{"82361":{"#nid":"82361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Federal Funding Cuts Threaten Georgia Tech Program That Assists Small- and Mid-Sized Manufacturers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFederal funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) - in Georgia managed by Georgia Tech\u0027s Economic Development Institute (EDI) - was cut 63 percent under an appropriations bill passed by Congress.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Through our state funding, Georgia Tech will continue to provide assistance, but our ability to help Georgia\u0027s small- and mid-sized manufacturers will be significantly reduced,\u0022 warned Larry Alford, director of EDI\u0027s business and industry services.  \u0022This program has demonstrated its effectiveness in saving jobs and protecting the nation\u0027s manufacturing base, so we don\u0027t understand why it is being cut at such a critical time.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program, which provides technology-driven assistance in such areas as quality standards, lean enterprise, information technology and energy management, has enjoyed strong support from manufacturers in Georgia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJimmy Lindsey, human resources director at Bob\u0027s Candies, says support from Georgia Tech and the MEP has been invaluable to his company.  A 300-person operation in Albany that manufactures hard candies, Bob\u0027s Candies sought assistance from the Georgia MEP in implementing lean enterprise techniques.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We went from having to shut down in 2002 to having one of the best years ever in 2003,\u0022 Lindsey said. \u0022Georgia Tech\u0027s training and assistance has played a large role in that transformation. We went from unprofitable to profitable.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe single most important assistance program for manufacturers, MEP has received strong support from Georgia\u0027s congressional delegation across party lines.  Both Senators Saxby Chambliss and Zell Miller supported the program\u0027s continued funding, and six of Georgia\u0027s 13 representatives signed the \u0022Dear Colleague\u0022 letter circulated to members of Congress.  Nationally, 58 senators and 203 representatives signed the letter, with an additional 43 representatives signing individual letters of support.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Small and medium businesses provide Georgia and our nation innovation and most of our jobs,\u0022 said Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA).  \u0022If we are serious about building up our economy and creating jobs, we must ensure our small and medium-sized businesses can compete globally.  MEP is a cost-effective program that works and continues to be helpful to Georgia businesses.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs governor, Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA) worked to increase both the breadth and accessibility of the program.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027ve seen firsthand how Georgia Tech\u0027s Economic Development Institute works to support entrepreneurs and attract new companies,\u0022 he said. \u0022It provides an invaluable resource for hundreds of small- and medium-sized manufacturers across our state.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Georgia during 2002, MEP assistance helped companies create or retain more than 1,300 jobs, invest more than $33 million, cut $13 million in unnecessary costs - and increase or retain $61 million in sales.  Nationally, MEP assistance helped manufacturers create or retain nearly 42,000 jobs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to the cut, the national MEP program was receiving $110 million per year to support a network of 60 centers with 400 locations across the country.  The Bush Administration recommended slashing MEP\u0027s funding to $13 million.  The $328 billion omnibus appropriations bill approved by Congress contains just $39.6 million for the program.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Administration believes that MEP centers should be self-sustaining, with manufacturers paying market price for services.  But Alford says that\u0027s unrealistic because many small companies - especially those in rural areas - can neither afford nor find the kinds of assistance that Georgia Tech provides through the MEP program.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We serve as catalysts, providing an independent perspective to help companies implement lean manufacturing techniques or adopt quality systems,\u0022 he explained.  \u0022If this program is eliminated, many small manufacturers will not have access to assistance that can make a real difference in their ability to be competitive and grow.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBetween 2000 and 2002, Georgia lost 63,900 manufacturing jobs, and 60 manufacturers closed their doors for good. In terms of layoffs, the number of Georgia manufacturers slashing employment increased from 44 companies in 2000 to 110 companies in 2002. Nationally, the manufacturing sector has lost 3 million jobs in the past three years. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"An assistance program that helps local manufacturers improve their operations faces a substantial budget cut that would reduce services at a time when struggling companies need help more than ever before.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-01-27 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:41","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82271":{"#nid":"82271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Protecting Big Birds: Georgia Tech Engineers Test New Flare Decoys on Military Aircraft","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBecause these missiles vary in their schemes for rejecting decoys, researchers are trying to develop a one-size-fits-all flare pattern. They are running thousands of computer simulations to examine as many flare pattern combinations as possible. Then they test the best ones in the field.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis past summer, the researchers tested decoy flare patterns on military aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida as part of their project for the U.S. Air Mobility Command and the Air National Guard. Field tests are key to tailoring the flare pattern to individual aircrafts and determining the relative success rate between different patterns, researchers explain.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn these tests, researchers use real flares and real planes, but captive missiles in seeker test vans, which behave as though the missiles were in flight. If the missile seeker transfers its track from the aircraft to the decoy, then the flare pattern is considered a success. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Eglin, GTRI researchers evaluated flares on four large transport aircraft: the C-5, C-17, C-130 and MH53. This followed a field test in May 2003 in Yuma, Ariz., which evaluated new flares for the A-10, F-15 and F-16 fighter planes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough GTRI has been developing countermeasures for many years, the war on terrorism has accelerated efforts.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re working at a heavy, steady pace - building on the progress we make from each test,\u0022 says project director Charles Carstensen, a senior research scientist in GTRI\u0027s Electro-Optics, Environment and Materials Laboratory. \u0022Flares are part of our country\u0027s overall requirement to be prepared to fight. If we\u0027re ready to fight, then there\u0027s less likelihood we\u0027ll need to.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMade of magnesium, decoy flares confuse a missile\u0027s tracking system by burning white-hot when dispensed. They can defend military aircraft against man-portable air defense missile systems (MANPADS), which use infrared sensors to detect jet engine exhaust.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"With the increasing threat of enemy attack on military aircraft by heat-seeking missiles, engineers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are testing new defensive countermeasures called decoy flares, which confuse the weapons\u0027 tracking systems.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-01-24 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:41","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/flares.htm","title":"MANPADS Problem"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82241":{"#nid":"82241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Biosciences Center Assists Life-Science Startups, Accelerates Commercialization","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 22,000-square-foot ATDC Biosciences Center is the first ATDC facility to offer wet labs. Equipped with fume hoods and sinks, this kind of laboratory space is important for bioscience companies that typically need special ventilation and purified water systems to advance their research. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother hallmark of the new incubator is its location within the Ford Environmental Science \u0026amp; Technology (ES\u0026amp;T) Building, a new 287,000-square foot research center that houses a variety of life-science programs ranging from chemical engineering to biology. (ES\u0026amp;T is part of Georgia Tech\u0027s Life Sciences and Technology Complex, which also includes the Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Building and the Petit Biotechnology Building - all constructed in the last four years.)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s unusual to have an incubator integrated into a major research building. Most incubators on university campuses are freestanding, in separate facilities,\u0022 says Wayne Hodges, director of ATDC and Georgia Tech\u0027s vice provost for Economic Development and Technology Ventures. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYet by being convenient to researchers in the new Life Sciences Complex, the ATDC Biosciences Center enables entrepreneurs and university faculty -- individuals who are typically isolated from each other -- to collaborate more easily. The arrangement also fosters an interesting exchange of perspectives, Hodges adds: \u0022It helps investors and entrepreneurs better understand the interests of faculty and vice versa.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EATDC first experimented with this sort of holistic approach in 1996 when it opened an incubator in the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunication Technology (GCATT) building, home for some 20 research centers funded by government and industry. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENumerous success stories have emerged from ATDC at GCATT, including Digital Furnace, a company formed by Atlanta entrepreneur John Lappington and Georgia Tech professor John Limb that developed software to improve the efficiency of broadband networks. In less than two years after Digital Furnace\u0027s incorporation, Broadcom Corp. of Irvine, Calif., acquired the company in a stock trade valued at more than $136 million.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Having multiple incubators on campus is more challenging in terms of managing the physical space and providing business services to the companies,\u0022 says Susan Shows, vice president of the Georgia Research Alliance, which supported the GCATT facility and has provided more than $5 million to launch the new incubator. \u0022Yet the benefits of this integrated model far outweigh any complications.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ATDC Biosciences Center is an important \u0022first step\u0022 in advancing Georgia\u0027s bioscience prowess, Shows adds: \u0022Although bioscience is growing rapidly, it\u0027s still a relatively new industry in Georgia. We\u0027re trying to identify our core competencies and build industry around those strengths. By putting startups next to outstanding scientists and sophisticated equipment, we hope to generate more successful commercialization and tech transfer.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"With bioscience activity heating up in Georgia, Georgia Tech\u0027s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) has launched a new incubator devoted exclusively to the commercialization of life-science innovations.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:41","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/est.htm","title":"A plus for faculty"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82121":{"#nid":"82121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Institutional Transformation: Environments Can Help or Hinder Success of Women in Academia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Environments do not necessarily operate uniformly or neutrally,\u0022 said Mary Frank Fox, NSF ADVANCE professor of sociology at Georgia Tech and co-director of its Center for the Study of Women, Science \u0026amp; Technology. \u0022The same setting can be experienced differently by individuals or groups and be unevenly helpful in their success -- something that is especially consequential in science and engineering.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn February 13, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science\u0027s annual meeting in Seattle, Fox discussed institutional barriers that impede women\u0027s progress in academia and how Georgia Tech\u0027s ADVANCE initiative is improving the climate for women faculty. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELaunched by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2001, ADVANCE is geared to increase women\u0027s participation in academic science and engineering careers. Among eighteen universities to win funding, Georgia Tech has received $3.7 million from NSF to develop policies and best practices that advance women faculty, and Fox serves as co-principal investigator on the project. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne hallmark of Georgia Tech\u0027s NSF ADVANCE program is its research-driven approach to institutional transformation, critical to determining how environments shape positive or negative outcomes. \u0022Just as organizations are structured for outcomes, they can be re-structured for greater equity and better use of talent of underrepresented groups,\u0022 said Fox. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the NSF ADVANCE initiative, Fox surveyed Georgia Tech faculty during the 2002-03 academic year to document their perceptions and experiences in four areas: research and teaching, work environments, evaluation processes, and family and household scenarios.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA few highlights of Fox\u0027s survey: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- Men (30 percent) are more likely than women (13 percent) to speak to colleagues about their research on a daily basis.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- Although a majority of faculty members have colleagues in their home units working on similar research, men report greater \u0022willingness\u0022 of colleagues to collaborate with them.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- Men are more likely to characterize their home units as \u0022exciting\u0022 or \u0022helpful.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The survey findings show areas in which women and men converge and diverge and areas in which they may experience the same work setting differently,\u0022 Fox explained. \u0022This reflects the influence of institutional settings.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd that can have important consequences. \u0022Ease of collaboration is particularly important in science and engineering where work revolves around the cooperation of people in groups,\u0022 Fox explained. \u0022Research is a social process of communication, interaction and exchange. These factors, in turn, influence productivity and success in science.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo determine more specifics about how the academic environment can help women, Fox is following up with one-on-one interviews with survey participants. She\u0027s also conducting a faculty survey at eight other academic institutions to see how experiences compare among faculty. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother key aspect of women\u0027s advancement in academia is equitable evaluations. As part of its NSF ADVANCE program, Georgia Tech has created a committee to study its policies and procedures for tenure and promotion. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"From scrutinizing evaluation policies to opening doors on insider knowledge, the Georgia Institute of Technology is making strides to address subtle inequities that can adversely affect women\u0027s advancement in academia.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:41","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/advance.htm","title":"NSF ADVANCE"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81891":{"#nid":"81891","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Under Attack: Information Security Battle will Require Computer Users to Make Tough Choices","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThen work begins to repair the inevitable damage and limit the financial costs.  There must be a better way.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology say solving the world\u0027s growing information security problems will demand tough choices involving tradeoffs in cost, convenience and computing performance.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor instance, computer users will have to put a priority on security and be prepared to pay for it.  They may have to retain well-tested software rather than install the newest version rushed to market.  And they\u0027ll have to bear the costs of rebuilding worldwide networks on secure foundations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Computers are being used more extensively, more widely and in more critical applications. They are a part of our lives today. They will be even more a part of our lives in the future,\u0022 says Ralph Merkle, director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC). \u0022And for the past couple of decades we have put up with buggy code, unreliable computers, insecure computers, and computers that are vulnerable to viruses, worms, spam and other problems. All of this has to change. We need to have reliable computers, systems and networks that we can trust.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom individual users to network administrators to senior government and industry officials, interest in information security is capturing people\u0027s attention. GTISC researchers and others are now hopeful that consumer demand will boost efforts to solve myriad issues in the field.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Information security is not just a technological problem,\u0022 says Professor of Computing Mustaque Ahamad, the GTISC co-director of technology. \u0022There\u0027s a lot more to it. It\u0027s a complex problem, and its solutions will require new technology, policy, awareness and education. We\u0027re looking at the whole problem.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThough the task is daunting, the world\u0027s information security problems can be solved, Merkle confidently predicts. Because these issues have been resolved in special applications, such as aircraft navigation and national defense, researchers know it can be done for computer systems everywhere. Merkle concedes, however, that producing such secure software will be costly in dollars, time and, perhaps, convenience, as well.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECosts in dollars and time will mount as programmers rewrite a lot of computer code, as researchers build new systems with security as a basic component, and then as individuals and organizations have to update or replace insecure systems, Merkle explains.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It will take fundamental changes in how we deal with computer software development, which will require fundamental changes in our use of secure systems,\u0022 Merkle says. \u0022We will have to rethink a lot of the basic approaches that have been used.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Whenever a new virus begins flooding the world\u0027s computer networks, individual users rush to download the latest anti-virus updates while network administrators hastily apply the latest patches to vulnerable equipment.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-03-24 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/gtisc.htm","title":"Tradeoffs 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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81361":{"#nid":"81361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tipping the Scales for Smart Growth: SMARTRAQ Demonstrates How Community Design Affects Travel Behavior, Air Quality and Health","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEvery additional 30 minutes a person spends in a car translates into a 3 percent greater chance of being obese, according to the study, \u0022Obesity Relationships with Community Design, Physical Activity, and Time Spent in Cars,\u0022 published in the \u003Cem\u003EAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine \u003C\/em\u003Eon the Web in June and in print in August. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso, the study shows that people who live in neighborhoods with a mix of shops and businesses within easy walking distance are 7 percent less likely to be obese, lowering their relative risk of obesity by 35 percent. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe $4 million, seven-year study, Strategies for Metropolitan Atlanta\u0027s Regional Transportation and Air Quality (SMARTRAQ), also reveals that higher levels of land-use mix, residential density, employer density and street connectivity are associated with:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* fewer vehicles miles traveled.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* reduced emissions contributing to air pollution.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* greater use of public transit.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n* increased physical activity\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The effect of urban form on travel behavior and health is one of the unique aspects of the project,\u0022 observed James Chapman, SMARTRAQ co-director and a researcher in the Georgia Tech Research Institute, where the project resides. \u0022How we plan and build our communities not only affects air pollution and how much we drive, but also people\u0027s likelihood of being physically inactive and obese.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESMARTRAQ, which is unusual in both size and scope, takes a holistic approach to land use, transportation and health issues. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is the first study to demonstrate that the built environment immediately around people\u0027s homes is a good predictor of how much they weigh, says co-director and lead author Lawrence Frank. Now a professor at the University of British Columbia, Frank spearheaded SMARTRAQ in 1997 when he was an assistant professor of city planning at Georgia Tech. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Density and street connectivity also matter, but mixed use is the most important factor relating to physical activity and obesity,\u0022 Frank said. \u0022People need destinations to walk to.\u0022 But Frank also notes that density is required to create the demand for local retailers and other commercial activities to survive.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen researchers started SMARTRAQ, one of their challenges was to create a detailed database of land use for the 13-county metro Atlanta region. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of the required information was available from county tax assessors, but each county categorized its data differently, which made compilation a considerable task. Yet once completed, the SMARTRAQ database provided researchers with a new tool to analyze travel behavior. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Typically, trip generation is predicted solely from vehicle ownership, household income and household size,\u0022 Chapman explained. \u0022Yet the parcel-based SMARTRAQ database gives us an unprecedented depth of information, such as the square footage of buildings, density of the surrounding neighborhood and how close homes are to commercial buildings or stores.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe database then was used to help analyze information collected in a large-scale activity survey. Conducted in 2001 and 2002, this survey studied 8,000 Atlanta-area households - with special efforts to include low-income and minority groups often underrepresented in studies. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers wanted to know how people spent their time, where they traveled and how they reached those destinations.  In addition to subjective travel diaries, researchers used global positioning systems and accelerometers worn by people to collect objective measurements. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne portion of the survey focused on community preference. Researchers asked participants to choose between two neighborhoods (assuming that school quality, cost and safety were equal):\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* A typical suburban setting where residents are dependent on cars for transportation and houses are spaced farther apart.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* A \u0022smart growth\u0022 neighborhood where stores and restaurants lie within walking distance, train and bus stations are nearby and housing is a mix of single-family homes, townhouses and apartment buildings.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe verdict: Approximately one-third of respondents who live in the typical suburban setting said they would prefer to live in a smart-growth environment. Although this may be a minority, it remains a significant response, researchers say. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022SMARTRAQ shows there is an unmet demand for smart-growth neighborhoods,\u0022 Frank explained. \u0022Atlanta\u0027s development industry is known for churning out sprawl, and critics might argue that this is what people want because that\u0027s what they\u0027re buying. But they\u0027re buying it because they don\u0027t have many other choices.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Need to shed a few pounds? Besides counting calories and exercising, consider your home turf.  A comprehensive study done by the Georgia Institute of Technology shows the built environment clearly relates to a person\u0027s prospects for being overweight.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-30 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/smartgrowth.htm","title":"Results applied"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81321":{"#nid":"81321","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u0022Perfect Storm\u0022 Combination of State and Federal Budget Cuts Reduces Technical Assistance to Georgia Manufacturers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe cumulative effect of the cuts is being felt a time of heightened need as the state\u0027s manufacturers compete with foreign companies that often have significant cost advantages.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the 18.5 percent budget reductions imposed over the past four years by declining state revenues, Georgia Tech\u0027s Economic Development Institute (EDI) was recently hit by a 75 percent cut in funding from the federal Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a national program designed to help manufacturers become more productive and competitive.  Since 2001, the state and federal cuts together have cost 38 positions in EDI\u0027s statewide network of regional offices and its Atlanta headquarters.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe combined effect of the cuts will be to significantly reduce the number of manufacturers that EDI can serve.  Compared to its service capacity in 2001, EDI today is able to serve an estimated 300 fewer companies per year.  The cuts will also force EDI to suspend operations in at least three regional offices: Carrollton, Newnan and Rome.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the federal 2005 budget, the White House had proposed the total elimination of the MEP program, but Congress restored partial funding for it.  Nationally, that has meant the total closure of some programs and substantial reductions in others.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Manufacturing Extension Partnership has been tremendously successful at meeting the needs of manufacturers, enjoys strong bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress, has been widely praised by manufacturers - and is needed more now than ever before,\u0022 said Rick Duke, EDI\u0027s director.  \u0022We don\u0027t understand why funding was cut for a program that has been successfully helping to keep manufacturing jobs in the United States.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Georgia, the Economic Development Institute provides technology-driven solutions to help the state\u0027s manufacturers in such areas as information technology, quality and international standards, lean manufacturing, energy and environmental management and new product development.  The assistance helps companies reduce costs, improve efficiency, boost productivity and increase sales. Those services will continue to be provided, but at a reduced capacity that will hurt manufacturers when they need help the most. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Through our reduced state funding, we will continue to provide services to manufacturers throughout Georgia, but these cuts put us even farther behind in meeting the needs of our state\u0027s small- and mid-sized companies,\u0022 Duke added.  \u0022These firms need technical assistance to help them become more efficient and able to compete in the world economy.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOf the 38 positions lost in the budget cuts, 18 were engineers, scientists and research associates who provided direct services to companies through the statewide network of regional offices.  Another nine positions were support staff in the regional offices.  The remainder included service providers and support staff in the Atlanta headquarters. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 38 positions lost include both staff vacancies that could not be filled over the past four years due to declining budgets, as well as cuts made in two rounds of layoffs this spring.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These cuts will significantly reduce our ability to help manufacturers adopt the technology-based solutions they need to keep jobs in Georgia,\u0022 said Larry Alford, manager of EDI\u0027s Manufacturing Services.  \u0022With our reduced support, we will continue to do all we can to help companies.  But we know this will mean that more critical needs will go unmet, particularly in rural areas of the state where there are few economic development alternatives.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Georgia during 2002, MEP assistance helped companies create or retain more than 1,300 jobs, invest more than $33 million, cut $13 million in unnecessary costs - and increase or retain $61 million in sales.  Nationally, MEP assistance helped manufacturers create or retain nearly 42,000 jobs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Manufacturing Extension Partnership has enjoyed strong Congressional support, nationally and within Georgia.  Both Senators Saxby Chambliss and Zell Miller supported the program\u0027s continued funding, and six of Georgia\u0027s 13 representatives signed the \u0022Dear Colleague\u0022 letter circulated to members of Congress in support of the program.  Nationally, 58 senators and 203 representatives signed the letter, with an additional 43 representatives signing individual letters of support.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEDI\u0027s budget comes from state appropriations, the federal government, and fees paid by manufacturers for the services they receive.  EDI is part of Georgia Tech\u0027s Office of Economic Development and Technology Ventures.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout EDI\u003C\/strong\u003E: Georgia Tech\u0027s Economic Development Institute (EDI) offers an array of services with a common objective: to grow Georgia\u0027s economy by providing technology-driven solutions to the state\u0027s businesses and communities. Whether the goal is attracting new companies to Georgia, expanding existing enterprises, providing technical expertise to help Georgia business and industry become more competitive, or helping communities plan for growth, EDI helps keep the state\u0027s economy moving forward. For more information about EDI, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.edi.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.edi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.edi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A \u0022perfect storm\u0022 combination of state and federal budget cuts over the past four years has eliminated nearly a third of the staff in Georgia\u0027s primary program of technical assistance for manufacturers.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-06-16 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-06-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-06-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81851":{"#nid":"81851","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Understanding Gender Differences in Cartilage Cells Brings Hope for Better Spinal Disc Repair","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWas their thinking biologically relevant?\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAsking that question led the Georgia Institute of Technology professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar to collaborate with her colleagues in the development of several patent-pending technologies that may offer a significant improvement in the treatment of spinal disc damage and disease. The technologies are the basis for Boyan\u0027s startup company, which hopes to tap the $3-billion-a-year market for spinal disc repair.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThirty years of research have informed Boyan\u0027s understanding of how bone and cartilage cells behave. Determined to discover the reasons why some people - women, in particular -- have a greater propensity for cartilage degradation over time, Boyan focused her attention on differences at the cellular level. There, she and her colleagues made the remarkable finding of biochemical differences between male and female cartilage cells in both animals and humans.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There is a fundamental difference in these cells in males and females,\u0022 says Boyan, the Price Gilbert Jr. Chair in Tissue Engineering and deputy director of research for the Georgia Tech\/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues. \u0022Now we want to understand the mechanism involved in this difference.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoyan\u0027s research team is exploring whether females possess special steroid hormone receptors or whether their receptors just operate differently. This mechanism is of critical importance to bodily functions such as cartilage and bone formation, and probably affects a person\u0027s risk for diseases such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and some cancers, Boyan explains. Researchers elsewhere recently found biochemical differences in colon cancer cells in males and females.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022So this is a very important question for how you do tissue engineering, but also in general how you would treat males and females differently when there is a clear sex-specific effect,\u0022 says Boyan, also a faculty member in Georgia Tech\u0027s Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis finding on the sex specificity of cartilage cells led Boyan and her colleagues to question the ways scientists study cells. For example, most laboratories culture cells on tissue-culture plastic, which is not a natural surface. Yet bone and cartilage cells live in a complicated environment inside the body. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022So we started examining how cells respond to more biologically relevant surfaces and how those responses are regulated by steroid hormones,\u0022 Boyan explains. \u0022We found that micro- and nano-topography of surfaces can regulate cell growth.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESubsequently, Boyan and her colleagues, Professor David Ku and Associate Professor Robert Guldberg of Georgia Tech and former Georgia Tech VentureLab fellow Steve Kennedy, designed a more natural microstructure for the surfaces of hydrogel biomaterials used to replace defective bone and cartilage in the body - in particular, spinal discs. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy early 2003, the early-stage technology had proven its potential for commercialization, and Boyan received a VentureLab faculty commercialization grant, funded in part by the Georgia Research Alliance, to form a company called Orthonics. Kennedy serves as the CEO for the company, which is seeking its first round of investor financing. Orthonics is housed in the Advanced Technology Development Center\u0027s Biosciences Center on the Georgia Tech campus.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOrthonics\u0027 first product will be a \u0022bionic spinal disc\u0022 for replacing diseased or damaged intervertebral discs in millions of people with severe chronic back pain. Currently, doctors performing disc surgery typically remove the inflamed cartilage and fuse two vertebrae together. This procedure reduces the patient\u0027s pain, but also their mobility.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If we can come up with a material that behaves like a normal disc and helps patients retain their mobility - and I think we can - it will have an important impact on people\u0027s health and quality of life,\u0022 Boyan says. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOrthonics researchers are studying whether the hydrogel\u0027s microstructure encourages cells to sufficiently multiply and become bone cells - promoting the bionic disc\u0027s attachment to vertebrae and not forming scar tissue, Boyan says. Researchers are following a similar line of study on cartilage cell formation on the hydrogel surface. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELaboratory experiments have yielded promising results for the bionic spinal disc, says Orthonics CEO Steve Kennedy. He expects that pre-clinical trials in animals will begin in early 2004, followed by clinical trials in humans by 2006. Like other medical devices, it will require FDA approval for use in the United States.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe bionic disc is made from a tough and rubbery hydrogel material similar to one used in contact lenses, Kennedy explains. Because of the material\u0027s similarity to natural tissue, bone and cartilage will grow into it. The device could be inserted in the spine in an arthroscopic procedure. Recovery time would range from one to six weeks, compared to as much as 15 months of recovery from spinal fusion surgery.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"When biologist Barbara Boyan discovered science\u0027s first proof of biochemical differences between male and female cartilage cells, she began to question the approaches she and other researchers were taking to study cells.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-03-30 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/cartilage.htm","title":"Material improvements"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81311":{"#nid":"81311","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Advanced Technology Development Center Wins Award for Technology-led Economic Development Efforts","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe award recognizes the Advanced Technology Development Center\u0027s commitment to sound, research-based, market driven economic development in helping grow the local economy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m honored to recognize Georgia Tech\u0027s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) for its outstanding efforts to empower Georgia residents by attracting private sector investments and creating higher-skill, higher-wage jobs.  This award is a great example of our appreciation of organizations like this one to help grow the economy and create jobs for local citizens,\u0022 said Commerce Secretary Don Evans.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The winners of EDA\u0027s Excellence Awards represent the best and brightest economic development methods and practices in use today.  Their commitment to sound, research-based, market driven economic development is helping America\u0027s communities grow their economies and create jobs.  I am grateful for their participation in our national awards program,\u0022 said Assistant Secretary for Economic Development David A. Sampson.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The ATDC plays a vital role in helping Georgia realize the economic development potential of technology-based start-up companies,\u0022 said Wayne Hodges, Georgia Tech\u0027s vice-provost for Economic Development and Technology Ventures and director of the ATDC.  \u0022We very much appreciate this recognition from the Department of Commerce.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Commerce Department\u0027s Economic Development Administration (EDA) gives the award.  The Commerce Department also awarded other organizations across the country with Excellence in Economic Development Awards for Excellence in Community and Faith-based Economic Development; Excellence in Economic Adjustment; Excellence in Innovation; Excellence in Regional Competitiveness; Excellence in Technology-led Economic Development; Excellence in Urban or Suburban Economic Development; and Excellence in Rural Economic Development. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENominations for EDA\u0027s Excellence Awards are made in specific categories announced each year and nominees are evaluated by a selection panel appointed by the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWinners receive their awards at the EDA National Conference \u0022The Innovation Imperative - Translating Ideas Into Regional Prosperity\u0022 held June 8th through June 10th, 2004 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.   The ATDC\u0027s award was accepted by Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough - who was also a speaker at the conference - and ATDC General Manager Tony Antoniades.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe EDA National Conference brings together successful grassroots practitioners and top national experts to discuss how to turn America\u0027s ideas into more marketable products, processes, services, and most importantly, more new jobs here at home. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEDA serves as a venture capital resource to meet the economic development needs of distressed communities throughout the United States.  EDA partners with states, units of local government and community nonprofit organizations in economically distressed areas, regions and communities in order to alleviate conditions of poverty and substantial and persistent unemployment and underemployment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditional information on how EDA investments are helping distressed communities create a positive and sustainable economic future can be accessed at:  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.doc.gov\/eda\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.doc.gov\/eda\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.doc.gov\/eda\u003C\/a\u003E.\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\u003C\/em\u003E Magazine as 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. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDepartment of Commerce Information\u003C\/strong\u003E: Matthew Crow (303-482-4085).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EATDC News \u0026amp; Information\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","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Advanced Technology Development Center has received recognition from the U.S. Commerce Department as the winner of the department\u0027s 2004 Technology-led Excellence in Economic Development Award.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-06-16 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81811":{"#nid":"81811","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Katherine DeYoung Named Director of the Coastal Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDeYoung, a Savannah native who holds a Ph.D. in genetics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, will manage the ATDC\u0027s business incubator program and support technology business development activities in the coastal area.  She will work closely with Georgia Tech Savannah (GTS), the Georgia Tech Economic Development Institute (EDI), the new Savannah Maritime Logistics Innovation Center, and other local and regional economic development organizations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Katherine\u0027s background in the life sciences, her business experience and her knowledge of coastal Georgia will allow her to work with area organizations to expand the community of technology companies and support the entrepreneurs who are developing new ventures in the coastal area,\u0022 said Wayne Hodges, Georgia Tech\u0027s vice-provost for Economic Development and Technology Ventures and director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Advanced Technology Development Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As it has elsewhere in Georgia, the ATDC will help coastal Georgia organizations develop a network of technology entrepreneurs and the support infrastructure they need to launch and build successful companies,\u0022 he added.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining the ATDC, DeYoung served as director of clinical research at Memorial Health University Medical Center and as director of genetics and genomic technologies at BIOwulf Genomics, an early-stage biotechnology company based in Savannah.  She has also chaired the basic science and genetics committees for the Southeast Georgia Cancer Alliance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore returning to Savannah in 2000, DeYoung was associate program director in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Biology, where she taught courses in molecular biology and DNA technology and was named \u0022Professor of the Year\u0022 in 2000.  In the School of Biology, she also led educational outreach activities that included summer research internships, a research fellowship for teachers and a summer biology course for high school students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDeYoung serves on the board of the Coastal Business, Education and Technology Alliance (BETA); the Engineering Academy Advisory Board of Armstrong Atlantic State University, and the Skidaway Marine Science Foundation.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Katherine\u0027s experience as a researcher and faculty member at a leading research university positions her to be able to critically evaluate the potential of prospective ATDC member companies,\u0022 said David Frost, director and professor at Georgia Tech Savannah.  \u0022I am excited that Katherine will be guiding this strategic component of the economic future of Coastal Georgia since her understanding of Savannah\u0027s quality of life allows her to sincerely relay that advantage to companies.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOrganized in June 2002, Coastal ATDC already has two member companies: (1) Storm Shelter Electronics, which provides lightning protection products for the consumer and small office\/home office markets, and (2) Color Maria, a Web application developer that provides subscription-based software solutions to catalog retailers.  