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By helping to minimize both health impacts and generating costs, the hybrid model may provide a new tool for utility companies seeking to meet air quality standards, complementing traditional capital-intensive emission controls.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a test case based on data for the state of Georgia for selected months from 2004 to 2011, the new model suggests that health impacts could have been reduced by $176 million, while increasing generating costs by $84 million \u2013 a net savings of approximately $92 million in health costs. For power systems elsewhere, costs and savings would vary by the types of fuel used, the locations of generating facilities and the amount of flexibility available in regional power systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe test case evaluated sulfate emissions in Georgia prior to installation of flue gas desulfurization units, which have since reduced emission of that pollutant by as much as 97 percent. Sulfates are a major source of fine particulate matter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe looked at what would be the least expensive way of running these power plants if you take into account both the generating costs and the health impact costs,\u201d said Valerie Thomas, one of the paper\u2019s senior authors and a professor in the School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering and School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u201cYou would still be operating plants that emit pollutants, of course, but you would reduce operations at the ones having the greatest impact and increase the use of facilities that have less impact or are in other areas.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new approach depends on the use of \u201creduced form\u201d air quality predictions. Comprehensive air quality models typically take days of computer time to calculate concentrations of pollution for one emissions scenario, but the new format uses only the \u201csensitivities\u201d derived from the full model to accurately produce predictions in less than a second. This capability allows utility companies, for the first time, to test many possible scenarios in evaluating how air quality would change with different combinations of generating plant operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor instance, when wind conditions carry emissions from one generating facility toward a major population center, that plant could be throttled back and power from a facility affecting fewer people used in place of it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFor the first time, we have integrated the capability for rapidly predicting air quality into the electricity system operation model,\u201d said Athanasios Nenes, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering. \u201cWe can now run thousands of scenarios very quickly, as the winds and other conditions change hourly, to find the most economical way to generate electricity that minimizes population exposure to pollution.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech environmental researchers have been developing and refining air quality models for decades, and now operate models to help regulatory agencies predict when air quality could reach levels of concern. At the same time, other Georgia Tech researchers have studied optimization of power generation to produce power at the lowest cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPutting these technologies together has given us a capability we\u2019ve never had before,\u201d said Armistead Russell, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. \u201cTradeoffs are always made, but right now those decisions have to be made without the necessary knowledge.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Georgia, electricity generating facilities use a variety of fuels, including nuclear, coal, natural gas and biomass. The generating facilities range in size, and have differing capabilities to be powered up and down in time scales consistent with changes in the weather, Thomas said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are accustomed to modeling the aspects of how these plants work together to meet demands, which varies on different days of the week and at different seasons of the year,\u201d she explained. \u201cNone of the plants can be flipped on or off like a light bulb, but the utility companies can adjust up and down the amount of power they are producing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECertain generating facilities cost more to operate, and when they are used to substitute for power generated by less expensive facilities, that raises the overall cost. However, the model shows that these higher generating costs can be more than offset by reductions in human health costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is really all about \u2018smart generation,\u2019\u201d said Nenes. \u201cIf there\u2019s a way to meet the standards by controlling who emits what and at what time, that may change the amount of investment you\u2019d need to make in new emission control equipment. Hour-by-hour, we\u2019ll be able to determine what makes the most sense in terms of both cost to produce electricity and its impacts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile the hybrid Air Pollutant Optimization Model tracks many forms of pollutants, those regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are fine particulates and ozone. 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Two of Georgia Tech\u2019s engineering programs, biomedical and environmental, both have more than 50 percent women.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite the success, Georgia Tech Dean of Engineering Gary May knows the Institute can do more.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRight now we have a lot of work to do to build awareness and provide a support system for our women students as well as for our faculty, for that matter,\u201d said May, who hosted a media roundtable in Washington, D.C. to discuss the challenges and success stories involved with attracting women to the STEM fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI think the most critical aspect of what we\u2019re doing is bringing awareness of the issues,\u201d said May. \u201cAs an institution in a leadership position in the production of women engineers and scientists, it is our responsibility to get the word out about how important this is to the rest of the nation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe roundtable, held on Capitol Hill, highlighted a discussion of thought leaders from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, IBM and Caterpillar; representatives from academia; and recent alumni. \u0026nbsp;Panelists shared their personal stories about overcoming obstacles, how they developed their own career in a STEM field as well as shared what their employers are doing to encourage women in the STEM fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m an engineer. I\u2019ve had a terrific career and really enjoyed what I\u2019ve done and the types of problems you can bring your toolset to solve,\u201d said Patricia Falcone from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and a roundtable panelist. \u201cWhen I went to school, it was kind of the early days for women going into engineering. What surprises me is that the numbers haven\u2019t gone up. We know that having mixed and diverse teams really enables creativity and good solutions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI believe the number one issue with girls and women in technical fields is confidence or lack of confidence,\u201d said Susan Puglia, vice president of IBM\u2019s Global University Programs and vice chair of IBM\u2019s Academy of Technology board of governors. \u201cBuilding that confidence early on as girls are going through middle school, high school and even college, as well as into the workforce, is so important.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPuglia says that IBM and other companies have programs designed to support their female workforce.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve been focused on some programs at IBM on teaching women what computing and engineering is all about,\u0022 she said. \u0022In the workforce, it takes the form of coaches or sponsorships to help them progress and do well in their fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe media roundtables are an example of a collaborative effort between Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Government and Community Relations, College of Engineering, Office of Development and Institute Communications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPolicymakers in Washington, D.C. are very concerned about the STEM crisis in our country and the impact it\u2019s having on our competitiveness,\u201d said Robert Knotts, Georgia Tech\u2019s director of Federal Relations. \u0022As the producer of more engineers than any other university in the country, it\u2019s important that Georgia Tech lead the discussion about how we can get more girls and women engaged in engineering. We were thrilled to hear from Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (the ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee) and from our distinguished panel of experts about what we can all do to encourage and support female engineers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis collaborative effort was possible because we had the support of so many units across campus,\u201d said Matt Nagel, director of media relations. \u201cMedia roundtables give us a unique opportunity to raise Georgia Tech\u2019s profile among many of its key audiences on a national level including media, congressional staff and other influencers in the D.C. area.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech media relations team is working on several upcoming media roundtables, but Nagel says they are always looking for good ideas from the units across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEach roundtable is different. 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The funding is designed to support research that will strengthen U.S. manufacturing and innovation performance across industries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NIST grants, which range from $378,900 to $540,000, were part of $9 million in advanced technology planning grants awarded to 19 universities and other nonprofit organizations and are the first conferred by NIST\u2019s inaugural Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETodd McDevitt, associate professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Stem Cell Engineering Center, will serve as the technical lead for the $499,636 AMTech grant awarded to the Georgia Research Alliance, in partnership with Georgia Tech. 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President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson serves on the Steering Committee of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, and Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute runs the Manufacturing Extension Partnership for the state of Georgia (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/gamep.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E). \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"National Institute of Standards and Technology Awards Inaugural Funding"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeams from the Georgia Institute of Technology are recipients of four grants recently announced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). 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The students will learn the latest manufacturing techniques as well as how to work with the new technologies. They will work side by side with world-class researchers and business leaders in additive manufacturing, precision machining, scalable manufacturing and sustainable design and manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis program will leverage GTMI\u2019s world-class facilities, diverse technical expertise and inspiring interdisciplinary research environment,\u201d said Chuck Zhang, the principal investigator of the grant, and a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and GTMI. \u201cIt will provide a great opportunity for transitioning veterans and underrepresented minority students to learn the latest manufacturing techniques that can give them hands on experience and prepare them for the workforce in manufacturing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, the curriculum will also include an entrepreneurship component that will allow students to learn firsthand from experts at Georgia Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute as well as startup leaders at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program is currently recruiting students nationwide and hopes to attract transitioning military veterans as well as underrepresented minorities to participate.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re really excited about this opportunity,\u201d said John Morehouse, Director of Manufacturing Programs and Partnerships at GTMI, and co-principal investigator for REVAMP. \u201cThis type of program can truly be transforming for the students. It can open their eyes to other possibilities for a career path and even show them the possibilities of starting their own business.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents will be required to be in Atlanta for the summer. Each student will be provided support for travel expenses, a $5,000 stipend, and on-campus housing. The program is set to begin on May 27, 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose interested can find additional information at http:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/revamp-nsf-reu.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant aimed at training undergraduate students, particularly veterans, in the fundamental\u0026nbsp;principles of advanced manufacturing science and technology and entrepreneurship. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTMI has been awarded a NSF grant aimed at training undergraduate students, particularly veterans, in the fundamental principals of advanced manufacturing science and technology and entr"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2014-04-22 09:37:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/manufacturing.gatech.edu\/revamp-nsf-reu","title":"Additional information"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"40791","name":"Chuck Zhang"},{"id":"49371","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute"},{"id":"362","name":"National Science Foundation"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"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":["Nagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"282301":{"#nid":"282301","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Graduate Programs Earn High Marks in 2015 National Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology graduate programs continue to earn high marks from U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s annual rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute\u2019s College of Engineering ranked No. 6 and all 11 of the programs within the college are ranked in the top 10, including industrial engineering (No. 1), biomedical and bioengineering (No. 2), environmental (No. 4), civil (No. 5), aerospace (No. 5), mechanical (No. 5), electrical (No. 6), computer (No. 7), nuclear (No. 8), materials (No. 9) and chemical (No. 10). Georgia Tech appears on the top 10 list of engineering specialties more than any other ranked institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech\u0027s strong rankings with U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report year after year reflect the Institute\u0027s ongoing commitment to excellence in research and teaching, as well as a legacy of preparing innovators and leaders,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute tied for the No. 9 spot in overall computer science rankings, coming in No. 6 in both systems and artificial intelligence and No. 8 in theory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech moved from No. 26 to No. 24 in overall chemistry rankings and up to No. 29 in overall physics rankings. In discrete mathematics and combinatorics, the Institute moved up four spots to No. 4.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Scheller College of Business full-time MBA program ranked No. 27, while the Institute\u2019s part-time MBA program ranked No. 20, moving up from the No. 24 spot in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute\u2019s College of Engineering ranked No. 6 and all 11 of the programs within the college are ranked in the top 10.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"College of Engineering ranks #6, with all 11 programs within nation\u0027s top 10."}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2014-03-11 09:03:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:58","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com\/best-graduate-schools","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"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":["nagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"116491":{"#nid":"116491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Graduate Programs Earn High Marks In National Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology graduate programs continue\nto earn high marks from U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s annual rankings. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute\u2019s College of Engineering ranked No. 4 for the\neighth consecutive year and all eleven of the programs within the college are\nranked in the top 10 including industrial engineering (No. 1), biomedical and bioengineering (No.\n2), civil (No. 3), aerospace (No. 4), electrical (No. 5), nuclear (No. 5), environmental\n(No. 6), computer (No. 6), mechanical (No. 6), materials (No. 7) and chemical\n(No. 10).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAll of Georgia Tech\u2019s graduate\nengineering programs are ranked in the top ten in the nation.\u0026nbsp; We\u2019re proud that our College of Engineering\nis not only one of the best in the U.S., but also the largest, preparing nearly\n3,000 graduates each year,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d\nPeterson.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe commend our outstanding\nfaculty, staff and students who helped make this a reality.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech appears on the top 10 list of engineering specialties more than any other ranked institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech College of Management full-time MBA program\nranked No. 32, while the Institute\u2019s part-time MBA program ranked No. 28. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology graduate programs continue\nto earn high marks from U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s annual rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech graduate programs continue to earn high marks from U.S. News \u0026 World Report."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2012-03-13 09:03:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:52","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"83641":{"id":"83641","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178095","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:15","changed":"1475894700","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:00"}},"media_ids":["83641"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com\/best-graduate-schools","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/home","title":"College of Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2008","name":"College of Management"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1209","name":"MBA"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"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":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"267241":{"#nid":"267241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Patent Mapping System Helps Find Innovation Pathways","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat\u2019s likely to be the \u201cnext big thing?\u201d What might be the most fertile areas for innovation? Where should countries and companies invest their limited research funds? What technology areas are a company\u2019s competitors pursuing?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo help answer those questions, researchers, policy-makers and R\u0026amp;D directors study patent maps, which provide a visual representation of where universities, companies and other organizations are protecting intellectual property produced by their research. But finding real trends in these maps can be difficult because categories with large numbers of patents \u2013 pharmaceuticals, for instance \u2013 are usually treated the same as areas with few patents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, a new patent mapping system that considers how patents cite one another may help researchers better understand the relationships between technologies \u2013 and how they may come together to spur disruptive new areas of innovation. The system, which also categorizes patents in a new way, was produced by a team of researchers from three universities and an Atlanta-based producer of data-mining software.