73238":{"id":"73238","type":"image","title":"FIRAT probe","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73236","73237","73238"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73152":{"#nid":"73152","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Spend Spring Break Doing Hurricane Relief","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EForget Padre Island, Destin or even Cancun, this spring break\u0027s hot destination for a group of Georgia Tech students is New Orleans. Starting Sunday, March 19, a group of students will be helping people whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Katrina to rebuild their lives. It\u0027s the latest in a series of efforts by the students, faculty and staff of Georgia Tech to help those who were displaced by this season\u0027s storms. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn Sunday morning, 44 Georgia Tech students will head to New Orleans, for an eight-day trip to help residents of St. Bernard Parish clean up their storm damaged homes. Students will be working with Habitat for Humanity.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027ll be removing trash and personal items from the houses that are salvageable,\u0022 said Sarah Brackmann, assistant director of student involvement for the Office of Community Service (OCS).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to helping with storm clean up, students will visit Tulane University for a talk by Tulane students and local residents about the realities of living in a post-Katrina New Orleans. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EShortly after Katrina, Tech provided food and shelter to 275 student evacuees from Tulane. Volunteers from Tech helped many of them get to their hometowns and assisted others who needed help finding housing in Atlanta. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is the third such trip Tech students have taken to the areas damaged by last year\u0027s storms. Over winter break, another group of students traveled to Mobile, AL, to help clean homes damaged, rather than going home for the holidays. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the fall break, the Tech chapter of Campus Christian Fellowship organized a relief trip that delivered 225 student volunteers to four locations along the Gulf Coast. The organization worked with Tech\u0027s Student Health Services to provide tetanus shots for student volunteers, and the Counseling Center to provide orientation sessions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents and the Institute have responded to the needs of the Gulf Coast in a myriad of ways. Shortly after the storms, students raised more than $50,000 for relief efforts. Georgia Tech also opened the Coliseum for the Red Cross to use as a temporary shelter. Several volunteers from campus coordinated activities for the children at the shelter, while trained caseworkers volunteered their time to help evacuees obtain needed resources.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"During spring break group of students will help people whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Katrina rebuild their lives. It\u0027s the latest in a series of efforts by the students, faculty and staff of Georgia Tech to help those who were displaced by last year\u0027s storms.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students clean storm damaged homes in New Orleans"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-03-16 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73153":{"id":"73153","type":"image","title":"Buzz gives a thumbs up","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73153"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73239":{"#nid":"73239","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Professor Wins Slamdance Gamemaker Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech professor won the second annual Slamdance Guerilla Gamemaker Competition at the recent independent Slamdance Film Festival, honoring independent gamemakers and filmmakers, held alongside the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Michael Mateas, assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Literature Communication and Culture and the College of Computing, and his co-developer Andrew Stern of Procedural Arts, won the Grand Jury Sparky Award for \u0027Fa\u00c3\u00a7ade,\u0027 a one-act interactive drama. The Slamdance game competition recognizes and rewards innovative and exciting work being done by independent game designers, programmers, and artists.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMateas, an expert in artificial intelligence (AI)-based art or expressive AI, and Stern worked on their creation for 5 years.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022With Fa\u00c3\u00a7ade we really wanted to open up a whole new genre of interactive entertainment experience. Traditionally games have focused on physical movement - running, jumping, shooting - in fantasy or science fiction environments. In contrast, Fa\u00c3\u00a7ade focuses on social interaction with human characters. Games are the cinema of the 21st century, and are capable of commenting on the full range of human experience. But fundamental artificial intelligence and design research are necessary to enable games to move beyond action\/adventure scenarios. Fa\u00c3\u00a7ade takes a big step in this direction.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFa\u00c3\u00a7ade is shaped as a visit to a quarreling couple, where the player finds herself involved in the breakdown of their marriage. Whether and how their marriage ends, and how they feel about you, depends on how you interact with them. Advance artificial intelligence techniques are used to control the autonomous characters, to manage the dynamic plot arc, and to understand the player\u0027s natural language conversation with the characters. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFa\u00c3\u00a7ade is available for free download, currently only for PCs, but with a Mac port coming soon. Mateas is now working with Blair MacIntyre within Georgia Tech\u0027s GVU Center to have Fa\u00c3\u00a7ade ported into an augmented reality experience in which viewers can physically walk through Trip and Grace\u0027s apartment and carry on a conversation with the couple. The computer animated characters are superimposed on the real world, using an augmented reality headset.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re trying to get as close as we can to the Star Trek Holodeck\u0022, says Mateas. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMateas directs the Experimental Game Lab (EGL) at Georgia Tech, where he and other faculty push the limits of game design and technology. Within the EGL, Mateas continues to develop advanced AI for interactive entertainment, including AI techniques for interactive story, advanced autonomous characters, and for games which dynamically change and morph depending on how the player plays them. Besides entertainment applications, such technologies have huge implications for future education and training simulations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Imagine historical simulations where you can talk to famous people from the past, organizational simulations for management training that include office politics and face-to-face people skills, healthcare simulations that allow doctors to practice bedside manner. Fa\u00c3\u00a7ade was only the first step.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more details about their winning work and to downloaded a copy, visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.interactivestory.net\/download\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.interactivestory.net\/download\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout Slamdance\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStarted in 1995 by a group of upstart filmmakers, Slamdance Film Festival is a year-round organization dedicated to emerging artists and their vision. Slamdance has established a unique reputation for premiering independent films by first-time directors working with limited budgets. At the same time, the Festival has stayed true to its roots by being organized and programmed by active filmmakers. In 2004, Slamdance launched a teleplay competition in conjunction with fox21, a Games Competition, and the Slamdance Media Group; a company comprised of distribution and talent-management units.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Michael Mateas\u0027 Fa\u00c3\u00a7ade wins the Slamdance Grand Jury Prize"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A Georgia Tech professor won the second annual Slamdance Guerilla Gamemaker Competition at the recent independent Slamdance Film Festival, honoring independent gamemakers and filmmakers, held alongside the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Michael Mateas wins the Slamdance Grand Jury Prize"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-02-09 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73240":{"id":"73240","type":"image","title":"Michael Mateas","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73241":{"id":"73241","type":"image","title":"Fa\u00c3\u00a7ade screen capture","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73240","73241"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.slamdance.com\/games\/","title":"Slamdance"},{"url":"http:\/\/egl.gatech.edu\/","title":"Experimental Game Lab"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.interactivestory.net\/","title":"Facade"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lcc.gatech.edu\/%7Emateas\/","title":"Mateas faculty page"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72983":{"#nid":"72983","#data":{"type":"news","title":"De Falco to Speak at UPADI Convention in September","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECiro De Falco, Executive Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is scheduled as the opening plenary speaker for the Pan American Convention of Engineers\/Union Pan Americana de Asociaciones de Ingenieria (UPADI) hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), September 19-22, 2006, in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIDB, the oldest and largest regional development bank, is the main source of multilateral financing for economic, social and institutional development projects as well as trade and regional integration programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In order to take full advantage of growing global trade opportunities, Latin American and Caribbean countries must upgrade and expand their infrastructure base in a sustainable manner\u0022 said De Falco. \u0022UPADI 2006 brings together a unique forum of business leaders, professional engineers and educators with the skills, knowledge and business savvy to promote sustainable infrastructure development and expansion in the Pan American and Caribbean region.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA United States citizen, De Falco assumed his current position at the IDB in December, 2005. His primary responsibility is to oversee all Bank operations. Prior to his current assignment, he was the Manager of the Regional Operations Department for the Andean and English Speaking Caribbean during the 1994-2005 period, and the Plan and Programs Department from 1988-1994. Before joining the IDB, De Falco was Director of the Office of Developing Nations Finance in the U. S. Treasury Department where he handled financial and economic issues affecting U.S. relations with developing countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa. He joined the U.S. Treasury Department as an economist and was assigned to the Office of Industrialized Nations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDe Falco\u0027s remarks kick-off the UPADI conference where subsequent plenary sessions will focus on topics related to the theme of the bilingual conference: \u0022Building a Sustainable Infrastructure: Education, Technology Innovation, and Economic Development.\u0022 Features of the four-day meeting include a series of technical congresses and presentations, along with the following additional plenary session speakers: Raquel Alfaro, Fund for Fostering Scientific and Technological Research; Carlos Braga, senior advisor, International Trade Department, The World Bank; and Alberto Alem\u00c3\u00a1n Zubieta, chief executive officer, Panama Canal Authority.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1949, UPADI represents a membership of approximately 2.5 million engineers from 26 member countries in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The goal of the organization is to advance science and technology to benefit humanity through hemispheric cooperation. The organization seeks to develop action plans, encourage outside funding, and work for the economic development of the nations served. The UPADI conference was last hosted by the United States in 1990 in Washington, D.C.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERegistration and conference details for UPADI can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml\u003C\/a\u003E or contact Diana Turner at 404-385-3510 for additional information.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Top Inter-American Development Bank Executive Scheduled to Address Pan American Convention of Engineers"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Ciro De Falco, Executive Vice President of Inter-American Development Bank will be the opening plenary speaker for the Pan American Convention of Engineers\/Union Pan Americana de Asociaciones de Ingenieria (UPADI) hosted by Georgia Tech, September 19-22.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Pan American Convention of Engineers sets speakers"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-05-17 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72984":{"id":"72984","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72984"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=911","title":"UPADI Announcement"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml","title":"UPADI 2006"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72981":{"#nid":"72981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Names Combustion Lab After Distinguished Prof.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering honored Dr. Ben T. Zinn, a longtime, well-respected professor, on May 18 by naming its combustion laboratory the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZinn, a Regents\u0027 professor and the David S. Lewis Jr. chair in the School of Aerospace, is an expert in the dynamics of flow, combustion, propulsion and energy conversion systems. Zinn is also director of the NASA University Research Education Technology Institute (URETI) Center for Aeropropulsion and Power based at Georgia Tech. The center\u0027s research is aimed at improving aircraft engines technologies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The contributions of Ben Zinn over a four decade career in combustion and propulsion research are internationally recognized for their influence on the field of aerospace propulsion. It\u0027s entirely appropriate that this unusual and highly capable facility bear his name,\u0022 said Dr. Robert Loewy, chair of the School of Aerospace Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZinn\u0027s current research focuses on low emission combustors, improving the performance of liquid rockets and investigating the control of combustion processes in power generating gas turbines and jet engines. His research has been supported by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the Departments of Energy and Commerce, the National Science Foundation and industry. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am very honored to receive this special recognition from Georgia Tech - an institution that has provided me with unparalleled opportunities to develop as a person and as a professional in my field,\u0022 Zinn said. \u0022Since this award would not have been possible without the support of many highly talented colleagues, students and administrators, I wish that there was some way that I could share this award with them.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZinn started his career at Georgia Tech in 1965 as an assistant professor. He has published extensively and lectured throughout the world, and is also a co-holder of nine patents. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in aerospace and mechanical engineering from Princeton and his M.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EZinn is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering honored Dr. Ben T. Zinn, a longtime, well-respected professor, on May 18 by naming its combustion laboratory the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Laboratory.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lab named after  Ben Zinn in Aerospace Engineering"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-05-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:23","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72982":{"id":"72982","type":"image","title":"Combustion lab","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72982"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72926":{"#nid":"72926","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bayor to Chair History, Technology and Society","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has named Professor Ronald H. Bayor chair of the School of History, Technology and Society (HTS) in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, effective July 1. Dr. Bayor joined the faculty of Georgia Tech in 1973 and attained the rank of Professor of History in 1983. His scholarly reputation and administrative experience make him the ideal candidate to lead the School.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am pleased to announce that Ron Bayor will serve in this new capacity,\u0022 said Dr. Sue V. Rosser, dean of Ivan Allen College. \u0022Ron\u0027s body of scholarly work in ethnic history and his ability to work with the faculty to expand its research and build its undergraduate and graduate programs are assets for Georgia Tech.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am excited about this opportunity to lead the School of History, Technology, and Society and look forward to making scholarly connections with other Georgia Tech schools and departments,\u0022 said Bayor. \u0022The School has an outstanding reputation as a leader in the field of science and technology history and sociology, and we will work to further expand that reputation as well as continue our significant contribution to other aspects of historical and sociological research and teaching.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBayor has been the recipient of several teaching awards at Georgia Tech including the 2006 Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award. He is the past recipient of the School of Social Science Excellence in Teaching and the Georgia Tech Outstanding Teacher Awards. Recently, Bayor received the Association for Asian American Studies 2006 Lifetime Service Award for his dedication as editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History and his support of scholars in the field of Asian American Studies. Several of his books have won national awards as well.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBayor, a historian specializing in urban, ethnic, immigration, and race relations history, is frequently invited to speak at academic conferences and historical society events and to consult on community projects. He has served as the lead historian for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and on the City of Atlanta advisory committee for a past planned PBS series about Atlanta neighborhoods.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBayor is the founding editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History and served as editor from 1981-2004. He currently serves as president of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society. He is the author of several books including \u0022Neighbors in Conflict: The Irish, Germans, Jews, and Italians of New York City, 1929-1941\u0022; \u0022Fiorello LaGuardia: Ethnicity and Reform\u0022; and \u0022Race and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Atlanta\u0022. He is also coauthor of \u0022Engineering the New South: Georgia Tech 1885-1985\u0022; editor of \u0022Neighborhoods in Urban America\u0022; coeditor of \u0022The New York Irish\u0022, and editor of \u0022Race and Ethnicity in America: A Concise History\u0022 and \u0022The Columbia Documentary History of Race and Ethnicity in America\u0022. Bayor is also editor of \u0022The New Americans\u0022 by Greenwood Press, a series of 15 books on new immigrants to the U.S. from various countries including Korea, China, Vietnam, India, Dominican Republic, and Jamaica.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBayor received his doctoral degree in American urban history from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his master\u0027s degree in American history from Syracuse University and his bachelor of arts in history from City College of New York.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBayor fills the position previously held by Dr. Willie Pearson, who is stepping down from the chair position and will remain on the faculty of HTS.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of History, Technology and Society\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe School of History, Technology and Society (HTS) is dedicated to the ideal of a well-rounded education at a technological university and provides instruction in the social sciences to every student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The School offers courses in history and sociology leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in History, Technology, and Society; Master in History and Sociology of Technology and Science; and Doctor of Philosophy in History and Sociology of Technology and Science. HTS also offers a variety of minor and certificate programs for students in other undergraduate majors.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has named Professor Ronald H. Bayor chair of the School of History, Technology and Society in Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, effective July 1. Bayor joined the Tech faculty in 1973 and attained the rank of Professor of History in 1983.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ron Bayor to lead school of history and sociology"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-06-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:42","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72927":{"id":"72927","type":"image","title":"Ron Bayor","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"}},"media_ids":["72927"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.hts.gatech.edu\/peoFacPopUp.html#bayor","title":"Bayor Faculty Page"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.hts.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of History, Technology, and Society"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72924":{"#nid":"72924","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Scientists Uncover Rules for Gene Amplification","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGene amplification plays an important role in causing cancers via activation of oncogenes. If scientists can determine the rules as to which segments of genetic material become amplified and how, oncologists and drug researchers may be able to interrupt that process and prevent the formation and growth of some tumors. Using yeast as a model organism, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered that the location of a hairpin-capped break relative to the end of the chromosome will determine the fate of the amplification event \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGene amplification is the increase in copy number of a particular piece of DNA and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nis a hallmark of tumor cells. Amplified genomic segments are frequently manifested in one of two cytologically recognizable forms. Double minutes are extrachromosomal segments of amplified DNA. Homogeneously staining regions are amplified intrachromosomal segments forming large genomic regions. Some strategies of pharmaceutical research in cancer prevention and treatment could involve curbing cancer development via restricting gene amplification. The first step towards achieving this is to discover the rules that govern whether an amplification event is a double minute or a homogenously-staining region.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E It\u0027s known that regions of chromosomes that are prone to amplification have\u003Cbr \/\u003E\npalindromic sequences of DNA, which are weak places where the chromosome can break. These palindromic sequences can be naturally found in human genome.  The distribution of such sequences can vary from one individual to another. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered that a particular type of DNA break, a hairpin-capped double strand break, induced by these palindromic sequences, is a precursor to amplification.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have a developed a system in yeast which would mimic the situation in human cancer cells wherein oncogenes might be located next to palindromic sequences. Using this system we have discovered the rules that determine how double minutes or homogeneously staining regions can be generated,\u0022 said Kirill Lobachev, assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Biology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If these rules operating in yeast can be extended to higher eukaryotes then we can propose that if the oncogene is located between the hairpin-capped break and the telomere, then the amplification event will result in a double minute. If the break occurs between the oncogene and the telomere, then the amplification would yield a homogenously-staining region.\u0022 adds Vidhya Narayanan a Ph.D. student in Kirill Lobachev\u0027s lab and first author of the study.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe findings can help researchers understand the cause of cancer in diseased individuals and also to potentially identify individuals who might be prone for cancer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Lobachev and Narayanan, the research team consisted of Hyun-Min Kim from Georgia Tech and collaborators Piotr A. Mieczkowski and Thomas D. Petes from Duke University. This work was supported by funds from National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Gene amplification plays an important role in causing cancers. Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that the location of a hairpin-capped break relative to the end of the chromosome will determine the fate of the amplification event.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Findings may benefit cancer research"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-06-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:42","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72925":{"id":"72925","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"}},"media_ids":["72925"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/kirill-lobachev\/","title":"Kirill Lobachev"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73363":{"#nid":"73363","#data":{"type":"news","title":"U.S. Department of State to Host University Summit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESecretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will co-host the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education January 5-6, 2006, in Washington, DC. The Secretaries will engage leaders of U.S. higher education in a renewed partnership to strengthen international education, emphasizing its importance to the national interest. Secretaries Rice and Spellings have called this Summit, organized by the State Department\u0027s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, to initiate a dialogue on the need for government to work collaboratively with the non-governmental sector on the future of U.S. higher education in a global arena. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Through this Summit, Secretary Rice and Secretary Spellings and their respective Departments want to reach out to college and university presidents to reinforce a common interest in attracting foreign students and scholars to U.S. institutions,\u0022 notes Karen Hughes, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. \u0022Of equal importance is seeking investment in educating globally competitive U.S. students to work in fields of international interest.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESummit attendees will represent the full richness and diversity of the higher education system in the United States, coming from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and will include leading public and private Ph.D. granting institutions, as well as community colleges, historically black institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, religiously affiliated institutions, and women\u0027s colleges. Also invited are the principal presidential higher education associations and the heads of the federal science and humanities bodies. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong other topics, the Summit will focus on how to attract foreign students and scholars to the United States, as well as how to encourage more American students to receive part of their education abroad. In addition, participants will discuss marketing of U.S. higher education programs abroad, reaching out to underserved populations, understanding visa and regulatory processes, cooperating to meet exchange priorities, and utilizing fully the international education resources of community colleges. The Summit will also draw attention to the key investments required to strengthen international higher education for Americans, including increasing access to study abroad, encouraging non-traditional study abroad locations, strengthening non-traditional language acquisition, developing coherent international strategies at U.S. universities and colleges, and engaging the public and private sectors in a shared national vision for the future.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"University presidents from across the country are convening in Washington D.C."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings will co-host the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education January 5-6, 2006, in Washington, DC. The Secretaries will engage leaders of U.S. higher education in a renewed partnership to strengthen international education, emphasizing its importance to the national interest. Secretaries Rice and Spellings have called this Summit, organized by the State Department\u0027s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, to initiate a dialogue on the need for government to work collaboratively with the non-governmental sector on the future of U.S. higher education in a global arena.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Summit will discuss international education"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-01-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.oie.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of International Education"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/","title":"U.S. Department of State"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/ps\/2005\/58539.htm","title":"U.S. Department of State Release"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73361":{"#nid":"73361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT Announces Healthcare Financial Mgt. Short Course","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn February 1-2, Georgia Tech presents a short course on \u0027Healthcare Financial Management\u0027 designed for healthcare managers who want to lead their areas of responsibility to lower costs, collect more revenue and improve processes. The course focuses on applying basic healthcare financial concepts to build effective action plans to help meet the higher expectations caused by the financial pressures facing the healthcare industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe lead instructor for the course, David Cowan, executive in residence in the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech, brings 26 years of industry experience to the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This course will not prepare students to be the chief accountant but instead to function as the CFO in their segment of the organization,\u0022 said Cowan. \u0022We will address basic financial concepts and the unique challenges facing healthcare, and attendees will learn many proven tools and techniques which we will apply to practical case studies.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis course is the first in the Health Systems Professional Education Series for 2006.  Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate program in health systems is top ranked in the field, and faculty members bring their extensive experience in consulting, research and teaching to the classroom. Short courses offered during the coming year include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E*\tHealthcare Financial Management\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tEssentials of Statistics For Health Professionals\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tStatistics for Health Professionals\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tDecision Analysis in Healthcare\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tHealthcare System Modeling and Operations Management\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tMeasurement and Management of Quality Care\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tComputer Simulation in Healthcare\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tMeasurement and Analysis of Health Outcomes\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tInformation Technology and Decision Support for Healthcare Delivery\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tHuman Computer Interaction and Healthcare Informatics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n*\tInformatics and Healthcare Delivery\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll courses will be taught at Georgia Tech\u0027s new state-of-the-art Global Learning \u0026amp; Conference Center located in midtown Atlanta and are organized by the Professional Education division at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDetailed information about these courses is available online at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E, key word HS.