Coastal ATDC operates a business incubator in the Technology and Engineering Campus at 210 Technology Circle, Savannah  31407.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the ATDC\u003C\/strong\u003E: The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) is a nationally recognized technology incubator that helps Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies.  ATDC provides strategic business advice and connects its member companies to the people and resources they need to succeed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 100 companies have emerged from the ATDC, including publicly-traded firms such as MindSpring Enterprises - now part of EarthLink.  Headquartered at the Georgia Institute of Technology, ATDC has been recognized by \u003Cem\u003EInc \u003C\/em\u003EMagazine as 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.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"SAVANNAH -- Katherine DeYoung, formerly director of clinical research at Savannah\u0027s Memorial Health University Medical Center, has been named director of the Coastal Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC).","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-02 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-04-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81821":{"#nid":"81821","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s ATDC Launches \u0022Entrepreneurs Resource Center\u0022 to Share Expertise and Resources with Georgia\u0027s Start-up Companies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe new center includes both a broad range of resources available online and a new library facility at its Fifth Street headquarters.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInformation available online at (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/erc\/\u0022 title=\u0022www.atdc.org\/erc\/\u0022\u003Ewww.atdc.org\/erc\/\u003C\/a\u003E) includes carefully-selected resources on starting up and building a company, researching the market, developing a technology product, generating sales, financing and raising money, marketing, hiring the right people, and handling legal issues.  Also included are summary descriptions and links to local educational and networking organizations and to selected industry journals and other publications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the ERC library at ATDC\u0027s 75 Fifth Street headquarters, entrepreneurs can read the latest business publications, use journals and directories, and access computer terminals for doing online research.  The ERC facility also includes offices available for meetings on a first-come, first-served basis.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Entrepreneurs Resource Center is designed to help entrepreneurs evaluate opportunities, create business plans, launch businesses and get their companies off to a good start,\u0022 said Wayne Hodges, vice provost for Economic Development and Technology Ventures at Georgia Tech and director of the ATDC.  \u0022It includes the best of what ATDC has learned in more than 20 years of serving technology entrepreneurs.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMuch of the ERC\u0027s content - including a dozen ATDC start-up best practices - was written by the ATDC staff, making available the experience and expertise developed in working with hundreds of start-up companies.  Also available is a video library of presentations made by local experts at ATDC\u0027s \u0022Lunch and Learn\u0022 lecture series.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy gathering these resources together in one place and making them widely available to entrepreneurs, ATDC expects to serve a broader statewide audience beyond those that are part of its programs in Atlanta, Columbus, Savannah and Warner Robins.  \u0022In this time of limited resources, the ERC allows us to leverage our resources to serve a broader community of entrepreneurs,\u0022 Hodges added.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThough many of the materials are relevant for the general start-up experience, the ERC is primarily oriented toward entrepreneurs starting and building technology companies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The ERC has many of the resources I wish I\u0027d had when I was starting my company,\u0022 said Rick Morris, CEO of inventory replenishment and optimization software company Thrive Technologies.  \u0022The practical ATDC advice and top quality resources available online and in the Fifth Street facility give technology entrepreneurs a head-start in the challenging task of launching and building a new company.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Entrepreneurs Resource Center was made possible through support from a group of Atlanta\u0027s top service providers, each of which has had a long commitment to the growth of Georgia\u0027s technology business base.  Those sponsors are Morris, Manning \u0026amp; Martin, LLP; PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Silicon Valley Bank.  In addition, e-broadcasters donated services to develop the ERC\u0027s on-demand video library.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESusan O\u0027Dwyer, technology marketing manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers, said the new Web site provides a unique collection of quality resources that are invaluable to Georgia\u0027s technology community.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For the past 20 years, the technology community has looked to the ATDC for expertise on starting up technology companies,\u0022 she said.  \u0022This new resource will make that expertise more widely available.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the key resources available are:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 \u0022ATDC Startup Best Practices,\u0022 a series of short best practices written by ATDC\u0027s staff of venture catalysts on such topics as human resource management, developing realistic financials, business planning, meeting customer expectations, choosing an attorney and market knowledge; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 Business planning and fund-raising presentation templates; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 Coaching tips on developing value proposition statements and elevator pitches; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 Market research guides, tips and an index of the best sites on the Web for free or low-cost research; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 In the ATDC library at Fifth Street, classic texts for entrepreneurs, including The Innovator\u0027s Dilemma and Crossing the Chasm.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the ATDC\u003C\/strong\u003E: The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) is a nationally recognized technology incubator that helps Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies.  ATDC provides strategic business advice and connects its member companies to the people and resources they need to succeed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 100 companies have emerged from the ATDC, including publicly-traded firms such as MindSpring Enterprises - now part of EarthLink.  Headquartered at the Georgia Institute of Technology, ATDC has been recognized by \u003Cem\u003EInc\u003C\/em\u003E Magazine as 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.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"To share resources and expertise with an audience beyond its own member companies, Georgia Tech\u0027s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) has launched an Entrepreneurs Resource Center (ERC).","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-02 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-04-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/erc\/","title":"Helping entrepreneurs"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81281":{"#nid":"81281","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Homeland Security: Georgia Tech Helps Provide Foundation for New Justice Information Sharing Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBased on the popular extensible markup language (XML), the Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) was recently released in Version 3.0 for use by software developers - and won an Intergovernmental Solutions Award from the American Council for Technology (ACT).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Incompatible databases and computer systems for many years have limited the ability of federal, state, tribal and local agencies to rapidly and efficiently share justice information,\u0022 said John Wandelt, senior research scientist with the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).  \u0022The Global Justice XML Data Model initiative is sponsored by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), which is the agency within the Department of Justice that administers federal funding designed to support justice information sharing between local, state and tribal jurisdictions.  The initiative is designed to provide a way to translate information between different systems, allowing a more efficient flow of data among agencies that need to share information about potential criminal and terrorist activity.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWandelt and other researchers in GTRI\u0027s Information Technology and Telecommunications Laboratory provided engineering support and technical guidance for the new system as part of a broad-based collaboration involving dozens of agencies and industry partners.  Two partners that have played a crucial role working in support of this effort are the XML Structure Task Force (XSTF) and the Integrated Justice Information Systems (IJIS) Institute.  Both of these groups have helped guide the initiative by focusing the model to meet user requirements from practitioners around the country.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe recently-released Version 3.0 of GJXDM is being used in more than 50 information sharing efforts - including the national AMBER Alert program already in operation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe GJXDM initiative involves three major components: an object-oriented data model, a data dictionary and XML schema specification.  The data model and dictionary are part of common \u0022vocabulary\u0022 used by different computer systems to describe data objects to be shared.  Using these standardized definitions, software scripts automatically translate information as it passes from one system to another.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022By providing a common language and vocabulary, the XML initiative allows agencies to efficiently share data while continuing to maintain their own data and operate their own computer systems,\u0022 Wandelt noted.  \u0022This avoids the cost and compatibility issues that would be involved in trying to develop a single unified national network.  It also provides a foundation that individual agencies can use to develop compatible systems without having to re-invent key elements.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe standardized data objects were chosen by representatives from the agencies and industry partners that have been working together since March 2001.  The group, known as the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative, identified approximately 2,500 common data objects after reviewing more than 20,000 candidate objects, many of which were redundant.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Department of Justice recently hosted a developer\u0027s workshop at GTRI attended by more than 300 representatives of justice agencies and industry to explain how the data model works and how individual agencies can adapt it to their own needs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Emerging technologies like XML are a core component of our strategy to give state and local governments new tactics and methods to help them respond to the security challenges of a post September 11 era,\u0022 noted Deborah Daniels, assistant attorney general in the Office of Justice Programs.  \u0022We recognize the ability of XML to bring about paradigm shifts in information processing, and in our responses to an increasingly complex and technology-driven world.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDaniels noted that XML has become widely used in the commercial world, where it facilitates communication among organizations and reduces the cost of creating new applications by allowing re-use of existing data objects.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our goal at the Department of Justice is to generate similar advantages for agencies fighting crime and terrorism by encouraging adoption of the Global Justice XML Data Model,\u0022 Daniels told the developers at the May 11 workshop.  \u0022In the aftermath of September 11, we\u0027ve seen how critical it is that law enforcement and emergency response officials do a better job of sharing criminal intelligence to prevent terrorism and ensure that our homeland and its people are protected.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn her presentation, Daniels cited examples of how GJXDM has already helped public safety and criminal justice agencies:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 Pennsylvania authorities were able to quickly capture a bank robbery suspect by matching his bank surveillance photo with an image on that state\u0027s XML-enabled justice information sharing network.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 Minnesota\u0027s Department of Public Safety reported saving more than a million dollars over three years by using the XML Data Model rather than developing its own statewide standard for information systems.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA search tool was recently added to Global Justice XML to facilitate the identification and location of appropriate data objects.  For the future, plans call for continued improvements in the data model, including addition of a sub-schema generation tool, performance testing and an online database that will allow developers to post information about their applications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGlobal Justice XML was one of eight government information technology projects recognized by the American Council for Technology May 24th at its annual Management of Change conference in Philadelphia, PA.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are pleased to be part of this vital national effort,\u0022 said Stephen Cross, GTRI\u0027s director.  \u0022Information technology will continue to play a vital role in helping improve the safety and security of the United States.  GTRI\u0027s experience and expertise in these areas allow us an opportunity to make a vital contribution.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers have played a key role in developing the software foundations for a new U.S. Department of Justice initiative designed to facilitate sharing of criminal justice information among local, state, national and international agencies.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2004-06-16 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-06-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-06-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/justicexml.gtri.gatech.edu\/developerworkshop\/index.html","title":"Collaborative effort"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"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":""}},"81271":{"#nid":"81271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Study Shows Rapid Urbanization in China Warming the Regional Climate Faster than Other Urban Areas","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers led by the Georgia Institute of Technology report that the mean surface temperature in the region has risen 0.09 degrees Fahrenheit (0.05 degrees Celsius) per decade since 1979. Also, nighttime low temperatures have risen much faster than the daytime high temperatures. The average reduction of the day-to-night temperature range was 0.24 degrees F (0.132 degrees C) per decade. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir findings will appear in the June 29 print edition of the journal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo estimate the temperature changes due to urbanization, researchers used a new approach that integrated meteorological station observations, model-assimilated temperature predictions, satellite-measured greenness and China\u0027s census data. The modeling data - provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u0027s Centers for Environmental Prediction and the U.S. Department of Energy - is considered more accurate than previous information because of its improvements in accounting for temperature range differences affected by cloud cover and soil moisture, the researchers note.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These results are further evidence of the human impact on climate,\u0022 says lead author Liming Zhou, a Georgia Tech researcher working with Professor Robert Dickinson, a global climate modeler in the Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECarbon dioxide from industrial and automobile emissions has been suspected to be the primary force in global warming. Scientists have attributed a 0.9 degrees F (0.5 degrees C) increase in global temperature in the 20th century to a significant atmospheric increase of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide. They predict this increase will continue through the 21st century and cause continued increases in extreme weather, rising sea levels, and the retreat of glaciers and polar ice caps.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Human-induced changes in land use - such as urbanization, deforestation, and agricultural and irrigation practices - can affect local and regional climate and even large-scale atmospheric circulations,\u0022 Zhou explains. \u0022They may have changed climate as much as greenhouse gases over some particular regions of land.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Rapid urbanization in southeastern China in the past 25 years is responsible for an estimated warming rate much larger than previous estimates for other periods and locations, according to a new study funded by NASA.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-06-22 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-06-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/china-climate.htm","title":"Human Impacts"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81771":{"#nid":"81771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Polymer Libraries Obtained with Combinatorial Techniques Expedite Design and Testing of New Materials","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJ. Carson Meredith, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has pioneered combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput screening in polymer science - techniques that allow researchers to create and evaluate thousands of polymeric materials in a single experiment. On April 1 at the American Chemical Society\u0027s 227th national meeting in Anaheim, Calif., Meredith presented recent advances in biomedical and electronic polymers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMeredith began his research in 1998 while working on a new biomaterial at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. At that time, measuring biological and mechanical properties of polymers was an expensive and time-consuming task.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As we thought about it, we realized the number of experiments we\u0027d have to run was too large,\u0022 Meredith recalled. \u0022So we took a step back and asked, \u0027What if we could test 1,000 samples at once?\u0027\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInspired by combinatorial methods used in drug discovery, Meredith developed a technology for depositing large collections of polymers on a single microscope slide, using property gradients to create thousands of variations in composition,  temperature and thickness. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese polymer libraries dramatically reduce the time and effort required to develop new materials. What\u0027s more, statistical reliability is increased when taking measurements under the same environment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In contrast, with a traditional one-sample-per-one-measurement approach, you run the risk of not fully optimizing the material,\u0022 Meredith said. \u0022Or you could completely miss the material you wanted to find in the first place.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince joining Georgia Tech in 2000, Meredith has been applying his technologies to develop new materials in the biomedical and electronic arenas. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Biomedical materials are especially challenging to design because they must be compatible with the human body,\u0022 Meredith explained. \u0022Yet the physical surface of polymers can affect the attachment and function of biological cells.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAchieving control over cellular interaction with synthetic surfaces will open new doors in biomaterials, such as engineering artificial tissues that are alternatives to organ transplants or deliver drugs only to diseased cells. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECollaborating with Andr\u00e9s Garc\u00eda in Georgia Tech\u0027s Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Meredith has already developed a technique for growing bone cells on polymer libraries and discovered a unique polymer formulation that causes optimal function.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022By changing the physical microstructure of the polymer, you can achieve large changes in how biological cells respond,\u0022 Meredith explained. \u0022The polymer libraries allow us to pinpoint very accurately the precise composition that works.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Today\u0027s advanced materials have become extremely complex in chemistry, structure and function, which means scientists need faster, more efficient ways to model and test new designs.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-04-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/screening.htm","title":"Rapid testing"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81261":{"#nid":"81261","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Abrupt Climate Change: New Research Supports Hypothesis that Ocean Currents Redistributed Heat During Rapid Warming \u0026 Cooling","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAuthored by the University of Bremen\u0027s Frank Lamy and colleagues, the paper in the journal Science provides new evidence that Southern Hemisphere climate may not have changed in step with Northern Hemisphere climate.  Though these new measurements of ocean surface temperature off Chile are consistent with information from Antarctic ice core samples, they still contradict measurements made on land in the Southern Hemisphere - suggesting additional research will be needed to resolve the issue. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EScientists have found evidence of rapid and dramatic climate change that took place in a matter of decades during cool periods of the last 80,000 years in the North Atlantic.  Knowing whether climate changes took place simultaneously in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is vital to understanding the mechanism involved - and assessing whether similar abrupt climate change could be a threat today. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022People are very interested in these dramatic climate changes because they occur on very human time scales,\u0022 said Jean Lynch-Stieglitz, associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology and author of a \u0022Perspectives\u0022 article accompanying the Lamy paper in Science.  \u0022It\u0027s really important to understand what is causing them and what conditions are necessary for the climate to rapidly transition from cold to warm and back again.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo understand past climate conditions, scientists study ice cores taken from frozen areas such as Greenland and Antarctica, and sediment cores taken from the ocean floor.  The Northern Hemisphere has been well studied, but comparatively little data exists about the Southern Hemisphere, which has more open ocean area which provides scant data.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd the information that exists about the Southern Hemisphere is contradictory, with pollen samples and land-based data from southern Chile and New Zealand suggesting climate change synchronized with the Northern Hemisphere - and Antarctic ice cores suggesting the opposite.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELynch-Stieglitz, who co-authored an earlier paper based on less detailed South Atlantic data, believes the new paper represents progress toward understanding Southern Hemisphere climate change.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The real significance of this paper is that it gets us closer to understanding the mechanism causing these rapid climate changes,\u0022 she said.  \u0022Earlier sediment core work at lower resolution has suggested that the Southern Hemisphere has been doing its own thing.  The record from Antarctica is nicely resolved and shows that the Southern Hemisphere is not participating either in magnitude or timing with the climate changes that have occurred in the North Atlantic.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A new report supports the hypothesis that heat transfer by ocean currents - rather than global heating or cooling - may have been responsible for the temperature patterns associated with abrupt climate changes in the North Atlantic during the past 80,000","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-06-24 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/abruptchange.htm","title":"Current threat?"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81781":{"#nid":"81781","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Enzyme Inhibitor: Researchers Test Potential Compounds to Stop Replication of Virus that Causes Adult T-cell Leukemia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe virus causes the fatal adult T-cell leukemia in up to 10 percent of those infected.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELittle is known about the HTLV-I enzyme, or protease, that cuts long strings of amino acids to form functional proteins that make a mature HTLV-I virus -- a distant cousin of the HIV virus that causes AIDS. About 250 researchers worldwide are studying the HTLV-I protease, and among them are researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. They presented their findings April 1st at the 227th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Anaheim, Calif.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There are currently no good ways to treat HTLV-I and prevent the spread of the virus,\u0022 said Suzanne B. Shuker, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Georgia Tech. \u0022Therapies that inhibit the life cycle of the virus have potential as treatments for HTLV-I infection. The protease from HTLV-I is therefore an attractive target for inhibitor design.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers in Shuker\u0027s laboratory have been studying this protease for five years, building on research begun at Georgia Tech 12 years ago by former Professor Rick Ikeda, now at the National Institutes of Health. As they test possible inhibitor compounds, Shuker and her students are also working to understand more about the enzyme\u0027s activity and structure to help in the development effort. A Georgia Tech and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) seed grant is funding the current work.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch team member Bryan Herger, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Shuker\u0027s lab, studies how the protease functions and how it identifies the amino acids it\u0027s supposed to cut. This information helps fourth-year Ph.D. student Kelly Dennison and other team members find compounds that mimic the HTLV-I protease\u0027s process of cutting amino acids. The six compounds they are investigating now contain statine, 4-amino-3-hydroxy-5-phenylpentanoic acid or hydroxyethylamine.  Researchers believe these compounds are potent protease inhibitors.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey have performed kinetic assays to determine how fast each compound processes the virus proteins. The assays involve a natural substrate consisting of a segment of an amino acid chain that contains a junction where the HTLV-I protease will cut. The substrate is treated with a fluorescent agent that reveals the location of cuts in the amino acid chain. When researchers add a potential inhibitor compound to the substrate, they determine the rate at which it cuts the chain. The slower the rate, the better the inhibitor, Dennison explained.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Later this year, we will test the most promising of these compounds on actual HTLV-I viruses in CDC labs,\u0022 Dennison added. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMeanwhile, Herger is studying the individual amino acids, or structural elements, which make the HTLV-I protease produce an infectious virus. He is determining which of these elements are involved in binding to the viral proteins and what factors are important in the assembly of viral particles. Once he identifies the approximate arrangement of amino acids, then researchers can develop inhibitors that bind in the same way to those specific amino acids.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHerger uses a lock and key analogy to explain the research. The enzyme is the lock, which has a keyhole.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We know what the key, or the native viral protein, looks like,\u0022 he said. \u0022And we want to know the shape of the lock to develop other keys to match it and lock it up.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on the amino acids that form the keyhole for the HIV protease, which is very similar to the HTLV-1 protease, researchers can change the HTLV-I protease so it works like HIV.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers are analyzing several compounds that may inhibit the enzyme that is essential for the reproduction of the Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-I), which has infected 15 to 20 million people worldwide.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-04-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/htlv.htm","title":"Halting Replication"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81251":{"#nid":"81251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Green Chemistry: Researchers Win Environmental Protection Agency\/American Chemical Society Award for Creative Chemistry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECharles Liotta, Georgia Tech\u0027s vice-provost for research and dean of graduate studies, and Charles Eckert, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, were honored for their development of benign tunable solvents that couple reaction and separation processes.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe awards, made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the American Chemical Society, also went to four companies, recognizing \u0022creative chemistry that shows promise for improving the environment.\u0022  An independent panel of technical experts convened by the American Chemical Society judges the awards on behalf of stakeholders from the government, industry, academia and nonprofit sectors.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re using a systems approach to processing,\u0022 explained Eckert, who holds the school\u0027s J. Erskine Love, Jr. Institute Chair.  \u0022We have used novel and tunable solvent systems to integrate the reaction and separation processes to facilitate the reduction of waste, allow the recycling of catalysts and use more benign solvents.  We are developing methods that not only are more benign, but also have economic advantages in producing better products less expensively.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor example, they use near-critical water, which when heated to 275 degrees Celsius under pressure, dissolves non-polar organic chemicals that would be insoluble at normal conditions.  \u0022You can do a reaction with organic molecules, and when you want to separate the products, you just go back to room temperature and they separate out,\u0022 explained Liotta.  \u0022Water becomes a tunable solvent when you change the temperature and pressure.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing near-critical water instead of traditional acid-based processes eliminates the need for a neutralization step - and the resulting production of waste salts.  \u0022When you heat water, it tends to come apart to create acid and base that will catalyze reactions,\u0022 Eckert explained.  \u0022The acid and base go away by themselves when you cool the water.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther examples of their sustainable technology include the use of supercritical carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide-expanded liquids.  Their most recent work focuses on techniques for asymmetric chemistry, such as the synthesis of pharmaceuticals or pharmaceutical precursors.\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite recognition for their research, Liotta - a physical-organic chemist who is a Regents Professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry - and Eckert - a chemical engineer - say their top accomplishment is giving their students an education in multi-disciplinary green chemistry issues.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The reason we do research is because it\u0027s such a good way to train students,\u0022 said Eckert, who joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 1989 after 24 years at the University of Illinois.  \u0022Interdisciplinary research is the vehicle for educating students about collaboration and partnerships to solve problems.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Eckert and Liotta, collaboration is much more than a pragmatic partnership to win research contracts.  Though administratively part of two different schools, the two professors share laboratory space and house their students together, mixing graduate and undergraduate student chemists and chemical engineers in ways designed to break down traditional barriers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The major social and scientific problems we will face in the 21st century are going to require a multi-disciplinary approach looking at things from a variety of viewpoints, said Liotta, who has spent his entire career at Georgia Tech.  \u0022Our students are educated in cooperative and collaborative research with other disciplines.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELiotta and Eckert work in Georgia Tech\u0027s Ford Environmental Science \u0026amp; Technology Building, which was designed for just that kind of intermingling.  Biologists, chemical engineers, atmospheric modelers, chemists, civil engineers and faculty with other backgrounds work in adjacent offices and laboratories, all part of a concerted effort to bring researchers together around environmental issues.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The fact that Charlie Liotta and I are able to co-occupy lab space and co-direct students in a building devoted to the environment has made it much easier for us to have an impact,\u0022 Eckert said.  \u0022Georgia Tech is very supportive of collaborative work.  I think it is very important that this award is being given for a multi-disciplinary collaborative effort.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat collaboration extends beyond the laboratory into the Atlanta community, the state of Georgia and to industrial companies nationally and internationally, Liotta says.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You can look at Georgia Tech both horizontally and vertically,\u0022 he explained.  \u0022Horizontally, our culture is to bring different disciplines together to attack real-world problems.  Vertically, we build from fundamental to applied to commercialization and to economic development.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers look to industry not just for research support, but also for involvement with student education.  \u0022It\u0027s a real partnership with the companies,\u0022 Liotta said.  \u0022They are also taking part in student development and making sure that what we teach has real-world application.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Liotta-Eckert collaboration has benefited from other outside support, including collaborators from institutions outside Georgia and the Georgia Research Alliance, a public-private partnership that fosters economic development by investing in university faculty and instrumentation resources.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The state has recognized that university research is the intellectual driver for economic development,\u0022 Liotta said.  \u0022We are fortunate to be at Georgia Tech and in the state of Georgia where there is such a forward-looking process.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELiotta and Eckert met more than 20 years ago when both were consultants to DuPont.  Liotta had a reputation for work in phase-transfer catalysis, which allows the reaction of molecules that are not soluble in a common solvent.  Eckert\u0027s background was in molecular thermodynamics and phase equilibria, and he was a pioneer in the use of supercritical fluids for separations and reactions.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, the two professors have not only combined their respective fields, but also merged their careers.  \u0022This has evolved into a fantastic relationship,\u0022 adds Liotta with a grin.  \u0022We just had the right chemistry to make it work.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe awards were presented June 28 at a ceremony on Washington, D.C.  Also winning the recognition this year were scientists at Jeneil Biosurfactant Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Buckman Laboratories and Engelhard Corporation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Two Georgia Tech faculty members who have collaborated for more than 15 years on sustainable chemical processes are among the winners of 2004 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-06-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/greenchemistry.htm","title":"Green Chemistry Award"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81791":{"#nid":"81791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A New Class of Fibers: Composites Made with Carbon Nanotubes Offer Improved Mechanical \u0026 Electrical Properties","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor example, composite fibers made from single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and polyacrylonitrile - a carbon fiber precursor - are stronger, stiffer and shrink less than standard fibers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENanotube-reinforced composites could ultimately provide the foundation for a new class of strong and lightweight fibers with properties such as electrical and thermal conductivity unavailable in current textile fibers.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Rice University, Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. and the U.S. Air Force have been developing new processes for incorporating nanotubes into fibers and films.  The results of that work were presented March 28 at the 227th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, California.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are going to have dramatic developments in the textile materials field over the next 10 or 20 years because of nanotechnology, specifically carbon nanotubes,\u0022 predicted Satish Kumar, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering.  \u0022Using carbon nanotubes, we could make textile fibers that would have thermal and electrical conductivity, but with the touch and feel of a typical textile.  You could have a shirt in which the electrically-conducting fibers allow cell phone functionality to be built in without using metallic wires or optical fibers.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThanks to the work of Kumar and researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory, nanotubes have already found their way into fibers known as Zylon, the strongest polymeric fiber in the world. Research has shown that the strength of the fiber was increased by 50 percent through incorporation of  10 percent nanotubes. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERecently, Kumar\u0027s research team has been collaborating with Richard Smalley, a Rice University professor who received a 1996 Nobel Prize for his work in developing nanotubes, which are of great interest because of their high strength, light weight, electrical conductivity and thermal resistance.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have developed a technique for producing composite fibers containing varying percentages of carbon nanotubes, up to a maximum of about 10 percent.  Produced by Rice University and Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc., single-walled nanotubes exist in bundles 30 nanometers in diameter containing more than 100 tubes.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo produce composite fibers, the bundles are first dispersed in an organic solvent, acid or water containing surfactants.  Polymer materials are then dissolved with the dispersed nanotubes, and fibers produced using standard textile manufacturing techniques and equipment.  The resulting composite fibers have a touch and feel similar to standard textile fibers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAddition of carbon nanotubes to traditional fibers can double their stiffness, reduce shrinkage by 50 percent, raise the temperature at which the material softens by 40 degrees Celsius and improve solvent resistance.  Kumar believes these properties will make the composite fibers valuable to the aerospace industry, where the improved strength could reduce the amount of fiber needed for composite structures, cutting weight.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If you can increase the modulus (stiffness) by a factor of two, in many applications you can also reduce the weight by a factor of two,\u0022 Kumar noted.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the greatest impact of carbon nanotubes will be realized only if researchers can learn how to break up the bundles to produce individual nanotubes, a process called exfoliation.  If that can be done, the quantity of tubes required to improve the properties of fibers could be reduced from 10 percent to as little as 0.1 percent by weight  That could help make use of the nanotubes - which now cost hundreds of dollars per gram - feasible for commercial products.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIncluding individual nanotubes in composite fibers could help improve the orientation of the polymer chains they contain, reducing the amount of fiber entanglement and increasing the crystallization rate.  That could introduce new properties not currently available in fibers.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If we can do this, that would conceptually change how fibers are made,\u0022 Kumar said.  \u0022Having a very tough temperature resistant material with a density of less than water seems like a dream today, but we may be able to see that with this new generation of materials.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Strong and versatile carbon nanotubes are finding new applications in improving conventional polymer-based fibers and films.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-04-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/nanofibers.htm","title":"Stronger Fibers"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81801":{"#nid":"81801","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Biasing Spin Statistics: Research Explains How to Boost the Efficiency of Polymer Organic Light-emitting Diodes (OLEDs)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThey are lightweight, flexible, easily tailored, operate on low voltages and can be deposited on large areas using simple techniques such as ink-jet printing or spin-coating.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy combining the electrical properties of metals and semiconductors with the mechanical properties of plastics, these materials are poised to provide a foundation for new generations of flexible displays for computers and other devices.  Until recently, however, many researchers believed these light-emitting polymers were limited in their efficiency, able to convert no more than 25 percent of their energy into light.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut in a presentation made March 30 at the 227th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, researchers made the theoretical case that efficiency of the materials can be much higher.  Based on theoretical calculations done by scientists at universities on three continents, the study should encourage researchers to pursue techniques that could improve efficiency of the polymer devices, said Jean-Luc Br\u00e9das, a professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These results are important in the sense that they lead to an understanding of why polymer LEDs can have an efficiency that goes beyond the 25 percent limit predicted on the basis of simple spin statistics,\u0022 said Br\u00e9das, who also is part of a research team at the University of Mons-Hainaut in Belgium.  \u0022It\u0027s important to show that there are ways past this theoretical limit.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPolymer LEDs consist of a thin film (0.1 microns) of a polymer such as polyparaphenylene vinylene sandwiched between two electrodes.  They are usually built on a transparent substrate which can be glass or flexible plastic.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen voltage is applied to the electrodes, the top electrode (cathode) injects electrons into the polymer film, while the bottom electrode (anode) injects positive charges, also known as holes.  Those charges migrate along the polymer chains until they meet.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are very interested in understanding at the microscopic level how the electronic structure of the polymer and the way the chains are oriented to one another influence the mobility of those charges,\u0022 Br\u00e9das said.  \u0022We are looking at these processes from a molecular standpoint with a chemical perspective, trying to describe transport as electron transfer reactions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on pi-conjugated polymers offer significant advantages over other display materials.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-04-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/oleds.htm","title":"Improving Efficiency"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81761":{"#nid":"81761","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Supercapacitors: Researchers Develop Manufacturing Technology to Produce Electrical Devices from Carbon Nanotubes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFirst discovered in 1991, carbon nanotubes have remained largely a laboratory curiosity. Now the GTRI researchers are out to change that by producing carbon nanotube-based devices for commercial applications.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECarbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a hexagonal network of carbon atoms rolled to form a seamless cylinder - a sort of  \u0022chicken wire\u0022 lattice of graphite. \u0022This material has tremendous electrical, thermal and structural properties, however, few products utilizing CNTs have hit the commercial market,\u0022 says Jud Ready, a research engineer in Georgia Tech Research Institute\u0027s (GTRI) Electro-Optics, Environment and Materials Laboratory.