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  • December

  • Uzi Landman Honored with Humboldt Award

    December 23, 2008 – Uzi Landman, professor of physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the recipient of a Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists. He will accept the award in June 2009 at the annual meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, to be held in Berlin.

  • Two Georgia Tech Faculty Honored by the White House

    December 19, 2008 – Kim Cobb, assistant professor in Georgia Tech's School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in the College of Sciences, and Nick Feamster, assistant professor in the School of Computer Science and the Georgia Tech Information Security Center in the College of Computing, have been recognized as two of the nation's top young scientists with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

  • AAAS and Georgia Tech Announce 2008 Fellows

    December 18, 2008 – Three Georgia Tech professors have received the award of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow for 2008. Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.

  • Georgia Tech Ranks Third Nationally Among Smart Money

    December 16, 2008 – Georgia Tech ranks fourth nationally among Smart Money magazine

  • New Class of Fluorescent Dyes Detects Reactive Oxygen Species

    December 15, 2008 – Researchers have created a new family of fluorescent probes called hydrocyanines that can be used to detect and measure the presence of reactive oxygen species -- superoxide and the hydroxide radical -- in cells, tissue and, for the first time, in vivo.

  • Marilyn Brown Briefs Policymakers on Solar Energy

    December 15, 2008 – Public Policy Professor Marilyn Brown spoke to a luncheon briefing at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., about solar power on December 15.

  • Schools of HTS, Economics Relocating

    December 11, 2008 – On December 15, 2008, the School of History, Technology, and Society (HTS) and the School of Economics are moving to the Old Civil Engineering Building, located at 221 Bobby Dodd Way.

  • Initiative Helps Rural Georgia Hospitals Improve Performance

    December 11, 2008 – Seven rural Georgia hospitals will participate in a new initiative designed to help increase their capacity to serve patients, improve the quality of their services and reduce costs.

  • Retired Major General Johnson to Address Undergraduate Ceremony

    December 11, 2008 – Retired Major General Ronald L. Johnson, the National Basketball Association's senior vice president for Referee Operations, will deliver the undergraduate address at the Georgia Institute of Technology's 232nd commencement ceremonies.

  • Georgia Tech and CDC Work to Improve Safety of Blood Supply

    December 9, 2008 – The Georgia Tech College of Computing, working in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has developed a Web-based tool for tracking blood safety. The tool is expected to help developing countries improve the adequacy and safety of their national blood supplies through better monitoring and evaluation.

  • Student Helps Bloggers Overcome Writer's Block

    December 9, 2008 – Student Paul Stamatiou has created Skribit, a blog that helps other blogger's overcome writer's block. The site currently has more than 4,000 blogs using it and receives more than 4 million hits per month.

  • Georgia Tech Student Named One of Twelve Mitchell Scholars

    December 8, 2008 – Sarang Shah has been named one of 12 recipients of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship. This is the second consecutive year that a student from the Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected to receive this honor. The Mitchell Scholarships are awarded annually to 12 Americans under the age of 30 to pursue a year of post-graduate study at any university in Ireland.

  • Dr. Vigor Yang to Chair Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering

    December 8, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Vigor Yang as chair of the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, delivering a seasoned and accomplished researcher to lead the school to impressive new heights.

  • Physicists Set New Record for Quantum Memory Storage and Retrieval

    December 7, 2008 – Physicists have taken a significant step toward creation of quantum networks by establishing a new record for the length of time that quantum information can be stored in and retrieved from an ensemble of very cold atoms.

  • Georgia Tech Hosts Congressional Infrastructure Briefing

    December 4, 2008 – From transportation systems to power grids, America's aging infrastructure continues to generate concern. To underscore the critical role that university research can play in addressing these challenges, the Georgia Institute of Technology is facilitating a congressional briefing on Monday, December 8, in Washington, D.C.

  • Georgia Tech Named Tree Campus USA

    December 3, 2008 – The Arbor Day Foundation designated Georgia Tech a Tree Campus USA on Nov. 18. The 10th institution awarded this distinction for best practices in campus forestry, Tech is the first in the state of Georgia.

  • Georgia Tech Tests Mobile Alert System for Cell Phones

    December 3, 2008 – In the first field trial of its kind, Georgia Tech's Wireless Emergency Communications project tested the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Commercial Mobil Alert System to see how well it met the needs of people with vision and hearing impairments. They found three areas where they will recommend changes to the FCC.

  • Mumbai Memorial Hosted By India Club Students

    December 1, 2008 – The India Club at Georgia Tech will host a candlelight vigil on December 2, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. at the Kessler Campanile. The purpose of the vigil is to remember the victims of the recent attacks in Mumbai, India.

  • November

  • Researchers discover strategy for predicting the immunity of vaccines

    November 26, 2008 – In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, have developed a multidisciplinary approach involving immunology, genomics and bioinformatics to predict the immunity of a vaccine without exposing individuals to infection. This approach addresses a long-standing challenge in the development of vaccines--that of only being able to determine immunity or effectiveness long after vaccination and, often, only after being exposed to infection.

  • Strong and Lightweight Material Provides New Use for Coal Ash

    November 25, 2008 – Each year, coal-burning power plants, steel factories and similar facilities in the United States produce more than 125 million tons of waste, much of it fly ash and bottom ash left over from combustion. Mulalo Doyoyo has plans for that material.

  • Federal Government Plan Aims To Curb Metro Atlanta Traffic

    November 25, 2008 – The federal government is investing $110 million to support an innovative Georgia state plan to reduce traffic congestion in Metropolitan Atlanta, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced today.

  • Video Game Experts Converge on Georgia Tech for Living Game Worlds IV

    November 24, 2008 – Digital gaming luminaries will gather at Georgia Tech on December 1 and 2 for Living Game Worlds IV, a symposium featuring gaming pioneers such as Raph Koster, lead designer of Star Wars Galaxies, and Chris Klaus, founder of Kaneva.

  • Yellow Jacket Marching Band Set to Play in Macy's Parade

    November 23, 2008 – Georgia will be well represented in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as Georgia Tech's Yellow Jacket Marching Band takes center stage.

  • New Program Empowers Yellow Jacket Fans on Quest for More Fan Gear

    November 20, 2008 – For Georgia Tech fans, finding licensed gear can sometimes be compared to digging for buried treasure.

  • Brain Reorganizes to Adjust for Loss of Vision

    November 20, 2008 – A new study from Georgia Tech shows that when patients with macular degeneration focus on using another part of their retina to compensate for their loss of central vision, their brain seems to compensate by reorganizing its neural connections.

  • Georgia Tech's Kirk Bowman Named Professor of the Year

    November 20, 2008 – Kirk Bowman, associate professor at Georgia Tech, has been named the 2008 Georgia Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

  • Energy Production and Global Change Expert Joins Georgia Tech

    November 19, 2008 – Philippe Van Cappellen, Ph. D., an internationally renowned environmental geochemist, has joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar.

  • Georgia Tech Plays Key Role in Global Energy Management Standard

    November 17, 2008 – Energy and sustainability experts at the Georgia Institute of Technology have taken a leadership role in the U.S. contribution to a 36-nation effort aimed at developing an international standard that would bring consistency to energy management systems worldwide.

  • More Georgia Tech Students Studying Abroad

    November 17, 2008 – Georgia Tech students are part of a growing trend within the University System of Georgia as they continue to increase their participation in study abroad programs.

  • Georgia Tech's Full-time MBA Ranked 29th by BusinessWeek

    November 13, 2008 – Georgia Tech College of Management broke into the top 30 of BusinessWeek's latest rankings of the nation's top full-time MBA programs.