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Professional education courses cover critical health systems topics"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech presents a short course on \u0027Healthcare Financial Management\u0027 designed for healthcare managers who want to lead their areas of responsibility to lower costs, collect more revenue and improve processes.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professional Ed courses cover health systems topics"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-01-06 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73362":{"id":"73362","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73362"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.glcc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Global Learning \u0026 Conference Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/healthsystems\/","title":"Health Systems"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.pe.gatech.edu\/","title":"Professional Education"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73229":{"#nid":"73229","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Reversible Microlenses to Speed Chemical Detection","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists at Georgia Tech have created technology capable of detecting trace amounts of biological or chemical agents in a matter of seconds, much faster than traditional methods, which can take hours or up to a day. The system uses reusable hydrogel microlenses so small that millions of them can fit on a one-inch-square plate. It could greatly enhance the ability of authorities responding to a biological or chemical weapons attack as well as increase the speed of medical testing. The research appears in the February 20 edition of the chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe microlenses make use of the antibody-antigen binding, the same process used by the human immune system, to detect biological or chemical agents. When antibodies on the microlenses come into contact with the antigen they are set to detect, they bind, causing the lenses to swell and become less dense. By projecting an image through the tiny lenses, scientists can view this swelling as a change in the microlens\u0027 focal length. If the projected image is normally in focus, it goes out of focus when it comes into contact with the substance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These are reversible, so you can use the same lenses over and over again. This is the first time someone has done this with microlenses,\u0022 said L. Andrew Lyon, associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELyon and colleagues tested their system on its ability to detect biotin, a B-complex vitamin. To make the two-micrometer-wide microlenses, they coated the surface of a flexible polymeric hydrogel microsphere with the antigen biotin and aminobenzophenone (ABP), a photo-cross-linking agent, which is able to chemically attach to other molecules when exposed to UV light. Adhering these microparticles on a glass substrate causes them to deform into microlenses. After binding the biotin with its antibody, researchers hit it with ultraviolet light, causing the ABP to react with the antibody,  attaching it to the microlens irreversibly. The microlenses are now ready to do their job.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When you expose the lens to a solution that contains the antigen, it will compete for the binding site on the antibody. When the antigen and antibody bind, the lens swells and become less dense, changing its focus,\u0022 said Lyon.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce developed into a device, the microlenses\u0027 ability to conduct rapid chemical and biological tests could lead to significant savings in healthcare costs as many blood tests could be run in a physician\u0027s office rather than being sent to an outside lab. It could also allow authorities to rapidly detect and identify a toxic chemical in the event of a spill or terrorist attack.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMany traditional analyses using enzyme or fluorophore-labeled antibodies can take up to a day or more and require large pieces of expensive equipment. A device built with microlenses could be handheld, since standard technologies currently exist that integrate microlenses into compact optical systems. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The beauty of this is that the microlenses are very tunable in terms of sensitivity,\u0022 said Lyon. \u0022You can also make arrays so you can detect multiple components on one sample, allowing you to multiplex your detection. Whereas now, each separate thing that doctors look for in a blood test is a different test they have to do in the lab.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELyon said the next step in developing the microlens sensors is to test the technology\u0027s performance in complex biological fluids, like blood serum.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Scientists at Georgia Tech have created technology capable of detecting trace amounts of biological or chemical agents in a matter of seconds, much faster than traditional methods, which can take hours or up to a day. The system may lead to enhancements in the ability of authorities to respond to a biological or chemical weapons attack as well as increase the speed of medical testing.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Technology can give results in minutes, not hours"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-01-06 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:59","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73230":{"id":"73230","type":"image","title":"Microlenses","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73230"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/Lyon\/","title":"Andrew Lyon"},{"url":"http:\/\/web.chemistry.gatech.edu\/~lyon\/\/index.html","title":"Lyon Group"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73135":{"#nid":"73135","#data":{"type":"news","title":"U.S. News Releases 2007 Graduate Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s graduate programs are again ranked among the finest in the nation in the most widely read college rankings for graduate programs, released today. Tech\u0027s College of Engineering retained its position in the elite top five.  Tech\u0027s Sciences programs continue to climb up in the rankings. In the most notable change, Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry moved up 8 slots to number 24 in the chemistry school rankings, which were last ranked in 2002. In addition the College of Computing\u0027s computer science program moved up one slot to 11th overall, and the College\u0027s computer theory specialty surged to 9th place, moving up 7 slots from 2002, when the computer science graduate programs were last ranked.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s great to see so many of our graduate programs sustaining their high national rankings,\u0022 said Tech president Wayne Clough. \u0022While rankings are not the sole measure of success, we like to see consistent quality and positive growth.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0027s graduate Engineering curriculum maintained its national stature, once again ranked among the top five in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Eight of the 11 programs within the College of Engineering ranked among the top 10 in their respective disciplines, led by Industrial and Systems Engineering. That program was ranked number one for the 16th straight year, an achievement almost unheard of in U.S. News rankings. The eight engineering programs ranked in the top 10 are: aerospace (4th), biomedical (3rd), civil (4th), computer (7th) electrical (7th), environmental (7th), industrial and systems (1st) and mechanical (7th). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our success is the direct outgrowth of recruiting and retaining the finest faculty and students possible and investing in the infrastructure that allows them to thrive,\u0022 said Clough.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor business schools, Tech\u0027s College of Management ranked 34th, down two from last year when it jumped up 10 slots to number 32.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m very proud of our faculty, graduate students and staff,\u0022 said Clough. \u0022We\u0027re competing against some of the finest universities in the world and excelling.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Graduate Programs Continue to Excel in Engineering and Shows Strong Movement in Chemistry and Computer Science Theory"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate programs are again ranked among the finest in the nation in the most widely read college rankings for graduate programs, released today. Tech\u0027s College of Engineering retained its position in the elite top five.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech programs excel in engineering and sciences"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-03-31 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-31T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-31T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73136":{"id":"73136","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73136"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.grad.gatech.edu\/","title":"Graduate Studies and Research"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73224":{"#nid":"73224","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Scientists Model 900 Cell Receptors, Drug Targets","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn an important step toward accelerating drug discovery, researchers have created computer models of more than 900 cell receptors from a class of proteins known to be important drug targets. The models, which are now freely available to noncommercial users, promise to help scientists narrow their research inquiries, potentially speeding up the discovery of new drug compounds. The research appears in the February 17, 2006 issue of the Public Library of Science Computational Biology.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is the first time anyone has modeled them all with an algorithm that improves the accuracy of the structure,\u0022 said Jeffrey Skolnick Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Computational Systems Biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u0022I think it\u0027s going to have significant impact, because it\u0027s a major class of drug design.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the hottest areas in drug research, rational drug design uses three-dimensional computer simulations to study how different drugs and their cellular targets interact with each other. This technique can help research teams discover which compounds are most likely to achieve the desired results, potentially accelerating the speed of drug research and allowing for the discovery of reactions that may not have been found through traditional means. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EG protein-coupled receptors are targeted by an estimated one-third of all drugs and convey chemical signals from the outside of cells to the inside. But because they tend to fall apart once they\u0027re removed from the outer membrane of the cell, scientists have only been able to solve the three-dimensional structure for a few of them. And those aren\u0027t even good drug targets. Until now, researchers wanting to model any of the others have had to base their models on the structures of the existing, non-pharmacological receptors. Since those receptors, according to Skolnick, are evolutionarily distant from the proteins thought to be good drug targets, the models aren\u0027t very accurate.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing an algorithm they developed known as TASSER, a team of researchers led by Skolnick, then at the University of Buffalo, created three-dimensional structures of all the GPCRs below 500 amino acids in the human genome. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The solved GPCRs are of the same approximate shape as the ones known to be good drug targets, only they differ in details. But it\u0027s the details, the packing of the helixes, their angles, their size, that differentiate the drug binding sites of GPCRs from one another,\u0022 said Skolnick, \u0022TASSER appears to have the capacity to give us a reasonable picture of the structure of these proteins.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOf the 907 models TASSER has helped create, Skolnick estimates that about 820 are accurate enough to be useful to researchers. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There\u0027s still room for significant improvement. They\u0027re like cartoons - they kind of look like reality sometimes, but they can be used to help design experiments,\u0022 said Skolnick.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe mission of the Center for the Study of Systems Biology at Georgia Tech, of which Skolnick is the director, is to essentially simulate life on a computer by building accurate three-dimensional models of the components of life, such as individual proteins and collections of proteins. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The idea is to simulate these proteins, introduce a drug structure and see how they interact,\u0022 said Skolnick. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next step for Skolnick is solving the structure of proteins that have been implicated as a factor in various types of cancer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Models could help speed discovery of new drugs"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"In an important step toward accelerating drug discovery, researchers have created computer models of more than 900 cell receptors from a class of proteins known to be important drug targets. The models, which are now freely available to noncommercial users, promise to help scientists narrow their research inquiries, potentially speeding up the discovery of new drug compounds.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Models could help speed discovery of new drugs"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-02-10 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73225":{"id":"73225","type":"image","title":"Receptor","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73225"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72979":{"#nid":"72979","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ports Vulnerable to Devastating Earthquake Damage","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf a repeat of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake were to occur, and the Port of Oakland were so severely damaged that it took as long as two years to resume full operations, what would be the impact on the U.S. economy?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EU.S. ports serve as crucial gateways for international trade, but they\u0027re particularly vulnerable to damage in an earthquake. Western U.S. ports in Oakland, Los Angeles, Long Beach and Seattle are at the greatest risk for earthquake damage, but eastern U.S. ports in Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., are also at risk.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA new project led by the Georgia Institute of Technology aims to develop strategies to help safeguard ports from earthquake damage. The project, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), has $3.6 million in funding over the next five years.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ports are a critical civil infrastructure system,\u0022 said Glenn J. Rix, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the project director. \u0022Given the growth in international trade, we don\u0027t think seismic risks at ports have received the proper amount of attention. If a large portion of a major U.S. port such as Oakland or Los Angeles were out of service for a year because of an earthquake, there would be significant economic consequences for the United States.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1995, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck in Kobe, Japan, causing extensive damage to both the city and its port, the sixth largest in the world at the time. The port required $8.6 billion and two years to repair. By 2003, the Port of Kobe had fallen to 32nd largest in the world and will likely never recover the lost business.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPorts are particularly vulnerable to damage during earthquakes because wharves are often built on unstable ground that is prone to liquefaction - a process that causes soil to lose its strength as a result of ground shaking. The large cranes used to load and unload containers from ships are also susceptible to damage from ground shaking and deformation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project\u0027s goal is to help port authorities and other stakeholders manage seismic risk more effectively. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Modern ports are large, complex systems,\u0022 said Rix. \u0022Our project team includes researchers and practitioners with expertise in civil engineering, logistics, risk analysis, and social science to address seismic risk issues in every aspect of the system.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA key part of the project is to evaluate methods of preventing damage to wharves and cranes using large-scale tests. The team will perform these tests at four labs that are a part of the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), a program initiated by NSF to advance the field of earthquake engineering with a shared network of experimental sites and tools, an archive of earthquake data and earthquake engineering simulation software.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team will also investigate applying the same approach to managing risks from other natural hazards, including hurricanes. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We learned an important lesson from the experience of Gulf Coast ports following Hurricane Katrina,\u0022 Rix said. \u0022The physical damage was minor compared to the impact of the displaced labor force on port operations, which emphasized the need to examine the entire port system.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project team, led by Georgia Tech, includes experts from the University of California, Davis; Decision Research Inc.; Drexel University; University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Seismic Systems \u0026amp; Engineering Consultants Inc.; University of Southern California; University of Texas at Austin; and University of Washington.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Group of universities lead by Georgia Tech will develop strategies to safeguard ports"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A new project led by Georgia Tech aims to develop strategies to help safeguard critical U.S. ports from earthquake damage.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech leading group to help safeguard ports"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-05-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72980":{"id":"72980","type":"image","title":"Hazard map","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72980"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"40451":{"#nid":"40451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dates Set for Homecoming, Family Weekend","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA gridiron battle with Notre Dame will launch a season of football frenzy and alumni events this fall, highlighted by Homecoming, Buzz Bash and Family Weekend.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have set the dates alumni will want to put on their calendars for this fall,\u0022 said Kara Allen, director of Events for the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Yellow Jackets open the 2006 football season hosting the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame Sept. 2. A tailgate party open to everyone in the Tech community is planned for the Tower lawn.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout 2,000 parents and families of students are expected to visit campus Oct. 5 to 7 for Family Weekend featuring seminars, tours and the Georgia Tech vs. Maryland football game.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHomecoming will be held Oct. 26 to 28, with milestone reunions for the classes of 1981, 1966 and 1956 along with the Old Gold celebration and the popular Buzz Bash for all other classes. The Yellow Jackets play Miami in the Homecoming game.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Alumni Association is also sponsoring bus trips to the Clemson game on Oct. 21 and the Georgia game on Nov. 25.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Homecoming 2006 will be held Oct. 26-28, and Family Weekend is Oct. 5-7, 2006.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dates announced for 2006 Homecoming, Family Weekend"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-04-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"40452":{"id":"40452","type":"image","title":"Football player","body":null,"created":"1449174200","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:23:20","changed":"1475894191","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:36:31","alt":"Football player","file":{"fid":"189440","name":"tjh73308.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tjh73308_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tjh73308_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6764,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tjh73308_0.jpg?itok=VeuF6DHa"}}},"media_ids":["40452"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/site\/","title":"Alumni Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2939","name":"family weekend"},{"id":"2938","name":"homecoming"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73061":{"#nid":"73061","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Wins International Urban Design Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s urban architecture and urban design team has won first place in the Dubai Forum on Sustainable Urban Development (DSUD).  The international competition sought the best proposal for rehabilitating Dubai\u0027s Central Business District.  Georgia Tech took the top prize, while Pavia University (Italy) placed second. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team (College of Architecture graduate students Shauna Achey, C. Scott D\u0027Agostino, Chad Stacy and Jeffrey Williams) presented their proposal last week in Dubai.  The proposal included suggestions on broad principals, design strategies and specific courses of action for next steps.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Georgia Tech project told a story,\u0022 said Professor Richard Dagenhart, who oversaw the team.  \u0022We knew from the feedback that we received right away that our project was among the best in the competition.  Everyone understood the story we were trying to tell, and that was a key indication that they understood the overall concept of the project.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It was a little intimidating to present to an international jury at first,\u0022 said Williams.  \u0022However, we were confident about our work.  I was proud to be associated with this group of world-class designers and positively represent Georgia Tech in the international arena.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team created its proposal during winter break and worked on the project during the first few weeks of spring semester.  The team\u0027s first step was to study the traditional Islamic city and traditional house forms and learn from them. The proposals then combined tradition with contemporary design for new housing, public spaces, and the tradition of Dubai\u0027s wind towers designed to be public art. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think our students had a unique opportunity to see how architecture reveals a different cultural tradition in the Middle East\u0022 said Dagenhart.  \u0022At the same time, the international competition also showed that architectural education is very similar worldwide.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDagenhart also suggested that the biggest impact on the students might be the collaborative work itself.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It really was a unique learning opportunity,\u0022 Dagenhart said.  \u0022The students were able to work collaboratively with their professor, which is much different from or normal group or individual studio work.  I set the direction and they did the work.  If something didn\u0027t work, then they had to figure out something else.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe winning team received a cash prize, part of which will be split among the students with the rest going to the College of Architecture to promote urban design and research, including recruitment of students to the program.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe  competition included five universities from around the world representing different regions. The four other universities were South Australia (Australia), Tongji (China), Pavia (Italy) and Aleppo (Syria). An international jury of architects and urban designers - from Australia, Canada, Egypt, Malasia, France and Scotland - reviewed the competition projects and selected the winners. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Professor Richard Dagenhart and his four-member student team won\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd1st place in Dubai sustainable urban development forum"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s urban architecture and urban design team has won first place in the Dubai Forum on Sustainable Urban Development (DSUD).  The international competition sought the best proposal for rehabilitating Dubai\u0027s Central Business District.  Georgia Tech took the top prize, while Pavia University (Italy) placed second.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech wins international competition"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-04-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73062":{"id":"73062","type":"image","title":"Tech tower","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73062"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/arch\/","title":"Architecture Program"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72977":{"#nid":"72977","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Provost Named President of Caltech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology president, Dr. G. Wayne Clough, announced today that Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, Georgia Tech provost and vice president for academic affairs, has been named president of the California Institute of Technology and will be departing the Institute at the end of August.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Jean-Lou has played an indispensable role in the evolution of Georgia Tech\u0027s stature as one of our nation\u0027s top 10 public universities,\u0022 Clough said.  \u0022We are very proud of his appointment and hope to take advantage of this link between two of the nation\u0027s leading technological universities.  We consider ourselves fortunate to have enjoyed the benefits of his talents for such an extraordinary length of time.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Chameau, 53, has been provost and vice president for academic affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology since June 1, 2001; and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar  since 1995.  He joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 1991.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPreviously, he served as dean of the College of Engineering. As dean of the largest college of engineering in the country, Dr. Chameau led educational and research programs in nine engineering disciplines; all of which have received national recognition, and collectively confer the largest number of engineering degrees to undergraduate and graduate students in the country.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to continuing to enhance the strengths of its core disciplines, Dr. Chameau has been instrumental in making Georgia Tech a worldwide model for interdisciplinary activities, technology innovation, and entrepreneurship, and a catalyst for economic development.  In addition, during his tenure he placed a strong focus on efforts to improve the educational experience of students, increase diversity on the campus, recruit women into engineering and science, and to foster entrepreneurship and international opportunities for faculty and students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Chameau received his secondary and undergraduate education in France, and graduate education in civil engineering from Stanford University. In 1980 he joined the civil engineering faculty at Purdue University, where he subsequently became full professor and head of the geotechnical engineering program. In 1991, he became the chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 1994-95, he was the president of Golder Associates Inc. He currently serves on the boards of directors for MTS Systems Corporation, Prime Engineering, and is a trustee and treasurer of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. He received the Rodney D. Chipp Memorial Award, Society of Women Engineers in 2004,  a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award and the ASCE Casagrande Award.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Chameau ends decade of service to Georgia Tech"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Institute of Technology president, Dr. G. Wayne Clough, announced today that Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, Georgia Tech provost and vice president for academic affairs, has been named president of the California Institute of Technology and will be departing the Institute at the end of August.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Chameau ends decade of service to Georgia Tech"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-05-26 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72978":{"id":"72978","type":"image","title":"Provost Jean-Lou Chameau","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72978"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73059":{"#nid":"73059","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Releases Economic Impact Study","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn economic impact study sponsored by ten of Georgia\u0027s top companies finds that greater flexibility within Georgia higher education would increase the economic impact and competitiveness of Georgia Tech and the state\u0027s other public research universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study, conducted by the Huron Consulting Group, shows Georgia Tech provides a $3.9 billion impact within the state of Georgia and supports directly or indirectly the creation of approximately 44,400 jobs to the state. Based on the annual funding the state provides Georgia Tech, the return on investment through economic impact is almost $15 for every state dollar.  In addition, Georgia Tech graduates more engineers than any other university in the nation and generates hundreds of invention discoveries annually, both of which provide fuel for the economy of the future.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study also looks to the dramatic changes occurring in the economic landscape and makes several recommendations to keep Georgia Tech and the state\u0027s other public research universities competitive in today\u0027s fast-paced and rapidly changing global economy. The recommendations call for continued support for innovation based on initiatives to compete with the growing investment being made in other states and nations.  Further, recommendations are made to improve flexibility in decision making and operations and enhance control of revenues within a new system for accountability.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This study shows the dramatic impact Georgia Tech has on the state\u0027s economy and highlights the growing importance innovation will have in the economy of the future,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough.  \u0022It also sends a message that if we are to be successful in the future, the way we do business needs to allow for greater flexibility, agility and responsiveness.  The present policies under which Georgia Tech and its sister public research universities operate should be re-assessed, working with the University System of Georgia and the state to bring them into alignment with the demands of the 21st century.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECompetition for technology and innovation continues to get fiercer as countries such as India, Ireland, and China move rapidly to compete with the United States.  To keep its competitive edge, the United States must adapt to a global environment in which both the largest technology markets and the largest technological workforces are in Asia. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The United States is at a crossroads where we need to compete in a rapidly changing global economy,\u0022 said BellSouth Chairman and CEO Duane Ackerman, who is also the co-chair of the Council on Competitiveness.  \u0022The race for innovation is extremely competitive. It will take the world\u0027s best-trained and most creative technological work force for the United States to maintain its position as the world\u0027s innovation leader. If talent is not available here, U.S. and foreign companies will seek it elsewhere.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe report reviews actions taken by several other states to maneuver their research universities successfully to compete in the global race for innovation and technology transfer.  Michigan, Virginia, Colorado, Florida and Texas are allowing their institutions more flexibility to meet the challenges they face in today\u0027s global economy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech has provided Southern Company, the State of Georgia, and the Southeast with a great resource for innovation, qualified graduates, and research,\u0022 said Southern Company CEO David Ratcliffe.  \u0022It is in our best interest to keep Georgia Tech competitive and help all our state research universities achieve the flexibility they need to compete with their peers across the world.  