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EReady is developing a CNT-based electrochemical double-layer capacitor, a project sponsored by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Such supercapacitors would provide more power, increased energy density (more charge per gram of weight) and longer life than traditional batteries and capacitors that store electrical energy. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EReady\u0027s supercapacitors are made of two CNT-based active electrodes immersed in an electrolyte and separated by an ion-permeable membrane that prevents electron transfer. \u0022CNTs are ideal to use as the active electrode material because their nanoscale dimensions provide more surface area for storing charge,\u0022 Ready says. That extra surface area exponentially increases capacitance - the amount of power that can be stored.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EReady began work on the project last, aided by Stephan Turano, a materials science graduate student at Georgia Tech, and Charlie Higgins, a computer engineering major from Georgia State University. The team has already produced dozens of CNT supercapacitors, which have been used for electrical tests.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFeedback from those tests helps improve the manufacturing process. For example, the researchers have learned that when pressure is applied to electrodes during testing, the supercapacitor performs better. With that in mind, Ready is trying to incorporate a clamping or bolting between the two electrode plates during production to increase pressure. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next step is reliability testing to see how the CNT supercapacitors hold up under different environments, which is especially important for space-based applications. The devices are placed in a chamber that exposes them to extreme temperature and humidity, accelerating the aging process. \u0022We can simulate 20 years of life in about 1,000 hours instead of having them sit around for 20 years,\u0022 Ready says.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are producing and testing a new type of electrical device based on carbon nanotubes.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/nanocapacitors.htm","title":"Manufacturing challenges"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81751":{"#nid":"81751","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Factory Floor Communication: Researchers Help Standardize Information Systems for \u0027Plug and Play\u0027 Power","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThat increases costs and delays production. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn response, researchers at Georgia Tech\u0027s Manufacturing Research Center (MARC) and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are working with the electronics-assembly industry to develop a family of international standards for interoperability. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKnown as Computer Aided Manufacturing using XML (CAMX), these specifications enable different machines and software on the factory floor to talk to each other in real-time. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe newest addition to the CAMX family is the IPC-2501, recently approved by the IPC, a trade association for the electronics interconnect industry. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis standard provides a critical piece to the communications puzzle. Although earlier standards have dealt with the content of messages, the IPC-2501 provides a method for exchanging those messages. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe IPC-2501 features a centralized message broker, which uses an HTTP interface to pass XML (eXtensible Mark-up Language, a universal format for Web-based documents and data) messages. \u0022The message broker acts like a Web server and each piece of equipment or software application functions like a Web client,\u0022 explains Andrew Dugenske, manager of research services at MARC and director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Framework Implementation Project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn contrast to previous proprietary methods for message exchange, the IPC-2501 defines an open standard for routing information. \u0022Now manufacturers can build their own systems and exchange messages seamlessly between different equipment and applications,\u0022 Dugenske says. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDecreasing the complexity of communication yields significant benefits: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 \u003Cem\u003ELower programming costs\u003C\/em\u003E. According to industry statistics, for every $1 spent to purchase software, $4 is required to install and integrate it. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 \u003Cem\u003EFaster production\u003C\/em\u003E. Speed is critical in today\u0027s competitive manufacturing arena, especially for electronics-assembly players. Time spent waiting for custom software to be written and integrated hurts manufacturers by delaying product introduction. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 \u003Cem\u003EGreater flexibility\u003C\/em\u003E. Electronics manufacturers can use the best piece of equipment or software application for the job, regardless of vendor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Electronics manufacturers use equipment and software from a variety of vendors, and this mix-and-match scenario causes a problem: Information systems must be modified whenever there\u0027s a change in assembly lines.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-15 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-04-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/camx.htm","title":"Significant benefits"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82231":{"#nid":"82231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Weakest Link: New Study Quantifies Financial Fallout from Supply-Chain Malfunctions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA shortage of parts or other production and supply problems that delay production and shipping can take a big bite from a company\u0027s bottom line, according to a new study by Vinod Singhal, professor of operations management at the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s DuPree College of Management, and Kevin Hendricks, associate professor of operations management at the University of Western Ontario. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers recently presented a paper on the subject at the Council of Logistics Management\u0027s 2003 annual conference in Chicago, and have submitted two papers for journal publication.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Although it seems obvious that a supply-chain glitch would affect profitability, little has been done to measure the fallout,\u0022 Singhal says.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn earlier research, Singhal and Hendricks had discovered that announcements of supply-chain failures were linked with a 10 percent decrease in stock-market prices. The researchers were curious if this price deterioration was due to the stock market overreacting or a true reflection of fallout from supply-chain disruptions. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith that in mind, the researchers studied 885 public companies that announced supply-chain problems during an eight-year period (1992 to 1999), examining those firms\u0027 operating performance one year before the announcement and two years after.\t\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the year leading to the announcement of a supply-chain disruption, average operating income of companies dropped 107 percent, return on sales plummeted 114 percent and return on assets dropped 93 percent. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u0027s more, the study revealed that companies with supply-chain problems averaged about 7 percent lower sales growth, 11 percent higher costs and a 14 percent increase in inventories. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo control for economic and industry influences, Singhal and Hendricks benchmarked the results of affected companies with firms of similar size that hadn\u0027t suffered supply-chain problems. The verdict: The supply-chain glitches were, indeed, responsible for the atrophy in earnings.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Like the summer 2003 East Coast blackout, supply-chain malfunctions may not happen often, but when they do, the repercussions are costly and widespread.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/supply.htm","title":"Bottom-line Impact"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81641":{"#nid":"81641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Spinal Disc Repair Start-up Orthonics Receives Funding from Viscogliosi Brothers LLC and GRA VentureLab","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOrthonics, Inc., an Atlanta start-up company developing new biomaterials for spinal disc repair and regeneration, has received initial funding from Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC, a New York-based closely held venture capital\/private equity and merchant banking firm focused on the musculoskeletal\/orthopedics industry. Terms of the funding were not disclosed.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe funding provides the private-sector match for the company\u0027s Phase II grant from VentureLab, a Georgia Research Alliance program that encourages commercialization of technologies developed in Georgia\u0027s research universities.  The funding will allow Orthonics to continue development of its spinal disc repair and regeneration technologies, which are based on research from the Georgia Institute of Technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESpinal discs are tough, rubbery materials that separate vertebrae in the spinal column.  When damaged, they can press on nerves and cause pain.  Surgeons can remove the damaged disc and fuse the spinal vertebrae, but that procedure greatly limits motion in the back.  Orthonics\u0027 novel biomaterials could provide a non-fusion alternative in the more than one million spinal surgical procedures that take place each year - an estimated $3 billion market.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re extremely pleased with this investment.  The Viscogliosi Brothers have an outstanding track record in orthopedics and their investment in Orthonics is a great endorsement of our business plan and technology,\u0022 said Orthonics CEO Steve Kennedy.  Both parties expect that Viscogliosi Brothers will be the lead investor in a round of seed financing to take place in a few months.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOrthonics\u0027 technology is based on research from the laboratory of Barbara Boyan, the Price Gilbert, Jr. Chair in Tissue Engineering and deputy director of research for the Georgia Tech\/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues.  (Boyan is also the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Tissue Engineering.)  The company\u0027s technology includes an improved hydrogel biomaterial and a novel surface patterning technique used to create a more natural attachment between the artificial material and bone or cartilage tissues.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have a technique for creating micropatterns on the biomaterial\u0027s surface that cause cells in contact with it to behave in a specific way,\u0022 Kennedy said.  \u0022By designing the surface properly, we can cause cells that are precursors to bone cells to become bone cells and start making bone, and we can cause cells that are precursors to cartilage cells to become cartilage cells and start making cartilage.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ability to control cell differentiation and cause the incorporation of new bone and cartilage tissue into the artificial material may allow Orthonics\u0027 devices to replace or repair portions of the spinal disc while eliminating the need for devices such as screws for attaching the company\u0027s \u0022bionic\u0022 materials to spinal vertebrae.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The natural cells that are in contact with the prosthetic device are tricked into thinking that it is bone, and this causes them to attach to the biomaterial and start growing new bone or cartilage,\u0022 he explained.  \u0022The device will then become naturally attached to the bone.  This eliminates the need for spikes and screws and allows us to repair just the damaged portion of the disc annulus or nucleus without having to replace the entire disc.  We also expect to be able to repair the facet joints in the spinal column to relieve the debilitating pain associated with the degeneration of those joints.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"An Atlanta-based start-up company based on Georgia Tech tissue engineering research has received funding from a New York firm and the Georgia Research Alliance\u0027s VentureLab program.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/orthonics.htm","title":"VentureLab program"}],"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":""}},"82131":{"#nid":"82131","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Breaking Down Gender Barriers: New Book Looks at Roadblocks Impeding Women Scientists \u0026 Engineers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn her new book, \u0022The Science Glass Ceiling\u0022 (Routledge, March 2004), Rosser identifies obstacles that prevent women engineers and scientists from advancing at educational institutions and cause them to be underrepresented among faculty. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEven though the number of women majoring in science and technology has increased since the 1960s, the percentage of those pursuing advanced degrees and moving into the academic community remains low. In fact, only 19.5 percent of science and engineering faculty at four-year colleges and universities are women, with 10.4 percent being full professors, according to a 2000 National Science Foundation (NSF) study. At large research institutions, the percentages are even smaller. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe findings informed Rosser\u0027s discussion February 13 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The presentation was part of \u0022Higher Education and Science Careers: Systemic Transformations in the Role of Women in Science and Engineering.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The scarcity of women in engineering and science leads to isolation, lack of mentoring, performance stereotypes and difficulty in gaining credibility from male colleagues - which creates a self-perpetuating cycle,\u0022 Rosser said, explaining that women faculty members are important for attracting and retaining women graduate students. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERosser\u0027s new book stems from research she has conducted over the last five years, beginning with a simple survey in 1998. At that time, Rosser was organizing a conference for Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE), an NSF program that funded tenure-track women engineers and scientists at large universities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn preparation for the conference, Rosser contacted POWRE awardees from 1997, asking what significant issues they faced as women scientists and engineers. To her surprise, nearly 63 percent of respondents singled out \u0022balancing work with family responsibilities\u0022 as their biggest challenge. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This amazed me because the question was so open-ended,\u0022 Rosser said. \u0022They could have said anything, such as funding.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the next three years, she repeated the survey with POWRE awardees from 1998, 1999 and 2000 fiscal years and found even greater consensus - 73 to 78 percent of respondents said that balancing career and family was their major problem. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Whether they\u0027re at large research institutions or small colleges, balancing work and family remains the top challenge for women scientists and engineers in academia, reports Sue V. Rosser, dean of Georgia Tech\u0027s Ivan Allen College.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/roadblocks.htm","title":"Survey results"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82141":{"#nid":"82141","#data":{"type":"news","title":"3D Chemistry: Fabrication Technique Uses Light-Activated Molecules to Create Complex Microstructures","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKnown as \u0022two-photon 3D lithography,\u0022 the technique could compete with existing processes for fabricating microfluidic devices, photonic bandgap structures, optical storage devices, photonic switches and couplers, sensors, actuators, micromachines - and even scaffolds for growing living tissue.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology Researcher Seth Marder described the technique February 15 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Seattle. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We have developed a disruptive platform technology that we believe will provide broad new capabilities,\u0022 said Marder, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. \u0022We believe this technique provides a real competitive advantage for making complicated three-dimensional microstructures.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe technique uses a family of organic dye molecules known as Bis-donor phenylene vinylenes that have a special ability to absorb two photons of light simultaneously. Once excited, the molecules transfer an electron to form a simple acid or a radical group that can initiate a chemical reaction - such as polymer cross-linking or ion reduction. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy adding small concentrations (0.1 percent) of the molecules to a resin slab containing cross-linkable acrylate monomer, for example, researchers can use a focused near-infrared laser beam to draw patterns and initiate cross-linking reactions only in material exposed to the light. The reactions can make that portion of the slab insoluble, allowing the remainder to be washed away to leave a complex three-dimensional structure.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have demonstrated the ability to create both positive and negative resists using two-photon activated reactions to alternatively create soluble or insoluble 3D patterns. Beyond polymers, Marder and collaborator Joseph Perry have demonstrated the fabrication of tiny silver wires from patterns written in materials containing silver nanoparticles and ions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe molecules developed by Marder and Perry are hundreds of times more efficient at absorbing two photons than previous photoactive materials. That efficiency allows them to write 3D patterns in polymer slabs that are typically 100 microns thick, at light intensities low enough to avoid damaging the materials.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe laser writing process takes advantage of the fact that the chemical reaction occurs only where molecules have absorbed two photons. Since the rate of two-photon absorption drops off rapidly with distance from the laser\u0027s focal point, only molecules at the focal point receive enough light to absorb two photons. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We can define with a very high degree of precision in the x, y and z coordinates where we are getting excitation,\u0022 Marder explained. \u0022Using 700-nanometer light, the patterning precision can be about 200 nm across by 800 nm in depth.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A 3D microfabrication technique that uses a unique class of light-activated molecules to selectively initiate chemical reactions within polymers and other materials could provide an efficient way to produce complex structures with sub-micron features.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/3dmicrostructures.htm","title":"New platform technology"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82151":{"#nid":"82151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Communicating with Machines: What the Next Generation of Speech Recognizers Will Be Able to Do","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen the motion picture \u00222001: A Space Odyssey\u0022 opened in 1968, that conversation between a stranded astronaut and a malevolent computer named HAL seemed plausible for the year 2001 -- then more than three decades in the future. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut as any user of today\u0027s automatic speech recognition technology can attest, that future hasn\u0027t quite arrived yet. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a scientist at AT\u0026amp;T Bell Labs, B.H. \u0022Fred\u0022 Juang helped create the current generation of speech recognition technology that routinely handles \u0022operator-assisted\u0022 calls and a host of other simple tasks, including accessing credit card information. Proud of that pioneering work, Juang today is working to help create the next generation of speech technology -- one that would facilitate natural communication between humans and machines.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Juang presented his vision of next-generation speech systems Saturday, February 14 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If we want to communicate with a machine as we would with a human, the basic assumptions underlying today\u0027s automated speech recognition systems are wrong,\u0022 he said. \u0022To have real human-machine communication, the machine must be able to detect the intention of the speaker by compiling all the linguistic cues in the acoustic wave. That\u0027s much more difficult than what the existing technology was designed to do: convert speech to text.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo make the speech recognition problem solvable in the 1970s, researchers made certain assumptions. For instance, they assumed that all the sounds coming to the recognizer would be human speech -- from just one speaker. They also assumed the output would be text, and that recognizer algorithms could acceptably match speech signals to the \u0022closest\u0022 word in a stored database. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut in the real world, human speech mixes with noise -- which may include the speech of another person. Speaking pace varies, and people group words in unpredictable ways while peppering their conversations with \u0022ums\u0022 and \u0022ahs.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESpeech researchers chose mathematical algorithms known as Hidden Markov Models to match sounds to words and place them into grammatical outlines. That system has performed well for simple tasks, but often produces errors that make the result of speech-to-text conversion difficult for humans to understand -- and even worse for natural human-machine communication.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It doesn\u0027t matter what you give the system, it just picks the closest sounding word and gives that to you as text,\u0022 explained Juang, who holds the Motorola Foundation Chair at Georgia Tech and is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Advanced Communications. \u0022But that\u0027s quite wrong if you are interested in general communications. When you talk, a lot of information is lost if you use the current methods.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, current machines cannot understand \u0022reference,\u0022 a linguistic shorthand people use to communicate. When discussing a technical issue such as electrical resistance, for instance, a group of engineers may use the word \u0022it\u0022 in referring to Ohm\u0027s Law. Humans easily understand that, but machines don\u0027t.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022If every time we began to discuss one term, we had to define it, conversation would be very awkward,\u0022 Juang noted. \u0022Being able to understand reference is very important for natural communication. If we can create a system to do that, the machine would behave much more like a human and communicate more like a human.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next generation of speech recognizers, he says, will have to go beyond conversion to text. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cem\u003E\u0022Open the pod bay doors please, HAL.\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2004-02-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/speech.htm","title":"Changes needed"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\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":""}},"82161":{"#nid":"82161","#data":{"type":"news","title":"No Regrets: New Study Shows How African-American Ph.D. Chemists Overcame Discrimination to Build Careers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile seven out of ten respondents felt they had been hindered by discrimination, less than a handful regretted choosing a career in chemistry. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Regardless of the experiences they had, these people had remarkably positive feelings about chemistry,\u0022 said Willie Pearson, Jr., the study\u0027s author and chair of the School of History, Technology and Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u0022If they had it to do all over again, they would still see chemistry as an attractive field.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResults of the study, \u0022Beyond Small Numbers: Voices of African-American Ph.D. Chemists,\u0022 were presented February 15 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The study explores the divergent career experiences of 44 randomly-chosen African-American Ph.D. chemists who received degrees prior to 1994. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The opportunity structure differed dramatically in many cases over time,\u0022 said Pearson, who conducted face-to-face interviews with all but one of the scientists. \u0022Most felt that race was an issue, and that it had impacted them in certain ways. But they didn\u0027t let that cripple them or stifle their achievement. Racism was just part of the reality that confronted them.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMost respondents began their careers in the academic world, with slightly more than half taking positions at historically black colleges and universities. Ph.D. chemists choosing academic careers were attracted to institutions similar to the ones where they obtained their undergraduate degrees. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir experiences changed dramatically over time, affected by federal legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and court decisions such as \u003Cem\u003EBrown v. Board of Education\u003C\/em\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther key findings include:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- The respondents often found themselves torn between the research they were trained to do and administrative roles that provided salary and advancement opportunities beyond what they could achieve as practicing chemists. For industrial chemists, these administrative positions were often in Equal Employment Opportunity, human resources or community outreach areas with little impact on company decision-making.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- Many of the respondents reported that good work overcame discrimination. \u0022It\u0027s difficult not to reward excellence,\u0022 said Pearson. \u0022While there may be discriminatory practices, by and large the system tended to work for those who did good work.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- In academia as well as industry, experiences varied among departments even within the same institution. \u0022While there might be a company culture, there are also individual unit cultures,\u0022 he explained. \u0022At one company, chemists reported different career advancement experiences depending on the division in which they worked. For example, in one unit, a chemist had filed racial discrimination complaints, while chemists in two separate units reported supportive and welcoming environments.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- African-American women often had to also confront gender discrimination and were expected to meet a higher standard than their male counterparts. \u0022But I think you would find the same thing with women in general, because chemistry is still largely a male-dominated field,\u0022 Pearson said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- If they were the only persons of color in their organizations, African-American chemists sometimes suffered feelings of isolation, which caused stress and depression. In academia, isolated chemists often had difficulty attracting graduate students, which hurt their research and therefore their stature in the field.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- Among industrial chemists, eight of 13 respondents (62 percent) said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs. Among the academic chemists, 16 of the 22 (72 percent) reported that level of satisfaction - while five said they were very dissatisfied.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E-- Segregation in the South contributed to a \u0022brain drain\u0022 in which African-Americans pursuing chemistry doctorates entered universities outside the region. Most never returned. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A national study of career experiences among African-American Ph.D. chemists shows how these scientists dealt with discriminatory practices and attitudes to build careers in academia, industry and government.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/phdchemists.htm","title":"Divergent career experiences"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82171":{"#nid":"82171","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Women of Color: Numbers Are Low and Not Increasing, but Hope Rests in New Strategies for Improvement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnd the implications of this deficit are far-reaching, researchers suggest.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut some strategies for improvement exist at both the individual and institutional levels, and therein lies the hope that Georgia Institute of Technology Associate Professor of Public Policy Cheryl Leggon delivered to her audience at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Seattle. Leggon spoke as part of a panel discussion titled \u0022Nearly Invisible: Experiences of Minority Science Faculty in Mainstream Institutions\u0022 on February 15.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The numbers are grim across the board for males and females of color,\u0022 Leggon said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe situation has not improved much in the past decade. There have been only miniscule increases in faculty - especially women - of color in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, Leggon notes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EShe cites several implications of these statistics. First is the effect of this deficit on students. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The United States is becoming more diverse, and that is somewhat reflected in the student population in colleges and universities, but nowhere in the faculty population,\u0022 explained Leggon, a sociologist. \u0022That is problematic. What kind of message does it send to students? The implicit message is, \u0027You can\u0027t do this.\u0027 The absence of these groups does send a message.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELeggon cites two other important reasons to increase diversity among STEM faculty. \u0022It significantly enhances the quality of scientific research insofar as it expands the pool from which the United States draws its science talent,\u0022 she said. \u0022And it improves the quality of the educational experience for all students.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo improve conditions for women and men of color in the STEM fields in academia, strategies could be employed at both the individual and institutional levels, Leggon says.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt undergraduate level, students should be informed about the range of opportunities they might have with a degree in a particular field. \u0022For example, if you have biology majors from an underrepresented group, they are probably only thinking of a career in medicine,\u0022 Leggon said. \u0022They don\u0027t usually think of a research career in academe.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf undergraduate students do indicate an interest in a career in academe, it\u0027s important they know how to select a graduate school. \u0022They shouldn\u0027t apply to an institution just because of its overall reputation,\u0022 Leggon explained. \u0022They should take into account the reputation of the specific department, program and faculty with whom they would like to work.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor junior faculty members, particularly in underrepresented groups, administrators must make clear the criteria for getting tenure, Leggon says. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The numbers of women of color on academic faculties in the United States are very small and not increasing. There are even fewer such professors in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/smnumbers.htm","title":"Diversity helps all"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81501":{"#nid":"81501","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Menace Behind the Wall: Researchers Developing Technology to Detect Hidden Mold","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHoping to develop a non-destructive and less expensive method than is now available to detect mold behind walls, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) scientists are collaborating with humidity control expert Lew Harriman of Mason-Grant Consulting in a two-year feasibility study primarily funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through its Healthy Homes Initiative. The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology Institute in Washington, D.C., and Munters Corporation in Norcross, Ga., are also providing funds for the study. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Mold is a common problem, especially in humid, southern climates, but people are often not aware of it because it\u0027s occurring behind a painted or wallpapered wall,\u0022 said GTRI research scientist Victor DeJesus. \u0022Then it\u0027s too late when they realize it. The wallboard must be replaced.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to degrading structures, mold can emit smelly and potentially harmful compounds into the air, DeJesus added. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers are conducting experiments on damp, mold-infested wallboard panels. Initially, they are using a signal processing algorithm and high-sensitivity, laboratory-size radar system recently developed by GTRI principal research scientist Gene Greneker and senior research scientist Otto Rausch. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey will determine the feasibility of using millimeter-wave, extremely high-resolution radar to detect mold in these panels based on unique characteristics of the mold backscatter signature, extracted by unique signal processing techniques. Also, Harriman will investigate the possibility that X-ray and gamma-ray technologies might work. And later, the researchers will examine the effectiveness of these techniques in detecting mold in other indoor building materials, including ceiling tiles typically used in commercial structures. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUltimately, the researchers hope to produce a small, handheld prototype unit - something akin to a stud finder - to lay the technical foundation for a commercial product that contractors could purchase for about $1,000 to $2,000 and easily learn to use. They would then test that prototype in actual houses.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers are testing the feasibility of using radar technology to detect mold behind gypsum wallboard. A common problem, hidden mold can cause serious structural damage and health problems before homeowners discover it.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-07 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/moldradar.htm","title":"Lab testing"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82181":{"#nid":"82181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"To Be or Not To Be Vaccinated: Risk Acceptance Depends on What You Do and Don\u0027t Know, Researcher Says","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThat is a phenomena noted in general risk acceptability studies and readily applies to vaccination, says Ann Bostrom, a Georgia Institute of Technology associate professor of public policy. She presented research on vaccine risk acceptability February 14 at a seminar \u0022Public Perception of Vaccination Risks\u0022 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Seattle.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022People avoid ambiguity,\u0022 Bostrom said. \u0022They perceive risks that are unfamiliar as less acceptable than risks that are familiar, in general.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERisk perception and acceptability are also dependent on context - both personal and societal, she notes. First-hand experience with adverse reactions to vaccines, for example, affects a person\u0027s risk acceptance. Bostrom cited evidence from collaborative research she and her colleagues will publish later this year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond describing the factors that affect individual choices regarding vaccine risk acceptance, Bostrom also described the sometimes-controversial public decision-making process on vaccination policy. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Controversy isn\u0027t always a bad thing,\u0022 she explained. \u0022Conflicts of interest can be real, and both scientific and policy processes should be scrutinized. Science, and in particular the science that has enabled vaccine development, has given us much longer, healthier lives. But engineering our immune systems is no mean task, and thinking broadly about that bigger picture is important.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EShe also notes that individual and public decision-making processes about vaccines are sometimes at odds. For example, a hypothetical vaccination policy might be chosen to minimize disease risk to the public as a whole, while increasing the risk to some small sub-population that is susceptible to a vaccine risk. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The ideal of using both analytic and deliberative processes to reach agreement (not necessarily consensus) on what society should do is one many hold high,\u0022 Bostrom said. \u0022The aim is to find ways of improving both individual and collective welfare. If the risk to some sensitive sub-populations is high, then a policy that doesn\u0027t require their immunization with that vaccine is, of course, preferable to another policy, all else equal.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s problematic when goals and values in public health appear to differ from individuals\u0027 goals - for example when cost-effectiveness appears to be driving health policies, whereas parents are only concerned about the health of their children,\u0022 she added.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBostrom drew evidence about risk acceptance from a paper she and her colleagues wrote on engineered mitigation of earthquake consequences. In a review of research on the topic, Bostrom suggests that potential injuries and deaths from earthquake-related building collapse, for example, are likely to be valued differently depending on factors such as who might be injured or die, and recent experience.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELike decisions about vaccination, risk-acceptance decisions about earthquake mitigation are made in complex decision contexts involving multiple stakeholders with multiple values, Bostrom notes. They require both technical analysis and deliberation on the differing values and competing interests. \u0022Value elicitation should influence solution design, and the process of designing solutions can lead to clearer value articulation,\u0022 she wrote in the paper. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"In general, people in the United States view vaccines as safe. But that perception may change when questions are raised about what public health officials don\u0027t know about vaccines, research suggests.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/vaccinerisk.htm","title":"Judging risk"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81511":{"#nid":"81511","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Aging in Place with Technology: Study Shows Older Adults Will Sacrifice Some Privacy to Remain in Their Homes Longer","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYounger adults might cringe at the thought of being monitored in their homes by technology. Yet a new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology indicates that older adults are willing to give up some privacy -- if it enables them to remain independent longer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022That illustrates how important it is to older adults to stay in their homes rather than move into some type of assisted-living housing,\u0022 said Wendy Rogers, a professor of psychology at Georgia Tech. Rogers presented preliminary findings of the study at CHI2004, an international conference on computer-human interaction held April 24-29 in Vienna, Austria. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study, which examined older adults\u0027 perception of a technology-rich home environment, was part of the multidisciplinary Aware Home project conducted at Georgia Tech\u0027s Broadband Institute Residential Laboratory. The laboratory, funded in part by the Georgia Research Alliance, is a unique three-story house where researchers focus on domestic technologies for the future. The study Rogers presented was funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor this study, researchers invited 44 adults ages 65 to 75 to tour the residential laboratory and view new technologies designed by Georgia Tech College of Computing researchers specifically to help people age in place. These technologies, ranging from low to high levels of intrusiveness, included:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 \u0022Cook\u0027s Collage,\u0022 which photographs people during meal preparation and displays the cook\u0027s six most recent actions on a flat-panel display mounted over the countertop. The idea is to prevent distracted chefs from forgetting what actions they\u0027ve already taken. To reduce \u0022Big Brother\u0022 appearances, cameras are mounted out of sight and only show the chef\u0027s hands. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 \u0022Digital Family Portrait\u0022 helps out-of-town family members keep an eye on aging relatives. A display monitor hangs in the caregiver\u0027s home and displays a static photo of the older relative. The photo is surrounded by a digital-image frame whose icons change daily to reflect information about the older adult\u0027s life, such as general activity level.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 \u0022FaceBot\u0022 is a communication device that interacts with other home technologies. Designed to create a personality for these technologies, FaceBot features two cameras for eyes, microphones as ears and a speaker as its mouth. Instead of giving voice commands to an empty room, such as \u0022turn up the temperature,\u0022 residents can talk directly to FaceBot.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers asked participants what they specifically liked and disliked about the technologies. To spark qualitative responses, all questions were subjective in nature, such as: What is your first impression about living in a home like this? How would you feel about living here? Do you think there may be situations in which an Aware Home could invade your privacy? \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe interviews with older adults were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim. Researchers then created a coding scheme and analyzed comments along different dimensions, such as attitude to technology and context of use. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Understanding how older adults evaluate technology provides insights into their judgments and decision-making processes, which will help us design tools they will actually use,\u0022 Rogers said. \u0022Technology in the home is useless if people don\u0027t want it.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A new study shows that older adults are willing to give up some privacy if that allows them -- with the help of technology -- to remain independent longer.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-07 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/privacy.htm","title":"User feedback"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82061":{"#nid":"82061","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Exposing Buried Danger: Field Tests Advance Seismic Landmine Detection System","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe system uses high-frequency seismic waves to displace soil and objects in it slightly (less than one ten-thousandth of an inch). A non-contacting radar sensor then measures the results, creating a visual representation of the displacement that reveals the buried mines.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis seismic-wave system may prove itself more reliable than existing electromagnetic-wave techniques used in metal detectors and ground-penetrating radars (GPR). Although metal detectors and GPRs can locate mines successfully, they have more trouble locating the small, plastic anti-personnel mines that have become more prevalent. Metal detectors and GPRs can also be confused by ground clutter -- rocks, sticks or scraps of metal - sometimes resulting in many false alarms. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYet because plastic mines have very different mechanical properties from soil and ground clutter, the seismic waves are capable of detecting and distinguishing these mines from common ground clutter. Researchers have demonstrated this advantage in laboratory and limited field tests. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When a wave hits a land mine, resonance builds over the top of the mine, triggering a vibration which is bigger than the wave that excited it -- and the vibration persists longer,\u0022 said Waymond R. Scott Jr., a professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and principal investigator on the project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, the U.S. Army Research Office and the U.S. Army Night Vision \u0026amp; Electronic Sensors Systems Directorate, the mine-detection project involves researchers from various departments at Georgia Tech. This multidisciplinary team started work in 1997 with computer modeling and lab experiments. Field testing began in fall 2001, and during the past two years, the researchers have conducted tests at six sites.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn November 2002, the researchers traveled to a government testing facility in a temperate climate where they detected six different anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. \u0022Our results there were comparable to what we saw in the lab, which was very significant. That was a big hurdle for us,\u0022 Scott said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EField tests at government facilities give the researchers greater credibility because conditions are more realistic, and they can compare results to data from other research teams. What\u0027s more, the mines at government test sites have been buried for several years, which complicates detection.