  • Urban Sustainability Leader Joins Georgia Tech

    November 13, 2008 – John C. Crittenden, Ph.D., an accomplished expert in waste management, pollution prevention and sustainable and environmental engineering, will join the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar in Sustainable Systems. He is also slated to fill the Hightower Chair in Sustainable Systems pending Board of Regents approval.

  • Georgia Tech College of Management brakes into the top 30

    November 13, 2008 – Georgia Tech College of Management broke into the top 30 of BusinessWeek's latest rankings of the nation's top full-time MBA programs.

  • Ga. Tech Well Represented on Upcoming Shuttle Mission

    November 12, 2008 – Friday, November 14, is the scheduled launch date for the space shuttle Endeavor. With three of the seven crew members from Georgia Tech, the Institute will be well represented on the upcoming mission.

  • Ga. Tech Facilitates Virtual Aquarium Visit at SC08

    November 12, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology will command a significant presence at next week's SC08, the international conference on high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis scheduled for Nov. 15-21, 2008, at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.

  • Butera named 2008 Jefferson Science Fellow

    November 11, 2008 – The U.S. Department of State has selected Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Robert Butera as one of seven Jefferson Science Fellows for 2008-2009.

  • Innovative Firms Gain Widening Profit Advantage, Study Shows

    November 10, 2008 – The profitability gap between companies that compete on the basis of innovative products or processes and firms that compete with a low-price advantage has more than doubled over the past three years, a new survey of Georgia manufacturers has found.

  • New Generator Produces AC Current by Stretching Zinc Oxide Wires

    November 9, 2008 – Researchers have developed a new type of small-scale electric power generator able to produce alternating current through the cyclical stretching and releasing of zinc oxide wires encapsulated in a flexible plastic substrate with two ends bonded.

  • Music Technology Alumni Using Their Degrees

    November 7, 2008 – Two Georgia Tech Alumni are taking their experience in music technology and combining it with their entrepreneurial spirit to create and sell synthesizers, sequencers and other musical and robotic devices.

  • Georgia Tech Launches Center for Music Technology

    November 7, 2008 – Georgia Tech today launches the new Center for Music Technology with more than 20 researchers from the arts, sciences and engineering. Several interdisciplinary projects already in progress will be demonstrated today at an exclusive launch event for potential collaborators

  • The Engineering of a Musical Instrument

    November 7, 2008 – Georgia Tech researchers are using their engineering expertise to study how to build better musical instruments.

  • Music Technology Researchers Create New Robotic Percussionist

    November 7, 2008 – Georgia Tech has created an improved version of the robotic percussionist. The second edition, named Shimon, is designed to play a melodic instrument, the marimba. It, therefore, utilizes more sophisticated algorithms for music perception and improvisation in comparison to Haile, Georgia Tech's first robotic drummer.

  • Creating Music With Your Cell Phone

    November 7, 2008 – If you own a cell phone, then new software created by Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology director Gil Weinberg and his students will allow you to be the next composer and performer of your own original music.

  • Reinventing the Way People Learn to Play the Piano

    November 7, 2008 – Georgia Tech researchers are using technology to make learning to play instruments a little easier. Piano touch is a light-weight glove that is outfitted with electronics that cue the musician with vibrations on each finger that lets them know which finger they need use to play the next note.

  • Making Aquariums and Museums More Accessible

    November 7, 2008 – Georgia Tech researchers are using music to aid the visually impaired in understanding the movements and displays featured in aquariums, zoos, museums and other dynamic facilities.

  • Audience Participation is Focus of Freeman\'s Music Technology Research

    November 7, 2008 – Music Technology Professor Jason Freeman is exploring new ways for audiences to interact with performers. His research includes both live audience participation and online applications

  • Building a Leader in Music Technology at Georgia Tech

    November 7, 2008 – Georgia Tech's Music Department is still making great music, but the department is also creating a name for itself in the technology world.

  • Creating Systems that Listen Intelligently

    November 7, 2008 – Researchers at Georgia Tech are developing technologies to advance human interaction with music.

  • October

  • Georgia Tech Rank #16 Among Kiplinger's Best Values

    October 31, 2008 – Georgia Tech receives national accolade for best value, ranking 16th among Kiplinger's Personal Finance 100 best values in public colleges. Kiplinger ranks four-year institutions based top-notch academics and economic value.

  • Program Initiated to Support Those Pursuing Teaching Careers

    October 31, 2008 – While Georgia has a shortage of K-12 math and science teachers, fortunately the Georgia Institute of Technology is a top destination for students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

  • GTRI Names New Chief Scientist

    October 31, 2008 – Dennis Folds, who earned his Ph.D. in engineering psychology from Georgia Tech in 1987, was recently named GTRI chief scientist. As chief scientist, he will meet with current and prospective customers and oversee GTRI's independent R&D program.

  • Georgia Tech Savannah Focuses on Educational and Sensing Research

    October 30, 2008 – David Frost wants to change the idea that Georgia Tech only means Atlanta. He believes Georgia Tech's Savannah campus is uniquely positioned to act as a catalyst for changing education, research and service.

  • Ga. Tech Places Eighth in Two World University Technology Rankings

    October 28, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology recently was listed among the top world universities in engineering and technology in two separate global rankings.

  • Drug-embedded Microparticles Bolster Heart Function in Animal Studies

    October 23, 2008 – Researchers at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology have developed tiny polymer beads that can slowly release anti-inflammatory drugs and break down into non-toxic components.

  • Monthly Testing of Campus Siren Warning System

    October 22, 2008 – To assure that Georgia Tech's Siren Warning System is in continuous operational condition, the Office of Emergency Preparedness will begin testing the system on the first Thursday of each month at 11 a.m. beginning November 6, 2008.

  • Tech Earns USG Customer Service Awards

    October 22, 2008 – In applying for the University System of Georgia Chancellor's Customer Service Awards, the each of Georgia Tech's three nominees were named as award-winners.

  • Robotic Technology Inspired by Service Dogs

    October 22, 2008 – Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have engineered a biologically inspired robot that mirrors the actions of sought-after service dogs. Users verbally command the robot to complete a task and the robot responds once a basic laser pointer illuminates the location of the desired action.

  • Tech Promise Gives Georgians Access to a Debt-Free Degree

    October 21, 2008 – This year, 199 students from 52 counties across Georgia -- from Appling to Wilkes -- are attending the Georgia Institute Technology thanks to the G. Wayne Clough Georgia Tech Promise Scholarship Program. Launched in 2007, Tech Promise is designed to help Georgia students whose families have an annual income of less than $33,300 earn their college degree debt-free.

  • National Chemistry Week Observed October 19-25

    October 19, 2008 – Georgia Tech joins the American Chemical Society as it celebrates National Chemistry Week 2008 the week of October 19-25.

  • Models Predict the Remaining Life of Mechanical, Electronic Equipment

    October 14, 2008 – Research presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting describes an easier and more accurate method to predict the remaining useful life of mechanical and electronic equipment, while significantly improving maintenance operations and spare parts logistics.

  • Georgia Tech Awarded New Center to Study Potential Silicon Successor

    October 13, 2008 – The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded funding to the Georgia Institute of Technology to create a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)- The Georgia Tech Laboratory for New Electronic Materials.

  • Pandemic Flu Models Show How Illness Would Spread in Georgia

    October 12, 2008 – Pandemic flu models are helping organizations, including the American Red Cross and Department of Education, improve their food distribution and school closing strategies in the event of such an emergency.

  • Georgia Tech alumni to man next space shuttle mission

    October 10, 2008 – Three Georgia Tech alumni - Eric A. Boe, 44, Robert Shane Kimbrough, 42 and Sandra H. Magnus, 44 - will be among the seven astronauts who will journey on the space shuttle Endeavour's mission to the International Space Station on Nov. 14.