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we are trying to do is forecast innovation pathways,\u201d said Alan Porter, professor emeritus in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering \u003C\/a\u003Eat the Georgia Institute of Technology and the project\u2019s principal investigator. \u201cWe take data on research and development, such as publications and patents, and we try to elicit some intelligence to help us gain a sense for where things are headed.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPatent maps for major corporations can show where those firms plan to diversify, or conversely, where their technological weaknesses are. Looking at a nation\u2019s patent map might also suggest areas where R\u0026amp;D should be expanded to support new areas of innovation, or to fill gaps that may hinder economic growth, he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInnovation often occurs at the intersection of major technology sectors, noted Jan Youtie, director of policy research services in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. Studying the relationships between different areas can help suggest where the innovation is occurring and what technologies are fueling it. Patent maps can also show how certain disciplines evolve.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou can see where the portfolio is, and how it is changing,\u201d explained Youtie, who is also an adjunct associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy. \u201cIn the case of nanotechnology, for example, you can see that most of the patents are in materials and physics, though over time the number of patents in the bio-nano area is growing.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe patent mapping research, which was supported by the National Science Foundation, will be described in a paper to be published in an upcoming issue of the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology\u003C\/em\u003E (JASIST). In addition to Youtie and Porter, the research was conducted by former Georgia Tech graduate student Luciano Kay, now a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at the University of California Santa Barbara.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe goal for this research was to create a new type of global patent map that was not tied into existing patent classification systems,\u201d Kay said. \u201cWe also wanted an approach that would classify patents into categories or clusters in a graphical representation of interrelated technologies even though they may be located in different sections and levels of the standard patent classification.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe International Patent Classification (IPC) system is based on a hierarchy of eight top-level classes such as \u201chuman necessity\u201d and \u201celectricity.\u201d Patent applications are further classified into 600 or so sub-classes beneath the top-level classes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECritics note that the IPC brings together technologies such as drugs and hats under the \u201chuman necessity\u201d class -- technologies that are not really closely related. The system also puts technologies that are closely related \u2013 pharmaceuticals and organic chemistry, for instance \u2013 into different classes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new Patent Overlay Mapping system does away with this hierarchy, and instead considers the similarity between technologies by noting connections between patents \u2013 which ones are cited by other patents. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe completely disaggregated the patient classification system and looked at all the categories with at least a thousand patents,\u201d Youtie explained. \u201cWe think our map gets closer to measuring the ideas of technological similarity and distance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaps produced by the system provide visual information relating the distances between technologies. The maps can also highlight the density of patenting activity, showing where investments are being made. And they can show gaps where future R\u0026amp;D investments may be needed to provide connections between related technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers produced a series of patent maps by applying their new system to 760,000 patent records filed in the European Patent Office between 2000 and 2006. The data came from the PatStat database, and was analyzed using a variety of tools, including the VantagePoint software developed by Search Technology of Norcross, along with Georgia Tech and Intelligent Information Services Corporation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne surprise in the work was the interdisciplinary nature of many of the 35 patent factors the researchers identified. For instance, the classification \u201cvehicles\u201d included six of the eight sections defined by the IPC system.\u0026nbsp; Only five of the 35 factors were confined to a single section, Youtie said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause the researchers adopted a new classification system, other researchers wanting to follow their approach will have use a thesaurus that translates existing IPC classes to the new system. That conversion system is available online.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to those already mentioned, the research team also included Ismael Rafols of Universitat Politecnica de Valencia in Spain and Nils Newman of Intelligent Information Services Corp.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (Award No. 0531194) and NSF Award No. 1064146. The research was also undertaken in collaboration with the Center for Nanotechnology in Society, University of California Santa Barbara (NSF Awards No. 0938099 and No. 0531184). The findings and observations contained in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) (404-894-6986) or Brett Israel (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brett.israel@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebrett.israel@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) (404-385-1933).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new patent mapping system that considers how patents cite one another may help researchers better understand the relationships between technologies \u2013 and how they may come together to spur disruptive new areas of innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A new patent mapping system may help researchers spot innovation trends."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2014-01-14 14:37:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:40","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"267221":{"id":"267221","type":"image","title":"Full patent map","body":null,"created":"1449244058","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:47:38","changed":"1475894956","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:16","alt":"Full patent map","file":{"fid":"198551","name":"patent-mapping-base.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/patent-mapping-base_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/patent-mapping-base_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1459959,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/patent-mapping-base_1.jpg?itok=OVoJZjAq"}}},"media_ids":["267221"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"1707","name":"Intellectual Property"},{"id":"83711","name":"patent maps"},{"id":"1543","name":"patents"},{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71901","name":"Society and Culture"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"254621":{"#nid":"254621","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Optimization Modeling Helps Control Electricity Supply Continuity in Brazil","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor boaters, fisherman and others, a lake filled with water is an opportunity for recreation. But for an organization such as Operador Nacional do Sistema Eletrico (ONS) in Brazil, a full lake behind a hydroelectric dam is also an optimization challenge that must be addressed to provide reliable electric power at a stable cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrazilian power system generation is dominated by hydroelectric sources using large reservoirs that allow multi-year regulation. As of 2010, the country\u2019s power generation facilities included more than 200 major power plants, of which 141 were hydroelectric. The hydro facilities account for 77 percent of Brazil\u2019s installed generating capacity, and are located in 14 large river basins with their generation interconnected to take advantage of hydrological diversity between the basins.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause the hydro plants use water stored in reservoirs to generate electricity, operators must decide when to use the water. Since the water inflows depend on rainfall, the amount of water available for future power generation cannot be predicted with high accuracy. Moreover, historical records indicate the possibility of dry periods which place a burden on hydro generation \u2013 and may require the use of thermal power plants to meet demand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EONS uses a complex computer algorithm that models the system to help ensure that electricity generation meets the demand at minimum expected cost, planning the generation of power based on such information as electricity demand forecast and water inflow scenarios based on the historical data. The system also sets the monthly price of power for the country. However, during the early part of this century, power rationing that took place in Brazil called into question the validity of meeting day-to-day needs using a policy based on minimizing the expected cost of power.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo improve the system, ONS decided to develop a methodology for adding a risk aversion criterion to the planning model. Four years ago, it contacted Alexander Shapiro, a professor in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Shapiro is an expert on optimizing systems using stochastic programming, a technique useful for modeling complex systems when not all input parameters can be known.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe usual criteria used for our planning purposes took a neutral approach to the risk of energy supply failure,\u201d explained Joari Paulo da Costa, a research engineer with the Methodology Development Department of ONS in Rio de Janeiro. \u201cDuring earlier energy rationing, it turned out that this approach was not sufficient and that some measure of risk aversion had to be taken into account by the planning model. An ad-hoc procedure had been implemented, but only with the results of the risk-averse methodology proposed by Professor Shapiro have we achieved a proper inclusion of these concerns into the methodology and computer program.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the course of the project, Shapiro visited Brazil several times to confer with officials of ONS, including da Costa and Murilo Pereira Soares, a senior engineer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf they don\u2019t have enough water, they have to use more expensive generation sources,\u201d explained Shapiro. \u201cThe algorithm they have been using sometimes produces high prices for electricity, that, although fully justifiable within the mathematical framework, do not conform to the expectations and are not intuitive.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe system presented a classic optimization challenge concerning the use of a resource whose future availability could not be determined with accuracy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe risks in the system are very simple,\u201d Shapiro explained. \u201cWhen you have water in the reservoirs, you can either use it now, which makes electricity very cheap now, or you can hold onto it. If you use it now, in a few months you might not have enough water to produce the electricity you need.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShapiro and former Ph.D. student Wajdi Tekaya\u0026nbsp; worked with ONS to understand the problem formulation, and suggested some modifications that would reduce the risk of energy supply failures. The changes they made rely on stochastic programming, which is often used for modeling optimization programs that involve uncertainty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe developed a methodology for how to control the risk of energy shortages while optimizing the use of water,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe also wanted to control the risk of price spikes. It is a very complex system.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project also provided a computer implementation of the proposed methodology. This prototype served as a proof of concept which played a fundamental role in validating the proposed methodology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new risk-averse methodology developed in the collaboration between Shapiro and ONS has now been integrated into the computer program being used to set operational policy and prices for the Brazilian Interconnected Power System, da Costa said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe methodology developed by Georgia Tech and ONS could potentially be applied to other power generation systems, as well as to other operations in which uncertain natural resources \u2013 such as water supplies \u2013 must be used to meet the demand for electricity or other products.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe approach to managing risk is very general and could be applied in other areas,\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cThe approach is a new one that could be used to reasonably control the risk.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn real-world optimization problems, decision-makers rarely have all the information they want, so decisions must often be made on incomplete data.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have to make the best decisions with the information that we have,\u201d said Shapiro. \u201cWe all know the past, but we cannot know the future. We have forecasts, but we do not know for sure what will happen.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts:\u003C\/strong\u003E John Toon (404-894-6986)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) or Brett Israel (404-385-1933)(\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brett.israel@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebrett.israel@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOptimization research provided by researchers in Georgia Tech\u0027s Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; System Engineering helped improve a computer algorithm used to ensure that electricity generation meets the demand in Brazil.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Optimization research provided by Georgia Tech helped improve a computer algorithm used to ensure that electricity generation meets the demand in Brazil."}],"uid":"27303","created_gmt":"2013-11-14 14:11:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:22","author":"John Toon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"254601":{"id":"254601","type":"image","title":"Alexander Shapiro","body":null,"created":"1449243828","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:48","changed":"1475894934","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:54","alt":"Alexander Shapiro","file":{"fid":"198184","name":"alex-shapiro1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/alex-shapiro1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/alex-shapiro1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1238011,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/alex-shapiro1_0.jpg?itok=tt8tsSGH"}},"254611":{"id":"254611","type":"image","title":"Itaipu Dam","body":null,"created":"1449243828","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:48","changed":"1475894934","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:54","alt":"Itaipu Dam","file":{"fid":"198185","name":"aerial_view_of_itaipu.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aerial_view_of_itaipu_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/aerial_view_of_itaipu_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1179223,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/aerial_view_of_itaipu_0.jpg?itok=7pcJ2Fvo"}}},"media_ids":["254601","254611"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"72411","name":"Alex Shapiro"},{"id":"436","name":"electricity"},{"id":"80111","name":"electricity generation"},{"id":"80121","name":"hydroelectric"},{"id":"1377","name":"optimization"},{"id":"167755","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering"},{"id":"171313","name":"stochastic programming"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearch News\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jtoon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejtoon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(404) 894-6986\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jtoon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"240231":{"#nid":"240231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Diesel or Electric? Study Offers Advice for Owners of Urban Delivery Truck Fleets","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor owners of delivery truck fleets who may be trying to decide between electric or diesel vehicles, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are offering some advice: comparisons of the energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and total cost of ownership for the medium-duty vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe advantages of electric versus diesel depend largely on how the trucks will be used \u2013 the frequency of stops and average speeds \u2013 and the source of electricity for charging batteries. In city driving with frequent stops, the electric trucks clearly outperform diesel vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOn average in the United States, electric urban delivery trucks use about 30 percent less total energy and emit about 40 percent less greenhouse gases than diesel trucks, for about the same total cost, taking into account both the purchase price and the operating costs,\u201d said Dong-Yeon Lee, a Ph.D. student in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cHowever, costs and emissions depend on how and where the truck will be used.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn urban delivery routes with lots of stop-and-start driving, electric trucks are roughly 50 percent more efficient to operate than diesel trucks overall. That makes them at least 20 percent less expensive than diesel-fueled trucks, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 50 percent. Where they are frequently stopped and started, the higher efficiency of the electric motor at low speeds and the regenerative braking systems in electrical vehicles help provide better efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, electric delivery trucks lose their advantage in suburban routes that involve fewer stops and higher average speed. Electric vehicles have a limited daily range and top speed, and without a lot of stops, lose their regenerative braking advantage. Electric vehicles can cost more than their diesel counterparts under certain conditions, particularly if high-cost charging systems are used, if the battery must be replaced early, or if they are used mainly for highway driving.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe relative benefits of the electric vehicles, the researchers found, depend on vehicle efficiency associated with drive cycle, diesel fuel price, travel demand, electric drive battery replacement and price, electricity generation and transmission efficiency, electric truck recharging infrastructure and purchase price. The study findings were reported July 16, 2013, in the journal \u003Cem\u003EEnvironmental Science and Technology\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe research team took into account the sources of electricity used to charge the electric vehicles in evaluating greenhouse gas emissions. Electricity produced from hydroelectric sources \u2013 more common in the northwest United States \u2013 dramatically reduced total greenhouse gas emissions for electric vehicles operated there.\u0026nbsp; Vehicles operated in states heavily dependent on coal for producing electricity showed higher emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn every state in the U.S., electric trucks provided some reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, with urban routes providing the most advantage. In about half of the states, the electric trucks cut greenhouse gas emissions by a third or more compared to diesel vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWild cards in the study included the future costs of both diesel fuel and electricity, and the potential cost of replacing an electric truck\u2019s battery pack if it has a shorter-than-expected lifetime. Lithium-ion battery packs are expected to last the lifetime of the trucks, as much as 150,000 miles for the drive cycles tested.