{"72776":{"#nid":"72776","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Marcus Nanotechnology Building Groundbreaking","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech broke ground on the new Marcus Nanotechnology Building, which has many people on campus and throughout the state filled with high hopes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022With this new building, we will have 20,000 square feet of space dedicated to nanotechnology focused on physical science and engineering adjacent to a 10,000-square-foot facility dedicated to biological and biomedical nanotechnology research - this combination doesn\u0027t exist anywhere else in the world,\u0022 said Dr. James Meindl, director of the new Nanotechnology Research Center, which will be housed in the new Marcus Nanotechnology Building.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Nanotechnology Building is one of the strategic facilities that will offer opportunities to the University System, as well as the state and nation,\u0022 said Board of Regents Chancellor Erroll Davis. \u0022Without question, it (the new facility) will help us accomplish our future education, research and economic development missions.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENanotechnology research will produce materials ten times stronger than steel but much lighter in weight, digital storage units the size of sugar cubes that can hold all the information in the Library of Congress, and tiny medical devices that can detect individual cancer cells and target them with specialized treatment.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe possibilities that nanotechnology has in medical research are what led philanthropist Bernie Marcus, founder and chairman of the Marcus Foundation, to make a $15 million commitment to the building earlier this year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is hard for people to understand what can come out of the nanotechnology world, but we do understand the benefits it can produce for medicine,\u0022 said Marcus.  \u0022The combination of Georgia Tech working with other universities in this state doing nanotechnology research will give us great potential in solving terrible diseases.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Governor Sonny Perdue believes the new building will provide a wealth of research for the state.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This facility isn\u0027t going to be exclusive.  It is going to be available to scientists throughout our university system and in the private sector as well,\u0022 said Perdue.  \u0022The role of government is to help facilitate a place where good ideas can come together and generate new ideas.  This facility promotes innovating for the sake of a better quality of life for our citizens.\u0022  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President Wayne Clough said he believes the new facility will help Tech to attract research funding as well as top-notch faculty and students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This is a historic moment for Georgia Tech and a project that will last a lifetime,\u0022 said Clough.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe naming of the Marcus Nanotechnology Building is pending Board of Regents approval, and the completion date for the new facility is summer 2008.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech thinks big while thinking small"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech broke ground on the new Marcus Nanotechnology Building, which has many people on campus and throughout the state filled with high hopes.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech thinks big while thinking small"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2006-08-07 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:42","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2006-08-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72777":{"id":"72777","type":"image","title":"Dr.  James Meindl, Dr.  Wayne Clough, Bernie Marcu","body":null,"created":"1449177954","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:54","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"},"72778":{"id":"72778","type":"image","title":"Bernie Marcus, Wayne Clough, Erroll Davis","body":null,"created":"1449177954","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:54","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"},"72779":{"id":"72779","type":"image","title":"Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue","body":null,"created":"1449177954","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:54","changed":"1475894665","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:25"}},"media_ids":["72777","72778","72779"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nano.gatech.edu\/","title":"Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. 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