Georgia Tech\u0027s success in partnering with the private sector provides a competitive advantage to them and the state.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study also highlights expected outcomes and benefits that these changes would have if implemented.  Among them are more high-end jobs for the city of Atlanta and state of Georgia, improved access to intellectual capital, development of the workforce of the future, expansion of a vibrant research enterprise, creation of new private-public partnerships, expansion of infrastructure for economic growth, and savings in money and time that can be allocated elsewhere.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESouthern Company, BellSouth, Bank of America, C.B. Richard Ellis, Earthlink, Imlay Foundation, Internet Security Systems, Moseley-Kelly-French Corporation, Scientific Atlanta, Waffle House, The University Financing Foundation and the Georgia Tech Foundation sponsored the Economic Impact Study.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation\u0027s premiere research universities. Ranked ninth among U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s top public universities, Georgia Tech educates more than 17,000 students every year through its Colleges of Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Management and Sciences. Tech maintains a diverse campus and is among the nation\u0027s top producers of women and African-American engineers. The Institute offers research opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students and is home to more than 100 interdisciplinary units plus the Georgia Tech Research Institute. During the 2004-2005 academic year, Georgia Tech reached $357 million in new research award funding. The Institute also maintains an international presence with campuses in France and Singapore and partnerships throughout the world\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Recommendations include more flexibility for Georgia research universities"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"An economic impact study sponsored by ten of Georgia\u0027s top companies finds that greater flexibility within Georgia higher education would increase the economic impact and competitiveness of Georgia Tech and the state\u0027s other public research universities.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech has significant economic impact on state"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-04-06 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73060":{"id":"73060","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough, BellSouth CEO","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73060"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72970":{"#nid":"72970","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Marcus Foundation Gives $15 Million to Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Marcus Foundation announced a $15 million commitment for Georgia Tech\u0027s Nanotechnology Research Center Building, a facility specifically designed to support interdisciplinary nanoscience and nanotechnology research.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new building will have 30,000 square feet of cleanroom research space, one of the nation\u0027s largest and an essential element of nanotechnology research.  It will offer access to researchers from universities and industries in the region, helping to create new nanotechnology industries and attract industries that will benefit from nanoengineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENanotechnology will produce materials ten times stronger than steel but much lighter in weight, digital storage units the size of sugar cubes that can hold all the information in the Library of Congress, and tiny medical devices that can detect individual cancer cells and target them with specialized treatment.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe commitment was triggered by the state of Georgia\u0027s recent allocation of $38 million for the facility, which completes the state\u0027s total project commitment of $45 million.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBernard Marcus, the civic leader and philanthropist whose vision and investment made the Georgia Aquarium a reality, is also founder of the Marcus Foundation and serves as its chairman of the board.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022We are delighted to make this commitment for Georgia Tech\u0027s Nanotechnology Research Center Building,\u0022 said Marcus. \u0022Nanotechnology holds such amazing promise for truly revolutionizing many facets of our lives, specifically in medicine, while having the added benefit of economic development. The discoveries that will be possible as a result will prove the wisdom of the investment.  I am pleased to partner with the state and Georgia Tech in making this research facility a reality.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As a son of Russian immigrants to our country, Bernie Marcus represents one of America\u0027s great stories of what determination, hard work, and intelligence can accomplish in our great country,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough. In spite of setbacks, he realized his dream late in life as a businessman in creating The Home Depot and leading it to a level of success undreamed of. In retirement he once again is demonstrating his passion for life through his good works and philanthropy. He inspired our graduates at our May commencement with his insights, an address given in the shadow of the remarkable Georgia Aquarium, built because of his support and vision.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022This complex man, however, also is committed to helping conquer the diseases that plague mankind,\u0022 Clough continued, \u0022and we are proud to announce the grant of $15 million from the Marcus Foundation towards Georgia Tech\u0027s Nanotechnology Research Center Building. This generous commitment will be used to build this unique facility that will open the doors for studies that focus on using breakthroughs from nanotechnology to fight cancer and other diseases.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECoupled with a $5 million commitment from the Woodruff Foundation last year, the Marcus Foundation\u0027s $15 million commitment pushes the total of private funds for the project past the $20 million mark, the minimum amount required to begin construction. The total private funds goal is $35 million.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Marcus Foundation Makes $15 Million Commitment to Georgia Tech\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds Nanotechnology Research Center Building"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Marcus Foundation announced a $15 million commitment for Georgia Tech\u0027s Nanotechnology Research Center Building, a facility specifically designed to support interdisciplinary nanoscience and nanotechnology research.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Marcus Foundation supports nanotechnology research"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-06-02 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72971":{"id":"72971","type":"image","title":"Dr. Wayne Clough and Mr. Bernie Marcus","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"72972":{"id":"72972","type":"image","title":"Dr. Wayne Clough and Mr. Bernie Marcus","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72971","72972"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nano.gatech.edu\/","title":"Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73206":{"#nid":"73206","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Announces New Dean of Business School","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EToday the Georgia Institute of Technology announced that Steven Salbu has been selected as the Stephen P. Zelnak Dean of its College of Management, the business school at Georgia Tech. His appointment becomes effective July 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Dr. Steve Salbu is one of those unique individuals who themselves are very talented and have the ability to motivate others to succeed,\u0022 says Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough. \u0022At this opportunistic juncture for our business school, we believe he is ideally suited to help us identify and build the next strategic directions needed to capitalize on the momentum that exists at Georgia Tech as a whole.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Steven Salbu brings an extensive background in ethics and business law to the business school at Georgia Tech. His research expertise in ethics, his vision, commitment to teaching excellence, and deep understanding of the business world impressed the search committee,\u0022 says Jean-Lou Chameau, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Tech. \u0022I am confident that he will lead the business school to new heights, and catalyze Institute-wide efforts in global innovation and sustainability.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESalbu is currently associate dean for graduate programs, Bobbie and Coulter R. Sublett Centennial Endowed professor, and university distinguished teaching professor at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. He is the director of the McCombs School\u0027s Business Ethics Program. He has also served as a visiting professor at a number of top U.S. and international business schools, including the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, London Business School, and Indiana University.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am very excited about this opportunity,\u0022 he notes. \u0022The faculty, students, staff, and alumni of the College of Management are a remarkably talented community of scholars and professionals. They are highly motivated to take the College of Management to the next level. I look forward to joining them in this charge, as we work together with energy and enthusiasm to ensure that a great Institute always has a great business school.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESalbu earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Hofstra University in 1977; a master\u0027s degree from Dartmouth College; a master\u0027s and Ph.D. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; and a law degree from the College of William and Mary. He is the past editor-in-chief of the American Business Law Journal and is currently on the editorial board of Business Ethics Quarterly. His administrative experience includes serving as the director of the University of Texas\u0027s EMBA Program in Mexico City; director of their Business Ethics Program; and coordinator for their Legal Environment of Business Group. He has been the recipient of a number of teaching awards throughout his career and has published extensively in the fields of business ethics, international business, and business law.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn June 2005, the current dean of the College of Management, Terry C. Blum, announced that she would step down as dean of the College, effective June 30, 2006. Blum has led the Georgia Tech College of Management since the summer of 1999. After leaving the deanship, Blum will remain on the faculty, creating and directing the new interdisciplinary Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship for the university.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Management\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe College of Management, the business school at Georgia Tech, prepares business leaders for changing technological environments through disciplinary and interdisciplinary educational programs for undergraduates, MBA students, PhD students, and executive audiences.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Steven Salbu to lead the College of Management"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology announced that Steven Salbu has been selected as the Stephen P. Zelnak Dean of its College of Management, the business school at Georgia Tech. His appointment becomes effective July 1.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Steven Salbu to lead the College of Management"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-02-27 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73207":{"id":"73207","type":"image","title":"Steven Salbu","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73207"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73052":{"#nid":"73052","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Robots Take Center Stage at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is hosting the 2006 KUKA RoboCup U.S. Open on April 20-23. The public is invited to see innovative and unusual search and rescue robots, the four-legged dog robots playing soccer and the fast-moving small-size robots at this year\u0027s KUKA RoboCup U.S. Open at Georgia Tech. Robotic teams from top universities in the United States, Germany, Mexico and Canada will compete for the coveted championship title including Harvard, MIT, Colorado State, Carnegie Mellon,Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, University of Texas at Austin, and more.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERoboCup is an international project designed to promote research in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, computational perception and related fields. Its goal is to foster AI and intelligent robotics research by providing a set of standard problems where a wide range of technologies, including perception, planning, cooperation and action must be integrated and examined. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore details about the 2006 KUKA RoboCup U.S. Open including participants and updated schedule are available at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESchedule\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nApril 20 - venue opens for the teams at 12 noon\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nApril 21 - competition begins 8:30AM - 6PM\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nApril 22 - round-robin competitions and quarter finals from 8:30AM - 5PM\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nApril 23 - semi-finals and finals 8:30AM - Noon; finals 1PM - 4PM \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe US Open is sponsored by KUKA Robotics and Lockheed Martin. For more information about these companies, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.kukarobotics.com\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.kukarobotics.com\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.lmco.com\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.lmco.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"2006 KUKA RoboCup U.S. Open April 20-23"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The public is invited to see innovative and unusual search and rescue robots, the four-legged dog robots playing soccer, and the fast-moving small-size robots at the 2006 KUKA RoboCup U.S. Open at Georgia Tech.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"2006 KUKA RoboCup U.S. Open April 20-23"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-04-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73053":{"id":"73053","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73053"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\/","title":"RoboCup 2007 Atlanta"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lmco.com\/","title":"Lockheed Martin"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kukarobotics.com\/","title":"KUKA Robotics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73203":{"#nid":"73203","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Intrinsic Security Wins Business Plan Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECompanies\u0027 high-speed computer networks could soon be much safer from attack, thanks to technology developed by Intrinsic Security, winner of the Georgia Tech College of Management\u0027s 2006 Business Plan Competition on February 24.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMost security products in use today only sample a small fraction of the data streaming across high-speed networks, explains MBA student Aldor Delp, CEO of Intrinsic Security. But his company has developed an efficient means of examining every single bit of data so that no attacks, including network-vulnerability scans and worms, slip past the system.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s a totally different way of looking at security,\u0022 says Delp, noting that previous methods of examining all network data have proven too cost-and-time prohibitive to implement. \u0022Our company provides the first proven solution for network monitoring at speeds over 1 gigabit per second, which allows for a nearly 100-percent accurate, real-time response to threats and significantly lower hardware requirements than anything else currently on the market.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDelp shared the $10,000 prize for best overall business plan with fellow MBA students Robert Henebry and Jozef Purdes; Chris Clark, a doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering at Tech; and Abhishek Kumar, who earned his PhD in computer science in December. Intrinsic Security also edged out the competition\u0027s four other finalists to win the Most Fundable prize (a package of legal, financial and other services worth $20,000), which goes to the team considered most ready to enter the marketplace by the judges.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Business Plan Competition, started in 2001 and open to all Georgia Tech students and alumni who\u0027ve graduated within the past five years, is intended primarily as an educational exercise, but it often leads to the creation of real technology-based businesses.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESerious about Success \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAll of Intrinsic Security\u0027s officers plan to commit themselves fully to the company after graduation and hope to bring their product to market by the fall. Now seeking investors, they expect to break even in 2007 and net $24 million by 2010. They\u0027re marketing their innovation, which is now in beta-testing on the Georgia Tech network, to large companies with high-speed networks.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIntrinsic Security grew out of the Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER) program - a partnership between Georgia Tech and Emory Law School that joins science and engineering students with MBA, economics and law students, who collaborate in learning how to move technologies from the lab to the marketplace.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClark, a TI:GER participant, developed the pattern-matching hardware necessary for Intrinsic Security\u0027s high-speed network security system, and he later connected with Kumar, who created the algorithms and software that make it possible to efficiently analyze the data. MBA students worked on evolving the business concept in a venture-creation class last fall at Georgia Tech\u0027s business school.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Business Plan Competition was a terrific learning experience for the team, says Henebry, an MBA student who is vice president of marketing. \u0022We\u0027ve really had to think on a strategic level about everything involved in the process of starting up a business,\u0022 he says. \u0022The feedback from the judges has been invaluable. If you really want to pursue a business like our team does, then you need to know where the holes are in the plan.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOther Teams Honored \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTwo other TI:GER teams placed second and third in the overall Business Plan Competition. EvIslet (pronounced \u0022e-violet\u0022), a research-and-development company for medical devices, won $3,000 for its plan to market an innovation improving the success of islet-cell transplantations used to treat diabetes. Its team members include MBA student John Stallworth, Emory law students Scott Anderson and Kamram Salour, and Jeff Gross, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering at Tech. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThird-place winner PolyDerm Delivery Systems, which won $2,000 for its plan for a drug-delivery skin patch employing polymer microneedle technology, includes Sean Sullivan, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering, and MBA students Steve Selfridge and James Stefanakos. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPolyDerm Delivery Systems also won two $500 prizes given for the first time this year: the Sustainability Award, awarded to the plan that best addresses environmental concerns and\/or demonstrates social responsibility; and the Showstopper Award, honoring the team that did the best job selling itself to judges in a trade show held the night before the final-round competition. Intrinsic Security won the $500 prize in the Elevator Pitch Contest, in which teams got only one minute to verbally sell their business concepts - the amount of time they might have in an elevator with a potential investor. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Sustainability, Showstopper, and Elevator Pitch contests were open to all twelve teams that participated in the competition\u0027s preliminary rounds, while only the five finalists could compete for the top awards, including Most Fundable. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESponsors and Judges\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSponsors of the 2006 Business Plan Competition included HLB Gross Collins PC, Nelson Mullins Riley \u0026amp; Scarborough LLP, PaloAltoSoftware, RBC Centura, and Speechworks\/Asher Communications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFinal round judges included Tony Antoniades, Advanced Technology Development Center; Stephen Gross, HLB Gross Collins PC; Knox Massey, Atlanta Technology Angels; Sig Mosley, Imlay Investments Inc., and Bill Oaks, Acorn Equities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPreliminary round judges included Carter Allen, CGA Technology Counsel; Tom Barnes, Mediathink LLC; Mark Braunstein, Patient Care Technologies; Rhen Cain, Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Southeast; Stephen Fleming, chief commercialization officer of Georgia Tech; Rob Hassett, Casey Gibson Leibel PC; Kathleen Kurre, Fusion Advisors; Mary Leary, Advanced Technology Development Center; Jack McMillian, Tech Bridge; Mark Morel, Procuri Inc.; Charles Vaughn, Nelson Mullins Riley \u0026amp; Scarborough LLP; and Mike Vollmer, Attorney at Law.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESustainability Award Judges included Ray Anderson, Interface Inc.; Carol Carmichael, Georgia Tech\u0027s Institute for Sustainable Technology and Development; and Ben Hill, VentureLab.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Showstopper contest was judged by prior Business Plan Competition winners: Nimisha Gupta, Rosie Kwok, Bill Moultrie, Mike Orndorff, and Ree\u0027L Street. Former winners also judged the Elevator Pitch Contest: Dave Beck, Dave Burgess, Blake Byers, and Bill Edens.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E Brad Dixon, College of Management\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Companies\u0027 high-speed computer networks could soon be much safer from attack, thanks to technology developed by Intrinsic Security, winner of the Georgia Tech College of Management\u0027s 2006 Business Plan Competition.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Network security company tops 2006 competition"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-03-06 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73204":{"id":"73204","type":"image","title":"Intrinsic Security members celebrate win","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73204"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/fac_research\/centers_initiatives\/bp_comp.html","title":"Business Plan Competition"},{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/index.html?link=logo","title":"College of Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73196":{"#nid":"73196","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech\/Emory Announce Health Systems Institute","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EParamedics have just wheeled in a child in critical condition. His family members, their vacation abruptly halted, sit nervously in the waiting room. With very little time to spare, the attending doctor takes out a handheld device and immediately accesses the child\u0027s full medical record, including a genetic profile, from his doctor in another state. The doctor decides on a course of treatment, and his recommendations are immediately transmitted to all attending nurses and the operating room and his medication dosages are sent to the pharmacy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA new institute at Georgia Tech and Emory University will develop systems and technologies designed to help improve communication among all the players in health care, from the patients to the doctors, administrators and insurers. Tech will receive funding totaling $5 million to establish the institute, called The Health Systems Institute (HSI). The institute will partner with local, regional and national health care organizations to research, develop, implement, test and distribute improved technologies for health care that will integrate state-of-the-art information, decision support, communication and biomedical technologies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Health care is the industry that is the most information intensive, yet it has to support and utilize all this information with technology and tools that are lagging far behind other industries,\u0022 said Fran\u00c3\u00a7ois Sainfort, director of the new institute and the William W. George Professor of Health Systems at Georgia Tech. \u0022Our goal is to streamline the industry and decrease health care costs for consumers.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The partnership between Emory and Georgia Tech will advance our goal of creating a new model of health care that translates advances in genomics, bioinformatics, and systems biology into long-term and lifelong health for individuals and populations,\u0022 said Michael M.E. Johns, MD, CEO of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center and executive vice president for health affairs at Emory University. \u0022The Health Systems Institute augments our new Predictive Health Initiative, which will depend on our ability to generate, process, protect and integrate vast amounts of information.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdministrative costs make up about 30 percent of the $1.79 trillion Americans spent on health care in 2004. But with more advanced systems and technologies to manage patient information, the health care industry could significantly reduce administrative costs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new institute\u0027s key goal is to move beyond using information technology for a simple electronic record to using new technologies to provide a complete patient record. This electronic patient record could contain everything from a genetic profile and socio-demographic information to comprehensive clinical and insurance information to help doctors and health professionals make better-informed and more efficient decisions about a patient\u0027s health care.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe HSI is led by the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University and brings together the expertise of many disciplines at Georgia Tech and Emory, including Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Georgia Tech Research Institute, the College of Computing, the College of Management, the College of Architecture, the School of Public Policy and Economic Development and Technology Ventures, as well as Emory\u0027s School of Medicine, School of Public Health, School of Nursing and Winship Cancer Institute.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022With the tremendous success of our biomedical engineering\/bioengineering programs and rapidly growing relationships with Emory and other health care providers, such as Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta, we are in a position to set a new, multiscale model for health systems by extending the concept of health systems and personalized care from the molecular level to the delivery of healthcare,\u0022 said Don P. Giddens, dean of the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech, Lawrence L. Gellerstedt Jr. Chair in Bioengineering and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChildren\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta will contribute a portion of the institute\u0027s initial funding and partner on several large research projects, and several other Atlanta-area hospitals as well as health care information technology providers are developing collaborations with HSI.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute\u0027s work includes designing health information systems such as a computer or kiosk interface in a waiting room that could help cancer patients let doctors know about all their preferences, medications and treatment before they get in to see the doctor. By the time the patient is seen, the doctor already has a printout of all the patient\u0027s responses and can make a more personalized decision on treatment strategies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute is also working on a handheld device that would give doctors and nurses complete access to patients\u0027 records, test results and vitals while also connecting them to the pharmacy and administrative offices. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the institute\u0027s projects will also capitalize on biomedical research and technologies such as sensors for diabetics that could continuously transmit data on the patient\u0027s glucose levels and insulin needs to a monitoring doctor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAside from clinical and medical projects, the institute also plans to develop technologies for better billing and administration for health care-related businesses and organizations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027d like to attract not only the providers, such as the hospitals and the physician\u0027s offices, but also the insurers and companies developing products for the health industry,\u0022 Sainfort said. \u0022The idea is to develop and implement systems that save lives and save money in such a way that everybody benefits.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\/Emory Create Institute to Help Health Care Industry Better Manage and Use Information"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"A new institute at Georgia Tech and Emory will develop systems and technologies designed to help improve communication among all the players in health care, from the patients to the doctors, administrators and insurers. Tech will receive funding totaling $5 million to establish the institute, called The Health Systems Institute (HSI).","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New technologies to connect players in health care"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-03-02 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73197":{"id":"73197","type":"image","title":"Tech tower","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73197"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72956":{"#nid":"72956","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Robotics Program Energized by New RIM@ Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing and College of Engineering at Georgia Tech today announced the establishment of the Robotics and Intelligent Machines center (RIM@Georgia Tech), a new interdisciplinary research center that will draw on the strengths and knowledge of robotics experts from both colleges. According to robotics industry associations in North America and Japan, the global robotics market is expected to significantly expand over the next five years, including gains in both the service and personal robotics fields. Leveraging the strengths of the College of Computing and the College of Engineering, and with support from the Georgia Tech Research Institute and the Office of Research, RIM@Georgia Tech will make a significant and immediate impact on growth and innovation within this burgeoning industry.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022RIM@Georgia Tech will serve as the flagship for Georgia Tech\u0027s robotics efforts, coordinating the university\u0027s capabilities in this field under one roof and facilitating the transfer of research results to the industry,\u0022 said Dr. Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of Robotics and distinguished professor in the College of Computing, who will direct the new research center. \u0022This new center allows Georgia Tech to maximize its established relationships with industry leaders and its strengths in interactive and intelligent computing, control, and mechanical engineering.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith a focus on personal and everyday robotics, as well as the future of automation, faculty involved with RIM@Georgia Tech will develop both undergraduate and doctoral degree programs tailored to best enable students to understand and drive the future role of robotics in society and industry. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The College of Computing identified robotics as one of our critical areas for educational growth and further research development,\u0022 says Richard A. DeMillo, John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of the College of Computing. \u0022With Henrik\u0027s leadership and the establishment of RIM@Georgia Tech, we\u0027re well on our way to achieving eminence as a true leader in this growing field.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, Georgia Tech boasts 31 faculty members involved in robotics research, 15 robotics-related laboratories and approximately 44 courses in robotics. The center is expected to grow significantly over the next few years. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech has a strong capacity and a rich history in the field of robotics, and we\u0027ve just scratched the surface in this high-growth market,\u0022 said Dr. Charles L. Liotta, vice provost for research and dean of graduate studies at Georgia Tech. \u0022Through shared resources and a growing synergy among Georgia Tech faculty in this field, the possibilities for breakthroughs in robotics are limitless.