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTechnology advances make predicting the long-term price of electric trucks difficult,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=vt34\u0022\u003EValerie Thomas\u003C\/a\u003E, one of the study\u2019s co-authors and a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EStewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cBattery price reductions down the road could have a large effect on the cost-competitiveness of electric trucks, while only diesel fuel prices could have a similarly large effect on the future cost-competitiveness of diesel trucks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers decided to study electric trucks in urban delivery applications because vehicles in these applications tend to travel the same routes each day, spend significant amounts of time in stop-and-start operation, and return at the end of each day to a central location where they can be charged.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe comparison involved a 2011 Smith Newton electric truck powered by a 120 kW electric motor, and a 2006 Freightliner truck powered by a Cummins diesel engine. The two trucks had approximately the same gross vehicle weight, curb weight and payload. The comparison controlled for improvements in diesel efficiency between 2006 and 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers were surprised to find that the electric truck had cost advantages over the diesel vehicle under some conditions. They had expected that costs would always be higher for the electric vehicle, especially since the purchase price of the electric truck studied was higher than the diesel truck \u2013 and other models of electric trucks would have larger cost differentials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOver the life of the truck, there are many situations in which the total cost of operating an electric vehicle is less than operating a diesel vehicle,\u201d noted \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/aboutus\/faculty\/MarilynBrown\u0022\u003EMarilyn Brown\u003C\/a\u003E, another co-author and a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cOur expectation was that the electric vehicle would provide environmental benefits, but at a cost. We found that particularly in urban settings and in locations with relatively low greenhouse gas emissions from electricity, electric delivery trucks both save money and have environmental benefits.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDepending on what happens with vehicle and fuel costs, the advantages could swing even farther in the direction of electric vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe relative benefit of electric trucks over diesel counterparts could be much more significant than one might expect,\u201d said Lee. \u201cIf the electric truck is deployed in the right drive or duty cycle application, fleet operators could enjoy higher returns on investment, while saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Dong-Yeon Lee, Valerie M. Thomas and Marilyn A. 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Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) are developing an image processing system that can automate the identification of a species of worm, Caenorhabditis elegans, and that presents a good model for studying the genetic components of health issues, such as obesity, according to the researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project is jointly supervised by Xiaoming Huo from ISyE and Hang Lu from ChBE, and the Institute for Data and High Performance Computing is providing seed funding for a graduate research assistant in ISyE to help advance the research. The model is being developed as a new platform that will allow for accurate phenotyping or classification of characteristics in the worms using high-throughput computing to determine the genes and pathways as well as compositions in food intake that contribute to fat accumulation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe main objective is to develop the image processing system with pattern recognition to automatically distinguish the distinct types of lipid droplets, which are composed of fatty acid compounds, in the worms. The image analysis and classification system will systematically extract image features, efficiently learn models, and reliably predict phenotypes, or characteristics, from the images that are developed by studying the lipid droplets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrent limitations in imaging and analysis of the lipid droplets in the worms have stunted the potential for growth, exploration, and attainable knowledge in the lipid droplet realm of research, says co-principal investigator Xiaoming Huo in ISyE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrent methods used by the team enable them to obtain only one set of 3D images every ten seconds. A comprehensive study on the relationship between food composition and the resulting lipid analysis requires the ability to identify and classify the characteristics of hundreds of thousands of images. Researchers say that such high throughput is only manageable if the image processing and consequent prediction is automated.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe proposed research has direct applications in other problems in biology, such as neural development, stem cells, cancer diagnosis, and drug discovery. It is also potentially applicable in areas such as contemporary manufacturing of advanced nanomaterial, where a core problem is predicting the properties of produced nanomaterial.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe research is potentially transformative because the proposed approach will develop a new technique for quantitative imaging, high-throughput experimentation, and analysis of lipid distribution and protein function in C. elegans, in pursuit of determining the unknown genetic contribution to fat storage and distribution,\u201d says co-principal investigator Hang Lu in ChBE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPart of the process involves microfluidics, sometimes called \u201cLab-on-a-Chip,\u201d and used in the project for imaging, manipulating and sorting the animals. Combined with the statistical image analysis methods funded through the IDH seed grant, the researchers aspire to move the frontier of genetic research to the next level.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers are developing an image processing system that can automate the identification of a species of worm and that presents a good model for studying the genetic components of health issues, such as obesity, according to the researchers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers are developing an image processing system that can automate the identification of a species of worm and that presents a good model for studying the genetic components of health issues, such as obesity, according to the resear"}],"uid":"27592","created_gmt":"2013-05-10 10:47:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:16","author":"Joshua Preston","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1304","name":"High Performance Computing (HPC)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"15092","name":"big data"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoshua Preston\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jpreston@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejpreston@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E678.231.0787\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jpreston@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"200851":{"#nid":"200851","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Computer System Predicts NCAA Basketball Champion","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Georgia Tech opens the doors to the Georgia Dome next month as the host institution for the 2013 Final Four, expect third-seeded Florida to walk out as the national champion. That\u2019s the prediction from Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jsokol\/lrmc\/about\/\u0022\u003ELogistic Regression\/Markov Chain\u003C\/a\u003E (LRMC) college basketball ranking system, a computerized model that has chosen the men\u2019s basketball national champ in three of the last five years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe LRMC predicts that Florida, Louisville, Indiana and Gonzaga are most likely to advance to the Final Four in Atlanta, with Florida and Gonzaga playing for the title on Monday, April 8. It\u2019s the first time in the LRMC\u2019s 10-year history a team that isn\u2019t a number one seed is picked to win the title.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJoel Sokol, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) whose research specialties include sports analytics and applied operations research, oversees the annual project. During the season, the LRMC uses basic scoreboard data to create a weekly ranking of all 347 Division I NCAA teams. The mathematical formula looks at every game and factors in the margin of victory and where each game is played. When the field of 68 was announced last Sunday, Sokol\u2019s team released its \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jsokol\/profspicks\/profspicks13.htm\u0022\u003Ebracket\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year, the team presented a paper that shows the LRMC has been the most accurate predictive ranking system over the last 10 years. The model outperformed more than 80 others, including the NCAA\u2019s Ratings Performance Index (RPI), the system most experts use to justify who should and shouldn\u2019t get into the tournament.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur system combines the aspects of performance and strength of schedule by rewarding game performance differently according to the quality of each opponent,\u201d said Sokol. \u201cCompared to something like RPI, LRMC is able to predict which team is better by taking the margins of victories and losses into account.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe LRMC identifies which team is most likely to win each game. However, upsets sometime get in the way \u2013 in fact, about 25 percent of all NCAA tournament games are upsets. If you\u2019re trying to find this year\u2019s Cinderella, Sokol says Bucknell, Davidson, Belmont and St. Mary\u2019s are the most likely \u201csmall schools\u201d to make the Sweet Sixteen. Memphis, UCLA and Butler are the teams most in danger of being eliminated early (each is seeded sixth).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAside from picking tournament winners, the LRMC has also been used through the years to dispel a few myths. For example, in the long run, certain teams don\u2019t have big home court advantages. Almost all home courts are about the same.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe reason that you hear people say things like \u2018Duke is one of the toughest home courts - it\u2019s so hard to win there\u2019 isn\u2019t because of the court or the fans,\u201d said Sokol. \u201cIt\u2019s that Duke is usually such a good team. When you give them even a three- or four-point home court advantage on top of the skill advantage they usually have, it\u2019s hard to overcome.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso debunked is the popular belief that \u201cgood teams know how to win close games.\u201d Sokol\u2019s team looked at home-and-home conference results through the years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf the clich\u00e9 was true, teams that won close games at home would have a significantly higher winning percentage in the road rematch than teams that lost close games at home,\u201d he said. But close home winners won about 35 percent of their road rematches. 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First up, Executive Director Ben Wang answers five questions about the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: Why is manufacturing a national priority?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003C\/strong\u003E Manufacturing is the foundational building block of our nation\u0027s economic and national security, creating wealth and raising America\u2019s standard of living. It accounts for 70 percent of America\u2019s exports and 90 percent of Georgia\u2019s exports. Manufacturing employs more than two-thirds of all U.S. scientists and engineers; 90 percent of all U.S. patents come from manufacturing; and manufacturing comprises more than 50 percent of the nation\u2019s R\u0026amp;D. For every manufacturing job created, more new jobs are created in the supply chain \u2014 and even more in the broader economy \u2014 which is vital to our nation\u2019s growth and competitiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. has more inventions and better ideas than any other country and has been the first mover in many new technologies. Building on this track record, transformational manufacturing technologies will drive American manufacturing back to its preeminent position in the global economy. With research being key to manufacturing, there is great urgency to accelerate large- and nano-scale leading-edge research, including research related to biomedical and clean energy solutions, from the lab to the real world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: How is Tech, under the leadership of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI), uniquely positioned to address the challenge for the U.S. \u2014 and its manufacturers \u2014 in manufacturing?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003C\/strong\u003E GTMI is a university-wide community of thought leaders who are passionate about manufacturing innovations that: lead to the creation of new knowledge and high-value jobs in Georgia and the U.S., enhance our national security and global competitiveness, and address the importance of economic and environmental sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecent discussions and debates across the U.S. point to the need for innovation-driven manufacturing, and academic research is a major source of innovation. GTMI supports Georgia Tech\u2019s thought leadership in this national discussion on manufacturing through transformative endeavors such as the White House Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) Steering Committee \u2014 on which Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson serves.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnder the auspices of the AMP Steering Committee, which is tasked with reinvigorating U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, five work stream task forces were named: technology, workforce development, infrastructure, policy, and communications. A large number of Georgia Tech faculty across all six colleges participated in numerous discussions on these topics, and GTMI played a critical role in coordinating and facilitating meetings and discussions on both the local and national levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI takes a holistic approach to re-energizing U.S. manufacturing. We catalyze collaborations of industry and government across the Georgia Tech campus \u2014 from engineering, to science, to business, to policy. In addition to working closely with our academic faculty and students, GTMI personnel collaborate with all colleges, the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and Tech\u2019s technology transfer functionaries and business incubators \u2014 to name just a few.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI focuses on the complete innovation value chain \u2014 from raw and recycled resources, to prototypes and finished products. We develop advanced materials, systems, processes, education, workforce rapid certification, supply chain realignment, and policies that impact manufacturers\u2019 performance in the marketplace. Industry-focused and customer-centric, GTMI amplifies Georgia Tech\u2019s global reputation as the world leader in innovation-driven manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI\u2019s road to success means fostering a manufacturing innovation ecosystem and a clear, measurable pathway that accelerates translation of interdisciplinary research into competitive products. We define our success by how fast we can move research from the lab into the real world to create substantial economic value and societal impact through public-private partnerships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQ: How does GTMI work with and support faculty and students?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA:\u003C\/strong\u003E GTMI leverages its resources, including a small, experienced staff, to support Georgia Tech faculty and students. We provide our partners with space for research; seed grants; administrative, communications, and marketing support; and networking opportunities. \u003Cbr \/\u003EGTMI includes Georgia Tech\u2019s 400,000 square feet of state-of-the-art manufacturing research facilities in our innovation ecosystem, and we address specific industry needs in \u0022collaboratories\u0022 (which are co-located embedded labs), pilot plants, or prototype shops in which Georgia Tech researchers, scientists, and engineers work side-by-side with their counterparts from industry, government, and academia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI research teams dynamically engage the Georgia Tech community in responding to requests for assistance. For instance, we recently worked with a student team to develop a prototype for a medical device called MAID (Magnet Assisted Intubation Device).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI is also coordinating the campuswide response to National Institute of Standards and Technology\u2019s request for information on the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, an ongoing initiative from the President\u2019s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. \u003Cbr \/\u003EIn addition, GTMI supports multidisciplinary, large-scale proposals such as the one for the ambitious $65 million National Additive Manufacturing Institute. Even though our proposal was not selected for funding, a coherent additive manufacturing group was established at Georgia Tech, and, as a result of this proposal, many companies are pursuing R\u0026amp;D opportunities with our additive manufacturing team. And the state of Georgia is creating an advanced manufacturing commercialization partnership within the Fort McPherson redevelopment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTMI also holds workshops to address grand challenges and develop technology road maps. In 2012, GTMI hosted a workshop on lightweight materials for the Defense Production Act Committee. This year, we are planning to host workshops on topics including: supply chain and logistics, bio-manufacturing, and production readiness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn support of our objective to cultivate Tech\u2019s manufacturing community, we are hosting a weekly brown bag seminar series where experts from Tech and around the country give insightful presentations and interact with the campus community. 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This includes creating the overall socket system design, evaluating advanced manufacturing technologies and developing innovative adaptive materials to better manage changes in limb volume and pressure while providing active cooling and temperature control.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These improved\u0026nbsp;wearability\u0026nbsp;functions and features will be achieved and enhanced by integrating advanced materials, such as composites and\u0026nbsp;nanomaterials, and\u0026nbsp;by implementing\u0026nbsp;new manufacturing technologies,\u0026nbsp;including additive manufacturing and printed electronics,\u201d Georgia Tech\u0027s Zhang said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than 1.8 million amputees are living in the U.S., and that number is expected to triple by 2050, according to a recent report by the National Limb Loss Information Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA prosthetic socket joins the residual limb to the prosthesis. 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While new and emerging technologies have improved amputees\u2019 quality of life, many continue to suffer from discomfort and skin ailments as a result of poor fit, elevated temperatures and moisture accumulation within the socket.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlong with materials researchers and engineers from Georgia Tech and FSU, the multidisciplinary project team includes orthotic and prosthetic practitioners and engineers from Advanced Materials Professional Services, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.poacfl.com\/\u0022\u003EProsthetic and Orthotic Associates\u003C\/a\u003E, Quantum Motion Medical and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/\u0022\u003ESt. Petersburg College\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDespite the advances made in prosthetics over the years, the socket continues to be a major source of discomfort for our amputees due to issues arising from poor fit, elevated temperatures and moisture accumulation,\u201d said Changchun (Chad) Zeng, a Florida A\u0026amp;M University-FSU College of Engineering assistant professor and principal investigator on the project. \u201cThese adverse conditions effectively limit the basic activities of amputees and can greatly diminish their quality of life. 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Diverse Issues in Higher Education, for instance, ranks\u0026nbsp; the University No. 1 in multiple categories: engineering bachelor\u2019s degrees awarded to all minority students, engineering doctoral degrees awarded to African Americans, engineering doctoral degrees awarded to Hispanics and engineering doctoral degrees awarded to all minority students. Hispanic Business Magazine also recently named Georgia Tech No. 1 among engineering graduate schools.