{"47193":{"#nid":"47193","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ATDC Company with Promising Gene Therapy to Merge","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) member company with a promising gene therapy for treating severe cardiovascular disease will become part of a new publicly-traded life sciences company known as Autus Genetics Corportation under a merger agreement announced September 13 by San Diego-based Gen Star Therapeutics (AMEX:GNT).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe new company will focus on the VEGF-2 gene-based therapy developed by Atlanta-based Vascular Genetics, Inc. for treating cardiovascular disease for which other treatments have failed.  The genetic therapy, which has shown promise in early clinical trials, helps grow new blood vessels for oxygen-deprived areas of the heart.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Our treatment takes a heart that may not be working very efficiently and revitalizes it with the growth of new blood vessels,\u0022 said Richard Otto, CEO of Vascular Genetics.  \u0022We have been able to show fairly dramatic increases in the motion of heart wall tissue that had not been functioning.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe VEGF-2 gene also holds promise for treating peripheral vascular disease, which causes patients to lose limbs due to inadequate blood circulation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe merger must be approved by shareholders of both firms, but could be final as early as the fourth quarter of 2002.  The transaction has been structured as a merger of equals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022This is a merger of two companies with truly complementary assets and virtually no overlap,\u0022 Otto explained.  \u0022With Vascular Genetics\u0027 financial restructuring and renewed focus on continuing the VEGF-2 testing for cardiovascular disease, we welcome the clinical, scientific and regulatory expertise of the GenStar team as well as their manufacturing capabilities.  This is a great fit.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOtto will serve as CEO of the new company.  Vascular Genetics\u0027 chief financial officer Robert T. Atwood will serve the new comapny in that same role.  Dr. Robert E. Sobol, president of GenStar, will be president of the new firm.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A gene therapy developed by a Georgia Tech-affiliated company could offer heart patients new hope.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/news\/october42002.html","title":"Late-stage testing planned"}],"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":""}},"47187":{"#nid":"47187","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Reversing Production: Researchers Develop System to Recover and Reuse Electronic Wastes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENow, many governments around the world are worried that their citizens might become modern-day Romans because of the heaps of trashed electronics clogging landfills.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSuch \u0022e-waste\u0022 -- discarded computers, televisions, cell phones, audio equipment and batteries -- leach lead and other substances that eventually can seep into groundwater supplies.  Just one color computer monitor or television set can contain up to eight pounds of lead.  An estimated 12 million tons of e-waste may soon be jamming American landfills, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nConcern has reached such a level that some European countries are forcing manufacturers to take back discarded electronics, and in the United States, California and Massachusetts have banned their disposal in municipal solid waste landfills.  But what then?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA study under way at the Georgia Institute of Technology -- in cooperation with the Pollution Prevention Assistance Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the National Science Foundation -- may offer a model for other states and nations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt is a \u0022reverse production\u0022 system that designs infrastructure to recover and reuse every material contained within e-wastes -- metals such as lead, copper, aluminum and gold, and various plastics, glass and wire.  Such a \u0022closed loop\u0022 manufacturing and recovery system offers a win-win situation for everyone -- less of the Earth will be mined for raw materials, and groundwater will be protected.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBut this simple concept requires a lot of brand new thinking, says Jane Ammons, a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and a governor-appointed member of the Georgia Computer Equipment Disposal and Recycling Council.  She and colleague Matthew Realff, an associate professor in the School of Chemical Engineering, are devising methods to plan reverse production systems that will collect e-trash, tear apart devices (\u0022de-manufacture it\u0022) and use the components and materials again.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThough this system is designed for Georgia, its application elsewhere has sparked interest nationally and internationally, the researchers say.  Officials in Taiwan and Belgium have consulted with the researchers, as have several multi-national electronics and logistics firms.  \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Some historians have theorized that the demise of the Roman Empire could be partly attributed to the gradual poisoning of its citizens caused by lead leaching from many sources, from tableware to water pipes.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/REUSE.htm","title":"Challenges of reuse"}],"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":""}},"47194":{"#nid":"47194","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Six ATDC Member Companies Selected to Present at Georgia Technology Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ATDC member companies are EG Technology Inc., enLeague Systems Inc., Fast-Talk Communications Inc., Qcept Technologies Inc., SAK Logistics Inc. and Storm Shelter Electronics Corporation.  Technologies range from video compression, middleware and supply chain management to sensing, audio indexing and lightning protection.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEach year, the Georgia Technology Forum celebrates the state\u0027s technology economy with a conference featuring top speakers and presentations from companies that hope to attract attention from investors.  The event is October 21-23 at the Cobb Galleria Centre.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022We are proud of the six ATDC companies chosen as among the best emerging technology companies in Georgia this year,\u0022 said Wayne Hodges, Georgia Tech\u0027s associate vice-president for Economic Development and Technology Ventures and director of the ATDC.  \u0022Though this year has not been kind to the technology industry in general, ATDC has continued to see strong activity among early-stage technology companies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThree of the six ATDC firms -- EG Technology, Fast-Talk Communications and Qcept Technologies -- use technology developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  In addition, Qcept is the first company accepted into the ATDC from the VentureLab program, which was organized to help increase the commercialization of innovations developed at Georgia\u0027s research universities.  Storm Shelter is the first company in ATDC\u0027s new Savannah program.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Georgia Tech has played an important role in developing Georgia\u0027s technology economy,\u0022 Hodges noted.  \u0022The large number of early-stage companies being built around innovations developed at Georgia Tech shows what the Institute means to the state\u0027s economy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Nearly a third of the 19 companies selected to present at the Georgia Technology Forum this year are member companies of Georgia Tech\u0027s business incubator, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC).","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2002-10-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/news\/october182002.html","title":"Company descriptions"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"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":""}},"47188":{"#nid":"47188","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Physicist Receives Materials Research Society Award for Study of Nanoscale Friction, Lubrication","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUzi Landman, director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Computational Materials Science, will receive recognition from the MRS, the world\u0027s largest materials professional society.  The medal award is given to recognize \u0022a specific outstanding recent discovery or advancement that is expected to have a major impact on the progress of any materials-related field.\u0022  Charles M. Lieber of Harvard University will also be honored with a medal at the ceremony.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLandman\u0027s award is for the development and implementation of research methods that use molecular dynamics simulations to predict the often-surprising behavior that occurs at the nanoscale when surfaces of solid and liquid materials meet.  Landman\u0027s research team has examined the effects of friction and lubrication in these small-scale systems, predicting how such systems would behave long before they could be fabricated.  Over time, most of their key predictions in this new science of nanotribology have been confirmed experimentally.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPerformed on large parallel-processing computers, the simulations use known laws of physics -- including quantum mechanics -- to predict how hundreds of thousands of molecules or atoms interact and respond to external influences such as the application of a load.  The resulting calculations will help engineers design smaller and smaller disk drives, nanometer-scale machines and even biomechanical implants used in the body.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA faculty member in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Physics since 1977 and currently a Regents\u0027 and Institute Professor and Fuller E. Callaway chair, Landman began working on molecular dynamics simulations in the late 1970s.  A 1990 article he published in the journal Science brought particular attention to the field by \u0022demonstrating the capacity of realistic molecular dynamics simulations to make specific predictions that could be compared to quantitative measurements in the field of tribology,\u0022 the MRS citation says.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022In many respects, Landman helped create the field of nanotribology as he contributed to both classical and quantum mechanical molecular dynamics simulation methodologies, leading to an understanding of the atomic origins underlying nanoscale tribological processes,\u0022 the citation adds.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A Georgia Tech physicist who used powerful computer simulations to predict how friction and lubrication would affect nanometer-scale mechanical systems is one of two scientists who will receive medals December 4 from the Materials Research Society.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-22 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/MRSMEDAL.htm","title":"Simulations reveal surprises"}],"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":""}},"47186":{"#nid":"47186","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Improving Homeland Security: ATDC Company Develops New Inspection System","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScanTech Sciences Inc., a new member company of Georgia Tech\u0027s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), has developed an electron beam \/ X-ray that can peer into steel shipping containers and other large receptacles.  Since the September 11 terrorist attacks, experts have warned that a \u0022dirty bomb\u0022 or other threats could be smuggled to the United States via cargo containers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022We generate some of the highest-intensity security inspection X-rays in the world,\u0022 says Dolan Falconer, ScanTech\u0027s chief executive officer.  \u0022Our X-rays can penetrate 14 to 16 inches of steel or the equivalent, so we focus on the big stuff -- 40-foot sea-land shipping containers, railroad cars, semi-trucks, and pallets shipped by air.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nScanTech employs patented techniques that can also be used to sterilize food, pharmaceuticals and other materials.  The ScanTech approach evolved out of the 1980s Soviet defense research program.  In work that was analogous to the U.S. Star Wars program, Russian scientists developed electron accelerators, trying to make them practical as a space-based weapon.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nScanTech has two basic technologies, both of which use a powerful 10-million-volt electron beam.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor container inspection, a \u0022dual-beam, dual energy\u0022 system uses X-rays of differing spectrums to peer through thick steel walls.  Then proprietary software lets the operator tell whether what\u0027s inside is legitimate cargo or something more sinister, such as explosives or illegal drugs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Our software uses the dual energy beams to determine the characteristics of the material in a shipping container and help discriminate what type of material it is,\u0022 Falconer says.  \u0022For example, we will find a \u0027dirty bomb\u0027 hidden in legitimate cargo.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor sterilization applications, ScanTech uses radiation from a single non X-ray electron beam to kill bacteria or viruses via a heat-free radiation process.  Unlike the cobalt-based devices widely used for food irradiation currently, ScanTech technology uses no radioactive material and offers no residual hazards when powered down.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"An Atlanta-based company is using high-energy electron beams and X-rays to help protect America from terrorism.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/news\/october252002.html","title":"Anti-terror applications seen"}],"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":""}},"47198":{"#nid":"47198","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Instrument Automates Sampling of Atmospheric Pollutants","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy automating the collection of data, the Particle-Into-Liquid-Sampler (PILS) developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology can measure particulate pollutants several times an hour, giving atmospheric scientists detailed time-dependent information not previously available.  In a recent study, this ability to make frequent measurements revealed previously unknown peaks in the levels of two key pollutants.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Chemists have made significant advances in measuring trace species,\u0022 said Rodney Weber, assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.  \u0022We are applying those technologies to measure the composition of atmospheric particles.  In combination with the ion chromatograph, this instrument provides some unique insights that could not be obtained before.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDeveloped by Weber and colleague Douglas Orsini with help from Brookhaven National Laboratory, the PILS system uses small quantities of steam to form water droplets on individual aerosol particles entering the instrument.  The water droplets containing the dissolved aerosols can then be captured and analyzed by ion chromatography techniques to detect as many as 15 different chemical species.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe instrument can operate unattended for extended periods of time on the ground or in research aircraft, and can take samples as often as every four minutes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nScientists analyzing airborne particulates had previously relied on filters that collected the aerosol particles over a long period of time, usually 24 hours.  The particles were then removed from the filters and dissolved in water for ion chromatograph analysis.  These long time-integrated measurements have provided the air quality data to study the effects of aerosols on human health.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Scientists studying a class of atmospheric pollutants known as aerosols now have a new tool at their disposal -- an instrument that automates the collection of air samples for analysis with sensitive ion chromatography equipment.  Fine-particulate aerosol","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","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":""}},"47189":{"#nid":"47189","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Provides Technical Assistance, Workforce for Georgia Chemical Firm","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGene Williams, president of Optima Chemical Group, LLC, remembers all too well his experience after graduating from college in 1977.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022When I got out of school in the mid-70s, there was a big brain drain,\u0022 he says.  \u0022Students from Georgia with in-demand degrees like chemistry and engineering were finding employment outside the state.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Douglas-based Optima now provides opportunities for such students.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022It\u0027s important for us to have qualified chemical and engineering candidates.  Georgia Tech assists us by providing the engineers and chemists we need to run the plant,\u0022 says Williams.  \u0022I\u0027m proud of the fact that Optima Chemicals provides opportunities for students to stay in Georgia and contribute to their communities.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHowever, Georgia Tech\u0027s involvement with Optima does not end with providing an educated workforce.  In fact, Tech began consulting with the company before it was ever located in Douglas and continues to provide advice today. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Optima Chemical Group, a Douglas-based company, has relied on Georgia Tech for a wide range of assistance, from chemical research and site location to environmental assessments and personnel recruiting.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-11-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.edtv.gatech.edu\/articles\/articlesans.cfm?ID=110","title":"Assistance continues today"}],"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":""}},"47199":{"#nid":"47199","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sharing the Experience: Snehal Vashi is ATDC\u0027s Newest Entrepreneur-in-Residence","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program matches experienced entrepreneurs with early-stage technology companies enrolled at the ATDC, Georgia Tech\u0027s incubator program for technology companies.  As an entrepreneur-in-residence, Vashi meets regularly with the management teams of ATDC member companies to offer advice and share connections to the support networks he developed while running his own ventures.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChosen from among the senior executives of ATDC graduate companies, entrepreneurs-in-residence volunteer to spend at least one day a week sharing their experience and expertise with new ATDC companies.  For most who have served in the program, being an entrepreneur-in-residence offers a way to repay the ATDC community and stay involved as they develop their next business venture.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022I have started two companies at ATDC with my partners, and have always wanted to give back something to the community,\u0022 Vashi explained.  \u0022Having been bitten by the start-up bug, I am looking for my next venture.  Being at ATDC puts me in the middle of the best start-up company action in Atlanta.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nVashi says the entrepreneurial environment has changed dramatically since Simtrex was launched in 1998.  Today, companies must develop their products and obtain their first customers before seeking institutional financing.  That \u0022bootstrapping\u0022 forces entrepreneurs to rely on \u0022friends and family\u0022 investment, and to put their early focus on customers instead of capital markets.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Entrepreneurs must know going in that they are going to be doing it alone for a while, without any institutional capital,\u0022 he said.  \u0022Starting up a company is certainly not for the faint of heart.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHe says timing and tenacity separate the really successful entrepreneurs from the rest.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022I believe that above everything else, what distinguishes the really successful entrepreneurs is being in the right place at the right time,\u0022 Vashi explained.  \u0022There are a lot of companies out there with good products, funding, prospects and customers, but nothing beats the timing.  The other important quality is tenacity.  A start-up is all about overcoming challenges, and the odds for the most part are stacked against you, so tenacity and stubbornness come in handy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Snehal Vashi has spent the past 13 years building new software products and new technology companies, most recently as founder and chief technology officer of Simtrex Corporation.  Now he\u0027ll be helping other entrepreneurs build their new companies as the","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","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":""}},"47190":{"#nid":"47190","#data":{"type":"news","title":"VentureLab Helps Build New Companies from Georgia Tech Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe two new firms are based on sensor technologies developed in Georgia Tech\u0027s Manufacturing Research Center and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRadatec, Inc. is commercializing radar-based sensor technology for monitoring complex heavy machinery such as gas turbines used for generating electricity.  The system, which measures vibration in turbine blades while they are in operation, will cut operational costs by helping equipment owners more effectively schedule costly maintenance and avoid breakdowns.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nQcept Technologies, Inc. is bringing to market patented non-contact sensors able to detect changes in the condition or position of a surface, providing detailed views of surface defects, corrosion and irregularities.  Applications include device and thin film coating inspection and monitoring of critical machine components.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBeyond the companies already accepted into ATDC, VentureLab is grooming another ten research innovations, including two more early-stage ventures:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Vivonetics is developing a unique living cell gene expression system for use in drug discovery, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Jacket Micro Devices is developing a high performance organic fabrication technology to produce mixed-signal integrated components and systems for wireless consumer electronic devices.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech VentureLab, formed to commercialize technology developed in the Institute\u0027s research program, has helped launch two companies recently accepted into the Advanced Technology Development Center, Georgia Tech\u0027s business incubator.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2002-11-06 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/atdcletter\/oct02\/venturelab.html","title":"How Venturelab Works"}],"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":""}},"47185":{"#nid":"47185","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Former ISS Vice President Discusses Success Factors for Start-ups","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeven years later, the Internet is a vital part of our economy, ISS is a $223 million company with 1,200 employees -- and McGonnigle believes the factors that were crucial to the Atlanta-based security company\u0027s success remain crucial to early-stage companies today.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022One of the most important things I\u0027ve learned is the importance of believing passionately in what you are doing,\u0022 said McGonnigle, who is the newest entrepreneur-in-residence at Georgia Tech\u0027s Advanced Technology Development Center.  \u0022Passion is a great motivator.  As a leader, if you can tap into the passion of your team, people will go to great lengths to deliver because they are passionate about what they are doing.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA shared passion leads to what McGonnigle views as a second key factor: a balanced and compatible management team focused on growing the business.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022The value of a great team, people who share a common value system and wake up every day with a common mission, can\u0027t be underestimated,\u0022 he said.  \u0022You can have two companies with similar business plans and equivalent capital, and what will differentiate one from the other is the people.  It comes down to how well you can execute, how well you motivate and how well you muster the resources and charge off in the right direction.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAmong small companies today, McGonnigle often sees a misplaced focus on technology as the driver of success.  \u0022I have met with a number of early-stage companies founded by technical people who put the technology at the top and see other components as necessary evils,\u0022 he explained.  \u0022You can find a lot of cases in which great people and great execution outdid the best technology.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in mechanical engineering, McGonnigle was responsible for ISS\u0027 channel strategy since the company\u0027s inception, and most recently led the firm\u0027s business development team in forging and managing strategic alliances with global service providers, systems integrators and consulting firms.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"When Glenn McGonnigle co-founded Internet Security Systems (ISS) in 1995, many in the business community believed the Internet was just another passing technological fad.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-11-12 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-11-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-11-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/news\/november122002.html","title":"Building a new business"}],"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":""}},"47197":{"#nid":"47197","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Study Shows Persistence \u0026 Positive Attitude Really Do Pay Off in Job Searching","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe new Georgia Institute of Technology study also reveals how certain personality traits affect job-search behavior.  For example, people tend to look harder for jobs and consequently have more success if they are:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Optimistic and view the job loss as an opportunity to improve their position.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Higher in self-esteem and self-efficacy; they\u0027re confident in their ability to search for a job.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Extraverted.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Conscientious, in the sense that they are more organized and concerned with follow-up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022That doesn\u0027t mean that introverts or less conscientious individuals have poor re-employment prospects,\u0022 said study director Ruth Kanfer, a Georgia Tech psychology professor.  \u0022But those personality traits are less conducive to the path that they\u0027re up against.  In contrast, some people are naturally outgoing or predisposed to set goals and follow through.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKanfer is completing a two-year study on job-search behavior in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Labor.  Although researchers are still crunching numbers, preliminary findings show a positive relationship between active job-search behavior and re-employment success -- even in a time of recession.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022That may seem intuitive, but it\u0027s something people forget -- especially if the economy is bad,\u0022 Kanfer said.  \u0022When jobs are scarce, people often assume that there\u0027s no point in looking.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A new study confirms what some job-seekers may suspect: The more effort people put into a job search, the more likely they are to find employment, even in difficult times.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/JOBSEARCH.htm","title":"Study suggests tailoring help"}],"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":""}},"47196":{"#nid":"47196","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Lightning Protection Firm is ATDC\u0027s First Savannah Member Company","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe time-honored technique for protecting computers and other electronic devices from lightning damage has been to simply unplug them until the threatening weather passes. Now, a Savannah company known as Storm Shelter Electronics Corporation has developed a better way.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUsing a nationwide lightning detection system, satellite-based messaging network and a small device that plugs into a wall outlet, Storm Shelter automatically disconnects sensitive electronic equipment from AC current, phone lines and cable connections whenever a thunderstorm approaches.  After the threat passes, the same system reconnects the equipment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAn add-on uninterruptible power supply (UPS) can allow the equipment to keep going while disconnected from the AC current.  And the system includes standard surge suppression technology for handling less serious electrical threats.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStorm Shelter is the first member company of the Advanced Technology Development Center\u0027s (ATDC) new Savannah program, which was established earlier this year as a collaborative effort of coastal area organizations, the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism\u0027s CyberGeorgia initiative, and the ATDC.  The Savannah operation is part of Georgia Tech\u0027s growing presence in the coastal area.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Storm Shelter has identified a serious problem in lightning protection and has developed an elegantly simple solution that can be easily afforded and readily adopted for consumer electronics and small office environments,\u0022 said Bruce Jacobs, the company\u0027s CEO.  \u0022For the first time, we can provide real protection against the devastating effects to consumer electronics of direct lightning strikes.