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnder the direction of Dr. Christensen, a global leader in robotics research and innovation, RIM@Georgia Tech will be positioned as a national leader in the research and development of tomorrow\u0027s cutting-edge robotics breakthroughs. As one of the center\u0027s first projects, researchers from RIM@Georgia Tech are preparing to enter the 2007 DARPA Grand Challenge, a United States government-sponsored competition that will feature autonomous ground vehicles executing simulated military supply missions safely and effectively in a mock urban area. The 2007 Grand Challenge is part of the annual robotics Grand Challenge series that began in 2004 and is sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Academic and research excellence is the focus of this new center; but developing technologies that can be adopted by industry and applied to the real-world will be a top priority,\u0022 said Dr. Don Giddens, dean of the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. \u0022RIM@Georgia Tech will follow the Institute\u0027s model of bringing technology from the lab to the market.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the College of Computing at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe College of Computing at Georgia Tech is a national leader in the creation of real-world computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress. With its graduate program ranked 11th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, the College\u0027s unconventional approach to education is defining the new face of computing by expanding the horizons of traditional computer science students through interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on human centered solutions. For more information about the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, its academic divisions and research centers, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe College of Engineering at Georgia Tech is the largest engineering program in the U.S. and ranked 4th among the country\u0027s best graduate programs by U.S. News and World Report. A respected leader in interdisciplinary research and education, the College of Engineering grants the highest number of engineering degrees in the nation across nine fields of study. For more information about the programs in the College of Engineering, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E Stefany Wilson, College of Computing\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"College of Computing and College of Engineering at Georgia Tech Lead Interdisciplinary Effort to Create Nation\u0027s Leading Robotics Research Center"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Tech\u0027s College of Computing and College of Engineering announce the founding of the Robotics and Intelligent Machines center (RIM@Georgia Tech), a new interdisciplinary research center drawing on the strengths of robotics experts from both colleges.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Robotics and Intelligent Machines center announced"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-06-07 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72957":{"id":"72957","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72957"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Robotics at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/content\/view\/773\/467\/","title":"Henrik Christensen Named KUKA Chair in Robotics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"40470":{"#nid":"40470","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Undefined","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-03-14 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73345":{"#nid":"73345","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Clough Named Committee Chair","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident Wayne Clough has been named chair of the National Academies\/National Research Council committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects.  The committee is being charged with overseeing studies into why the levee failures occurred when Hurricane Katrina struck the city last year and reviewing the designs and plans for rebuilding the flood protection systems around New Orleans.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is an honor to be asked to serve as chair of the committee and a role that I\u0027m pleased to undertake for several reasons,\u0022 said Clough, whose first job out of Georgia Tech was working on flood protection issues for the Mississippi River Basin with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  \u0022I know the history of these projects and relate closely to their importance to the people living there.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnder Clough\u0027s leadership last fall, Georgia Tech stepped up to help with evacuees and students who were displaced by the hurricane.  The Institute opened its doors to campus buildings to be used as shelter space, and the Tech community volunteered to help in a variety of other ways.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is now time for Georgia Tech to do what we can with our special expertise to help in the very large effort to rebuild,\u0022 said Clough.  \u0022As president I hope to represent Georgia Tech and its commitment to work on these issues until they are resolved.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClough said the Corps will continue its work to repair the damaged areas because of the urgency of the upcoming hurricane season.  This work will initiate improvements to the levees that will over time enhance the level of protection they can provide.  Clough believes that if the levee system is to be taken to a Category 5 hurricane level, it will take an innovative approach and will require an extended period of time to accomplish. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe committee will review several engineering issues and policy questions with the goal of having some definitive results by June 1, the official beginning of the next hurricane season.  The committee will issue interim reports as its work develops.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The NAE\/NRC has assembled an outstanding group of experts on a range of fields that bear on our work,\u0022 said Clough.  \u0022I am certain we have the right group to tackle this very tough assignment.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The National Academies\/National Research Council Committee will review engineering and policy issues surrounding New Orleans"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"President Wayne Clough has been named chair of the National Academies\/National Research Council committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects.  The committee is being charged with overseeing studies into why the levee failures occurred when Hurricane Katrina struck the city last year and reviewing the designs and plans for rebuilding the flood protection systems around New Orleans.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The commitee will review levee and policy issues"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-01-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73346":{"id":"73346","type":"image","title":"President Wayne Clough","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73346"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/","title":"The National Academies"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73034":{"#nid":"73034","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Architecture to Host BeltLine Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Architecture will host its annual Dean\u0027s Symposium on the \u0022Changing Nature of Practice\u0022 on Saturday, April 29.  This year\u0027s symposium is a public discussion of the Atlanta BeltLine and the issues that surround it.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Everyone here believes the Beltline is good for the city,\u0022 said College of Architecture Associate Dean Doug Allen.  \u0022The goal of this year\u0027s symposium is to provide a forum for a structured public discussion aimed at developing a better understanding of the importance of the BeltLine for the future growth of Atlanta.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe BeltLine project is closely tied to Georgia Tech because it originates from College of Architecture alum Ryan Gravel\u0027s thesis.  The BeltLine\u0027s concept is to transform abandoned rail tracks that surround the city of Atlanta into green space that connects parks throughout the city.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It has been an incredible experience to see the BeltLine capture the imagination of so many people across the city of Atlanta,\u0022 said Gravel, who plans on participating in the afternoon panel discussion that concludes the forum.  \u0022Not only is this project itself exciting, but the conversation that it has started about quality of life in the urban core of Atlanta is unprecedented.  I am impressed with how many people just know intuitively that the BeltLine will be good for their community and with how hard they are willing to work to ensure that it happens.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Architecture is exploring a number of projects that deal with the BeltLine.  College of Architecture Professor David Green has had several student urban design studios that have looked at specific sections of the BeltLine and the issues that face the neighborhoods in those locations.  Professor John Peponis has studied the elements discussed in Professor Green\u0027s studios and looked at how the scenarios impact the city and region as a whole.  The Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development is currently doing a health assessment study on the BeltLine.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The BeltLine is many things to many people,\u0022 said Allen.  \u0022Within the academic context of the design studios, Georgia Tech has a unique ability to use the BeltLine as a kind of laboratory for our students, faculty, and research to test components of the BeltLine project. We hope that this can contribute to the forward progress of the BeltLine to the benefit of the City as a whole. We cannot plan or develop the Beltline ourselves, but we can and should be a conduit to ensure that the ideas and issues of all the constituents of the complex project are discussed in an open and constructive manner.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe morning session of the symposium will discuss the multiple views of the BeltLine project and urban regeneration.  Speakers representing the developers, parks and recreation, transportation and neighborhood advocates will all take part in the discussion.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe early afternoon session will discuss Professor Green and Professor Peponis\u0027 work on the BeltLine.  The symposium will conclude with a panel discussion among civic leaders, planners and architects, all of whom have a role in the planning and development of the BeltLine.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My hope for the BeltLine is that it will truly create healthy, sustainable communities where people want to live and that it will accommodate thousands of anticipated new residents in the city of Atlanta and at the same time maintain a high quality-of-life for existing residents,\u0022 said Gravel.  \u0022I hope the BeltLine changes the way we think about Atlanta so that the city can truly transform into a progressive, livable region.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s symposium is being co-sponsored by the College of Architecture and the College of Architecture\u0027s Alumni Committee.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Annual architecture symposium to discuss Atlanta\u0027s BeltLine"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The College of Architecture will host its annual Dean\u0027s Symposium on the \u0022Changing Nature of Practice\u0022 on Saturday, April 29.  This year\u0027s symposium is a public discussion of the Atlanta BeltLine and the issues that surround it.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ryan Gravel to participate in afternoon forum"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-04-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73035":{"id":"73035","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73035"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/symposium\/","title":"College of Architecture Dean\\\u0027s Symposium"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73188":{"#nid":"73188","#data":{"type":"news","title":"National LambdaRail Network Now Complete","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe equivalent of the golden spike in the transcontinental railroad, National LambdaRail (NLR), is now complete.  As the operator of the Atlanta node of NLR, Southern Light Rail (SLR) is pleased to offer connectivity to more than 150 universities, research institutions and other organizations through a nationwide advanced fiber optic network.  NLR\u0027s advanced optical, Ethernet and IP network infrastructure consists of more than 10,000 miles of fiber optic cable across the United States.  Southern Light Rail (SLR) is one of the 12 member consortia of research organizations that invested in this network that is dedicated to facilitating research.   Georgia participants in SLR include Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, Medical College of Georgia and University of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As a leading research university, it is fitting that Georgia Tech is part of this elite group of universities building and using one of the fastest networks in the world,\u0022 says Charles Liotta, Georgia Tech\u0027s vice provost for research and graduate studies and Regents professor of chemistry. \u0022Georgia Tech invested in this fiber optic network so that our researchers, who often deal with massive amounts of data or need real-time remote control of sophisticated equipment located across the country, will have access to the most robust network possible.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause NLR owns the underlying fiber optic cable and optical equipment, as well as other networking equipment, it can cost-effectively implement multiple, diverse experimental and production networks on its nationwide optical fiber footprint with unprecedented flexibility and responsiveness. A core set of basic services is currently available from NLR. Variations of these basic services, as well as additional services are available upon request.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENLR can be described as a very fast \u0027highway\u0027 with \u0027multiple lanes.\u0027 Some lanes operate as dedicated lanes reserved for a researcher requiring a very fast, direct connection. To access these dedicated lanes, researchers pay a fee for this premium service based on distance, bandwidth and time. One of the other lanes on the NLR \u0027highway,\u0027 called the National Exchange Fabric, is shared and available now to Georgia Tech researchers at no charge for demonstration projects to the connected universities and research institutions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022NLR provides Georgia Tech researchers unprecedented control over a network infrastructure with up to 40 individual lightpaths-each of which can transmit data at 10 gigabits per second and be used to deploy dedicated side-by-side, but physically and operationally separate, production and experimental networks,\u0022 says Ron Hutchins, Georgia Tech\u0027s chief technology officer and associate vice provost for research and technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Having access to the NLR infrastructure through Southern Light Rail gives Georgia Tech researchers unparalleled services and capabilities. Because of the close and ongoing coordination among member organizations, SLR is able to provide researchers a unique level of assistance and facilitation in provisioning and maintaining these services,\u0022 says John Mullin, Georgia Tech\u0027s chief information officer and associate vice president and associate vice provost for information technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Industry researchers may use National LambdaRail for solely research applications, and in fact, Cisco Systems is a member,\u0022 says Brian Savory, executive director of Southern Light Rail based at Georgia Tech.  Researchers with questions about NLR and needing more details about services may contact Brian Savory at 404-385-5171 or \u003Ca href=\u0027mailto:brian.savory@oit.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ebrian.savory@oit.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Southern Light Rail\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSouthern Light Rail (SLR) is a Georgia Tech non-profit corporation providing National LambdaRail (NLR) access to the Georgia Research Alliance universities, other universities in the Southern region of the United States and governmental and private sector organizations involved in university research initiatives.  Visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.southernlightrail.org\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.southernlightrail.org\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout National LambdaRail\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNational LambdaRail is a major initiative of U.S. research universities and private sector technology companies to provide a national scale infrastructure for research and experimentation in networking technologies and applications. NLR puts the control, the power and the promise of experimental network infrastructure in the hands of our nation\u0027s scientists and researchers. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nlr.net\u0022 title=\u0022www.nlr.net\u0022\u003Ewww.nlr.net\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESouthern Light Rail Participants\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia State University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMedical College of Georgia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUniversity of Georgia\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPending:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNASA Marshall Space Flight Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUniversity System of Alabama\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENational LambdaRail Primary Connection Points\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChicago\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDenver\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHouston\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLos Angeles\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNew York City\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSeattle\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWashington D.C.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-END-\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUseful Links\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSouthern Light Rail \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.southernlightrail.org\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.southernlightrail.org\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.southernlightrail.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENational LambdaRail  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nlr.net\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.nlr.net\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.nlr.net\/\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Southern Light Rail Connects Georgia Tech and Other Georgia Research Alliance Universities to National Research Network"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"As the operator of the Atlanta node of National LambdaRail, Southern Light Rail offers connectivity to over 150 universities and research institutions through a national advanced fiber optic network.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Fiber optic network dedicated to research use"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-03-09 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73189":{"id":"73189","type":"image","title":"National LambdaRail map","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73189"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nlr.net\/","title":"National LambdaRail"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.southernlightrail.org\/","title":"Southern Light Rail"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72947":{"#nid":"72947","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon Model Unveiling","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has unveiled a solar decathlon house that is sure to capture the imagination of those who appreciate technology as well as those who are environmentally conscious.  The Tech team is finishing the initial concept phase of its solar-powered house that will compete in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2007.  The competition is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, and Tech will compete against 19 other teams for the top honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo begin the concept phase, an interdisciplinary design workshop was established at the start of Tech\u0027s summer term, led by Professor Ruchi Choudhary and Franca Trubiano from the College of Architecture.  The team, including students from architecture, engineering and biology, was initially divided into seven groups.  Each group then created their own concept for the house.  After two weeks, through a democratic process, four houses were chosen to continue.  The team was then divided into four groups to further those house concepts.  After a vote on these projects, one week later, there was no clear winner.  For a moment, it was unclear what the Tech team was going to do.  After reflecting on its predicament over a long weekend, the decision was made to create a hybrid, a combination emphasizing the strengths of each house design.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Combining the best elements of each of the four projects seemed to make a lot of sense.  All of the students spent enormous time investigating the various energy systems of the project and how they could be conceptualized into architecture.  There were a lot of good ideas created during the past several weeks.  In the end, nobody could abandon them.  So it was decided to combine the ideas.  And magically it worked,\u0022 said Chris Jarrett, one of the Solar Decathlon team\u0027s project managers.  \u0022It was a welcome result to a lot of collaborative work and late nights. The strategy allows everyone to take some ownership.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0027s Solar Decathlon team is highly interdisciplinary and collaborative, reaching nearly all corners of the university.  It comprises a large number of students, faculty and staff across the institute, as well as several consultants.  Specifically the team includes four institute level partners, participation by four of the six colleges at Georgia Tech, and the support of three research centers - one each from architecture, engineering and science.  The Tech team also includes three project managers, seven faculty advisors, more than 50 undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students, and four consultants.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the project having such strong interdisciplinary ties, it has given students a unique opportunity and experience.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027ve always been in an engineering environment with a bunch of engineers and so it has been a different experience working with people who are coming to the project from a different perspective,\u0022 said Adam Boyd, a graduate student in mechanical engineering.  \u0022We\u0027ve been combining our thought processes and ideas and have really come up with something impressive out of it.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EArchitecture students say it\u0027s been an excellent learning experience.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The engineers help us with things that we don\u0027t know so much about,\u0022 said Travis Hampton, an undergraduate in the College of Architecture, \u0022How much energy is needed to power the house.  They do the calculations to figure out how many panels we\u0027re going to need to make this house work.  Also in terms of the batteries, how many do we need?  The plumbing, how should that be designed? They really helped us make some good decisions on which choices would be most efficient.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is quite a fruitful experience because different students have different perspectives on the same project,\u0022 said Amine Alami, PhD student in electrical engineering.  \u0022Some see it from an architecture standpoint, while the engineers see it from a focus more on the technical parts of it and are more energy oriented.  It is very interesting to see how we can all find a middle point, where we can combine all these ideas and please everyone in the design part of it.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Also, knowing from the beginning that the solar house is getting built is something we normally don\u0027t get into at school,\u0022 said Joe Jamgochian, an architecture graduate student. \u0022And yet, knowing how to really put a building together is what we\u0027re going to face after we graduate. That\u0027s why this project is so exciting.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0027s Solar Decathlon team will continue to modify the project as they prepare for the next phases of the competition. For more information on the team, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/solar.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/solar.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Multidisciplinary project off to buzzing start"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has unveiled a solar decathlon house that is sure to capture the imagination of those who appreciate technology as well as those who are environmentally conscious.  The Tech team is finishing the initial concept phase of its solar-powered house that will compete in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2007.  The competition is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, and Tech will compete against 19 other teams for the top honor.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech\u0027s team selects unique concept for house"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-06-15 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72948":{"id":"72948","type":"image","title":"College of Architecture student Joe Jamgochian wor","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"72949":{"id":"72949","type":"image","title":"COA student Joe Jamgochian tight hand shot","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"72950":{"id":"72950","type":"image","title":"College of Architecture student James Roussos","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72948","72949","72950"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.eere.energy.gov\/","title":"Department of Engergy"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.eere.energy.gov\/solar_decathlon\/","title":"Solar Decathlon"},{"url":"http:\/\/solar.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73036":{"#nid":"73036","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Program to Halt Pandemics Installed in Georgia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYour city has 48 hours to vaccinate every man, woman and child to prevent a dangerous pandemic. Where do you put the clinics, how many health care workers will you need and how do you get 2 million people to a finite number of emergency clinics?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe logistics of handling all those panicked people, health care workers, vaccinations, clinics and forms are dizzying. And while health departments have plans in place, it\u0027s very difficult to know how well those plans will perform when time is critical and the minutes needed to move patients to a large clinic or for a frightened patient to fill out a form could mean life or death for thousands or millions of people.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a computer program, based on a clinical model created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to help U.S. state, city and county health care departments create and test more efficient plans for treating infectious illness, whether it\u0027s a natural or man-made outbreak. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program, called RealOpt and created by Dr. Eva Lee, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will be installed over the next few months at health departments across the state of Georgia and health departments in 35 other states have plans to test the program. While the program is still in the testing phase, it will soon be available free to any government health department that requests it from Georgia Tech. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERealOpt has been tested by the DeKalb County Health Department in Georgia, and the county ran a very successful anthrax drill last year. Lee used RealOpt to help DeKalb test and improve its existing bioterror preparedness plan. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERealOpt takes the numerous variables associated with a health care department\u0027s treatment of a very large group of people, and through large-scale simulation and optimization (even considering variables such as panic and language barriers), pinpoints the most efficient way to move patients to and through a facility. Using the program, a health care department can determine the best location for emergency clinics based on population density and road accessibility, the most efficient facility layout, the number of health care professionals needed in certain areas, the number of vaccinations needed and the time it will take to treat patients.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERealOpt can be used to prepare for a possible outbreak, as well as for emergency re-assignment of health care workers within the clinic and between clinics during an actual outbreak. By being able to assess preparedness, health departments will have more a precise estimate of the resources and funds needed to treat communities before an actual outbreak.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to its role in planning, one of RealOpt\u0027s significant advantages is its ability to process data in real time as the emergency treatment occurs. As patient flows fluctuate, the program can determine how to reallocate the facility\u0027s resources in a fraction of a second, sending more doctors or nurses to one station or more attendants to the paperwork processing area.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Rapid analysis of scenarios not only allows for large-scale planning and preparedness, but also allows on-the-spot optimization to maintain the best resource allocation over time,\u0022 Lee said. \u0022As patients enter and progress through the clinic we can observe the flow and dynamically adjust the configuration as needed. This is also critical for response to catastrophic events, for example, if one treatment site collapses.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERealOpt also includes an automated facility-layout drawing tool that allows health care workers to design and analyze their own clinic layout in response to various emergency situations, such as anthrax, smallpox, flu pandemic or natural disaster.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELee continues to add to RealOpt\u0027s capabilities, and is currently adding a disease propagation component to the system. The addition would help to analyze the disease\u0027s spread within treatment sites and possible ways to halt or minimize the spread. It will also determine how to redirect patients should one center need to be quarantined or closed to prevent further spread of a disease.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The program has been used in DeKalb County and will be installed throughout Georgia. The program is also slated to be used in 35 other states."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Based on a clinical model created by the CDC, Dr. Eva Lee, a professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, has developed a program, called RealOpt, to help U.S. state, city and county health care departments organize and test the most efficient plan for treating infectious illness, whether it\u0027s a natural or man-made outbreak.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Program helps governments test pandemic plans"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-04-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73037":{"id":"73037","type":"image","title":"Halting the Pandemic","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73037"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73190":{"#nid":"73190","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Develops Probabilistic SoC Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology announce energy savings by a factor of more than 500 in simulations with their ultra energy efficient embedded architecture based on Probabilistic CMOS (PCMOS). The research team\u0027s PCMOS devices take advantage of noise, currently fabricated at the quarter-micron (0.25 micron) level, and uses probability to extract great energy savings. The findings will be presented at the Design, Automation and Test In Europe (DATE) Conference, the leading peer-reviewed European electronic systems design meeting, on March 9 in Munich, Germany.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research team led by Dr. Krishna Palem, a joint professor in the Georgia Tech College of Computing and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the Center for Research in Embedded Systems \u0026amp; Technology, has confirmed that architectural and application gains to be reported at DATE are as high as a factor of 560 when compared to comparable CMOS based architectures. As traditional CMOS semiconductor technology approaches the nanoscale, coping with noise and energy savings are increasingly important. PCMOS harnesses the inherent instability of noise and uses it as a resource to achieve energy efficient architectures. In the architectures, noise induces distortion in the application. However, given the human ability to average this routinely such as in voice when using cell phones, or in images when they are streamed to hand held devices, the user does not often notice the distortion as significant and is willing to pay the price for significant energy savings. A demonstration showing this effect in the context of video decompression used in modern DVD images is available for viewing at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.crest.gatech.edu\/palempbitscurrent\/demo.html\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.crest.gatech.edu\/palempbitscurrent\/demo.