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs at Georgia Tech, accepted the award during NACME\u2019s Awards Dinner and Celebration, and thanked all of the individuals and departments at Georgia Tech \u2013 from Enrollment Services to the College of Engineering \u2013 dedicated to attracting and supporting underrepresented students as they pursue careers in engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am proud that our efforts to improve diversity span the full spectrum,\u201d Bras said. \u201cWe work with all age groups to cultivate a diverse pipeline by increasing engineering awareness in the K-12 arena and exposing students to real-world, hands-on engineering experiences; we work with high school students; we celebrate our minority students and their accomplishments; and we have programs to promote graduate education \u2013 particularly in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields \u2013 among women and underrepresented minorities.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBras added that Georgia Tech remains committed to its goals of diversity and inclusiveness and to providing the best education to all students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe support and recognition of great organizations like NACME is very much appreciated,\u201d he said. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) presented its annual University Rising Star Award to Tech for its commitment to providing successful outreach and support programs.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering presented its University Rising Star Award to Tech for its commitment to providing successful outreach programs"}],"uid":"27713","created_gmt":"2012-10-16 16:49:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:58","author":"Victor Rogers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.nacme.org\/","title":"NACME"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"4700","name":"minorities"},{"id":"3042","name":"Minority recruitment"},{"id":"46641","name":"NACME"},{"id":"15591","name":"Rafael L. 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The College of Engineering was singled out for factors like its academics and campus climate, as well as efforts to recruit and retain Hispanic students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs of September, the College of Engineering boasts 132 Hispanic or Latino graduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This honor reflects the college\u0027s longstanding commitment to diversity,\u0022 said Gary May, dean of College of Engineering. \u0022We\u0027ve made important strides in recruiting Hispanic students and promoting a supportive atmosphere. A diverse student population enhances the environment for learning and provides for both personal and cultural awareness.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech established its Office of Hispanic Initiatives in 2002 and offers a number of activities, such as the annual Latino Welcome Weekend, to enrich the educational experience on campus. The office aids in recruiting high-achieving Hispanic and Latino students. 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For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ctt.marketwire.com\/?release=875704\u0026amp;id=1497382\u0026amp;type=1\u0026amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.coursera.org%2f\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECoursera.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has signed an agreement with Coursera to put their web-based courses online and create new opportunities for hands-on learning in the classroom.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has signed an agreement with Coursera to put their web-based courses online and create new opportunities for hands-on learning in the classroom."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2012-07-17 07:39:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:33","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coursera.org\/","title":"Coursera"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.c21u.gatech.edu\/","title":"C21U"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtpe.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Professional Education"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"28751","name":"C21U; Center for 21st Century Universities; Richard DeMillo; Higher Education;"},{"id":"38281","name":"Coursera"},{"id":"9038","name":"G.P."},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"13997","name":"nelson baker"},{"id":"2662","name":"professional education"},{"id":"10243","name":"rafael bras"}],"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":["mattnagel@hotmail.com"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"125041":{"#nid":"125041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Honored by Boeing for Exceptional Performance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology was honored by Boeing on April 18 for its exceptional performance and contributions to the company\u2019s overall success during 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was one of 16 organizations to receive a Boeing Supplier of the Year Award. The Institute was selected from a pool of more than 17,500 Boeing suppliers in more than 50 countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was honored in the category of Academia, which recognizes outstanding performance as a strategic university. As one of Boeing\u0027s eight strategic universities, Georgia Tech provides increased knowledge and understanding of fluid flow, advanced manufacturing technology, design and aircraft technology through basic and applied research, which is based in Georgia Tech\u0027s Manufacturing Research Center (MaRC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Boeing award recognizes multidisciplinary research by Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering Professors Steve Danyluk and Ari Glezer, Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering Professor Leon McGinnis, Aerospace Engineering Professor Dimitri Mavris and College of Computing Professor Henrik Christensen.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoeing supports various research activities at Georgia Tech related to manufacturing technologies, such as control and control systems on cranes, mobile platforms and robotics for moving parts in a factory environment and active flow control for wing tips, said Danyluk, professor and Morris M. Bryan Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am very pleased that Boeing has expressed their confidence and support in Georgia Tech by providing the resources to conduct research and development on manufacturing problems of critical significance to their business,\u201d said Danyluk, former director of MaRC. \u201cOur faculty are excited and energized by the Supplier of the Year Award, and we\u0027ll continue to excel in developing the tools and processes that will keep the U.S. in a lead position in manufacturing sciences.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther professors and research engineers from across campus who help support Georgia Tech\u0027s work for Boeing include\u0026nbsp;Bert Bras, Jon Colton, Bill Singhose, Rick Cowan, Shreyes Melkote, Russell Peak, Chris Paredis, Tina Guldberg, Marc Goetschalckx, Joshua Vaughn, Frank Mess and Andrew Dugenske.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Boeing global supply chain is among the most geographically dispersed in manufacturing. The company annually purchases more than $50 billion in goods and services from approximately 28,000 suppliers that employ more than 1.2 million people around the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn today\u2019s challenging business environment, an agile supply chain that continuously delivers excellent performance is critical,\u201d said Jack House, vice president of Supplier Management for Boeing Defense, Space and Security and the leader of Boeing\u2019s companywide Supplier Management program. \u201cThe supplier partners receiving 2011 Supplier of the Year Awards have demonstrated outstanding commitment to providing our customers with the best-value, highest-quality products and services, while meeting the customers\u2019 requirements and anticipating their needs for the future.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology was honored by Boeing on April 18 for its exceptional performance and contributions to the company\u2019s overall success during 2011.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech receives Boeing 2011 Supplier of the Year award for outstanding performance as a strategic university."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-04-19 12:56:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:04","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"125811":{"id":"125811","type":"image","title":"Boeing 787","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Boeing 787","file":{"fid":"194505","name":"boeing_plane.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/boeing_plane_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/boeing_plane_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1940563,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/boeing_plane_0.jpg?itok=zW89OJVe"}},"125361":{"id":"125361","type":"image","title":"Boeing award","body":null,"created":"1449178604","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:36:44","changed":"1475894749","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:49","alt":"Boeing award","file":{"fid":"194498","name":"georgia_tech_soy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/georgia_tech_soy_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/georgia_tech_soy_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4663616,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/georgia_tech_soy_0.jpg?itok=8aMiCQz4"}}},"media_ids":["125811","125361"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.boeing.com\/aboutus\/supplier_of_the_year\/soy2011_gallery.html","title":"Video - Georgia Tech named Boeing 2011 Supplier of the Year"},{"url":"http:\/\/boeing.mediaroom.com\/index.php?item=2227\u0026s=43","title":"Boeing Honors 16 Suppliers of the Year for Exceptional Performance"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.marc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Manufacturing Research Center (MARC)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4358","name":"boeing"},{"id":"169486","name":"Steven Danyluk"},{"id":"171200","name":"Supplier of the Year award"}],"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":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"124631":{"#nid":"124631","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Researchers Address Bus Bunching","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs any city dweller knows, buses are rarely on time. It\u2019s typical to wait a while, only to have several buses show up one after another, a phenomenon known as bus bunching.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFortunately, researchers and students at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a possible solution for bus bunching that provides better service to riders, simplifies the job of drivers and reduces work for management. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering Professor John Bartholdi and Georgia Tech alumnus Don Eisenstein (MS IE 1983, PhD IE 1992), a colleague from the University of Chicago, have devised a way of computing the delays so gaps between buses \u201cself-equalize.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow an interdisciplinary team of Georgia Tech students, together with Tech Parking and Transportation Services, have built a system of tablet computers to control the trolleys on Tech\u2019s main campus route, which carries more than 5,000 passengers a day.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBecause of its simplicity, our scheme is easy to implement and easy to adapt,\u201d said Bartholdi, who is also the Manhattan Associates Chair of Supply Chain Management. \u201cWe expect it to be useful for other transportation systems with short headways, such as subway trains or airport shuttles.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first step toward reliable bus service, Bartholdi says, is to abandon the fixed schedule and have drivers go with the flow of traffic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUnder the scheme, each bus is equipped with a GPS and cellphone. The GPS constantly reports the bus\u2019s position to a central server. When the server recognizes the bus has reached a stop, it sends a message via cellphone telling the driver how long to wait and when to proceed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat departure time is calculated through a \u201cself-equalizing\u201d equation, which changes the headway of each newly arrived bus to an average of its former headway and the headway of the trailing bus. For example, if its former headway was larger, its new headway becomes smaller. Using the equation, gaps between buses will equalize even if a bus is added or removed, or if the bus route changes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe equation computes a wait time for each bus arriving at a control point in such a way that gaps between buses tend to equalize,\u201d Bartholdi said. \u201cExactly how that happens is the magic of the mathematics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen the research team tested the system on Tech\u2019s bus line earlier this semester, the researchers received positive results and favorable reviews from bus riders and drivers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is a Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) at Georgia Tech, which combines students from across disciplines to solve a real-world project. 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Callaway Jr. Manufacturing Research Center, a researcher from the Georgia Tech School of Mechanical Engineering is using novel digital technology to cast complex metal parts directly from computer designs, dramatically reducing both development and manufacturing time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENearby, at the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, researchers are working with a large U.S. avionics maker to speed new product production using specialized software that automatically generates simulations of the manufacturing process. And across campus in the College of Architecture, a team is working with an international corporation on digital techniques that allow entire concrete walls to be custom-manufactured to architectural specifications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology was founded in 1885 with a mandate to develop manufacturing capabilities in the state of Georgia. Today, researchers whose work directly supports manufacturers can be found throughout Georgia Tech\u2019s academic colleges; in the Georgia Tech Research Institute, which focuses on applied research; and in the Enterprise Innovation Institute, which assists business and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s role in supporting industry was highlighted in June 2011 when President Barack Obama named Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson to the steering committee of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP). Georgia Tech joined five other leading universities \u2013 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, the University of California Berkeley and the University of Michigan \u2013 in the AMP\u2019s $500 million push to guide investment in emerging technologies, increase overall U.S. global competitiveness and boost the supply of high-quality manufacturing jobs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe applaud this initiative, and Georgia Tech is honored to collaborate to identify ways to strengthen the manufacturing sector to help create jobs in Georgia and across the United States,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cMany of our challenges can be solved through innovation and fostering an entrepreneurial environment, as well as collaboration between industry, education and government to create a healthy economic environment and an educated workforce.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAdvanced manufacturing involves not only new ways to manufacture existing products, but also the development of new products emerging from advanced technologies, observed Stephen E. Cross, Georgia Tech\u2019s executive vice president for research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech\u2019s mandate has always been to support manufacturing and technology development in the state and in the nation \u2013 to conduct research with relevance \u2013 so supporting industry comes very naturally to us,\u201d Cross said. \u201cThe leading-edge research across the Institute combines thought leadership with a focus on real-world problems and opportunities. Through this we will help lead a renaissance in advanced manufacturing in the United States.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe university\u2019s research initiatives on behalf of manufacturers are many and varied. These efforts include multiple areas of manufacturing-related research and involve collaboration across a variety of disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDeveloping Novel Manufacturing Technologies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAdvancing Digital Manufacturing\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Suman Das, a professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has developed a technology that could transform how industry creates and produces complex metal parts through \u201clost wax\u201d investment casting. In an ambitious project sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), he has created an all-digital approach that automates how part designs are turned into the real thing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, such metal parts are devised on computers using computer-aided design (CAD) software. But the next step \u2013 creating the ceramic mold with which the part is cast \u2013 involves a complex 12-step process that uses hundreds of tooling pieces and extensive manual labor. The result is a lengthy, costly and low-yield process that typically produces many scrap parts along with a few usable ones, said Das, who directs the Direct Digital Manufacturing Laboratory in Georgia Tech\u2019s Manufacturing Research Center (MaRC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy contrast, the approach used by Das involves building ceramic molds directly from a CAD design. Called large area maskless photopolymerization (LAMP), this high-resolution, direct digital manufacturing technology builds the molds, layer by layer, by projecting patterns of ultraviolet light onto a mixture of photosensitive resins and ceramic particles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter a mold is formed, it is thermally post-processed at high temperatures to burn away the polymer and sinter the ceramic particles. That process forms a structure into which molten metal can be poured for casting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe LAMP process can reduce the time required to turn a CAD design into a test-worthy part from several months to about a week, and it can produce parts of a complexity that designers could only dream of before,\u201d Das said. \u201cIt also can reduce costs by 25 percent and the number of unusable waste parts by more than 90 percent, while eliminating 100 percent of the tooling.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDas is currently working with turbine-engine airfoils \u2013 complex parts used in aircraft jet engines \u2013 in collaboration with the University of Michigan, PCC Airfoils and Honeywell International Inc. He believes LAMP technology will become pervasive and will be effective in the production of many other types of metal parts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDas said that LAMP can create not only testable prototypes, but could also be used in the actual manufacturing process, facilitating the mass production of complex metal parts at lower costs in a variety of industries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA prototype LAMP alpha machine is currently building six typical airfoil molds in six hours. Das predicts that a larger beta machine \u2013 currently being built at Georgia Tech and scheduled for installation at a PCC Airfoils facility in Ohio in 2012 \u2013 will produce 100 molds in about 24 hours.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen you can achieve those volumes, you have gone beyond rapid prototyping to true rapid manufacturing,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECustomizing Building Components\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Researchers at the College of Architecture are also helping to automate the process of turning CAD designs into manufactured products. A team in the Digital Building Laboratory is collaborating with Lafarge North America to develop ways to manufacture customized wall structures directly from parametric digital models.