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s much easier to detect a mine that\u0027s been buried recently because you\u0027ve disturbed the soil,\u0022 said George McCall, a senior research engineer in the Georgia Tech Research Institute\u0027s Electro-Optics, Environment and Materials Laboratory. \u0022After a land mine has been in the ground for a while, the soil becomes weathered and more compact. This makes it harder to find, so it\u0027s a better test for our detection system.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A landmine-detection system under development at the Georgia Institute of Technology offers potential advantages over existing technologies and could ultimately help prevent the thousands of injuries and deaths land mines cause annually.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-25 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/minedetect.htm","title":"Positive test results"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82051":{"#nid":"82051","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nanorings: Seamless Circular Structures Could be Sensors, Resonators and Transducers for Nanoelectronics \u0026 Biotechnology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe rings, complete circles formed by a spontaneous self-coiling process, could serve as nanometer-scale sensors, resonators and transducers - and provide a unique test bed for studying piezoelectric effects and other phenomena at the small scale.  The nanorings join \u0022nanobelts\u0022 and \u0022nanosprings\u0022 in a family of zinc oxide structures produced by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology using a high-temperature solid vapor process.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Nanorings are made up of fine nanobelts that are rolled up as coils layer-by-layer with as many as a hundred loops,\u0022 said Zhong L. Wang, director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering.  \u0022This is a new nanostructure with a novel growth mechanism.  The seamless nanorings, each made of a uniformly deformed single crystal of zinc oxide, could be the basis for nanoscale devices and serve as a model system for studying electrical and mechanical coupling at the nanoscale.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation and NASA.  Georgia Tech has sought patent protection for the nanoring growth process, which was developed by Wang and collaborators Xiang Yang Kong, Yong Ding and Rusen Yang.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe rings, which range in diameter from one to four microns and are 10-30 nanometers thick, form in a horizontal tube furnace when a mixture of zinc oxide, indium oxide and lithium carbonate - at a ratio of 20:1:1 - is heated to 1,400 degrees Celsius under a flow of argon gas.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe structures form on an alumina substrate in a section of the furnace maintained at a temperature of between 200 and 400 degrees C.  They begin growing as nanobelts, long ribbon-like structures that were first produced by Wang and his research team in 2001.  The belts have a width and thickness of about 15 nanometers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe surfaces of these nanobelts are dominated by polar charges - positive on one side, negative on the other - created by the terminations of zinc ions and oxygen ions on opposite sides of the structures.  That creates a spontaneous polarization across the thickness of the nanobelts.  If the nanobelts remain straight, the overall dipole moment diverges as they grow longer.  However, coiling the nanobelts into a ring neutralizes the polar charges, resulting in a decrease in electrostatic energy.  As the structures grow, therefore, long-range electrostatic forces cause them to begin folding and coiling upon themselves, likely as a way to minimize electrostatic energy in the system, Wang explains.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf the nanobelts fold onto themselves, the negatively- and positively-charged surfaces bind together through charge attraction, and the structure continues growing parallel to the rim, loop-by-loop.  The charge attraction brings the loops together in perfect alignment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter about 30 minutes in the furnace, the high temperature causes the coils to become sintered together, with epitaxial and chemical bonding forming a single crystal that can no longer be separated into individual loops.  The resulting nanorings vary in width, composed of as few as five and as many as 100 loops.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWang says the lithium and indium materials facilitate the unique growth mechanism by creating a planar defect in the zinc oxide nanobelt.  That defect creates energetic conditions and leads to rapid growth of the nanobelt along the rim.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELike the earlier structures, nanorings offer new possibilities for fabricating unique nanoscale electromechanical systems, such as piezoelectric resonators for detecting single biomolecules, nanoscale elastic bearings and actuators.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Nanorings offer a combination of many unique and attractive properties in one system,\u0022 said Wang.  \u0022We want to build some unique devices that will test different electromechanical properties, particularly electro-mechanical coupling and applications in bio-detection.  We want to fully use the piezoelectric properties, in addition to the semiconductor properties, because they will allow us to explore properties no other systems have.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"An new article in the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E introduces \u0022nanorings\u0022 as the newest member of a family of nanometer-scale structures based on single crystals of zinc oxide, a semiconducting and piezoelectric material with important applications.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-26 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/nanorings.htm","title":"New growth process"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81451":{"#nid":"81451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Phytoplankton \u0026 Climate Change:  Model Shows Long-Held Constant In Ocean Nutrient Ratio May Vary","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe future of these plants, called phytoplankton, is important because they exist at the base of the marine food web and represent a large source of food for fish. Also, they affect global climate by using atmospheric carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPhytoplankton depend upon nitrogen and phosphorus to grow and, ultimately, replenish the supply of these nutrients in the ocean. Since the 1930s, scientists have known that the average nitrogen-to-phosphorus (N:P) nutrient ratio of phytoplankton closely mirrors the N:P ratio in the ocean - 15:1 for the plants and 16:1 for the water. Scientists accepted this as a constant called the Redfield ratio, named after the late Harvard University scientist Alfred Redfield.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Princeton University designed a mathematical model based on phytoplankton physiology. It shows a broad range of N:P ratios are possible depending on the conditions under which species grow and compete. This research - part of a larger biocomplexity research project led by Professor Simon A. Levin at Princeton -- is published in the May 13 edition of the journal Nature.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The take-home message is that this finding reinforces what some researchers have been saying lately - that N:P is not so fixed,\u0022 said lead author Christopher Klausmeier, a Georgia Tech assistant professor of biology and former postdoctoral fellow at Princeton. Other authors are Elena Litchman, also of Georgia Tech, and Tanguy Daufresne and Levin of Princeton. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This shows the range of ratios within which we could expect the ocean to change in the future,\u0022 Klausmeier said. \u0022Right now we have 16:1, but 500 years from now, if we have a different mix of growth conditions, then it might change the overall N:P needs of the phytoplankton community and the ocean.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"New research shows that what was once considered a universal constant in oceanography could actually vary in the future - depending on the ecological scenarios that affect competition for resources among microscopic marine plants.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/nutrient.htm","title":"Plants adapt"}],"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\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81391":{"#nid":"81391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Taking the Heat: Company Prepares to Launch Innovative Sensors Based on Georgia Tech Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMaintaining large rotating equipment isn\u0027t easy or cheap. Take gas turbines used in power plants: Inspecting one of these behemoths for possible wear and tear costs about $500,000 in parts and labor. If companies skip on periodic checkups, they risk breakdowns averaging $4 million per incident. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYet Atlanta-based Radatec Inc is about to transform condition monitoring with a new breed of non-contact displacement sensor. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EScheduled for commercial release later this summer, Radatec\u0027s sensors provide real-time information about critical mechanical components in areas that were previously off limits. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We take the guesswork out of maintenance,\u0022 says Scott Billington, Radatec\u0027s president and co-founder. \u0022Instead of having to shut down heavy equipment, Radatec\u0027s sensors allow operators to virtually see inside complex machinery and predict when repairs are needed.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on microwave technology, Radatec\u0027s innovative sensors measure motion by sending a continuous microwave signal toward a vibrating or rotating object. This signal is reflected back to a radio receiver in the sensor. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA patented algorithm then compares the transmitted signal with the received one, calculating a measure of displacement.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn contrast to existing sensors that use capacitive, eddy current or laser technologies, Radatec\u0027s sensors: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0095 Operate at extremely high temperatures - up to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0095 Remain unaffected by contaminants such as oil, dust and carbon deposits.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0095 Are immune to electromagnetic interference.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese unique characteristics allow Radatec\u0027s sensors to operate in harsh environments. \u0022Existing sensors work well in certain applications, but can\u0027t be used in areas where it\u0027s very hot, dirty or contaminated,\u0022 says Jonathan Geisheimer, Radatec\u0027s co-founder and vice president. \u0022And because these regions are often the most stressed areas of machinery, it\u0027s where major problems develop first.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"An Atlanta company formed by former Georgia Tech researchers is preparing to launch an innovative new sensor system that monitors industrial equipment in harsh environments.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/radatec.htm","title":"Smaller, cheaper"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82391":{"#nid":"82391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Alumnus Design Chosen for Future World Trade Center Memorial","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing an eight-month international competition that drew more than 5,000 entries, a memorial designed by a Georgia Tech alumnus has been chosen as the future World Trade Center Memorial in New York City. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMichael Arad, who graduated from Georgia Tech in 1999 with a master\u0027s degree in architecture, designed \u003Cem\u003EReflecting Absence: A Memorial at the World Trade Center Site \u003C\/em\u003Efor the international World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition, launched in April 2003. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHis original design includes reflecting pools and waterfalls in the footprints where the former World Trade Center towers once stood. It is to be built in memory of all the victims of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and of the six people killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am very honored and overwhelmed by the news that the jury has selected my design,\u0022 Arad said. \u0022I hope that I will be able to honor the memory of all those who perished, and create a place where we may all grieve and find meaning.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I will do my best to rise to the enormity of the task at hand. It is with great humility that I regard the challenges that lie ahead -- and it is with great hope that I will find the strength and ability to meet them,\u0022 he said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn what became one of the largest design competitions in history, 5,201 submissions were received from 63 nations and 49 states, according to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC). Arad\u0027s entry was chosen as the winning design by a 13-member memorial jury. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe competition\u0027s jury includes world-renowned artists and architects, a family member of a person killed on Sept. 11, a lower Manhattan resident and business owner, representatives of New York\u0027s governor and New York City\u0027s mayor, as well as other prominent arts and cultural professionals. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think he did a magnificent job of sorting through all the many different interests and requirements needed for this memorial at this site,\u0022 said Doug Allen, associate dean of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022His is a quiet scheme. It\u0027s a complex and difficult thing to pull off at this particular location, and for someone at his age to design this scheme and have it chosen is truly significant,\u0022 Allen said. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVartan Gregorian, chairman of the jury that selected Arad\u0027s design for the memorial, said, \u0022In its powerful, yet simple articulation of the footprints of the Twin Towers, \u003Cem\u003EReflecting Absence \u003C\/em\u003Ehas made the gaping voids left by the Towers\u0027 destruction the primary symbol of loss. While these voids still remain empty and inconsolable, the surrounding plaza\u0027s design has evolved to include teeming groves of trees, traditional affirmations of life and rebirth.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The result is a memorial that expresses both the incalculable loss of life and its regeneration,\u0022 Gregorian said. \u0022Not only does this memorial creatively address its mandate to preserve the footprints, recognize individual victims and provide access to bedrock, but it also wonderfully reconnects this site to the fabric of its urban community.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOfficials said that Arad\u0027s winning design has evolved significantly since the eight finalists were placed on exhibit at New York City\u0027s Winter Garden this past November, and more changes are expected before it is to be built.  A new design will be unveiled in a public presentation to take place next week, officials said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EArad\u0027s current \u003Cem\u003EReflecting Absence \u003C\/em\u003Edesign includes reflective pools set into the ground to cover the World Trade Center\u0027s footprints. Each pool is fed by a waterfall around its edges, and names are engraved in the stone around them. The pools also are surrounded by pine trees and stone paths.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EArad lives in the East Village in New York City with his wife, Melanie, who studied city and regional planning at Georgia Tech. They have a newborn son, Nathaniel. Professor Allen said he remembers Arad and his work at the Institute very well. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022He was really bright, and worked hard at his design skills,\u0022 Allen said. \u0022Obviously, he learned a lot.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor his master\u0027s thesis project at Georgia Tech, Arad examined a portion of Georgia Tech\u0027s master plan that tackled a transitional portion of the campus. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The formal language of his master\u0027s project came out of a study of the marginal and accidental spaces around freeways, plus his experimentation with digital software programs,\u0022 College of Architecture Associate Dean Sabir Khan said. \u0022Both were very new to Michael. The social programming came out of his readings on, and experiences with, contested landscapes.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Following an eight-month international competition that drew more than 5,000 entries, a memorial designed by a Georgia Tech alumnus has been chosen as the future World Trade Center Memorial in New York City.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-01-07 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-01-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-01-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82401":{"id":"82401","type":"image","title":"Reflecting Absence","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"82411":{"id":"82411","type":"image","title":"Reflecting Absence","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82401","82411"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.renewnyc.com\/","title":"Lower Manhattan Development Corp."},{"url":"http:\/\/www.wtcsitememorial.org\/","title":"World Trade Center Memorial Competition"},{"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":""}},"82371":{"#nid":"82371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Research Locates Source of  Runner\u0027s High Experienced by Athletes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new study conducted at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, Irvine suggests that a class of chemicals known as cannabinoids may be the missing piece of the \u0022runner\u0027s high\u0022 puzzle long sought by scientists.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Exercise is good for the mind. For the millions of people who exercise, this is not a secret,\u0022 said Arne Dietrich, the study\u0027s principal investigator and a former visiting professor at Georgia Tech. \u0022It helps reduce stress, lowers anxiety, suppresses pain, produces a feeling of well-being and can even lead to a euphoric state. To scientists, however, the process that leads to this last phenomenon -- popularly known as the \u0027runner\u0027s high\u0027 -- remains an elusive mystery.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA critical clue in the mystery may have been found, however. As published recently in the journal Neuroreport, Dietrich\u0027s research team has found very high levels of a naturally occurring cannabinoid called anandamide in runners and cyclists who exercised at moderate intensity for an extended period.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnandamide produces effects similar to those of THC, the psychoactive constituent of marijuana, leading researchers to speculate that \u0022runner\u0027s high\u0022 may not be caused by endorphins released by the human body - as previously thought -- but by a naturally occurring cannabinoid high.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I was aware of the limitations of the endorphin theory for explaining the runner\u0027s high, and I thought that Dr. Dietrich\u0027s novel hypothesis fit well within recent endocannabinoid discoveries,\u0022 said Professor Phil Sparling, co-director of the Exercise Physiology Lab and Dietrich\u0027s host at Tech..\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The body\u0027s ability to produce cannabinoids is currently an intense area of research\u0022, said Dietrich, who studied them as a visiting professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Applied Physiology this past year. His one-year stay at the Institute was made possible through the College of Sciences Faculty Development Program.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Cannabinoids that are produced naturally by the body are called endocannabinoids,\u0022 Dietrich said. \u0022The body\u0027s endocannabinoid system has evolved primarily for pain modulation -- that is, pain or stress activates the system naturally. This activation, in turn, helps the body to modulate the pain.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This natural analgesic system is independent of and complimentary to the body\u0027s opioid system,\u0022 he said, and it performs other natural functions such as vasodilation, bronchodilation and sedation. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Because anandamide and THC bind to the same receptor in the body, all these are also primary effects of smoking or ingesting cannabinoids from outside the body,\u0022 Dietrich said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor their study, researchers asked 24 young men to either run, cycle or sit. If they ran or cycled, participants began with a five-minute warm-up, then built up to a 70-80 percent heart rate, which they sustained for 45 minutes, followed by a cool-down.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn those subjects, investigators documented a dramatic endocannabinoid increase in their body, providing the first evidence that exercise activates the endocannabinoid system. \u0022Numerous follow-up studies are necessary to understand the precise nature of this increase,\u0022  Dietrich said, but it remains an exciting discovery for him and his team.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Since exercise is physical stress -- albeit healthy stress -- and because it produces muscle break-down, I thought exercise might activate it. This is what we found,\u0022 he said. \u0022No other study has ever considered this possibility, which is why the results are so significant.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDietrich believes the human body begins to produce high levels of endocannabinoids - and thus a natural \u0022runner\u0027s high\u0022 -- during moderate-to-intense exercise that produces prolonged stress and pain.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Once the endocannabinoid system is highly activated, it causes a naturally induced high, as the endocannabinoids produce the same effect than when it is activated unnaturally -- by smoking THC for instance,\u0022 he said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt does not appear that this effect causes any harm to runners and athletes who experience it after intense exercise, however.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In exercise, there is a reason why the endocannabinoid system is activated,\u0022 Dietrich said. \u0022One has to deal with a physical stressor, and the endocannabinoid system fulfills its purpose. Smoking marijuana is a different story. This is an unnatural abuse of the system - not intended to be used this way by evolution.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDietrich believes this study might provide a possible mechanism to explain why the \u0022runner\u0027s high\u0022 might be caused, and it suggests that exercise might be useful to help in the treatment of chronic pain or glaucoma, both of which are treated in some parts of the country in clinical experimental trials using plant-derived cannabinoids such as THC.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our work raises many questions,\u0022 Dietrich said. \u0022We need to characterize which types of exercise best activate the system, at what intensity, and at what duration,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We also need to know: Are there sex differences? Why and when is the system overwhelmed? Can it be used to maximize performance in some way? How does this effect decision making - for example, at the end of a marathon race, or in a combat situation? Our findings produce entirely new avenues of research never considered previously,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDietrich is an assistant professor of psychology at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, where he also directs the Department of Psychology\u0027s Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory. His experience at Georgia Tech was part of the College of Sciences Faculty Development Program, which Dean Gary Schuster said provides an exciting way for the Institute to help advance science throughout the state.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The whole idea here is that Georgia Tech has resources available to it that some other institutions in the University System of Georgia do not, and faculty members at those institutions need to stay current in their disciplines just as much as ours do,\u0022 Schuster said. \u0022After all, only people who are active in their disciplines can transmit that excitement and inspiration to their students.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Faculty Development Program provides an opportunity for other University System of Georgia faculty to spend either a semester or a year at Georgia Tech, collaborating on research and teaching students. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It adds a new perspective to some of our courses, and it establishes a connection between us and other universities in Georgia,\u0022 Schuster said. \u0022I think it gives Georgia Tech a very positive way to contribute to research and teaching throughout the university system.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Study suggests the high experienced by athletes is similar to the buzz marijuana users experience.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-01-12 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82381":{"id":"82381","type":"image","title":"A Student Runs Laps at Tech\u0027s Campus Recreation Ce","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82381"],"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":""}},"82341":{"#nid":"82341","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mars Mission 2004 Experts List","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has a proud history in space exploration. Ten astronauts have earned degrees from Georgia Tech, another three graduates have been selected as candidates for future missions and another astronaut is a former Tech faculty member. They have been among the best, each advancing the conquest of space.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBelow is a list of Georgia Tech faculty who can provide expertise on the Mars Exploration Rover Missions.  For other topics, please call Institute Communications and Public Affairs for assistance at 404-894-4233 or 404-894-0870.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert Braun\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Professor, David and Andrew Lewis Professor of Space Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSchool of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-385-6171\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:robert.braun@ae.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erobert.braun@ae.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nExpertise: Sixteen years at NASA Langley working on Mars missions, including Spirit Rover, Opportunity Rover, Pathfinder, Sojourner Rover, ARES Mars Scout Mission, Sample Return Earth Entry Vehicle.  Expert on Mars atmospheric flight, robotic\/human mars exploration architectures, atmospheric flight dynamics, space transportation, planetary exploration, spacecraft design and systems engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Olds\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDirector of the Space Systems Design Laboratory\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-6289\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.olds@aerospace.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejohn.olds@aerospace.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nExpertise: Spacecraft design, space shuttles and public confidence in the space program.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJudy Curry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor and Chair, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-3955\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:curryja@eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecurryja@eas.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nExpertise: Potential use of robots in space, especially in ways that make research safer for humans\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert Loewy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChair, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-3002\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:robert.loewy@ae.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erobert.loewy@ae.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nExpertise: Bush space plan, small aircraft, and recovery of wrecked aircraft\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames Sowell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAstronomer, School of Physics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-385-1294\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:james.sowell@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejames.sowell@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nExpertise: Mars, planetary systems\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEric Johnson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor, School of Aerospace Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-385-2519\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:eric.johnson@ae.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eeric.johnson@ae.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nExpertise: Avionics, entry guidance systems, and navigation and control\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJim St. John\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nResearch Scientist\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCollege of Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-1754\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jim.stjohn@eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejim.stjohn@eas.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/stjohn.eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/stjohn.eas.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nExpertise: Atmosphere of Mars and Earth\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Professor Eyes Space Settlement \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLarge, massive structures could be built in space simply by using radio waves that create force fields to move materials and assemble them into various structures. Once bonded in place, the structures could lay the groundwork for human settlement in space and a space-based economy, according to Narayanan Komerath, an aerospace engineer at Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMore information: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=64\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=64\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Named Member of NASA\u0027s National Institute of Aerospace \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Tech faculty members are contributing to the research and training efforts of NASA\u0027s new National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), which supports the mission of NASA\u0027s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. Tech is one of six universities teaming up with NASA in research, education, technology transfer and outreach efforts to all of Langley\u0027s core competencies, including aerodynamics, thermodynamics and aero-acoustics.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMore information: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=43\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/release.php?id=43\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Georgia Tech Space Systems Design Laboratory \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Tech is home to the Space Systems Design Laboratory (SSDL). The laboratory was founded at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Aerospace Engineering in 1995 with the goal of creating a world-class effort in research and education dedicated to the design of advanced space systems. The lab is directed by John Olds, associate professor of aerospace engineering, and consists of several undergraduates, Master\u0027s-level graduate students, and Ph.D.-level graduate students with an interest in advanced space systems. Research in the lab centers on identification and assessment of new technologies that have the potential to lower the cost of space launch and exploration, for both human and robotic explorers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMore information: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ssdl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.ssdl.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Graduates are Among NASA\u0027s Top Astronauts \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMore information: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/centennial_flight\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/centennial_flight\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has a proud history in space exploration. Here is a list of Georgia Tech faculty who can provide expertise on the Mars Exploration Rover Missions.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-01-20 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82351":{"id":"82351","type":"image","title":"Mars Mission 2004","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82351"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov\/home\/index.html","title":"NASA"}],"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":""}},"82281":{"#nid":"82281","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Student Wins Prestigious Fellowship to Research Computer Vision","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESomewhere between scaling sheer cliffs, traveling the world and swing dancing the night away, Georgia Tech computer science Ph.D. candidate, Gabriel J. Brostow, learned enough about computer vision not only to get a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing, but he also won one of only two Marshall Sherfield Fellowships awarded to American science and engineering students to study at a British university. He is the first computer science or engineering student selected since the award was created in 1998.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The opportunity to work with another group of leading scientists in my field at the conclusion of my Ph.D. will be a welcome time of productivity and adjustment of my own long-term research objectives, before I return to the U.S. seeking a faculty position,\u0022 said Brostow.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission offers up to two post-doctoral Fellowships in science and engineering, in addition to the forty well-known Marshall Scholarships for undergraduates to pursue graduate studies. The aim of the Marshall Sherfield Fellowships is to introduce American scientists and engineers to the cutting edge of U.K. science and engineering. The intention is to build longer-term contacts and international links between the U.K. and the United States in key scientific areas. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrostow, on track to complete his Ph.D. in May, plans to spend the year at the University of Cambridge working with Professor Robert Cipolla in the Vision and Robotics group. He would like to stay for a second year and join one of the Cambridge colleges as well as pursue further collaborations between computer vision and other departments at Cambridge and elsewhere in the U.K.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EComputer vision initially started as a sub-domain of artificial intelligence but has grown to include numerous researchers focusing on medical imaging, machine learning, forensics, robotics, and graphics to name a few. The field borrows from and contributes to these core areas and is rapidly expanding due to the use of computer-controlled video cameras gaining acceptance in many fields as a primary data source, says Brostow. More specifically, Brostow\u0027s own research has broad appeal since it can be employed in security and biomechanical applications as well as other areas.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrostow completed his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and worked at Lockheed in New Hampshire, before coming to Georgia Tech in 1997 to pursue an M.S. in Human Computer Interaction.  His thesis adviser, Associate Professor Irfan Essa, convinced him to stay for a Ph.D.  Brostow works closely with Essa in the area of computer vision and animation. Over the last six years he assisted Essa in creating and then eventually co-taught the very popular CS course on Digital Video Special Effects.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In the last few years Gabe has proven himself to be an able researcher, mastering many technical areas, and a great motivator, working with many students on a variety of projects,\u0022 said Essa.  \u0022He has been involved in several research projects with me, where he has taken the lead and also recruited others to work with him. When I saw the announcement of the fellowship, which asked for ambassadors to the U.K. to represent the U.S. and their research field, I had no hesitation in recommending him as he fits the bill entirely.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrostow has held summer research positions with IBM, Microsoft Research, and in the Research \u0026amp; Development group at Industrial Light \u0026amp; Magic.  His long-term plans are to return to academia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrostow has a very international outlook having lived in Canada, Mexico and Germany.  In addition, his parents are both from Poland, and he speaks both Polish and German. He has traveled extensively to most of Europe, several former Soviet Republics, Iceland, Brazil, South Africa, Israel, India, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.  Starting in October, he\u0027ll be able to add the United Kingdom to his list of homes.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"First Time a Computer Science or Engineering Student Selected"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Somewhere between scaling sheer cliffs, traveling the world and swing dancing the night away, Georgia Tech computer science Ph.D. candidate, Gabriel J. Brostow, learned enough about computer vision not only to get a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing, but he also won one of only two Marshall Sherfield Fellowships awarded to American science and engineering students to study at a British university. He is the first computer science or engineering student selected since the award was created in 1998.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-01-21 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82291":{"id":"82291","type":"image","title":"Gabriel J. Brostow","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"82301":{"id":"82301","type":"image","title":"Brostow mentors an undergraduate student.","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82291","82301"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.marshallscholarship.org\/sherfield.html","title":"Marshall Sherfield Fellowship"}],"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":""}},"82321":{"#nid":"82321","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President Bush Taps Tech Alumnus To Lead Moon-Mars Commission","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEdward C. \u0022Pete\u0022 Aldridge Jr., a 1997 inductee into Georgia Tech\u0027s Engineering Hall of Fame, is to lead a new panel that will advise NASA administrators and President George W. Bush regarding future manned missions to the moon and Mars.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAldridge, who earned his master\u0027s degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech in 1962, was chosen this week to direct the Commission on the Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy, a new panel that will advise NASA on the long-term implementation of the president\u0027s new vision for space exploration.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Bush outlined that new vision in a Jan. 14 speech, committing the United States to a long-term human and robotic program to explore the solar system, starting with a return to the moon that will ultimately enable future exploration of Mars and other destinations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo ensure that NASA maintains a sense of focus and direction toward accomplishing this new mission, the president directed NASA Administrator Sean O\u0027Keefe to review all current space flight and exploration and direct them toward the president\u0027s new goals. He also announced his decision to form the Commission on the Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPreviously, in March 2001, President Bush appointed Aldridge the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. Before that, Aldridge was chief executive officer of The Aerospace Corporation headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., between March 1992 and May 2001.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to the Challenger disaster in 1986, Aldridge trained to be a payload specialist aboard the Space Shuttle. His mission was canceled, however, and he later was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be Secretary of the Air Force between 1986 and 1988. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAldridge has held a variety of positions within the U.S. Department of Defense through the years, retiring in May 2003 but continuing as a special assistant to the Secretary of Defense. He is the recipient of several awards, including the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award and the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe earned his bachelor\u0027s degree from Texas A\u0026amp;M before pursuing his master\u0027s degree at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A member of Georgia Tech\u0027s Engineering Hall of Fame is the new head of the Commission on the Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy, a panel that will advise President George W. Bush and NASA administrators on long-term plans for space exploration.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-11 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82331":{"id":"82331","type":"image","title":"Edward C. \u0022Pete\u0022 Aldridge Jr.","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82331"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2004\/01\/images\/20040114-3_nasa3-515h.html","title":"VIDEO: President Announces Goal of Manned Missions to Moon, Mars"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/solarsystem\/explore_main.html","title":"FEATURE: A New Vision for NASA"}],"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":""}},"82251":{"#nid":"82251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President Clough to Lead Panel on Georgia Tech Research Innovations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA panel of distinguished faculty will discuss some of Georgia Tech\u0027s leading research - in areas such as nanotechnology, tissue engineering and marine biology, among others - during a Feb. 11 presentation at Technology Square.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Wayne Clough will lead the panelists in a discussion entitled \u0022Georgia Tech: Innovating Here and Now,\u0022 sponsored by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. The event will be held 7:15 p.m. at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, 800 Spring St.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003EAlumni, faculty, staff, students and their guests are invited to attend the free panel discussion, but registration is required. (\u003Cem\u003ESee link below\u003C\/em\u003E.) A reception with hors d\u0027oeuvres and a cash bar will begin at 6:30 p.m. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Innovating in the 21st century requires an interdisciplinary approach, and the collaboration of engineering, sciences and business will make Georgia Tech a leader in the innovation race,\u0022 said Georgia Tech Vice President Joe Irwin, executive director of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We hope this will be the first of a number of regional events we want to eventually hold throughout the country,\u0022 Irwin said. \u0022They will give us a fantastic way to tell our alumni about some of the leading-edge research now under way at Georgia Tech, and give them a chance to ask questions about the work and how it might affect their lives.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVallee Donovan, assistant executive director of the alumni association, said several cities have been identified as possible locations for future panels, including New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our panelists are people leading the way in their individual fields,\u0022 Donovan said. \u0022Our goal is to put forth some of our faculty with these events and to provide a forum for them to interact with our alumni. It enhances the reputation of the Institute, helps in the continuing education of our alumni and provides a fantastic networking opportunity for everyone who attends.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the speakers scheduled to take part in the first regional panel are:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EPresident Wayne Clough\u003C\/strong\u003E, who has led Georgia Tech to global recognition with his  vision for faculty collaboration in new and emerging sciences, technology, and economic development;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Z.L. Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, who is ranked fifth in the world by the Institute of Scientific Information for the number of nanotechnology research papers he has published to date;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Ralph Merkle\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, who is widely recognized for his award-winning work in the field of cryptography and as one of the co-founders of public-key cryptography;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EAssistant Professor Andres Garcia\u003C\/strong\u003E, who is nationally recognized for his research on cellular and tissue engineering, areas which integrate engineering and biological principles to restore and enhance function to injured or diseased organs;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Mark Hay\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Linda and Harry Teasely Chair in Environmental Biology in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Biology, who leads a team of marine biologists that recently spent 10 days in the Aquarius lab, an underwater research facility, studying coral reefs; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Marie Thursby\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Hal and John Smith Chair in Entrepreneurship in Georgia Tech\u0027s DuPree College of Management, who directs the Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER) program, a one-of-a-kind approach that prepares students for the challenges of commercializing new technologies and delivering innovative products to the market place. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A panel of distinguished faculty will discuss some of Georgia Tech\u0027s leading research - in areas such as nanotechnology, tissue engineering and marine biology, among others - during a Feb. 11 presentation to alumni, faculty, staff and students at Technology Square.