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Probabilistic architectures extend PCMOS to computing substrates beyond devices,\u0022 says Palem. \u0022By mixing chip measurements and simulations, gains have been shown using this technology for such applications as Hyper-encryption as applied to computer security, and through cognitive applications such as speech recognition and pattern recognition as well as image decompression. The gains ranged from a factor of 10 to a factor of more than 500 over conventional architectural approaches.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond such architectural objectives, when applications need random sources, historically pseudo-random numbers generators were used. The Georgia Tech research team used the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recommended tests to quantify and measure the quality of randomness of PCMOS within this limited context of being viewed as a source of random bits, beyond complete Probabilistic System on Chip (PSoC) architectures. PCMOS outperformed CMOS in the quality of random sequences generated.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENext Steps\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe research team will work on developing PSoC architectures to be fabricated using devices of 180 nanometers, for specific applications with an embedded flavor such as video, and audio signal processing (DSP).  Palem estimates this will take nine months to validate.  The technical paper being presented at DATE is available at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.crest.gatech.edu\/palempbitscurrent\/date2006.pdf\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.crest.gatech.edu\/palempbitscurrent\/date2006.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Probabilistic System on Chip technology reduces energy consumption by a factor of more than 500 for some applications"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology announce energy savings by a factor of more than 500 in simulations with their ultra energy efficient embedded architecture based on Probabilistic CMOS (PCMOS).","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech creates ultra-efficient embedded architectures"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-03-14 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73191":{"id":"73191","type":"image","title":"Dr. Krishna Palem","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73191"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=514","title":"P-Bits News release"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.date-conference.com\/","title":"DATE Conference"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.crest.gatech.edu\/palempbitscurrent\/demo.html","title":"Video Decompression Demo"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.crest.gatech.edu\/palempbitscurrent\/date2006.pdf","title":"Technical Paper"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72943":{"#nid":"72943","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Creates Self-Training Gene Prediction Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed the first ever computer program capable of training itself to predict genes in genomic DNA sequences of eukaryotic organisms such as animals, plants and fungi. The software program, GeneMark.hmm-ES, may help researchers save a year or more in a genome sequencing and interpretation project. The program is a new addition to the family of GeneMark gene prediction programs developed at Georgia Tech and is freely available to academic researchers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, there are more than 600 ongoing genome sequencing projects of eukaryotes that carry nuclei within cells. Decoding the DNA sequences that come out from even a single genome project is an enormous task. Still, unraveling the genetic code of living creatures allows scientists to understand the details of the cellular machinery. This knowledge helps generate ideas for a variety of future research directions. Understanding the specific features of individual genomes may lead to the development of personalized medicine, while comparing the genomes from related species can help scientists trace their evolution.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The genomic sequence is a foundation and blueprint of molecular cellular networks and processes which dynamics need to be reconstructed to understand how the cell works. These networks are specific for each organism, so once you know the list of the genes, you start to assemble all the parts into a picture,\u0022 said Mark Borodovsky, Regents\u0027 professor in the School of Biology and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBorodovsky developed the first version of GeneMark in 1993. In 1995, this program was used by Craig Venter and his Institute for Genomic Research to find genes in the first ever completely sequenced genomes of the organisms representing the two prokaryotic domains of life, bacteria and archea.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA self-training version of the genefinding program for prokaryotic genomes was created by Borodovsky\u0027s group in 2001. Since 1998, it has been frequently used for gene finding in eukaryotes, particularly in plant genomes such as rice. By now, use of the GeneMark programs by the researchers around the globe was registered for discoveries of more than 400,000 genes in various genomes, from viruses and bacteria to rice and humans.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow Borodovsky and his team at Georgia Tech have taken a leap forward and built a program that can train itself to make accurate gene prediction in the numerous newly sequenced genomes of eukaryotes. The program uses established general principles of genetic code organization - adjusted to the general compositional features of a particular genome - to help identify at least a few regions of the anonymous genome that contain protein coding sequences. Once they have the initial predictions, they separate the coding and non-coding sequences. This clusterization allows scientists to apply machine-learning techniques to refine the parameters of the recognition algorithm to the specific patterns found in the newly identified protein-coding sequences. A researcher then repeats this prediction and training step, each time detecting a larger set of true coding sequences that are used to further improve the model employed in statistical pattern recognition. The last run, when no innovation is reached at the prediction step, produces the desirable final set of predicted genes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause the self-training method uses established general principles of eukaryotic gene organization to reconstruct the species specific nucleotide sequence patterns, it speeds things up, since scientists don\u0027t have to wait for an outside expert to develop a sequence large enough to use as a training set. That can shave a year or more off a sequencing project. With the self-training method, the program does the work itself.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDetails on the new program can be found in number 20 of Nucleic\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAcids Research (volume 33) on pages 6494-6506.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers have developed the first ever computer program able to train itself to predict genes in genomic DNA sequences of eukaryotic organisms. The program may help researchers save a year or more off genome sequencing and interpretation projects.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"First self-training program for eukaryotes"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-06-16 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72944":{"id":"72944","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72944"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/opal.biology.gatech.edu\/GeneMark\/","title":"GeneMark"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/faculty\/mark-borodovsky\/","title":"Mark Borodovksy"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73341":{"#nid":"73341","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sam Nunn School Receives MacArthur Foundation Grant","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation recently announced four grants totaling nearly $8 million to Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell and Princeton universities to increase the number of faculty positions and researchers working on projects at the intersection of science and security policy.  The grants are made as part of the Foundation\u0027s $50 million Science, Technology and Security Initiative -- an effort to help expand the pool of independent experts in the U.S. and internationally who can provide objective technical analysis of international security issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a sure sign of our growing maturity as a university, and I am pleased to have seen this happen while I am privileged to be here,\u0022 says Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The continuing support of the MacArthur Foundation will allow us to create an enduring community of scholars at Georgia Tech dedicated to providing the best independent scientific and technological advice on the security policy challenges facing the United States and the world,\u0022 says William Long, chair, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. \u0022This program exemplifies the commitment of Georgia Tech and the Nunn School to bridging the worlds of technology and policy to find solutions to the problems of the 21st century.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Sam Nunn School received a renewal grant of $1.84 million that extends the initial grant for five years. The new grant will fund four research initiatives on information security and cyber threats; the role of information and communications technology in societal reconciliation and reconstruction following conflict and examining cases such as Rwanda, Mozambique and Afghanistan; initiatives to reform the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in light of recent challenges posed by North Korea and Iran; and continue to develop a public-private partnership among federal, state and local agencies to prevent bioterrorism. This grant will also fund one new tenured faculty position and provide support to dozens of mid-career and graduate research fellowships in science and security through the Nunn Security Program. Assistant professor Mike Best holds one faculty position under the terms of the original grant, and the renewal award will fund a second faculty hire in the area of Science, Technology, and International Security. The School will begin a search for this faculty position shortly. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECo-principal investigators are John Endicott, professor of international affairs and director of the Center of International Strategy, Technology and Policy (CISTP), and Seymour Goodman, professor of international affairs and computing. Endicott is a leader in developing a Nuclear Free Zone in northeast Asia and for this work was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. Goodman is co-director of CISTP and co-director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Foundation\u0027s Science, Technology and Security Initiative is designed to nurture a new generation of experts working on issues at the intersection of science, technology and policy and to close gaps in knowledge about the technical aspects of national and international security.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The number of specialists providing independent analysis of nuclear and biological weapons dangers falls far short of the international community\u0027s needs, especially as the threat of terrorism has grown,\u0022 said Jonathan F. Fanton, president of the MacArthur Foundation. \u0022The diffusion of nuclear weapons material and expertise, and the emerging dangers from biotechnology and cyberspace pose new and profound threats to international peace and security. There should be more substantial engagement between policymakers responsible for decisions regarding security and technical specialists with the expertise on these new and emerging threats.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA major goal of MacArthur\u0027s grantmaking in international peace and security is to reduce the dangers posed by nuclear and biological weapons. To do this, the Foundation awards grants to strengthen independent scientific and technical advice on security policy, to develop new approaches in cooperative security, and to support policy research and engagement.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the Science, Technology and Security Initiative, grants are also made to develop new and effective policy approaches to arms control, non-proliferation, and disarmament.  Funds are made available to organizations working to encourage transnational collaboration to reduce tensions, prevent accidents, and avert new arms races.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Foundation also makes grants to bring information, analysis and conceptual frameworks to the attention of lawmakers and policy advisors.  It supports projects that engage policymakers in discussions of national and international security issues, facilitates the flow of new ideas to policy leaders, and ensures that scientific and technical expertise is made available to decision makers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grant making institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition. With assets of $5 billion, the Foundation makes grants of approximately $200 million each year.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"MacArthur Foundation Renews Support of Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The MacArthur Foundation announced four grants totaling nearly $8 million to Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell and Princeton universities to increase the number of researchers working on projects at the intersection of science and security policy.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Research on nuclear, bioterror and cyber security"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-01-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73342":{"id":"73342","type":"image","title":"William Long, chair, Sam Nunn School of Internatio","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73342"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=83","title":"First MacArthur Grant release"},{"url":"http:\/\/cistp.gatech.edu\/snsp\/index.htm","title":"Sam Nunn Security Program"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/","title":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.macfound.org\/","title":"John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73343":{"#nid":"73343","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT Lorraine Names Yves Berthelot New Director","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Yves Berthelot, a professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been named director of Georgia Tech Lorraine, Georgia Tech\u0027s European campus in Metz, France. Dr. Hans P\u00c3\u00b6ttgen, who had led Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) since its founding, announced his intention to retire last fall to pursue opportunities at his alma mater in Lausanne, Switzerland.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBerthelot, who is residing full-time in Metz, will oversee all administrative, operational and financial responsibilities for all research and academic programs at GTL and coordinate operational relations with local and national institutions in France. He will also play a key role in the strategic development of GTL, in collaboration with senior administrators and faculty members in Atlanta, GTL faculty and with local and regional partners in Lorraine and in Europe.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022GTL offers some extraordinary challenges and opportunities for Georgia Tech\u0027s faculty and students, through innovative academic programs, collaborative international research programs, and transatlantic economic development,\u0022 said Berthelot. \u0022I am honored to be part of this effort.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Assembl\u00c3\u00a9e G\u00c3\u00a9n\u00c3\u00a9rale (Board of Directors) of GTL has also asked Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, Georgia Tech provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, to chair the board as president of GTL. Chameau is familiar with the Assembl\u00c3\u00a9e G\u00c3\u00a9n\u00c3\u00a9rale, having served on this board since 1997. As provost of Georgia Tech and president of the Assembl\u00c3\u00a9e G\u00c3\u00a9n\u00c3\u00a9rale of GTL, Chameau will provide direction to the operations, academic programs and overall strategy of the Metz campus.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESteven W. McLaughlin, Ken Byers Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, lead GTL operations and planning on Georgia Tech\u0027s Atlanta campus as deputy director of GTL. McLaughlin will work closely with Berthelot, Chameau and others in Atlanta to further GTL\u0027s mission.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOpened in 1990, GTL represents an integral piece of Georgia Tech\u0027s emphasis on a truly global education. Students can take graduate-level courses taught in English in electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science. Since 1991, over 800 graduate students have spent at least one semester at GTL before graduating from Georgia Tech. Over 75 faculty members from the Atlanta campus have spent at least one semester at GTL. GTL also offers undergraduate courses as part of its summer program as well as through Georgia Tech\u0027s newly created International Plan, a program that adds a unique multicultural and international dimension to undergraduate courses. During the summer of 2006, faculty from all six Georgia Tech colleges will teach 26 courses at GTL.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022GT Lorraine gives Georgia Tech students an opportunity to get a deeper understanding of how their area of study fits into an international community. The International Plan and GT Lorraine will help students better compete in a global economy,\u0022 said Chameau.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program will offer junior-level students from electrical engineering, computer engineering and mechanical engineering a year-long course of study that will add a unique multicultural and international dimension to their undergraduate education. Students participating in this program will complete a minimum of two years of college-level French, at least two courses of which are taught in French and courses in Global Economics, European Society and Culture and European Business Practices. Some of this coursework will be taken at the Metz campus during their required stay of two semesters at GTL.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBerthelot will lead GTL\u0027s core graduate and undergraduate summer program and its expanded role through the International Plan to provide a greater number of Georgia Tech students with an international education and experience.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBerthelot joined the faculty of Georgia Tech in 1985, was promoted to associate professor in 1990, and to professor in 1996. A native of France, he has been involved with GTL since 1997, when the School of Mechanical Engineering established its presence at GTL. His main research interests are in the area of acoustic materials and ultrasonic nondestructive testing.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMcLaughlin has been the director of research at GTL since 2003. His research interests are in the general areas of communications and information theory. His research group has ongoing projects in the areas of wireless communications, optical and magnetic recording, quantum key distribution and data security. He has published more than 200 papers in refereed journals and conferences and holds 26 U.S. patents. He served as the president of the IEEE Information Theory Society in 2005.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Yves Berthelot, a professor in Mechanical Engineering, has been named director of Georgia Tech Lorraine. Georgia Tech Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Jean-Lou Chameau will serve as president.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Berthelot will oversee GT Lorraine in Metz, France"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-01-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73344":{"id":"73344","type":"image","title":"Berthelot","body":null,"created":"1449178002","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:42","changed":"1475894676","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:36"}},"media_ids":["73344"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.oie.gatech.edu\/old\/fac\/internationalplan.html","title":"Georgia Tech International Plan"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.georgiatech-metz.fr\/","title":"Georgia Tech Lorraine"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72938":{"#nid":"72938","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Student to Meet Nobel Laureates","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChemistry graduate student Ashley Ringer, was selected by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) as one of nine outstanding research participants to attend the 56th Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe meeting will take place in Lindau, Germany, June 25-30, where Ringer will participate in various activities with the Nobel Laureates. Since 1951, Nobel Laureates in chemistry, physics and physiology\/medicine have annually convened in Lindau to have open and informal meetings with students and young researchers from around the world. This year\u0027s event, which traditionally rotates by discipline each year, will focus on chemistry.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EORAU\u0027s participants are joining 51 other students to represent the United States and more than 350 other international students at the meeting. The other students representing the United States are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Army, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Science Foundation (NSF).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll participants will travel to Washington, D.C., for a meeting at DOE headquarters before leaving for Germany on Friday, June 23. On Saturday, June 24, the students will arrive in the historic medieval island city located at the common border of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Students will attend the opening ceremony for the 56th Lindau Meeting on Sunday, June 25.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Laureates will lecture on the topic of their choice related to chemistry and participate in less formal small group discussions with the students. The primary purpose of the meeting is to allow participants-most of whom are students - to benefit from informal interaction with the Nobel Prize winners. Therefore, Laureates will preside over informal roundtable sessions exclusively for students and join participants at local restaurants for additional informal discussions. Various social events are also on the agenda, including an evening dinner gala, which will allow participants to meet attendees from other countries around the world.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn June 30, participants will travel by ferry to the Isle of Mainau for the closing ceremonies at the baroque Mainau Castle, the residence of Swedish patrons the Bernadotte family. The late Count Lennart Bernadotte began the Lindau meetings in 1951. That afternoon, U.S. participants will return to Munich for the flight home or continue traveling through Europe on their own.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERinger holds a bachelor\u0027s degree from Mississippi College. She is the daughter of David and Susan Ringer of Florence, Miss.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdditional information:\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA Web site has been set up to post daily information while students are attending the meeting. Each day, photos and a summary of events will be posted. The URL for this year\u0027s meeting is \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.orau.gov\/lindau2006\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.orau.gov\/lindau2006\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.orau.gov\/lindau2006\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Web site and travel arrangements for all participants are being administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), which is managed by ORAU for DOE.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EORISE is a U.S. Department of Energy facility focusing on scientific initiatives to research health risks from occupational hazards, assess environmental cleanup, respond to radiation medical emergencies, support national security and emergency preparedness and educate the next generation of scientists. ORISE is managed by ORAU.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Chemistry graduate student Ashley Ringer, was selected by Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) as one of nine outstanding research participants to attend the 56th Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ashley Ringer one of nine outstanding researchers"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-06-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72939":{"id":"72939","type":"image","title":"Ashley Ringer","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72939"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.orau.gov\/lindau2006","title":"56th Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students"},{"url":"http:\/\/vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu\/cgi-bin\/memberpage.pl?member=ringer+a+l","title":"Ashley Ringer"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73032":{"#nid":"73032","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New AVP of Communications Named","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has new chief communications officer.  Jim Fetig, a retired military officer who has held leadership positions in government and corporate affairs, has been named an associate vice president and head of Institute Communications and Public Affairs. He assumed his new duties on Apr. 10.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Wayne Clough said Fetig would be a strong resource for Tech as it moves forward with key initiatives.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Jim has an impressive background in public relations and marketing and is eager to become involved in the planning and execution of a strategy that fits our goals for the future. We are excited to welcome him to our leadership team.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWorking for the U.S. Army, Fetig has directed media strategy at the Pentagon and served as the special assistant to its Chief of Staff. In his last governmental position, he served as director of public affairs for the National Security Council at The White House. More recently, he has worked as vice president of public relations for Lockheed Martin and as vice president for media relations at Raytheon Company in Waltham, Mass. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFetig\u0027s work in public relations has earned him national honors from professional societies. Sue Ann Allen, executive assistant to the president and chair of the search committee, said the group was swayed by his track record and organizational success. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Jim Fetig\u0027s breadth of experience, effective management and leadership style and engaging demeanor make him ideally suited for the job,\u0022 she said. \u0022He brings a very strong corporate experience to our operation, and we are fortunate to have him on board.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn leading ICPA, Fetig\u0027s principal assignments will involve both communications and marketing. As the head of the central public relations function for Tech, the associate vice president reports directly to the president, serving as the spokesperson for the Institute and as its chief communications counselor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe will also be responsible for developing Institute-wide communications strategies, driving implementation of communication initiatives, measuring the impact of those initiatives and collaborating to ensure strategic alignment of all communications activities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA Six Sigma specialist, Fetig said he is eager to take on a new challenge.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I was completely impressed with everyone I met at Georgia Tech and all that Dr. Clough\u0027s team has accomplished,\u0022 he said. \u0022The vision for the Institute is compelling as is the opportunity to join a world-class organization. I am looking forward to meeting and working with everyone on the faculty and staff.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Jim Fetig is the new Associate Vice President of Institute Communications and Public Affairs"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has new chief communications officer.  Jim Fetig, a retired military officer who has held leadership positions in government and corporate affairs, has been named an associate vice president and head of Institute Communications and Public Affairs. He assumed his new duties on Apr. 10.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Fetig brings new leadership to ICPA"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-04-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73033":{"id":"73033","type":"image","title":"Jim Fetig, Associate Vice President of Institute C","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73033"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/","title":"News room"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/icpa\/","title":"Institute Communications and Public Affairs"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73174":{"#nid":"73174","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gold Nanorods May Make Safer Cancer Treatment","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, San Francisco, have found an even more effective and safer way to detect and kill cancer cells. By changing the shapes of gold nanospheres into cylindrical gold nanorods, they can detect malignant tumors hidden deeper under the skin, like breast cancer, and selectively destroy them with lasers only half as powerful as before -  without harming the healthy cells. The method, which allows for a safer, deeper penetrating noninvasive cancer treatment, has just  appeared in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 128.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast year, the father and son research team of Mostafa El-Sayed and Ivan El-Sayed, showed that gold nanoparticles coated with a cancer antibody were very effective at binding to tumor cells. When bound to the gold, the cancer cells scattered light, making it very easy to identify the noncancerous cells from the malignant ones. The nanoparticles also absorbed the laser light more easily, so that the coated malignant cells only required half the laser energy to be killed compared to the benign cells. This makes it relatively easy to ensure that only the malignant cells are being destroyed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, they\u0027ve discovered that by changing the spheres into rods, they can lower the frequency to which the nanoparticles respond from the visible light spectrum used by the nanospheres to the near-infrared spectrum. Since these lasers can penetrate deeper under the skin than lasers in the visible spectrum, they can reach tumors that are inaccessible to visible lasers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022With the nanospheres we\u0027re using visible lasers, but most of the solid cancer is under the tissues and visible light doesn\u0027t go but a few millimeters deep. But by using the nanorods we can tune them to react to the infrared lasers, which can penetrate the tumor without being absorbed by the tissues,\u0022 said Mostafa El-Sayed, director of the Laser Dyanamics Laboratory and Regents\u0027 professor of chemistry at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMany cancer cells have a protein, known as Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EFGR), all over their surface, while healthy cells typically do not express the protein as strongly. By conjugating, or binding, the gold nanorods to an antibody for EFGR, suitably named anti-EFGR, researchers were able to get the nanoparticles to attach themselves to the cancer cells.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this latest study, researchers incubated two malignant oral epithelial cell lines and one benign epithelial cell lines with nanorods conjugated to anti-EFGR. Not only were the malignant lines clearly identifiable as such under a simple optical microscope, but after being exposed to a continuous sapphire laser in the near infrared spectrum, the malignant lines only required half the laser energy to kill them as the healthy cells.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This makes it more practical than the sphere in terms of treating cancer,\u0022 said Mostafa El-Sayed. \u0022For laser phototherapy treatment of skin cancer or, for diagnostic biopsies, the spheres are fine, but for phototherapy of cancer deep under the skin, like breast cancer, then one really needs to use the nanorods treatment.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Nanorods Show Benefits Over Nanospheres in Noninvasive Cancer Treatment"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found that by using gold nanorods, rather than nanospheres, they can detect malignant tumors hidden deeper under the skin and destroy them with lasers only half as powerful as before - without harming the healthy cells.