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe new process involves custom-molding entire curtain walls from rubber negatives to produce a unitized system called the \u201cLiquid Wall,\u201d constructed with Ductal\u00ae, Lafarge\u2019s ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), and stainless steel. The Liquid Wall, created by Peter Arbour of RFR Consulting Engineers and collaborator Coreslab Structures Inc., won the 2010 AIANY Open Call for Innovative Curtain-Wall Design.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe don\u2019t want to just pick standardized products out of catalogs anymore,\u201d said Tristan Al-Haddad, an assistant professor in the College of Architecture who is involved in the collaboration with Lafarge, along with assistant professor Minjung Maing and others. \u201cWe\u2019re developing the protocols and research to manufacture high-end customized architectural products economically, safely and with environmental responsibility.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Liquid Wall approach is challenging, explained professor Charles Eastman, who is director of the Digital Building Laboratory and has a joint appointment in the College of Computing. The process involves creating rubber negatives using wall-form designs created with parametric modeling software, then planning production procedures and mapping out ways to install the completed, full-size walls on actual buildings.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen you\u2019re creating a completely new process like the Liquid Wall, you\u2019re faced with developing a whole new manufacturing process for this kind of material,\u201d Eastman said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIndividualizing Mass Production\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Industrial designer Kevin Shankwiler, an associate professor in the College of Architecture, creates objects that can be both customized and mass-produced. By utilizing advances in flexible manufacturing technology, Shankwiler and his students develop furniture designs that can be changed to meet individual needs \u2013 such as those of persons with disabilities \u2013 while being built cost-effectively using mass production methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday\u2019s designers can build responsiveness to individual needs into the computer models used in production, Shankwiler said. Current manufacturing methods \u2013 such as computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) and 3-D printing techniques \u2013 are capable of creating furniture and other goods that can meet users\u2019 specific requirements without resorting to an institutional look.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn one research effort, we took a dining room chair in the Craftsman style, and we designed and built a model that could accommodate both wheelchair users of differing abilities and fully ambulatory people,\u201d Shankwiler said. \u201cWe have to ask \u2013 how should the human need affect the manufactured output and what are the best methods for achieving that?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPursuing Micro-scale Machining\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;J. Rhett Mayor, an associate professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, is investigating techniques that allow effective machining of metal surfaces at 50 microns \u2013 one 2,000ths of an inch \u2013 or less. He is also developing unique applications based on advanced micro-machining, such as tiny channels in metal that enhance heat transfer between surfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt present, Mayor explained, the ability to cut micro-features into surfaces is limited to metal sections about 1 centimeter square, a size that offers little cooling capability. Research being conducted by Mayor and his group focuses on scaling up micro-machining capabilities so that micro features can be cut in larger metal sheets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe can currently make hundreds of features on a square centimeter,\u201d Mayor said. \u201cWhat we need are millions of features on a square foot.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne type of micro-scale feature \u2013 micro-channel heat exchangers \u2013 could play an important role in cooling factory-floor devices, as well as in the development of closed-loop systems that could generate power using recycled heat. For example, today\u2019s factories typically use large electrical motors that vent their heat inside the plant, wasting energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn related work, Mayor and his team are developing optimization routines and thermal models that could enhance electrical machine design through the application of micro-machining and other technologies. The aim is to create machines that are smaller, yet offer high energy outputs thanks to more efficient cooling and to energy recycling.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnother application of large scale micro-machining could involve the development of lightweight electric actuators that would take the place of hydraulics in aircraft. Such electric actuators would need plenty of power to replicate the high torque provided by hydraulics; those power requirements would demand effective cooling strategies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETackling Issues on the Factory Floor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPromoting Factory Robotics\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Henrik Christensen, a professor in the College of Computing, is working with the Boeing Company to advance robotic manufacturing in the aircraft maker\u2019s facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn one project, Christensen and his team are working on an initiative that makes fundamental changes to how pieces are handled on the factory floor. In this approach, robots reverse the standard procedure by moving processing machines to a given part, rather than moving the part through an assembly line.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThink of a large airplane structure,\u201d Christensen said. \u201cHaving a machine move along the body of the aircraft, rather than moving the body itself, could result in much more efficient use of the machine.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team is employing a movable platform in the MaRC building that supports a robotic processing machine. Tests have already been performed using mobile painting and drilling capabilities that could lead to similar implementations at Boeing facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChristensen has also developed automation technology that helps Boeing inspect parts and sub-assemblies that arrive from suppliers. The mobile robotic system scans each arriving piece to confirm that it is the correct item and conforms to the stipulated dimensions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe technology allows Boeing to identify shipping errors almost immediately, before the mistake can delay production. It also saves on labor costs and allows workers to be assigned to less routine tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Boeing projects are part of the Aerospace Manufacturing Initiative (AMI), which was established in 2008 when Boeing identified Georgia Tech as a strategic university partner and agreed to collaborate on innovative manufacturing technologies for aerospace products. The AMI, which involves multiple research projects across Georgia Tech, is led by Steven Danyluk, who is the Morris M. Bryan Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems. Since 2008, Siemens USA and CAMotion Inc. have also become AMI participants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn another project just getting launched with a major French manufacturing company, Christensen is pursuing novel technology that would allow a factory-floor robot to learn tasks via direct human demonstration. Rather than having each robotic operation mapped out laboriously on a control computer, a worker would demonstrate the optimal way to perform a job and the robot would then mimic the human.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis human-model approach to robotic learning could have applications across a number of industries, he added; both Boeing and General Motors have expressed interest in the technology. Other application areas for this technique include health care and biotechnology, where it could help automate both manufacturing procedures and laboratory testing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EImproving Online Production\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Jianjun (Jan) Shi, a professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE), conducts research that addresses system informatics and control. He uses his training in mechanical and electrical engineering to integrate system data \u2013 comprising design, manufacturing, automation and performance information \u2013 into models that seek to reduce process variability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn one effort, Shi is working with nGimat Co., a Norcross, Ga.- based company that is currently evaluating ways to mass produce a type of nanopowder used in high-energy, high-density batteries for electric cars. With sponsorship from the Department of Energy (DOE), Shi is supporting nGimat as it works to increase nanopowder output by several orders of magnitude.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis product has very good characteristics, and the task here is to scale up production while maintaining the quality,\u201d said Shi, who holds the Carolyn J. Stewart Chair in ISyE. \u201cWe must identify the parameters \u2013 what to monitor, what to control \u2013 to reduce any variability, and do so in an environmentally friendly way.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn work focusing on the steel industry, Shi is pursuing multiple projects including the investigation of sensing technologies used to monitor very high temperature environments in steel manufacturing. With DOE support, he is working with OG Technologies Inc. to develop methods that use optical sensors to provide continuous high-speed images of very hot surfaces \u2013 between 1,000 and 1,450 degrees Celsius.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to catch defect formation in the very early stages of manufacturing,\u201d Shi said. \u201cBy using imaging data of the product effectively with other process data to eliminate defects, we can help optimize the casting process.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn another project, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Shi is investigating ways to use process measurements and online adjustments to improve quality control in the manufacturing of the silicon wafers used in semiconductors. He is working with several manufacturers to examine the root causes of undesirable geometric defects in wafer surfaces.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAnticipating System Failure\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Nagi Gebraeel, an associate professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, conducts research in detecting and preventing failure in engineering systems as they degrade over time. The goal is to avoid both expensive downtime and unnecessary maintenance costs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe could be talking about a fleet of aircraft, trucks, trains, ships \u2013 or a manufacturing system,\u201d Gebraeel said. \u201cIn any of these cases, it\u2019s extremely useful for numerous reasons to be able to accurately estimate the remaining useful lifetime of a system or its components.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith National Science Foundation (NSF) funding, Gebraeel has examined some of the key challenges in accurately predicting failures of complex engineering systems. Specific challenges include the ability to account for the uncertainty associated with degradation processes of these systems and their components, the effects of future environmental\/operational conditions, and the dependencies and interactions that exist in multi-component systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn one project, Gebraeel and his team worked with Rockwell Collins, a maker of avionics and electronics, to monitor and diagnose the performance of circuit boards that control vital aircraft communications systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith equipment funding provided by Georgia Tech, Gebraeel has developed an adaptive prognostics system (APS), a custom research tool that allows him to investigate how quickly components degrade under stresses, using sensor-detected signals such as vibration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a real need for information about the remaining life of components, so that users can find the economical middle ground between the cost of scheduled replacements and the cost of failure,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMaximizing Throughput with Software\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Three faculty members in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering \u2013 Shabbir Ahmed, George Nemhauser and Joel Sokol \u2013 recently completed a project supporting a major maker of float glass. The manufacturer was automating a process in which finished glass plates are packed for shipment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe company was concerned that new machines \u2013 which pick up and remove glass from the production line \u2013 might fall behind, allowing valuable plates to be damaged. They wanted the capability to carefully schedule production sequences so the machines could function at maximum capacity without wasting plates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team tackled development of new software that could minimize production problems. They devised algorithms that allowed the machines to work at their maximum efficiency and enabled them to handle input data with more than 99 percent efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe algorithms we delivered can also be used strategically, to determine how many machines of each type should be installed on a production line,\u201d Sokol said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESokol, Nemhauser and Ahmed are also collaborating on a project with a large international corporation to support production throughput at a semiconductor manufacturing facility.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe challenge involves the physical movement of semiconductors from one processing station to another throughout the factory. Because the routing of semiconductors between processing machines can differ from item to item, there\u2019s no linear assembly line procedure; instead, hundreds of automated vehicles pick up items from one processing point and move them to the next step.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDue to the facility\u2019s layout, these automated vehicles often encounter congestion that can delay the production schedule, said Nemhauser, who is the A. Russell Chandler lll Chair and Institute professor. The team is developing methods to best route and schedule the vehicles to minimize congestion and to move items between machines in ways that don\u2019t delay production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIncreasing Manufacturing Precision\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Shreyes Melkote, who is the Morris M. Bryan Jr. professor in mechanical engineering, directs the Precision Machining Research Center, one of numerous centers based in MaRC. Melkote researches precision manufacturing issues in several areas, including the production of precision metal parts and photovoltaic substrates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a project sponsored by The Timken Company, Melkote is investigating methods for faster and more efficient machining of hardened steel materials using a hybrid process called \u201cLaser Assisted Hard Machining.\u201d Results from successful machining trials have demonstrated that this hybrid process has the potential to reduce machining time as well as cutting tool cost by prolonging tool life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a Boeing-sponsored project, Melkote is developing thin-film sensors capable of monitoring high-speed machining operations. The goal is to give operators in-depth feedback for more effective control of high-speed rotating machines used to produce aerospace parts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETraditional piezoelectric sensors are costly and unreliable, Melkote said, and installing them on a given machine can alter its dynamic characteristics. By contrast, sensors made from low-cost piezoelectric polymer film can be attached to a rotating device without affecting its operation. A patent application is being filed on this sensor technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThin-film sensors allow us to accurately measure what\u2019s happening between the tool and the work-piece, in terms of forces, vibrations, deflections and other process responses,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have demonstrated that the quality of information we are getting from a $200 sensor is as good as from one that costs $30,000.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInnovations in Manufacturing Systems and Processes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAutomating Manufacturing Simulations\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Professor Leon McGinnis of the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering focuses on model-based systems engineering, an approach that uses computational methods to enable capture and reuse of systems knowledge. McGinnis is pursuing several sponsored projects in this area.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn one effort, McGinnis and his team have been working with Rockwell Collins, a maker of avionics and electronics, to help speed the introduction of new products by automating a process that simulates the requirements of production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo optimize the resources needed to make products at the required rate, McGinnis explained, Rockwell Collins creates a computerized simulation of the manufacturing processes. Development of these models has traditionally been the province of experts skilled in taking initial system designs and painstakingly translating them into simulations of actual production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is not a trivial task \u2013 producing a simulation model requires some 100 to 200 hours per product,\u201d said McGinnis, who is associate director of MaRC. \u201cThe company was only able to generate a few production models at a time, which created something of a bottleneck.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo understand the process of developing simulation models, a team interviewed the Rockwell Collins experts on the methods they used to develop such models. Then the Georgia Tech researchers turned to SysML, a programming language that enables the computerized modeling of complex systems, including multiple related factors such as people, machinery and product flows.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBy using SysML to describe the evolution of a given product, the researchers were able to automate its movement from design to simulation. Even more important, the team created a domain-specific version of SysML that was customized to the Rockwell Collins environment. That achievement allowed any of the company\u2019s new products and systems to be plugged into a SysML-based automation process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis new way of doing things appears to reduce the time required to build simulation models by an order of magnitude, said McGinnis, who leads the Model-Based Systems Engineering Center in MaRC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn another project, McGinnis and his team are collaborating with the School of Mechanical Engineering and MaRC to develop semantics for manufacturing processes under a DARPA contract. In other work, McGinnis is collaborating with the Tennenbaum Institute \u2013 a Georgia Tech organization that supports research for enterprise transformation \u2013 to address the challenges of identifying and mitigating risks in global manufacturing enterprise networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDeveloping Future Factories\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;A research team from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is working with the General Motors Co. to develop novel sensor and computer technologies for manufacturing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project, known as the Factory of the Future, seeks to establish a manufacturing model based on approaches and technologies that are largely new to factory design and processes. Among other things, the researchers are investigating the use of biologically inspired software algorithms to help maximize plant floor efficiency.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe future factory is one with an extremely agile environment, allowing the manufacturing plant to be reconfigured in real time to meet the objectives for production,\u201d said Gisele Bennett, director of the Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory at GTRI.