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A coastal Georgia firm with a new way of protecting computers against lightning has become the first member company of the ATDC\u0027s new Savannah operation.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-24 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.atdc.org\/news\/september232002.html","title":"Savannah\u0027s technology community"}],"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":""}},"47183":{"#nid":"47183","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers Improve Wireless Technologies to Help People with Disabilities","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThat\u0027s the idea behind wearable micro-display glasses, one of 14 research projects now under way at the new Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Mobile Wireless Technologies for Persons with Disabilities.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe center\u0027s work involves researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT) and the Shepherd Center, an Atlanta-based catastrophic care hospital.  It is primarily funded by a $5 million five-year federal grant awarded to GCATT last winter by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).  The grant created one of 17 national Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC) -- this one housed on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022With this grant we are able to move from research to real-world applications of technology to address the needs of people with disabilities,\u0022 says Helena Mitchell, director of GCATT\u0027s Office of Technology Policy and Programs, and principal investigator and director for the RERC.  \u0022The collaborative, interdisciplinary nature of our team generates dynamic and innovative solutions.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe RERC has two parallel goals: (1) to develop new and innovative ways of applying mobile wireless technologies to help people with disabilities, and (2) to promote the accessibility of new wireless devices.  Although the RERC\u0027s immediate constituency is the estimated 54 million Americans with some form of disability, its research and development of friendlier technology is intended for the good of the entire population.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Just as television programs provide closed captioning for deaf people, a new concept under development at Georgia Tech could help people who are hard of hearing participate in business, school and community activities.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2002-11-27 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/MOBILEWIRE.htm","title":"More examples of technologies"}],"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":""}},"47195":{"#nid":"47195","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Report Assessing Impact of Soot on Global Warming Could Alter Climate Change Debate","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPublished in the September 27 issue of the journal Science, the report -- by researchers from NASA\u0027s Goddard Institute for Space Studies -- suggests that by absorbing sunlight and altering weather patterns, light absorbing carbon-based particles could have nearly as much impact on global warming as carbon dioixide: a greenhouse gas that has long been considered the primary culprit in global warming.  The soot particles are produced by diesel engines, cooking fires and other sources.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn a perspectives article published with the NASA Goddard paper, atmospheric researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology describe some of the policy implications of the new findings.  Among them:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Because black carbon particles have relatively short atmospheric lifetimes, successful control efforts could curb their effects in a matter of months or years.  Carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, meaning control efforts couldn\u0027t impact global warming for generations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Soot emissions come primarily from developing nations such as India and China.  If these emissions do in fact play a large role in global warming, that could shift pressure for environmental control to those nations.  Industrialized nations in North America and Europe are responsible for the bulk of carbon dioxide emissions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Efforts to control soot may also bring immediate improvements in human health since the small particles thought to be most active in affecting climate are the same PM 2.5 particles that cause respiratory distress when trapped deep in the lungs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Little is known about the worldwide impact of soot emissions or even how to properly measure them.  Significant new research will be needed before the role of black carbon can be reliably assessed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022The study reported this week in Science really raises some important policy issues regarding soot,\u0022 said Michael Bergin, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.  \u0022In the past, researchers have felt that soot didn\u0027t really have a significant warming effect.  But as we\u0027ve learned more about the amount of black carbon emitted by countries like China and India, it appears now that soot could have important climate affects, and that these effects may be almost as much as those of carbon dioxide.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A new study on the role that atmospheric soot particles may play in global warming suggests a new near-term control strategy and shifts more responsibility for curbing pollution to developing nations such as India and China.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/SOOT.htm","title":"Atmospheric effects of soot"}],"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":""}},"47182":{"#nid":"47182","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sterilizing with Sound: Acoustic Technique Offers Improved Medical Disinfection","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPreliminary studies by scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University showed the technique killed more than 90 percent of bacteria in a test vial that also contained a mild solution of isopropyl alcohol.  Results of the work were presented December 5 at the First Pan-American\/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics in Cancun, Mexico.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Complex and extremely expensive endoscopes and related surgical equipment are very vulnerable to heat, and they are challenging to clean,\u0022 explained Dr. Stephen Carter, an Atlanta-area dentist who is working with Georgia Tech Professor Kenneth Cunefare to develop the technique.  \u0022We believe that our methods will sterilize in shorter periods of time, which would be a substantial advantage for expensive medical equipment.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe patented technique uses a form of cavitation, a phenomenon in which acoustic energy applied to a liquid induces the creation of voids -- or bubbles -- that release energy when they collapse.  By pressurizing their test chamber while inducing cavitation, Cunefare and Carter create a form of transient cavitation that causes violent collapse of the bubbles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe enhanced cavitation takes advantage of the \u0022anomalous depth effect,\u0022 in which the impact of bubble collapse increases dramatically when subjected to roughly twice normal atmospheric pressure.  Scientists have studied the phenomenon for years because it can damage submarines\u0027 propellers when operating at certain depths.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen applied to a solution of 66 percent isopropyl alcohol containing two forms of \u0022marker\u0022 bacterial spores -- Bacillus stearothermophilus and Bacillus subtilis -- the enhanced cavitation reduced the bacterial count by more than 90 percent, Cunefare said.  Research indicates that both the alcohol solution and increased pressure are necessary for killing the spores with cavitation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn acoustic phenomenon previously studied for its effects on submarines could be the basis for an improved disinfection technique able to rapidly kill microorganisms on medical instruments without high temperatures or harsh chemicals.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-12-11 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/DISINFECT.htm","title":"How it works"}],"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":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"47192":{"#nid":"47192","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers Search for Ways to Reduce Nursing Home Noise","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENow, researchers will test the effectiveness of several noise-reducing environmental interventions they developed to reduce sleep disturbances among nursing home residents.  Their ultimate goal is to improve residents\u0027 health and quality of life.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNoise increases measured at six or more decibels were a factor in 18 percent of almost 4,000 nighttime awakenings, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University and the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center.  Researchers collected the data from 92 metro Atlanta nursing home residents studied for about 500 person-nights.  The National Institute of Aging is funding the five-year study.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022The nursing home population has a great deal of sleep disturbance,\u0022 said Bettye Rose Connell, a health research scientist at the Atlanta V.A. Medical Center and an assistant professor of medicine at Emory.  \u0022...Not all awakenings are related to noise.  But sleep disruption related to noise is enough of a problem that we want to find ways to relieve it.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nResearchers have determined that nursing home noises usually fall into one of three broad categories: people talking; mechanical noises, such as cleaning equipment; and people doing things, such as pushing carts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSo acoustical engineers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have created several low-cost noise-reducing environmental interventions and tested them in five nursing homes.  The results are promising, researchers said.  One of the interventions -- sound-absorbing panels hung on hallway walls -- has reduced noise by a factor of 16.  That is equivalent to the difference in noise between music booming from 16 speakers versus on speaker.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022These interventions reduce echoes and reverberations in hallways and rooms,\u0022 said Krishan Ahuja, a Regents researcher at GTRI and a professor of aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech.  \u0022We have the noise-absorbing panels, ways to reduce the noise of banging doors, special hooks for curtains, and we even wrap the ice machine with a sound-deadening blanket to reduce noise.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Even modest increases in noise above the background level disturb the sleep of seniors in nursing homes, an ongoing Georgia Tech study shows.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-01 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/QUIETHALL.htm","title":"Complete Story"}],"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":""}},"47184":{"#nid":"47184","#data":{"type":"news","title":"VentureLab Showcases Faculty Innovations Moving Toward Commercialization","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVentureLab showcased 10 faculty-developed technologies at varying stages in the technology transfer process, opened laboratories for tours and gave brief presentations in the GCATT auditorium.  Attendees had the opportunity to spend time with individual Georgia Tech faculty members and VentureLab staff to discuss the technology prospects in detail.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President Wayne Clough spoke to attendees, noting that while Georgia Tech is breaking ground in technology transfer activities, economic devleopment is not a new mission for the university.  The state created Georgia Tech in 1885 to help move the South\u0027s economy from an agrarian to an industrial one, so economic development has always been on par with Georgia Tech\u0027s education, research and service missions, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Today our mission is only different in that we are in an age of information and services,\u0022 Clough explained.  \u0022We serve the original intent of our economic development mission in a different way.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBuilding upon extensive federally funded research in science and engineering, Georgia Tech faculty and students are creating innovative technologies with commercial potential.  \u0022We have many great new ideas boiling away at Georgia Tech, and many of them will make their way into the commercial arena,\u0022 Clough said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is committed to supporting entrepreneurial activities by faculty and students to make this goal a reality, Provost Jean-Lou Chameau told the group.  He pointed to Georgia Tech\u0027s creation of VentureLab last fall and the university\u0027s operation of the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), a technology business incubator.  Also, the university\u0027s commitment was recognized earlier this year in \u0022Innovation U.,\u0022 a report from the Southern Growth Policies Board, which cited Georgia Tech as the most advanced with regard to universities\u0027 roles in a knowledge economy, Chameau said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince its formation a year ago, VentureLab has evaluated 90 research innovations involving more than 100 faculty.  A dozen of those innovations were identified as having commercial potential.  Of those with commercial interest, four have so far been the basis for formation of new companies.  Two of them, Qcept Technologies and Radatec, Inc., have already been admitted to the ATDC.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s VentureLab, a center for commercialization of university research, recently gave about 200 investors and industry representatives a first look at early-stage technologies during its first Technology Day.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-12-12 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.venturelab.gatech.edu\/december92002.htm","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s commitment"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404.894.8835\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"97361":{"#nid":"97361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Business School Undergoes Voluntary Audit to Ensure Integrity of Rankings Data","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn an environment where business leaders are increasingly expected to certify the publication of financial information, Georgia Tech\u0027s DuPree College of Management has engaged a local certified public accounting firm, Frazier \u0026amp; Deeter, LLC, to certify records used in reporting statistics for various rankings publications. Data being audited include student enrollment, GMAT scores, accepted applicants, number of job offers, and return on investment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProspective students, faculty, and other constituents often view the highly competitive business school rankings as critical performance indicators of the overall value and quality of an MBA program in much the same way shareholders view a company\u0027s stock price. Today more than ever, national and international ranking by publications such as Business Week, U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times of London significantly affect the reputation of MBA programs, and thus their ability to attract the best and the brightest.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA desire to manipulate impressions of performance lead to situations in corporations like Enron and WorldCom and it is equally plausible to think that the same motivation could lead schools to manipulate impressions of their performance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), which administers the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) internationally, has recognized the potential for misconduct in reporting rankings statistics for some time. For the past three years, GMAC has underwritten mock audits to business schools that choose to participate, and in January 2003 will begin offering bona fide audits.  Although many schools have participated in off-the-record audits, administrators in the DuPree College have initiated an actual audit to demonstrate the importance of business schools taking steps to stress to students the importance of honest reporting.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022As Chief Academic Officer, I want to make sure that the information I am submitting is accurate,\u0022 said Dr. Terry C. Blum, dean, DuPree College of Management. \u0022It is important for those of us who are business school leaders to provide the example of ensuring this information is complete and accurate.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMeasurement error, analytical errors, and insignificant statistical data remain as general concerns with this sort of information. By taking the initiative for a voluntary audit, however, the DuPree College is emphasizing the importance of confirming that the information is correctly reported - or that corrections are made if honest errors are uncovered.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022It is important to us to take the lead in doing the right thing,\u0022 Blum said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s DuPree College of Management has engaged a local certified public accounting firm, Frazier \u0026amp; Deeter, LLC, to certify records used in reporting statistics for various rankings publications.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27307","created_gmt":"2002-10-08 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"David Arnold","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.dupree.gatech.edu\/index2.shtml","title":"DuPree 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\u003EHope Wilson\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Management\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=hw39\u0022\u003EContact Hope Wilson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-0580\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["hope.wilson@mgt.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"97341":{"#nid":"97341","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Former Hewlett-Packard Executive to Lead Computing at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology announced today that it has named Richard A. DeMillo as the John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of the nationally ranked College of Computing, one of the largest computer science programs in the country.  DeMillo, one of the most visible figures in the computing industry in recent years, was the first Chief Technology Officer for computer giant Hewlett-Packard Company before joining Georgia Tech.  He has been a leader making national policy in information technology including in the development of software solutions for the U.S. Defense Department.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe left his position as vice president at HP and recently returned to Georgia Tech to assume the helm of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center. He had also previously taught at Tech from 1976-87.  Regarded as one of the pioneers of the Internet, DeMillo\u0027s distinguished technology career spans business, government and academia, including major positions at HP, the National Science Foundation (NSF), Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore), Purdue University and Georgia Tech.  Effective December 1, DeMillo fills the position formerly held by Dr. Peter A. Freeman, who joined the National Science Foundation in May.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Rich\u0027s vision and three decades of experience are precisely what is needed to lead the College of Computing to even higher levels,\u0022 said Jean-Lou Chameau, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Tech.  \u0022He brings experience at the highest levels of industry, government, and academia, and his leadership will provide a tremendous boost to the College. His research strengths dovetail perfectly with the research going on currently in the College and his long-time relationships with current faculty ensure a smooth transition and a fast start toward enhancing the reputation of an already solid academic unit.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDeMillo will lead the education, research and outreach activities of the College including such research areas as cognitive science, computer architecture, database systems, educational technology, future computing environments, graphics and visualization, human computer interaction, information security, intelligent systems and robotics, networking and telecommunications, programming languages and compilers, parallel and distributed systems, software engineering, and theoretical computer science.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a very exciting time to be joining the Georgia Tech community, there are tremendous changes taking place in information technology and Georgia Tech has always been at the forefront of that change.  I look forward to helping Georgia Tech continue its climb to the very top ranks in computing,\u0022 said DeMillo.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout DeMillo\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAt Hewlett-Packard, DeMillo had worldwide responsibility for technology, technology strategy and the HP patent portfolio. He also chaired HP\u0027s Technology Council. DeMillo was responsible for many innovations in the oversight and governance of R\u0026amp;D at HP.  He also starred in a national television ad campaign that featured him as a famous inventor that is changing the world but is relatively unknown outside the industry when compared to the type of attention afforded other pop cultural icons.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to joining HP, he directed computer science research and applied research at Telcordia Technologies, in support of Telcordia\u0027s software businesses, telecommunications consulting businesses, as well as government and other externally sponsored R\u0026amp;D.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to joining Telcordia in 1995, DeMillo was professor of computer science at Purdue University and served as director of the Software Engineering Research Center, a NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center a consortium of universities.  Under DeMillo\u0027s leadership the Software Engineering Research Center became one of the most successful industrial research consortia in the nation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 1989 to 1991, DeMillo was director of the Computer and Computation Research Division at NSF.  In this capacity he managed the largest computing research division at NSF and was responsible for most of the academic computer science research in the U.S., including programs in software engineering, theoretical computer science, numeric and symbolic computation, computer architecture, graphics, operating systems and programming languages. Among other achievements at NSF, DeMillo was responsible for successful national initiatives in High Performance Computing and Communications and Computational Biology. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 1976 until 1987, DeMillo was Professor of Information and Computer Science at Georgia Tech and was founding director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Software Engineering Research Center.  DeMillo\u0027s accomplishments as head of this center included the development and successful application of advanced software quality technology to high-visibility national security initiatives and systems such as the Patriot Air Defense System and the Strategic Defense Initiative. He also directed the Software Test and Evaluation Project for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.  In this role DeMillo was the chief architect of Department of Defense policy for software testing and evaluation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDeMillo has held faculty appointments in Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Electronics and Informatics at the University of Padua in Padua, Italy where he helped establish an international master\u0027s program in software engineering on whose Executive Committee he still serves.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDeMillo received his Doctoral degree in Information and Computer Science from Georgia Tech and received his Bachelor\u0027s degree in Mathematics from College of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the College of Computing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Georgia Tech College of Computing houses one of the largest computer science programs in the country with 68 academic faculty and 39 research faculty. The College strives to provide high quality instruction and to integrate computing knowledge into other academic disciplines as well as aspects of daily life. Approximately 2,000 students are enrolled in the college, including approximately 1,580 undergraduates and 410 graduate students, some 270 of which are Ph.D. students.  The College is ranked 12th overall and houses several interdisciplinary research centers including the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), the Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center (GVU), Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems (CERCS), and the Modeling \u0026amp; Simulation Research and Education Center (MSREC).\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Richard A. DeMillo Named Dean of College of Computing"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology announced today that it has named Richard A. DeMillo as the John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of the nationally ranked College of Computing, one of the largest computer science programs in the country.  DeMillo, one of the most visible figures in the computing industry in recent years, was the first Chief Technology Officer for computer giant Hewlett-Packard Company before joining Georgia Tech.  He has been a leader making national policy in information technology including in the development of software solutions for the U.S. Defense Department.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97351":{"id":"97351","type":"image","title":"Richard A. 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Bush is to honor and recognize two professors from the Georgia Institute of Technology July 12 as being among the nation\u0027s most promising young researchers within their fields.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssistant Professor Reggie DesRoches, a researcher in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Associate Professor John Zhang, a scientist in the Institute\u0027s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, are recipients of the 2001 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe PECASE awards are the nation\u0027s highest honor for professionals working at the outset of their independent research careers. DesRoches and Zhang are to be among 60 scientists from throughout the nation to be honored by President Bush at the White House ceremony Friday.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe annual awards were established in 1996 to honor outstanding scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of knowledge and whose work is of greatest benefit to the nominating agency\u0026#8217;s mission. Eight participating agencies award these young scientists and engineers with up to five years of funding to further their research in support of critical government missions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDesRoches earned his PECASE award through the National Science Foundation for his work in earthquake-hazard mitigation. He will receive a $376,000 award, dispersed over five years. DesRoches has worked for Mobil Oil in its offshore engineering group and has research interests that include earthquake engineering, seismic design and analysis of bridges and structural applications of smart materials.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026#8220;I am delighted that the quality of Reggie\u0026#8217;s scholarship has been recognized with a PECASE award,\u0026#8221; said College of Engineering Distinguished Professor Bruce Ellingwood. \u0026#8220;The extraordinary quality of our young faculty will ensure a bright future for the school\u0026#8217;s teaching and research missions in civil and environmental engineering.\u0026#8221;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nProfessor Roberto Leon, interim head of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, added his praise.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026#8220;Dr. DesRoches is conducting pioneering research on design of bridges for earthquake loads and the application of advanced materials to the repair and strengthening of structures,\u0026#8221; Leon said. \u0026#8220;This award is a recognition of the impact and importance of his work.\u0026#8221;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nZhang earned his nomination for a PECASE award from Sandia National Laboratory\u0026#8211;a U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Defense Programs Laboratory\u0026#8211;for his innovations and vital contributions to the development of new tools, materials and applications that advance the science of component microfabrication from materials other than silicon.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThese advances enhance the ability of the National Nuclear Security Administration to develop improved components for weapon systems. Zhang will earn a $250,000 grant for the next five years to pursue his work at Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026#8220;It was a distinct and real pleasure for me to learn that John Zhang has been selected for a PECASE award,\u0026#8221; said Gary Schuster, dean of Georgia Tech\u0026#8217;s College of Sciences. \u0026#8220;John\u0026#8217;s selection for the award recognizes his strong and growing impact in materials chemistry, particularly in the area of nanoparticles. His research has taken our understanding of these unique materials beyond the cutting edge into territory that was unimaginable only a few years ago.\u0026#8221;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EContacts:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssociate Professor John Zhang: (404) 894-6368; \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.zhang@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejohn.zhang@chemistry.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAssistant Professor Reggie DesRoches: (404) 385-0826, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:reginald.desroches@ce.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ereginald.desroches@ce.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"President George W. Bush is to honor and recognize two professors from the Georgia Institute of Technology July 12 as being among the nation\u0027s most promising young researchers within their fields. Assistant Professor Reggie DesRoches and Associate Professor John Zhang are among the 60 recipients of the 2001 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) set to be honored by Bush at White House ceremony Friday.