  • Researchers Improve Dry Adhesive Based on Carbon Nanotubes

    October 9, 2008 – The race for the best 'gecko foot' dry adhesive got a new competitor this week with a stronger and more practical material reported in the journal Science by a team of researchers from four U.S. institutions.

  • Diversity of Plant-Eating Fish May be Key to Coral Reef Recovery

    October 8, 2008 – A report scheduled to be published this week in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that maintaining the proper balance of herbivorous fishes may be critical to restoring coral reefs, which are declining dramatically worldwide.

  • Georgia Tech Recognized for Green Initiatives

    October 7, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology has been named the 2008 "Outstanding College or University Program" by the National Recycling Coalition.

  • Portable Imaging System Will Help Maximize Natural Disaster Response

    October 6, 2008 – Researchers have developed a low-cost, high-resolution imaging system that can be attached to a helicopter to create a complete and detailed picture of an area devastated by a hurricane or other natural disaster. The resulting visual information can be used to estimate the number of storm refugees and assess the need for health and humanitarian services.

  • Georgia Tech Professor Honored with NAE Award

    October 3, 2008 – During its 2008 annual meeting, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) will present two awards for extraordinary impacts on the engineering profession. NAE's Founders Award will be given to Robert M. Nerem, who has made important contributions to the field of bioengineering. G. Wayne Clough will receive the Arthur M. Bueche Award for leadership in science, technology, and engineering policy. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 5.

  • Georgia Tech Student Reports on Elections for MTV

    October 2, 2008 – Young people across the nation are getting involved in the political process this election season, but one Georgia Tech student is getting a close look at the election process from press row.

  • Celebrating a Century with Buzz

    October 2, 2008 – The Georgia Tech Alumni Association celebrates its 100th anniversary with the "Buzz Around Town" outdoor art project.

  • September

  • Georgia Tech Participates in Fire Awareness Campaign

    September 30, 2008 – Georgia Tech students learned first-hand the dangers that occur when a fire breaks out in a dorm room. The Institute's fire safety unit recently burned a model dorm room built by Georgia Tech's woodshop with materials donated by The Home Depot, to demonstrate how quickly a fire can spread and the importance of working smoke alarms and sprinklers.

  • Women's Resource Center celebrates 10 years of community

    September 30, 2008 – Initially only a shared vision of a place where women at Tech would be able to have resources and a sense of community on campus, the Women's Resource Center celebrates its 10th anniversary in October.

  • Micro Honeycomb Materials Enable New Approach to Sound Reduction

    September 29, 2008 – Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are developing innovative honeycomb structures that could make possible a new approach to noise reduction in aircraft.

  • Researchers Develop Self-Training Gene Prediction Program for Fungi

    September 29, 2008 – Researchers have developed a computer program that trains itself to predict genes in the DNA sequences of fungi. Details of the new program, called GeneMark.hmm-ES (BP), are available online in the journal Genome Research and will be included in the journal's December print edition. The software will also be freely available for academic researchers.

  • Tech earns a 'B' on Green Report Card

    September 26, 2008 – The Sustainable Endowment Institute has awarded Georgia Tech a 'B' overall on its 2009 College Sustainability Report Card of 300 leading schools. Up from a 'C' given last year, the grade moves Tech into the Campus Sustainability Leader category.

  • Boston Addresses House Subcommittee

    September 26, 2008 – Georgia Institute of Technology Economics Professor Thomas D. Boston testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives during a scheduled hearing on September 24, 2008.

  • Severe Storms Research Center Boosts Defenses Against Twisters

    September 25, 2008 – The Severe Storms Research Center explores and develops new technologies for improving the accuracy and timeliness of tornado warnings. Part of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the Center is studying the complex role that lightning and acoustics play in severe storms.

  • Georgia Tech Creates Center for Bio-Imaging Mass Spectrometry

    September 25, 2008 – Georgia Tech's new Center for Bio-Imaging Mass Spectrometry (BIMS) allows researchers to visualize the spatial arrangement and relative abundance of specific molecules - from simple metabolites to peptides and proteins - in biological samples.

  • Breznitz wins national book award

    September 22, 2008 – The American Political Science Association has awarded Assistant Professor Dan Breznitz the 2008 Don K. Price Award for Best Book in Science and Technology Politics for his book, 'Innovation and the State: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan and Ireland.'

  • Breznitz wins national book award

    September 22, 2008 – The American Political Science Association has awarded Assistant Professor Dan Breznitz the 2008 Don K. Price Award for Best Book in Science and Technology Politics for his book, 'Innovation and the State: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan and Ireland.'

  • Caring for Tech's Oldest Residents

    September 22, 2008 – According to the Department of Facilities Landscape Manager Hyacinth Ide, a 2004-2005 report tallied more than 5,000 trees on campus. Ide and Facilities foreman George Roberts say that during the last couple of years, probably close to 1,000 more have been planted.

  • ISO launches development of future standard on energy management

    September 18, 2008 – Georgia Tech will play a key role in the development and launch of ISO's new Intenational Standard for Energy Management.

  • Georgia Tech Students Show Game Day Spirit While Remaining Green

    September 18, 2008 – Georgia Tech students are showing their game day spirit this fall by doing more than showing up to cheer on the Yellow Jackets.

  • HP Award Will Lay Groundwork for Next Generation Computers

    September 17, 2008 – Georgia Tech researcher Karsten Schwan recently received a 2008 HP Labs Innovation Research Award to help solve some of the key problems in developing exascale machines that will process more than a million trillion calculations per second.

  • Hall of Fame Astronaut, Robert Crippen, Honors Georgia Tech Student

    September 16, 2008 – Four-time Space Shuttle astronaut Robert Crippen is scheduled to present Georgia Tech senior Jenna Campbell with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) during a public presentation and ceremony, Tuesday, September 16 at 3:00 p.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Tech campus.

  • Prosthetic Vein Valve Designed to Improve Venous Blood Flow

    September 15, 2008 – Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a prosthetic vein valve to help improve the lives of those suffering from a condition known as chronic venous insufficiency. The valve was designed to replace damaged, non-functioning valves.

  • Study Reveals How Multiple Viruses Can Determine Bacterial Cell Fate

    September 15, 2008 – A new study suggests that bacteria-infecting viruses - called phages - can make collective decisions about whether to kill host cells immediately after infection or enter a latent state to remain within the host cell.

  • Georgia Tech Ranks #1 for Hispanic Engineering Graduate Programs

    September 9, 2008 – Hispanic Business Magazine ranks the Georgia Institute of Technology the top engineering graduate school for 2008.

  • Georgia Tech College of Management Dedicating New Acuity Brands Plaza

    September 8, 2008 – Georgia Tech College of Management will dedicate its new Acuity Brands Plaza at 7:30 p.m. on Monday September 8 in front of the business school's building at 800 West Peachtree Street.

  • Cancer Research Takes Center Stage

    September 5, 2008 – Cancer research is taking center stage tonight in a unique joint initiative of ABC, CBS and NBC called 'Stand Up To Cancer' that will air simultaneously on all three networks on Friday, September 5, at 8 pm.

  • Georgia Tech Has Record Enrollment

    September 5, 2008 – Georgia Tech's total undergraduate and graduate enrollment has topped 19,300 for the first time. Approximately, 13,000 undergraduates and more than 6,400 graduate students are enrolled for the fall semester.

  • Study: Behavior of Online Reviewers Affects Their Credibility

    September 5, 2008 – Consumers increasingly rely on recommendations in online forums, such as Amazon.com and Angieslist.com, when deciding which products and services to buy. But, in most cases, they've never met the posters of these reviews.

  • Study: Individual Personal Ties Strengthen Teams' Overall Creativity

    September 5, 2008 – With more employees working in teams, it's critical for companies to find ways to enable these teams be more creative in their work.