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the heart of this process improvement approach is a robust combination of sensor and intelligent algorithm technologies, said Bennett, who is leading the project. The resulting optimization algorithms would utilize asset visibility of supplies, machines and vehicle-assembly status to optimize the manufacturing process, based on current requirements that could include energy savings, throughput or cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal is a broad, centralized view of all aspects of the manufacturing process, available in real time. This big-picture capability could lead to greater efficiency and productivity due to improved routing, inventory control and visibility into the health of the manufacturing equipment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAmong other things, these techniques could support a capability for just-in-time car building,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cA consumer could go into a dealership, choose the car they wanted \u2013 and as soon as the car is specified, its assembly would begin remotely.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAdvancing the Adaptive Process\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;A multidisciplinary team of Georgia Tech researchers is taking part in the Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) program. The four-year DARPA program, announced in the first half of 2011, fosters novel approaches to the design, verification and manufacturing of complex defense systems and vehicles. Funding for Georgia Tech\u2019s share of the work is expected to exceed $10 million.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe AVM effort consists of three primary programs: META, Instant Foundry Adaptive through Bits (iFAB) and Fast Adaptable Next-Generation Ground Vehicle (FANG). FANG includes the vehicleforge.mil project and the Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach (MENTOR) effort.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is collaborating with Vanderbilt University on the META program and the related Component, Context, and Manufacturing Model Library (C2M2L) program. Led by professor Dimitri Mavris, director of the Aerospace Systems Design Lab, and research engineer Johanna Ceisel, Georgia Tech\u2019s META effort focuses on dramatically improving the existing systems engineering, integration and testing processes for defense systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERather than utilizing one particular alternative technique, metric or tool, META aims to develop model-based design methods for cyber-physical systems that are far more complex and heterogeneous than those in use today.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShreyes Melkote, a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, leads an iFAB team that is developing manufacturing-process capabilities and model libraries to enable automated planning for the design and manufacture of military ground vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA GTRI team led by Vince Camp is also supporting iFAB, providing process guidance for development of the libraries. In addition, researchers from four Georgia Tech units, along with companies InterCAX LLC and Third Wave Systems Inc., are supporting this iFAB effort.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe vehicleforge.mil project, led by GTRI researchers Jack Zentner and Nick Bollweg, is creating a secure central website and other web-based tools capable of supporting collaborative vehicle development. The core website \u2013 vehicleforge.mil \u2013 would allow individuals and teams to share data, models, tools and ideas to speed and improve the design process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe aim here is to fundamentally change the way in which complex systems are taken from concept to reality,\u201d said Zentner, a senior research engineer. \u201cBy enabling many designers in varied locations to work together in a distributed manner, we\u2019re confident that vehicles \u2013 and eventually other systems \u2013 can be developed with greater speed and better results.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe C2M2L model library is part of the overall effort. C2M2L seeks to develop domain-specific models to enable the design, verification and fabrication of the FANG infantry fighting vehicle using the META, iFAB and vehicleforge.mil infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe MENTOR effort will engage high school-age students in a series of collaborative design and distributed manufacturing prize-challenge experiments, with the goal of inspiring America\u2019s manufacturing and technology workforce of tomorrow.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDARPA envisions that the prize challenges will include up to 1,000 high schools in teams distributed across the nation and around the world, using computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) additive manufacturing machines \u2013 also known as 3D printers. The goal is help students collaboratively design and build systems of moderate complexity, such as mobile ground and aerial robots and energy systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMENTOR is led by professor Daniel Schrage of the School of Aerospace Engineering and director of the Integrated Product Lifecycle Engineering Laboratory, and by professor David Rosen of the School of Mechanical Engineering, who is also director of the Rapid Prototyping \u0026amp; Manufacturing Institute in MaRC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStrengthening Supply Chains\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Vinod Singhal, who is the Brady Family Professor of Operations Management in the College of Management, investigates supply chain disruptions and their relation to corporate performance. In one project, he is evaluating recent disruptions at manufacturing companies and other businesses, where he documents the magnitude of drop in stock prices, loss of revenue and increase in costs due to supply chain disruptions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTraditional approaches to supply chain management have focused only on efficiency,\u201d Singhal said. \u201cNewer approaches involve avoiding value destruction by instituting a reliable, responsive and robust supply chain.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESinghal has developed a detailed framework that helps enterprises manage their supply chain risks. His research instructs companies on how to prioritize risks, making supply chain vulnerabilities more visible and ensuring that top management learns to recognize the issue as critical to corporate success.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EModeling Flexibility\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;In the College of Management, Regents\u2019 professor Cheryl Gaimon studies technology management in manufacturing and service enterprises. In one study, Gaimon and former Ph.D. student Alysse Morton analyzed the value of flexibility in high-volume manufacturing of products with short life cycles, such as computer components.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers developed a model showing how companies could link internal manufacturing capabilities with swiftly changing external market forces. They demonstrated how these businesses could exploit manufacturing efficiencies, early market entry and quick shifts between product generations, combined with optimal pricing policies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur results demonstrated that firms need to work closely with their equipment suppliers to achieve more flexible technology, and that even a less-efficient facility can realize a long-term competitive advantage through an earlier market-entry strategy,\u201d Gaimon said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELowering Quality-Failure Impact\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Assistant Professor Manpreet Hora of the College of Management conducts research in several areas of business and manufacturing, including the recall of products such as automobiles. In a recent study, he looked at the risks that can sometimes be created by today\u2019s lean manufacturing methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn studying automotive recalls, Hora discovered that because companies often share components across multiple vehicle lines to maintain lean practices, a potential defect in such components can greatly increase the cost and the magnitude of a recall. He concluded that increased quality checks of shared and critical parts are essential in lowering the impact of quality failures from recalls.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHelping Manufacturers Improve Products\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EReducing Engine Noise\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;In a project sponsored by EADS North America, a large aerospace and defense company, GTRI researcher Jason Nadler tackled the problem of helping the manufacturer reduce noise produced by commercial and military jet aircraft.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENadler and his team used innovative materials that make possible a new approach to the physics of noise reduction. They found that honeycomb-like structures composed of many tiny tubes or channels can reduce sound more effectively than conventional methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis approach dissipates acoustic waves by essentially wearing them out,\u201d Nadler said. \u201cIt\u2019s a phenomenological shift, fundamentally different from traditional techniques that absorb sound using a more frequency-dependent resonance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENadler\u2019s research involves broadband acoustic absorption, a method of reducing sound that doesn\u2019t depend on frequencies or resonance. Instead of resonating, sound waves plunge into the channels and dissipate through a process called viscous shear.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe has developed what could be the world\u2019s first superalloy micro honeycomb using a nickel-based superalloy. He estimates that this new approach could provide better sound attenuation than any acoustic liner currently available.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EImproving Poultry Production\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;The Food Processing Technology Division of GTRI performs a broad spectrum of research for the food industry, including numerous projects that support the state\u2019s nearly $20 billion poultry industry. Research areas include advanced imaging and sensor technologies; robotics and automation systems; environmental and biological systems; food and product safety research; and worker safety research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn one project, GTRI researchers are employing image processing, statistical modeling, modeling of biomaterials and high-speed force control to bring automated chicken deboning to poultry processors. The Intelligent Deboning System aims to match or exceed the efficiency of the manual process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInitial tests of the deboning prototype system, including cutting experiments, have shown the system\u2019s ability to recognize bone during a cut and thus avoid bone chips. The work has demonstrated the validity of GTRI\u2019s approach.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are some very major factors in play in this project,\u201d said Gary McMurray, chief of the Food Processing Technology Division and project director. \u201cThese include food safety \u2013 because bone chips are a major hazard for boneless breast fillets \u2013 and yield, because every 1 percent loss of breast meat represents about $2.5 million to each of Georgia\u2019s 20 processing plants.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EControlling Baking Systems\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;GTRI has developed a production line system that automatically inspects the quality of sandwich buns exiting the oven and adjusts oven temperatures if it detects unacceptable products.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWorking with baking company Flowers Foods and AMF\/BakeTech, a baking equipment manufacturer, GTRI researchers Douglas Britton and Colin Usher have tested their industrial-quality prototype system. Made of stainless steel, the system is dust-and-water-resistant, and mounts on existing conveyor belts as wide as 50 inches.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers tested the system in a Flowers Foods bakery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have closed the loop between the quality inspection of buns and the oven controls to meet the specifications required by food service and fast-food customers,\u201d said Britton. \u201cBy creating a more accurate, uniform and faster assessment process, we are able to minimize waste and lost product.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETesting Manufacturing Materials\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;The GTRI Materials Analysis Center (MAC), led by Lisa Detter-Hoskin, supports manufacturers and other groups using advanced analytical tools and methodologies that address materials characterization, failure analysis and corrosion issues for manufacturers and other companies. MAC annually manages research projects and evaluates samples for hundreds of corporations and agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, the center supports CE-Tech LLC of Alpharetta, Ga., in numerous areas, including conducting analyses of competitive products and resins. The objective is to lower raw-material costs for CE-Tech clients through the substitution of lower-cost resins.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn another instance, GTRI works with Fairfield, Conn.-based Acme United Corp., a maker of cutting, measuring and safety products, to evaluate the chemistry and structure of new surface coatings. In one project, GTRI personnel tested a proprietary Acme United physical vapor deposition technology used to impart a hard outer shell onto steel blades.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe frequently need to test,\u201d said Larry Buchtmann, vice president for technology for Acme United. \u201cGTRI has the specialized equipment and trained engineering staff to meet our ongoing needs for these services.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAssessing Advanced Electronics\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;GTRI\u2019s Electromagnetic Test and Evaluation Facilities (EMTEF) and Electromagnetic Phenomenology Laboratory test facilities provide ongoing research and support for manufacturers. Both commercial customers and the U.S. government use these assets to aid design and manufacture of antennas and antenna-related sensors for wireless systems, cell and base station antennas, aircraft antennas and related applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese multi-purpose ranges allow antenna manufacturers or design engineers to confirm modeling designs, diagnose performance problems, and to confirm performance against advertised specifications,\u201d said GTRI researcher Barry Mitchell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn one past instance, Mitchell recalls, a maker of aircraft weather radar was encountering problems with false alarms coming from wind-shear detection systems in flight. A GTRI team tested a waveguide antenna array on a planar near-field range belonging to the research institute, and the resulting aperture holograms revealed leakage points from brazed joints on the array. Eventually the problem was traced to a defect in the dip-brazing process during manufacturing, enabling corrective measures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMaking Manufacturing More Sustainable\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESupporting Sustainable Manufacturing\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;School of Mechanical Engineering professor Bert Bras, who leads the Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM) Program in the MaRC, focuses on reducing the environmental impact of materials, products and manufacturing processes, while increasing their competitiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe SDM group gets a large share of its research funding from industry. Together with MaRC research engineer Tina Guldberg, Bras and his group are currently working with Ford, GM and Boeing on projects related to sustainable manufacturing. Much of their work centers on a better understanding of the overall effect of manufacturing operations, as well as potential unintended consequences of product, process and business decisions over their life cycle.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne technique developed by Bras and his students involves the inclusion of environmental impact measures such as energy and water consumption in activity-based cost models. In this way, a single assessment model can quantify financial and environmental consequences of manufacturing process choices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith Marc Weissburg, a professor in the School of Biology and co-director of the Center for Bio-Inspired Design, Bras and his team are working on an NSF-funded project focused on the role of biologically inspired design in industrial manufacturing networks.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBras is also collaborating with professor Nancey Green Leigh of the School of City and Regional Planning and professor Steven French of the College of Architecture on an NSF-funded project that studies methods of boosting product and material recovery in urban areas for use in local manufacturing. Leigh and French are also focusing in this grant on quantifying the amount of carpet and electronic waste generated in a metropolitan area and the economic benefits of diverting it from landfills, thereby creating business and job opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERecovering and Reusing Waste\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;Jane Ammons, who is the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, collaborates on reverse production systems with Matthew Realff, a professor in the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering. For more than 10 years, the team has focused on two important areas: the recovery and reuse of carpet wastes and ways to reduce electronic waste.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmmons, Realff and their teams have developed a mathematical framework to support the growth of used-carpet collection networks. Such networks could help to recycle much of the 3.4 billion pounds of carpet waste currently produced in the United States annually. Research indicates that successful reuse of that carpet has a potential value of at least $850 million, versus a disposal cost of at least $60 million for simply sending it to landfills.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn other work, the team is studying the problem of e-waste \u2013 unwanted electronic components such as televisions, monitors and computer boards and chips. The e-waste stream includes hazardous materials such as lead and other toxins, yet effective management and reuse of e-components can be profitable. Ammons and Realff have devised mathematical models that address the complexities of e-waste processing, with the goal of helping recycling companies stay economically viable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPromoting Manufacturing Sustainability\u003C\/em\u003E --\u0026nbsp;In a recent project, associate professor Chen Zhou in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, working with professor Leon McGinnis, tackled sustainability issues for a major U.S. manufacturer. The issue involved shipping gearbox components from China to the United States in ways that would minimize not only cost but also greenhouse gas emissions and waste.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt turned out that packaging was at the heart of the issue. The researchers had to configure component packaging so that the maximum number of components could be placed in a cargo container, yet also allow for optimal recycling of the packing materials to avoid waste and unnecessary cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis was definitely a complex problem,\u201d Zhou said. \u201cYou must track every piece of packaging from its source to its final resting place, when it either goes into another product or into a landfill.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team created a model \u2013 a globally sourced auto parts packaging system \u2013 that optimized cargo container space. The model also enabled the use of packing materials that were fully reusable; some materials went back to China for use in future shipments, while the rest was recycled into plastics for new vehicles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClearly, Georgia Tech\u2019s broad-based involvement in advanced manufacturing research reflects both the talents of its faculty and the determination of U.S. industry to reinvent itself with the help of university-based research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe United States generates more inventions than the rest of the world combined, and Georgia Tech will continue to work with business and government to help turn the nation\u2019s vast innovative capabilities into an American industrial renaissance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis article originally appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Research Horizons magazine. Abby Robinson also contributed to this article.