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2002-08-30 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41153":{"id":"41153","type":"image","title":"Assistant Professor Reggie DesRoches","body":null,"created":"1449174285","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:24:45","changed":"1475894364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:24","alt":"Assistant Professor Reggie DesRoches","file":{"fid":"190022","name":"i13d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030736667.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i13d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030736667.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i13d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030736667.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12947,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/i13d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030736667.jpg?itok=t-4uY3gT"}},"41154":{"id":"41154","type":"image","title":"Assistant Professor John Zhang","body":null,"created":"1449174285","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:24:45","changed":"1475894364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:24","alt":"Assistant Professor John Zhang","file":{"fid":"190023","name":"i23d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030736667.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i23d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030736667_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i23d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030736667_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":13674,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/i23d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030736667_1.jpg?itok=4WPDmIqV"}}},"media_ids":["41153","41154"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/%7Erdesroch","title":"Bio of Reginald DesRoches"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/zhang\/zhan","title":"Bio of John Zhang"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Civil and Environmental Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2002\/06\/20","title":"The White House2001 Presidential Early Career Awards Announced"}],"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":""}},"97311":{"#nid":"97311","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First Annual Bourne Poetry Reading Features U.S. Poet Laureates and Pulitzer Prize Winner","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College, the School of Literature, Communication and Culture, and Thomas Lux, the Bourne Chair in Poetry, present the first Annual Bourne Poetry Reading, an evening of stellar poetic talent, to the Georgia Tech and Atlanta community on Monday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Ferst Center for the Arts. The event is free and open to the public but requires a ticket. [The event sold out two weeks in advance]\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Honorable Andrew Young, former Mayor of Atlanta, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Chairman of GoodWorks International, will introduce poets Lucille Clifton, one of America\u0027s most revered poets, winner of the National Book Award and a past Poet Laureate of the State of Maryland; Billy Collins, the best-selling poet in the country and current U.S. Poet Laureate; Stephen Dobyns, acclaimed poet and author of twenty novels, now translated into twenty languages, two of them, movies; and Rita Dove, a Pulitzer Prize winner and a past U.S. Poet Laureate, 1993-1995.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore poetry events are planned throughout the 2002-2003 school year as part of a bold commitment to bring the very best poets and writers in the country to Tech, to put poetry in students\u0027 curriculum, and reach beyond the campus to give the gift of poetry to the City of Atlanta. These programs are made possible by two endowments established to bring poetry and writing to campus by Industrial Engineering alumnus H. Bruce McEver, a successful businessman and a published poet, and professor emeritus Henry C. Bourne, Jr. In fact, these endowed Chairs are attracting some of the best poetry talent to spend a semester teaching Georgia Tech students and reaching out to the Atlanta community as the McEver Visiting Chair in Writing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the Bourne Chair in Poetry, Lux will invite a different internationally known poet or writer to hold the McEver Visiting Chair in Writing during the spring semester each year. Stephen Dobyns, will be the McEver chairholder in spring 2003, and Billy Collins, the current U.S. Poet Laureate, will sit as the McEver Visiting Chair in Writing, spring 2004.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022When we hear that astounded \u0022\u0027Poetry at Tech?\u0027\u0022 says Lux, \u0022we are delighted. The Margaret T. and Henry C. Bourne, Jr. Chair in Poetry and the H. Bruce McEver Visiting Chair in Writing are extraordinary gifts, and we will make extraordinary efforts to honor their generosity and vision.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn spring 2001 Lux was the first holder of the McEver Visiting Chair, and this fall he returned as the permanent Bourne Chair in Poetry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is a privilege,\u0022 says Lux, \u0022to come to Georgia Tech at a time when it is expanding and enriching its humanities programs, and I intend to serve the educational needs and creative quests of Tech students with a whole heart and all the energies and experience I have in the field.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIvan Allen College, the School of Literature, Communication and Culture, and Thomas Lux, the Bourne Chair in Poetry, present the first Annual Bourne Poetry Reading, an evening of stellar poetic talent, to the Georgia Tech and Atlanta community on Monday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Ferst Center for the Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen College"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ferstcenter2.gatech.edu\/general_info\/directions.htm","title":"Directions to Ferst Center for the Arts"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/lcc.html","title":"School of Literature, Communication and Culture"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/poetry.html","title":"Upcoming Poetry Events at Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"42931","name":"Performances"}],"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\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\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"41157":{"#nid":"41157","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Launches New Degree Program in Orthotics and Prosthetics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s School of Applied Physiology will debut the nation\u0027s only two-year master\u0027s degree program in prosthetics and orthotics beginning fall 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe University System of Georgia\u0027s Board of Regents approved the new master\u0027s program at its June 2002 meeting. During the same meeting, the Regents also approved the re-naming of Georgia Tech\u0027s former Department of Health and Performance Sciences to the School of Applied Physiology. The school remains a unit within Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFaculty in the School of Applied Physiology study the science of movement and the physiological basis of movement control. They also offer instruction related to the importance of maintaining sound physiological systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our approach to these tasks involves every biological level utilizing both basic and applied sciences,\u0022 said Professor Robert J. Gregor, chairman of the School of Applied Physiology. \u0022For example, attempts to understand how molecules transmit signals in skeletal muscle have a foundation in basic molecular biology and, ultimately, these relate to the applied science of movement control.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFaculty interests within the school range from the behavioral to the systemic and molecular levels. At the undergraduate level, the school instructs all Georgia Tech students in their health and wellness requirement and offers a Certificate in Health Science, which addresses student interest in basic medical science education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the graduate level, the School of Applied Physiology is home to the new master?s program in orthotics and prosthetics. It represents a close collaboration among faculty and students within Georgia Tech\u0027s Schools of Applied Physiology, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We expect the fall 2002 class size to be about six or seven students,\u0022 Assistant Professor Mark Geil said. \u0022Plans are in place to increase the class size to a maximum of 12 students during the next few years.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\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.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeil said that many economic studies predict a severe shortage of qualified orthotics and prosthetics practitioners in the near future -- professionals who will serve the needs of the nation\u0027s aging population. Georgia Tech addresses this need by taking a fresh approach to prosthetics and orthotics education, one that goes beyond the educational methods that have been in place for years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our students will experience real prosthetics and orthotics practice first-hand and at an aggressive rate throughout their experience at Tech,\u0022 Geil said. \u0022They will learn the potential for computer-aided design and manufacture in prosthetics and orthotics, and will be conversant in the clinical literature. Our aim is to produce the finest clinicians, researchers, designers and educators in the industry.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther prosthetics and orthotics programs in the United States offer either baccalaureate degrees or post-baccalaureate certificates, Geil said. But Georgia Tech\u0027s program will be the only active, master\u0027s-level program available in the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EContacts:\u003Cbr \/\u003E Professor Robert J. Gregor\u003Cbr \/\u003E Chairman, School of Applied Physiology\u003Cbr \/\u003E (404) 894-1028\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:robert.gregor@ap.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erobert.gregor@ap.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Mark Geil\u003Cbr \/\u003E School of Applied Physiology\u003Cbr \/\u003E (404) 894-3957\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mark.geil@ap.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emark.geil@ap.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Program Housed in Re-named School of Applied Physiology"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s School of Applied Physiology will debut the nation\u0027s only two-year master\u0027s degree program in prosthetics and orthotics beginning fall 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Applied Physiology will debut the nation\u0027s only two-year master\u0027s degree program in prosthetics and orthotics beginning fall 2002."}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2002-08-30 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41158":{"id":"41158","type":"image","title":"Professor Mark Geil","body":null,"created":"1449174285","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:24:45","changed":"1475894364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:24","alt":"Professor Mark Geil","file":{"fid":"100857","name":"i13d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030734703.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i13d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030734703_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i13d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030734703_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30903,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/i13d69de946e59085336a78cfed63d8b2f1030734703_0.jpg?itok=bHRrcitW"}}},"media_ids":["41158"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/geil\/","title":"Profile of Dr. Mark Geil"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/mspo\/","title":"Master"},{"url":"http:\/\/cos-web.admin.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Sciences"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Applied Physiology"}],"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":""}},"97591":{"#nid":"97591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Sculptures to Appear in Hejduk Retrospective at Whitney Museum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe prestigious Whitney Museum of American Art this fall will exhibit two, large-scale architectural sculptures originally constructed and displayed by students from the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe sculptures, House of the Suicide and House of the Mother of the Suicide, were the result of student collaboration with acclaimed architect and designer John Hejduk in the late 1980s. They will be reconstructed in the Whitney\u0027s outdoor Sculpture Court as part of a retrospective exhibition, Sanctuaries: The Last Works of John Hejduk, beginning Sept. 15 and running through Jan. 5, 2003.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe curator for the exhibition is K. Michael Hays, a graduate of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture and today the Eliot Noyes Professor of Architecture Theory at Harvard University. Hays recently became the first adjunct curator of architecture at the Whitney Museum, and the Hejduk retrospective is to be his first show.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe late John Hejduk (1929-2000) remains one of the most original figures in American architecture and design, best known for his visionary works and his influence upon graduates of Cooper Union, where he was dean for 25 years. Hejduk largely abstained from conventional practice, focusing instead on theoretical projects, Hays said. These usually took the form of drawings that were combined into poetic, highly personal narratives.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022During the last twenty years of his life, John Hejduk made successive attempts to shift his architecture away from the more mathematical concerns of his earlier work-which owed much to Mies van der Rohe and Piet Mondrian-toward an allegorical, \u0027carnivalesque\u0027 mode that he called architectural masques,\u0022 Hays said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022In these works, Hejduk presented his architecture in a more lyrical, painterly, and narrative way, and in the last of the works returned architecture to an overtly spiritual function,\u0022 he said. \u0022The destiny of all Hejduk\u0027s famous early experiments, the horizon to which both the Wall Houses and the Masques are pulled, are these last works. They present a reduction of form and an intensity of emotion beyond which architecture cannot go.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the last 15 years of his life, some of Hejduk\u0027s architectural works moved from paper and models to built reality. His constructions appeared at sites around the world, including Berlin, Milan, Boston, Oslo, Philadelphia, London, Buenos Aires and Prague. Many of these projects came about when students, teachers and others fascinated by Hejduk\u0027s work came together to build. This included architecture students from Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBeginning in 1986, a group of Tech students, led by project coordinator and studio critic James Williamson, began collaborating with Hejduk on the construction of House of the Suicide and House of the Mother of the Suicide. The process took four years and resulted in the two pieces that measure 20 feet high. While many students worked on the project, a core group of about a dozen stayed with it throughout its course.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThat group consisted of Jack Ames (MArch 1990), Paul Bauer (BS 1985, MArch 1988), Rick Blanchard (BS 1988, MArch 1997), Nancy Caster (MArch 1990), Paige Cosby (BS 1988, MArch 1990), Jeff Cramer (BS 1986, MArch 1988), Jorge de la Cova (BS 1988, MArch 1990), Lyle Green (BS 1983, MArch 1988), Marshall Levy (MArch 1989), Kirk Marchisen (BS 1981, MArch 1986), Frank Pollacia (MArch 1989) and David Shonk (MArch 1990).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe first construction, House of the Suicide, was inspired by the story of Jan Palach, a college student who died in Prague after setting himself on fire in January 1969 to protest the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Later, a friend of Hejduk, David Shapiro, wrote a poem about the event and its aftermath, The Funeral of Jan Palach. It provided a new context for Hejduk to design House of the Mother of the Suicide.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWork on the project was intermittent, but Georgia Tech students explored Hejduk\u0027s concept for the two sculptures via drawings, models, and full-scale mock-ups. Periodically, Williamson consulted Hejduk on design details, material selections and color for the two structures. The construction details were divined by students, who referred to the body of Hejduk\u0027s work in determining how a joint should come together, the design of a steel angle, the heft of a timber framing, or the fabrication of slender steel spikes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce completed, the two structures occupied the main lobby of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture. They later were disassembled and put into storage in Atlanta. However, in July, Institute officials completed a loan agreement with the Whitney Museum to include the important pieces in the upcoming Hejduk retrospective.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Whitney exhibition includes selections from the John Hejduk Archive at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal and The Menil Collection in Houston. Among them are about 110 small works on paper and four architectural models, in addition to the two large-scale architectural sculptures from Georgia Tech. A book, with an essay by Hays and a preface by architect Toshiko Mori, will accompany the exhibition.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Whitney\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Whitney Museum of American Art is the leading advocate of 20th and 21st-century American art. Founded in 1930, the Museum\u0026#8217;s holdings have grown to include nearly 13,000 works of art representing more than 2,000 artists. The Permanent Collection is the preeminent collection of 20th-century American art and includes the entire artistic estate of Edward Hopper, the largest public collection of works by Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, and Lucas Samaras, as well as significant works by Arshile Gorky, Marsden Hartley, Jasper Johns, Reginald Marsh, Agnes Martin, Georgia O\u0027Keeffe, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ad Reinhardt, among other artists.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The prestigious Whitney Museum of American Art this fall will exhibit two, large-scale architectural sculptures originally constructed and displayed by students from the Georgia Institute of Technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-04 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-07-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-07-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97601":{"id":"97601","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Hejduk Sculpture","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"},"97611":{"id":"97611","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Hejduk Sculpture","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97601","97611"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/archiv.radio.cz\/palach99\/eng\/","title":"Jan Palach Memorial Page"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.architectureweek.com\/2000\/0802\/news_2-1","title":"ArchitectureWeek Retrospective of John Hejduk"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.whitney.org\/","title":"Whitney Museum of American Art"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.arch.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":""}},"41139":{"#nid":"41139","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Literature, Communication and Culture Professor Jay Bolter to give Summer Commencement Address","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jay David Bolter, co-director of the Wesley New Media Center and the Wesley Chair of New Media in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture at Georgia Tech\u0027s Ivan Allen College, will deliver the commencement address at Georgia Tech\u0027s 213th commencement ceremony on Friday, August 2, 2002.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe ceremony will take place at 9:00 a.m. at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Approximately 922 students are expected to graduate.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn April, Bolter received Georgia Tech\u0027s Distinguished Professor Award. The prize, which includes the honor of delivering the summer commencement address, is the most prestigious award bestowed upon Tech faculty members. The recipient is chosen for his or her outstanding commitment to teaching, research and service and is selected by the Faculty Honors Committee. Bolter is the first Ivan Allen College faculty member to achieve this distinction.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPart of Bolter\u0027s research is exploring the ways technology can be used as a tool to improve education and society. One such project is exploring how augmented reality (AR) systems can enhance the way people absorb and use information. Augmented reality works by overlaying a computer-generated image on top of an image of the real world, giving the user access to a vast array of information about an object at a glance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022In AR, you put on the headset and you can still see the visual world, but the computer adds its own views. Along with Blair MacIntyre in the College of Computing, we\u0027re designing a system that you could use in a museum where visitors are accompanied by a virtual character who is a historical figure. As you walk through the exhibit, she talks to you about her history,\u0022 Bolter explained.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAnother use for AR might involve having airplane mechanics wear goggles, which the computer would use to overlay their view of an airplane engine with schematics or a step-by-step illustration on which parts need to be adjusted.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFuture applications include shirts for parental use to monitor babies and for military use to provide a trapped soldier\u0027s exact location and give triage units details about wounds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn his speech to the graduates, Bolter said he will emphasize to them how they can use their technological skills to change the world.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022I want to make the point that digital information and the Word Wide Web isn\u0027t just about existing in some amorphous cyberspace, but has real and important consequences for our physical world and our social world,\u0022 he said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt\u0027s a point Bolter has made time and time again in his research and in the three books he has authored, Remediation: Understanding New Media with Richard Grusin in 1999, Writing Space: The Computer, Hypertext and the History of Writing in 1991 and Turing\u0027s Man: Western Culture in the Computer Age in 1984.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBolter came to Georgia Tech from the University of North Carolina in 1991. He holds a doctorate in the classics and a master\u0027s in computer science from UNC. He received his bachelor\u0027s in Greek from Trinity College in Toronto in 1973.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Dr. Jay David Bolter, co-director of the Wesley New Media Center and the Wesley Chair of New Media in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture at Georgia Tech\u0027s Ivan Allen College, will deliver the commencement address at Georgia Tech","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41140":{"id":"41140","type":"image","title":"Jay Bolter","body":null,"created":"1449174275","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:24:35","changed":"1475894364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:24","alt":"Jay Bolter","file":{"fid":"100852","name":"i15daf6e44a8ce28977fa4cfa6a67da6ba1031263764.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i15daf6e44a8ce28977fa4cfa6a67da6ba1031263764_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i15daf6e44a8ce28977fa4cfa6a67da6ba1031263764_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6253,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/i15daf6e44a8ce28977fa4cfa6a67da6ba1031263764_0.jpg?itok=bhlBkuET"}}},"media_ids":["41140"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/commencement\/","title":"Commencement Information"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.newmedia.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wesley New Media Center"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen College"}],"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":""}},"97291":{"#nid":"97291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech prepared to make \u0027major contribution\u0027 to homeland security","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EExperts from federal, state and local governments plus the private sector gathered at a forum sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology Oct. 16-17 to examine communication and technology problems facing the nation\u0027s homeland security officials.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Information Sharing and Integration Forum -- sponsored by Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Emergency Response Technology, Instruction and Policy in collaboration with the White House Office of Homeland Security -- took place in the auditorium of the Institute of Paper Science and Technology, 575 14th St. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe forum was the first of four scheduled throughout the country at which White House officials hope to examine best practices for information integration and sharing developed by first-response agencies, private industry sources and state and tribal governments.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Information security and the sharing of information among first-response agencies will be crucial for our nation\u0027s homeland defense efforts,\u0022 Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough said during opening remarks at the forum Oct. 16.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech is prepared to make a major contribution in this area of research,\u0022 he said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the impressive expertise available through the College of Engineering, Clough said, the Institute stands ready and able to assist in a variety of areas critical to the nation\u0027s homeland security needs -- especially in the fields of biology, chemistry, computing, information technology and logistics.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We believe Georgia Tech possesses the capabilities to assist with all of these issues,\u0022 he said. Clough also stressed the importance of strengthening ties and communication efforts among local first-response agencies and their state and federal counterparts.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The way we obtain and use information is key to maintaining a secure society,\u0022 he said, \u0022and our nation\u0027s homeland security really depends on hometown security.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESteve Cooper, special assistant to President George Bush and senior director for information integration at the White House, also discussed challenges faced by the Office of Homeland Security. He said information sharing would be a cornerstone of the proposed Department of Homeland Security.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I have learned that there are folks that are doing absolutely fantastic stuff within their communities of practice,\u0022 Cooper said. \u0022The rub is that [their work] is not connected to anything else.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn order to make homeland security work, officials must make connections among various communities and spread the word on best practices, he said. This includes ways in which first-responders might communicate during a crisis, for example, or new ways local, state and federal law enforcement officials might share information from national \u0022watch lists\u0022 to apprehend wanted individuals. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I would argue that we have the talent to address and detect terrorism. We just have to hook ourselves together,\u0022 Cooper said. One way to do this, he said, might be to create or organize a central clearinghouse of information that could act like a central brain or nervous system, allowing the nation to respond to threats.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It [would not be] meant to be a controlling brain. Everything does not need to be directed by the federal government,\u0022 Cooper said. \u0022What we do need to have is a brain that understands everything that is going on \u0085 so that we have the ability to connect and be aware of what\u0027s going on around us.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECooper said federal officials realize that many needs and questions remain to be addressed in the creation of a Department of Homeland Security. Among them is striking the appropriate balance between privacy and security for citizens; aligning policies and laws with desired security outcomes; identifying and consolidating redundant and duplicative efforts at the federal level; and the introduction of new technology that will enhance information sharing.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the two-day forum in Atlanta, organizers held panel discussions featuring members of the region\u0027s first-response community. They sought to identify what\u0027s needed and what\u0027s available to first responders in the way of information-technology networks that might help prevent future terrorist attacks or minimize loss of life and property in the event of an attack or other disaster.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EForum participants also examined lessons learned and best practices developed during previous emergency response situations and reviewed a plan for creating prototype emergency-response systems on a regional basis.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Panel moderators facilitated discussions among all participants to the end of identifying reusable initiatives and solutions that can be incorporated into a regional emergency-response model,\u0022 CERTIP Director Tom Bevan said. \u0022In addition to the panel presentations, representatives from the Dallas Emergency Response Network described their network\u0027s operation for possible application to a Georgia regional-pilot project.