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Rods show promise for deeper noninvasive treatment"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-03-13 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73175":{"id":"73175","type":"image","title":"HOC Malignant cancer cells with gold nanorods","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73176":{"id":"73176","type":"image","title":"Nonmalignant cells with gold nanorods","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73175","73176"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cc.ucsf.edu\/people\/el-sayed_ivan.html","title":"Ivan El-Sayed"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/El-Sayed\/","title":"Mostafa El-Sayed"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72932":{"#nid":"72932","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Panama Canal Authority CEO to Speak at UPADI","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlberto Alem\u00c3\u00a1n Zubieta, chief executive officer of the Panama Canal Authority\/Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP), is scheduled to address a plenary session focusing on economic development during the Pan-American Convention of Engineers\/Union Pan Americana de Asociaciones de Ingenieria (UPADI) hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), September 19-22, 2006, in Atlanta, Georgia. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is the autonomous agency that manages the Panama Canal, the leading interoceanic waterway that serves world maritime commerce. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnder his leadership, Zubieta has transformed the Panama Canal into a world leader in services to the maritime industry, positioning the Canal as a key pathway for global transportation. He will share his thoughts and best practices.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Panama has successfully managed and operated the Canal since the United States handover in 1999,\u0022 said Zubieta. \u0022We have continued to set the bar higher for efficiency, safety and reliability, while at the same time enhancing economic development opportunities for our country. The Canal certainly represents a cornerstone of infrastructure for the Latin American region and serves as a key asset for those seeking to do business here.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA native of Panama City, Republic of Panama, Zubieta graduated from Texas A\u0026amp;M University with dual degrees in industrial and civil engineering. Prior to joining ACP in 1996, he served as CEO of one of the largest construction companies in the country. In 1998, he was appointed Administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, the new Panamanian entity tasked with the management of the waterway upon its transfer from the U.S. to the Republic of Panama. During the following two years, Zubieta served simultaneously as Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission and the Panama Canal Authority, ensuring that the decisions taken under the Commission administration would have continuity under the new Canal Authority.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1949, UPADI represents a membership of approximately 2.5 million engineers from 26 member countries in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The goal of the organization is to advance science and technology to benefit humanity through hemispheric cooperation. The organization seeks to develop action plans, encourage outside funding, and work for the economic development of the nations served. The UPADI conference was last hosted by the United States in 1990 in Washington, D.C.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERegistration and conference details for UPADI can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml\u003C\/a\u003E or contact Diana Turner at 404-385-3510 for additional information.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Pan-American Convention of Engineers Scheduled for September"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Alberto Alem\u00c3\u00a1n Zubieta, chief executive officer of the Panama Canal Authority is scheduled to address a plenary session focusing on economic development during the Pan-American Convention of Engineers (UPADI) hosted by Georgia Tech September 19-22, 2006.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Pan-American Convention of Engineers in Sept."}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-06-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72933":{"id":"72933","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"}},"media_ids":["72933"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml","title":"UPADI 2006"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EDiana Turner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDistance Learning \u0026amp; Professional Education\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:diana.turner@dlpe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Diana Turner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-3510\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["diana.turner@dlpe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73331":{"#nid":"73331","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Biofuels Can Pick Up Oil\u0027s Slack","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith world oil demand growing, supplies dwindling and the potential for weather- and conflict-related supply interruptions, other types of fuels and technologies are needed to help pick up the slack.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA group of experts in science, engineering and public policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Imperial College London and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory recommend a comprehensive research and policy plan aimed at increasing the practicality of using biofuels and biomaterials as a supplement to petroleum. The review article, called \u0022The Path Forward for Biofuels and Biomaterials,\u0022 appears in the Jan. 27 issue of Science.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We can readily address, with research, 30 percent of current transportation fuel needs. But reaching that goal will require 5-10 years and significant policy and technical effort,\u0022 said Dr. Arthur Ragauskas, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a lead on the project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile many think of ethanol when they think of biofuels, the group recommends a much broader spectrum of possible materials including agriculture wastes such as corn stovers and wheat stalks, fast-growing trees such as poplar and willow and several perennial energy crops such as switchgrass.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to including more diversity in materials, the group also recommends some changes to the plants themselves using techniques such as accelerated domestication to make them more efficient energy crops. But doubling the productivity of energy crops will mean identifying constraints and correcting them with genomic tools. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo make biofuels a truly practical alternative to petroleum, the group says there will need to be significant improvements in how biofuel is processed. Their vision is for a fully integrated biorefinery, which is designed to take advantage of advances in plant science and innovative biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuels, power and chemicals from biomass.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe biorefinery would work much like a petroleum refinery, which produces multiple fuels and products from petroleum.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe group based its recommendations on research studies, including studies on the development of rapid-growth, high-energy content trees and perennials, novel environmentally friendly biomass extraction technologies, innovative catalysts for the conversion of agriculture and wood residues to bioethanol\/diesel and hydrogen, bio-fuel cells and next-generation green plastics and materials prepared from sustainable sources such as plants, sunlight and wastes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther team leaders on the project include Dr. Charlotte Williams and Dr. Richard Murphy from the Imperial College London and Dr. Brian Davison from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Other key collaborators include Dr. Charles Liotta, Dr. Charles Eckert, John Cairney, James Frederick and Jason P. Hallett from Georgia Tech, Dr. Richard Templer, George Britovsek and David Leak from Imperial College London;  and Dr. Lee Riedinger, Jonathan R. 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Ragauskas"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73177":{"#nid":"73177","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Jesse Hill Jr. Named Recipient of Ivan Allen Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta businessman and civil rights leader Jesse Hill Jr. has been named the recipient of the 2006 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service, according to Sue Rosser, dean of Georgia Tech\u0027s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Hill, the first African-American recipient of the award, will be honored at the College\u0027s Founder\u0027s Day luncheon on March 15.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen Prize is awarded annually to a distinguished public figure whose service over a lifetime has significantly contributed to the progress of the quality of life in Georgia. Previous recipients of the award include Will Wright, co-founder of Maxis and original designer of SimCity and The Sims computer games (2005); former Senator Sam Nunn, co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (2004); Molly Ivins, nationally syndicated columnist (2003); Jimmy Carter, former U.S. President and Georgia Governor (2002); and Zell Miller, former U.S. Senator and Georgia Governor (2001).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College is named for Atlanta\u0027s legendary mayor, businessman and Tech alumnus, Ivan Allen Jr., who represented the essence of \u0027the New South\u0027 and, among other achievements, is credited with peacefully desegregating Atlanta during the tumultuous 1960s. Hill will be honored at the Founder\u0027s Day luncheon on March 15, an event that annually marks Mayor Allen\u0027s birthday.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiography of Jesse Hill Jr.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBorn in St. Louis, Missouri on May 30, 1926, Hill arrived in Atlanta in 1949 after completing a Bachelor of Science in math and physics from Lincoln University and an MBA in Actuarial Science from the University of Michigan. Joining the Atlanta Life Insurance Company initially as an actuarial assistant, Hill rose to become the firm\u0027s third president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the Executive Committee in 1973.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs an executive and CEO of the largest African-American owned financial institution in America, he continued to build upon the company\u0027s strong tradition of supporting human and civil rights activism. Over the course of his successful career, Hill has compiled a long list of \u0027door-opening firsts\u0027 for African-Americans. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAppointed by Mayor Allen to chair the bargaining committee that negotiated the purchase of what was to become Metropolitan Area Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Hill was the first African American member to sit on MARTA\u0027s Board of Directors. He also was the first African-American selected to serve on the Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia. In 1977, he was elected president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the first African-American to hold such a position in a major U.S. city.  He also was elected as the first black member of the Board of Trustees of the Commerce Club, the elite venue of Atlanta\u0027s previously all-white power structure.    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Hill has served on the boards of a number of corporations, including Comsat, Delta Air Lines, Knight Ridder, Morse Shoes, National Service Industries, Rich\u0027s, S \u0026amp; H Corporation, and SunTrust, often as the first minority member.  For the past 25 years, he has served as chairman of the Board of Governors Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC), a Washington, D.C. based organization committed to promoting and facilitating the development of minority business enterprise.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the 1960s, Hill directed his company to quietly underwrite civil rights initiatives throughout the South, such as providing bail money to release individuals arrested in sit-ins and other protests. For over fifteen years, he also served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change. In addition, Hill served on the Board of Directors and in various leadership capacities for the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Hill also founded The Atlanta Inquirer, the weekly newspaper that became the voice of the civil rights movement in Atlanta.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut it is as a political leader in the city of Atlanta that Hill has had perhaps his most lasting impact. Soon after his arrival, he quickly became acquainted with most of the key leaders of the city through the auspices of the Hungry Club. Located at the Butler Street YMCA where Hill first resided, the club provided the only forum at that time where black and white leaders could engage in serious dialogue on contemporary issues. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHead of virtually every major voter registration drive in the black community during the 60\u0027s, Hill chaired the All Citizens Registration Committee, precursor to a political organization that has since nurtured the careers of Atlanta\u0027s last four mayors. Consequently, he served as campaign chairman for Maynard Jackson, elected in 1973 as the first black mayor of a major city in the South; and Andrew Young, the first black elected to Congress from Georgia and the South since Reconstruction.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIvan Allen College was founded in 1990, and today provides a forum for extending the traditional liberal arts into new fields that address the complex relationship between technology and society.  Offering both undergraduate and graduate degrees, Ivan Allen College includes the Schools of Economics; History, Technology and Society; the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; Literature, Communication and Culture; Modern Languages; and Public Policy, as well as Air Force, Army, and Navy Reserve Officers\u0027 Training Corps (ROTC) units.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Atlanta businessman and civil rights leader Jesse Hill Jr. has been named the recipient of the 2006 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Atlanta businessman and civil rights leader honored"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-03-14 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73178":{"id":"73178","type":"image","title":"Jesse Hill Jr.","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73178"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.foundersday.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen College Founder\\\u0027s Day Awards"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72928":{"#nid":"72928","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ga. Tech Brings Disney Institute Program to Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is bringing the Disney Institute\u0027s renowned professional development program, \u0027The Disney Keys to Excellence\u0027 to Atlanta on August 22 at Georgia Tech\u0027s Global Learning and Conference Center.  Sponsored locally by Georgia Tech\u0027s Distance Learning and Professional Education, this unique one-day event will showcase the powerful strategies and business models that are the cornerstones of Disney\u0027s long-term success.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Participants will discover Disney success stories and learn about management philosophies and behind-the-scenes operations that have made the Walt Disney World Resort a benchmark for businesses around the world,\u0022 said George Aguel, senior vice president for Walt Disney Parks and Resort. \u0022We showcase philosophies and strategies that have made the Walt Disney World Resort a success - ideas that are easily adaptable to other organizations.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We think this insider\u0027s look at the world famous Disney model will be fascinating and are proud to bring this exciting program to Atlanta,\u0022 says Bill Wepfer, vice provost of Distance Learning and Professional Education at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta Disney Keys program has four 90-minute sessions:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- \u003Cstrong\u003ELeadership, Disney Style \u003C\/strong\u003E: Participants discover how effective leadership has been the catalyst at Disney to drive employee\/customer satisfaction and bottom-line results, from the company\u0027s inception to today.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- \u003Cstrong\u003EManagement, Disney Style \u003C\/strong\u003E: Participants examine the importance of integrating an organization\u0027s corporate culture into selection, training, and care.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- \u003Cstrong\u003EService, Disney Style \u003C\/strong\u003E: Participants explore world-renowned Disney principles for service\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nexcellence.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- \u003Cstrong\u003ELoyalty, Disney Style \u003C\/strong\u003E: Participants learn key practices and principles in building and sustaining loyalty that have made Disney a trusted and revered brand around the world for more than 75 years. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERegistration and tuition fees for the program are $475 per person, and include course materials, continental breakfast, breaks and parking. For registration information, call 404-385-7460 or visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.disney.gatech.edu\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.disney.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"World Renowned Disney Institute Program on Leadership, Management, Service and Loyalty Comes to Campus"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is bringing the Disney Institute\u0027s professional development program, \u0027The Disney Keys to Excellence\u0027 to campus. This one-day event showcases the powerful strategies and business models that are the cornerstones of Disney\u0027s long-term success.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Learn about the world famous Disney model"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-06-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72929":{"id":"72929","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177962","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:02","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"}},"media_ids":["72929"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.disney.gatech.edu\/","title":"Atlanta Disney Keys Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJennifer Wooley\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDistance Learning and Professional Education\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jennifer.wooley@dlpe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Jennifer Wooley\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-7460\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jennifer.wooley@dlpe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"40433":{"#nid":"40433","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Management Honors Exceptional Alumni","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Management recognized the vision, achievement and leadership of its alumni April 21 at the business school\u0027s Third Annual Celebration, inducting twelve business leaders into the Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni, and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHeld in the Management building in Technology Square, the Celebration included a formal reception and dinner, in addition to the awards presentation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This occasion honors twelve individuals who have done so much to enhance the College\u0027s reputation through their remarkable professional and civic leadership,\u0022 says Terry C. Blum, dean of the business school. \u0022We are proud that they are a part of the College and delighted to publicly recognize their achievements.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENew members of the \u003Cstrong\u003EHall of Fame\u003C\/strong\u003E, which recognizes leaders for their lifetime career achievement and contributions to society and Georgia Tech, will include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoel H. Cowan, IM 1958\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOwner of the investment company Habersham \u0026amp; Cowan Inc., Cowan founded Georgia\u0027s Peachtree City, serving as the town\u0027s first mayor from 1959 to 1963 and CEO of the town\u0027s development company through 1976. In recent years, he has shifted from real-estate development to focus on international activities, including trade, technology transfer, and merchant banking in the Netherlands and the emerging economies of Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Russia, and China.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlvin M. Ferst Jr., IM 1943 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA native of Atlanta, Ferst was president of Alvin Ferst Associates Inc. until retiring in 2003. He started his real-estate development and management-consulting company in the early 1980s after retiring from a long career with Rich\u0027s Inc. After joining Rich\u0027s in 1946, he held a variety of management positions, finally rising to executive vice president and treasurer of the company. He began his career as an industrial engineer with Philco Corporation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EW. Mansfield Jennings Jr., IM 1956\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJennings is chairman of ComSouth Corporation, a full-service telecommunications company. A native of Hawkinsville, Georgia, he served as ComSouth\u0027s CEO for several decades until 2003. Jennings led ComSouth\u0027s evolution from Hawkinsville Telephone Company, founded in 1913, into a full-service telecommunications company offering not only local and long-distance phone service, but also cable TV, high-speed Internet, business phone systems, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENew members of the \u003Cstrong\u003EAcademy of Distinguished Alumni\u003C\/strong\u003E which recognizes leaders for their contributions to business, Georgia Tech and society at large, will include: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENeil K. Braverman, IM 1960\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBraverman retired five years ago after starting three companies and selling them to major corporations. He co-founded the last of these, Safeskin Corp., in 1988. Safeskin was the first company to market hypoallergenic examination gloves designed for health-care professionals who were sensitive to latex. Under Braverman\u0027s leadership, Safeskin was recognized by Fortune magazine five years in a row as one of the top ten small companies in America. Kimberly Clark bought it in 2000.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid W. Dorman, IM 1975\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDorman is the former chairman and CEO of AT\u0026amp;T Corp., which he led through a period of profound reinvention and transformation prior to completing the merger of AT\u0026amp;T Corp. and SBC Communications in November 2005. Dorman, who was named AT\u0026amp;T\u0027s chairman and CEO in 2002, joined the company as president in 2000. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Concert, a global venture created by AT\u0026amp;T and British Telecommunications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoseph W. Evans, IM 1971\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEvans is the chairman and CEO of Atlanta-based Flag Financial Corporation, which is the parent company of Flag Bank. This seventy-five-year-old community bank now has twenty-seven offices in fifteen Georgia counties. He joined Bank Corporation of America in 1980, rising to CEO in 1984. After the bank merged with Century South Banks in 1997, Evans became president and COO of the combined entity. He served as CEO from January 2000 to June 2001, when BB\u0026amp;T acquired Century South.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJack Guynn, MSM 1970 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGuynn is president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta , where he has worked for his entire career. He joined the Atlanta Fed in 1964, holding a variety of positions in the bank\u0027s New Orleans and Miami offices over the years. In 1984, he was named first vice president and chief operating officer, with responsibility over the operations of the bank\u0027s Atlanta headquarters and five branch offices, a position he held for twelve years until taking over the presidency.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EToney E. Means, IM 1982 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMeans is the CEO of Rx Fulfillment Services Inc., a leading national mail-order pharmacy and drug-benefit management company that is a subsidiary of Intrepid Holdings Inc. In 1988, six years after he started working in the pharmaceutical industry, Means started the first African American-owned pharmaceutical company, Imiren, growing it to produce and market twenty-seven generic prescription products dispensed in more than 20,000 U.S. retail pharmacies and 6,500 hospitals.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDennis M. Patterson, GMGT 1971 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPatterson is corporate executive vice president and a member of the Management Committee for SunTrust Banks Inc., the seventh largest commercial bank in the United States, with $180 billion in assets, more than 1,650 offices in eleven states, and just under $2 billion in earnings. Patterson is responsible for development and coordination of SunTrust\u0027s sales and service organization and culture across all lines of business and geographic divisions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENew members of the \u003Cstrong\u003ECouncil of Outstanding Young Alumni\u003C\/strong\u003E, which recognizes alumni for their career achievements and contributions to Georgia Tech and society, will include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKelly H. Barrett, IM 1986 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBarrett, who joined The Home Depot in 2003, was named vice president of Internal Audit last fall. In her current position, she is responsible for developing and executing a risk-based audit plan and building a leadership program within her area that serves as a pipeline of talent for The Home Depot. In her previous role as vice president and corporate controller for The Home Depot, Barrett was responsible for all of the company\u0027s internal and external financial reporting, and its financial controls and systems.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJeffrey A. Beech, MGT 1987\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBeech serves as president of The Beech Foundation, which assists nonprofit causes with strategic planning, fundraising, business modeling, board and leadership structure, and community outreach. Prior to creating the foundation in 2000, Beech enjoyed an international consulting career, serving as a global managing partner for Accenture (formerly Anderson Consulting), where he was part of a leadership team responsible for developing the largest supply-chain strategy practice in the world.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJ. Michael Robison, MGT 1997 \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRobison is founder, chairman and CEO of Lanier Parking Holdings, an Atlanta-based conglomerate controlling more than $10 billion worth of commercial parking at 300 properties in thirty-four cities across the United States. He is also chairman of the Atlanta Convention \u0026amp; Visitors Bureau and Atlanta Streetcar Inc., a nonprofit organization restoring streetcar service along Peachtree Street. Lanier is the only parking company to have an entire division devoted to alternative transportation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E Brad Dixon, College of Management\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Management recognized the vision, achievement and leadership of its alumni at the business school\u0027s Third Annual Celebration, inducting twelve business leaders into the Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Recognize alumni for achievement and leadership"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-05-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"40434":{"id":"40434","type":"image","title":"W. 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However, the plan is to start the degree program with one concentration in Computer Music Research and Engineering.  The other concentration will be geared toward music production, and the plan is to offer that concentration within the next few years.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Clearly, what is most important is to provide a world-class education for students who wish to pursue careers in music technology,\u0022 said Frank Clark, director of the Music Department.  \u0022We also hope to positively impact our profession through innovative research, performance and teaching.  As we look forward, it will be imperative to build a new Center for Music, Art and Technology - we desperately need new and innovative facilities.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe master\u0027s degree in Music Technology will be the first degree in Tech\u0027s history combining performing art with technology.  The degree is also interdisciplinary and will require collaboration across campus.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents pursuing the new degree will have a chance to take classes in Industrial Design, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, College of Computing, College of Sciences, and Literature, Communication and Culture.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Throughout the process of creating a strategic plan for music, we inexorably returned to the combination of music and technology,\u0022 said Clark.  \u0022It became abundantly apparent that we were positioned to institutionally, regionally and nationally  create unique paradigms for music performance, teaching and research.  It was also clear that we had an unparalleled opportunity to develop interdisciplinary programs combining music, architecture, computing, science and engineering.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Weinberg, the Music Department has already started receiving interest from students.  He hopes to have 5 to 7 students start the degree path next fall, with that number expanding to about 20 or more within the next few years.  \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"College of Architecture will offer masters of Music Technology"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Music Department within the College of Architecture will soon offer a master\u0027s degree in Music Technology, pending approval from the Board of Regents.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Masters of Music Tech awaiting Regents approval"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-03-14 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73180":{"id":"73180","type":"image","title":"Gil Weinberg, director of Music Technology","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"},"73181":{"id":"73181","type":"image","title":"Drum Jam Session with the robotic percussionist","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73180","73181"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www-static.cc.gatech.edu\/~gilwein\/","title":"Gil Weinberg"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/technology\/index.htm","title":"Music Technology"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73007":{"#nid":"73007","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Forms Research Unit with France\u0027s CNRS","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and France\u0027s Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) have partnered to create a joint international research unit (unit\u00c3\u00a9 mixte internationale - UMI) to focus on telecommunications and innovative materials research.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe UMI, which is the first of its kind in France, will be based at Georgia Tech Lorraine (GT Lorraine), the European campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology located in Metz, France. Created in 1990, GT Lorraine excels in secure networks and innovative materials research.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo large and select French engineering schools, ENSAM and SUPELEC, and two universities, Franche Comt\u00c3\u00a9 University in Besan\u00c3\u00a7on and Paul Verlaine University in Metz, are associate members.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The fact that the UMI agreement was officially signed in Paris at the CNRS headquarters in the presence of Dr. Catherine Brechignac, president of CNRS, and Dr. A. Migus, director of CNRS, shows that CNRS attaches great importance to this new venture between Georgia Tech and CNRS. It is clear that Georgia Tech Lorraine played an important role in this strategic partnership,\u0022 said Dr. Yves Berthelot, director of GT Lorraine.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe partnership between GT Lorraine and CNRS started in 1998 with a mixed research unit (UMR) of CNRS in the area of secure telecommunications networks through optical fibers. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new mixed international GT-CNRS unit will be devoted to optics-based communication using the dynamics of chaos in optoelectronic components, quantum cryptography and ultrafast optical communication.