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch projects mentioned in this article are supported by sponsors that include the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). 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That represents an average of 700 points for each section.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn average, admitted students will have taken eight classes that are Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or college-level by graduation. Georgia Tech\u2019s admission review process and GPA re-calculation values a student\u2019s choice to take more rigorous courses during his or her high school career.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis year\u2019s accepted class is truly exceptional,\u201d said Director of Undergraduate Admission Rick Clark.\u0026nbsp; \u201cEach year, the competition for admission to Georgia Tech is increasing and every class raises the quality of our campus.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Clark, this year\u2019s decisions were extremely difficult. \u201cWe conduct an extensive, holistic and comparative review process, which means every application is read multiple times. Our admitted class of students not only has remarkable academic achievements and established intellectual curiosity, but also has proven potential to be tomorrow\u2019s entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe class also continued the trend of being more diverse, with 86 countries and 49 states represented in the admitted class. Georgia Tech accepted more women and Hispanic students this year compared to last year. Clark clarifies, however, that admittance statistics don\u2019t necessarily predict ultimate enrollment numbers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ll see these numbers fluctuate between admittance and matriculation,\u201d said Clark.\u0026nbsp; \u201cClearly this group of students has multiple offers of admission and high levels of scholarships to consider as well. It\u2019s our sincere goal, however, to continue the recent trend of augmenting geographic, ethnic and background diversity in our class.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApproximately 14,700 students applied for acceptance to Georgia Tech, an Institute record and a three percent increase from last year. Each student is vying for one of the 2,400 spots for fall admission or the 250 spots available to start this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur summer program gives students the opportunity to experience a world-class research institution in an intimate setting,\u201d said Clark. \u201cStarting out with small class sizes, as well as a chance to really get to know professors, is a huge advantage.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEarly deposits are up by about 10 percent as well. 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State are the underdogs\nmost likely to pull off an upset in the first round. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECalifornia, N.C. State, Belmont and Texas could\nbe this year\u2019s \u201cCinderella\u201d teams; they are the most likely double-digit seeds\nto make it to the Sweet 16. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMichigan St. will be the No. 1 seed with the\ntoughest second-round matchup.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWichita St. vs. Indiana and New Mexico vs. Louisville\nare other intriguing potential second-round matchups.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe West Region, led by Michigan St., is the\ndeepest of the four regions.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWichita St. vs. Indiana and New Mexico vs.\nLouisville are \u0022intriguing\u0022 potential second-round matchups because\nLRMC says they will be close games, even though both pit a lesser-known team\nagainst a better-known team.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cKentucky is the likely champion because they\u0027ve won almost\nall their games,\u201d said Joel Sokol, operations research professor at Georgia\nTech who developed LRMC along with colleagues. \u201cThey\u0027ve won by convincing\nmargins at home and on the road against very good teams, and they\u0027ve done it\nall against a strong schedule, including Kansas, North Carolina, Indiana and\nFlorida.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the 2003 season, LRMC has correctly predicted the\noutcomes of more NCAA tournament games than competing ranking systems and major\npolls.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2010, for example, LRMC correctly predicted the winners\nof 51 out of 64 NCAA games\u2014beating out more than 50 of the top-ranking sites.\nIn 2008, the system predicted the Final Four, final two and the eventual\nvictor, as well as several upsets in earlier rounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Operations Research Professors Sokol and George\nNemhauser and Statistics Professor Paul Kvam developed the LRMC method, along with\nMath Professor Mark Brown of the City College of New York.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe system looks at the results of all the college basketball\ngames played during the season. Specifically, it examines which team wins, which\nteam loses, where the game was played and the team\u2019s margin of victory. The\nresearchers then run that data through several mathematical models\u2014empirical Bayes,\nlogistic regression and Markov Chain\u2014to determine the ranking of teams.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EYet even with the best formula, it\u2019s impossible to predict a\nperfect bracket, Sokol said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout one-quarter of all tournament games are affected by\nupsets, injuries or last-second, buzzer-beating baskets. Such was the case last\nyear when only one top seed made it to the regional finals. This human factor\nis where the LRMC predictions can falter.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStill, LRMC\u2019s odds aren\u2019t bad.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to a study of historical data just completed by\nthe research team, LRMC is significantly better at predicting NCAA Tournament\ngames than almost all of the other ranking systems, such as Sagarin\u2019s\npredictor, Pomeroy\u2019s ranking, Las Vegas Favorite and the NCAA\u2019s RPI.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESokol, Nemhauser and Kvam are professors in the H. Milton\nStewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering in Georgia Tech\u2019s\nCollege of Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"LRMC picks Kentucky beating Ohio St. for the championship."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Logistic Regression Markov Chain (LRMC)\nmethod is a computer ranking system that has historically been more accurate than\nthe NCAA\u2019s own Ratings Percentage Index.\u0026nbsp;LRMC predicts this year\u2019s NCAA Final Four matchups will most\nlikely be Kentucky vs. Michigan St. and Ohio St. vs. Kansas, with Kentucky\nbeating Ohio St. for the championship.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Logistic Regression Markov Chain (LRMC) method is a computer ranking system that has historically been more accurate than the NCAA\u2019s own Ratings Percentage Index."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-03-13 11:38:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:52","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"107631":{"id":"107631","type":"image","title":"Joel Sokol Makes NCAA Tournament Predictions","body":null,"created":"1449178188","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:29:48","changed":"1475894725","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:25","alt":"Joel Sokol Makes NCAA Tournament Predictions","file":{"fid":"194004","name":"12c3046-p1-003.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12c3046-p1-003_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12c3046-p1-003_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2221546,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/12c3046-p1-003_0.jpg?itok=ZzDr6AD4"}}},"media_ids":["107631"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.lrmc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Background on LRMC system"},{"url":"http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jsokol\/profspicks\/profspicks12.htm","title":"LRMC 2012 \u0022Profs Picks\u0022 bracket"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"27021","name":"College of Engineering; H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026 Systems Engineering; LRMC; Joel Sokol; NCAA Men\u0027s Basketball Tournament"}],"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":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"111931":{"#nid":"111931","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineers Use Computer Models to Help Resource-Poor Nations Improve Allocation of Limited Health Care Resources","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the developing world, allocating limited health care resources as effectively and equitably as possible is a top priority.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo address that need, systems engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using computer models to help resource-poor nations improve supply chain decisions related to the distribution of breast milk and non-pharmaceutical interventions for malaria. They are also forecasting what health care services would be available in the event of natural disasters in Caribbean nations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are using mathematical models implemented in user-friendly tools like Microsoft Excel to improve the allocation of limited resources across a network, especially in resource-poor settings,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=js228\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESwann reported on three global health case studies designed to improve the allocation of limited health care resources on Feb. 19, 2012 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Vancouver, Canada.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the first project, Swann and a group of graduate students created models to strategically determine how a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in South Africa should expand its breast milk donation and distribution network to the whole country. In the network, healthy mothers donate breast milk, which is stored in a local repository, transferred to a milk bank to be processed and then distributed to neonatal units where mothers cannot provide it themselves because of disease status or physical inability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe wanted to determine how we could provide breast milk to the most people while also being geographically equitable in terms of access,\u201d explained Swann, who holds the Harold R. and Mary Ann Nash chair at Georgia Tech. \u201cWe looked at the cost of equity and how that changed the distribution design.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo determine where the organization should expand its network and the best way to do so, the team used operations research to examine the existing and proposed locations in the network as well as what type of transportation would work best to cover the increased geographic area. The model recognized that breast milk supply increases with higher income and education levels and low HIV prevalence, while breast milk demand increases with lower income and education levels and high HIV prevalence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers recently recommended locations for expansion to the NGO and advised the organization to pay a courier service to carry the milk to the neonatal units, in order to balance cost and reliability and improve efficiency. Volunteers, who are inherently less reliable, were driving the milk from one location to another.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn another project, done in collaboration with the World Health Organization, Swann and a team of undergraduate and graduate students used models to optimize the distribution of non-pharmaceutical interventions for malaria, such as nets or sprays, with pilot data from a country in Africa called Swaziland.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir models provided a time-based deployment plan for the country, including details on what geographic zones to target for spraying, when to deploy in each zone, how many people can be protected in each zone, what resources should be located at the distribution centers, and the opening and closing dates of the distribution centers.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers showed that using a systems approach to examine allocation decisions could increase the number of people covered with the same amount of funding by more than 25 percent. The team worked with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=pk50\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, to develop a teaching game based on the work. The game has been used worldwide in classes of humanitarian students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the third project, Swann and a team of graduate students are using technology to estimate the performance of disaster preparedness plans in advance of an event. The project is part of the Caribbean Hazard Assessment Mitigation and Preparedness (CHAMP) initiative, which is supported by a Georgia Tech alumnus and led by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/891\/overview\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EReginald DesRoches\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Puerto Rico, Swann\u2019s team evaluated the existing hospital networks and other health care provider locations described in the island\u2019s emergency preparedness plans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo forecast the country\u2019s ability to provide health services following an earthquake, we took population data and overlaid it with projections of earthquake locations and severity to estimate the capacities and amount of congestion that would result at health care facilities,\u201d said Swann.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers recently presented the initial results of their study to the Puerto Rico Department of Health and made recommendations for health care resources and hospital capacities based on predicted bottlenecks in the system. They are currently examining Belize\u2019s hurricane evacuation plans. Keskinocak and Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering associate professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=oe5\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOzlem Ergun\u003C\/a\u003E and visiting assistant professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/profile.php?entry=pp80\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPelin Pekgun-Cakmak\u003C\/a\u003E are also contributing to the CHAMP initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have found that technology innovations like mathematical models can help to solve problems in global and public health, such as the allocation of limited health care resources,\u201d noted Swann.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E 75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 314\u003Cbr \/\u003E Atlanta, Georgia 30308 USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts:\u003C\/strong\u003E Abby Robinson (abby@innovate.gatech.edu; 404-385-3364) or John Toon (jtoon@gatech.edu; 404-894-6986)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter: \u003C\/strong\u003EAbby Robinson\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech systems engineers are using computer models to help resource-poor nations improve distribution of breast milk and non-pharmaceutical interventions for malaria. 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Their experience is not by accident though -- before the exhibit opened, logistics experts at the Georgia Institute of Technology carefully studied how guests would move and recommended ways to improve their experiences while minimizing congestion.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We offered Georgia Aquarium leaders accurate predictions on how the new AT\u0026amp;T Dolphin Tales exhibit would impact guest flow within the aquarium and how to optimize the operations logistics, efficiency and show schedules for the new exhibit,\u0022 said Eva K. Lee, a professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new 84,000-square-foot AT\u0026amp;T Dolphin Tales attraction, which opened in April 2011, includes a theater with performances of Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins in a Broadway-style production with live actors and trainers, all set to an orchestral soundtrack. The exhibit also features a lobby area where visitors can be face-to-face with the dolphins through a 25-foot viewing window.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We knew that managing the flow of guests through the new AT\u0026amp;T Dolphin Tales exhibit was going to be more difficult than the other aquarium galleries because guests would be entering and exiting the exhibit through the same space,\u0022 said Brian Davis, director of education and guest programs at the Georgia Aquarium. \u0022The logistical predictions and recommendations Georgia Tech provided us were extremely accurate and enabled us to ensure an amazing guest experience while remaining fiscally responsible.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo provide recommendations to the Georgia Aquarium on how to optimize visitor flow through the new exhibit, Lee and Georgia Tech graduate student Chien-Hung Chen created RealOpt-ABM, a large-scale modeling and decision support software suite that could model guest movement through the entire aquarium. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWith this software, the researchers predicted guest flow through the new exhibit and the impact of the new exhibit to surrounding areas and overall visitor flow. They were also able to determine the best strategies for show scheduling, resource allocation, space usage, and theater loading and unloading. RealOpt-ABM produced recommendations that were implemented for operations design of the new exhibit, according to Joe Handy, vice president of guest experience at the Georgia Aquarium.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Lee, the software\u0027s success lies in its integrated simulation and optimization approach and its inclusion of human cognitive and behavioral elements. The software\u0027s computational speed also allowed for rapid solution strategies and on-the-fly reconfigurations. Facility layout, physical design and activities at specific points of interest were captured in sub-models, which were aggregated and coupled to form the overall model. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022RealOpt-ABM incorporated advances in agent-based simulation that capture the stochastic nature of the events within the aquarium, optimization of resource allocation and show schedules, and modeling of human cognitive decisions that affect show preference and guest behavior,\u0022 explained Lee.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo validate the model, Lee, research engineer Niquelle Brown and 10 Georgia Tech students analyzed guest flow and behavior patterns in the entire aquarium before the new exhibit opened. Through time-motion studies in 2010, they collected guest flow data and captured the decisions guests made, such as turning left or right when they arrived at an intersection and how long guests spent in each exhibit area. The data showed that guest movement changed based on the time of day and what time guests arrived at the museum.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing RealOpt-ABM, the researchers accurately predicted the amount of time required to load and unload the AT\u0026amp;T Dolphin Tales theater, depending on the number of guests, which led to a recommendation that performances be separated by at least 90 minutes to minimize congestion. The researchers also recommended that on days with fewer than 6,000 aquarium attendees, only two shows should be offered. This recommendation was based on the need to maintain the comfort and health of the dolphins while minimizing unnecessary operations costs. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERealOpt-ABM also detailed the optimal number and location of ticket scanners and traffic controllers and the best time to open the theatre doors so that the waiting time and queue length were acceptable. The study also predicted that unless other provisions were made, a large percentage of the new exhibit\u0027s lobby area would be occupied by baby strollers that were not allowed in the theater. Lee\u0027s team recommended the creation of valet stroller parking in the main lobby of the aquarium to avoid logistics bottlenecks and congestion in the exhibit lobby area.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis logistics research project is one of six finalists for the 2011 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice, which is given by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). The winner will be selected on Nov. 14 at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, following presentations by the finalists.