\u0022   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAttendees of the forum primarily were officials from CERTIP\u0027s partners in the Southeast who specialize in information technology issues. These specialists represent agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Hartsfield International Airport. CERTIP\u0027s state partners include the Department of Public Safety, the Georgia Mutual Aid Group and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, among others.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECERTIP was founded in 1999 to examine and apply emerging technologies that might counter the threat of chemical and biological warfare agents and aid the nation\u0027s first-response community in its efforts to protect lives and property. The center\u0027s partners include more than 35 regional and national government and private organizations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on CERTIP or its recent information-sharing forum, contact Director Tom Bevan, Center for Emergency Response Technology, Instruction and Policy, (404) 894-8076 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tom.bevan@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etom.bevan@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Recent Forum Seeks To Remove Communication Barriers Among Nation\u0027s First Responders"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Experts from federal, state and local governments plus the private sector gathered at a forum sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology Oct. 16-17 to examine communication and technology problems facing the nation\u0027s homeland security officials.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-29 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97301":{"id":"97301","type":"image","title":"Tom Bevan","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97301"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/deptofhomeland\/","title":"White House Proposal for a U.S. Department of Homeland Security"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.certip.org\/","title":"Center for Emergency Response Technology, Instruction and Policy"}],"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":""}},"41095":{"#nid":"41095","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Biomedical Scientist Testing Nanoparticles as Early Cancer Detection Agent","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBiomedical scientist Shuming Nie is testing the use of nanoparticles called quantum dots to dramatically improve clinical diagnostic tests for the early detection of cancer. The tiny particles glow and act as markers on cells and genes, giving scientists the ability to rapidly analyze biopsy tissue from cancer patients so that doctors can provide the most effective therapy available.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENie, a chemist by training, is an associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering \u0026#8211; a joint department operated by the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Emory University \u0026#8211; and director of cancer nanotechnology at Emory\u0026#8217;s Winship Cancer Institute.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHis research focuses on the field of nanotechnolgy, in which scientists build devices and materials one atom or molecule at a time, creating structures that take on new properties by virtue of their miniature size. The basic building block of nanotechnology is a nanoparticle, and a nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, or about 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENanoparticles take on special properties because of their small size. For example, if you break a piece of candy into two pieces, each piece will still be sweet, but if you continue to break the candy until you reach the nanometer scale, the smaller pieces will taste completely different and have different properties.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUntil recently, nanotechnology was primarily based in electronics, manufacturing, supercomputers and data storage. However Nie predicted years ago in a paper published in Science that the first major breakthroughs in the field will be in biomedical applications, such as early disease detection, imaging and drug delivery.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;Electronics may be the field most likely to derive the greatest economic benefit from nanotechnology,\u0026#8221; Nie said. \u0026#8220;However, much of the benefit is unlikely to occur for another 10 to 20 years, whereas the biomedical applications of nanotechnology are very close to being realized.\u0026#8221;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENie was recently recruited from Indiana University as a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scientist. While at Indiana, Nie and his colleagues constructed a nanoscale semiconductor crystal. Also called a quantum dot, this particle is made of semiconductors with a limited ability to conduct electricity. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause quantum dots are so small, their electrons are compacted, causing them to emit light or to act as a fluorescent tag. Quantum dots can bond chemically to biological molecules, enabling them to trace specific proteins within cells. Nie calls them \u0026#8220;bioconjugated nanoparticles\u0026#8221; -- small particles that are chemically linked to biological materials.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENanoparticle probes can be used as contrast markers in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in positron emission tomography (PET) for in-vivo molecular imaging, or they can be used as fluorescent tracers in optical microscopy.  These tags can trace specific proteins in cells for cancer diagnosis or monitor the effectiveness of drug therapy. Because the dots glow with bright, fluorescent colors, scientists hope they will improve the sensitivity of diagnostic tests for molecules that are difficult to detect, such as those in cancer cells, or even the AIDS virus, Nie said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;Basically, it is a barcoding technology that can encode genes and proteins,\u0026#8221; Nie said. He plans to use bioconjugated nanoparticles for early identification, quantification, and localization of gene sequences, proteins, infectious organisms, or genetic disorders. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMany of the practical applications of nanoparticles are based on the different colors they absorb or emit in the light spectrum as their sizes change. A piece of gold, for instance, appears yellow in color, but appears red at nanoscale size. Broken down even smaller, it could appear to be blue. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing a spectrum of six colors, in addition to four more colors in the infrared spectrum, scientists are able to finely tune nanoparticles to carry out tracking tasks traditionally accomplished using organic dyes. Nanoparticles have characteristics that are more desirable than dyes, however. Dyes fade more quickly, they can be toxic to cells, and they cannot be used together because each dye requires a different light wavelength to be visible. Nanoparticles can be illuminated using just one laser beam.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EScientists only have to vary the size of quantum dots slightly and they glow brightly in one of 10 available colors. When different sized dots are embedded in tiny beads made of a polymer material, the color of the bead can be finely tuned. Theoretically, beads with tiny permutations of color could tag a million different proteins or genetic sequences in a process called \u0026#8220;multiplexing.\u0026#8221;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENie acts as a senior consultant to Bioplex Corp., a company spun out of his lab\u0026#8217;s research in Indiana and headed by Tom Petzinger, CEO. The company, which holds the exclusive license from Indiana University for the synthesis of multiplexing dyes for imaging and detection, was recently added to the roster of start-ups at EmTech Bio, a business incubator jointly run by Georgia Tech and Emory University. Bioplex Corporation is partially owned by Pittsburgh-based LaunchCyte.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EScientists, including Nie, are currently studying methods of linking quantum dots to medical drugs or other therapeutic agents to target cancer cells. These dots could serve as \u0026#8220;smart bombs\u0026#8221; to deliver a controlled amount of drug to a particular type of cell.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENie is working with Emory University cancer urologist Lelund Chung to use bioconjugated quantum dots as molecular probes  to rapidly analyze biopsy tissue from cancer patients. The nanoparticles would be able to profile a large number of genes and proteins simultaneously, allowing physicians to individualize cancer treatments based on the molecular differences in the cancers of various patients. Even when cells appear to be similar under the microscope, their genes and proteins may be decidedly different, which explains why cancer patients with apparently similar cancers sometimes respond differently to the same treatment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENie and his colleagues are working on methods to deliver nanoparticles into specific kinds of tissues and cells -- a process that would make cancer therapy more selective. Using near-infrared imaging technology, they are monitoring the migration of the particles within cells.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENie is also working with tissue engineers at Georgia Tech and Emory to study the use of nanoparticles to construct new materials that could be used as improved implants for damaged tissue, such as bone, cartilage, or skin. Bio-nanomaterials provide new opportunities in cell and tissue engineering, such as cell growth\/differentiation, tissue scaffolding, and controlled release of multiple growth factors.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Biomedical scientist Shuming Nie is testing the use of nanoparticles called quantum dots to dramatically improve clinical diagnostic tests for the early detection of cancer. The tiny particles glow and act as markers on cells and genes, giving scientists the ability to rapidly analyze biopsy tissue from cancer patients so that doctors can provide the most effective therapy available.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41096":{"id":"41096","type":"image","title":"Shuming Nie in lab","body":null,"created":"1449174275","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:24:35","changed":"1475894364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:24","alt":"Shuming Nie in lab","file":{"fid":"100847","name":"i1470bb22de95701f941295a61a681c32c1035309790.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i1470bb22de95701f941295a61a681c32c1035309790_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i1470bb22de95701f941295a61a681c32c1035309790_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8990,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/i1470bb22de95701f941295a61a681c32c1035309790_1.jpg?itok=rFjH4g2j"}}},"media_ids":["41096"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.emory.edu\/WHSC\/MED\/","title":"Emory University School of Medicine"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. 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Atlantis lifted off Monday, Oct 7 at 3:45 p.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe major objective of the 11-day mission STS-112 is delivery of a 45-foot-long truss segment that ultimately will expand the space station to the length of a football field and increase its power by adding new photovoltaic modules and solar arrays. Three space walks will be carried out to install and activate the truss and its equipment.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMagnus, 37, will serve as Atlantis\u0026#8217; flight engineer and will be one of the operators of the Canadarm2 robotic arm. It will grapple the huge truss, lift it out of Atlantis\u0026#8217; payload bay and maneuver it for installation. It also will be used to transport spacewalkers as they connect power and data cables and other hardware to the truss exterior, including the first of two human-powered carts that will ride along the railway, providing mobile work platforms for future astronauts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMagnus received a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech\u0026#8217;s School of Materials Science and Engineering in 1996. That same year, she was recruited by NASA and reported to Johnson Space Center for training and evaluation. The mission marks her first flight into space.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nShe joins a list of nine Yellow Jackets who have traveled into space aboard NASA missions, in addition to four Georgia Tech graduates who are currently training at NASA for future missions. The most recent was Mission Specialist Mike Massimino, a former professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering who helped upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAtlantis is the first space shuttle to launch since NASA grounded its fleet earlier this year after discovering tiny cracks in fuel lines on Atlantis and Endeavour. NASA announced in August it planned to repair the cracks and move ahead with its launch schedule.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026#8220;Engineering and ground-processing teams have done outstanding work in the past few months to ensure the readiness of Atlantis for a safe flight,\u0026#8221; NASA Space Shuttle Program Manager Ron Dittemore said. \u0026#8220;Because of the dedication and hard work of these teams, we have resolved the technical issues and are ready to resume the task of assembling the International Space Station. Atlantis is in great shape and ready to fly.\u0026#8221;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe mission is commanded by U.S. Navy Capt. Jeffrey S. Ashby. U.S. Air Force Col. Pamela A. Melroy will serve as pilot. Mission specialists include David A. Wolf, M.D.; Piers J. Sellers, Ph.D.; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, RSC Energia; and Magnus.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis will be Magnus\u0026#8217;, Sellers\u0026#8217; and Yurchikhin\u0026#8217;s first shuttle mission, Ashby\u0026#8217;s third and Melroy\u0026#8217;s second. This will be Wolf\u0027s third mission, his most recent being a 119-day stay aboard the Russian Space Station Mir in 1997 and 1998. Wolf and Sellers will conduct three spacewalks during STS-112 to install and outfit the new truss structure and spacewalk work platform.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe mission will be followed by Endeavour in November on a similar truss delivery and crew rotation that will take a new, three-person crew to the station and bring the current crew back to Earth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EA Georgia Tech Alum in Space\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMagnus graduated from Belleville West High School in Belleville, Ill., in 1982 and went on to receive a bachelor\u0026#8217;s degree in physics and a master\u0026#8217;s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1986 and 1990, respectively. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBetween 1986 and 1991 Magnus worked for McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company as a stealth engineer, working on internal research and development and studying the effectiveness of radar signature reduction techniques. She also was assigned to the Navy\u0026#8217;s A-12 Attack Aircraft program, primarily working on the propulsion system until the program was cancelled. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom 1991 to 1996, Magnus completed her thesis work, which was supported by the NASA-Lewis Research Center through a Graduate Student Fellowship and involved investigations on materials of interest for \u0026#8220;Scandate\u0026#8221; thermionic cathodes. She received her doctorate from Georgia Tech\u0026#8217;s School of Material Science and Engineering in 1996.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESelected by NASA as an astronaut candidate in April 1996, Magnus completed two years of training and evaluation, which qualified her for flight assignment as a mission specialist. From January 1997 through May 1998, she worked in the Astronaut Office Payloads\/Habitability Branch. Her duties involved working with the European Space Agency, the National Space Development Agency of Japan and Brazil on science freezers, glove boxes and other facility-type payloads. In May 1998 Magnus was assigned as a \u0026#8220;Russian Crusader,\u0026#8221; which involves travel to Russia in support of hardware testing and operational product development.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech alum Sandy Magnus (Ph.D., MSE \u0026#8217;96) is part of the six-member crew scheduled to launch Wednesday, Oct. 2, aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a mission to upgrade the International Space Station.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-08 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-08-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41147":{"id":"41147","type":"image","title":"Sandra Magnus","body":null,"created":"1449174285","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:24:45","changed":"1475894364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:24","alt":"Sandra Magnus","file":{"fid":"100853","name":"i2a2cfa6f4cbf866bf8b5e0c47f38141051033071171.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i2a2cfa6f4cbf866bf8b5e0c47f38141051033071171_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i2a2cfa6f4cbf866bf8b5e0c47f38141051033071171_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":14163,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/i2a2cfa6f4cbf866bf8b5e0c47f38141051033071171_0.jpg?itok=G6uIwysU"}},"41148":{"id":"41148","type":"image","title":"Crew of the STS-112","body":null,"created":"1449174285","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:24:45","changed":"1475894364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:24","alt":"Crew of the STS-112","file":{"fid":"100854","name":"i3a2cfa6f4cbf866bf8b5e0c47f38141051033071171.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i3a2cfa6f4cbf866bf8b5e0c47f38141051033071171_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i3a2cfa6f4cbf866bf8b5e0c47f38141051033071171_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":16608,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/i3a2cfa6f4cbf866bf8b5e0c47f38141051033071171_0.jpg?itok=KL-_JQ-d"}}},"media_ids":["41147","41148"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/news\/magazine\/fall98\/astronaut","title":"GT Alumni Magazine Fall 1998 Article on Georgia Tech Astronauts"},{"url":"http:\/\/spaceflight.nasa.gov\/gallery\/images\/shuttle","title":"NASA\u0026#8217;s STS-112 Image Gallery"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Materials Science and Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/spaceflight.nasa.gov\/shuttle\/","title":"STS-112 Mission Overview"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.jsc.nasa.gov\/Bios\/htmlbios\/magnus.html","title":"NASA Bio on Sandra H. Magnus"}],"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":""}},"77741":{"#nid":"77741","#data":{"type":"news","title":"National Academy of Engineering Selects Two Georgia Tech Professors to Attend Frontiers of Engineering Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech professors are among 84 of the nation\u0027s top young engineers selected by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to take part in its annual Frontiers of Engineering symposium, which brings together engineers age 30 to 45 who are performing leading engineering research and technical work.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGregory D. Abowd, an associate professor in the College of Computing, and Fotis Sotiropoulos, an associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will take part in the three-day event to be held Sept. 19-21.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe participants - from industry, academia, and government - were nominated by fellow engineers or organizations and were chosen from a field of nearly 150 applicants.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Frontiers of Engineering is a unique opportunity for outstanding young engineers from a variety of disciplines to meet one another and discuss cutting-edge topics in the field,\u0022 said NAE President Wm. A. Wulf. \u0022This symposium brings together talented individuals who represent the future leaders in engineering.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESotiropoulos\u0027 research focuses on the development of computational methods for simulating complex flows and the application of these methods to solve fluid mechanics problems encountered in a wide range of engineering applications. He has made novel research contributions in a diverse and multi-disciplinary range of topics in hydraulic engineering, environmental fluid mechanics, mechanical and biomedical engineering, ship hydrodynamics, and the application of chaos theory and non-linear dynamics to the study of fluid mixing. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESotiropoulos has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods for simulating bridge foundation scour in natural rivers. With funding from the U.S. Department of Energy\u0027s Advanced Hydroturbine Program, he is also developing CFD techniques for predicting turbulent flows in hydropower installations in order to assess and minimize the impact of turbulence on the aquatic ecosystem. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESotiropoulos is currently serving as an associate editor for the ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am honored to be invited to participate in such a high-level forum for shaping the national engineering research agenda, especially because this year CFD is prominently featured among the symposium topics,\u0022 Sotiropoulos said. \u0022I am looking forward to broadening my own research horizons by interacting and exchanging ideas with such a talented group of colleagues.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe second participant from Georgia Tech, Abowd is known for his innovative research projects. From Classroom 2000, (later re-named eClass) to the Aware Home Research Initiative (AHRI), both sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Abowd has led some exciting projects using available technology in new ways to improve people\u0027s lives.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHis research interests lie in the intersection between Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction, specifically ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) and the research issues involved in building and evaluating ubicomp applications that impact everyday lives. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHis eClass project uses technology to free students from the laborious task of trying to capture every word of a lecture and allows them to participate more in classroom discussion. The lectures are captured on audio, video and in writing, and students can access and review the notes later via the Web. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am particularly excited by this opportunity to catch up on some of the important advances in engineering and to reflect on what grand challenges remain,\u0022 Abowd said. \u0022This year\u0027s symposium will focus on quantum computing and human factors engineering, among other topics, and I am honored to be considered a relevant contributor to these discussions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs director of AHRI, Abowd has shepherded a number of innovative projects in this multi-disciplinary research program focused on developing applications and technologies in a home environment that perceives and assists the occupants. Most of this research takes place in the Broadband Institute Residential Laboratory (BIRL) on Tenth Street -- a lab equipped with the latest in broadband networking and sensing technologies that looks like a house. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Frontiers of Engineering symposium will be held at the National Academies\u0027 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, Calif., and will explore topics in chemical engineering, human factors engineering, nuclear energy, and quantum information technology. Andrew Viterbi, president of Viterbi Group and co-founder of Qualcomm, will be a featured speaker.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrontiers of Engineering is funded by the National Academy of Engineering and government and corporate sponsors. This year\u0027s sponsors are the U.S. Department of Defense, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Microsoft Corp., Ford Motor Co., IBM Corp., and Cummins Engine Co.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Two Georgia Tech professors are among 84 of the nation\u0027s top young engineers selected by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to take part in its annual Frontiers of Engineering symposium, which brings together engineers age 30 to 45 who are performing leading engineering research and technical work.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-04 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-08-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-08-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"77751":{"id":"77751","type":"image","title":"Fotis Sotiropoulos","body":null,"created":"1449178063","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:43","changed":"1475894691","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:51"},"77761":{"id":"77761","type":"image","title":"Gregory Abowd","body":null,"created":"1449178063","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:43","changed":"1475894691","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:51"}},"media_ids":["77751","77761"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.awarehome.gatech.edu\/","title":"Aware Home Research Initiative"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/fce\/eclass\/","title":"eClass"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/%7Ewater\/","title":"Environmental Fluid Mechanics \u0026 Water Resources Program"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.nae.edu\/frontiers","title":"Frontiers of Engineering Symposium"}],"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":""}},"41092":{"#nid":"41092","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers Developing Biomechanic Device To Grow Arteries for Bypass Surgery Patients","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBiomedical engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) are testing a device that, when implanted, mechanically lengthens an existing artery in patients preparing for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). The lengthened artery, when harvested and used as a graft, has the potential to greatly improve the long-term outcomes of bypass patients.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDesigned to stimulate growth in the gastroepiploic artery \u0026#8211; a small, disease-free artery about 3-7 mm diameters in size and located below the stomach \u0026#8211; the device has shown to be effective in lengthening arterial tissue in pigs by as much as 30 cm \u0026#8211; enough for a patient to undergo at least two CABG procedures, researchers say.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe patented process has been coined \u0026#8220;distraction angiogenesis\u0026#8221; by lead scientist Ray Vito, a professor at Georgia Tech who holds dual appointments in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVito is president and CEO of Medanoia Medical Inc., a company he formed in February 2001, along with Jack Griffis, COO, to develop, manufacture and market the device. The process is similar to distraction osteogenesis \u0026#8211; a process that has been used clinically since the 1950\u0026#8217;s to lengthen bones, especially in the legs and face.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;The long-term outcome of coronary bypass surgery is critically dependent on the graft that is used,\u0026#8221; Vito said. \u0026#8220;The consensus among surgeons and cardiologists is that arterial grafts are preferable to venous grafts (veins) because they stay open much longer. However, the human body has a very limited supply of arterial tissue that can be harvested without consequence to the patient. Distraction angiogenesis increases the supply of arterial tissue suitable for use as grafts.\u0026#8221;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECoronary artery bypass surgery is among the most common operations performed in the world to bypass a blockage. Clogged arteries are often caused by a buildup of fat, plaque or cholesterol. According to American Heart Association statistics, 336,000 people underwent coronary artery bypass surgery in the United States in 1998.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETraditionally the surgery requires opening the chest and taking blood vessels from either the calf (saphenous vein) or chest (internal mammary artery) and detouring them around, or \u0026#8220;bypassing,\u0026#8221; the clogged arteries to improve the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, many patients cannot use either because the tissue is unsuitable for grafting or it has already been harvesting for a previous surgery. Up to 35 percent of patients lack saphenous veins or other suitable conduits. These types of patients are the ones being targeted for the new device, Vito said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe device, when fully developed, is intended for endoscopic implantation about 30 days prior to a patient\u0026#8217;s bypass surgery.  After it is implanted, the device is autonomous and continuously distends the gastroepiploic artery, gradually increasing its length.  Distraction angiogenesis uses mechanical forces to stimulate the body\u0026#8217;s own adaptive processes to produce additional artery. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe engineered artery and device are harvested endoscopically at the time of CABG surgery. The residual artery may be surgically repaired by an end-to-end anastamosis (joining) so that normal blood flow is restored.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;The evidence supporting the superiority of arteries as conduits for CABG procedures is overwhelming,\u0026#8221; Vito said. \u0026#8220;Distraction angiogenesis is a relatively simple way of increasing the supply of autologous arterial tissue without compromising the perfusion of healthy tissue.  An all arterial revascularization is cost effective and could dramatically reduce the need for further treatment.\u0026#8221;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVito and Griffis plan to continue testing and improving the device during the next year, followed by clinical trials. The team hopes to receive FDA approval and bring the product to market within five years or less. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe work recently caught the attention of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, which will award Vito with the 2002 Coulter Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Nov. 1. The award recognizes a technical achievement likely to have a significant impact on healthcare delivery and comes with a $100,000 grant to assist his company in bringing the technology to market.