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe UMI\u0027s research will also focus on innovative materials related to optics, electronics and mechanical engineering, with an emphasis on nanotechnology and intelligent materials. The research will target industrial applications for aeronautics, automotives, biomedical engineering and energy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Abdallah Ougazzaden, a GT Lorraine professor, will direct the UMI. Ougazzaden has a doctorate in optoelectronics, and his thesis led to record performances on a worldwide scale and a transfer of know-how in the new technology of semiconductor laser manufacturing with Alcatel CIT. He was previously a researcher with CNET and worked as a director of research with Bell Labs in the United States. He then joined the University of Metz as professor and deputy manager of the Photonic Optical Materials Laboratory and Systems (LMOPS\/SUPELEC). He is the author and joint author of more than 130 publications and holds 20 patents.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I look forward to leading the combination of the research strengths of Georgia Tech with other superior French universities and engineering schools to make significant advances in secure networks and materials research and to extend this international partnership with other partners and other research areas,\u0022 Ougazzaden said. \u0022I\u0027m sure that we have all the ingredients to be successful in this international research unit.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Largest scientific organization in Europe collaborating with Georgia Tech on secure networks and innovative materials"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and France\u0027s Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) have partnered to create a joint international research unit to be based at Georgia Tech Lorraine. The unit\u0027s research will focus on telecommunications and innovative materials.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Unit to focus on secure networks, materials"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-05-04 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73008":{"id":"73008","type":"image","title":"Dr. Abdallah Ougazzaden","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["73008"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cnrs.fr\/accueil.html","title":"CNRS"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73251":{"#nid":"73251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Selected for Solar Decathlon 2007","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Department of Energy selected Georgia Tech as one of twenty schools that will compete in the Solar Decathlon 2007 in Washington, DC.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEach team will be awarded $100,000 over two years to support the Solar Decathlon\u0027s research goal of reducing the cost of solar-powered homes and advancing solar technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Solar Decathlon is an international competition that brings student teams from universities across the United States, Europe and Canada to compete in designing, building and operating highly energy efficient, completely solar-powered houses.  The teams will assemble their homes on the Mall.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EContest rules require that each house generate enough energy from the sun to operate a household, a home-based business and related transportation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s team will by led by College of Architecture professors Chris Jarrett, Ruchi Choudhary and Franca Trubiano. They will act as project managers for an interdisciplinary team of students who will be assembled to create the home.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Building Ecology and Emerging Technologies is a new study track within Master\u0027s of Science program in the College of Architecture and it offered an impetus to submit a bid for the Decathlon,\u0022 said Trubiano.  \u0022We thought the Solar Decathlon could be a project that would structure, organize and then propel the Building Ecology and Emerging Technologies study track.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022One of the terrific things about this project is we\u0027re collaborating with both the College of Engineering and the College of Sciences,\u0022 said Jarrett. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team will be truly multidisciplinary with collaborators from the College of Architecture, the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Center for Biological Inspired Design (CBID) and the Institute for Sustainable Technology and Development.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETeams are judged in ten different categories, seven of which focus on energy efficiency; others include design and comfort of the house.  The team with the most points - the most energy-efficient and innovatively designed house - wins.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our faculty, staff and facilities are going to be our strengths,\u0022 said Jarrett.  \u0022Our Advanced Wood Products Lab and our expertise across the campus will also make our team very competitive.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is the kind of project where getting to the finish line isn\u0027t the goal,\u0022 said Trubiano.  \u0022We are in this to win.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team is already starting to prepare for the Decathlon by preparing to raise money and sponsors for the event.  The team is also looking for space around campus to begin building.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022One of the major starting points is fundraising and that\u0027s where we are now,\u0022 said Jarrett.  \u0022We need to deliver a fundraising report and know where the funding is coming from by mid March.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther universities participating in the 2007 Solar Decathlon are California Polytechnic State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Kansas State University, Lawrence Technological University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York Institute of Technology, Team Montreal  - Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Universite de Montreal, McGill University (Canada), Technische Universitat Darmstadt (Germany), Texas A\u0026amp;M University, Pennsylvania State University, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain), University of Cincinnati, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,  University of Maryland, University of Missouri-Rolla and the University of Texas at Austin.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Solar Decathlon takes place every other year; the 2005 winner was the University of Colorado.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech is one of twenty schools that will compete in the event"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The U.S. Department of Energy selected Georgia Tech as one of twenty schools that will compete in the Solar Decathlon 2007 in Washington, DC. Each team will be awarded $100,000 over two years to support the Solar Decathlon\u0027s research goal of reducing the cost of solar-powered homes and advancing solar technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech\u0027s Solar Decathlon entry to cross disciplines"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-02-06 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73252":{"id":"73252","type":"image","title":"Sun","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73252"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.energy.gov\/news\/2938.htm","title":"Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Press Release"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.energy.gov\/","title":"U. S. Department of Energy"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73005":{"#nid":"73005","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bernard Marcus to Address Georgia Tech Graduates","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBernard Marcus, co-founder of The Home Depot Inc. and chairman of the board, Marcus Foundation, will deliver the address at the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s 224th commencement ceremony.  The event will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, at the Georgia Dome.  Approximately 2,200 students are expected to graduate.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMarcus helped found the world\u0027s largest home improvement retailer, The Home Depot Inc.  His company revolutionized the home improvement business with its warehouse concept.  Chairman of the board until his retirement in 2002, he remains director emeritus and Home Depot\u0027s largest single stockholder.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 1972 to 1978, Marcus was chairman of the board and president of Handy Dan Improvement Centers Inc., a home center retail chain.  Prior to Handy Dan, he was president of O\u0027Dell\u0027s, a manufacturing conglomerate, and vice president of Hard Goods Merchandising for Vornado Inc., a retail chain.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMarcus\u0027 civic involvement has been translated into the creation of the Marcus Foundation, where he serves as chairman of the board.  His areas of focus include Jewish causes, children, medical research, free enterprise and community support.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA centerpiece of his desire to give back to the community is the Georgia Aquarium, which recently opened in Atlanta.  This $290 million attraction is dedicated to the people of Georgia and the associates, customers and shareholders of The Home Depot.  With a total of 550,000 square feet and 8 million gallons of water, it is the largest aquarium in the world and houses more than 125,000 animals from 500 species.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1991, Marcus and his wife Billi established The Marcus Institute, which provides programs for children and adolescents with disorders of the brain and their families.  An additional commitment in 1998 led to a national expansion when the Marcus Institute joined forces with the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the prominent philanthropies is the founding of the Israel Democracy Institute, located in Jerusalem.  This non partisan and nonpolitical think tank serves as an important resource and change agent, dealing with complex issues facing Israeli democratic society.  Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz serves as the honorary chairman.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMarcus serves in numerous leadership roles including the Shepherd Spinal Center, The City of Hope, The Marcus Jewish Community Center, and Business Executives for National Security.  A native of Newark, New Jersey, Marcus received a bachelor\u0027s degree in pharmacy from Rutgers University.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"2,200 students will be graduating this spring"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Bernard Marcus, co-founder of The Home Depot Inc. and chairman of the board, Marcus Foundation, will deliver the address at the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s 224th commencement ceremony.  The event will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, at the Georgia Dome.  Approximately 2,200 students are expected to graduate.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Commencement  will be held at the Georgia Dome"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-05-04 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73006":{"id":"73006","type":"image","title":"Bernard Marcus","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["73006"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/commencement\/","title":"Commencement Information"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73165":{"#nid":"73165","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mood Affects Young and Old Differently, Study Finds","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe effect of mood on how people process information changes greatly as they age, suggests new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology. The study, which offers a window into the changing nature of the aging mind and the way it handles emotion and information, appears in the latest edition of the journal Psychology and Aging.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Psychology\u0027s Adult Development lab examined how younger and older adults who were induced into a positive or negative mood interpreted the actions of others. They found that older adults who were induced into a negative mood were more likely than younger adults to attribute the actions of an individual to that person alone, rather than considering that situational factors may be affecting their actions. This correspondence bias suggests that, when in a negative mood, older adults are more internally focused on maintaining an emotionally satisfying experience and thus have difficulty processing external information. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It may be the case that older adults in a negative mood state are more motivated to downgrade their negative emotions and, thus, not allocate enough processing time to focus on the details of the situation. So this needs to be taken into consideration when imparting information to older adults,\u0022 said Fredda Blanchard-Fields, professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Psychology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne situation where this knowledge might be useful is when a doctor has to tell a patient they have a serious illness.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You want to give them time to deal with the fact that they have the illness, to deal with the emotions before you have them make a decision on how to treat it,\u0022 she said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat\u0027s very different from the way young people handle information. When in a negative mood, young adults were more likely to consider situational factors when assessing an individual\u0027s behavior, the study found. Younger adults may not have the same motivational tendencies and thus can tolerate negative emotions more easily and focus on the details of the task. This suggests that they are more externally focused when in a negative mood.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers recruited 97 young adults between 18 and 28 years of age and 94 older adults whose ages ranged between 59-80 years. Participants in the study viewed film clips designed to induce them into either a positive, negative or neutral mood. Once they completed a test that measured their mood, they were given a test to measure their attention to detail and working memory capacity. Finally, they were given an essay and asked to assess whether they thought the opinions in the essay were forced or the result of the writer\u0027s own choosing.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen in a negative mood, older adults were more likely than younger adults to assume that the actions of the essay writer reflected a true belief, despite the fact that the writer had no choice in which belief to advocate.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We thought that this was because the older adults were not focusing on the essay, not focusing on the instructions,\u0022 said Andy Mienaltowski, graduate researcher and lead author of the study. \u0022Instead, they were focusing on their negative mood state, their emotional state that they had been put in before they read the essay.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese findings seem to support other research suggesting that as people age, they become more interested in regulating their emotions and eliminating negativity.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Older adults may be captured by the negativity and, therefore, focus attention on emotion regulation,\u0022 said Blanchard-Fields. \u0022Therefore, they focus attention on emotion regulation rather than focusing attention on the details that they need to internalize. So it\u0027s a dual task for them.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen positive moods were induced, the roles were reversed. This time, the younger adults were more likely to be less focused and exhibit the correspondence bias, and the older adults were detail oriented and considered other factors when explaining the writer\u0027s essay.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Here we see that younger people tend to become more lax and lose focus; whereas, older people are more likely to focus on the task they are completing,\u0022 said Mienaltowski.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022So it shows that the young and old are motivated by different goals and, therefore, perceive and process information differently because of the changes in goals across the lifespan,\u0022 said Blanchard-Fields.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next study for the research team will be comparing the effects of negative mood on cognition in younger and older adults.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Eliminating the negative may impede information"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The effect of mood on how people process information changes greatly as they age, suggests new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mind\u0027s handling of emotion changes with age"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-03-13 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73166":{"id":"73166","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73166"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.psychology.gatech.edu\/WhoWeAre\/Faculty\/bio-FBFields.htm","title":"Fredda Blanchard-Fields"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73157":{"#nid":"73157","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTRI to Open Institute in Athlone, Ireland","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology, will establish a research enterprise in Athlone, Ireland to focus on industry research and development needs. GTRI Ireland will be GTRI\u0027s first applied research facility outside the United States. Over the next five years, the Irish operation plans to build up a portfolio of research programs and collaborations with industry valued in excess of $24 million, and at full operation, it will employ 50 highly qualified researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI, which conducts nearly $140 million in research and development each year for industry, government and academic institutions across the world, will receive support from IDA Ireland, the agency responsible for industrial development and overseas investment in Ireland. The new institute will focus on four technology areas that mirror Ireland\u0027s research strengths - digital media, radio frequency identification (RFID), biotechnology and energy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ireland is increasingly known as a world leader in innovation and for embracing technology. As Georgia Tech expands its global horizons, we seek partners who share our values and goals,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough. \u0022Thus, we are especially pleased to celebrate the formation of this forward-looking collaboration with Ireland and our Georgia Tech Research Institute. We are grateful to the government and civic leaders of Ireland who worked on this exciting initiative with us.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute will work closely with Irish corporations and universities, the Georgia Tech research community and U.S. companies to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with industry-focused research and development that bridge the gap between academic discovery and commercial success.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIreland\u0027s Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Miche\u00c3\u00a1l Martin TD, in announcing this joint initiative at a press event in Athlone, said, \u0022Applied research institutes specialize in translational research - the integration of technologies to prove feasibility - where ideas can be proven to have commercial potential. GTRI Ireland will provide this capability and will work across multiple disciplines and in partnership with industry to bring new technological solutions to address the industry and market needs of companies in Ireland.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Stephen E. Cross, Georgia Tech vice president and GTRI director noted, \u0022GTRI Ireland is an integral part of GTRI\u0027s plan to develop international operations and build long-term relationships with industrial partners by providing innovative solutions through customer-focused R\u0026amp;D. This initiative directly supports Georgia Tech\u0027s vision to define the technological university of the 21st Century.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo take full advantage of Ireland and GTRI\u0027s research strengths, GTRI Ireland will focus on several research areas.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute\u0027s digital media research will include development of a national test bed for Internet protocol television (IPTV), a fully interactive digital television service offered to subscribers via an Internet-based broadband connection. By bringing together designers and users, the institute will explore the potential applications of this emerging technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research with RFID will center on authentication and identification technologies from acoustics to optics for the commercial sector. For instance, because Ireland has a thriving pharmaceutical industry, some of the institute\u0027s research will target pill-tracking accuracy, ensuring authenticity and dosage.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute\u0027s biotechnology research will focus primarily on medical devices for preventive and predictive medicine and manufacturing of medical devices. The institute\u0027s energy and environmental research focus will be on enabling technologies and systems models for sustainable energy alternatives, a research area of critical importance to both the United States and Ireland. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI Ireland\u0027s Athlone location leaves it well situated for collaborative research with a broad range of companies and universities throughout the country. Athlone is between Dublin on the east coast and Galway on the west coast. Cork, home of the renowned Tyndall Institute, is on the southern coast. Elan Pharmaceutical and Ericsson are both headquartered in Athlone, and other major corporations have plans to come to the region.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI Deputy Director Dr. David Parekh, who has been working with IDA Ireland for the past two years to bring this initiative to fruition, will have primary responsibility for developing GTRI Ireland strategy, establishing corporate alliances and selecting the right talent to ensure this endeavor is successful. He commended IDA for its commitment to innovation and effectiveness in supporting initiatives through a world-class staff of professionals in Ireland and the U.S. In describing this partnership with the country of Ireland, he remarked, \u0022Ireland has the resources of a nation and the agility of a start-up.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI, established since 1934, has an international standing for its excellence in many areas of science and technology. It employs 1,300 people, including 600 full-time engineers and scientists, of which 73 percent hold advanced degrees.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The new institute, with research and collaborations to be valued at $24 million, will focus on IPTV, RFID, medical devices and sustainable energy"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Research Institute will open a research facility in Athlone, Ireland this summer with research and collaborations valued at about $24 million over a five-year period with support from IDA Ireland, the agency responsible for industrial development and overseas investment in Ireland.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Institute research, collaborations valued at $24 M"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-03-16 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73158":{"id":"73158","type":"image","title":"GTRI Ireland group","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73158"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.idaireland.com\/home\/index.aspx","title":"IDA Ireland"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73159":{"#nid":"73159","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Research Re-examines Strong Hurricane Studies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have released a study supporting the findings of several studies last year linking an increase in the strength of hurricanes around the world to a global increase in sea surface temperature. The new study strengthens the link between the increase in hurricane intensity and the increase in tropical sea surface temperature. It found that while factors such as wind shear do affect the intensity of individual storms or storm seasons, they don\u0027t account for the global 35-year increase in the number of the most intense hurricanes.  The study appears online in the March 16 edition of Science Express at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scienceexpress.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.scienceexpress.org\u0022\u003Ewww.scienceexpress.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast summer, the journals Nature and Science published studies claiming to show a very strong link between rising tropical sea surface temperatures and an increase in the strength of hurricanes. The Nature study, by Kerry Emanuel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, concluded that cyclonic storms in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceanic basins were increasing in strength and duration. That increase, Emanuel concluded, was due to increasing sea surface temperatures caused, in part, by global warming.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA month later, the journal Science published research linking an increase in sea surface temperatures over the past 35 years to a near doubling in the number of the strongest hurricanes, those labeled Category 4 or 5. The study, authored by Peter Webster, Judith Curry and Hai-Ru Chang at Georgia Tech and Greg Holland at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, examined hurricanes in all oceanic basins that play host to cyclonic storms around the world.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis latest study sought to determine whether factors other than sea surface temperatures could be significantly contributing to this 35-year trend. Georgia Tech researchers Carlos Hoyos and Paula Agudelo, along with Curry and Webster examined three factors: vertical wind shear (changes in wind speed and direction with height); humidity in the lower atmosphere; and zonal stretching deformation, which is the tendency of the winds to rotate in a cyclonic direction.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If you examine the intensification of a single storm, or even the statistics on intensification for a particular season, factors like wind shear can play an important role,\u0022 said Curry, professor and chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech. \u0022However, there is no global trend in wind shear or the other factors over the 35-year period.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurry said they did see a small but significant trend in increasing wind shear strength in the North Atlantic, but that the sea surface temperatures were the dominant influence on the increase in both global hurricane intensity as well as the intensity of the North Atlantic hurricanes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022With this new paper, we firm up the link between the increase in sea surface temperatures and hurricane intensity, which has been a key issue in the debate about whether global warming is causing an increase in hurricane intensity,\u0022 said Curry.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study was supported by the Climate Dynamics Division of the National Science Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Studies link strong storms with rising sea surface temperatures"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have released a study supporting the findings of several studies last year linking an increase in the strength of hurricanes around the world to a global increase in sea surface temperature.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Studies link strong storms with rising sea temps"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-03-16 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73160":{"id":"73160","type":"image","title":"Hurricane Katrina","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73160"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/webster.eas.gatech.edu\/","title":"Peter Webster"},{"url":"http:\/\/curry.eas.gatech.edu\/","title":"Judy Curry"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72997":{"#nid":"72997","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tibet Pathway for Chemicals To Reach Stratosphere","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from Georgia Tech and NASA have found that thunderstorms over Tibet provide a main pathway for water vapor and chemicals to travel from the lower atmosphere, where human activity directly affects atmospheric composition, into the stratosphere, where the protective ozone layer resides.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELearning how water vapor reaches the stratosphere can help improve climate prediction models. Similarly, understanding the pathways that ozone-depleting chemicals can take to reach the stratosphere is essential for understanding future threats to the ozone layer, which shields Earth from the sun\u0027s harmful ultraviolet rays. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; NASA\u0027s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, performed their analysis using data from the Microwave Limb Sounder instrument on NASA\u0027s Aura spacecraft, combined with data from NASA\u0027s Aqua and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Missions. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team collected more than 1,000 measurements of high concentrations of water vapor in the stratosphere over the Tibetan Plateau and the Asian monsoon region. The measurements were collected during August 2004 and August 2005, during the height of monsoon season. Through the use of wind data and NASA atmospheric models, they found the water vapor originated over Tibet, just north of the Himalayan mountain range.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team also found that even though more thunderstorms occurred over India, the storms over Tibet transported nearly three times more water vapor into the lower stratosphere than the more frequent thunderstorms that occur over India.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This study shows that thunderstorms over Tibet are mainly responsible for the large amount of water vapor entering the stratosphere,\u0022 said Dr. Rong Fu, associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, who led the study. \u0022The rainfall may not be as frequent over Tibet as over the Indian monsoon area, but because Tibet is at a much higher elevation than India, the storms over Tibet are strong and penetrate very high, and send water vapor right into the stratosphere.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study also found that the same pathway is responsible for transporting carbon monoxide, an indicator of air pollution, into the upper atmosphere. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There\u0027s almost no carbon monoxide production in Tibet, so it\u0027s widely believed that carbon monoxide is transported to the tropopause over Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent,\u0022 Fu said. The tropopause divides the lower atmosphere from the stratosphere, and is located at an altitude of about 18 kilometers (11 miles) above Earth over the tropics and Tibet.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFu added, \u0022Our study finds thunderstorms over Tibet transport as much carbon monoxide to the lower stratosphere as do those over India. When long-lived pollutants are transported out of the lower atmosphere, they can move rapidly. Pollutants from Asia, for example, can wind up on the other side of the world.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAura, Aqua and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission are part of the NASA-centered international Earth Observing System, and are managed by NASA\u0027s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.  Aura\u0027s Microwave Limb Sounder was built by JPL. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJPL is managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"In research that could improve climate prediction models, scientists at Georgia Tech and NASA have found that thunderstorms over Tibet provide a main pathway for water vapor and chemicals to travel into the stratosphere, home of the protective ozone layer.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GT and NASA find path of ozone-depleting chemicals"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-05-09 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72998":{"id":"72998","type":"image","title":"Satellites","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72998"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/aura.gsfc.nasa.gov\/","title":"Aura"},{"url":"http:\/\/mls.jpl.nasa.gov\/","title":"Microwave Limb Sounder"},{"url":"http:\/\/climate.eas.gatech.edu\/fu\/fu.htm","title":"Rong Fu\\\u0027s Research Group"},{"url":"http:\/\/aqua.nasa.gov\/","title":"Aqua"},{"url":"http:\/\/trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov\/","title":"Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72992":{"#nid":"72992","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nature Meets Technology at Georgia Tech Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThrough the centuries, nature has inspired countless number of poets, artists and musicians - now engineers are looking to nature to help them solve some of the most complex problems of the day. For two days, May 11-12, researchers from 20 institutions will gather at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the first International Symposium for Biologically-inspired Design and Engineering. