{"47478":{"#nid":"47478","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Executive VP for Research Search Committee Named","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the senior academic leadership restructuring \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/lettersbulletins\/bulletin111709.html\u0022\u003Eannounced last month\u003C\/a\u003E, President Bud Peterson has formed a search committee to identify the individual who will oversee Georgia Tech\u0027s substantial research enterprise.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe newly created executive vice president for research (EVPR) will report directly to the president and serve as a member of the president\u0027s cabinet. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe office will have overall responsibility for all research at Georgia Tech - faculty-based research as well as research conducted at GTRI and the Enterprise Innovation Institute - representing almost one-half of Georgia Tech\u0027s budget. College of Sciences Dean Paul Houston will chair the search committee.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn order for this individual to be in place prior to interviews with candidates for the provost position, the committee intends to conduct an internal search for the EVPR position, with the goal of having someone in place by March 2010. That committee includes:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERon Arkin, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Computing\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBarbara Boyan, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJorge Breton, Program Manager, Academic Affairs\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBaruch Feigenbaum, Graduate Student\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDennis Folds, Principal Research Scientist, Georgia Tech Research Institute\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESteve French, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Architecture\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJilda Garton, Associate Vice Provost, Research\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJoel Hercik, Associate Vice President, Financial Services\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDiana Hicks, Professor and Chair, School of Public Policy\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERobert Knotts, Director, Federal Relations\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESeth Marder, Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBill Melvin, Director, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Lab\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESandra Slaughter, Professor, College of Management\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVigor Yang, Professor and Chair, School of Aerospace Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChuck Donbaugh, Associate Vice President, Human Resources (ex officio)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Our goal in forming this committee was to bring together a diverse group of interests, and I want to thank each member of the committee for serving the Institute in this capacity,\u0022 Houston said. \u0022The executive vice president will be entrusted with managing Georgia Tech\u0027s research enterprise and will benefit from broad-based support within our research community.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe committee hopes to hold its first meeting later this month. Nominations, recommendations, and comments may be directed to Dr. Houston.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"A new position with overall responsibility for all research at Georgia Tech"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"As part of the senior academic leadership restructuring announced last month, President Bud Peterson has formed the search committee to identify the individual who will oversee Georgia Tech\u0027s substantial research enterprise.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2009-12-07 10:55:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:49","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-12-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2009-12-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41360":{"id":"41360","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449174301","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:25:01","changed":"1475894368","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:28"}},"media_ids":["41360"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/EVPR.html","title":"EVPR Position Summary"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7849","name":"cabinet"},{"id":"7850","name":"EVPR"},{"id":"1271","name":"President"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"169394","name":"Search Committee"}],"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:paul.houston@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPaul Houston\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Sciences\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-3300\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}