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-01-29 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82261":{"id":"82261","type":"image","title":"President Wayne Clough","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82261"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/","title":"Georgia Tech Alumni Association"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/GetInvolved\/events\/innovationevent.html","title":"Register for Georgia Tech: Innovating Here and Now"}],"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":""}},"82211":{"#nid":"82211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Adds Six Sigma to Executive Programs Line-up","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Huang Executive Education Center announces open registration for its new Georgia Tech Six Sigma Green and Black Belt Programs. The Green Belt Certification program is offered in the spring and fall of 2004 and the Black Belt Certification is offered in July of 2004 of this year and again in January 2005.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESix Sigma is a highly integrated management philosophy that top companies world-wide are using to solve business problems and drive out costs in the organization. Six Sigma provides techniques to structure the problem-solving process through a five-step DMAIC (Define\/Measure\/Analyze\/Improve\/Control) methodology and is frequently described as a combination of vision, philosophy, goals, metrics and method used to not only create a standard but deal with the necessary cultural and organizational change. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESix Sigma is successfully applied in such corporations as The Home Depot, Motorola, Coca-Cola, TSYS, SunTrust Bank, JP Morgan, Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson, and GE (whose use of the methodology is considered by many to be the industry standard). From a corporate perspective, Six Sigma is an established and successful method that will improve business and the way it is conducted. For anyone interested in Six Sigma, becoming certified can only enhance career development.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Six Sigma is a proven methodology for problem solving that accelerates the identification of root causes and ensures consistent long-term gains,\u0022 says Lee Campe, who will teach both the Green Belt and Black Belt courses. In addition to being a Master Black Belt for many organizations, Campe has also been a Vice President at JP Morgan Chase and Director of Six Sigma for Cordis Corporation. He is currently consulting for companies in the areas of Six Sigma deployment, training and development and executive education\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe two week Green Belt Certification courses will be held in two modules: March 29 - April 2 and May 3 -7; and repeated October 4 -8, and November 8-12. Black Belt certification requires an additional week offered July 26 - 30 and January 10 - 14, 2005. Black Belt certification is available to those who have completed Green Belt training.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about Six Sigma or earning a black belt certificate. I encourage anyone who is currently participating in Six Sigma or who is interested in starting a Six Sigma program to register for one of both of these courses\u0022 says Dan Stotz, Director of Executive Education for the Huang Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVisit www.execprograms.org for more information about the Georgia Tech Six-Sigma program or to register for the courses on-line. Call 404.894.8700 to speak with a program representative.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Green Belt and Black Belt Certification Offered"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Huang Executive Education Center in the DuPree College of Management, the business school at Georgia Tech announces open registration for its new Georgia Tech Six Sigma Green and Black Belt Programs. The Green Belt Certification program is offered in the spring and fall of 2004, and the Black Belt Certification is offered in July of 2004 of this year and again in January 2005.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Green Belt and Black Belt Certification Offered"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-11 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82221":{"id":"82221","type":"image","title":"DuPree College of Management Courtyard","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82221"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.dupree.gatech.edu\/index.html","title":"DuPree College of Management"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.execinfo.org\/","title":"Executive 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\u003EDan Stotz\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EExecutive Education\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dan.stotz@mgt.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Dan Stotz\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8700\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dan.stotz@mgt.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"82191":{"#nid":"82191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"University Volunteers Stimulate International Public School","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s 4:30 p.m. and the second grade classroom at the International Community School (ICS) in Avondale is bustling. At a time when many elementary schools have already sent students home, the public charter school is brimming with students and volunteers in its after-school program. Unique among Atlanta elementary schools, ICS brings together children of refugees and immigrants with American-born students to provide an internationally based education. And although it\u0027s publicly funded, the school relies heavily on the generosity of volunteers. In any given week approximately 50 volunteers from Georgia Tech, Emory and other Atlanta universities and schools help students finish homework, play educational games and burn off steam as part of ICS\u0027 after school program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter finishing with their homework, many of the students turn to counting cards. The game is \u002221.\u0022 Volunteer Sheila Schulte points to her ace.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022I have one,\u0022 she said to second-grader Adia Reid , from Jamaica.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSchulte draws an eight.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022So how many is that?\u0022 she asked.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Nine,\u0022 answered Reid.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGames like this help the students develop the ability to do mental arithmetic, said Schulte, whose day job is associate director for International Student and Scholar Services at Georgia Tech. She helped get the after-school program off the ground by bringing 14 international students and international affairs majors from Georgia Tech to supplement the school\u0027s staff on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Since then, the International Community School has attracted students and faculty from Emory University, Georgia State University and the Atlanta International School. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I thought it would be a wonderful opportunity for our international students to see what the U.S. educational system is like outside of higher education,\u0022 said Schulte.  \u0022It\u0027s a great way for me to get to know our students better. It\u0027s very rewarding to get to know a group of students on a personal level and to watch their interaction with each other.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrincipal and co-founder Bill Moon said the school has benefited from the work of more than 300 volunteers since its inception in August 2002. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Every piece of furniture you see in this room has been donated,\u0022 he said referring to his office. Before opening, volunteers carpeted the school and painted the walls. They donated fire alarms, security cameras and computers. Home Depot even donated $40,000 in new playground equipment, installation included. Volunteers help keep the school running, said Moon. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith 180 students this year and a 95 percent reenrollment rate, the school has had a successful start. Adding a grade each year, the school teaches children from kindergarten through third grade. At first glance it looks just like any other school, with alphabet posters and murals on the walls. But here and there lie touches that reveal the special history of many of the refugees. A mural drawn by the kids depicts scenes of war and killing alongside pictures of friendship with captions such as \u0022Children must not be used as cheap labor or soldiers. Children have the right to play. Children have the right to protection from cruelty, neglect and injustice.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech student volunteer Nitika Raj from Kuwait was one of the first volunteers in the program. \u0022It takes time for them to trust you,\u0022 she said. Many of them are wary of new people, possibly because of what some of them have been through. But no matter what they\u0027ve experienced in the past, once they\u0027re on the playground they all laugh the same, run the same and even tease each other. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E Back in the classroom, Georgia Tech student volunteer Mohamed Kone from the Ivory Coast, helps third-grader Hein Paing finish his math homework. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I don\u0027t feel right when I\u0027m not volunteering,\u0022 explained Kone. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPaing is one of the school\u0027s success stories. When he moved to Atlanta last year from Burma he spoke no English. Now in addition to studying English in school he gets to study other languages and cultures as part of the after-school program\u0027s Heritage Language Program. Led by the school\u0027s staff and supplemented by volunteers and parents, the program gives the students a chance to learn about a new culture and language every month. This year, they\u0027ve studied Arabic, Bosnian, Vietnamese, Kurdish and Jamaican-Creole.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s not only the kids that are learning, said Schulte. \u0022It helps our international students figure out American culture,\u0022 she said. Seeing up close how an American school works and watching the interaction between the American children and the immigrant children teaches them a lot about how Americans deal with intercultural differences. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat interaction is what the school is all about, said Moon. \u0022We cannot have a school just for refugee kids. It wouldn\u0027t work. Having the local communities\u0027 involvement is essential.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Tech student volunteers fuel public school for refugees and new immigrants.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-11 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82201":{"id":"82201","type":"image","title":"Tech student Mihir Jagga tutors Shene Showan from","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82201"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.intcomschool.org\/","title":"International Community School"}],"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":""}},"82091":{"#nid":"82091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Two Georgia Tech Professors Named to the National Academy of Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech faculty-Biing-Hwang (Fred) Juang and C.F. Jeff Wu-can now add membership to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to their growing lists of honors.  The NAE recently elected 76 new members and 11 foreign associates, bringing the total U.S. membership to 2,174 and the number of foreign associates to 172.  The election of Juang and Wu brings Georgia Tech\u0027s number of active NAE members to 25.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022A big part of a top-notch engineering program is having the very best professors, and I congratulate Professors Juang and Wu on their accomplishment.  We are always looking for ways to become better, but having these two gentlemen acknowledged for their contributions to our discipline demonstrates both of the vitality of our programs and our commitment to providing the best possible learning experience for our students,\u0022 says Don Giddens, dean of the College of Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EElection to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors those who have made \u0022important contributions to engineering theory and practice, including significant contributions to the literature of engineering theory and practice,\u0022 and those who have demonstrated accomplishment in \u0022the pioneering of new fields of engineering, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing\/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NAE recognizes Juang, Motorola Foundation chair professor and Georgia Research Alliance eminent scholar, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) for his contributions to speech coding and speech recognition.  Juang\u0027s research interest is in developing mathematical methods and engineering practices that make it possible for people to speak with machines naturally and to interact with other people freely even though they are far apart. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The academies are advisors to the nation on science, engineering and medicine,\u0022 says Juang. \u0022That probably means that I may have an additional duty as a citizen to offer my professional knowledge to help society. Being able to help is a good thing-always enjoyable.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJuang came to Georgia Tech in 2002 from Avaya Labs Research, where he served as director of Multimedia Technologies Research. Previously, he was director of Acoustics and Speech Research at Bell Laboratories\/Lucent Technologies from 1996-2001. He has also held various technical and supervisory positions in the Speech Research Department at AT\u0026amp;T Bell Laboratories and was a research scientist at Signal Technology Inc.  Juang was the team leader that devised innovative methods for building the world\u0027s highest accuracy and most robustly connected digit recognition system-one which is used reliably more than four million times each month by AT\u0026amp;T customers.  He is the author of more than 165 publications and co-author of a major textbook, \u0022Fundamentals of Speech Recognition,\u0022 and he holds nearly 20 patents.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NAE recognizes Wu, Coca-Cola chair in Engineering Statistics, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering for conceiving and building modern systems of experimental design based on contemporary methods for parameter estimating to provide quality improvements. Wu is known for his innovative and high-impact work in modern Design of Experiments (DOE) which has helped western manufacturing industries greatly improve quality. With his election, Wu is one of the few statisticians in the NAE and the first academic statistician to receive this honor.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWu says, \u0022I have spent more than half of my life in the United States, and as an immigrant I have always felt that this is the greatest country on earth for immigrants. I am grateful to many people and thankful to my many former students. The new recognition may make it easier for engineering faculty to accept and work with statisticians.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWu has played a key role in the building of a modern system of experimental design. Over the years, his research groups from the University of Wisconsin, the University of Waterloo in Canada and the University of Michigan have developed various methods to build a comprehensive system for running experiments, modeling data, and system optimization\/robustness. This culminated in the publication of the prize-winning book with M. Hamada, \u0022Experiments: Planning, Analysis, and Parameter Design Optimization,\u0022 2000, John Wiley.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NAE will hold an Induction Ceremony for all new members in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 3.  The full list of the newly elected members is available on the NAE website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nae.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.nae.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.nae.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Academy of Engineering was founded in 1964 to advance engineering and technology. It conducts activities jointly with the National Academy of Sciences. The NAE is a private, independent, nonprofit institution that acts as advisor to the federal government, and, through its independent programs, provides a channel for the advancement of engineering and technology as benefits humanity.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Juang and Wu Selected"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Two Georgia Tech faculty-Biing-Hwang (Fred) Juang and C.F. Jeff Wu-can now add membership to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to their growing lists of honors.  The NAE recently elected 76 new members and 11 foreign associates, bringing the total U.S. membership to 2,174 and the number of foreign associates to 172.  The election of Juang and Wu brings Georgia Tech\u0027s number of active NAE members to 25.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82101":{"id":"82101","type":"image","title":"Dr. Biing-Hwang (Fred) Juang","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"82111":{"id":"82111","type":"image","title":"Dr. C.F. Jeff Wu","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82101","82111"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nae.edu\/","title":"National Academy of 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":""}},"82071":{"#nid":"82071","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Student Wins Churchill Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMonique Gupta has done it again. Winner of the prestigious Goldwater scholarship last spring, Gupta has captured the Churchill scholarship for one year of study at the University of Cambridge. Gupta plans to use her scholarship to get a Master of Philosophy in genetics before going to medical school. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStudying industrial systems and engineering at Georgia Tech, she said, has given her a solid foundation on which to base her career as a physician. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022In today\u0027s age of medicine, no physician can go forward without knowing more about the research that\u0027s being conducted,\u0022 Gupta said. \u0022By the time I start practicing, all these novel concepts we see today are going to be in use. I need to have a background in them.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGene therapy is one of the concepts, Gupta said, will be more common by the time she starts practicing medicine. While at Tech, she participated in this type of research with Joseph LeDoux, professor in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGene therapy is a novel approach to treating diseases, and most of it is still in the experimental phase, said Gupta. But the idea is that scientists would first identify a gene in a patient that is causing a certain disease.  \u0022A new gene would be created in a lab, and doctors would use it to replace the gene that is causing the problem. One way to deliver the new gene to the patient is by using a retrovirus to carry the gene into the affected area of the patient,\u0022 explained Gupta.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Diseases that can be helped by gene transfer include rheumatic arthritis and juvenile arthritis,\u0022 she said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGupta is Tech\u0027s third student to win the Churchill. The scholarship is given out by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States, which was founded in 1959 as an expression of admiration for former British Prime Minister William Churchill. The award pays for one year of study at the University of Cambridge, plus a living allowance. Only 75 universities are allowed to nominate students for this prestigious honor.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Monique Gupta has done it again. Winner of the prestigious Goldwater scholarship last spring, Gupta has captured the Churchill scholarship for one year of study at the University of Cambridge.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-02-25 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82081":{"id":"82081","type":"image","title":"Monique Gupta","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82081"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.thechurchillscholarships.com\/","title":"Churchill Scholarship"}],"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":""}},"82031":{"#nid":"82031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Silverstone Racing Debuts Georgia Tech Car, Educational Partnerships at Miami Race","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESilverstone Racing unveiled a new car and a new partnership with Georgia Tech at the Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Thursday, February 26, 2004. The car, a number 39 Crawford-manufactured Daytona Prototype, is painted Georgia Tech colors -- gold and white -- and sports the logo of the Georgia Institute of Technology, alma mater of car owner Lawrence P. Huang. Joining Silverstone Racing this season are three new members from GT Motorsports, Tech\u0027s student racing team, and a marketing team made up of students from the DuPree College of Management, the business school at Georgia Tech. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m amazed at the level of sophistication the GT Motorsports cars achieve, especially in the area of software systems. The students from GT Motorsports bring a tremendous amount of technological expertise to the team,\u0022 said Huang.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech car will compete in each of the remaining 10 races of the 2004 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series, appearing at speedways such as Watkins Glen, Daytona International Speedway and California Speedway.  Racing at speeds up to 190 miles per hour , the Georgia Tech car is a flat-bottomed, closed-cockpit  car with  a 5.4 liter, 500 horsepower, V-8 engine. Huang is paired with Chris Hall, a former champion Formula Ford driver who is also the co-founder and operator of Silverstone Racing.  The car finished in 10th place in Miami. The next race is at Phoenix International Raceway April 8-10.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGT Motorsport veterans Matt Stephens, Scott Flanagan and Kevin Bray joined Silverstone as trackside engineers and members of the pit crew. This season they\u0027ll be responsible for further developing software to control various functions. Each year, the members of GT Motorsports design, build and race their own open-wheel formula race car in competitions around the world. Fresh from three first-place victories in three years in the United Kingdom and Australia, the students from GT Motorsports are ready to hone their skills on a professional racing team.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re all really excited. Most of us want to work in professional racing, so this is a great opportunity for us.\u0022 said Stephens.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our partnership with Tech gives the students an opportunity to use the skills they\u0027ve learned at Tech and as part of GT Motorsports in a real-world environment. We hope this lasts well beyond this year\u0027s racing series,\u0022 said Huang.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHuang graduated from Georgia Tech in 1973 with a degree in industrial management and has been a strong supporter of the university ever since. In addition to providing engineering students with valuable experience, Silverstone Racing is hosting a competition at the business school for students to develop a marketing plan for the Georgia Tech car. The winning marketing team will then implement its plan throughout the 2004 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our students\u0027 technologically focused business education gives them the perfect preparation to successfully market the Georgia Tech car to potential sponsors. Working with Siliverstone Racing will be a great forum for our students to market their skills,\u0022 said Terry Blum, dean of the business school.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll races in the 2004 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.grandamerican.com\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.grandamerican.com\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.grandamerican.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E) are scheduled to be broadcast on the Speed Channel. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout Larry P. Huang: Co-founder of optical communications company Ciena Corporation in 1993, he currently serves on the business school\u0027s Advisory Board as the Development Committee chair and Board chair-elect, and is serving his second term on the Georgia Tech Foundation Board of Trustees.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHuang established the Huang Executive Education Center at the business school and is the founder of the Lawrence P. Huang Endowed Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHuang has successfully competed in the Ferrari Challenge Series and took the overall championship in the 2002 Panoz Racing Series. Huang drove the number 39 Corvette in the 2003 Grand-Am Cup Series, where he and Chris Hall finished third, at Barber Motorsport Park.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Silverstone Racing: \u003C\/strong\u003ESilverstone Racing was co-founded by Chris Hall, who has been racing for 20 years and teaching at racing schools for 17 years.  He has raced against some of the top drivers in the World and has won three British championships.  Hall moved from London to the United States in 1993 to pursue a racing career in NASCAR and was the first European to compete in a full NASCAR touring series.  Hall\u0027s racing resume includes:  NASCAR Goody\u0027s Dash Series 1998 (Most Improved Driver of the Year), 2001 24 Hours of Daytona (3rd  SRPII class), U.S.C.S. Sprint Cars Concord, NC, winner, 2003 Grand American Cup Series.  Silverstone Racing and offers race preparation and car restoration services.  In addition to Hall and Huang, Silverstone Racing team permanent members include Mary Hall, Nancy Huang, Cesar Gaziola  (crew chief) and Jake Randels (assistant crew chief.)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech:\u003C\/strong\u003E The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation\u0027s premiere research universities. Ranked as one of U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s top 10 public universities, Georgia Tech educates nearly 17,000 students every year through its Colleges of Engineering, Management, Computing, Sciences, Architecture and Liberal Arts. Tech is committed to maintaining a diverse campus and consistently ranks as one of the nation\u0027s top producers of women and African-American engineers. Offering research opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students, Georgia Tech is home to more than 80 interdisciplinary units and the Georgia Tech Research Institute. During the 2002-2003 academic year, Tech totaled more than $660 million in research awards and expenditures.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech begins educational partnership with GT Motorsports and the College of Management.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-03-03 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82041":{"id":"82041","type":"image","title":"The Georgia Tech Car at the Grand Prix of Miami","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82041"],"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":""}},"82011":{"#nid":"82011","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Head of Student Affairs Named","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA national search for a successor to Lee Wilcox was capped recently with the announcement of William Schafer as Georgia Tech\u0027s new vice president of Student Affairs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast week, President Wayne Clough received word that Schafer had accepted the position. He will formally join Tech in June, but has plans to visit in the interim for meetings with faculty and students.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESchafer\u0027s current employer is the University of Texas at El Paso, where he serves as the associate vice president and dean of students. He has more than 25 years of experience in academia, working in various positions of student life from counseling to residence halls to student conduct. In addition to UTEP, he has held senior administrative positions at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Denver.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Tech, his role will be comprehensive, touching all aspects of student life. According to its Web site, the Office of Student Affairs \u0022supports and enhances the educational mission of Georgia Tech and assists students \u0085 to provide a comprehensive learning environment that fosters intellectual, psychological, social, ethical and career development.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Clough noted Schafer\u0027s experience meshed well with the academic and social environment of Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When evaluating the committee\u0027s recommendation, several things about Bill stood out,\u0022 he said. \u0022One, his past success working with diverse student bodies prepares him for working at Georgia Tech. Second, he has experience working at a technological university, and his educational background in engineering gives him a unique perspective on the type of students we educate. Finally, Bill was enthusiastic about the opportunity to come to Georgia Tech and will come here ready to make a difference. He will be a strong advocate for our students and a welcome addition to our campus.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I would also like to express my gratitude to [Dean of Students] Gail DiSabatino for her enthusiasm filling in as the interim vice president of Student Affairs during this transition.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGary May, executive assistant to the president and chair of the search committee, said no candidate was better qualified to step into the position.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Dr. Schafer brings an enormous wealth of experience to a key senior administrative position,\u0022 said May. \u0022He is engaging, has demonstrated an ability to balance the needs of the institution with the desires of its students, and comes highly recommended from those who have worked closest to him. Our search committee believed him to be a superb choice to assume the lead in the office so capably directed by Lee Wilcox. I would like to thank them for their time and energy during the hiring process.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENotes on Bill Schafer, VP of Student Affairs\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrent position:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Vice President and Dean of Students, University of Texas at El Paso (student body: 18,500)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEducation:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDoctoral degree in higher education administration and curriculum, 1986\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMaster\u0027s degree in guidance and counseling, 1977\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBachelor\u0027s degree in chemical engineering, 1975\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(All degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"William Schafer will join Tech as the new vice president of Student Affairs in June.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-03-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82021":{"id":"82021","type":"image","title":"William Schafer","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82021"],"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":""}},"81991":{"#nid":"81991","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u0027Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature\u0027 Opens March 17","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn exhibit and related events hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology this spring examine the transformation of Mary Shelley\u0027s classic Monster from a literary marvel into a cultural phenomenon - and how that feat relates to the on-going debate over ethics and the pursuit of science.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe free exhibit, \u003Cem\u003EFrankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature\u003C\/em\u003E, runs March 17-April 30 in the Neely Gallery of Georgia Tech\u0027s Library and Information Center, 704 Cherry St. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 12-5 p.m. Sundays.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This exhibition offers a fresh look at Mary Shelley\u0027s remarkable life and the evolution of her classic novel, \u003Cem\u003EFrankenstein\u003C\/em\u003E, since its publication in 1818,\u0022 Records Coordinator Kirk Henderson said. \u0022The traveling exhibition shows how playwrights, filmmakers and the media have transformed Mary Shelley\u0027s saga into one of the Western world\u0027s most enduring myths.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech also will host a speaker and film series to coincide with the traveling exhibit. Sara Karloff - the daughter of Boris Karloff, who portrayed Frankenstein\u0027s Monster in several classic films -- will introduce \u003Cem\u003EThe Bride of Frankenstein\u003C\/em\u003E, 7 p.m. April 19 in the Georgia Tech Student Center Theater, 351 Ferst Drive NW. Ms. Karloff will speak on her father\u0027s legacy in film before the movie begins.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOverall, \u003Cem\u003EFrankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature \u003C\/em\u003Eexamines how Frankenstein\u0027s abuse of science and his failure to take responsibility for his actions after reanimating a monstrous being is the direct result of his ambition and idealism - human emotions that later lead to revenge and forgiveness.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The exhibition also addresses issues such as cloning and genetic engineering, which raise difficult questions about the nature of human identity,\u0022 Henderson said. \u0022The story of Frankenstein -- as myth and as metaphor -- can help the public articulate and examine these fears.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn association with the exhibit, Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Literature, Communication and Culture will host three speakers who will discuss Mary Shelley and the influence of her work. Among the scheduled speakers are:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKathleen Goonan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThursday, March 18, 2004, 4 p.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nClary Theater, Moore Student Success Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n219 Uncle Henie Way NW\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/campusmap\/bldngmodel.html?id=31\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/campusmap\/bldngmodel.html?id=31\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtalumni.org\/campusmap\/bldngmodel.html?id=31\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGoonan is an up-and-coming science fiction author who has employed a post-modern interpretation of the Frankenstein myth in some of her work. Among her books are \u003Cem\u003EQueen City Jazz\u003C\/em\u003E, a New York Times Notable book and British Science Fiction Association Award finalist, and \u003Cem\u003ECrescent City Rhapsody,\u003C\/em\u003E a Nebula award finalist.  Her most recent novel is \u003Cem\u003ELight Music\u003C\/em\u003E, published by Harper Collins.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnne Mellor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWednesday, March 24, 2004, 4 p.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003EMothering Monsters - Mary Shelley.s Frankenstein\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nClary Theater, Moore Student Success Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n219 Uncle Henie Way NW\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/campusmap\/bldngmodel.html?id=31\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/campusmap\/bldngmodel.html?id=31\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtalumni.org\/campusmap\/bldngmodel.html?id=31\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMellor, a Shelley scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles, is author of \u003Cem\u003EMary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters\u003C\/em\u003E and\u003Cem\u003E Romanticism and Gender\u003C\/em\u003E.  She has edited Shelley\u0027s major writings and addresses Shelley\u0027s relationship to science and technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIrving Foote\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMonday, March 29, 2 p.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003EThe Monster is Like a Red, Red Rose\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFerst Room, Library and Information Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n704 Cherry St. NW\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/campusmap\/bldngmodel.html?id=77\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/campusmap\/bldngmodel.html?id=77\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtalumni.org\/campusmap\/bldngmodel.html?id=77\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the early 1970s, Professor Emeritus Bud Foote developed one of the nation\u0027s first university-level science-fiction courses in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Literature, Communication, and Culture. He also is the founder of the Bud Foote Science Fiction Collection, currently housed in the Georgia Tech Library Archives. Foote will discuss science fiction as a genre that emerges at the intersection of two important modern narrative trajectories: The story of the human heart in conflict, and the story of the mind finding its place in the universe. Foote also will address what he sees as the perennial mystery of Shelley\u0027s Frankenstein: Why does Victor Frankenstein see his creation as ugly?\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn conjunction with the \u003Cem\u003EFrankenstein\u003C\/em\u003E exhibit, a series of free films will be shown in the Georgia Tech Student Center Theater, 351 Ferst Drive NW.  The scheduled films are:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMary Shelley.s Frankenstein \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E(1994)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDirected by Kenneth Branagh\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMonday, April 5, 2004, 7 p.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYoung Frankenstein \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E(1974)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDirected by Mel Brooks\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTuesday, April 13, 2004, 7 p.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Bride of Frankenstein \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E(1935)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDirected by James Whale\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMonday, April 19, 2004, 7 p.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis exhibit and its related events are sponsored by Georgia Tech\u0027s Library and Information Center and the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditional assistance for the exhibit is provided by the College of Sciences; the Dean of Graduate Studies; DramaTech; and the Student Center Programs Council Movie Committee.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Md., and the American Library Association Public Programs Office organized the traveling exhibition and tour with major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Library of Medicine.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"An exhibit and related events hosted by Georgia Tech\u0027s Library and Information Center this spring examine the transformation of Mary Shelley\u0027s classic Monster from a literary marvel into a cultural phenomenon - and how that feat relates to the on-going debate over ethics and the pursuit of science.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-03-12 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82001":{"id":"82001","type":"image","title":"Original Copy of Frankenstein","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82001"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/hmd\/frankenstein\/frankhome.html","title":"National Library of Medicine"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/ppo\/currentprograms\/frankenstein\/frankensteinpenetrating.htm","title":"American Library Association"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Library and Information 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":"\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":""}},"81961":{"#nid":"81961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Senator Sam Nunn to Receive The Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College, the liberal arts college of Georgia Tech, honors Sam Nunn, co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and former U.S. Senator, with the \u003Cem\u003E2004 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service\u003C\/em\u003E on\u003Cstrong\u003E Monday, March 22 at 1 p.m. \u003C\/strong\u003EAfter the award presentation, Senator Nunn will give a keynote address about \u0022America\u0027s Security Challenges.\u0022 Nunn joins past recipients of the Prize: Senator Zell Miller in 2001, President Jimmy Carter in 2002, and syndicated columnist Molly Ivins in 2003. The program takes place at the Georgia Tech Hotel \u0026amp; Conference Center ballroom on the Georgia Tech campus. Doors will open at 12:50 p.m. The public is invited to attend.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College will also present for the first time three new \u003Cem\u003EIvan Allen Jr. Legacy Awards.\u003C\/em\u003E Sponsored by Ivan Allen Workspace, the new awards honor the memory of Ivan Allen Jr., (1911-2003), Atlanta\u0027s legendary former mayor, businessman, and Tech alumnus, who served as mayor from 1962-70. The Legacy Awards will be awarded to one student, one faculty member and one alumnus who exemplify the qualities for which Ivan Allen was known.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Ivan Allen College celebrates its Founder\u0027s Day on March 22 by presenting two enlightening panel discussions featuring a number of high-profile experts. The morning panel on \u0022A Retrospective Look at the Mayoralty of Ivan Allen Jr.\u0022 will take place at \u003Cstrong\u003E10 a.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E in the Global Learning \u0026amp; Conference Center, room 236. Participants for the morning panel include: Dr. Ronald H. Bayor, professor of history in the School of History, Technology, and Society at Georgia Tech and founding and current editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History; Paul Hemphill, co-author of Ivan Allen\u0027s autobiography entitled \u003Cem\u003EMayor: Notes on the Sixties\u003C\/em\u003E; Dr. Georgia A. Persons, professor of political science in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Public Policy; Dr. Clarence Stone, research professor of public policy and political science, George Washington University and Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland. Dr. Andy Ambrose, deputy director and chief operating officer of the Atlanta History Center, will moderate the panel.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe afternoon panel discussion on \u0022The Impact of Terrorism on Society: Global Perspectives\u0022 at \u003Cstrong\u003E2:30 p.m. \u003C\/strong\u003Ein the Global Learning \u0026amp; Conference Center, room 236, features a diverse panel of international experts including Gilles Andreani, head, Policy Planning Staff, French Foreign Ministry, Uday Bhaskar, deputy director, Institute of Defense Studies and Analysis (IDSA), India; Lawrence Papay, vice president for the Integrated Solutions Sector, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC); and Robert J. Ursano, chair, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Susan Cozzens, professor of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, will moderate.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToday as co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Nunn works to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. He brings to this mission his extensive experience as a U.S. Senator from Georgia for 24 years (1972-1996). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his tenure in the U.S. Senate, Nunn served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He also served on the Intelligence and Small Business Committees. His legislative achievements include the landmark Department of Defense Reorganization Act, drafted with the late Senator Barry Goldwater, and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which provides assistance to Russia and the former Soviet republics for securing and destroying their excess nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his work with NTI, Nunn has continued his service in the public policy arena as a distinguished professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech and as chairman of the board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Nunn recently retired as a partner in the law firm of King \u0026amp; Spalding.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERaised in the small town of Perry in middle Georgia, Nunn attended Georgia Tech, Emory University and Emory Law School, where he graduated with honors in 1962. After active duty service in the U.S. Coast Guard, he served six years in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. He first entered politics as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1968.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College is named for the late Ivan Allen Jr., who represented the essence of \u0022the new South\u0022 and, among other things, is credited with helping ease racial tension in Atlanta during his two terms as mayor. Each year in March-coinciding with Mayor Allen\u0027s birthday-the College honors its namesake by presenting the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service to a distinguished public figure. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College, the liberal arts college of Georgia Tech, was founded in 1990 to provide a strong liberal arts dimension for all Tech students and to permit focused majors in humanities and social sciences, with an international, technological and professional emphasis. 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.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore details about the Ivan Allen College Founder\u0027s Day events including the agenda and directions are available online at www.foundersday-nunnforum.gatech.edu. In addition, these events  will be simultaneously webcast on this Web site.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Impact of Terrorism on Society"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Ivan Allen College honors Sam Nunn, co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and former U.S. Senator, with the \u003Cem\u003E2004 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service \u003C\/em\u003Eon Monday, March 22 at 1 p.m. After the award presentation, Senator Nunn will give a keynote address about \u0022America\u0027s Security Challenges.\u0022 The program takes place at the Georgia Tech Hotel \u0026amp; Conference Center ballroom on the Georgia Tech campus. Doors will open at 12:50 p.m. The public is invited to attend.