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Biomedical engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) are testing a device that, when implanted, mechanically lengthens an existing artery in patients preparing for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). The lengthened artery, when harvested and used as a graft, has the potential to greatly improve the long-term outcomes of bypass patients.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-31 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-10-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41093":{"id":"41093","type":"image","title":"Ray Vito","body":null,"created":"1449174275","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:24:35","changed":"1475894364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:24","alt":"Ray Vito","file":{"fid":"100846","name":"i1ca61a82457fd6073fe323d1fb257c9041035918883.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i1ca61a82457fd6073fe323d1fb257c9041035918883_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i1ca61a82457fd6073fe323d1fb257c9041035918883_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8973,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/i1ca61a82457fd6073fe323d1fb257c9041035918883_0.jpg?itok=k3RHTpAV"}}},"media_ids":["41093"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical 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":""}},"97241":{"#nid":"97241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Blank Family Foundation Provides Grant for Mentoring Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMinorities and young women in middle and high school may avoid science and math -- even when they have interest and talent in those areas. A new Georgia Tech mentoring program, funded with a $50,000 grant from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, aims to help these students realize their potential.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe grant will support Mentoring for Success, a pilot program for sixth through twelfth graders in the City Schools of Decatur. The Decatur students will be paired with students from Georgia Tech and the Atlanta University Center schools.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDecatur was chosen for the program because it is a good school system with a mix of students of different races and incomes, said Paul Ohme, director of the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) at Georgia Tech. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough the system\u0027s test scores are solid as a whole, African American students tend to score lower in math and science, Ohme said. Also, minority students and girls do not enroll in higher-level science and math courses as frequently. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These young people who have not taken these courses and have not challenged their minds may not be in a position to compete in the economy later on,\u0022 Ohme said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is an exciting opportunity for both our students and our teachers,\u0022 said Jane Carriere, mathematics and science coordinator for the City Schools of Decatur. \u0022We welcome Georgia Tech mentors into our classrooms to work with, challenge, and encourage our students.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe $50,000 grant is for one year, with the possibility of renewal for two years. The program would start by providing mentors for 25 sixth-graders and 25 ninth-graders and would add the same number each year. If the program is successful in Decatur, it will be offered to other school districts in metro Atlanta.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EArthur M. Blank, a co-founder of The Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons, launched the youth-focused foundation that bears his name in 1995. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAtiba Mbiwan, program officer at the foundation, said Georgia Tech\u0027s stature as a leading technological institution played a role in the decision to award the grant. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This certainly is an initiative that can make a difference in enhancing education,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBirgit Burton, who helped secure the Blank Family Foundation grant as director of Foundation Relations in the Office of Development at Georgia Tech, said she is pleased the mentoring program was selected for funding. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We need this support, particularly for these programs that are reach out to the community,\u0022 she said, adding that only about 30 percent of Georgia Tech\u0027s funding comes from the state, and the rest must be raised from private sources.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBlank founded the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation in 1995 to share his civic values and the joy of giving with his family. Since that time, foundation and personal grants have paid total more than $86 million. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact Paul Ohme, director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing, (404) 894-6179 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:paul.ohme@ceismc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epaul.ohme@ceismc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso contact Jane Carriere, mathematics and science coordinator for the City Schools of Decatur, (404) 370-4410 ext. 20 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jane_carriere@decatur.city.k12.ga.us\u0022\u003Ejane_carriere@decatur.city.k12.ga.us\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAtiba Mbiwan, Program Officer for the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, may be reached by calling (404) 239-0600.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A new, $50,000 grant from the Arthur M. 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Since the introduction of cellular phones in 1983, the technology has evolved dramatically: from heavy, cumbersome and expensive devices to relatively cheap, easily-portable mini devices.\u003Cbr \/\u003E At any given time, about 3 percent of those driving passenger vehicles on American roadways - about 500,000 drivers - are talking on hand-held cell phones, according to a survey last year by the U.S. Department of Transportation\u0027s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStatistics like this caught the attention of Georgia Institute of Technology students Anish Buch and Neil Saunders, both seniors in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. The two were enrolled this past spring in a design course called Interactive Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design in the Woodruff School. The course requires students to pair up and design a new product of their choice. Their result: a prototype of a small cell phone that flips open at the press of a button, making it easier and safer to use while driving, the two say.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u0022This design, in general, is a lot more durable and smaller than most flip-phones available out there,\u0022 said Buch, 21, a senior in mechanical engineering. \u0022However, what is really innovative about it is that it allows for single-handed operation, which increases comfort and ease of operation as well as safety while performing tasks, such as driving, that require undivided attention.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EDesigning a New Concept\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Buch and Saunders followed design guidelines specified in a contest they learned was being sponsored by PTC and Motorola, called the PTC\/Motorola Flip for Design competition. They figured they\u0027d design the phone for class as well as enter it in the competition. Before they began designing the phone, the students researched the flip-phone products that are already on the market. They found most of the products to be cumbersome when it came to operation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E So they designed a phone that worked they way they wanted it to work. The phone is divided into two halves and joined by a hinge. Magnets on each half keep it closed. The notable flip-feature of the design uses a hinge-and-trigger system to spring open the phone. By pressing a trigger button in the area where the user grips the phone, two solenoids on the bottom face rise, pushing the upper half out just enough for the springs to overcome the magnetic force and bring the phone to the open position.\u003Cbr \/\u003E At the onset of the project, the two students went back and forth over what to design. They were required to design a cell phone or similar communication device with an innovative hinge-and-trigger system and one that had the ability to maintain its durability and functionality after being dropped from as much as six feet and opened and closed hundreds of thousands of times.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u0022The key features of the design- the hinge and trigger- need not be restricted to cell phones,\u0022 Buch said. \u0022They could be used on any similar device, some examples being pagers, PDA\u0027s, text-messaging devices and others that provide combinations of these features and more. However, since cell phones are the most popular and widespread cellular communications devices, Neil and I thought it seemed like the more appropriate design. Also, the flip-feature is more typical to cell phones than any other device.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E The team entered the phone into the PTC\/Motorola design competition and took home an award for the benefits that the design has for Motorola.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Modeling Process\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Once the team finalized their concept, they began modeling using the Pro\/Engineer Computer Aided Design (CAD) software by PTC. During modeling, the two students made minute changes in size, springs and other physical aspects of the phone. While the single-handed operation was decided on very early during the design process, the trigger system was initially meant to be a button with a hook that held the two halves together. Design complications and durability issues prompted them to change to the solenoid system toward the latter stages of modeling.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Design issues such as these are worked out in class. Robert Fulton, a professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech, was a strong source of support for the team during the process. Fulton teaches the course in which the students were enrolled, called ME 4041.\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u0022They had a basic idea and started modeling from there,\u0022 Fulton said. \u0022Companies look for innovative changes in their products and students often have the best ideas for improving their products.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E Students enrolled in Fulton\u0027s class form teams to create a design project of their choice. Recent designs include a newspaper dispenser that keeps customers from taking more than one newspaper, a pivot screwdriver and an innovative fishing reel.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Most of the student work is done in the CAD laboratory in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. The lab is equipped with 17 workstations where students learn practical applications using CAD and Computer-Assisted Engineering (CAE) applications in thermal and mechanical design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETord Dennis, a research engineer and who heads the lab, assists students as they learn to use the software and develop their computer-based modeling and design projects. He says the lab provides a solid foundation for building strong engineering ethics and practices.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt any given time, about 3 percent of those driving passenger vehicles on American roadways -- about 500,000 drivers -- are talking on hand-held cell phones. 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In honor of Isenhour, the Student-Athlete Advisory Board this year chose to make the toy drive an annual event to benefit children affected by cancer.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Mike was an inspiration to everyone at Georgia Tech for his courageous battle with cancer, and we hope to honor his memory, as well as give back to the community, by continuing the toy drive that he started,\u0022 said Robert Brooks II, Isenhour\u0027s teammate and the basketball team representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Board.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToys will be donated to Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta and to Ronald McDonald House. Fans attending the Tech-Florida State game are asked to bring a new, unwrapped toy with them. Collection bins will be available at all gates into Bobby Dodd Stadium.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The charities receiving the toys have requested that fans donate items that promote positive, non-violent fun,\u0022 Brooks said. He added that each fan who donates a toy will receive a coupon redeemable for a $5 ticket to the men\u0027s basketball season-opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIsenhour, 23, died June 13, 2002. He played Division I basketball while on a full scholarship to Georgia Tech and graduated from the Institute in December 2001 with a degree in mechanical engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact Student-Athlete Advisory Board members Robert Brooks II, (404) 206-4332 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gte238w@prism.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egte238w@prism.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E, and Amy Dock, (404) 206-4292 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gte118q@prism.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egte118q@prism.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E .\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso contact Rob Skinner, staff adviser for the Student-Athlete Advisory Board and director of sports nutrition for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, (404) 894-1069 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rskinner@gtaa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erskinner@gtaa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Student-Athlete Advisory Board will sponsor a toy drive at the Yellow Jackets\u0027 Nov. 9 football game against Florida State University in memory of their late teammate Michael Isenhour.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-11-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-10-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97271":{"id":"97271","type":"image","title":"Michael Isenhour","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97271"],"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":""}},"77721":{"#nid":"77721","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech to Remember the Heroes and the Fallen of September 11","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will mark the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11 with a series of events to honor both the heroes and the fallen. At 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane hit the tower, Georgia Tech\u0027s campus whistle will blow three times followed by a campus-wide moment of silence. At 10:29 a.m., the moment the north tower collapsed, the whistle will blow three more times followed by another moment of silence. The whistle is traditionally used at the \u003Cem\u003EWhen the Whistle Blows\u003C\/em\u003E ceremony in the spring to honor Tech students and alumni who have died in the previous year. Three Tech alumni were killed in the terrorist attacks. Tech is blowing the whistle on September 11 in their honor and to express solidarity with the families of the attacks\u0027 victims.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAt noon, students, faculty and staff will gather at the Campanile in front of the student center for a remembrance ceremony. President Clough, along with representatives from the students, faculty and staff will deliver speeches at the ceremony.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor quiet contemplation, the Ferst Center for the Arts will open a gallery for quiet reflection. It will feature prayers from a variety of religious traditions along with other readings. In addition, on the Skiles walkway, attendees will be invited to express their thoughts on canvas squares, which will be assembled into a giant tapestry to commemorate the day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOn September 4 and 5, Georgia Tech\u0027s student volunteer organization, MOVE will host a blood drive in conjunction with the American Red Cross. The drive is dedicated to the victims and heroes of the attacks. It will be held at the Ferst Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchedule of Events\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E8:46 a.m.- Whistle Blows, followed by campus-wide moment of silence\u003Cbr \/\u003E10:29 a.m.- Whistle Blows, followed by campus-wide moment of silence\u003Cbr \/\u003E12:00 p.m.- Remembrance Ceremony at the Campanile\u003Cbr \/\u003E9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.-Reflection Room open at the Ferst Center for the Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. -Tapestry Project at Skiles Walkway\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003ERemarks by Dr. G. 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Petit Building.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Petit Building, which was opened in 1999, will be among a four-building complex located at the corner of Ferst Drive and Atlantic Drive that will house a unique mini-campus for research and education that will meld and enrich Georgia Tech\u0027s engineering, science and information technology programs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPetit\u0027s generous gift will assist Georgia Tech in completing the complex. In addition to the Petit Building, this complex will include the U.A. Whitaker Building for Biomedical Engineering, the Ford Motor Company Environmental Science and Technology Building, and the Molecular and Materials Science and Engineering Building. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the naming of the building, Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough said: \u0022It is wonderfully appropriate that we name in his honor the remarkable landmark building. It is a symbol of new growth, and stands as an eloquent testimony to the vital role that Pete Petit has played in promoting Tech\u0027s research in these emerging fields. His concern, his generosity, and his vision have made a sustained and dramatic contribution to bioengineering and bioscience research at Tech and we thank him for his continuous and generous support of this institution.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe newly named Parker H. Petit Building is a $30 million, 150,000 square-foot facility configured to facilitate interdisciplinary research programs of faculty and their research groups, including both graduate and undergraduate students, mirroring Tech\u0027s commitment to bio-related research. More than 500 students, staff and faculty are housed in the interdisciplinary building and are actively engaged in bio-related research.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPetit\u0027s gift follows an earlier donation he made of $5 million in 1996 to endow the bioengineering and biosciences building, and a gift of  $1 million made in 1985 to fund the Distinguished Chair in Engineering in Medicine which is held by Robert M. Nerem, director of the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, which is housed within the Petit Building.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The vision and leadership exhibited by Pete Petit\u0027s generous gifts have taken the dreams of Georgia Tech\u0027s faculty in bioengineering and bioscience to a new level,\u0022 Nerem said. \u0022He has been a driving force behind the development of bio-related research at Tech and the naming of the building is a worthy tribute to his contributions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has been engaged in bio-related research for more than 25 years and in that time has grown into one of the best programs in the country. In March of 2002, U.S. News and World Report ranked Tech\u0027s bioengineering program among the best graduate programs in the country. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I believe that the research conducted by the faculty in the bioengineering and bioscience complex will improve our quality of life and act as a catalyst for economic development in our state and region in the years ahead,\u0022 Petit said.  \u0022I am very fortunate to be able to assist with and play a role in the development of this complex for the bioengineering and bioscience activities at Georgia Tech.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPetit received a bachelor\u0027s in mechanical engineering in 1962 and a master\u0027s in engineering mechanics in 1964 from Georgia Tech. In 1970, the Petit family lost their second son to a crib death. This tragic loss was the impetus for the development of the first home physiological monitor for infants who were at risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.  Petit founded Healthdyne to develop and market this product, and the company became an internationally based corporation that manufactured high technology medical devices, developed healthcare information systems, and provided medical services.  In 1995, Healthdyne was split into three publicly traded companies, Healthdyne Technologies, Healthdyne Information Enterprises, and Matria Healthcare.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe combined revenues of the companies reached approximately $500 million.  Healthdyne Technologies and Healthdyne Information Enterprises have been merged with other successful public companies.  Currently, Petit is Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Matria Healthcare, the largest corporation providing comprehensive disease management services.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech alum and prominent Atlantan Parker H. \u0022Pete\u0022 Petit, CEO of Matria Healthcare, has made a $3.3 million gift toward the development of a complex of buildings on the Georgia Tech campus devoted to biomedical, environmental and molecular engineering research.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-05 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41132":{"id":"41132","type":"image","title":"Pete Petit","body":null,"created":"1449174275","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:24:35","changed":"1475894364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:24","alt":"Pete Petit","file":{"fid":"190020","name":"i15daf6e44a8ce28977fa4cfa6a67da6ba1031264328.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i15daf6e44a8ce28977fa4cfa6a67da6ba1031264328.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/i15daf6e44a8ce28977fa4cfa6a67da6ba1031264328.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5134,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/i15daf6e44a8ce28977fa4cfa6a67da6ba1031264328.jpg?itok=gFHTyvHl"}}},"media_ids":["41132"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/flash_index.html","title":"Park H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"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":""}},"97221":{"#nid":"97221","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Challenge Faculty to Pumpkin Carving Contest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents in Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture this week challenged their faculty members to a contest in which each instructor carved a \u0022self interpretation\u0022 -- using a pumpkin as their medium. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Inaugural Pumpkin Carving Contest -- sponsored by members of the American Institute of Architecture Students -- was held 12-2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002 in the College of Architecture\u0027s courtyard, 247 Fourth Street NW.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty members had an hour and 15 minutes to carve their pumpkin beginning Wednesday at noon. Each pumpkin carver was encouraged to bring extra props to add more character to their self-interpretations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce finished, the instructors \u0022defended\u0022 their self-interpreations in a short presentation before being judged by their students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is a national organization that promotes excellence in architectural education and practice plus community awareness and participation among its members. The Georgia Tech chapter of AIAS actively organizes seminars, tours and special events enhancing student life as part of the Institute\u0027s Architecture Program. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the AIAS, contact Assistant Professor Wanda Ward Dye, faculty adviser for the American Institute of Architecture Students, (404) 385-1274 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wanda.dye@arch.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewanda.dye@arch.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Members of the American Institute of Architecture Students at Georgia Tech challenged faculty to a contest in which each instructor had to carve a \u0022self interpretation\u0022 -- using a pumpkin as their medium.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-30 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-10-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97231":{"id":"97231","type":"image","title":"Kemp Mooney","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97231"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.pumpkin-carving.com\/","title":"How to Carve a Pumpkin"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.aiasnatl.org\/","title":"American Institute of Architecture Students"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/arch\/","title":"Architecture Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\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":""}},"97201":{"#nid":"97201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Knoespel Named Chair of School of Literature, Communication and Culture at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology announces today that Kenneth J. Knoespel has been named the new Chair of the School of Literature, Communication and Culture (LCC) effective January 1, 2003.  Knoespel currently holds several positions at Georgia Tech including Associate Dean of Ivan Allen College, McEver Professor for the Program in the Liberal Arts and Engineering, and professor in the School of History, Technology and Society (HTS) and LCC.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Ken brings a substantial history of commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship and service to LCC, Ivan Allen College, and the Institute,\u0022 says Sue Rosser, Dean, Ivan Allen College, the Liberal Arts College of Georgia Tech.  \u0022He also has a wealth of administrative experience, in addition to his past service as Chair of LCC and Interim Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. He is someone who has maintained a substantial research agenda at the same time he has worked hard with students, colleagues and alumni. He was involved in writing Georgia Tech\u0027s Strategic Plan over the past several years and also led the 10th anniversary celebration for the Ivan Allen College.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022LCC faculty and students have built exceptional undergraduate and graduate programs over the past ten years,\u0022 says Knoespel. \u0022Our programs have become models for interdisciplinary work in Europe as well as in this country. It is exciting to see our work influencing changes not only in the humanities but also in the shape of the university at the start of a new century. Our research and teaching in digital media as well as our work in literature, film, and the study of science and technology resonates strongly with the broadening identity of Georgia Tech. I\u0027m proud of LCC and Georgia Tech and look forward even more to creating opportunities for our students and celebrating our research.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMost recently Knoespel led the launch of the McEver Program in Liberal Arts and Engineering. The Program is endowed with a gift by Industrial Engineering alumnus Bruce McEver, whose support of the liberal arts at Tech stems from his experiences of the humanities at Georgia Tech.  It involves the development of a series of seminar courses co-taught by faculty from Ivan Allen College and College of Engineering for students from a variety of majors. During the fall semester Knoespel is teaching a seminar devoted to \u0022Situating Science: Innovation and Creativity in Sites of Science\u0022 with Wendy Newstetter from Biomedical Engineering.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKnoespel served as interim chair of LCC in 1990 - 1997 during which time he participated in building the undergraduate B.S. in Science, Technology and Culture (STAC), the M.S. in Information, Design and Technology (IDT), and the Continuing Education Programs associated with LCC\u0027s New Media Center. Most recently he has negotiated Georgia Tech\u0027s membership in the Newberry Library Renaissance Consortium, which also includes the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, and the University of Chicago. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA review of Knoespel\u0027s work illustrates his interdisciplinary interests and expertise.  He is the author of a book on early modern scientific commentary and many articles and chapters on the history and philosophy of science and technology. He has also written extensively on the manuscripts of Isaac Newton and northern European science. His current research includes a book on visualization practices within science and technology and another project on the emergence of science in Sweden and Russia particularly in regard to the Baltic Sea. He is frequently invited to give presentations about the changing forms of university education. He has been a visiting professor at Cornell University, a senior fellow at the Edelstein Center for the History of Science and Technology at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and a visiting professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Knoespel was a founding editor of the journal Configurations published by Johns Hopkins University Press. At Georgia Tech he is also affiliated with the Program in Cognitive Science and the Ph.D. program in the College of Architecture. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Literature, Communication, and Culture (LCC) is part of Ivan Allen College, the Liberal Arts College of Georgia Tech. LCC works at the intersection of literary and communications studies. The school\u0027s 52 full-time faculty members provide Tech undergraduates with a broad array of communications courses, including freshman composition, technical communication, and electronic communication. LCC provides a wide range of humanities offerings including courses in British and American literature, film, theater, performance studies, digital arts, and creative writing. LCC faculty are active researchers and bring to both graduate and undergraduate classes nationally recognized expertise in literary, cultural, and digital media studies.  