  • Georgia Tech Volleyball Player Highlighted in PSA

    September 5, 2008 – Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing staff struck 'Tech gold' when it cast a stellar student-athlete with the Ramblin' Wreck in the Institute's annual public service announcement (PSA). Senior volleyball player Stephanie Robbins, an Industrial and Systems Engineering major, stars alongside the Ramblin' Wreck in the television spot that will air during football and basketball broadcasts this year.

  • August

  • Engineers Create Bone that Blends into Tendons

    August 29, 2008 – Engineers at Georgia Tech have used skin cells to create artificial bones that mimic the ability of natural bone to blend into other tissues such as tendons or ligaments. The artificial bones provide for better integration with the body and handle weight more successfully.

  • Georgia Tech Exceeds Donation Goal for Red Cross

    August 28, 2008 – The Georgia Tech American Red Cross Club reports that an August blood drive exceeded the three-day goal.

  • Mostafa El-Sayed Wins 2007 Medal of Science

    August 28, 2008 – Mostafa El-Sayed, Regents Professor in Georgia Tech's School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has just been awarded the 2007 Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor in the field.

  • SEVERE WEATHER MOVING THROUGH METRO AREA

    August 26, 2008 – The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the metro area earlier today that included Fulton County.

  • Olympic Gold Medalists Have Georgia Tech Connections

    August 25, 2008 – Two athletes with Georgia Tech ties received gold medals during the 2008 Olympic games.

  • Georgia Tech Aerial Robotics Team Wins International Competition

    August 25, 2008 – The Georgia Tech Aerial Robotics (GTAR) team finished first in the 2008 International Aerial Robotics Competition at the McKenna Soldier Battle Lab facility in Fort Benning, Georgia.

  • Tech Enhances Its Emergency Call and Dispatch System

    August 21, 2008 – The Georgia Tech Police Department and the Office of Information Technology's Telecommunications group have initiated a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to route 911 calls made from campus telephones directly to the Georgia Tech Police.

  • U.S. News Releases 2009 Undergraduate Rankings

    August 21, 2008 – Georgia Tech ranks seventh nationally among public universities for undergraduates in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. Tech has been among the top ten public universities for a decade.

  • Tech Sustainability Efforts Recognized by National Wildlife Federation

    August 21, 2008 – The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has recognized the Georgia Institute of Technology as an exemplary campus as part of their initiative, 'Campus Environment 2008: A National Report Card on Sustainability in Higher Education - Trends and New Developments in Leadership, Academics and Operations.'

  • Duluth Manufacturer Improves Bottom Line with Georgia Tech Help

    August 21, 2008 – With help from Georgia Tech lean manufacturing specialists, an Atlanta manufacturer of circuit boards improved its bottom line by reducing lead times, work-in-progress, overtime costs and electricity bills.

  • Biodegradable Polymers May Improve Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases

    August 20, 2008 – Biodegradable polymers called polyketals and their derivatives may improve treatment for such inflammatory illnesses as acute liver failure and inflammatory bowel disease by delivering drugs, proteins and enzymes to disease locations in the body.

  • DOE Funds Carbon Capture Research at Ga. Tech

    August 19, 2008 – The Georgia Tech Research Corporation has received a $413,072 grant to develop a novel class of solvents to capture CO2 from coal-fired power plant flue gas.

  • Designers Compete in Furniture Competition

    August 18, 2008 – Seventeen projects created during the 2008 Senior Studio in the Advanced Wood Products Laboratory were selected as finalists for the 2008 IWF Design Emphasis Furniture Competition.

  • Enhancing Disaster and Medical Response

    August 15, 2008 – Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering have developed a computer software system that allows flexible design of facility models, including various clinical models created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The system is designed to help federal, state and local first responders design and test more efficient plans and policies for dealing with health care emergencies.

  • Designers Compete in Furniture Competition

    August 13, 2008 – Seventeen projects created during the 2008 Senior Studio in the Advanced Wood Products Laboratory were selected as finalists for the 2008 IWF Design Emphasis Furniture Competition.

  • Presidential Search Committee Begins Work

    August 11, 2008 – In an Aug. 12 meeting on the Georgia Tech campus, the 20-member search committee received orders for its national search to replace former President G. Wayne Clough.

  • Presidential Search Committee to Begin Work

    August 11, 2008 – In an Aug. 12 meeting on the Georgia Tech campus, the 20-member search committee will receive orders for its national search to replace former President G. Wayne Clough.

  • Georgia Tech to Analyze Massive Data Sets Using Visual Analytics

    August 6, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology has received a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security to lead and coordinate a new initiative that will develop foundational research in massive data analysis and visual analytics.

  • Transforming Health Care on Multiple Fronts

    August 5, 2008 – The National Science Foundation has awarded funding to the Georgia Institute of Technology's H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Texas A&M Health Science Center (HSC) School of Rural Public Health to establish the Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT).

  • July

  • GTRI Wins Contract to Support Test & Evaluation of Unmanned Systems

    July 31, 2008 – The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has won a contract to support development of a roadmap designed to improve the testing and evaluation of unmanned and autonomous systems for the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

  • Into the Wild

    July 30, 2008 – Construction project manager Steven Johnson and utilities analyst Susan Wardrope work to keep feral cats on campus at a sustainable level, all while preventing more from moving in.

  • Work Abroad Students Meet World Leaders

    July 29, 2008 – Each summer many Georgia Tech students opt to study and work abroad to enhance their skills and expand their global outlook. A few Tech students were excited to meet the Prime Minister of Ireland and Pres. George Bush during their travels and work assignments.

  • Georgia Tech Research Institute Hosts Secretary of Transportation

    July 29, 2008 – U. S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters toured Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) labs and questioned researchers on the latest technology that addresses transportation issues.

  • Vice Provost for Academic Diversity Named

    July 29, 2008 – Gilda Barabino, a professor in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech, has accepted a cabinet-level position as the Institute's inaugural vice provost for Academic Diversity.

  • Samsung Expands Wireless Research Facility at Georgia Tech

    July 29, 2008 – Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. has significantly increased its research presence here, opening a new wireless-technology laboratory and expanding its working relationship with the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Work Abroad Students Meet World Leaders

    July 28, 2008 – Each summer many Georgia Tech students opt to study and work abroad to enhance their skills and expand their global outlook. A few students were excited to meet the Prime Minister of Ireland and Pres. George Bush during their travels and work assignments.

  • Princeton Review Awards Georgia Tech Top Green Ranking

    July 28, 2008 – Georgia Tech is one of eleven universities to receive a top score of 99 for green efforts from Princeton Review. The

  • North Avenue Apartments to Undergo Brick Repair Work

    July 21, 2008 – The North Avenue Apartments will soon undergo brick repair and replacement work that will take six to eight months to complete.

  • Bioscience and Engineering Converge

    July 21, 2008 – Marking its 10th anniversary this year, the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University continues to build its interdisciplinary programs to tackle the challenges of the 21st century, including cardiovascular disease, nerve injuries, neurological disorders and cancer.

  • Georgia Tech Groups Support Local Food Efforts

    July 18, 2008 – The Georgia Tech Office of Environmental Stewardship and the Georgia Tech Students Organizing For Sustainability have signed A Plan For Atlanta's Sustainable Food Future: The Atlanta Local Food Initiative (AFLI).

  • Using Magnetic Nanoparticles to Combat Cancer

    July 16, 2008 – Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body. The treatment, which has been tested in the laboratory and will now be looked at in survival studies, is detailed online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

  • Study Reveals Principles Behind Gold Nanocluster Stability

    July 14, 2008 – A report published in the July 8 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is the first to describe the principles behind the stability and electronic properties of tiny nanoclusters of metallic gold.