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-03-11 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81971":{"id":"81971","type":"image","title":"Senator Sam Nunn","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"81981":{"id":"81981","type":"image","title":"Ivan Allen Jr.","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81971","81981"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.foundersday-nunnforum.gatech.edu\/","title":"Founder\u0027s Day website"}],"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":""}},"81901":{"#nid":"81901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building Virtual Ground Breaking Uses 3-D Digital Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOld buildings will \u0022virtually\u0022 disappear and new buildings will materialize before your eyes when Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing (CoC) conducts a Virtual Ground Breaking ceremony featuring the new Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building.  The event will follow the Thomas E. Noonan Distinguished Lecture on Information Security, which Klaus will deliver April 1st at 2:30 p.m. in the LeCraw Auditorium. Innovative augmented reality technology developed by CoC faculty and Georgia Tech\u0027s Interactive Media Technology Center (IMTC) will make the old building \u0022disappear\u0022 as the new building is virtually constructed on the site. 3-D special effects and virtual models of the Georgia Tech campus will be used as Chris Klaus, the building\u0027s namesake and benefactor, wearing a head-mounted display set, puts the newly constructed building in place. A fly-through of the new facility will also be demonstrated. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building will be located in the heart of the Georgia Tech campus and will house some of the most advanced computing labs and innovative educational technology in the world.  The building will also include a substantial number of environmental and sustainable features with the goal of achieving the prestigious LEED Silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council.  Environmentally friendly features include creative use of the six-acre urban campus site to preserve over 50 percent of the site as green space, a storm water collection system to provide water for irrigation, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, and extensive use of recyclable materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKlaus is founder and chief technology officer of Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS), a leading global provider of information protection solutions that secure IT infrastructure and defend key online assets from attack and misuse. Klaus started the company in his dorm room at Georgia Tech, and in 2000 at the age of 26, Klaus donated $15 million to Georgia Tech for a new advanced computing building.  The gift made him one of the Biggest Donors of 2000 according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.  The donation is one of the largest gifts in university history and is by far the largest gift from anyone from Klaus\u0027 generation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKlaus founded Internet Security Systems in 1994 to help corporations and organizations around the world safeguard their critical data from the ever-growing number of network security vulnerabilities and threats.  Prior to founding Internet Security Systems, Klaus developed Internet Security Systems\u0027 first software program and flagship product, Internet Scanner, an industry first, while attending the Georgia Institute of Technology. Klaus is widely regarded as one of the worl\u0027s foremost security experts and remains actively involved as the key technology visionary at Internet Security Systems, providing strategic direction and technical expertise to the continued development of the company\u0027s information protection solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe annual Noonan Lecture was established to honor Georgia Tech Alumnus Thomas E. Noonan for his many contributions to the College of Computing and to the field of information security. Tom Noonan is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of ISS. ISS has soared under Noonan\u0027s leadership with over 1,200 employees, operating in 22 countries with annual revenue of nearly $250 million. Noonan\u0027s management style and vision have been recognized by industry leading publications and associations including Forbes, Business Week and Fortune magazine. He was Ernst and Young\u0027s \u0022Entrepreneur of the Year\u0022 in 1999 and was recently appointed by President Bush to the newly formed National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC), as part of homeland defense. Noonan chairs the College of Computing\u0027s Advisory Board and holds a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo view the virtual ground breaking live using streaming real video, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/noonan\/klaus.html\u0022 title=\u0022www.cc.gatech.edu\/noonan\/klaus.html\u0022\u003Ewww.cc.gatech.edu\/noonan\/klaus.html\u003C\/a\u003E on April 1st at 2:30 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"College of Computing\u0027s Thomas E. Noonan Lecture in Information Security"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Old buildings will \u0022virtually\u0022 disappear and new buildings will materialize before your eyes when Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing conducts a Virtual Ground Breaking ceremony featuring the new Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building.  The event will follow the Thomas E. Noonan Distinguished Lecture on Information Security, which Klaus will deliver April 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the LeCraw Auditorium in the College of Management Building in Technology Square.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-03-25 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81911":{"id":"81911","type":"image","title":"Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"81921":{"id":"81921","type":"image","title":"Christopher Klaus","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"81931":{"id":"81931","type":"image","title":"Thomas Noonan","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81911","81921","81931"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtisc.gatech.edu\/index.html","title":"Georgia Tech Information Security Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"}],"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":""}},"81331":{"#nid":"81331","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u0022Advancing\u0022 Advanced Placement Computer Science Statewide","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETaking advantage of Georgia Tech\u0027s world-class computer expertise and instructional capabilities and the educational leadership of the Georgia Department of Education (DOE), the State is partnering with the Georgia Tech College of Computing in an aggressive approach to strengthen the technology skills of current and future Advanced Placement (AP) computer science teachers, across the state. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal is to better prepare Georgia\u0027s students for an increasingly computer-dependent workplace. In return, the state gets a highly skilled information technology workforce, which makes Georgia more competitive on a global scale. State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox and Rich DeMillo, dean of the Georgia Tech College of Computing, will outline details of the new partnership on June 3 at 10 a.m. at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I would like to see at least two Advanced Placement classes offered in every Georgia high school,\u0022 Superintendent Cox said. \u0022This partnership will gradually open the window of opportunity for students across our state who currently don\u0027t have access to these high-level courses.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The ultimate goal is for computer literacy to become a basic skill and therefore, to increase Georgia high school students\u0027 competitiveness in the marketplace,\u0022 says DeMillo. \u0022We hope this new training program will become a national model for improving computer science education.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESuperintendent Cox has made it a priority to get more Georgia students to challenge themselves by taking higher-level AP courses.  This new partnership with the Georgia Tech College of Computing will help current and future AP computer science teachers better prepare more of Georgia\u0027s students with necessary computer skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeginning in June, Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing will teach two separate workshops designed to update high school computer science teachers\u0027 curriculums and knowledge of computer technology and programming. One workshop is designed for current teachers of AP computer science courses, and the other is geared toward future AP instructors currently teaching non-AP Introduction to Programming and Systems Management classes, which recently became part of the DOE\u0027s Technology and Career Education program this year. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe classes are funded through the Georgia Vocational Staff Development Consortium (GVSDC), with additional costs being covered by Georgia Tech.  Teachers completing these workshops will also receive a high-end, fully equipped laptop computer, made possible by an equipment grant from the DOE, pending State Board approval on June 10, 2004.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe AP Computer Science workshop runs June 1-4 and includes lectures, hands-on exercises, tours of Tech\u0027s computer research labs, discussions on computing careers and more. The content of the AP Computer Science workshop is driven by the national AP tests and focuses on teaching object-oriented programming in the Java programming language. (Teachers in this workshop will be available for comments at the June 3 reception.)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAn interactive Programming and Systems Management workshop will be offered over a two-week period in mid-June for all current and future AP computer science teachers. This workshop uses a media-centered approach - such as manipulating photos, video and audio samples - to explain the computer science concepts needed to solve programming tasks. This practical approach to computing has been very successful in Georgia Tech\u0027s new introductory computer science course for non-computer science and non-engineering majors. At Georgia Tech, the success rate for students in introductory computing classes improved from a campus average of 72 percent to 90 percent in the new introductory computer science course using a media-centered approach. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This new approach to teaching computer science teaches students the exciting part of computing first - such as manipulating photos or editing video and audio clips,\u0022 says DeMillo. \u0022There will always be a role for a traditional computer scientist, but there is currently a need for skilled computing professionals who are skilled at applying computers. We want to give students the tools to do what\u0027s fun and engaging in computer science. Building the course around media is also more attractive to women who tend to be turned off by a drier nuts-and-bolts approach. This is important both for fulfilling our nation\u0027s IT needs and providing opportunities for all Georgians.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince computing technology changes so rapidly, year-round follow up is considered an essential element of this initiative and will be provided by the Institute for Computing Education in the College of Computing at Tech (ICE@GT).  Teachers will have the option of having class visits, online support and regional workshops to support their work.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new ICE@GT Workshops are sponsored by the Georgia Department of Education, Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing, the Georgia Vocational Staff Development Consortium, and Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech and Department of Education Kick Off Program to Make Computing Classes More Accessible and Interesting to All Students"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Taking advantage of Georgia Tech\u0027s world-class computer expertise and instructional capabilities and the educational leadership of the Georgia Department of Education (DOE), the State is partnering with the Georgia Tech College of Computing in an aggressive approach to strengthen the technology skills of current and future Advanced Placement (AP) computer science teachers, across the state.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-06-07 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81341":{"id":"81341","type":"image","title":"Kathy Cox and Rich DeMillo","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"},"81351":{"id":"81351","type":"image","title":"Kathy Cox","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"}},"media_ids":["81341","81351"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gadoe.org\/","title":"Georgia Department of 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":""}},"81861":{"#nid":"81861","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Study to Gauge Internet Performance for Computer End-Users","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEver notice your Internet connection seems slow? Ever wonder what\u0027s causing the slow down?  You are not alone.  Millions of users bemoan sluggish downloads and slow email but rarely know the cause of the delays.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at Georgia Tech have developed a technology to find out the how the Internet is performing from the \u0022regular\u0022 end-users\u0027 perspectives. With this information, they can design and develop network solutions to relieve these bottlenecks.  To do this, they need volunteers for the \u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@home\u003C\/strong\u003E project, which stands for \u0022network intelligence.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently industry and academia use data on the Internet\u0027s performance measured at various router points out in the Internet, before it reaches the individual user (see http:\/\/weather.uci.edu). Georgia Tech researchers think a better approach is to find out how the Internet is performing from the user\u0027s point of view-at each personal computer.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We think a better solution is to measure performance at the individual user level to determine what affects Internet traffic, but currently this data doesn\u0027t exist. That\u0027s where \u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@home \u003C\/strong\u003Ecomes in,\u0022 says George Riley, professor of electrical and computer engineering and adjunct professor in the College of Computing.  \u0022We need thousands of computer users to use our free \u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@home \u003C\/strong\u003Esoftware to help us gather this data.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo do this, Riley and graduate student Robby Simpson developed an open source software application that collects network performance statistics such as average response time, average round trip time, connection times, download times, and number of packets and bytes sent and received. The application then regularly reports these statistics to the \u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@home \u003C\/strong\u003Eserver at Georgia Tech.  \u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@home \u003C\/strong\u003Eis designed to be an unobtrusive software system that runs quietly in the background with little or no intervention by the user. The reports sent to Georgia Tech are also stored on the user\u0027s computer, so the user can see what statistics are gathered.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@home \u003C\/strong\u003Eusers select a privacy level that determines what types of data will be gathered, and what will specifically not be reported. The application currently offers three privacy levels- low, medium, or high-allowing the user to choose the level of detail of the information collected, such as fully reports IP addresses, reports only the network portion of the IP address or does not record any IP addresses.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers will collect the data and make it available to other network researchers. They expect the data will show trends of Internet performance or indicate security problems such as a huge spike of activity that might be caused by worms.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Among the other things we anticipate this data will help us with is to give a reasonable picture of what Internet users demand of the network during normal activities.  This will lead to better simulation models of Internet users behavior, leading to more accurate simulations.  For example, with our \u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@home\u003C\/strong\u003E data, we might observe that a typical user experiences an average round trip time of 100 milliseconds and traverses on average 8 Internet routers.  We would then construct our simulations to choose connection endpoints that have similar metrics,\u0022 says Riley.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EComputer users around the world are encouraged to download the free application to their computer, to help researchers in the quest for improved Internet performance. At www.neti.gatech.edu, users will find detailed instructions and answers to questions about the \u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@home \u003C\/strong\u003Eeffort. \u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@home \u003C\/strong\u003Eparticipants also may receive an optional NETI map, a mapping application that displays a geographical map of where their computer is connected on the Internet. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn April the research team will present a paper about \u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@home \u003C\/strong\u003Eat the international conference PAM 2004 Passive \u0026amp; Active Measurement Workshop, to be held near Nice, France. To download or learn more about \u003Cstrong\u003ENETI@Home\u003C\/strong\u003E, visit www.neti.gatech.edu.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Seeks Research Volunteers for NETI@home: The Search for a Faster Internet"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Ever notice your Internet connection seems slow? Ever wonder what\u0027s causing the slow down?  You are not alone.  Millions of users bemoan sluggish downloads and slow email but rarely know the cause of the delays. Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a technology to find out the how the Internet is performing from the \u0022regular\u0022 end-users\u0027 perspectives. With this information, they can design and develop network solutions to relieve these bottlenecks.  To do this, they need volunteers for the NETI@home project, which stands for \u0022network intelligence.\u0022","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-03-26 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81871":{"id":"81871","type":"image","title":"Professor George Riley and student Robby Simpson","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"81881":{"id":"81881","type":"image","title":"Professor George Riley and student Robby Simpson","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81871","81881"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.neti.gatech.edu\/","title":"NETI@home"}],"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":""}},"81291":{"#nid":"81291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Expects More Women, Hispanics Than Ever in Fall Freshman Class","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis fall, more women and Hispanic students will enroll in Georgia Tech\u0027s freshman class than ever before. Almost 800 women and 108 Hispanic students will join the freshman class in August, a jump of 30 percent and 52 percent, respectively. Applications from prospective women students are also up, 7 percent. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe changes come at a time when Tech is admitting one of the smartest classes in its 119-year history. Students who\u0027ve committed to becoming freshmen this fall currently boast an average grade point average of 3.75 and an average SAT score of 1337. As in the past, Tech expects 98 percent of new freshmen from Georgia will receive the HOPE scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWomen, Science and Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027ve been putting forth a tremendous effort to expose women to the diversity of the science and engineering fields, to show them how these fields impact the human condition in a personal way,\u0022 said Ingrid Hayes, director of undergraduate admission.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Sciences is the main beneficiary of the influx of women. This fall the college will have 80 percent more women in the freshman class than it had last fall. In biology alone, 91 out of the 123 new freshmen are women. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the National Center for Education Statistics, women have outpaced men in receiving bachelor\u0027s degrees since 1984. In the 2001-2002 academic year, the last year for which figures are available, women earned 57.4 percent of all bachelor\u0027s degrees. But at schools like Georgia Tech and M.I.T., where engineering has historically been a dominant field, women account for only one-third of the student body. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAttracting more women students is essential if Tech is going to continue to provide students a top-ranked education, said Katie Faussmagne, assistant director of undergraduate admission. \u0022We need to have diversity in the fields of science and engineering. It brings different personalities to the table and diverse ideas,\u0022 she said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWomen tend to be very interested in the human benefits of their fields of study, said Sue Rosser, researcher on women in science and engineering and dean of Tech\u0027s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. \u0022My research shows that women are particularly attracted to science and engineering when they can see its social usefulness.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThat social usefulness is readily apparent in fields such as biology and biomedical engineering (BME), which students often take as a pre-med program. For the past several years women have been enrolling in the undergraduate biology program at twice the rate of men, and this year there are more than three times as many women enrolling in the program. Since Tech began the undergraduate BME program in 2001, half the students have been women. Considering that other engineering majors typically have male to female ratios of 6:1 or higher, BME is proving to be very adept at attracting women students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMaking prospective students aware of Tech\u0027s programs in liberal arts and architecture has also paid dividends. This fall the College of Architecture is expecting a 62 percent increase in the number of new women freshmen, while the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts will see a 20 percent increase.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAttracting more women to campus might be easier if Tech practiced affirmative action in its admissions decisions, but it doesn\u0027t. Instead, it uses targeted recruiting programs, like Futures, to get competitive students to apply, rather than giving them extra points for gender, race or ethnicity.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech unveiled the Futures program three years ago in an effort to showcase its offerings to prospective women students (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.visits.gatech.edu\/futures\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.visits.gatech.edu\/futures\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.visits.gatech.edu\/futures\u003C\/a\u003E). Women who attend Futures meet with faculty and students in small groups to discuss everything from career opportunities to life on campus. Tech is just beginning to see this program pay off, said Faussmagne. \u0022Those who attended the program as sophomores and juniors in Futures are now applying as seniors,\u0022 she said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOutside of the Futures program, Tech is increasing personal contact between prospects and current women students through phone calls, personal visits and e-mails. \u0022I think the personal approach has helped open the doors to what Georgia Tech can do for them,\u0022 said Faussmagne. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurriculum changes and the Futures program are just the newest additions to Georgia Tech\u0027s strategy to attract women students. Longstanding programs such as Women in Engineering, which targets middle school students; the ADVANCE program, which aims to mentor and increase the number of women faculty; and the Center for the Study of Women, Science and Technology, have helped Georgia Tech graduate more women engineers than any university in the country. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHispanic Students on the Rise\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEven with these impressive gains in female enrollment, it\u0027s Hispanics who continue to be the fastest growing population at Georgia Tech. This fall 108 Hispanic students are expected to enroll in the freshman class, 52 percent more than last fall. The numbers reflect a commitment Tech made in 2001 to bring talented Hispanic students to Georgia Tech. Helped along by a $4.25 million grant from The Goizueta Foundation to fund Hispanic recruiting efforts, scholarships, fellowships, an endowed chair and a professorship, Tech has seen the number of Hispanic students enrolling in the freshman class grow 125 percent since 2001. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHispanics aren\u0027t just the fastest growing demographic group at Tech, they\u0027re the fastest growing group in the country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics made up just 9 percent of the U.S. population in 1990.  In 2000, that number jumped to 12.5 percent.  By the next census in 2010, Hispanics are expected to surpass African-Americans as the largest minority group in the country.  In Georgia and the Atlanta area, the situation is much the same.  Since 1990, Georgia\u0027s Hispanic population has grown more than 400 percent.  In the Atlanta metro area it\u0027s grown 500 percent.  Universities that don\u0027t look to recruit Hispanics may find themselves missing out on a population that\u0027s quickly becoming an economic and political powerhouse.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As career environments become more global, it\u0027s important that we offer students an opportunity to work with people with a diverse array of backgrounds. Hispanics are an important part of that goal,\u0022 said Giselle Martin, assistant director of undergraduate admission. \u0022As a group, they are major contributors to business, politics, science and the arts. Being a leading public institution, we are very interested in bringing a bright and diverse group of minds to Tech.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMartin spends much of the fall recruiting season talking with families around Atlanta and Georgia about Tech\u0027s programs in engineering, science, liberal arts and management and its commitment to attracting a well-rounded student body. She also makes recruiting trips to states such as Florida, Texas, New York and New Jersey, although Georgia provided almost 30 percent of Hispanic applicants this year, more than any other state.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfrican-American and international students also made strong gains in the upcoming freshman class. Tech expects 20 percent more African-American students to enroll compared to fall 2003. Last fall more international students than ever enrolled in the freshman class. This year\u0027s 11 percent increase in international students continues that trend.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Quick Facts\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tNumber of freshmen expected to enroll in fall 2004:  2,550 (15 percent      increase)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tNumber of women expected to enroll in fall 2004: 800 (32 percent increase)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tNumber of African-American students expected to enroll in fall 2004: 152 (20.6 percent increase)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tNumber of Hispanic students expected to enroll in fall 2004: 108 (52 percent increase)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tNumber of international students expected to enroll in fall 2004: 119 (11.2 percent increase)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tAverage high school GPA: 3.75\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tAverage SAT: 1337\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tNumber of perfect standardized test scores: Eight freshmen with perfect SAT scores, one with a perfect ACT score\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tAverage age: 18 years\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tMost popular first names:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n            \tFemale: Jennifer (24), Jessica (24) and Ashley (18)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n            \tMale: Matthew (66), Michael (62) and Andrew (60)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tMost popular last names:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n            \tFemale: Smith (9), Kim (6) and Lee (5)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n            \tMale:  Patel (17), Lee (16) and Smith (14)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tMost popular majors:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUndeclared, College of Engineering (481)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMechanical Engineering (262)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAeropsace Engineering (223)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nComputer Science (191)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPre-architecture (149)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tForty-eight states and the District of Columbia represented. No freshmen from South Dakota and Wyoming\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tTop foreign countries\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIndia (56)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSouth Korea (13)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBangladesh (5)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPakistan (5)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTaiwan (4)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tThere are five sets of twins.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tThere are 1,053 high schools represented.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\t Sixty-three percent submitted a Web application.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Almost 800 women and 108 Hispanic students will join the freshman class in August, a jump of 30 percent and 52 percent, respectively.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-06-29 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81301":{"id":"81301","type":"image","title":"Women are a growing population at Georgia Tech.","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"}},"media_ids":["81301"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.visits.gatech.edu\/futures","title":"Futures Program"},{"url":"http:\/\/scwork1.success.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Admissions"}],"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":""}},"81831":{"#nid":"81831","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech\u0027s Graduate Programs Continue National Prominence In U.S. News Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe most widely read college rankings for graduate programs were released today, and Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate programs are again ranked among the finest in the nation.  Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate Engineering curriculum maintained its powerful national stature, once again ranked among the top five in the nation by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report. Seven of the 11 programs within Tech\u0027s College of Engineering ranked among the top 10 in their respective disciplines, led by Industrial and Systems Engineering (ranked number one for the 14th year in a row) and Biomedical Engineering, which experienced a dramatic jump from 6th in 2003 to 2nd this year. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the highly competitive schools of business, Tech\u0027s College of Management climbed nine spots from last year to be ranked 42nd nationally, tied with the Terry School of Business at the University of Georgia.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong public policy programs, Tech\u0027s information and technology management program ranked eighth.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Consistency is what you look for in these types of things and consistency is what you find for Georgia Tech,\u0022 said Tech president Wayne Clough.  \u0022Our consistently high rankings in Engineering indicate that we have been able to sustain a very high level of quality for a long time.  It is especially gratifying to see our very young program in Biomedical Engineering receive such recognition. We have made intentional and substantial investments in both talent and facilities for Biomedical Engineering, and those investments are clearly paying off.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m also very pleased to see our management program rebound from the affects of the economic slump that has hit the technology sector so hard,\u0022 Clough added. \u0022The College has truly positioned itself as a leader in entrepreneurship and the management of technology for the 21st century.  And our increased focus on impacting public policy is paying dividends as well,\u0022 he said.  \u0022As the world becomes increasingly complex and technology so pervasive, these types of programs will become increasingly significant.  I\u0027m glad to see that we\u0027re very well positioned here.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0027s College of Engineering retained its position in the elite top five, behind only MIT, Stanford, the University of California at Berkeley, and Illinois. The seven engineering programs ranked in the top 10 are: aerospace (4th), biomedical (2nd), civil (5th), electrical (7th), environmental (8th), industrial and systems (1st) and mechanical (7th). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m very proud of the work done by our faculty, graduate students and staff to achieve these rankings,\u0022 Clough said. \u0022We\u0027re consistently competing well against some of the finest universities in the world. Rankings are not why we are here, but the trends reflected in these rankings are notable.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s been a great week so far,\u0022 said President Clough.  \u0022We\u0027re in the top five in Engineering, top eight in Public Policy, top 50 in Business, and in the Final Four in basketball.  Now we\u0027ve got a little work left to do on the court this weekend!\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Industrial Engineering  #1; Biomedical Engineering #2"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s graduate programs are again ranked among the finest in the nation.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-04-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81841":{"id":"81841","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81841"],"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\u003EJim Fetig\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAssociate Vice President\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jfetig3\u0022\u003EContact Jim Fetig\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-0852\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["james.fetig@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"81731":{"#nid":"81731","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech\u0027s Haley Takes the Reins as President of 100 Black Men of Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobert G. Haley, who has guided Georgia Tech\u0027s diversity programs since 1992, will now lead another organization focused on minority education and mentoring.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHaley will be sworn in as president of 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc., a group of influential Atlantans that mentors Atlanta children and puts particular emphasis on education.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHaley, who serves as special assistant to the president and director of special projects at Georgia Tech, will be inducted at 100 Black Men of Atlanta\u0027s President\u0027s Dinner April 22. Haley\u0027s term as president will end in 2006.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is truly an honor to be president of 100 Black Men of Atlanta and to follow such a long line of distinguished gentlemen who have led this organization,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHaley said one of his first priorities as president will be exploring the possibility of creating an all male, charter elementary school within the Atlanta Public School system.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E100 Black Men of Atlanta, which was founded in 1986, also plans to expand its signature program, Project Success, to adopt a larger number of students into the program, Haley said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am going to honor our deepest commitment -- education. It is ground in our history and our strategic mission,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore coming to Georgia Tech, Haley served in the U.S. Army, was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant and had a successful 25-year career at IBM.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHaley joined Georgia Tech in 1992 to help coordinate diversity programs in engineering. Since then, he has overseen FOCUS, Tech\u0027s minority recruitment program held each year during Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. The program attracts over 300 African-American undergraduate students from across the country to learn about graduate degree programs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd FOCUS has been a success. Georgia Tech is now ranked first in the number of master\u0027s and doctoral degrees in engineering granted to African-Americans, according to Black Issues in Higher Education.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut Haley said he couldn\u0027t have done it alone.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I attribute my success at Georgia Tech and the Focus program to the support that I have received from our president, Dr. Wayne Clough, and our provost, Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Robert G. Haley, who has guided Georgia Tech\u0027s diversity programs since 1992, will be sworn in as president of 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc., a group of influential Atlantans that mentors Atlanta children and puts particular emphasis on education.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81741":{"id":"81741","type":"image","title":"Robert Haley","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81741"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.focus.gatech.edu\/","title":"FOCUS program at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.100blackmen-atlanta.org\/","title":"100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc."}],"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":""}},"81681":{"#nid":"81681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Roomies Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech roommates are winners of this year\u0027s prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Mathematics major Thomas Callaghan and Materials Science and Engineering student Mark Oliver will both receive up to $7,500 for next year\u0027s tuition, fees and room and board at Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe pair, who were born only four days apart, met the summer before their freshman year at a retreat for President\u0027s Scholarship winners and lived down the hall from each other that first year. They\u0027ve been friends ever since. \u0022We joke that we\u0027re going to go to Stanford together, although Mark has been getting more interested in Berkeley lately,\u0022 said Callaghan.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeing so close, it was a bit intimidating applying for the same scholarship, said Callaghan. \u0022I was kind of scared that I had to compete against him,\u0022 he said. Mark, however, was a bit bolder. \u0022I was confident that we\u0027d both get the Georgia Tech nomination,\u0022 he replied. They both agreed that Tech\u0027s emphasis on undergraduate research has been key to their success.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOliver has been busy researching composite materials for the next generation of space vehicles in Materials Science and Engineering Professor Steven Johnson\u0027s lab. Using plastics reinforced with carbon fibers instead of metal saves a lot of weight, but the trick is that they have to perform well in extreme conditions. \u0022We\u0027re studying how the materials perform at cryogenic and elevated temperatures,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJohnson said Oliver has been a vital part of his lab team. \u0022He\u0027s very enthusiastic about aerospace materials. He\u0027s done very good research as an undergraduate and really wants to understand how things work.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECallaghan has been conducting research with Mathematics Assistant Professor Peter Mucha. The two were puzzled by college football\u0027s Bowl Championship Series (BCS) ranking system and wondered if a bunch of simulated monkeys could rank the top teams at least as well as the expert coaches, professional sportswriters and the BCS system. Together with Visiting Assistant Professor Mason Porter, they tested their theory through a mathematical formula and produced results mirroring those of the experts. The project was profiled in media outlets such as Nature, ESPN magazine and CNN Headline News. Mucha credited Callaghan\u0027s initiative and hard work for the project\u0027s success.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECallaghan said he\u0027s drawn to math because it\u0027s the foundation for a wide range of disciplines. \u0022I like knowing why things work. Math is the language of problem solving. All of physics, chemistry and engineering are based on math.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBoth said they plan to continue pursuing undergraduate research next year. They will be roommates once again.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation awarded 310 scholarships out of a field of 1,113 applicants from the United States and Puerto Rico. The Scholarship Program, honoring former Arizona Senator Barry M. Goldwater, was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Two Georgia Tech roommates, Thomas Callaghan and Mark Oliver, are winners of this year\u0027s prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81691":{"id":"81691","type":"image","title":"Mark Oliver","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"81701":{"id":"81701","type":"image","title":"Thomas Callaghan","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81691","81701"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.act.org\/goldwater\/","title":"Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships"}],"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":""}},"81711":{"#nid":"81711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Computing Students Re-Design \u0022Cut Out Hunger\u0022 Website","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents in Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing have figured out a way for their programming knowledge to help feed the hungry.  They collaborated on a project that helped an Atlanta-area non-profit, Cut Out Hunger, dramatically improve its website with new, more effective and convenient features so cost-conscious grocery shoppers can save money and donate food to charity.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor their senior-level computer design course, computer science majors at Georgia Tech are required to complete a significant team computer project for their degree.  Some students choose a project of personal interest such as for a student organization, and others may select a project for an off-campus client.  This group of students-Karl Zipperer, Max Blinder, Daag Alemayehu, and Rick Arnett-chose the Cut Out Hunger project for several reasons.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The most appealing aspect of this project was the fact it\u0027s for a good cause-feeding the hungry,\u0022 says Zipperer, recent computer science graduate from the Georgia Tech College of Computing. \u0022To me, it was a lot more motivating to know the system I was designing might help put food on some family\u0027s table than to be writing a new system for an insurance firm would have been.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I enjoyed applying the principles I\u0027d learned in my psychology and human computer interaction classes to this project to make the software useable for the user,\u0022 says Blinder, a graduating senior in computer science.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project teams usually consist of four students who spend between 750 - 1,000 hours working on the project over the 15-week semester. Many students include this capstone project in their portfolio so they seek challenging projects.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStephanie Nelson, the founder and driving force behind Cut Out Hunger, approached Georgia Tech because she knew her Cut Out Hunger website was inefficient and using old technology, but she didn\u0027t know what needed to be done.  Nelson founded Cut Out Hunger several years ago when she realized there are thousands of store and manufacturer coupons that never get used and that these unused coupons and in-store specials could be used to fill community food banks and soup kitchens.  Her idea was that since in-store specials make some products practically free, so even if the item isn\u0027t something one\u0027s own family uses, buy it anyway and donate it to a food bank. The Cut Out Hunger website matches sales with grocery coupons available in the Sunday newspaper to maximize savings.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We push our students to find a project that\u0027s interesting technically but also has real world impact,\u0022 says Dr. John Stasko, associate professor in the College of Computing and faculty adviser for the team.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStasko says the team concentrated on the architecture and database access for the Cut Out Hunger website, which greatly reduced the amount of administrative and upkeep time Nelson had to spend each week entering the week\u0027s coupons and in-store specials. The re-design greatly reduced the labor-intensive process of entering long UPC codes into a spreadsheet.  In addition, Stasko says the team did a good job working with the client to understand her needs and design a solution for her. Nelson, an admitted technology novice, was unaware of the possibilities of automating and simplifying her weekly website updates.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENelson says the new website and database system designed and built by the students has reduced her data-entry time each week from 15 hours per week for just the Atlanta market to 5 hours per week for 10 markets.  