Graduates of the school\u0027s Bachelor of Science in Science, Technology and Culture (STAC) and Master of Science in Information Design and Technology (IDT) programs are positioned to assume important roles as leaders in the exciting new fields developing in the interface between technology and culture. \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Brings Wealth of Academic and Administrative Experience"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology announces today that Kenneth J. Knoespel has been named the new Chair of the School of Literature, Communication and Culture (LCC) effective January 1, 2003.  Knoespel currently holds several positions at Georgia Tech including Associate Dean of Ivan Allen College, McEver Professor for the Program in the Liberal Arts and Engineering, and professor in the School of History, Technology and Society (HTS) and LCC.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-11-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97211":{"id":"97211","type":"image","title":"Kenneth J. Knoespel has been named the new Chair o","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97211"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/","title":"Ivan Allen College"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lcc.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Literature, Communication, and Culture"}],"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":""}},"97551":{"#nid":"97551","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Music Department Announces Its Fall 2002 Performance Calendar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Music Department, a unit within the College of Architecture, announced its fall performance calendar this week.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt includes upcoming shows by the Yellow Jacket Band, the Georgia Tech Orchestra and the Georgia Tech Chorale, plus performances by several solo artists. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll shows will be held in Georgia Tech\u0027s Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Drive NW, in Atlanta. For tickets, call the Ferst Center Box Office, (404) 894-9600. Or, for more information on individual performances, contact Administrative Assistant Christine M. Marks 404 894-3193 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:christine.marks@music.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Echristine.marks@music.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUpcoming Performances: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Thursday, November 7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Surround Sounds\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe \u0022Yellow Jacket\u0022 Band presents its first indoor performance and will feature small ensembles in a multi-media setting.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Tuesday, November 12\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Symphonic Classics!\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEnjoy an evening of classic wind literature.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Wednesday, November 13\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022The GT Orchestra in Italy\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMusical ports of call throughout Italy including \u0022Fall\u0022 and \u0022Winter\u0022 from Vivaldi\u0027s Four Seasons and Mendelssohn\u0027s \u0022Italian\u0022 Symphony.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Monday, November 25\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSolos and Ensembles\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Tech instrumentalists will perform solo and ensemble literature from Handel to Bartok.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* Tuesday, December 3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Chorale Concert\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Georgia Tech Chorale and the Orchestra present \u0022Bach Magnificat.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* December, December 5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022Music of the Season\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nStart your holiday off on a merry note with the Music Department\u0027s annual holiday concert.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EContact:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdministrative Assistant Christine M. Marks\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(404) 894-3193\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:christine.marks@music.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Echristine.marks@music.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Music Department, a unit within the College of Architecture, announced its fall performance calendar this week. It includes upcoming shows by the Yellow Jacket Band, the Georgia Tech Orchestra and the Georgia Tech Chorale, plus performances by several solo artists.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-11 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97561":{"id":"97561","type":"image","title":"Andrea Strauss","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97561"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/rqmnts\/minor.htm","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Music Minor"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/inensembles\/chambe","title":"Georgia Tech Chamber Ensembles"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/inensembles\/orches","title":"Georgia Tech Orchestra"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.arch.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"}],"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":""}},"97531":{"#nid":"97531","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and Emory University To Offer MiniMedical School Courses in Biomedical Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis fall\u0027s Emory MiniMedical School course will feature scientists from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint program of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Engineering and Emory University School of Medicine. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBiomedical scientists will explain the latest medical advances made possible through the union of medical research and engineering technology. Learn about new products available through tissue engineering, creating brain activity with computer chips, new ways to diagnose and treat heart disease and cancer, and brain imaging of thoughts and feelings. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis course is designed for the general public but also will be of interest and value to health care professionals, business persons, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in the latest advances in science. No science background is necessary. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe MiniMedical School course will begin Tuesday, Oct. 1, and continues for four consecutive Tuesday evenings from 7-9 p.m., with cookies and coffee served at 6:30. Tuition is $80 ($68 for past MiniMedical School graduates and Georgia Tech and Emory faculty, staff and students) and includes a \u0022textbook,\u0022 an Emory MiniMedical T-shirt, and a (mini) medical degree diploma. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClasses are held on the Emory University campus in the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building, 1440 Clifton Road, with free parking in the Michael Street parking deck and shuttles to transport you to the auditorium. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou may register online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emory.edu\/eve\/short_courses\/index.html\u0022 title=\u0022www.emory.edu\/eve\/short_courses\/index.html\u0022\u003Ewww.emory.edu\/eve\/short_courses\/index.html\u003C\/a\u003E. Or, register by calling the Emory Center for Lifelong Learning, 404-727-6000. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECourse topics are as follows, followed by short discussions: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOct. 1: Overview of biomedical engineering Tissue engineering overview, including new bioengineered devices \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOct. 8: Biomedical engineering and cancer, including nanotechnology and genomics Cardiology advances, including artificial heart valves and pediatrics \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOct. 15: Advanced imaging systems, including functional MRI and PET Behavioral imaging (visualizing thoughts and feelings) \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOct. 22: Biomedical engineering and the brain, including creating brain activity with computer chips and advances in recording brain activity \n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Biomedical scientists will explain the latest medical advances made possible through the union of medical research and engineering technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97541":{"id":"97541","type":"image","title":"Biotechnology at Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97541"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.emory.edu\/WHSC\/MED\/index.html","title":"Emory University School of Medicine"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical 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":""}},"97491":{"#nid":"97491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Father of \u0027The Pill\u0027 to Speak on Campus Oct. 30","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarl Djerassi, often dubbed the father of \u0022the pill,\u0022 will present the 2002 Karlovitz Lecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology 3 p.m. Oct 30 in the Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom, 351 Ferst Drive NW. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdmission is free and the event is open to the public.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDjerassi, who led the team of research chemists that first synthesized a steroid oral contraceptive in October 1951, will discuss \u0022Sex in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.\u0022 Free copies of several books written by Djerassi will be available to Tech students on a first-come, first-served basis, and he will autograph books before and after his lecture.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToday Djerassi is a professor emeritus of chemistry at Stanford University. He is one of the few American scientists to have been awarded both the National Medal of Science -- for the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive -- and the National Medal of Technology, for promoting new approaches to insect control. Djerassi also was named by Time as one of the 30 most eminent people of the millennium.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis past year Djerassi released a new book, \u0022This Man\u0027s Pill.\u0022 In it, he weaves a personal narrative that illuminates the impact his invention has had on the world at large -- and on him personally. The book presents a forcefully revisionist account of the early history of the pill, debunking many of the journalistic and romantic accounts of its scientific origin. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDjerassi does not shrink from exploring why we have no pill for men or why Japan only approved it in 1999. Emphasizing that development of the pill occurred during the post-World War II period of technological euphoria, he believes that its creation could not be repeated in today\u0027s cultural climate.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Djerassi has received 19 honorary doctorates and many other honors, such as the first Wolf Prize in Chemistry, the first Award for the Industrial Application of Science from the NAS, and the American Chemical Society\u0027s highest award - the Priestley Medal.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the past decade, Djerassi has turned to fiction writing, mostly in the genre of \u0022science-in-fiction,\u0022 whereby he illustrates, in the guise of realistic fiction, the human side of scientists and the personal conflicts faced by scientists in their quest for scientific knowledge, personal recognition and financial reward. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his five novels (\u0022Cantor\u0027s Dilemma;\u0022 \u0022The Bourbaki Gambit;\u0022 \u0022Marx, deceased;\u0022 \u0022Menachem\u0027s Seed;\u0022 \u0022NO\u0022), he has written several short stories, an autobiography and a memoir. He also has recently embarked on a trilogy of \u0022science-in-theatre\u0022 plays.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2002 Karlovitz Lecture is part of the Karlovitz Science Seminars, sponsored by the Georgia Tech College of Sciences. It is named in honor of Les Karlovitz, the former director of Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Mathematics who was dean of the College of Science and Liberal Studies beginning in 1983. Karlovitz left Georgia Tech in 1989 and died in 1990. His widow, Julie Karlovitz, established the Karlovitz Science Seminars in his memory.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Carl Djerassi, often dubbed the father of \u0022the pill,\u0022 will present the 2002 Karlovitz Lecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology 3 p.m. Oct 30 in the Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom, 351 Ferst Drive NW. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-25 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97501":{"id":"97501","type":"image","title":"Carl Djerassi","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97501"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/dept\/news\/report\/news\/sept","title":"Feature Story: "},{"url":"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/dept\/chemistry\/faculty\/dje","title":"Stanford University Faculty Profile of Djerassi"},{"url":"http:\/\/cos-web.admin.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Sciences"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.djerassi.com\/","title":"Carl Djerassi: Science in Fiction"}],"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":""}},"97411":{"#nid":"97411","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Buzz Bash Promises Food, Fun \u0026 Fireworks for Homecoming","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumni, faculty, staff and students - and their friends - are invited to attend the Third Annual Buzz Bash at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a night of food and fun held on campus during Homecoming Weekend Oct. 25. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHosted by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, with sponsorship from MBNA America, Buzz Bash is a fun way to catch up with old friends, make new connections and have fun -- all in one evening on Tech\u0027s campus. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s a carnival, reunion, pep rally, band party and fireworks show, all rolled up into one,\u0022 said Event Manager Amy Willmore with the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWillmore said this year\u0027s Buzz Bash begins at 7 p.m. in the Festival Area at Bobby Dodd Stadium, 155 North Avenue. Free parking will be available in lots along North Avenue. Admission is $20 a person or $15 for Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff. Children 12 and younger may attend for free. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe night includes live music, roaming street entertainment and appearances by Buzz, Georgia Tech President G. Wayne Clough, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Marching Band and the Georgia Tech Cheerleaders. Food, soft drinks, beer and wine are included with the admission price. Admission includes three drink tickets per person. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This year\u0027s event also includes something new, the Young Alumni Loft,\u0022 Willmore said. \u0022It will be the gathering place for Tech graduates of 1990 and after.  These alumni may register before Oct. 11 for a special price of $17 per person and receive four drink tickets.  At the door, they will pay the regular adult price of $20 per person and receive three drink tickets.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe night ends with fireworks beginning at 9 p.m.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor advance registration, log on to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/GetInvolved\/events\/buzzbash.html\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/GetInvolved\/events\/buzzbash.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gtalumni.org\/GetInvolved\/events\/buzzbash.html\u003C\/a\u003E before Oct. 11. Following that date, visitors may register at the event or at the Georgia Tech Alumni House, 190 North Avenue NW. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Alumni Association\u0027s Homecoming Headquarters - located inside the Alumni House -- will be open Thursday, Oct. 24, 8 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 25, 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Oct. 26, 9 a.m. until kick-off.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Alumni, faculty, staff and students - and their friends - are invited to attend the Third Annual Buzz Bash at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a night of food and fun held on campus during Homecoming Weekend Oct. 25.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97421":{"id":"97421","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Homecoming","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97421"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/alumni\/","title":"Georgia Tech Alumni Association"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/GetInvolved\/events\/homecoming.html","title":"Georgia Tech Homecoming 2002 Event Listing"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.fun.gatech.edu\/wildwildwest.htm","title":"Georgia Tech Homecoming 2002"},{"url":"https:\/\/gtalumni.org\/GetInvolved\/secure\/homecoming","title":"On-line Registration for Homecoming Events"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/GetInvolved\/events\/buzzbash.ht","title":"Buzz Bash"}],"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":""}},"97431":{"#nid":"97431","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Launches New Degree Program in Orthotics and Prosthetics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s School of Applied Physiology this fall debuted the nation\u0027s only two-year master\u0027s degree program in prosthetics and orthotics.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe University System of Georgia\u0027s Board of Regents approved the new master\u0027s program at its June 2002 meeting. During the same meeting, the Regents also approved the re-naming of Georgia Tech\u0027s former Department of Health and Performance Sciences to the School of Applied Physiology. The school remains a unit within Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Sciences.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty in the School of Applied Physiology study the science of movement and the physiological basis of movement control. They also offer instruction related to the importance of maintaining sound physiological systems. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our approach to these tasks involves every biological level utilizing both basic and applied sciences,\u0022 said Professor Robert J. Gregor, chairman of the School of Applied Physiology. \u0022For example, attempts to understand how molecules transmit signals in skeletal muscle have a foundation in basic molecular biology and, ultimately, these relate to the applied science of movement control.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty interests within the school range from the behavioral to the systemic and molecular levels. At the undergraduate level, the school instructs all Georgia Tech students in their health and wellness requirement and offers a Certificate in Health Science, which addresses student interest in basic medical science education. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the graduate level, the School of Applied Physiology is home to the new master\u0027s program in orthotics and prosthetics. It represents a close collaboration among faculty and students within Georgia Tech\u0027s Schools of Applied Physiology, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We expect the fall 2002 class size to be about six or seven students,\u0022 Assistant Professor Mark Geil said. \u0022Plans are in place to increase the class size to a maximum of 12 students during the next few years.\u0022\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\u003EGeil said that many economic studies predict a severe shortage of qualified orthotics and prosthetics practitioners in the near future -- professionals who will serve the needs of the nation\u0027s aging population. Georgia Tech addresses this need by taking a fresh approach to prosthetics and orthotics education, one that goes beyond the educational methods that have been in place for years.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our students will experience real prosthetics and orthotics practice first-hand and at an aggressive rate throughout their experience at Tech,\u0022 Geil said. \u0022They will learn the potential for computer-aided design and manufacture in prosthetics and orthotics, and will be conversant in the clinical literature. Our aim is to produce the finest clinicians, researchers, designers and educators in the industry.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOther prosthetics and orthotics programs in the United States offer either baccalaureate degrees or post-baccalaureate certificates, Geil said. But Georgia Tech\u0027s program will be the only active, master\u0027s-level program available in the country.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Applied Physiology this fall debuted the nation\u0027s only two-year master\u0027s degree program in prosthetics and orthotics.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97441":{"id":"97441","type":"image","title":"Mark Geil","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97441"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/mspo\/","title":"Master"},{"url":"http:\/\/cos-web.admin.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Sciences"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Applied Physiology"}],"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":""}},"97451":{"#nid":"97451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Selects New Director for Music Department","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrank L. Clark, the former chair of the Department of Music at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, has been appointed professor and director of the Music Department at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He began Aug. 1.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re excited about Dr. Clark\u0027s appointment, and we look forward to his leadership,\u0022 said Thomas Galloway, dean of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture, home of the Institute\u0027s Music Department. \u0022His passion for music and technology should be an invaluable strength for our students, many of whom share the same such passion.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClark comes to Georgia Tech from the University of South Alabama, where he joined the faculty in 1992. He served as acting chair of USA\u0027s Department of Music between 1996 and 1999, when he was appointed full chair. While in Mobile, Clark coordinated USA\u0027s music theory courses and helped design, install, develop and supervise a multimedia Musical Instrument Digital Interface lab and classroom.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPreviously, Clark was a department coordinator at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, between 1983 and 1986. He also was an assistant professor at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, from 1986 to 1990. Between 1990 and 1992, Clark was an assistant professor at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, where he taught music theory, conducted a jazz band and helped design and develop the university\u0027s Arts Resources Technology\/Computer Assisted Training Laboratory. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EClark is a member of the Technology Institute for Music Educators\u0027 National Advisory Board and is among the presenters in the College Music Society\u0027s Speakers Bureau. He frequently addresses the topics of multimedia applications, the growth of music technology and the use of such technology in the music studio.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1980, Clark earned a bachelor\u0027s degree in music education from the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music in Stockton, Calif. The next year, he earned a master\u0027s degree in french horn performance at Stanford University. He earned his Ph.D. in music theory from the University of Arizona in 1990.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Frank L. Clark, the former chair of the Department of Music at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, has been appointed professor and director of the Music Department at the Georgia Institute of Technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-29 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97461":{"id":"97461","type":"image","title":"Frank Clark","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97461"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/about_us\/director.htm","title":"Frank Clark Bio"},{"url":"http:\/\/nique.net\/issues\/fall2002\/2002-10-25\/6.html","title":"Technique Profile of Frank Clark"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"}],"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":""}},"97471":{"#nid":"97471","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Assistive Technology Expert To Helm Georgia Tech Research Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStephen Sprigle, former director of the Center for Rehabilitation Technology in New York, now is an associate professor of industrial design and director of the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECATEA, a unit within Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture, develops and evaluates accessible environments and assistive technology -- devices designed to allow or improve performance of activities of daily living or work for the disabled. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is an excellent pairing for both the center and the college,\u0022 said Thomas Galloway, dean of Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture. \u0022Dr. Sprigle\u0027s background in biomedical engineering and his experience addressing unique challenges affecting the disabled community will prove to be strong assets to CATEA and its research staff.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his duties as CATEA\u0027s director, Sprigle holds an adjunct appointment in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Applied Physiology and will continue a collaborative research relationship with The Shepherd Center, an Atlanta-based catastrophic care hospital that treats people with spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis and other neuromuscular illnesses and urological problems.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The staff within CATEA appears dedicated to their mission, and that results in a lot of self-motivation to do a good job,\u0022 Sprigle said. \u0022Any director in any organization feels fortunate to be among self-driven folks, so I look forward to working at Tech.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 1996, Sprigle has directed the Center for Rehabilitation Technology at Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw, NY. The center offers comprehensive services in assistive technology, especially in the areas of seating, mobility, computer access, augmented communications for the disabled and environmental controls. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring his term at the Center for Rehabilitation Technology, Sprigle held a faculty appointment as assistant professor of clinical physical therapy at Columbia University\u0027s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He also was a senior lecturer for the Graduate School of Health Sciences for the New York Medical College.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPreviously, Sprigle was a senior research scientist and adjunct professor of mechanical engineering and occupational therapy at the State University of New York at Buffalo between 1993 and 1996. He also was a member of the research staff for the Transportation and Wheelchair Rehabilitation Engineering Centers in the University of Virginia\u0027s Biomedical Engineering Department between 1987 and 1993.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESprigle remains an active consultant for a variety of biomedical engineering companies and frequently speaks on the topics of pressure ulcers and the engineering aspects of wheelchairs. Among his many research interests are rehabilitation engineering, assistive technology and biomechanics. He also has a special interest in the areas of pressure-ulcer prevention, posture stability among wheelchair users, assistive technology outcomes, and the development of standards for wheelchair cushions and support surfaces.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022For someone who has spent his career in both rehabilitation research and service delivery, CATEA\u0027s position and mission represent a fantastic opportunity for me,\u0022 Sprigle said. \u0022CATEA is quite unique in that it offers the scientific allure of being within an excellent university, but its mission includes significant interaction and service within the disability arena.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESprigle also said he is impressed by CATEA\u0027s ability to extend the state-of-the-art through research as well as apply the state-of-the-art through its service programs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022But this ability comes with the obligation to share this knowledge through publication and presentation,\u0022 he said. \u0022The center\u0027s faculty and staff infuse themselves with the community of the Institute and work well with other departments and faculty. This is imperative, since CATEA has a lot to offer others and gains a lot from collaboration.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESprigle is a member of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel\u0027s Board of Directors and of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. He also is a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society and the American Physical Therapy Association.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESprigle earned his bachelor\u0027s degree in engineering science and mechanics from the University of Florida in 1982. He went on to earn a master\u0027s degree in biomedical engineering in 1985, followed by a Ph.D. in biomechanics in 1989, both from the University of Virginia. He earned an additional master\u0027s degree in 1998, this time in physical therapy from Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Stephen Sprigle, former director of the Center for Rehabilitation Technology in New York, is the new director of the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97481":{"id":"97481","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97481"],"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":""}},"97391":{"#nid":"97391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech to Help Lead New Aerospace Institute","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of six major universities that will team with NASA\u0026#8217;s Langley Research Center to create a new institute devoted to aerospace and atmospheric research. The landmark contract was announced by NASA.