  • Research Reveals Factors That Affect Organic-based Device Efficiency

    July 8, 2008 – Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce more light. New research provides insight into factors that influence the injection efficiency.

  • Test

    July 8, 2008 – test

  • Ragauskas Named to Fulbright Chair

    July 7, 2008 – The Fulbright Program named Professor Arthur J. Ragauskas the first recipient of the newly created Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Alternative Energy Technology, located at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

  • New Titanium Coating Improves Joint Replacements

    July 1, 2008 – Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology shows that coating a titanium implant with a new biologically inspired material enhances tissue healing, improves bone growth around the implant and strengthens the attachment and integration of the implant to the bone.

  • June

  • GT Lorraine Hosts International Conference

    June 30, 2008 – Georgia Tech Lorraine recently hosted the Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy Conference in Metz, France.

  • Tongue-controlled System Assists Individuals with Disabilities

    June 30, 2008 – A new assistive technology allows individuals with disabilities to operate a computer, control a powered wheelchair and interact with their environments simply by moving their tongues. The Tongue Drive system, developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, could help individuals with severe disabilities lead more independent lives.

  • Joint Masters Degree in Water Resources Management Launched

    June 27, 2008 – The Georgia Water Resource Management Institute (GWRI) and the University of Pretoria Water Institute (UPWI) have launched of a Master of Science in Water Resources Management degree. The new joint degree program is being offered through the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

  • Arms Race Against Junk DNA Shapes Genome Evolution

    June 25, 2008 – Scientists at Georgia Tech have found supporting evidence for a theory they first created in the 1990s, that many of the components that make up our genes are the result of an arms race between the coding and the non-coding parts of the genome.

  • Avalanche Photodiodes Target Bioterrorism Agents

    June 25, 2008 – Researchers have shown that a new class of ultraviolet photodiode could help meet the U.S. military's pressing requirement for compact, reliable and cost-effective sensors to detect anthrax and other bioterrorism agents in the air.

  • Report Identifies Appealing Engineering Messages

    June 24, 2008 – Encouraging young people to make a difference in the world through an engineering career is more likely to attract them than emphasizing the challenge of math and science skills, says a new report from the National Academy of Engineering that identifies messages for improving public understanding of engineering.

  • Automated Microfluidic Device Reduces Time to Screen Small Organisms

    June 23, 2008 – Genetic studies on small organisms such as worms and flies can now be done more quickly using a new microfluidic device developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The microchip automatically positions, images and sorts small organisms.

  • Grant Supports "Intelligent Binoculars" that Mimic the Human Brain

    June 20, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology has received a contract to help develop 'intelligent binoculars' that mimic the low-level image processing done by the human brain.

  • Klaus Building Receives LEED Gold Certification

    June 19, 2008 – Georgia Tech's ongoing commitment to campus sustainability received validation last month when the Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building (KACB), home to the College of Computing and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification.

  • Computer Predicts Anti-Cancer Molecules

    June 17, 2008 – A new computer-based method of analyzing cellular activity has correctly predicted the anti-tumour activity of several molecules. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal, Molecular Cancer, describes 'CoMet' - a tool that studies the integrated machinery of the cell and predicts those components that will have an effect on cancer.

  • GTRI Receives $4 Million to Redesign Air Traffic Control Radios

    June 16, 2008 – The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has received a $4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to redesign critical modules used in thousands of military air traffic control radios. The work will extend the life of these radios, which were first fielded in 1968.

  • Georgia Tech Begins New Training Grant on Prosthetics and Orthotics

    June 16, 2008 – The School of Applied Physiology at the Georgia Institute of Technology will begin a new program in Prosthetics and Orthotics this fall aimed at bringing medical, engineering and life science professionals together. The training grant, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and Georgia Tech, will fund three fellowships per year for five years.

  • Georgia Tech Provost Supports Change in Ga. K-12 Math

    June 13, 2008 – Statement by Dr. Gary Schuster, Provost of the Georgia Institute of Technology, in support of a change in Georgia's math curriculum.

  • Rising Diesel Prices Renew Interest in Fuel Saving Technologies

    June 11, 2008 – Diesel fuel prices approaching $5 a gallon - and the resulting economic impact on products transported by truck - have created renewed interest in fuel-saving technologies developed during the past decade at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).

  • Catherine Murray-Rust Named Dean of Libraries

    June 6, 2008 – Following a national search, Georgia Tech has named Catherine Murray-Rust to the position of dean of Libraries. She will succeed Richard Meyer, who previously announced in December his intention to retire. She is scheduled to start August 15.

  • Georgia Tech Helps Boost State Economy

    June 5, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology's impact on the state's economy totals $1.8 billion, according to an updated report released by the University System of Georgia (USG).

  • Georgia's Invention Activity is Growing and Focused on Technology

    June 5, 2008 – Independent patenting activity has grown rapidly in Georgia over the past 30 years, with nearly 8,000 patents issued since 1975 to inventors not associated with corporations, universities or similar organizations.

  • Georgia Tech Provides Key Support as Atlanta Hosts Top Wireless Show

    June 5, 2008 – One of the world's largest wireless-technology conferences is poised to open in Atlanta, thanks in part to collaboration between three academic and research groups at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Ga. Tech Grad Student Speaks to Members of Congress

    June 5, 2008 – Erik Axdahl, an aerospace engineering graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, recently traveled to Washington, D.C. as part of the Citizens for Space Exploration (CSE)initiative.

  • Georgia Tech Helps Boost State Economy

    June 5, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology's impact on the state's economy totals $1.8 billion, according to an updated report released by the University System of Georgia (USG).

  • Public Funding Impacts Progress of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

    June 4, 2008 – Bolstered by supportive policies and public research dollars, the United Kingdom, Israel, China, Singapore and Australia are producing unusually large shares of human embryonic stem cell research. While states like California and New York are picking up more research funding in the U.S.

  • Georgia Tech to Compete in EcoCAR Challenge

    June 3, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected as one of 17 teams chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors and Natural Resources Canada to participate in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, a collegiate vehicle engineering competition set to begin in the Fall of 2008.

  • May

  • Fulbright Scholarships Awarded

    May 29, 2008 – Three Georgia Tech students received national scholarships for their academic prowess. Daniel Shorr, Halley Espy and Thomas Earnest all received 2008 Fulbright Scholarships.

  • Tech Student Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

    May 29, 2008 – Andrea Barrett was awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

  • President Wayne Clough on "Georgia Weekly"

    May 28, 2008 – An interview on the Georgia Public Broadcasting program "Georgia Weekly" will cover 14 years of leadership at Georgia Tech, as well as what the future holds for the institution and for him.

  • Students Win Carbon Reduction Challenge

    May 28, 2008 – Students in Kim Cobb's spring semester Honors Program course -- Energy, the Environment and Society -- were challenged to find ways to reduce carbon emissions on both a personal and larger scale. The winning team traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with staff members from Georgia's Congressional delegation.

  • Robots Go Where Scientists Fear to Tread

    May 27, 2008 – Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created specially designed robots called SnoMotes to traverse potentially dangerous ice environments. The SnoMotes work as a team, autonomously collaborating among themselves to gather data that could give scientists a better understanding of the important dynamics that influence the stability of ice sheets.

  • Amanda McDowell Wins NCAA Singles Championship

    May 26, 2008 – All-American Amanda McDowell completed her run through the NCAA Singles Championships by capturing a straight-set win in the finals to become the first Yellow Jacket tennis player to earn an individual national championship.

  • Georgia Tech Parking & Transportation Offers Vanpool Program

    May 23, 2008 – Georgia Tech is offering a vanpool program that will match employees and students who live in the same geographic region and commute into the city along a similar route.

  • Elementary Students Learn How to Conserve Water

    May 22, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology's Institute Partnerships department and The Home Depot recently joined forces to help Atlanta Public School students learn how to conserve water around their homes.