The estimated savings for those using the Cut Out Hunger site is $200 a month per family (10,000 current users) for a total $24 million each year, according to Nelson.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am deeply grateful to Georgia Tech and these students for their creativity, their many hours of work, and their determination to improve the functionality of this website. Their contribution is worth thousands of dollars, and it will help retain more long-term web site users.  As a result, more people will save money and donate food to feed the hungry,\u0022 says Nelson.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This project provided a great opportunity for us to see how writing code for a real world application differs from writing for a class project. I definitely feel better equipped to find a job with this experience under my belt,\u0022 says Zipperer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECut Out Hunger is a volunteer effort that provides a web site listing the best deals at specific grocery stores in 10 markets including Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Utah, and Long Island, New York, matching sales with grocery coupons available in the Sunday newspaper. The site\u0027s objective is to help people save money and to help increase food donations to local hunger organizations. The site is a free service.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Maximize Coupons to Donate Food to Charity"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Students in Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Computing have figured out a way for their programming knowledge to help feed the hungry.  They collaborated on a project that helped an Atlanta-area non-profit, Cut Out Hunger, dramatically improve its website with new, more effective and convenient features so cost-conscious grocery shoppers can save money and donate food to charity.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81721":{"id":"81721","type":"image","title":"Max Blinder, computing student","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81721"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cutouthunger.org\/","title":"Cut Out Hunger"}],"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":""}},"81651":{"#nid":"81651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Governor Sonny Perdue and Engineering Education Leader John Slaughter to Address Tech Graduates","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Governor Sonny Perdue and John Slaughter, president and chief executive officer of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), will deliver the addresses at the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s 218th commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 1, at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. The ceremonies will feature 2,162 graduates, the largest graduating class in Tech history.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPerdue, who will address the undergraduate ceremony at 9 a.m., is Georgia\u0027s 81st governor and the state\u0027s first Republican governor since 1872. He has served as a businessman, community leader, Sunday school teacher, state senator, majority leader and president pro tempore of the Georgia Senate and U.S. Air Force officer. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBorn in 1946 in Perry, Georgia, Perdue attended Warner Robins High School and earned a doctorate in veterinary medicine in 1971 from the University of Georgia. While still in school, he volunteered to serve in the Air Force.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing his honorable discharge in 1974 with the rank of captain and a brief tenure as a practicing veterinarian in Raleigh, North Carolina, Perdue returned to his native Georgia and became a successful small business owner. Today, his two businesses have grown to include several locations across the Southeast. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter serving on the Houston County Planning and Zoning Board during the 1980s, Perdue won a seat in the Georgia Senate and spent the next eleven years representing the people of Houston, Bibb, Bleckley and Pulaski counties. He was elected majority leader only four years later. In 1997, Democratic and Republican senators elected him president pro tempore. In 2002, Perdue was elected Georgia\u0027s first Republican governor in more than a century.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESlaughter, who will address the graduate ceremony at 3 p.m., has a long and distinguished background as a leader in the education, engineering and scientific communities. Past positions include serving as a director of the National Science Foundation, president of Occidental College in Los Angeles and chancellor at the University of Maryland, College Park.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA member of the National Academy of Engineering, Slaughter is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Tau Beta Pi Honorary Engineering Society. In 1993, he was named to the American Society for Engineering Education Hall of Fame. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESlaughter earned a Ph.D. in engineering science from the University of California, San Diego, an M.S. in engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Kansas State University. Winner of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Award in 1997 and UCLA\u0027s Medal of Excellence in 1989, he also was honored with the first \u0022U.S. Black Engineer of the Year\u0022 award in 1987. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENation\u0027s First Master\u0027s in Prosthetics and Orthotics\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0027s graduate ceremony will feature the nation\u0027s first and only graduating class for a two-year master\u0027s degree in prosthetics and orthotics. Tech began its Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics in the fall of 2002 with the goal of offering students the opportunity to engage in clinical practice, product design, manufacturing and research. The program\u0027s first graduates are Kristin Andrews, Alejandro A. Aviles, David Fritz, Mark Holowka and Benjamin Lucas.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe school\u0027s research into prostheses and orthoses, or braces, encompasses a wide variety of medical devices and techniques. These include prosthetic legs, braces for scoliosis, powered myoelectric prosthetic arms, knee-ankle-foot braces and Halo devices for spinal immobilization.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFirst Bachelor\u0027s Students to Graduate with Highly Sought Information Security Expertise\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Information Security Center, housed in the College of Computing, has grown a robust set of information security education options to help fill the growing demand for information security expertise.  This semester six students, two bachelor\u0027s, three master\u0027s and one Ph.D.,will graduate with expertise in information security.  The first two undergraduate students graduating with a B.S. in Computer Science with an Information Assurance certificate are James P. (Jim) Gruen and Stephen C. (Craig) Wampler.  The recently approved Information Assurance certificate is a joint program between Electrical and Computer Engineering and the College of Computing.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETech Honors Student with Posthumous Degree\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech will award a posthumous bachelor\u0027s degree in psychology to Justin Fisher. Fisher died of complications from muscular dystrophy this spring.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s 218th commencement ceremonies will feature 2,162 graduates, the largest graduating class in Tech history.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-04-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-04-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81661":{"id":"81661","type":"image","title":"Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"81671":{"id":"81671","type":"image","title":"John Slaughter","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81661","81671"],"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":""}},"81611":{"#nid":"81611","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Adventurous Probabilistic Hardware To Pave the Way for Faster Computers with Energy Savings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EImagine using a cell phone for hundreds of hours without recharging it.  In the hope of making this dream a reality, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have made a surprising discovery that may dramatically reduce power consumption of semiconductors while simultaneously increasing speed.  The discovery of \u003Cem\u003Eprobabilistic bits \u003C\/em\u003Eor PBITS shows great promise for making a major impact on the semiconductor industry, which constantly seeks new generation designs and materials to increase processing speeds, reduce power consumption and sustain Moore\u0027s Law-the doubling of transistors every couple of years. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research arm of the U.S. Department of Defense, funded this research effort in relation with DARPA\u0027s Power Aware Computing and Communications (PACC) program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA PBIT is like a conventional bit in that it takes on a 0 or a 1 value, except that one is certain of its value only with a probability of \u003Cem\u003Ep\u003C\/em\u003E.  Current hardware, using conventional bits, expends large amounts of energy calculating with absolute certainty, even when running software using probability algorithms, as widely used in cryptography.  Dr. Krishna Palem inspired by the lectures of celebrated physicist Richard Feynman shows that, in return for living with the uncertainty of PBITS, the computing element calculates the value with less energy. He also shows that the higher the desired value of the probability \u003Cem\u003Ep\u003C\/em\u003E, the greater the energy needed to produce the corresponding PBIT.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The initial \u0027probabilistic algorithm\u0027 work focused on software and on the time required to complete a computation. With computer technology now starting to brush up against its physical limits, other, more physical considerations have become increasingly important. Palem has carried over the \u0027probabilistic algorithm\u0027 idea to this new setting, on the basis of two key ideas: One, \u0027probabilistic algorithms\u0027 can run directly on probabilistically reliable hardware (or hardware that takes chances) rather than on regular hardware, which goes to all lengths to guarantee the absolute correctness of its computation. Two, the \u0027noise\u0027 (i.e. physical \u0027static\u0027) inherent in hardware can be used as a \u0027no cost\u0027 source of the randomization needed to make algorithms reliably probabilistic,\u0022 says Jack Schwartz, professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Courant Institute, New York University and member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPalem, who is a joint professor in the Georgia Tech College of Computing and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Center for Research in Embedded Systems \u0026amp; Technology, applies the concept of probability-already well-established in software applications-to the hardware side of embedded chips. These are tiny microprocessors without keyboards that regulate many appliances and have been central to the increased efficiencies and miniaturization of a wide range of devices such as automobiles, cell phones, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESeemingly counterintuitive, adding probability to computations has long been known to increase application speed.  Palem brings this concept to the hardware level for the first time, possibly resulting in a new type of semiconductor device.  Recent results from simulations using Palem\u0027s PBITS framework are even better than expected.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We ran simulations using a \u0027spoken alphabet\u0027 voice recognition application as seen in many cell phones applications,\u0022 says Palem. \u0022I would have been happy with energy improvements by a factor of 30 or 40.  In some cases, I was astounded when we compressed power usage by a factor of 1,000,\u0022 says Palem.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn January, the research team demonstrated simulations of this framework at a DARPA\/PAC\/C principal investigators meeting at Hilton Head Island, and these simulations are readily accessible on the Web for researchers to verify at www.crest.gatech.edu\/low-energy.  In April, Palem presented even newer, stronger results to industry representatives at the Cool Chips conference in Japan. Palem\u0027s team has applied for a patent for this work.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt turns out that the more complex the application, the greater the power savings.  The research team ran simulations on simple deterministic algorithms, genetic algorithms, and the most complex cognitive or case-based reasoning applications. Since devices and applications are becoming more complex each year, this is great news for industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENext Steps\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis summer the team will test the proof-of-concept device when it returns from the fabrication house and will work on implementing it into a computing tile as a building block of computing architecture to enable more ambitious applications, including those with a cognitive flavor, such as those commonly used for financial analysis and general risk analysis.   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Dr. Palem\u0027s findings are remarkable at this stage. The next phase, namely demonstrating the feasibility of building basic elements using the principles he has developed, will pave the way towards starting to build units and then systems that exploit these capabilities. There are many challenges in the way, of course, but the potential rewards from the efforts are immense,\u0022 says Jaime H. Moreno, senior manager, Computer Architecture Department, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELater this year, Palem will publish an article on his work in the upcoming special issue on \u0022Energy Efficient Computations\u0022 of the prestigious journal \u003Cem\u003EIEEE Transactions on Computers\u003C\/em\u003E.  Palem continues to share his findings with other researchers to gain further support for this promising new approach to chip design.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Palem\u0027s recent work on probabilistic computations is likely to have a significant impact on research in computing at large. The theory establishes a deep link between classical thermodynamics and the switching energy of circuits, through models of randomized computing. How to best turn energy and unreliable components into reliable computing is an old question of Von Neumann. Krishna\u0027s theory is a major step towards answers, achieved by connecting more parts of the puzzle than ever before,\u0022 says Jean Vuillemin, professor of Computer Science at \u00c9cole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure de Paris.  \u0022Yet, the most fun is yet to come when Krishna\u0027s theory finds practical applications. And the time is ripe. Energy considerations already dominate electronic design. Soon, manufactured transistors must be unreliable. Will we yet find efficient ways to use them?\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Professor\u0027s Probabilistic Bits Holds Great Promise for Industry"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Imagine using a cell phone for hundreds of hours without recharging it.  In the hope of making this dream a reality, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have made a surprising discovery that may dramatically reduce power consumption of semiconductors while simultaneously increasing speed.  The discovery of \u003Cem\u003Eprobabilistic bits \u003C\/em\u003Eor PBITS shows great promise for making a major impact on the semiconductor industry, which constantly seeks new generation designs and materials to increase processing speeds, reduce power consumption and sustain Moore\u0027s Law-the doubling of transistors every couple of years.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-03 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81621":{"id":"81621","type":"image","title":"Dr. Krishna Palem","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"},"81631":{"id":"81631","type":"image","title":"circuit design","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81621","81631"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.crest.gatech.edu\/low-energy\/","title":"CREST: Energy Aware Computing Using Probabilistic Semiconductor Devices"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.crest.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Research in Embedded Systems \u0026 Technology (CREST)"}],"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":""}},"81591":{"#nid":"81591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"G-8 Summit Experts List","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe next G-8 Summit will be held at Sea Island, Georgia on June 8-10, 2004.  The G-8 Summit brings together the leaders of the world\u0027s major industrial democracies-Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The European Union will also attend the Summit.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo assist media covering issues related to the upcoming G-8 Summit, we\u0027ve compiled a list of Georgia Tech faculty who can provide expertise on a variety of topics -business and economic issues, environmental issues, international affairs, public policy and more.  For other topics, please call Institute Communications and Public Affairs for assistance at 404-894-4233 or 404-894-0870.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGlobal Importance of Education and Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EG. Wayne Clough\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPresident\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-7460\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sean.selman@icpa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esean.selman@icpa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/biography.html\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\/president\/biography.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENoted civil engineer G. Wayne Clough is the tenth president of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the first alumnus to serve as the Institute\u0027s president.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Dr. Clough to the President\u0027s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He currently chairs the council\u0027s nanotechnology task force and previously chaired its Federal Research and Development panel. Dr. Clough is a member of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age. His service activities also include membership on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and chair of the National Academy of Engineering\u0027s special interest committee, The Engineer of 2020. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Clough\u0027s interests include technology and higher education policy, economic development, diversity in higher education, and technology in a global setting. His civil engineering specialty is in geotechnical and earthquake engineering, and he has published more than 120 papers and reports and six book chapters.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProvost Jean Lou-Chameau\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProvost and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-7460\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sean.selman@icpa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esean.selman@icpa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/aboutProvost.html\u0022\u003Ewww.provost.gatech.edu\/aboutProvost.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJean-Lou Chameau is the former dean of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Engineering, the largest such college in the United States, and he plays a key role in the Institute\u0027s goal of educating students who understand they will help create a more prosperous and sustainable society, both in the United States and abroad. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChameau led efforts that resulted in the creation of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Sustainable Technology, which later became the Institute for Sustainable Technology and Development. He promotes research and development activities that recognize the global and multimedia nature of environmental issues and the linkages between technology, business, society, and the environment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConflict Resolution\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Elliott\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Professor, City and Regional Planning Program\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCollege of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-9841\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michael.elliott@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E michael.elliott@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/crp\/facstaff\/elliott.htm\u0022\u003Ewww.coa.gatech.edu\/crp\/facstaff\/elliott.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Elliott is co-founder and director of the Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, which develops and tests innovative techniques for consensus building; conducts research into complex organizational and public policy disputes; and builds the capacity of communities, institutions and individuals to manage conflict more productively. The CNCR has been working in Israel and the West Bank for more than five years on ways to build dispute resolution capacity within the country. Their primary focus is on land, urban development and environmental disputes between Israel and Palestinians. Other projects focus on dispute resolution in Estonia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Nicaragua and Germany.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/crp\/research\/cncr.htm\u0022\u003Ewww.coa.gatech.edu\/crp\/research\/cncr.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBusiness and Economic Issues\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChul Chung\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssistant Professor, School of Economics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-9006\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:chul.chung@econ.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Echul.chung@econ.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.econ.gatech.edu\/Chung.htm\u0022\u003Ewww.econ.gatech.edu\/Chung.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Chung\u0027s primary research\/teaching interests are in the areas of international trade, economic geography, and applied microeconomics. Current research topics include the issues of consumer preferences and international trade, the effect of market size on production location and international trade, skill-biased wage premium in metropolitan areas, and the effects of trade liberalization on production structure and trade pattern (fragmentation).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVivek Ghosal\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Professor, School of Economics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-4910\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:vivek.ghosal@econ.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Evivek.ghosal@econ.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.econ.gatech.edu\/Ghosal.htm\u0022\u003Ewww.econ.gatech.edu\/Ghosal.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore joining the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2001, Dr. Ghosal was an Economist with the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, where he conducted economic analysis of mergers, joint ventures, cross-subsidization in postal markets, international and domestic postal reform, export trading act, and economic regulation. Some of the industries he examined include electricity, natural gas, coal, postal markets, oilfield drilling and services, and computer software. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Ghosal\u0027s current areas of research include the impact of uncertainty on firms\u0027 investment spending and entry and exit behavior, product and industry life cycles, the role played by technological change on firm turnover and industry dynamics, the political economy of antitrust, and the linkages between international trade and competition policies. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENarayanan Jayaraman\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor of Finance, College of Management\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-4389\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:narayan.jayaraman@mgt.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Enarayan.jayaraman@mgt.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/directory\/jayaraman.html\u0022\u003Emgt.gatech.edu\/directory\/jayaraman.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jayaraman\u0027s research interests are in the areas of Corporate Finance, Options Markets, Japanese Capital Markets, Corporate Bankruptcy, and Entrepreneurship. He is a member of the Program Committee for the Financial Management Association Annual Meetings, an ad-hoc referee for several professional journals, and has made over 40 presentations at national and international conferences including the American Finance Association, the Western Finance Association, the Financial Management Association, the European Financial Management Association, and the Pacific-Basin Finance Association. His research has been cited in major press publications including the Wall Street Journal, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Chicago Tribune, Money Magazine, and TheStreet.com. His paper on the post-listing puzzle won the best paper award at the fourth annual Pacific-Basin conference in Hong Kong. He has taught in several executive education programs and has also served as a consultant for several organizations.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn R. McIntyre\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor in the College of Management and Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-1463\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ciber@mgt.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eciber@mgt.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/directory\/mcintyre.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/directory\/mcintyre.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. McIntyre is the director of the federally funded Georgia Tech program Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). He is also a senior fellow of the East-West Trade Policy Center of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in September l98l, he was Research Associate for International Management at the Dean Rusk Center of the University of Georgia Law School. He has had work experience with multinational firms in the U.K. and Italy. His non-academic activities include international business strategy consulting with Southeastern U.S., Japanese and European firms. He has served as a member of the Delegation of the European Communities Commission \u0022European Union Task Force of Experts\u0022, in the U.S., since 1988. He has been editor of the annual Japanese Investment Yearbook in the Southeast of The Japan-America Society Inc. since l990. He is a regular radio and TV commentator for the Canadian Broadcasting Company and a correspondent for the Paris quarterly Politique Internationale. Dr. McIntyre is an expert on the primary aluminum industry, and he is fluent in French, Italian, and Spanish.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUsha C. Nair-Reichert\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Professor, School of Economics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-4903\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:usha.nair@econ.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eusha.nair@econ.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.econ.gatech.edu\/Nair.htm\u0022\u003Ewww.econ.gatech.edu\/Nair.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Nair-Reichert is a graduate of Purdue University. She teaches courses in international economics and operations of multinational enterprises. Her research interests are in the areas of trade policy, intellectual property rights, multinational investments, monetary policy and economic development. She has also worked with several community outreach projects focusing on issues such as poverty, health care and education. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnergy\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESamuel Shelton\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-3289\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sam.shelton@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esam.shelton@me.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/me\/people\/academic.faculty\/Shelton_Samuel.html\u0022\u003Ewww.me.gatech.edu\/me\/people\/academic.faculty\/Shelton_Samuel.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Shelton\u0027s research activities are in energy systems, with a focus in innovative conceptual design, modeling and the design optimization of energy systems. His current projects include combustion driven heat pump cycle innovation and design optimization for the development of cost effective and environmentally friendly heating, cooling and refrigeration systems; cost analysis for energy technologies for reduced global warming; chiller systems design and energy management in commercial buildings; and second law analysis for entropy minimization in aircraft as an energy system. Dr. Shelton also has a continuing long-term interest in internal combustion engines. He worked on the design and production management of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Torch.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEnvironmental Issues\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam Chameides\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRegents\u0027 Professor and Smithgall Chair in Atmospheric Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-1749\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wcham@eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewcham@eas.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNow studying how soot - prevalent throughout most of the world - might affect global warming\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/soot.pdf\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/soot.pdf \u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJudy Curry\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChair, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Insitute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-3955\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:curryja@eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecurryja@eas.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/curry.html\u0022\u003Ewww.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/curry.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Curry is a geophysicist who studies remote sensor technology, the climate of the polar regions and atmospheric modeling using high-performance computers. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAris Georgakakos\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Chair for Research, Head of the Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources Program and Director of the Georgia Water Resources Institute.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-2240\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ageorgak@ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eageorgak@ce.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/~ag5\/\u0022\u003Ewww.ce.gatech.edu\/~ag5\/\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Georgakakos\u0027 research uses conventional and remote environmental sensors (such as radar, satellite, and ground gages) for climate and hydrologic forecasting, agricultural planning; river, reservoir, and aquifer simulation and management; and hydro-thermal power system planning and scheduling. Dr. Georgakakos\u0027 decision support systems are used for the management of floods, droughts, energy generation, agricultural and urban water supply, and environmental and ecological protection in several world regions including the Southeastern US, California, East Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Jordan and Greece. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark Hay\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Linda and Harry Teasely Chair in Environmental Biology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor, School of Biology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: (404) 894-8429\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail:  \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mark.hay@biology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emark.hay@biology.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/professors\/hay.html\u0022\u003Ewww.biology.gatech.edu\/professors\/hay.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Hay studies aquatic life and how various species use consumer-prey interactions, competition, and physical stresses to determine community structure and ecosystem functions. Much of his work examines ecosystems such as coral reefs, but his research recently expanded to include several projects on plankton. One of his goals is to use basic ecological and evolutionary investigations to facilitate management, conservation, and restoration of aquatic systems throughout the world.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESignals in the Sea grant:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/reshor\/rh-w03\/s-main.html\u0022\u003Ewww.gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/reshor\/rh-w03\/s-main.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/news-room\/archive\/news_releases\/aquatic-ecosystem.html\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\/news-room\/archive\/news_releases\/aquatic-ecosystem.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EF. Michael Saunders\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-7693\/9725\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:michael.saunders@ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emichael.saunders@ce.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/~msaunder\/\u0022\u003Ewww.ce.gatech.edu\/~msaunder\/\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Saunders\u0027 research interests include biotransformation and bioremediation (contaminated soils and sediments), phytoremediation of contaminated soils and groundwaters, natural attenuation process for hazardous and toxic organic contaminants, residue, hazardous wastes \u0026amp; sediments (characterization, treatment, remediation, reclamation and disposal), biological systems (treatability, system design, nutrient removal, thickening), environmentally-conscious products, processes, design \u0026amp; manufacturing and industrial Ecology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPeter Webster\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-1748\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:pjw@eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epjw@eas.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/webster.html\u0022\u003Ewww.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/webster.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Webster maintains a joint appointment in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Among his research interests are low frequency atmospheric and ocean dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interactions and wave propagation. He has developed a new method for forecasting monsoon-season weather in Bangladesh that could improve agricultural production in south Asia and equatorial Africa. In the future, such forecasts could guide farmers in choosing optimal planting times and making other decisions -- such as better water management -- that affect crop production\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMonsoon forecasting in Bangladesh: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/forecasts.htm\u0022\u003Ewww.gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/forecasts.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInternational Affairs\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKirk Bowman\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssistant Professor and Program Director for Study Abroad to Argentina\/Brazil, Costa Rica, and Cuba\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-6435\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.bowman@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekirk.bowman@inta.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site:  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/bowman\/index.htm\u0022\u003Ewww.inta.gatech.edu\/bowman\/index.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Bowman\u0027s research interests focus on Latin American Politics and Comparative Political Economy.  He is in the  early stages of a multi-year project on the political economy of tourism promotion in Latin America. The study examines state capacity through tourism ministries in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, and Uruguay. Dr. Bowman is also working on a book-length project with Fabrice Lehoucq (CIDE Mexico) and James Mahoney (Brown University) on democratic divergence and convergence in Central America in the 20th Century. In addition, Dr. Bowman is producing 15 short digital documentary films on political, economic, and social issues in Latin America made possible by a grant from the Frances Wood Wilson Foundation. The first completed film is \u0022Tourism in Cuba: Fidel Incorporated,\u0022 a 22-minute film presenting the gains and contradictions of Cuba\u0027s embrace of international tourism. The second film, \u0022The Power of Protest,\u0022 explores protest movements in Argentina and the United States.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam Long\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSchool Chair and Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-8752\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:william.long@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewilliam.long@inta.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Long\u0027s research focuses on international conflict resolution and international trade and technology transfer and their relationship to national security, economic competitiveness, and international cooperation. He is the author of three books War and Reconciliation (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003), Trade and Technology Incentives and Bilateral Cooperation (Ann Arbor; University of Michigan Press, 1996), and U.S. Export Control Policy (New York: Columbia University Press, 1989) and numerous articles and book chapters. He is the recipient of research and teaching awards from the Council on Foreign Relations, Hewlett, Pew, and MacArthur Foundations, the Fulbright Commission, and the U.S. Department of Education. Before entering academia, he practiced international law at the Washington, D.C. offices of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton \u0026amp; Garrison and Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer \u0026amp; Feld.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFei-Ling Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProgram Director for Study Abroad - China and Associate Professor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-1904\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:fei-ling.wang@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Efei-ling.wang@inta.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Wang\u0027s research interests focus on World Politics and International Relations, Comparative and International Political Economy, and East Asia and China. His current projects include Institutional Exclusion and China\u0027s Hukou System and Chinese Foreign Policy. In addition, Dr. Wang leads Georgia Tech\u0027s study abroad program to China each summer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKatja Weber\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCo-Director of the European Union Center and Associate Professor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-5409\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:katja.weber@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekatja.weber@inta.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/katja\/katjahome.html\u0022\u003Ewww.inta.gatech.edu\/katja\/katjahome.html\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Weber\u0027s research interests include International Relations Theory, the European Union, Transatlantic Security Relations, and German Foreign Policy.  In addition, she co-directs the European Union Center, officially designated by the European Commission and housed at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBrian Woodall\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-1902\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brian.woodall@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebrian.woodall@inta.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Woodall\u0027s research interests focus on International Relations, International Political Economy, Comparative Politics with Emphasis on Japan and East Asia.  His current research projects include Deregulating Japan\u0027s Health Care and Pension Systems; Politics of Drug Approval in Japan; Political Feasibility of East Asian Free Trade Agreement; and Institutional Reform and the Changing Policymaking Behavior of a Political Elite.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPublic Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESusan E. Cozzens\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor, School of Public Policy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: (404) 385-0397\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:susan.cozzens@pubpolicy.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esusan.cozzens@pubpolicy.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/scozzens.htm\u0022\u003Ewww.spp.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/scozzens.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Cozzens\u0027 current research is on science, technology, and inequalities, and she is active internationally in developing methods for research assessment and science and technology indicators. From 1995 through 1997, Dr. Cozzens was Director of the Office of Policy Support at the National Science Foundation. The Office coordinated policy and management initiatives for the NSF Director, primarily in peer review, strategic planning, and assessment. Dr. Cozzens has served as a consultant to the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the National Research Council, Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Science Foundation, Institute of Medicine, Office of Technology Assessment, General Accounting Office, National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Aging, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute on Occupational Safety and Health, and on advisory committees for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Liberal Education and the Sciences, EPSCOR Evaluation), the National Academy of Sciences (NSF Decision-making for Major Awards), and the Office of Technology Assessment (Human Genome Project). She has been an invited speaker on science policy and research evaluation at the Ministry for Research and Technology in France, the Research Council of Norway, the Institute for Policy and Management in Beijing, and the Fundamental Science Foundation of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and is incoming chair of the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHans Klein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Professor, School of Public Policy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-2258\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:hans.klein@pubpolicy.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehans.klein@pubpolicy.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWeb site: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/hklein.htm\u0022\u003Ewww.spp.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/hklein.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Klein\u0027s research interests include: the development of large scale systems, federal technology policy, the politics of innovation, Intelligent Transportation Systems, public access television, Internet governance, and on-line democracy.  Klein worked for five years in the European software industry, for such firms as Siemens (Munich), Schlumberger (Paris), and Olivetti (Milan). He has consulted for the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Klein is active in Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) and in 1999 was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Internet Society, the Society for the Social Study of Science, and the Alliance for Community Media.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPhilip Shapira\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor, School of Public Policy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPhone: 404-894-7735\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nE-mail:  \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:philip.shapira@pubpolicy.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ephilip.shapira@pubpolicy.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWebsite: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/pshapira.htm\u0022\u003Ewww.spp.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/pshapira.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Shapira teaches and conducts research on economic and regional development, industrial competitiveness, and technology policy.  He has recently authored and co-authored publications and articles on industrial modernization, restructuring and economic development in a variety of academic journals. He was previously a Congressional Fellow with the United States Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. In 1993 and 1994, Shapira was a Visiting Fellow at the Japan Institute of Labor, Tokyo, examining Japanese regional development and technology strategies. He continues to work with the Japan Institute of Labor on a study of industrial and employment restructuring in selected U.S. and Japanese regions.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The next G-8 Summit will be held at Sea Island, Georgia on June 8-10, 2004.  The G-8 Summit brings together the leaders of the world\u0027s major industrial democracies-Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. To assist media covering issues related to the upcoming G-8 Summit, we\u0027ve compiled a list of Georgia Tech faculty who can provide expertise on a variety of topics.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-06 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81601":{"id":"81601","type":"image","title":"G-8 Summit illustration","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81601"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.g8usa.gov\/","title":"Sea Island Summit 2004"}],"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":""}},"81571":{"#nid":"81571","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Professor Honored By the White House","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech biology professor was honored by the White House today as one of the nation\u0027s top young scientists. Julia Kubanek, assistant professor in the School of Biology, was one of 57 scientists and engineers recognized with the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the nation\u0027s highest honor for professionals at the outset of their research careers. Kubanek was nominated for the award by the National Science Foundation. Awardees were honored in a ceremony presided over by John H. Marburger III, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and science advisor to the President.