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), as it is called, will work with NASA Langley to develop new technologies for the nation and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. The institute will be located near the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute also will offer masters and doctoral degrees in science and engineering locally at its partner universities and via distance learning connections. The partnership could potentially generate combined research grants and contracts that total $379 million over 20 years, according to NASA.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;Establishment of the NIA is the exciting culmination of a three-year effort by NASA\u0026#8217;s Langley Research Center,\u0026#8221; said Robert Loewy, chair of Georgia Tech\u0026#8217;s School of Aerospace Engineering. \u0026#8220;It is a strategic partnership with great potential, linking more closely than ever a strong team of universities dedicated to education and research with the preeminent research capabilities of NASA Langley, and incorporating the proven technology transfer capabilities of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.\u0026#8221;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast year, NASA officials started a national search for university and nonprofit partners to run the institute. The contract was awarded to a consortium of universities and a non-profit corporation that founded the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIAA), which was formed specifically to create a science and research organization called the NIA. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the Georgia Institute of Technology, the NIAA is comprised of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, the University of Maryland in College Park, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation in Reston, Va.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe purpose of the NIA will be to:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tconduct leading-edge aerospace and atmospheric research and develop revolutionary new technologies\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tprovide comprehensive graduate and continuing education in science and engineering\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tincubate and stimulate the commercialization of new intellectual property developed through the institute\u0026#8217;s activities\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u00b7\tpromote aerospace science and engineering and provide outreach to the region and nation\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELocating the NIA at the Langley Research Center will facilitate the institute\u0026#8217;s involvement in agency-sponsored research programs and foster collaboration with NASA, including access to its world-class research facilities. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe institute is a long-term commitment on the part of NASA to expand collaboration with universities, industry, other government agencies and the broader scientific community to fully leverage expertise inside and outside of government.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOnce fully operational, the institute will become a strategic partner working with NASA to enhance its world-class aerospace and atmospheric research capability.  The institute will complement Langley\u0026#8217;s research creativity and expand research and technology development opportunities.  In addition, the NIA will be a significant new research and education asset for the nation.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NIA creates an even stronger bond between NASA and Georgia Tech. Earlier this year, NASA, through the Glenn Research Center, designated Georgia Tech as one of seven new NASA institutes at universities across the country because of Tech\u0026#8217;s considerable expertise in aerospace engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELed by Georgia Tech\u0026#8217;s School of Aerospace Engineering, the primary focus of the NASA institute, called a \u0026#8220;University Research, Engineering and Technology Institute\u0026#8221; (URETI), is development of new propulsion and power technologies to enable NASA and industry to produce engines that meet highly restrictive environmental regulations, burn less fuel, reduce global warming, improve safety and possess lower acquisition and operating costs.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe URETI also provides support for undergraduate and graduate students, curriculum development, personnel exchange, learning opportunities and training in advanced scientific and engineering concepts for the aerospace workforce in government and industry.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of six major universities that will team with NASA\u0026#8217;s Langley Research Center to create a new institute devoted to aerospace and atmospheric research. The landmark contract was announced by NASA.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2002-09-27 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97401":{"id":"97401","type":"image","title":"Wind Tunnel","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97401"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/","title":"NASA"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\/","title":"Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace 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":""}},"97371":{"#nid":"97371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Detroit Chamber Winds to Perform Master Classes at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings will visit the Georgia Institute of Technology from 4 - 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, as part of the group\u0027s educational tour of the Atlanta area.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile at the Institute, the chamber winds will perform master classes for students in the Music Department, a unit within Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture. They also will discuss important aspects of ensemble performance. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll classes will take place in the Couch Building, 840 McMillan St. NW.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings are world-renowned musicians with numerous accolades to their credit,\u0022 said Assistant Professor Andrea Strauss, director of bands for Georgia Tech. \u0022This visit will be a fantastic opportunity for our students, because not only will they get to experience their quality of performance, but the students will engage in a hands-on encounter with some of the best musicians touring the country.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Symphonic Band is one of seven Atlanta organizations that worked together to bring the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings -- and its conductor, H. Robert Reynolds -- to the city for this residency. During their stay through Oct. 8, the chamber members expect to make contact with as many as 700 musicians, Strauss said. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to their work with Atlanta-area music students, the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings will perform works by Mozart, Kramer and Krommer for the public beginning 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Kennesaw Mountain High School, 1898 Kennesaw Due West Road.  Admission is $10 at the door.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESet to open its 21st season, the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings has a simple goal: To perform great repertoire using more players than typically seen in chamber music concerts. Today, the chamber supplements its Detroit subscription season with both recording and touring, and it has established a national reputation for artistic excellence. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETouring activities have included appearances throughout Michigan plus Ohio, New York, Illinois, Texas, Colorado and New Mexico. To great critical acclaim, the ensemble has released four compact discs, three of which are on the Koch International Classics label. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEducational programs are central to the mission of the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and today they have a grant to pursue educational activities for the year from the National Endowment for the Arts.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta residency of the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings is made possible by:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Symphonic Band\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Georgia State University Wind Symphony\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Atlanta Wind Symphony\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Kennesaw Mountain High School Bands\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact Assistant Professor Andrea Strauss, Director of Bands for the Georgia Institute of Technology, (404) 894-8974 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:andrea.strauss@music.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eandrea.strauss@music.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E .\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Members of the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings will visit the Georgia Institute of Technology from 4 - 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, as part of the group\u0027s educational tour of the Atlanta area.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-02 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97381":{"id":"97381","type":"image","title":"Andrea Strauss","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97381"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.kennesaw.edu\/music\/dcws.html","title":"The Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings"},{"url":"http:\/\/murmur.arch.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.arch.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"},{"url":"http:\/\/detroitchamberwinds.org\/","title":"The Detroit Chamber Winds \u0026 Strings"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cobb.k12.ga.us\/~kennesawmountain\/home.h","title":"Kennesaw Mountain High 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":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"97041":{"#nid":"97041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Graduates First Master\u0027s in Information Security","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis month Georgia Tech graduates its first student with a Master of Science in Information Security.  A June 1999 Department of Commerce Report, \u0022The Digital Workforce,\u0022 estimates that the U.S. will require more than 1.3 million new highly skilled information technology workers between 1996 and 2006. Michael E. Torrey, of Winter Springs, Fla., started graduate school working towards an M.S. in Computer Science with a concentration in information security, but once the new Information Security program was approved he decided to pursue the new degree. The importance of information security has become increasingly urgent with recent Home Land Security efforts.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are very proud of Mike\u0027s accomplishment and gratified that he was able to take advantage of our new graduate degree in Information Security so quickly,\u0022 said Rich DeMillo, John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of Computing, Distinguished Professor of Computing and Director, Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC).  \u0022We are working to build one of the best information security programs in the country.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETorrey completed his undergraduate degree in computer science from the Catholic University of America in May 2001, where his interest in information security began.  Torrey considered graduate school at Duke University, James Madison University, Johns Hopkins, and University of Central Florida but felt Tech was leading the way in the InfoSec field.  His first semester Torrey greatly enjoyed the introductory courses in information security and cryptography and knew he wanted to concentrate in that area.  When the new degree was approved in February, Torrey had already completed many of the required courses.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022What has impressed me most about the program has been the faculty,\u0022 said Torrey  \u0022It is a difficult task simply to keep up with all of the new developments or in fact being responsible for new developments in the InfoSec field, let alone teach it.  In my opinion the faculty have done an amazing job in both cases.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETorrey is considering a conditional job offer from the National Security Agency and an offer from Anteon Corporation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe first graduate program of its kind in Georgia, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the new Master of Science degree in February.  The degree is designed to help fill the high demand for individuals with both the practical skills and theoretical understanding of information security.  Students can focus on either technical or policy issues of information security.  The 32-hour interdisciplinary program is housed in the College of Computing with coordination with the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, the DuPree College of Management, and the Georgia State University Management Information Systems program.  The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), a National Security Agency Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education, developed the comprehensive curriculum and brings together faculty and resources in information security from across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Helping to Fill Nation\u0027s Demand for Security Expertise"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Today Georgia Tech graduates its first student with a Master of Science in Information Security.  Michael E. Torrey, of Winter Springs, Fla., started graduate school working towards an M.S. in Computer Science with a concentration in information security, but once the new Information Security program was approved he decided to pursue the new degree. The importance of information security has become increasingly urgent with recent Home Land Security efforts.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-12-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97051":{"id":"97051","type":"image","title":"Michael E. Torrey receives the first M.S. in Infor","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97051"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtisc.gatech.edu\/grad_programs.html","title":"Georgia Tech Information Security Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"97181":{"#nid":"97181","#data":{"type":"news","title":"DiGregorio Returns to Institute Following Education Mission to Iran","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoseph DiGregorio, director of professional education, international partnerships, at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was one of 10 academicians invited to participate in an education mission to Iran Oct. 26-Nov. 1.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe mission, sponsored by the National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences, was an effort to help elevate the state of K-12 and post-secondary education in Iran. The academicians represented universities throughout the United States.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe journey marked DiGregorio\u0027s first trip to Iran, but he said it was an important one for humanitarian reasons, and it should lead to several mutual-collaboration projects between Iranian and American institutions of higher learning.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I\u0027m a firm believer that education is the world\u0027s great equalizer,\u0022 DiGregorio said. \u0022I went there to help improve their educational system, which could lead to more and better jobs for the Iranian people, and eventually to peaceful co-existence in the Middle East.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDiGregorio was asked to assist Iranians in formulating a strategy for distance learning throughout their country. Others members of the education mission addressed the country\u0027s integration of research and education, vocational and technical training, computer-based education and other topics. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The invitation to visit Iran was extended by the Iranian Academy of Sciences, which is the counterpart of our National Academy of Sciences,\u0022 DiGregorio said. Iran faces several issues regarding distance education, he said, including a lack of resources to implement appropriate distance-learning technologies and the lack of an infrastructure to support such technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Basically, Iran is at square one when it comes to distance learning,\u0022 he said. \u0022There, \u0027distance learning\u0027 really means \u0027remote campuses,\u0027 where students and faculty come together face-to-face. In addition, they deliver some courses via audiotape, but that\u0027s about the extent of their technology.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We were at least able to tell them what the latest developments are in distance learning here,\u0022 he added. But regardless of its limitations, DiGregorio said the Iranian system works. This past year, the country taught about 300,000 people through correspondence courses and remote campuses, he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDiGregorio\u0027s group toured facilities and met with Iranian academicians in Tehran and Shiraz. The National Research Council covered all expenses for the visit, and no state funds were used for the trip, he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe National Research Council is part of the National Academies, which also comprise the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine. They are private, non-profit institutions that provide science, technology and health-policy advice under a Congressional charter. The council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public and the scientific and engineering communities.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on the education mission to Iran, contact Joe DiGregorio, Georgia Tech\u0027s director of Professional Education, International Partnerships, (404) 385-4350 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:joseph.digregorio@conted.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejoseph.digregorio@conted.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E .\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Joseph DiGregorio, Georgia Tech\u0027s director of professional education, international partnerships, was one of 10 academicians invited to participate in a recent education mission to Iran -- part of an effort to help elevate the state of K-12 and post-secondary education there.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-11-07 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97191":{"id":"97191","type":"image","title":"Joe DiGregorio","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97191"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/","title":"The National Academies"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.nas.edu\/nrc\/","title":"National Research Council"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.conted.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Professional Education"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\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":""}},"97161":{"#nid":"97161","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Physicist Honored Among Peers As Outstanding Researcher","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERegents Professor M. Raymond Flannery of the Georgia Institute of Technology received the 2002 Jesse W. Beams Award for Outstanding Research from the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) during a Nov. 1 ceremony in Auburn, Ala.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Flannery, a theoretical physicist in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Physics, is an expert in the theory of atomic and molecular collision processes and is generally regarded as a world leader in his field.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Beams Award is considered to be a very prestigious award for outstanding research in physics,\u0022 said W. Lawrence Croft, the chair of SESAPS, professor and head emeritus with the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Mississippi State University. \u0022It means that Dr. Flannery\u0027s peers consider him to be one of the most outstanding research physicists in the Southeast.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis marks the third time a Georgia Tech researcher has been tapped for the Beams Award. The first recipient of that honor was the late Georgia Tech physicist Joseph Ford, who earned the award for 1990. Regents Professor Uzi Landman in the Georgia Tech School of Physics also earned the award for 1999.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECriteria considered in the selection process include \u0022whether this research led to the discovery of new phenomena or states of matter, provided fundamental insights in physics, or involved the development of experimental or theoretical techniques that enabled others to make key advances in physics. It is expected that the contributions of the award recipient should have received the critical acclaim of peers nationally and internationally.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFlannery earned his distinguished 2002 award for his \u0022pioneering, seminal, influential and enduring contribution to atomic and molecular collision physics,\u0022 Croft said. It consists of a medal and certificate.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award was established in recognition of the scientific achievements of Jesse Beams, an experimental physicist at the University of Virginia for most of his career. He was one of five scientists appointed by the National Research Council to study uranium fission before the United States entered World War II -- an effort later given the code name of The Manhattan Project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeams, who received the National Medal of Science, constructed the world\u0027s first electron linear accelerator and developed the magnetic ultracentrifuge. Today the two devices are widely used by researchers in the physical and biological sciences plus medicine and engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFlannery has distinguished himself nationally and internationally with his research. His papers on recombination, electron-excited atom collisions and Rydberg collisions have had tremendous impact and helped define modern understanding of atomic and molecular physics. Flannery currently studies ultracold collisions, especially within his theoretical formulations of Rydberg plasmas and the production of antimatter. His work is supported by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to joining Georgia Tech in 1971, Flannery held academic positions with The Queen\u0027s University of Belfast and the Harvard -Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe has attained a long list of honors, including Georgia Tech\u0027s Distinguished Professor Award, presented in 1995; the prestigious Will Allis Prize, from the American Physical Society (APS), awarded in 1998 for his study of ionized gases and for developing a theory of three-body recombination; and the illustrious Sir David Bates Prize from the Institute of Physics (IOP), awarded in 2002 \u0022for his distinguished contributions to the field of theoretical atomic physics and for his studies of recombination processes with applications to astrophysics and plasma physics.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFlannery now has garnered key prizes from the APS, SESAPS and IOP -- the main scientific organizations of the worldwide physics community.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe is an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy and Queen\u0027s University -- his alma mater  -- bestowed on him in 1998 an honorary D.Sc. degree for his distinction as a scientist. He is a fellow and chartered physicist with the IOP in London and a fellow of the APS.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact Regents Professor M. Raymond Flannery, Georgia Tech School of Physics, (404) 894-5263 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ray.flannery@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eray.flannery@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E .\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso contact Professor W. Lawrence Croft, chair of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society and Head Emeritus of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Mississippi State University, (662) 325 -9451 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:croft@ra.msstate.edu\u0022\u003Ecroft@ra.msstate.edu\u003C\/a\u003E .\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Regents Professor M. Raymond Flannery received the 2002 Jesse W. Beams Award for Outstanding Research from the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS) during a Nov. 1 ceremony in Auburn, Ala. He now has garnered key prizes from the main scientific organizations of the worldwide physics community.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-12-12 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-11-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-11-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97171":{"id":"97171","type":"image","title":"M. Raymond Flannery","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97171"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/rflannery.html","title":"Ray Flannery Profile"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Physics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.phy.davidson.edu\/SESAPS\/welcome.html","title":"Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.aps.org\/","title":"American Physical Society"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.phys.virginia.edu\/History\/Beams\/","title":"Jesse Beams Profile"}],"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":""}},"97141":{"#nid":"97141","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Institute of Technology Selects Robert L. Snyder To Chair Materials Science and Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Robert L. Snyder, professor and chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Ohio State University, as the new chair of Georgia Tech\u0026#8217;s School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESnyder begins Jan. 2, succeeding Regents\u0026#8217; Professor Ashok Saxena, who has chaired MSE since 1993, but now plans to devote more time to research and teaching in MSE.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 1996, Snyder has chaired Ohio State\u0026#8217;s MSE department, which comprises 29 faculty,  165 undergraduates and 125 graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. Last year the department ranked 15 in the nation in the \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E college rankings edition.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore beginning his tenure at Ohio State, Snyder was a professor of ceramic science for 26 years at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University where he also directed the Institute of Ceramic Superconductivity and continues to hold the honorary title of Professor Emeritus. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;Dr. Snyder brings a wealth of experience to the position of MSE chair,\u0026#8221; said Don Giddens, dean of the College of Engineering. \u0026#8220;While he was chair at Ohio State, that department moved up in stature significantly, and I believe his enthusiasm, energy and vision are just the right combination for us at this time. He will emphasize the multidisciplinary nature of materials science and engineering in both education and research and will be a fine collaborator with others schools at Georgia Tech.  I join the MSE faculty, students and staff in looking forward eagerly to his arrival.\u0026#8221;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026#8217;s School of Materials Science and Engineering awards degrees at all levels, and offers courses for students from other disciplines in engineering and science, which allows them to earn a minor in MSE. \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E recently ranked the School\u0026#8217;s undergraduate program at No. 10 in the nation and the graduate program at No. 11.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School\u0026#8217;s educational and research strengths lie in materials synthesis, materials characterization, and modeling of structure-property-performance relationships of a wide variety of materials, including metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, biomaterials, electronic, superconducting and photonic and magnetic materials.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECurrently the School comprises 21 full-time faculty members and two joint faculty members, 52 undergraduate students and 74 graduate students and 31 post-doctoral researchers.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;Georgia Tech is a national treasure in engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering is one of the best in the world,\u0026#8221; Snyder said. \u0026#8220;I am delighted to join this distinguished faculty and look forward to working with them to meet the challenges of our ever-changing technology.  It will require every bit of the excellence that has been achieved at Georgia Tech to maintain America\u0026#8217;s technological leadership, which is being increasingly challenged throughout the world.\u0026#8221; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESnyder\u0026#8217;s research has focused on understanding and then manipulating the structure-property relationships in advanced materials. He has focused significant effort on developing the method of X-ray powder diffraction as an atomic and microstructural probe. In particular, Snyder has focused on bringing characterization techniques to an in situ, dynamic mode to support the next major development in materials science: computational materials design.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1995 he was appointed Professeur Invit\u00e9 at the Universit\u00e9 de Rennes in France. He has held visiting appointments at the Siemens Central Research Laboratory in Munich, Germany, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Sandia, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. He has published eleven books, nine chapters and 235 technical papers. He holds eight patents and has delivered over 1,000 talks at conferences, industries, and universities worldwide. Snyder has graduated 20 Ph.D.\u0026#8217;s and 20 MS students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Robert L. Snyder, professor and chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Ohio State University, as the new chair of Georgia Tech\u0026#8217;s School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Snyder begins Jan. 2, succeeding Regents\u0026#8217; Professor Ashok Saxena, who has chaired MSE since 1993, but now plans to devote more time to research and teaching in MSE.