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe premise underlying this evolving field is the belief that every animal must solve a particular problem to survive, so every animal embodies a design solution for a particular problem.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The natural selection and evolution of species provides us with the longest engineering design test of all time,\u0022 said Jeannette Yen, professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Biology. \u0022By studying how organisms solve the problems they face, we get to benefit from the millions of years of knowledge embedded in the DNA of each creature.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile scientists, like Leonardo DaVinci, looked to nature for inspiration centuries ago, biomimetics has recently caught on as a hot area of research at universities across the country. Last year, Georgia Tech launched the Center for Biologically Inspired Design (CBID) as a way to encourage more of the interdisciplinary research that was already taking place among research groups. Now, the center boasts 20 members comprised of researchers from various fields of engineering, biology, chemistry, psychology, applied physiology and architecture. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther institutions are also expanding biomimetic research. The University of California - Berkeley recently opened a new Center for Interdisciplinary Biological Inspiration in Education and Research. And at the University of Toronto, researchers are busy creating methods for teaching this approach across disciplines. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt this conference, scientists and engineers from institutions, including Georgia Tech, Caltech, Case Western, UC Berkley, the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Shandong University and the University of Illinois will present snapshots of their research in progress.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESymposium highlights:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn an effort to create brain-inspired sensors and gain new insight into how memories are formed in the human brain, Hang Lu, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Georgia Tech, is studying how sensory- and memory-related genes are expressed and regulated in tiny micro-sized worms by observing the worms\u0027 behavior on an equally micro-sized chip.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile Steven DeWeerth, an electrical engineer at Tech with a focus on biomedical engineering, is working to understand how the body communicates with joints and muscles for movement and balance in order to design robots and prosthetics that replicate the naturally fluid movement of animals and humans. He\u0027s using a small robot that closely replicates the balance and movement of a cat, and a frog muscle linked to a virtual robotic leg.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn research that could lead to novel strategies for tissue engineering, repair and replacement, Georgia Tech biologist J. Todd Streelman is looking at fish jaws to better understand the mechanical properties of jaws and teeth under stress. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from other institutions will present findings on materials inspired by the strength of spider silk, the elasticity of cartilage, the arrangement of butterfly scales, the dry adhesion of gecko hairs for locomotion, fish teeth and the patterns and processes of diatom silica shells.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther researchers will present research on the propulsive systems used in fish fins, jellyfish jets, insect legs and snake undulations, along with various ways to produce and coordinate these motions. One researcher from Caltech uses Electro Active Polymers, while another researcher from Case Western uses Braided Pneumatic Actuators as muscles in robots. A researcher at Northwestern uses whiskers as robotic sensors. At other institutions, researchers are outfitting robots with jointed legs and sticky toes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"For two days, May 11-12, researchers from 20 institutions will gather at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the first International Symposium for Biologically-inspired Design and Engineering.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech attracts top research in bio-inspired design"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-05-11 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72993":{"id":"72993","type":"image","title":"Weissburg and Wheeler","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72993"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cbid.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Biologically Inspired Design at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73150":{"#nid":"73150","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ga. Tech Hosts Pan American Convention of Engineers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is hosting the 30th bi-annual Pan American Convention of Engineers\/Union Pan Americana de Asociaciones de Ingenieria (UPADI), September 19-22, 2006. This is the first time the conference has been hosted in Georgia and by Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech joins a list of sponsoring organizations and societies including UPADI, American Society of Civil Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Pan-American Federation of the National Associations of Consulting Companies in the Americas (FEPAC), and the World Federation of Engineering Organizations. The convention will be held at the Westin Peachtree Plaza, located in the heart of downtown Atlanta.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech is committed to providing international educational opportunities through innovative programs and partnerships,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough. \u0022The UPADI conference offers an ideal forum to enhance our working relationship with Pan America to insure that the Western hemisphere continues to have a competitive edge in the engineering sector.\u0022 Clough will be one of the keynote speakers during the event.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe theme of the bilingual conference is \u0027Building a Sustainable Infrastructure: Education, Technology Innovation, and Economic Development.\u0027 Features of the four-day meeting include a series of technical congresses and presentations, along with five plenary sessions focusing on transparency and global ethics, economic development, free trade, sustainability and education. Plenary session speakers include Ciro de Falco, executive vice president, Inter-American Development Bank; Raquel Alfaro, Fund for Fostering Scientific and Technological Research; Carlos Braga, senior advisor, International Trade Department, The World Bank; and Alberto Alem\u00c3\u00a1n Zubieta, chief executive officer, Panama Canal Authority.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUPADI is calling for final paper submissions by the June 2006, deadline, as well as inviting students to enter UPADI\u0027s Student Design Paper Competition.  Submission guidelines can be found at the following links:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/papers.shtml\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/papers.shtml\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/competition.shtml\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/competition.shtml\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1949, UPADI represents a membership of approximately 2.5 million engineers from 26 member countries in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The goal of the organization is to advance science and technology to benefit humanity through hemispheric cooperation. The organization seeks to develop action plans, encourage outside funding, and work for the economic development of the nations served. The UPADI conference was last hosted by the United States in 1990 in Washington, D.C.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERegistration and conference details for UPADI can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml\u003C\/a\u003E or contact Diana Turner at 404-385-3510 for additional information.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"UPADI Conference held September 19-22"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is hosting the 30th bi-annual Pan American Convention of Engineers\/Union Pan Americana de Asociaciones de Ingenieria (UPADI), September 19-22, 2006. This is the first time the conference has been hosted in Georgia and by Georgia Tech.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"UPADI Conference held in September"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-03-23 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-03-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-03-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73151":{"id":"73151","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177979","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:19","changed":"1475894671","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:31"}},"media_ids":["73151"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.upadi2006.com\/english\/index.shtml","title":"UPADI 2006"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73233":{"#nid":"73233","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Living Game Worlds 2006","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech presents the second annual Living Game Worlds Symposium on Thursday, February 16 featuring digital media experts from industry and academia including a key note address by Will Wright, original designer of the two best-selling computer games SimCity and The Sims. Living Game Worlds 2006 focuses on digital media including interactive design, games, digital art, mobile technologies and more. The theme of this year\u0027s symposium is \u0022Design Processes and the Future of Expressive Computing.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022At Georgia Tech we teach digital design at the graduate and undergraduate level and are preparing our students to be innovators in the digital revolution,\u0022 says Janet Murray, professor and director of the graduate Program in Digital Media in Tech\u0027s School of Literature, Communication and Culture. \u0022We are pleased to bring together some of the leaders in industry and academia to discuss the challenges facing the field.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech is at the cutting edge of innovation in multimedia, gaming and interactive technologies,\u0022 says Elizabeth Mynatt, associate professor in the College of Computing and director of the GVU Center at Georgia Tech. \u0022The Living Game Worlds symposium offers a multidisciplinary look at these converging technologies.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Digital Media Graduate Program in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture and the GVU Center in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech have organized Living Game Worlds 2006 as a follow up to last year\u0027s successful inaugural event initiated by Georgia Tech\u0027s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and the School of Literature, Communication and Culture celebrating the tenth anniversary of digital media degree programs at Georgia Tech. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELiving Game Worlds 2006 also includes a keynote by three-time Emmy winner Dale Herigstad, who has more than a decade of experience in interactive television and broadband environments.  Panel discussions will feature experts from industry and academia discussing issues in digital media including design process, interactive design, games, digital art, mixed reality and convergence. The day closes with demos and exhibits.  The detailed agenda is available online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gameworlds.gatech.edu\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/gameworlds.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gameworlds.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParticipants include:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Will Wright, co-founder of Maxis and the original designer of the two best-selling computer games SimCity and The Sims. In 2005 he received the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service from Georgia Tech\u0027s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Dale Herigstad, creative director of Schematic and three time Emmy winner, has 25 years experience as a graphic designer in television and over a decade of experience in interactive television and broadband environments.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Christopher Klaus, founder and CEO of Kaneva Inc., a digital entertainment marketplace where people can watch, play, create and self-publish films and games. Klaus is also founder and chief security advisor of Internet Security Systems (ISS) headquartered in Atlanta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Raph Koster, chief creative officer at Sony Online Entertainment, builds massively multi-player online worlds, including Star Wars Galaxies, an online version of the Star Wars universe.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Karen Lennon is president\/CEO, Beyond Z Interactive Media, a leading iTV development company. With over 15 years experience in new media, marketing and management, Lennon launched her Emmy Award winning iTV company in 2000.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Michael Mateas, assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Literature, Communication and Culture and College of Computing, recently won the Grand Jury Prize for Fa\u00c3\u00a7ade at the Slamdance Guerilla Gamemaker Competition at the independent Slamdance 2006 Film Festival.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* Rick Sanchez, vice president for content for GameTap, Turner Broadcasting\u0027s first-of-its-kind broadband games and entertainment network, which launched to consumers last October.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* And more\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Digital Media Graduate Program\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Georgia Tech Digital Media Graduate Program in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture (LCC) in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech provides both the theoretical and the practical foundation for careers as digital media researchers and designers in academia and industry. The advent of a new medium of human communication and representation is a significant event in human social and cultural history, and introduces the possibility of new genres of artistic expression as well as new forms of information and knowledge transmission. The study of these new forms-from the point of view of the creators and the analysts-is an emerging field, one that requires a convergence of the methodologies of several traditional disciplines, and one that is also defining its own methodologies of research and practice.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nidt.gatech.edu\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the GVU Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe GVU (Graphics, Visualization and Usability) Center is a university-wide, interdisciplinary research center that spans the Georgia Tech campus and includes many outside collaborators. Its faculty and students are drawn from disciplines in science, engineering, the humanities and design. The Center enables collaborative research that is often difficult to achieve in traditional academic and industrial settings. The unique combinations of research interests and expertise are the catalyst for significant insights into the rapidly evolving landscape of people and computation. The GVU Center conducts research in crucial areas of human experiences with computing including health care, education, work and home life, and entertainment. The Center consistently leads the forefront of research in fields such as human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, mixed and augmented reality, animation and graphics, wearable computing, information visualization, educational technologies, new media and communications, intelligent systems and robotics. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gvu.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.gvu.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.gvu.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Video Games Symposium Features Industry Leaders and Innovators"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech presents the second annual Living Game Worlds Symposium featuring digital media experts from industry and academia including a key note address by Will Wright, designer of the two best-selling computer games SimCity and The Sims.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Featuring experts in digital media and gaming"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-02-13 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73234":{"id":"73234","type":"image","title":"Living Game Worlds 2006","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73234"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www-static.cc.gatech.edu\/gvu\/","title":"GVU Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.idt.gatech.edu\/idt\/index.php","title":"Digital Media Graduate Program"},{"url":"http:\/\/gameworlds.gatech.edu\/","title":"Living Game Worlds IV"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"72987":{"#nid":"72987","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers Look to Nature for Design Inspiration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers studying nature\u0027s masterful and time-tested design techniques to find answers for some of science\u0027s toughest design challenges presented their research May 11 and May 12 at the International Symposium for Biologically-inspired Design and Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHere are several highlights of Georgia Tech research presented at the symposium:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn an effort to create brain-inspired sensors and gain new insight into how memories are formed in the human brain, Hang Lu, an assistant professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a researcher with the Center for Biologically Inspired Design and Engineering (CBID) at Georgia Tech, is studying how sensory- and memory-related genes are expressed and regulated in tiny micro-sized worms by observing the worms\u0027 behavior on an equally micro-sized chip.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Nature has evolved a very efficient sensing system for the worms. The worms are very good at finding mates, finding food, avoiding predators and finding a good home. We\u0027re hoping we can learn a lot from this highly evolved sensing system,\u0022 Lu said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe key is deciphering how the very small worms (about 50 microns in diameter, much smaller than the diameter of a human hair, and with only 302 neurons altogether) integrate their keen sensory information about their environment into their brain. A certain stimulus, such as the presence of undesirable bacterial food, triggers changes in sensory neurons that stimulate other neurons to give rise to an avoidance behavior, and can also create a memory imprint in the worm\u0027s brain.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn order to figure out which neurons are activated for a particular behavior, Lu and her team use a laser beam to operate on worm neurons and then study the behavior after the lesion forms. A genetic technique is used to make certain neurons produce jellyfish\u0027s green fluorescent protein, and the laser beam then targets the green neurons.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the worms and their neurons are so small, appropriate micro-sized devices have to be created to study them. By carefully controlling the types of stimuli the microscopic worms are exposed to via an intricate micro chip with stimulus delivery systems, Lu and her team can decipher what new sensory information is triggering which neurons that then produce proper behavior and form worm memory as a result.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESteve DeWeerth and Lena Ting, faculty members in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University, are working to create better control of legged robots and human prostheses using biological inspiration. Their research centers on better understanding how the nervous system communicates with joints and muscles for movement and balance and then designing systems that closely replicate the naturally fluid movement of animals and humans. The research group\u0027s goal is to help build robots with better mobility and prosthetics with natural movement more similar to a real limb.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne experiment involves a small robot that closely replicates the balance and movement of a cat to help the team determine how the body communicates to joints and muscles to help withstand sudden jolts or changes in footing. The little robot takes bumps and ground shakes while researchers gather data on how it avoids falling and what kind of pressures trigger a loss of balance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother project combines a real frog\u0027s muscle with a virtual robotic leg. Force impulses simulating an outside stimulus (such as a sudden bump) are sent to the frog muscle by a computer and motor. The muscle then sends a signal back to the computer, and the virtual\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nmodel translates the reaction. The biological\/computer fusion creates an electrical and mechanical information loop that provides researchers with a better idea of how the muscle reacts to certain mechanical stimuli.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd in research that could lead to novel strategies for tissue engineering, repair and replacement, Georgia Tech biologist J. Todd Streelman is looking at the jaws of different species of cichlid fish to better understand the mechanical properties of jaws and teeth under stress.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESome species of cichlids crush hard prey, like snails, while others do not. Streelman\u0027s team is generating three-dimensional X-rays of the jaws to allow them to compare species and see the microscopic architecture that reinforces the jaws while the fish crush their prey. Using a technique commonly used by engineers to model mechanical properties, Finite Element Analysis, the team is able to determine which parts of the jaws are the most important in withstanding these extreme compressive forces.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Scientists mimic everything from worm brains to fish jaws to create better technologies"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers are hoping to unlock the design secrets of nature to create everything from better sensors to better robots.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nature may hold the key to better sensors, robots"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2006-05-15 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72988":{"id":"72988","type":"image","title":"Glow worms","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"},"72989":{"id":"72989","type":"image","title":"Lu with chip","body":null,"created":"1449177971","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:11","changed":"1475894668","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:28"}},"media_ids":["72988","72989"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cbid.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Biologically Inspired Design at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"40486":{"#nid":"40486","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Study Identifies Factors Driving Offshoring of R\u0026amp;D","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EContrary to popular belief, lower cost isn\u0027t the chief factor driving companies to locate their research-and-development (R\u0026amp;D) operations in foreign countries like China and India, according to a new study sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe quality of R\u0026amp;D personnel available and opportunities for university collaboration are often more important attractors, find Marie Thursby, professor of strategic management at Georgia Tech College of Management, and Jerry Thursby, professor and chair of economics at Emory University. They presented their research findings February 16 at a meeting of the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable of the National Academies in Washington D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir survey of more than 200 multinational companies across fifteen industries (mostly based in the United States and Western Europe) shows that China and India will continue to be major beneficiaries of R\u0026amp;D expansion over the next few years as companies seek new market opportunities, access to top scientists and engineers, and collaborative research relationships with leading universities. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite the trend toward offshoring R\u0026amp;D operations in Asia, companies are keeping their most cutting-edge research in developed countries where intellectual property (IP) protection is the strongest. According to the study, only 22 percent of the R\u0026amp;D effort in emerging countries is for new science. \u0022While costs are higher in the United States and other developed countries, these economies still have a comparative advantage in R\u0026amp;D because of the high caliber of their scientists, particularly given the IP environment,\u0022 says Marie Thursby. \u0022Not everything\u0027s moving to China and India.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut to remain competitive, the United States must maintain the quality of its R\u0026amp;D personnel by providing more basic-research support and removing obstacles to immigration for highly skilled workers. \u0022We are educating the world\u0027s best and brightest, but make it difficult for them to stay in America,\u0022 Thursby says. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn their study, the Thursbys identified and ranked the importance of different factors influencing the location of R\u0026amp;D facilities. They also tracked the R\u0026amp;D work coming into the United States from abroad as well as projects moving in the reverse direction, identified favored countries for locating R\u0026amp;D work, and outlined trends for future R\u0026amp;D expansion. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than half of the U.S.-based companies that responded to the survey report that they have either recently expanded or planned to open R\u0026amp;D facilities in China and India versus other developed countries. Of sixty-three Western European companies responding, thirteen plan on expanding or locating new R\u0026amp;D facilities in the United States. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn both developed and emerging countries, the top factors influencing corporate decisions about R\u0026amp;D locations are market growth potential, quality of R\u0026amp;D talent, university collaboration, and IP protection, according to the survey. Cost wasn\u0027t the most important consideration in either developed or emerging countries, despite what major media have often reported on multinational R\u0026amp;D locations in recent years. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the study\u0027s most surprising findings, according to the researchers, was the role university collaboration plays in the corporate decision-making process. Collaboration was a particularly important factor in the decision to expand R\u0026amp;D into emerging countries, even though they offer less IP protection, the survey shows. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The study underscores the critical role universities play in a country\u0027s national innovation system, not just in the training of new scientists and access to the best talent, but in the ease of developing and licensing technology,\u0022 said Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, a private, nonpartisan foundation seeking to advance entrepreneurship in America and improve education. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact Marie Thursby at 404-894-6249 or \u003Ca href=\u0027mailto:marie.thursby@mgt.gatech.edu\u0027\u003Emarie.thursby@mgt.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E Brad Dixon, College of Management\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Contrary to popular belief, lower cost isn\u0027t the chief factor driving companies to locate their research-and-development (R\u0026amp;D) operations in foreign countries like China and India, according to a new study sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Lower cost isn"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-02-16 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"40487":{"id":"40487","type":"image","title":"Marie Thursby","body":null,"created":"1449174200","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:23:20","changed":"1475894196","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:36:36","alt":"Marie Thursby","file":{"fid":"100272","name":"tza32489.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tza32489.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tza32489.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":68387,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tza32489.jpg?itok=58zXAPek"}}},"media_ids":["40487"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/directory\/thursby.html","title":"Marie Thursby faculty page"},{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/index.html?link=logo","title":"College of Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"2998","name":"India"},{"id":"2997","name":"off-shoring"},{"id":"2568","name":"offshoring"},{"id":"2995","name":"overseas"},{"id":"2996","name":"R\u0026amp;D"},{"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":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"73226":{"#nid":"73226","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Overseas NOx Could Be Boosting Ozone Levels in U.S.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELarge amounts of a chemical that boosts ozone production are being transported to North America from across the Pacific Ocean in May, according to a new report by researchers from Georgia Tech. These higher levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx), arriving in late spring, could be contributing to significant increases in ozone levels over North America. The research appeared in volume 33 of the journal Geophysical Research Letters. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s well-known that pollutants don\u0027t always stay in the region in which they are produced. What\u0027s not understood as well is where and when they travel,\u0022 said Yuhang Wang, associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u0022Finding this large amount of NOx traveling from across the Pacific is important because it will allow us to build better models so we can better understand how pollutants created in one region of the world are affecting the other regions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWang, along with colleagues from Tech, the University of California, Irvine, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research studied data from the Tropospheric Ozone Production about the Spring Equinox (TOPSE) experiment when they found much larger amounts of an array of chemicals, including NOx, and ozone than predicted by current models. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFormed when fuel burns at a high temperature, any of the sources of NOx are manmade, with automobile exhaust, electric utilities and industrial activity responsible for the bulk of human-produced NOx. The amount of NOx available largely determines how much ozone, a major component of smog, is produced in most regions of the atmosphere.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022With a very small amount of NOx sitting around, as long as you have all these emissions of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, the NOx sits there and continuously produces ozone. So in a way you really don\u0027t need a lot of it, but when you have a lot of it, it tends to produce ozone faster,\u0022 said Wang.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent models have shown these chemical species coming across the pacific at lower altitudes, but those peak in March and April. Wangs finding that the higher altutide transport occurs in May is significant, not only because they found a large amount of NOx unaccounted for by current models, but the fact that it\u0027s occurring in May means the NOx is more efficient at making ozone. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For the same amount of NOx, ozone production is faster in May than April because\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthere is more ultraviolet light and water vapor available in May,\u0022 said Wang.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile it\u0027s not clear whether this trans-Pacific transport is coming from Asia or as far away as Europe, given Asia\u0027s proximity and its burgeoning industrial activity, Wang suggests it is the more likely source. The next step in this research is to study chemical measurements over east Asia to see if there is indeed a link to this seasonal transition and emissions from Asia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Large amounts of a chemical that boosts ozone production are being transported to North America from across the Pacific Ocean in May. These higher levels of NOx could be contributing to significant increases in ozone levels over North America.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Large amount of smog chemical in U.S. from overseas"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2006-02-16 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:55","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-02-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73227":{"id":"73227","type":"image","title":"Atlanta Haze","body":null,"created":"1449177990","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:26:30","changed":"1475894673","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:33"}},"media_ids":["73227"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/apollo.eas.gatech.edu\/","title":"Yuhang Wang Research Group"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}