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe PECASE was established in 1996. Eight federal departments and agencies annually nominate scientists and engineers whose work shows the greatest promise to benefit the nominating agency\u0027s mission. Participating agencies award these beginning scientists and engineers up to five years of funding to further their research in support of critical government missions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKubanek\u0027s main area of research involves studying harmful algal blooms, otherwise known as red tides. These blooms kill marine life and cause human illness as well as economic damage.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech wasn\u0027t the only university in the city to have one of its professors honored today. Eric R. Weeks, assistant professor in the Department of Physics at Emory University was also honored with a PECASE.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nand Engineers, along with their nominating federal department or agency are:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E    Department of Agriculture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Tara H. McHugh, Western Regional Research Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Mahfuzur Sarker, Oregon State University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Therese M. Poland, Forest Service North Central Research Station\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E    Department of Commerce\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Andrew W. Bruckner, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Gabriel A. Vecchi, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Jun Ye, National Institute of Standards and Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Sae Woo Nam, National Institute of Standards and Technology\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E    Department of Defense\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * David Goldhaber-Gordon, Stanford University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Hari C. Manoharan, Stanford University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Michelle L. Pantoya, Texas Tech University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Bridget Rogers, Vanderbilt University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Venkatesh R. Saligrama, Boston University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Gregory Neil Tew, University of Massachusetts\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E    Department of Energy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Jeffrey C. Blackmon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Edmond Chow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Sergei Maslov, Brookhaven National Laboratory\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Jonathan E. Menard, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Christine Orme, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Krishnakumar Garikipati, University of Michigan\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Carl Boehlert, Alfred University\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E    Department of Health and Human Services: National Institutes of Health\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Dana Boatman, Johns Hopkins University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Susan K. Buchanan, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n      Kidney Diseases\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * William Carlezon, Harvard Medical School\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * David Cummings, School of Medicine, University of California, San\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n      Francisco\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Kirk Deitsch, Weill Medical College, Cornell University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Abby Dernburg, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Marilyn Diaz, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Catherine Drennan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Andrew Griffin, National Institute on Deafness and other Communication\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n      Disorders\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Valery I. Shestapalov, University of Miami School of Medicine\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Richard Walker, Oregon Health and Science University\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E    Department of Veterans Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Gary E. Bryson, West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Richard Z. Lin, State University of New York at Stony Brook\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E    National Aeronautics and Space Administration\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * J. Marshall Shepherd, Goddard Space Flight Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Mark Simons, California Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Eric R. Weeks, Emory University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Thomas H. Zurbuchen, University of Michigan\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E    National Science Foundation\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Jennifer G. Becker, University of Maryland\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Squire J. Booker, Pennsylvania State University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Susmita Bose, Washington State University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Ian Dell\u0027Antonio, Brown University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * J. Christian Gerdes, Stanford University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Robert W. Ghrist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Amy Greenwald, Brown University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Babak Hassibi, California Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Jason M. Haugh, North Carolina State University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Jionghua (Judy) Jin, University of Arizona\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Julia Kubanek, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Mark E. Lewis, University of Michigan\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Jia G. Lu, University of California at Irvine\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Thomas McDade, Northwestern University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * George J. Pappas, University of Pennsylvania\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * N. Sanjay Rebello, Kansas State University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Dan M. Stamper-Kurn, University of California at       Berkeley\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Ion Stoica, University of California at Berkeley\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * Brian M. Stoltz, California Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    * John R. Wakeley, Harvard University\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Julia Kubanek was honored by the White House today as one of the nation\u0027s top young scientists.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81581":{"id":"81581","type":"image","title":"Julia Kubanek","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81581"],"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":""}},"81541":{"#nid":"81541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Management Honors Alumni Leaders at Inaugural Awards Ceremony","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Management, the business school at Georgia Tech, celebrated the vision, achievement and leadership of its alumni leaders at its Inaugural Awards Ceremony on April 30th. The impressive group of entrepreneurs, CEOs, and retired business leaders reflected a wide range of industries from finance and real estate to manufacturing and retail.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEleven College of Management alumni were inducted as the first members into the Hall of Fame, the Academy of Distinguished Alumni, and the Council of Outstanding Young Alumni. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The impressive accomplishments that earned you this honor are all the more important because they so positively reflect on the College of Management and Georgia Tech,\u0022 said G. Wayne Clough, president of Georgia Tech. \u0022You represent the essence of Georgia Tech-a strong education, a competitive spirit and a drive for excellence.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Hall of Fame inductees have demonstrated sustained and meritorious career leadership, a passion for Georgia Tech, and the highest level of integrity. They are honored for extraordinary investments of their time, talent, and treasure. The 2004 inductees include: James P. Poole, IM \u002742, retired president, Employer-Employee Security Plans, Inc.; Julian LeCraw, IM \u002752, retired chairman, Julian LeCraw and Company; Lawrence P. Huang, IMGT \u002773, partner, Sabel Partners, LLC; Charles W. Brady, IM \u002757, executive chairman and CEO, AMVESCAP; Gary T. Jones, GMGT \u002771, retired managing director, Credit Suisse First Boston (USA); and John C. Staton, Jr., IM \u002760, retired partner, King and Spalding, LLP. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Academy of Distinguished Alumni inductees have made significant contributions to business, Georgia Tech, and society at large. They are honored for their professional achievements and the impact of their careers and leadership on the reputation and mission of the College. The 2004 Academy of inductees include: Michael A. Neal, IM \u002775, president and CEO, GE Commercial Finance; Alan J. Lacy, IM \u002775, chairman and CEO, Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Ernest Scheller Jr., IM \u002752, chairman, Silberline Manufacturing Company, Inc.; and Julian D. Saul, IM \u002762, president, Shaw Industries, Inc.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Council of Outstanding Young Alumni has distinguished themselves through career achievement, service to Georgia Tech, and service to society. Their early career contributions put them on a fast track in their careers and in service to the mission of the College. This year\u0027s inductee was John K. Dewberry, IM \u002786, president, Dewberry Capital Corporation. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our honorees have distinguished themselves through their career achievements,\u0022 said Terry C. Blum, Dean and Tedd Munchak Chair, College of Management.  \u0022They have provided prestige and service to the College of Management. The reputation of the College is enhanced by their professional success and their generous service has been essential in our effort to achieve our goals. Each of them has made a tremendous difference in advancing the reputation and mission of the College.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Business School Names First Members of Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech College of Management, the business school at Georgia Tech, celebrated the vision, achievement and leadership of its alumni leaders at its Inaugural Awards Ceremony on April 30th. The impressive group of entrepreneurs, CEOs, and retired business leaders reflected a wide range of industries from finance and real estate to manufacturing and retail.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81551":{"id":"81551","type":"image","title":"Hall of Fame Legends","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"},"81561":{"id":"81561","type":"image","title":"Group photo of Award Recipients","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"}},"media_ids":["81551","81561"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/news_room\/news\/2004\/gala\/index.html","title":"Gala Event Recap"},{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/index.html","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":""}},"81521":{"#nid":"81521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Alumnus Selected for NASA\u0027s Astronaut Class of 2004","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENow that NASA has set its sights on sending a manned mission to Mars, Shane Kimbrough is hoping he\u0027ll be blasting off to the red planet.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech alumnus and Atlanta-native, Kimbrough was named today as one of 11 astronauts tapped to be part of NASA\u0027s Astronaut Class of 2004. The astronauts will be NASA\u0027s first since President George Bush announced its new vision for space exploration in January.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Once I finish my first year of astronaut training, I hope to be assigned to several technical jobs so I can improve myself, professionally,.\u0022 he said. \u0022But then I\u0027d be thrilled to take on any space mission \u00ad even to the moon or Mars.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough, 36, will serve as a mission specialist.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough is an Army major and currently works for NASA as a flight simulation engineer on the Shuttle Training Aircraft at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Kimbrough graduated from Georgia Tech with a master\u0027s degree in Operations Research in 1998. He also graduated from The Lovett School in Atlanta.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs an Army pilot, he was trained to fly both airplanes and helicopters but was assigned to helicopters. He served in the Gulf War as a platoon leader.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough also taught math at West Point, including calculus and statistics.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThough his career has been focused on serving his country, Kimbrough says the opportunity to serve as an astronaut fulfills a childhood dream.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I have been fascinated by space travel since I was a kid. I want to explore the unknown,\u0022 Kimbrough said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKimbrough and the other 10 candidates will report to NASA\u0027s Johnson Space Center this summer to begin their training.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther candidates chosen to be included in NASA\u0027s astronaut class of 2004:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\t\u00b7 Joe Acaba, a mission specialist-educator, 36, is a science and math teacher at Dunnellon Middle School in Dunnellon, Fla.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\t\u00b7 Ricky Arnold II, mission specialist-educator, 41, is a science and math teacher at the American International School in Bucharest, Romania.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\t\u00b7 Randy Bresnik, pilot, 36, is a Marine Corps major from the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Calif., where he served as an operations officer and F\/A-18 pilot.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\t\u00b7 Chris Cassidy, mission specialist, 34, a Navy lieutenant commander, is an oceanographer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\t\u00b7 Jim Dutton, pilot, 35, is an Air Force major and F\/A-22 test pilot based at Edwards Air Force Base in California.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\t\u00b7 Jose Hernandez, mission specialist, 41, is an electrical engineer at NASA\u0027s Johnson Space Center in Houston.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\t\u00b7 Tom Mashburn, mission specialist, 43, is a flight surgeon at Johnson Space Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\t\u00b7 Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, mission specialist-educator, 29, is a science teacher and coach at Fort Collins High School in Fort Collins, Colo.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\t\u00b7 Bobby Satcher Jr., mission specialist, 38, is an assistant professor at Northwestern University\u0027s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\t\u00b7 Shannon Walker, mission specialist, 38, is an engineer at Johnson Space Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has a proud history in space exploration. Ten astronauts have earned degrees from Georgia Tech, another three graduates have been selected as candidates for future missions and another astronaut is a former Tech faculty member.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech graduate Shane Kimbrough has been selected to join NASA\u0027s astronaut class of 2004. The astronauts will be NASA\u0027s first since President George Bush announced its new vision for space exploration in January.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-07 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81531":{"id":"81531","type":"image","title":"Shane Kimbrough, a Georgia Tech graduate, has been","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"}},"media_ids":["81531"],"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":""}},"81461":{"#nid":"81461","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Soybeans May Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA substance found in soybeans may reduce the risk of colon cancer, the third most common form of cancer in the world according to the World Health Organization. Georgia Tech researcher Al Merrill, along with colleagues from Emory University and the Karmanos Cancer Institute, found that soy glucosylceramide (soy GlcCer) was effective in reducing the formation and growth of tumor cells in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in mice. The results are published in the May issue of the Journal of Nutrition. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Soy is known to have a number of health benefits, including the suppression of cancer. Based on our results, some of this benefit may be due to a group of molecules known as sphingolipids,\u0022 said Merrill.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESoy GlcCer is just one of the many types of sphingolipids found in plants and animals. Merrill and colleagues have already shown that milk sphingolipids can suppress tumor formation. But this is the first study, he said, that has established that the sphingolipids of plants - which are structurally different - can also inhibit colon cancer. Other foods rich in sphingolipids are eggs, cheese and wheat flour.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study is the latest in a series of findings showing the medical benefits of the soybean. Earlier this year, researchers from Cincinnati Children\u0027s Hospital, Colorado State University and Brigham Young University found that eating soy can help reduce the risk of prostate cancer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn Merrill\u0027s latest study, he found soy GlcCer was able to reduce the number of tumors in both mice with an inherited defect that leads to GI cancer and in mice exposed to a chemical that causes colon cancer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne feature that makes Merrill\u0027s results especially promising is that it didn\u0027t take massive doses of soy GlcCer to show an anti-cancer effect. The amounts used in the study were similar to those naturally found in soybeans. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother result was that unlike many substances that are digested, soy GlcCer survives the journey through the stomach and intestine with enough power to affect cancerous cells in the colon. Ensuring that cancer-fighting substances reach the cells is always a hurdle in any kind of cancer research.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECancer is most often found in cells that experience rapid division, such as gastrointestinal, skin, lung and breast cells, explained Merrill. As the cells divide, mutations can occur that alter the function and chemistry of the cells. Each mutation a cell experiences leaves it more vulnerable to others. Cancer results when cells have accumulated a series of genetic mutations accompanied by unregulated growth. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt is not known exactly how sphingolipids suppress cancer; there are probably many mechanisms involved, said Merrill. But targeting beta-catenin, a protein involved in cell growth, seems to be one method. Too much of this protein, and the cells grow unchecked. Soy GlcCer reduces the amount of beta-catenin in the cells, helping the body regain control. \u0022In essence, sphingolipids are bypassing the genetic defect,\u0022 said Merrill.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith funding from the National Cancer Institute, Merrill and colleagues are developing new compounds based on sphingolipids that might be useful as anti-cancer drugs.  \u0022We are looking for even more potent forms of these molecules that might be effective for cancer treatment,\u0022 he said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe hopes to begin studies to see if sphingolipids have similar effects on humans as they have for mice.  \u0022If naturally occurring sphingolipids like soy GlcCer suppress cancer in humans, this has the potential to allow the public to select their diets in a more rational way,\u0022 he said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut because sphingolipids haven\u0027t been classified as a nutrient, they don\u0027t appear in food composition tables, so epidemiologists cannot evaluate their importance to public health.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Foods contain many substances that are beneficial to health that haven\u0027t yet been categorized as nutrients. The new challenge for the field of diet and health is to find out the entire spectrum of molecules that are important to health,\u0022 said Merrill.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A substance found in soybeans may reduce the risk of colon cancer, according to a new study by Al Merrill.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-11 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81471":{"id":"81471","type":"image","title":"soybean","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"}},"media_ids":["81471"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Biology"}],"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":""}},"81481":{"#nid":"81481","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Clough Honored for Lifetime Contribution to Engineering Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EG. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, will be honored this week by the nation\u0027s oldest engineering society for his lifetime contribution to education.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClough will receive the 2004 Outstanding Projects And Leaders (OPAL) award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) during the organization\u0027s fifth annual awards gala May 12 in suburban Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Throughout his career, Wayne has contributed greatly to the education of civil engineering students,\u0022 ASCE President Patricia D. Galloway said. \u0022His teaching, research, administrative and professional leadership has touched an astounding number of people.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ASCE instituted the OPAL Awards in 2000 to recognize the lifetime achievements of civil engineers whose contributions have greatly enhanced the health, safety and economy of the nation and the world.  In only its fourth year, the OPALs have become the pre-eminent awards for civil engineers and the ASCE\u0027s principal mechanism for bringing worldwide attention to the contributions and accomplishments of the civil engineering community.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m very flattered to receive such an honor from my civil engineering peers,\u0022 Clough said. \u0022It\u0027s very meaningful to me and I\u0027m deeply appreciative to ASCE for selecting me to receive this.  But in doing so, they are also selecting Georgia Tech and recognizing our excellence here.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This institution has evolved so impressively since my days here as a student, and it has been a real privilege to work with our faculty, our students and staff to reach our current status,\u0022 Clough said. \u0022They have been partners in my leadership and I\u0027m happy to accept this as a recognition of that.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClough began his career 40 years ago as an assistant professor at Duke University. From there he moved to Stanford University, where he became a full professor. In 1982 he transferred to the Virginia Polytechnic and State University as a professor of civil engineering and coordinator of its geotechnical programs. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was at Virginia Tech in 1990 that Clough began his career in administration as dean of the College of Engineering. He then rose to the rank of provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Washington in 1993. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn September 1994 Clough became Georgia Tech\u0027s tenth president and the Institute\u0027s first alumnus in that office. During his tenure enrollment has increased from 13,000 to 16,600, and test scores and retention rates have increased dramatically. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addtion, the academic quality of the student body has rised to become one of the strongest in the nation. Tech\u0027s SAT scores are the second-highest among public research universities, according to \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News and World Report\u003C\/em\u003E. Tech\u0027s SAT scores rank 25th overall according to the magazine\u0027s rankings.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn recognition of these acheivements, Georgia Tech has been ranked in the top ten of \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News and World Report\u003C\/em\u003E\u0027s top public universities list since 1999, and the Institute was honored in 1999 with the Hesburgh Award, the nation\u0027s top tribute for support of undergraduate teaching and learning. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClough\u0027s commitment to increasing diversity at Georgia Tech is evident in the Institute\u0027s 71 percent increase in minority enrollment during the past decade and in its 39 percent increase in female enrollment. Recognized as a national leader in graduating minorities and women in engineering and science fields, Georgia Tech ranks first in the nation at all degree levels combined. Also, female faculty members have increased 81 percent, and minority faculty members have increased 59 percent during the past 10 years. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese efforts were recognized in 2001 and 2003 by \u003Cem\u003EBlack Issues in Higher Education\u003C\/em\u003E, which cited Georgia Tech as the first university to graduate the largest number of African-American engineers at the undergraduate, graduate and doctorate levels.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso during his tenure as president, Georgia Tech became the Olympic Village for the 1996 Centennial Olympics, and the Institute completed a capital campaign that raised more than $700 million. Clough\u0027s leadership has helped to reshape the campus during the past decade, with Georgia Tech adding $1 billion in new facilities and more than 5.2 million square feet of new space. For seven consecutive years research expenditures increased, and a statewide regional engineering program was implemented. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a result of his research activities and the rising stature of Georgia Tech, President Bush nominated Clough to the President\u0027s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Clough also is a member of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 papers, nearly 40 research reports, 15 chapters in published books, and has contributed to more than 30 conference proceedings. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his distinguished career, Clough has been honored with numerous awards, including a State of the Art Award and the Karl Terzaghi Lectureship from ASCE and the George Westinghouse Award from the American Society of Engineering Education. Clough remains one of only a handful engineers to twice receive ASCE\u0027s prestigious Norman Medal, and he has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the past six years, Clough has been listed as one of the \u0022100 Most Influential People in Georgia\u0022 by \u003Cem\u003EGeorgia Trend\u003C\/em\u003E. He also has served as chair of the governor\u0027s Blue Ribbon Natural Gas Task Force and NAE\u0027s special committee, \u0022The Engineer of 2020\u0022 -- an education initiative for engineers who meet the needs of a new era. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClough also is a member of the executive committee of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and co-chairs its National Innovation Summit with Samuel J. Palmisano, chairman and CEO of IBM Corp. In addition, Clough is a member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and he is a trustee of the Georgia Research Alliance. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClough received his bachelor\u0027s and master\u0027s degrees in civil engineering from Georgia Tech and his doctorate in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFounded in 1852, ASCE represents more than 133,000 civil engineers worldwide and is the nation\u0027s oldest engineering society. ASCE celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"G. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, will receive the 2004 Outstanding Projects And Leaders award this week from the American Society of Civil Engineers.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81491":{"id":"81491","type":"image","title":"Clough Examines Student Projects","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"}},"media_ids":["81491"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.asce.org\/opal\/index.cfm","title":"The ASCE OPAL Awards"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.asce.org\/","title":"American Society of Civil Engineers"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/biography.html","title":"Bio of G. Wayne Clough"}],"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":""}},"81401":{"#nid":"81401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Board of Regents Awards School of Modern Languages for Excellence in Teaching","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter five years of launching two new joint degrees, creating 61 new courses, building a strong advising program for its undergraduates, developing new team-taught courses and an International Internship Program, the School of Modern Languages in the Ivan Allen College, the liberal arts college of Georgia Tech, will receive the 2004 Regents\u0027 Awards for Excellence in Teaching in a Department from the University System of Georgia at the Board of Regents\u0027 meeting on May 18.  A panel of faculty and department chairs from across the University System independently reviewed the nominations and unanimously selected Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Modern Languages to receive this prestigious award in the research universities category.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For years now, our School of Modern Languages has been a campus leader in innovative pedagogy,\u0022 said Bob McMath, vice provost for undergraduate studies and academic affairs. \u0022The faculty have developed programs and courses that respond to the needs of all our students and have delivered them with dedication and enthusiasm.  It\u0027s great to see Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Modern Languages recognized by the University System in this fashion.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As part of an institution dedicated to the education of future leaders in business and technology, the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Tech plays a crucial role in preparing students for the global marketplace,\u0022 said Phil McKnight, chair, School of Modern Languages. \u0022Our school\u0027s non-traditional curriculum with a vast array of applied and interdisciplinary courses demonstrates faculty attention to current and emerging student needs and reflects our belief in authentic cultural and linguistic experiences and in interactive, non-compartmentalized learning.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Annual Regents\u0027 Awards program recognizes and rewards both individual faculty members and academic programs throughout the University System of Georgia.  It honors outstanding teaching that significantly improves student achievement, as well as commitment to effective teaching.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Regents\u0027 awards exemplify the System\u0027s goal of putting students first,\u0022 said Dr. Daniel S. Papp, senior vice chancellor for academics and fiscal affairs.  \u0022The University System of Georgia has placed increasing emphasis on the quality of student learning, which is closely correlated to the high quality of our faculty members.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe selection committee cited the School of Modern Languages\u0027 growth rate of new majors and 95 percent retention rate as strong indicators of its excellence.  These figures are particularly impressive since Georgia Tech does not have a foreign language requirement.  Modern Languages growth supports one of the goals of Tech\u0027s Strategic Plan of offering a student-focused education by increasing the number of students who work or study abroad.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the past five years the School of Modern Languages has launched two new joint degrees - International Affairs and Modern Languages (IAML) and Global Economics and Modern Languages (GEML); has created a strong advising program where all its majors are advised by full-time tenure track faculty; developed new team-taught courses through the Languages Across the Curriculum program funded by a major Department of Education grant; developed 61 new courses with a content-based approach; and developed an International Internship Program in Germany, Mexico, France and Japan. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The extraordinary growth of our programs has resulted from a shared and dedicated effort to develop a community of teacher-student, student-student, and teacher-teacher collaboration by forging connections within and across disciplines, inside and outside the classroom, and by building international connections with academic institutions and global companies,\u0022 said McKnight.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"2004 Regents\u0027 Awards for Excellence in Teaching"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"After five years of launching two new joint degrees, creating 61 new courses, building a strong advising program for its undergraduates, developing new team-taught courses and an International Internship Program, the School of Modern Languages in the Ivan Allen College, the liberal arts college of Georgia Tech, will receive the \u003Cstrong\u003E2004 Regents\u0027 Awards for Excellence in Teaching in a Department \u003C\/strong\u003Efrom the University System of Georgia at the Board of Regents\u0027 meeting on May 18.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-14 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81411":{"id":"81411","type":"image","title":"Students in a Korean language class","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"},"81421":{"id":"81421","type":"image","title":"Dr. Phil McKnight","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"}},"media_ids":["81411","81421"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen College"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/admin\/acadaff\/fac_dev\/awards04","title":"Board of Regents\u0027 Faculty Development Site"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.modlangs.gatech.edu\/index.html","title":"School of Modern Languages"}],"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":""}},"81941":{"#nid":"81941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Uses Math to Open Doors for Prospective Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMath is a four-letter word. Intimidated by its perceived complexity or convinced that the subject has no relevance outside the classroom, many students shun math for more literary pursuits. But the universal language is everywhere. The world economy is built on math. From the computing revolution, to advances in medicine and space exploration, to shopping over the Internet, nearly all the major advancements of this and the past century have their foundations in math. Yet despite the subject\u0027s pervasiveness, many students and parents continue to fear math. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is working to change that perception through educational outreach programs and a new math competition. This Saturday, the school is holding its first high school mathematics competition in nearly 50 years. The goal is to attract both students who are experienced in mathematics competitions as well as untapped talent.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Math opens doors to almost every discipline,\u0022 said Georgia Tech Math Professor Yang Wang. \u0022It teaches students analytical abilities that are valued in a number of non-math professions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech alumna Mary Beth Young, who received a Master\u0027s degree in math, said that studying math has helped her tremendously in her law practice and during her stint as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Math accustoms you to rigorous thinking and following through the implications of an argument. It helps you identify logical problems, which is useful in law and many other disciplines,\u0022 she said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETech is using Saturday\u0027s competition as a recruiting event with activities for both students and parents. Approximately 250 high school students from Georgia and neighboring states are expected to turn out for the competition that will consist of two hour-long tests followed by fun activities centered around math. The day begins at 7:45 a.m. in the Instructional Center at 759 Ferst Drive on the Tech campus. While the students are busy with the exams, parents and teachers will hear talks from Tech\u0027s admissions counselors and mathematics professors. Students, parents and teachers will also tour campus during the afternoon. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There\u0027s a lot of talent that can be cultivated,\u0022 said Wang. \u0022The competition is one way we\u0027re hoping to do that.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGraduate students such as Gail Rosen are another way. Rosen is a fellow in Georgia Tech\u0027s Student and Teacher Enhancement Partnership program (STEP). She spends several days a week teaching trigonometry, pre-calculus and physics at Tri-Cities High School, a visual and performing arts magnet school in Fulton County.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022A lot of students will say they don\u0027t like math, but I think they don\u0027t realize how important it is,\u0022 said Rosen. \u0022Even the honors students don\u0027t all understand why they need to know math.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERosen said she\u0027s been teaching her students how math comes up in everyday life from simple things such as calculating credit card interest to creating music, a topic that hits home at the magnet school. She\u0027s bringing eight students from Tri-Cities to the competition.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMusic is math you can hear. Rosen demonstrated how computer programs use sine waves to make sounds. \u0022I have the students add two sine waves and they make a dial tone and then I have them add more, and they see they can make other sounds,\u0022 she said. The demonstrations, said Rosen, gave the musically inclined a new respect for math.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA new respect is needed. According to an assessment done by the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) in 2000, Georgia still lags below the national average in math performance in grades four and eight. And Georgia had the lowest average math SAT score of any state in the country last year. To boost performance, the Georgia Department of Education is proposing the adoption of a more challenging math curriculum, modeled after Japan\u0027s curriculum. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBut if students are to increase their interest and skill in math, Georgia\u0027s universities will have to do their part. In addition to the STEP program, Tech also sends approximately 100 students to tutor fourth-graders in the subject. Led by the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) and the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL), Tech is investigating other ways to reach out to Georgia\u0027s students in math so that when it\u0027s time for them to apply to college, they\u0027ll have what it takes to become a Ramblin\u0027 Wreck from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"For some, math is a four-letter word. Georgia Tech is working to change that perception through educational outreach programs and a new math competition.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-03-18 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-03-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-03-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81951":{"id":"81951","type":"image","title":"Music is math you can hear.","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["81951"],"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":""}},"81371":{"#nid":"81371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and City of Atlanta Announce Alcohol Server Training Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta bar, restaurant and nightclub owners have a new tool to help employees sell alcohol responsibly. Georgia Tech is offering a free online training program for managers and servers of alcohol in Atlanta to help them reduce underage drinking and sales to intoxicated patrons before they get behind the wheel. The program was announced today by Georgia Tech and Atlanta City Councilmember H. Lamar Willis at a press conference at city hall.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first of its kind in Georgia, the Responsible Alcohol Sales and Server (RASS) training program is being run by Tech\u0027s GT SMART program, a campus-community coalition dedicated to reducing high-risk drinking.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022With the recent issues facing this industry here on the Atlanta City Council, this training is timely and will serve to enhance the quality of service that establishments throughout the City of Atlanta are able to provide,\u0022 said Willis.  \u0022Citizens can feel safer knowing that this industry, through participating in this training, is taking further steps towards being a responsible stakeholder in our community. I applaud Georgia Tech for leading this effort.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe free training is available online at any time to alcohol-licensed businesses in the city of Atlanta. Tech hopes to widen the program to businesses in DeKalb, Fulton and Cobb counties later this summer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The RASS program provides excellent training to help familiarize alcohol license holders and their employees with state liquor laws and to teach servers to identify falsified ID\u0027s and intoxicated persons, said Marsha Brinkley, Project Director of GT SMART. \u0022The safety of our students and our communities is our primary concern. We think this training will help reduce the number of minors and intoxicated persons having access to alcohol.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 200 alcohol licensees have already expressed their intention to GT SMART to participate in the program prior to today\u0027s announcement.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EManagers and owners can customize the program to reflect their particular polices, added Brinkley. \u0022For example, if one bar decides employees need to I.D. every customer, the training can reflect that, while another bar can have the training teach employees to I.D. people who look younger than 30,\u0022 she added.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program takes an average of two hours or less to complete and can be completed in increments. Every person who passes the course has a record sent electronically to the Georgia Department of Revenue, where it is available to prospective employers. The employee can also print out a passing certificate after completing the training. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We think that employees who have completed the training will be more attractive to prospective employers who want to practice responsible alcohol sales,\u0022 said Brinkley.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlcohol license holders in the City of Atlanta can register for the RASS server training at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtsmart.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.gtsmart.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.gtsmart.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. The program is funded by a grant from Georgia\u0027s Children Youth and Coordinating Council. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout GT SMART: \u003C\/strong\u003E Founded in 1999, GT SMART is a campus-community coalition dedicated to combating high-risk drinking through environmental change. The coalition is part of A Matter of Degree (AMOD), a consortium of universities funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the American Medical Association.  Through participation in the AMOD program, GT SMART aims to reduce the rates of high-risk drinking and its second-hand effects in an effort to improve the quality of academic and social life for all students and enhance the relationship between Georgia Tech and surrounding communities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout H. Lamar Willis:\u003C\/strong\u003E Councilmember H. Lamar Willis, serving his first term as Post 3 At-Large representative to the Atlanta City Council, works to serve the citizens of Atlanta through the development of a host of both legislative and community outreach initiatives.  He currently serves as chair of the council\u0027s Public Safety Committee and works to address basic quality of life issues affecting Atlantans. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.hlamarwillis.com\u0022 title=\u0022www.hlamarwillis.com\u0022\u003Ewww.hlamarwillis.com\u003C\/a\u003E for more information on the councilmember\u0027s activities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech:\u003C\/strong\u003E The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation\u0027s premier research universities. Ranked among U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s top 10 public universities, Georgia Tech educates nearly 17,000 students every year through its Colleges of Engineering, Management, Computing, Sciences, Architecture and Liberal Arts. Tech maintains a diverse campus and is the nation\u0027s top producer of women and African American engineers. The Institute offers research opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students and is home to more than 80 interdisciplinary units as well as the Georgia Tech Research Institute. During the 2002-2003 academic year, Tech totaled more than $660 million in research awards and expenditures.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is offering a free online training program for managers and servers of alcohol in Atlanta to help them reduce underage drinking and sales to intoxicated patrons before they get behind the wheel.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-05-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"81381":{"id":"81381","type":"image","title":"Press Conference","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"}},"media_ids":["81381"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.hlamarwillis.com\/","title":"Atlanta City Councilmember H. Lamar Willis"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtsmart.gatech.edu\/","title":"GT SMART"}],"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":""}}}