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-12-03 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97151":{"id":"97151","type":"image","title":"Robert Snyder","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97151"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Materials Science and 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":""}},"97121":{"#nid":"97121","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Graduate and Former Astronaut Jan Davis Recognized as Top NASA Executive","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Graduate Jan Davis is a veteran of three trips into space and leads a special team of engineers and scientists pioneering science operations on board the International Space Station.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow she has joined another special group: Davis has been named by President Bush as one of only 32 NASA executives nationwide to receive one of the country\u0026#8217;s highest honors for government service work.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDavis, who earned her bachelor\u0026#8217;s degree in Applied Biology from Tech in 1975, received the 2002 Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive Award for her contributions to the Space Shuttle, International Space Station and other space projects. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDavis is currently the director of Flight Projects at NASA\u0026#8217;s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;The honor conferred on Jan Davis is a source of pride and inspiration to me and the entire Marshall team,\u0026#8221; said Art Stephenson, director of the Marshall Center. \u0026#8220;Her selection demonstrates that hard work, dedication and achievement by those in public service do not go unrecognized, and that is tremendously gratifying to me.\u0026#8221;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDavis oversees more than 1,400 civil service and contract workers at the Marshall Center. Her directorate is responsible for payload and science operations for the International Space Station, such as training crews to operate Space Station science experiments and operating the control center for those experiments. Other support for the International Space Station includes the production of eight EXPRESS racks which house experiments, the management of Node 2, Node 3, and three Multipurpose Logistics Modules, and the design and production of the Regenerative Environmental Control and Life Support System. Davis is also responsible for the Chandra X-ray Observatory Program Office, overseeing operations of the world\u0026#8217;s most powerful X-ray telescope.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026#8220;We\u0026#8217;re in a period of change at NASA,\u0026#8221; Davis said. \u0026#8220;You have to be an aggressive leader of change if you\u0026#8217;re going to succeed. I\u0026#8217;ve been fortunate to work in a wide range of technical areas, from engineering, to science, to space flight. I\u0026#8217;ve also had the chance to view NASA as an engineer, a team leader, an astronaut, and an executive. I try to bring that experience to bear every day because what we\u0026#8217;re doing in space is so important to this country\u0026#8217;s future.\u0026#8221;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Presidential Rank Awards honor executives who have provided exceptional service to the American people over an extended period of time. They are recognized for their strong leadership skills, strength, integrity and a commitment to outstanding public service. They are judge on their accomplishments and abilities in the areas of leading people leading change, achieving results, business ability, building coalitions, and fostering communications.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDavis, who grew up and went to school in Huntsville, began her career at Marshall in 1979 as an aerospace engineer. She worked on several major NASA programs and projects, including the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, and the Space Shuttle. Davis was selected to join the astronaut corps in 1987. She spent more than 670 hours in space over the course of her three Shuttle flights.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 1998, Davis became director of the Human Exploration and Development of Space Independent Assurance Office for NASA Headquarters, in Washington, D.C., providing safety oversight for all human spaceflight programs.  She returned to Marshall in 1999 as deputy director of the Flight Projects Directorate and was named director of the directorate in January 2001.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENASA cited Davis for her work - both at both NASA Headquarters and upon her return to Marshall - to revamp and streamline business practices, eliminate bureaucracy and increase productivity.  She worked with colleagues at NASA\u0026#8217;s Johnson Space Center in Houston and Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and other field centers to establish new lines of communication, improve morale and build a cohesive team.  She proved her results-oriented management style by automating processes and reducing costs, while maintaining critical work, including the delivery of experiment racks to the International Space Station, the construction and flight of logistics modules and carriers for Space Station supplies, and maintaining round-the-clock operations at the Space Station Payload Operations Center at the Marshall Center.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDavis, a 1971 graduate of Huntsville High School, earned a bachelor\u0026#8217;s degree in applied biology in 1975 at Georgia Tech, and a bachelor\u0026#8217;s degree in mechanical engineering in 1977 from Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. She earned her master\u0026#8217;s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering in 1983 and 1985, respectively, from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. In 2001, she was elected to both the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame and the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Graduate Jan Davis is a veteran of three trips into space and leads a special team of engineers and scientists pioneering science operations on board the International Space Station. Now she has joined another special group: Davis has been named by President Bush as one of only 32 NASA executives nationwide to receive one of the country\u0026#8217;s highest honors for government service work.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-12-06 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97131":{"id":"97131","type":"image","title":"Jan Davis","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97131"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www1.msfc.nasa.gov\/NEWMSFC\/","title":"NASA\u0027s Marshall Space Flight Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"97101":{"#nid":"97101","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Top Teen Scientists Advance to National Scholarship Contest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter earning accolades in mathematics and astronomy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, three high-school students named Southern regional winners of the prestigious Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology advance to a national contest this weekend in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESteven Byrnes of West Roxbury, Mass.*, Elysa Wan of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Nigel Mesta of Statesville, N.C., won scholarships Nov. 23 for projects submitted to the Siemens Westinghouse Competition, the nation\u0027s leading research-based science and mathematics competition for high-school students. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was the official host of the competition\u0027s Southern regional finals, one of six such events held throughout the country this past month. Five individuals and three teams presented their original scientific research, technological inventions and mathematical theories to a distinguished panel of judges made up of prominent scientists and faculty from the Institute.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EByrnes, 18 and a senior at Roxbury Latin School, finished the finals as the top Individual Winner; Wan and Mesta, both 17 and students at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Raleigh, took Team Winner honors. This weekend they advance to the national competition in Washington, which will be held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They will compete with the nation\u0027s other regional finalists for scholarships ranging from $10,000 to a top prize of $100,000.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I was really excited when I won, but I was also surprised because the projects that I was competing against were really strong,\u0022 Byrnes told a writer for The Boston Globe. \u0022This experience has taught me that I really enjoy doing research and theoretical math, and I hope to have a career where I can do theoretical research all the time and maybe teach, too.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELess than 3 percent of students who enter the competition earn invitations to Washington to compete as national finalists.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These students are some of the most brilliant young people in America,\u0022 said Albert Hoser, chairman and CEO of The Siemens Foundation, which awards more than $1 million annually in scholarships and grants through the Siemens Westinghouse Competition and other programs. \u0022It is inspiring to see these extraordinary high-school students working at the highest levels in science, mathematics and technology at such an early age.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul Ohme, director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing, said it is an honor for Georgia Tech to host the regional finals of the Siemens Westinghouse Competition.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is vital that we encourage new generations to pursue science and math in school, and this competition is a wonderful way to do that,\u0022 Ohme said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the Southern regional finals, Byrnes earned a $3,000 scholarship for his project, \u0022Poset-Game Periodicity.\u0022 Wan and Mesta shared a $3,000 award for their team project, \u0022Investigation of an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Candidate in Starburst Galaxy M82.\u0022 Nine runners-up earned a bronze medal and a $1,000 scholarship each.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EByrnes\u0027 project analyzes a class of two-player games known as poset games. A poset, or partially ordered set, is a mathematical object satisfying a few simple properties, and any poset can be turned into a two-player game. Byrnes developed a new theorem, the Poset Game Periodicity Theorem, which concerns general poset games: That is, as a poset expands in two directions, periodic patterns emerge in the associated poset game not only in losing positions, but also in positions with any fixed g-value, or a general classification of game positions.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing his theorem, Byrnes was further able to prove the following: He resolved two open conjectures about a specific poset game called Chomp; he proved several results about the computational complexity of calculating g-values in poset games; and he gave an efficient, or polynomial-time, winning strategy for a large class of poset games.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGames such as these are important to a growing field known as discreet mathematics and for their potential applications in a wide range of computer-network issues, such as the use of secure codes and reliable communications across \u0022noisy channels.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022What impressed us most about Steven\u0027s project is that he has solved some problems that up until now professional mathematicians have not been able to solve,\u0022 said Professor Thomas Morley, the lead mathematics judge at Georgia Tech. \u0022This work is clearly top level. Steven could easily have earned a Ph.D. for this project, which is astonishing for a high-school student.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMorley went on to say that Byrnes\u0027 work also is worthy of publication in a peer-reviewed mathematics journal, which is a singular distinction shared by the world\u0027s top scientists and recognized experts in their fields.    \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWan and Mesta earned their scholarship by presenting an astronomy project that supports the theory of the existence of space objects called intermediate-mass black holes. This relatively new class of objects is poorly understood. Their mass is between those of stellar black holes, which are produced by the death of a large star, and super-massive black holes, which can be found in the center of galaxies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBy combining infrared data with X-ray data, and by investigating the region of an intermediate-mass black hole candidate in a galaxy named M82, Wan and Mesta inferred the presence of an aged superstar cluster coincident to the black hole. Their proposed theory is that this aged superstar cluster fuels the intermediate-mass black hole.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Although this team\u0027s work cannot prove conclusively that intermediate-mass black holes exist, it certainly bolsters current theories,\u0022 said Academic Professional James Sowell, the astronomy judge at Georgia Tech. \u0022Their findings are another step in understanding the evolution of galaxies.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdministered by the College Board and its partner, Educational Testing Service, the Siemens Westinghouse Competition has quickly earned wide respect from the academic community for its rigorous judging standards. Of the more than 1,100 students who entered the competition this year, fewer than 8 percent submitted projects deemed worthy of being selected as regional finalists.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEntries are judged at the regional and national levels by prominent scientists and faculty from six leading research universities, which also host the regional competitions: the Georgia Institute of Technology (South), Carnegie Mellon (Mid-States), the University of Notre Dame (Midwest), the University of California, Berkeley (West), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (New England), and the University of Texas at Austin (Southwest).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe New-Jersey based Siemens Foundation is dedicated to providing scholarships and increased access to higher education for students in science, mathematics and technology-related disciplines.  Established in 1998 to promote and support educational activities, the Siemens Foundation recognizes and supports America\u0027s most promising science and mathematics students and teachers, plus schools that do the most to promote education in the core sciences.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIts mission is based on the culture of innovation, research and educational support that is the hallmark of Siemens\u0027 U.S. operating companies and its parent company, Siemens AG.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on winners of this year\u0027s competitions, or for questions about this weekend\u0027s events, contact Marie Gentile with the Siemens Foundation, (732) 603-5886 or (212) 258-4246. You also can reach Gentile by e-mail, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:marie.gentile@sc.siemens.com\u0022\u003Emarie.gentile@sc.siemens.com\u003C\/a\u003E .\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso contact Director Paul Ohme, Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing, (404) 894-6179 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:paul.ohme@ceismc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epaul.ohme@ceismc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E . \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E*Editor\u0027s Notes: Byrnes was moved from the Northeast regional competition held at the Massachusettes Institute of Technology because his father is a senior lecturer there. He went on to win top prize in the individual category and a $100,000 scholarship for his mathematics project in the national 2002 Siemens Westinghouse Competition. Wan and Mesta earned a $20,000 scholarship for their team entry in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"After earning accolades in mathematics and astronomy at Georgia Tech, three high-school students named Southern regional winners of the prestigious Siemens Westinghouse Competition advance to a national contest this weekend in Washington, D.C.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-12-10 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97111":{"id":"97111","type":"image","title":"Steven J. Byrnes","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97111"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.siemens-foundation.org\/science\/winners_regional_south.htm","title":"Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology ~ Southern Regional Winners"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.siemens-foundation.org\/default.html","title":"The Siemens Foundation"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Mathematics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech School of Physics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"97061":{"#nid":"97061","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Names New Director of Security and Police","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology announced today that it has named Teresa Crocker as the new Director of Security and Police.  Crocker currently serves as Director and Chief of Police at East Carolina University, the third largest university in North Carolina.  Effective January 6, Crocker fills the position formerly held by Chief Jack Vickery, who retired last summer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022Teresa comes to Georgia Tech with impeccable police credentials,\u0022 said Robert K. Thompson, senior vice president for Administration and Finance at Georgia Tech.  \u0022She brings considerable experience in higher education, rising from police officer to assistant director\/chief of public safety during her 12 years at North Carolina State University and nine years as chief at East Carolina. We are delighted that she has agreed to join the Tech team in this extremely important position and look forward to working with her in creating an even safer, more secure campus environment.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E \u0022I am excited to take on the new challenge of leading Georgia Tech\u0027s growing Police Department,\u0022 said Crocker.  \u0022The department\u0027s responsibility for campus security is growing as part of national homeland security efforts as well as the continued expansion of campus into the heart of Midtown Atlanta.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECrocker will be responsible for protecting the life and property of people on the Georgia Tech campus, which includes over 350 acres and approximately 200 academic, residential and recreational buildings -- more than 9 million square feet of functional building space.  A city within a city, Georgia Tech has nearly 16,000 students and approximately 6,000 faculty and staff.  During special events, the number of visitors to campus can exceed 50,000.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECrocker received a Master of Science degree in Law Enforcement and Corrections from North Carolina Central University and received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Campbell University. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology announced today that it has named Teresa Crocker as the new Director of Security and Police.  Crocker currently serves as Director and Chief of Police at East Carolina University, the third largest university in North Carolina.  Effective January 6, Crocker fills the position formerly held by Chief Jack Vickery, who retired last summer.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-12-10 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97071":{"id":"97071","type":"image","title":"Teresa Crocker, new Director of Security and Polic","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97071"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.police.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Police Department"}],"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":""}},"97081":{"#nid":"97081","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Receives Double Recognition from Atlanta Chapter of National Society of Hispanic MBAs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta Chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, the third largest chapter in the nation, has announced Georgia Tech as the recipient of two of its annual awards. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe chapter, which has 400 members, named the DuPree College of Management as the University of the Year and also named DuPree MBA student, Eduardo Neeter, the MBA Student of the Year. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2002 awards were announced on December 6 at the chapter\u0027s Third Annual Awards Fiesta, an annual event held to recognize organizations, professionals, and graduate students that promote and encompass the best values of the Latino community.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to NSHMBA, the DuPree College of Management received the award for its commitment to promoting leadership, education, professional development, and community advocacy among Hispanic students, professionals, and the community. The College\u0027s MBA Career Services has supported the organization in cosponsoring, hosting, and advocating career-related events for Hispanic MBAs in the Atlanta area for the past several years. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccepting the award for the College, Dean Terry C. Blum said, \u0022We are proud of our relationship with NSHMBA and are honored to receive this award as University of the Year. We value diversity at Georgia Tech, and our Hispanic MBA students bring a valuable perspective to the program.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuPree MBA student Eduardo Neeter was chosen Student of the Year for his outstanding educational achievements, contributions, and leadership in the Hispanic community.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am extremely honored to receive this award,\u0022 said Neeter.  \u0022As the vice president of the MBA class of 2003 at Georgia Tech, my consistent goal has been to contribute to the Hispanic as well as the overall business student community in Atlanta. I am proud to belong to an organization that fosters Hispanic leadership in the business environment.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe organization also awarded Delta Air Lines the Corporation of the Year award and Maria Guerra-Stoll of GSB Architects as the Professional of the Year Award.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EProceeds from the Awards Fiesta are for the NSHMBA Scholarship Fund. NSHMBA was created in 1988 to \u0022foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development in order to improve society.\u0022 \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Atlanta Chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, the third largest chapter in the nation, has announced Georgia Tech as the recipient of two of its annual awards. The chapter named the DuPree College of Management as the University of the Year and also named DuPree MBA student, Eduardo Neeter, the MBA Student of the Year.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2003-01-02 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97091":{"id":"97091","type":"image","title":"Eduardo Neeter, MBA Student of the Year","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97091"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/atlanta.nshmba.org\/home.asp","title":"National Society of Hispanic MBAs Atlanta Chapter"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.dupree.gatech.edu\/index2.shtml","title":"DuPree 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":""}},"70274":{"#nid":"70274","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Company Founded by Georgia Tech Professor Partners With Defense Agencies to Aid Against Network Intrusions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENational defense agencies will team with Lancope, Inc., a company founded by Georgia Tech Eminent Scholar John Copeland, to beef up security on national sensitive and classified data networks using Lancope\u0027s intrusion detection technology, called StealthWatch\u00ae.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta-based Lancope, a member of Georgia Tech\u0027s ATDC business incubator, will work with the National Security Agency (NSA) and joint Department of Defense research teams to develop \u0022Therminator\u0022 - a system for both government and private deployment to detect incoming and outgoing network attacks and sophisticated denial of service attacks in real-time.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETherminator will integrate the high-speed data flow architecture of Lancope\u0027s behavior-based intrusion detection system StealthWatch with NSA\u0027s complex data reduction and data visualization technology. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Therminator will identify sophisticated cyber-war attacks that are launched by renegade or terrorist organizations that cannot be detected using traditional signature-based intrusion detection systems,\u0022 said Copeland, chair and chief scientist with Lancope, and the technology transfer chair at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENamed \u0022Project Therminator,\u0022 the plan is expected to produce a graphical representation of network traffic that allows information security specialists and network administrators to provide more proactive protection of data. The StealthWatch technology combats hacking exploits and corporate network misuse on enterprise networks by using techniques that show the paths they took by listing equipment used to access networks. It operates at giga-speeds, and provides intelligent alarming, advanced network surveillance and forensic data on network activity. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EU.S. Army Major General Dave Bryan, the Commanding Officer of the Joint Task Force for Computer Network Operations, is part of the government team working with Lancope. He said: \u0022We must carefully script our systems to look for the unexpected because they are going to camouflage their malicious activity as otherwise normal activity. Therminator is one very promising approach to this challenge.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELancope\u0027s StealthWatch recently received the Innovation In Infrastructure Award (i3) in the security category from the editors of eWeek Magazine and PC Magazine at Spring NetWorld+Interop 2002 and was named \u0022Most Impressive\u0022 by eWeek in 2001. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECopeland holds the John H. Weitnauer, Jr., Technology Transfer Chair at Georgia Tech and is responsible for developing programs to accelerate the transfer of campus-developed technology into areas that benefit the economy. He teaches senior and graduate courses on computerarchitecture, operating systems, and networks, and advises a number of Ph.D. candidate students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENational defense agencies will team with Lancope, Inc., a company founded by Georgia Tech Eminent Scholar John Copeland, to beef up security on national sensitive and classified data networks using Lancope\u0027s intrusion detection technology, called StealthWatch\u00ae.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Company Founded by Georgia Tech Professor Partners With Defense Agenci"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-12-13 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70275":{"id":"70275","type":"image","title":"John Copeland","body":null,"created":"1449177304","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:04","changed":"1475894361","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:21"}},"media_ids":["70275"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.lancope.com\/","title":"Lancope, Inc."}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"170798","name":"StealthWatch"}],"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\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\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"77811":{"#nid":"77811","#data":{"type":"news","title":"BellSouth CEO to Address Georgia Tech Fall Commencement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EF. Duane Ackerman, chairman and chief executive of BellSouth Corporation, will address the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s 214th commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 14, at 9 a.m., in Alexander Memorial Coliseum. A native of Plant City, Florida, Ackerman holds a bachelor\u0027s degree in physics and a master\u0027s degree from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. He holds a master\u0027s degree in business from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAckerman began his communications career in 1964 and has served in numerous capacities with BellSouth. He was named president and chief executive officer of BellSouth Telecommunications, BellSouth\u0027s local telephone service unit and largest subsidiary, in November 1992. On January 1, 1995, he was promoted to vice chairman and chief operating officer of the parent company, BellSouth Corporation.  Ackerman was elevated to the position of president and chief executive officer of BellSouth on  January 1, 1997. A year later, he was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of the company.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAckerman also is a member of the boards of Wachovia Corporation and The Allstate Corporation. His civic commitments include immediate past chair of the Georgia Research Alliance and membership on the board of the Woodruff Arts Center. He is the chairman of the National Council on Competitiveness, vice chairman of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, a trustee of Rollins College, and a former member of the board of governors for the Society of Sloan Fellows of MIT.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBellSouth is a Fortune 100 company serving nearly 44 million customers in the United States and 14 other countries. BellSouth\u0027s operating telephone company serves local residential and business customers in nine southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. In the residential market, the company offers DSL high-speed Internet access, advanced voice features and other services.  BellSouth also provides a full array of broadband data and e-commerce solutions to business customers, including Web hosting and other Internet services.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EF. Duane Ackerman, chairman and chief executive of BellSouth Corporation, will address the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s 214th commencement ceremony on Saturday, December 14, at 9 a.m., in Alexander Memorial Coliseum.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2002-12-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\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":""}}}