{"82251":{"#nid":"82251","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President Clough to Lead Panel on Georgia Tech Research Innovations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA panel of distinguished faculty will discuss some of Georgia Tech\u0027s leading research - in areas such as nanotechnology, tissue engineering and marine biology, among others - during a Feb. 11 presentation at Technology Square.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Wayne Clough will lead the panelists in a discussion entitled \u0022Georgia Tech: Innovating Here and Now,\u0022 sponsored by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. The event will be held 7:15 p.m. at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, 800 Spring St.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003EAlumni, faculty, staff, students and their guests are invited to attend the free panel discussion, but registration is required. (\u003Cem\u003ESee link below\u003C\/em\u003E.) A reception with hors d\u0027oeuvres and a cash bar will begin at 6:30 p.m. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Innovating in the 21st century requires an interdisciplinary approach, and the collaboration of engineering, sciences and business will make Georgia Tech a leader in the innovation race,\u0022 said Georgia Tech Vice President Joe Irwin, executive director of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We hope this will be the first of a number of regional events we want to eventually hold throughout the country,\u0022 Irwin said. \u0022They will give us a fantastic way to tell our alumni about some of the leading-edge research now under way at Georgia Tech, and give them a chance to ask questions about the work and how it might affect their lives.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EVallee Donovan, assistant executive director of the alumni association, said several cities have been identified as possible locations for future panels, including New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our panelists are people leading the way in their individual fields,\u0022 Donovan said. \u0022Our goal is to put forth some of our faculty with these events and to provide a forum for them to interact with our alumni. It enhances the reputation of the Institute, helps in the continuing education of our alumni and provides a fantastic networking opportunity for everyone who attends.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the speakers scheduled to take part in the first regional panel are:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EPresident Wayne Clough\u003C\/strong\u003E, who has led Georgia Tech to global recognition with his  vision for faculty collaboration in new and emerging sciences, technology, and economic development;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Z.L. Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, who is ranked fifth in the world by the Institute of Scientific Information for the number of nanotechnology research papers he has published to date;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Ralph Merkle\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, who is widely recognized for his award-winning work in the field of cryptography and as one of the co-founders of public-key cryptography;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EAssistant Professor Andres Garcia\u003C\/strong\u003E, who is nationally recognized for his research on cellular and tissue engineering, areas which integrate engineering and biological principles to restore and enhance function to injured or diseased organs;\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Mark Hay\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Linda and Harry Teasely Chair in Environmental Biology in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Biology, who leads a team of marine biologists that recently spent 10 days in the Aquarius lab, an underwater research facility, studying coral reefs; \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E* \u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Marie Thursby\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Hal and John Smith Chair in Entrepreneurship in Georgia Tech\u0027s DuPree College of Management, who directs the Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER) program, a one-of-a-kind approach that prepares students for the challenges of commercializing new technologies and delivering innovative products to the market place. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A panel of distinguished faculty will discuss some of Georgia Tech\u0027s leading research - in areas such as nanotechnology, tissue engineering and marine biology, among others - during a Feb. 11 presentation to alumni, faculty, staff and students at Technology Square.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-01-29 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:02","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"82261":{"id":"82261","type":"image","title":"President Wayne Clough","body":null,"created":"1449178087","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:07","changed":"1475894698","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:58"}},"media_ids":["82261"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/","title":"Georgia Tech Alumni Association"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/GetInvolved\/events\/innovationevent.html","title":"Register for Georgia Tech: Innovating Here and Now"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}