  • Proposal Presented to Name Hemphill Apartments for Crecine

    May 22, 2008 – In recognition of former Georgia Tech President John Patrick Crecine's contributions, the Institute has recommended to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia naming Hemphill Apartment Building on West Campus the John Patrick Crecine Residence Hall.

  • New Technology Puts Biomedical Imaging in Palm of Hands

    May 20, 2008 – Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a narrowband filter mosaic that will expand the uses and functionality of multispectral imaging-a technology that enables subsurface characterization.

  • Tool Creates Personalized Catch-up Immunization Schedules

    May 20, 2008 – A new downloadable software tool will help pediatricians, parents and other health care professionals determine how to adjust complex childhood immunization schedules when one or more vaccine doses aren't received at the proper time.

  • Governor Recognizes Tech for State Charitable Campaign

    May 16, 2008 – During the May 15 awards luncheon, the Institute received the Governor's Award for the largest increase in contributions and the Governor's Cup for an organization with 1,001 to 9,000 employees.

  • Golf Team Assigned to NCAA Central Regional

    May 13, 2008 – The Yellow Jackets, ranked 8th in the nation, have are the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Central Regional, which will be played May 15-17 at the Ohio State Scarlet Course in Columbus Ohio.

  • Women's Tennis Earn Berth in Round of 16

    May 13, 2008 – Following two 4-0 victories last weekend, the Yellow Jackets travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma to defend their national title.

  • Product Evaluators Needed in GTRI Research

    May 8, 2008 – The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is seeking participants with arthritis to test consumer products under consideration by the Arthritis Foundation for its Ease of Use commendation.

  • New Technique Measures Ultrashort Laser Pulses at Focus

    May 8, 2008 – Researchers have developed a system that measures aberrations caused by ultrashort laser pulses passing through lenses or other instrumentation. Knowing how the light is distorted allows researchers to correct for the aberrations.

  • College Honors Distinguished Alumni at Fifth Annual Celebration Awards

    May 7, 2008 – Georgia Tech College of Management recognized the vision, achievement, and leadership of its alumni April 25 at the business school's Fifth Annual Awards Celebration, inducting five leaders into the Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni, and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni.

  • Tech Researchers Win 2008 Sloan Industry Studies Best Paper Prize

    May 7, 2008 – Georgia Tech researchers recently won the 2008 Sloan Industry Studies Best Paper Award for their holistic examination of strategies employed by pharmaceutical firms for innovating in the realm of biotechnology.

  • EAS Honors Program course reduces CO2

    May 6, 2008 – On both a personal and larger scale, students in Energy, the Environment and Society go beyond tests and essays to reduce carbon emissions on campus.

  • Georgia Tech Researchers Develop RFID Testbed

    May 5, 2008 – Georgia Tech researchers have designed a system capable of simultaneously measuring hundreds of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and rapidly testing new RFID tag prototypes.

  • Diatoms Discovered to Remove Phosphorus from Oceans

    May 2, 2008 – Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new way that phosphorus is naturally removed from the oceans - it's stored in diatoms. The discovery opens up a new realm of research into an element that's used for reproduction, energy storage and structural materials in every organism.

  • Arden L. Bement Jr. Spoke at the Ph. D. commencement ceremony

    May 1, 2008 – Arden L. Bement Jr. Spoke at the Ph. D. commencement ceremony on Wednesday April 23, 2008. A total of 135 Ph.D.s candidates received degrees at the ceremony.

  • Georgia Tech Issues Statement on Recent Court Ruling

    May 1, 2008 – Associate Vice President for Communications & Marketing James Fetig issues statement on Sklar v. Clough.

  • Dean Kamen to Address Bachelor's and Master's Ceremony

    May 1, 2008 – Dean Kamen, founder and president of DEKA Research and Development Corp., will deliver the address to the bachelor's and master's degree recipients at the Georgia Institute of Technology's 230th commencement ceremony at 9a.m. on Saturday, May 3, at the Georgia Dome.

  • Environmental Fate of Nanoparticles Depends on Water Carrying Them

    May 1, 2008 – The fate of carbon-based nanoparticles spilled into groundwater - and the ability of municipal filtration systems to remove the nanoparticles from drinking water - depend on subtle differences in the solution properties of the water carrying the particles, a new study has found.

  • April

  • Atlanta Entrepreneur Paul Freet Joins VentureLab Team at Georgia Tech

    April 30, 2008 – Atlanta entrepreneur Paul Freet has joined Georgia Tech's VentureLab program as a commercialization catalyst. In that role, he will assist in the formation of startup companies based on Georgia Tech discoveries.

  • Scientists Discover New Ocean Current

    April 30, 2008 – Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock. They're also finding that as the temperature of the Earth is warming, large fluctuations in these factors could help climatologists predict how the oceans will respond in a warmer world. The research appears in the April 30 edition of the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

  • Clough Participates on National Competitiveness Panel

    April 29, 2008 – Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough participated in a panel on Meeting the Competitive Challenge as part of the National Academies Convocation on Rising above the Gathering Storm Two Years Later: Accelerating Progress toward a Brighter Economic Future.

  • AFM Shows Liquids Adjust Viscosity When Confined, Shaken

    April 29, 2008 – A new study - the first to use an atomic force microscope to measure the viscosity of confined fluids - shows that liquids can respond and modify their viscosity based on environmental changes.

  • Georgia Tech Alumni Reach New Heights

    April 28, 2008 – Georgia Tech alumni will have the opportunity to make history in Atlanta while also supporting the Georgia Tech Alumni Association by being the first to rappel 400 feet down the side of one of the city's tallest buildings.

  • Georgia Tech Partnering to Create National Robotics Strategy

    April 24, 2008 – Citing the critical importance of the continued growth of robotics to U.S. competitiveness, 11 universities are taking the lead in developing an integrated national strategy for robotics research. The United States is the only nation engaged in advanced robotics research that does not have such a research roadmap.

  • OLED Sealing Process Reduces Water Intrusion and Increases Lifetime

    April 22, 2008 – Researchers have developed an improved organic light emitting diode (OLED) sealing process to reduce moisture intrusion and improve device lifetime. They are using advanced ion assisted deposition to deposit a high-density, pinhole-free thin silicon oxynitride film on the OLED surface. The process can be completed at room temperature, which keeps the organic material intact.

  • New Challenge Course to Offer Leadership, Team Building Training

    April 22, 2008 – Matt Marcus, coordinator of Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech (ORGT) in the Campus Recreation Center, is spearheading efforts to establish the Georgia Tech Leadership Challenge Course Complex.

  • GTRI Expert Testifies on Cargo Security

    April 21, 2008 – Dr. Gisele Bennett, director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute's Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory and a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives' Science and Technology Committee Forum in Augusta, Georgia, on April 4, 2008.

  • Ga. Tech Receives NCAA Certification

    April 20, 2008 – The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced that Georgia Tech's athletics program has been certified.

  • ATDC to Graduate Six Companies at Annual Entrepreneurs Showcase

    April 17, 2008 – On May 15, Georgia Tech's Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) will host one of the premier technology events of the Southeast, its Annual Entrepreneurs Showcase. The event is expected to attract 500 entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders from across the Southeast.

  • Georgia Tech Refers Case to State Attorney General's Office for Action

    April 16, 2008 – A case involving two professors from the Georgia Institute of Technology has been referred to the Attorney General of Georgia for possible legal action relating to potential fraud and theft. In addition, Georgia Tech has initiated the tenure revocation process for the two faculty members.

  • Fast AFM Probes Measure Many Biomolecule or Material Properties

    April 15, 2008 – Researchers have developed novel atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes that can quickly and simultaneously measure biomolecule or material properties including adhesion, stiffness, elasticity and viscosity, in addition to the standard AFM topography scan.

  • Georgia Tech Student Thomas Christian Named 2008 Morris Udall Scholar

    April 14, 2008 – Georgia Tech student Thomas Christian has been named 2008 Morris Udall Scholar. Christian is the first Georgia Tech student to win this honor, which is awarded to students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment.

  • Jim Foley Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

    April 10, 2008 – Professor James D. Foley of the School of Interactive Computing has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering and has just been named the recipient of Tech's highest honor for faculty, the Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award.

  • Ga. Tech Professor to Serve on NSF Committee

    April 9, 2008 – The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently invited Dr. Donald Ratliff to serve on the Advisory Committee for the Office of Polar Programs (OPP).

  • Interim Architecture Dean Recognized by DNR

    April 9, 2008 – The Historic Preservation Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources named Douglas Allen, professor and interim dean of the College of Architecture, a recipient of the Governor's Award for Historic Preservation Stewardship.

  • Molecule Delivery Method Improves Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation

    April 9, 2008 – New research shows that delivering molecules within aggregates of embryonic stem cells via biodegradable microspheres enhances the efficiency and purity of differentiation.

  • Rocket Mystery Explained With New Imaging Technique

    April 9, 2008 – Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered why rocket engines are occasionally destroyed by mysterious waves of sound. The new imaging techniques allow scientists to observe and understand the destructive waves.

  • Ga. Tech Places Third in National Event

    April 8, 2008 – Students from 10 universities demonstrated their product design and entrepreneurial skills on April 5 at the National Idea-to-Product Competition for Social Entrepreneurship at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Computer System Consistently Makes Most Accurate NCAA Picks

    April 8, 2008 – Three engineering professors at Georgia Tech have created a computer ranking system, called LRMC, that consistently predicts NCAA basketball rankings more accurately than polls, formulas, other computer models and even the tournament seeds themselves.

  • Gary Schuster Named Georgia Tech Interim President

    April 4, 2008 – A 14-year veteran of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Gary Schuster, who currently serves as Tech's provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, has been named the institution's interim president, effective July 1, 2008.

  • Fast Plane to China

    April 3, 2008 – On the day Delta Air Lines offered direct service to Shanghai, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and a delegation from Georgia were on a flight to establish an economic development office in Beijing for the State of Georgia. Vice Provost for International Initiatives Steve McLaughlin was part of the team.

  • Georgia Tech Recycling Program Wins National Award

    April 2, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology today received the 2008 American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) College and University Recycling Award. AF&PA's awards program recognizes outstanding school, business, and community recycling efforts.

  • Georgia Tech and Top Italian Universities Launch Dual Master's Program

    April 1, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology is partnering with two leading Italian universities, the Politecnico di Torino and the University of Trento, to offer dual master's degrees in electrical and computer engineering and computer science.

  • Clough Volunteers Buzz for Smithsonian Exhibit

    April 1, 2008 – President Wayne Clough, soon to be the head of the Smithsonian Institution, has volunteered beloved Georgia Tech mascot Buzz for the Smithsonian's planned "Giant Insects" exhibit.

  • Cybersecurity Focus of Ga. Tech Professor's Testimony

    April 1, 2008 – Dr. Seymour Goodman, chair of the National Research Council's committee on Improving Cybersercurity Research in the United States, testified before the Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities on April 1.

  • March

  • Founder of Engineers without Borders to Speak on Campus

    March 31, 2008 – The founder of Engineers Without Borders, Dr. Bernard Amadei, will present the Annual Distinguished Lecture for the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. The event is scheduled for April 8 at 11 a.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts.

  • U.S. News & World Report Releases 2009 Graduate Rankings

    March 28, 2008 – Georgia Tech's graduate programs rank among the finest in the nation in the most widely read college rankings for graduate programs. U.S. News & World Report ranked Tech's College of Engineering among the elite, retaining them in the top 5, and the Computer Science Program has moved into the top 10.

  • Georgia Tech Hosts National Idea to Product Competition

    March 28, 2008 – Students from 10 universities will demonstrate their product design and entrepreneurial skills on April 5 at the National Idea-to-Product Competition for Social Entrepreneurship at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Dean, vice provost searches under way

    March 25, 2008 – The Office of the Provost has announced that committees have been named and are initiating searches for the vice provost for Distance Learning and Professional Education (DLPE) and for the dean and director of Libraries.

  • Georgia Entrepreneurs Join Georgia Tech as VentureLab Fellows

    March 20, 2008 – Eight Georgia entrepreneurs from a variety of technology business backgrounds have signed on as VentureLab Fellows at Georgia Tech. Their mission is to serve as expert mentors to startup companies in Georgia Tech's VentureLab program.

  • Ted Turner Honored by Tech's Ivan Allen College

    March 19, 2008 – Ted Turner, media entrepreneur and philanthropist, is the recipient of the 2008 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Progress and Service - presented by the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. In 1997 Turner bestowed a historic $1 billion to establish the United Nations Foundation. In 2003, he gave $45 million to the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a program he co-chairs with former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn. The prize will be awarded at the College's annual Founder's Day luncheon on March 31.

  • Robot Fetches Objects With Just a Point and a Click

    March 19, 2008 – Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University have created a robot, designed to help users with limited mobility with everyday tasks, that moves autonomously to an item selected with a green laser pointer, picks up the item and then delivers it to the user, another person or a selected location such as a table. The new robotic communication method may help robots find their way into the home sooner.

  • Four Awarded Early Career Fellowships

    March 18, 2008 – Four faculty members:Assistant Professors Adam Kalai and Nick Feamster, Associate Professor King Jordan and Assistant Professor Dan Breznitz; were recognized by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their contributions in their selected fields of study.

  • Architecture Dean Finalists Named

    March 18, 2008 – The Office of the Provost has named four finalists in the search for dean of the College of Architecture. Candidates for the position are Alan Balfour from Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Yehuda E. Kalay from the University of California, Berkeley, Brenda Case Scheer from the University of Utah and Bruce Stiftel of Florida State University. All four will visit the campus during the first half of April, according to the provost's office.

  • Wayne Clough Leaves Georgia Tech

    March 15, 2008 – G. Wayne Clough, the first alumnus to serve as president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, will step down from that post on July 1, 2008, to head up the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

  • Georgia Tech and St. Joseph's Announce Unique Collaboration

    March 14, 2008 – In an innovative collaboration, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Saint Joseph's Health System and Saint Joseph's Translational Research Institute (SJTRI), a division of Saint Joseph's Health System, have signed agreements designed to move new treatments, therapies and products into clinical use with patients more rapidly.

  • Georgia Tech Researcher Receives KAUST Investigator Grant

    March 13, 2008 – William J. Koros, Roberto C. Goizueta Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Membranes at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been selected to receive one of 12 research grants awarded by the Global Research Partnership of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

  • DLPE Accepting Educational Outreach Proposals

    March 11, 2008 – Distance Learning and Professional Education is accepting proposals for funding the development of educational outreach programs for the 2009 fiscal year. Eligible programs include new distance-delivered credit programs at the graduate level or transforming existing degree programs into distance-delivered or blended programs.

  • Georgia Tech Student Named 2007 Co-Op Student of the Year

    March 11, 2008 – Georgia Tech co-op student Reeve Ingle was named 2007 Student of the Year by the American Society of Engineering Education's Cooperative Education Division. He has co-oped with NASA Johnson Space Center and interned with the U.S. Department of Defense.

  • Low-cost Reusable Material Could Facilitate Carbon Dioxide Capture

    March 6, 2008 – Researchers have developed a new, low-cost material for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants and other generators of the greenhouse gas. Produced with a simple one-step chemical process, the new material has a high capacity for absorbing carbon dioxide - and can be reused many times.

  • Sensor Necklace Aims to Increase Drug Compliance

    March 5, 2008 – Georgia Tech researchers have designed a sensor necklace that records the date and time a pill is swallowed, which could be used to ensure that the elderly and subjects in clinical drug trials take their medications as directed by a physician.

  • Tech Tests Wireless Emergency Alert System for Visually Impaired

    March 4, 2008 – Researchers at Georgia Tech's Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center received good news last month during testing of their Wireless Emergency Communications (WEC) project. Results indicate that 94 percent of blind and visually impaired test subjects found WEC to be a significant improvement over their current methods of receiving emergency alerts.

  • February

  • Physicists Discover Gold Can Be Magnetic on the Nanoscale

    February 28, 2008 – Physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have made two important findings regarding gold on the nanoscale.

  • Georgia Tech Student Scholars Shine

    February 22, 2008 – Georgia Tech students are among the finest in the nation and many of them are being nationally recognized for their scholarly honors and accolades.

  • Condolence Letter to Northern Illinois University

    February 20, 2008 – Georgia Tech extends its deepest condolences to the students, faculty, and staff of Northern Illinois University in dealing with this painful and difficult chapter of its history.

  • National Engineers Week Observed February 17 - 23

    February 19, 2008 – The Georgia Institute of Technology celebrates National Engineers Week February 17 - 23. The annual observance, initiated in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, is designed to recognize the contributions engineers as well as to promote science, technology, engineering and math education.

  • Astronomy Technology Brings Nanoparticle Probes into Sharper Focus

    February 19, 2008 – Georgia Tech and Emory University researchers have created a technology based on astronomy software that provides more precise images of single molecules tagged with nanoprobes. The clearer images allow researchers to collect more detailed information about a single molecule, such as how the molecule is binding in a gene sequence, taking scientists a few steps closer to truly personalized and predictive medicine as well as more complex biomolecular structural mapping.

  • Georgia Tech Executive V.P. Announces Retirement

    February 19, 2008 – Dr. G. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, today announced that Mr. Robert K. Thompson, executive vice president for Administration and Finance, will retire effective April 1.

  • GT SMART Moves Beyond the Institute

    February 19, 2008 – In the final year of funding, GT SMART director Marsha Brinkley works to ensure the program's successful initiatives continue to aid and educate the community.

  • Research Uncovers the Social Dynamics of Yellow Jackets

    February 18, 2008 – New research uncovers the social dynamics of yellow jackets, which includes multiple sex partners, extreme cooperation and a caste system. Results show that multiple mating does not cause conflict within a colony, but instead creates a more successful colony. The researchers also found that certain genes are turned on or off to create the different castes.

  • Ga. Tech Architecture Professor Testifies Before House Subcommittee

    February 15, 2008 – Dr. Nancey Green Leigh, a professor of City and Regional Planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Architecture, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, February 14, 2008. Her remarks focused on the unintended consequences of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and how brownfields affect prospects for urban revitalization.

  • Goodman Addresses Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy

    February 15, 2008 – Dr. Seymour Goodman, Professor of International Affairs and Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology and recent chair of the National Research Council's Committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the U.S. addressed the AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy at the Cannon House Office Building on February 14, 2008.

  • Peptide Discovered in Scorpion Venom May Be Key to Secretory Diseases

    February 14, 2008 – Researchers have discovered a peptide in scorpion venom that may hold the key to understanding and controlling cystic fibrosis and other secretory diseases. The novel peptide, called GaTx1, can control the movement of ions and water out of cells by interacting with a crucial chloride channel that is commonly mutated in patients with cystic fibrosis.

  • Tech Creates New Ph.D. In Computational Science And Engineering

    February 13, 2008 – The Colleges of Computing, Engineering, and Sciences at Georgia Tech today announced the creation of a new doctoral degree in Computational Science and Engineering.

  • Fiber-based Nanotechnology Could Power Electronic Devices

    February 13, 2008 – Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a "power shirt" able to generate electricity to power small electronic devices for soldiers in the field, hikers and others whose physical motion could be harnessed and converted to electrical energy.

  • Georgia Tech Researchers Help Shut Down Drug Counterfeiters

    February 13, 2008 – Georgia Institute of Technology researchers were part of a three-continent, multi-organizational effort known as 'Operation Jupiter' that successfully identified and shut down manufacturers who were flooding Southeast Asia with counterfeit - and ineffective - anti-malarial drugs.

  • Carbon Capture Strategy Could Lead to Emission-Free Cars

    February 11, 2008 – Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles. Georgia Tech researchers envision a zero emission car, and a transportation system completely free of fossil fuels.

  • Copper Connections Created for High-Speed Computing

    February 11, 2008 – Georgia Tech researchers are developing new methods to create more connections between computer chips and external circuitry and better connections that operate at higher frequencies with less loss.

  • Tech Offers First Interdisciplinary Robotics Ph.D.

    February 8, 2008 – The Colleges of Computing and Engineering at Georgia Tech announced the nation's first interdisciplinary doctoral degree in robotics to be offered at Georgia Tech. The program starts fall semester of 2008 and was developed through Georgia Tech's Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM@Georgia Tech).

  • Ga Tech Creates Integrative BioSystems Institute

    February 7, 2008 – Georgia Tech has created the Integrative BioSystems Institute to explore new technologies and methods to collect and analyze millions of pieces of biological information in order to form a more complete picture of how life works and how the environment affects living things.

  • Study Demonstrates Effectiveness of Microneedles

    February 4, 2008 – In what is believed to be the first peer-reviewed human study of its kind, researchers have demonstrated that patches coated on one side with microscopic needles can facilitate transdermal delivery of clinically-relevant doses of a drug that normally cannot pass through the skin.

  • January

  • New Decontamination System Kills Anthrax Rapidly

    January 29, 2008 – A rapid, non-disruptive and less expensive method to decontaminate bioterrorism hazards has been developed. Flat panels producing X-rays and ultraviolet-C light kill anthrax spores, even hidden ones, in two to three hours without lingering effects.

  • Videogame Makers Should Market to Women

    January 25, 2008 – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Videogame Makers Should Take a Lesson from Nintendo and Market to Women.

  • Study Shows China as World Technology Leader

    January 24, 2008 – A new study of worldwide technological competitiveness suggests China may soon rival the United States as the principal driver of the world's economy - a position the U.S. has held since the end of World War II. If that happens, it will mark the first time in nearly a century that two nations have competed for leadership as equals.

  • Vest May Help Understand Causes of Asthma Attacks

    January 22, 2008 – A vest containing environmental sensors may help researchers better understand the causes of asthma attacks. The system can determine what children are exposed to at home, at school and outside where they play.

  • Portable Device Quickly Detects Early Alzheimer's

    January 16, 2008 – Georgia Tech and Emory University researchers have developed a device that may allow patients to take a brief, inexpensive test that could be administered as part of a routine yearly checkup at a doctor's office to detect mild cognitive impairment - often the earliest stage of Alzheimer's.

  • Tool Allows Emergency Personnel to Track Resources

    January 16, 2008 – Tracking the location and availability of resources such as hospitals, transportation equipment and water during an emergency situation can be life-saving. A collaborative mapping tool developed by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is helping emergency management officials better coordinate event and incident planning - and real-time response.

  • Ga. Tech Ranks 12th Among Kiplinger's Best Values

    January 8, 2008 – Georgia Tech ranks 12th among best values for public universities, according to Kiplinger's 100 Best Values in Public Colleges.

  • Biomedical Shape-Memory Polymers Developed

    January 3, 2008 – Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing unique polymers, which change shape upon heating, to open blocked arteries, probe neurons in the brain and engineer a tougher spine.