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Effective strategies for managing guest flow are imperative for the successful operation of the aquarium and we trust Georgia Tech\u0027s logistics advice 100 percent,\u0022 said Davis. \u0022As the Georgia Aquarium continues to grow and expand, we will always look to Georgia Tech\u0027s expertise to maximize the experience for our guests.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News \u0026amp; Publications Office\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n75 Fifth Street, N.W., Suite 314\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAtlanta, Georgia  30308  USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts:\u003C\/strong\u003E Abby Robinson (abby@innovate.gatech.edu; 404-385-3364) or John Toon (jtoon@gatech.edu; 404-894-6986)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter:\u003C\/strong\u003E Abby Robinson\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESystems engineers at Georgia Tech offered the Georgia Aquarium accurate predictions on how its new AT\u0026amp;T Dolphin Tales exhibit would impact aquarium guest flow and how to optimize the operations logistics, efficiency and show schedules for the exhibit.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Guests can flow smoothly through new AT\u0026T Dolphin Tales exhibit."}],"uid":"27206","created_gmt":"2011-11-14 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:38","author":"Abby Vogel Robinson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-11-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72647":{"id":"72647","type":"image","title":"Georgia Aquarium dolphin show","body":null,"created":"1449177942","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:42","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21"},"72648":{"id":"72648","type":"image","title":"Eva Lee","body":null,"created":"1449177942","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:42","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21"},"72649":{"id":"72649","type":"image","title":"AT\u0026T Dolphin Tales theater","body":null,"created":"1449177942","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:42","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21"}},"media_ids":["72647","72648","72649"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognize-Excellence\/Community-Prizes-and-Awards\/CPMS\/The-Daniel-H.-Wagner-Prize-for-Excellence-in-Operations-Research-Practice","title":"2011 Daniel H. 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The goal is to invest a\ncumulative total of one billion dollars in self-managed, green revolving funds\nthat finance energy-efficiency upgrades on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFrom our focus on environmental\nstewardship in our buildings and grounds to our energy conservation and\nrecycling programs, Georgia Tech has gained a national reputation for embracing\nsustainability practices,\u201d said Steve Swant, executive vice president of\nadministration and finance. \u201cOur investment in this green revolving fund\nprogram will help support our continued sustainability efforts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMost recently, Georgia Tech was\nnamed as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=69135\u0022\u003Eone of 16 colleges on the Princeton Review\u2019s Green Honor Roll\u003C\/a\u003E and has \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=64462\u0022\u003Eearned Tree Campus USA recognition\u003C\/a\u003E by the Arbor Day Foundation. Besides using environmentally\nfriendly cleaning products, Georgia Tech requires that all vendors provide\ngreen products. During the 2010 season, the Institute\u2019s game day recycling\nprogram netted \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=63793\u0022\u003E21 tons of recyclables\u003C\/a\u003E during six home games. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe Billion Dollar Green Challenge launches publicly on October 11 at the\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/conf2011.aashe.org\/\u0022\u003EAssociation for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education\nconference in Pittsburgh\u003C\/a\u003E. 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It was developed after consultation with\n50 sector leaders, the publication\u2019s editorial board and website\nfeedback.\u0026nbsp;The new methodology, with data supplied by Thomson Reuters,\nplaces less importance on reputation and heritage than in previous years and\ngives more weight to hard measures of excellence in all three core elements of\na university\u2019s mission \u2013 research, teaching and knowledge transfer.\u0026nbsp;It is\nalso the only global ranking system that includes a section dedicated to the\nteaching and learning environment, including the first-ever global survey of\ninstitutions\u2019 teaching reputations. In all, the ranking system includes 13 separate\nperformance indicators across five broad categories:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETeaching\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 the learning environment (worth\n     30 percent of the overall ranking score)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 volume, income and reputation\n     (worth 30 percent)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECitations\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 research influence (worth 30\n     percent)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIndustry income\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 innovation (worth 2.5 percent)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInternational outlook\u003C\/em\u003E \u2014 staff, student and research\n     (worth 7.5 percent).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech ranks 24th by Times Higher Education Magazine\u2019s 2011-2012 World University Rankings."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute of Technology ranks 24th among the top 200 universities\nrecognized in the Times Higher Education Magazine\u2019s 2011-2012 World University\nRankings.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech ranks 24th by Times Higher Education Magazine\u2019s 2011-2012 World University Rankings."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2011-10-06 15:41:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:26","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64551":{"id":"64551","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449176753","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:53","changed":"1475894567","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:47","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"192015","name":"trm01837.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trm01837_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trm01837_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5836,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/trm01837_0.jpg?itok=U5bseqmA"}}},"media_ids":["64551"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/world-university-rankings\/2011-2012\/top-400.html","title":"Times Higher Education Magazine\u2019s 2011-2012 World University Rankings"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"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":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70166":{"#nid":"70166","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech, Tecnologico de Monterrey Open Trade \u0026 Logistics Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute of Technology and Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey are launching the Trade\n\u0026amp; Logistics Innovation Center in Mexico City with an inauguration ceremony\nfrom 10:30 a.m. to noon on Sept. 30.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\ncenter, which is a partnership between the two institutions, will focus on improving\nMexico\u2019s logistics performance and increasing trade competitiveness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\nceremony will be held at Tecnol\u00f3gico de\nMonterrey\u2019s Sante Fe campus, located at Av. 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Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering in Atlanta is the main center of\nthe network. Three international centers are currently operating in Singapore,\nCosta Rica and Panama. Each center supports the competitiveness agenda of the\ncountry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA\ncountry\u2019s productivity, as influenced by logistics performance, is critical to\nits global competitiveness. The World Bank\u2019s annual Logistics Performance Index\nranks the United States 15th,\u0026nbsp;Mexico 50th,\u0026nbsp;Panama 51st\u0026nbsp;and Costa Rica 56th\u0026nbsp;in the world in logistics performance. A clear\nneed exists to improve these rankings through more effective and productive\nlogistics, Forrest said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELike\nthe others, the new center in Mexico City will focus on three areas \u2013\neducation, research and industry growth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re\ngoing to provide education and research to make sure Mexico has the capacity to\ndo it on its own,\u201d said Miguel Martinez, executive director of the Mexico\ncenter. \u0026nbsp;\u201cThe fact that an institution\nlike Georgia Tech is involved will help us get there faster with proven\nmethodologies and success in other countries.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\ncenter will offer professional and executive education on logistics and trade,\nthe same extensive curriculum offered by the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics\nInstitute at Georgia Tech. That includes comprehensive programs in lean supply\nchain, transportation, warehousing, inventory, trade and supply chain strategy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor\nits research agenda, the center will work on projects for Mexico\u2019s federal\ngovernment in several areas, such as disaster management and humanitarian\nlogistics and improvement of the food and beverage supply chains. The center\u2019s\nresearch areas will also include warehouse distribution and logistics,\nlogistics and manufacturing, supply chain for emerging economies and\ninformation technologies for supply chain management.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo\nreach Mexico\u2019s industry base, the center will be partnering with one of\nMexico\u2019s largest business associations to develop education programs and tools\nfor its members, so they have a better understanding of logistics and how it affects\nthem.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe\ngoal is to better prepare our infrastructure and our industries to be\ncompetitive at the local level and for export,\u201d Martinez said. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\ncenter is a win-win for all involved, Forrest said. The countries benefit by\nleveraging Georgia Tech\u2019s expertise to improve logistics performances, which is\nthe foundation for competitiveness and trade. Georgia Tech benefits by offering\na richer learning experience for its students and faculty, and positioning the\nInstitute as the global leader in international trade research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cResearch\nand development leadership requires a global presence and applied knowledge,\u201d\nForrest said. \u201cOur network of innovation centers provides Georgia Tech the\nfoundation for collaboration and application in the field for maintaining our\nexpertise in supply chain and logistics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute of Technology and Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey are launching the Trade\n\u0026amp; Logistics Innovation Center in Mexico City with an inauguration ceremony\nfrom 10:30 a.m. to noon on Sept. 30.\u0026nbsp;The\ncenter, which is a partnership between the two institutions, will focus on improving\nMexico\u2019s logistics performance and increasing trade competitiveness.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Trade \u0026 Logistics Innovation Center in Mexico City will focus on improving Mexico\u0027s logistics performance and increasing trade competitiveness."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-09-22 09:21:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:14","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/apps\/rsvp\/mexico\/","title":"Event Registration"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.itesm.edu\/wps\/portal","title":"Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/","title":"Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14396","name":"College of Engineering; H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Supply Chain \u0026 Logistics Institute; Trade \u0026 Logistics Center; Mexico City; grand opening"}],"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 \/\u003E\nLaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESanta Fe Campus Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(+52) 55 9177 8000 ext. 8017\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:castro@itesm.mx\u0022\u003Ecastro@itesm.mx\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70397":{"#nid":"70397","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Engineering Ranked No. 1 for Hispanic Graduate Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the fourth consecutive year, Georgia Tech\u2019s College of\nEngineering has been ranked no. 1 in the U.S. for Hispanic graduate students by\n\u003Cem\u003EHispanic Business \u003C\/em\u003Emagazine\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEach year, \u003Cem\u003EHispanic\nBusiness \u003C\/em\u003Emagazine measures the effectiveness of the nation\u2019s universities\nin attracting Hispanic students. The rankings are based on recruitment and retention\nof Hispanic students, degrees conferred to Hispanics, Hispanic faculty, and the\nexcellent quality of education and services offered to Hispanic students.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOf Georgia Tech\u2019s 1,536 full-time graduate students in\nengineering who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents, 85 or 5.5 percent\nare Hispanic. \u0026nbsp;Hispanics earned 31\npostgraduate degrees in engineering, about 4.7 percent of the total amount\nawarded in 2010.\u0026nbsp; Out of the 446 full-time faculty members in\nthe College of Engineering, 12 are Hispanic at the time of survey.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs in previous years, this great achievement has been made\npossible thanks to the hard work of various individuals and entities at Georgia\nTech,\u201d said Jorge Breton, director of Hispanic Initiatives at Georgia\nTech.\u0026nbsp; \u201cI think we all should be very\nproud of the Institute\u2019s efforts to serve our Hispanic and Latino students as\nwell as other underrepresented minorities and the entire population.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor Fall 2011, the College of Engineering has 99 full-time\nand 42 part-time Hispanic graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents enrolled.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHispanic Business\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine serves the U.S. Hispanic population with information, ideas and advice\nfor individuals looking to pursue or actively be involved in business. It is\npublished monthly and distributed to 1.4 million subscribers throughout the\nUnited States.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor\nthe fourth consecutive year, Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering has been\nranked no. 1 in the U.S. for Hispanic graduate students by \u003Cem\u003EHispanic Business \u003C\/em\u003Emagazine\u003Cem\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"For the fourth consecutive year, Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering has been ranked no. 1 in the U.S. for Hispanic graduate students by Hispanic Business magazine."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-09-29 11:43:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:14","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.hispanicbusiness.com\/news\/newsbyid.asp?idx=263781\u0026more\u0026page=1","title":"Hispanic Business magazine"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.hispanicoffice.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Hispanic Initiatives"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"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":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"70091":{"#nid":"70091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Family Weekend Isn\u2019t Just for Students, Parents","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou don\u2019t have to have kids enrolled at Georgia Tech to get involved in this year\u2019s Family Weekend events.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFamily Weekend is very much a Tech community event. There are many opportunities, especially on Friday, for faculty and staff to get involved,\u201d said Kimberly Sterritt, director of the Parents Program. \u201cAttending a seminar or participating in a college\/school reception is a great way to gain insight into what it\u2019s like to be a student and to connect with students and their families.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe goal of the weekend is to help families better understand the opportunities and experiences available to their students. However, another goal that Sterritt and her staff have for the weekend is to facilitate more interaction among students, parents, faculty and staff. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis weekend is an opportunity to reconnect with many of the families of first-year students I met during FASET orientation,\u201d said Dean of Students and Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs John Stein, who regularly participates in the event. \u201cIn speaking with them, I can get a sense of how their sons and daughters are adjusting to being at Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s Family Weekend will be held on Sept. 23 and 24, and will include a series of presentations, panel discussions and demonstrations (held on Friday in the Global Learning Center) led by Tech faculty and staff members that focus on some of the following areas:\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStudy abroad opportunities \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Freshman Reading Project\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStudent success strategies\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EManaging growth on campus\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Friday afternoon, various colleges and schools will also host receptions across campus, which faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. The receptions are an opportunity for parents to ask questions regarding specific programs, Sterritt added. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFamilies enjoy meeting and talking to faculty and staff, and it\u2019s a good opportunity to hear family members\u2019 impressions of Tech and to answer their questions,\u201d Stein added. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more, send an email \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:familyweekend@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehere.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou don\u2019t have to have kids enrolled at Georgia Tech to get involved in this year\u2019s Family Weekend events.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"You don\u2019t have to have kids enrolled at Georgia Tech to get involved in this year\u2019s Family Weekend events."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-09-20 09:43:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:09","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70090":{"id":"70090","type":"image","title":"John Stein and Buzz at Family Weekend","body":null,"created":"1449177288","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:48","changed":"1475894616","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:36","alt":"John Stein and Buzz at Family Weekend","file":{"fid":"192903","name":"10c2317-p2-204.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10c2317-p2-204_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10c2317-p2-204_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2154711,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10c2317-p2-204_0.jpg?itok=qOCx6U_p"}}},"media_ids":["70090"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.familyweekend.gatech.edu\/","title":"Family Weekend 2010"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"2939","name":"family weekend"},{"id":"167018","name":"staff"}],"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:familyweekend@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKimberly Sterritt\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParents Program\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"69974":{"#nid":"69974","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Engineering Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Scholarship Named","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESue Ann Bidstrup Allen has been appointed the new associate dean for faculty development and scholarship in the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. Bidstrup Allen is a professor and the associate chair for strategic initiatives in the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSue Ann has a deep understanding of academic excellence as well as faculty needs,\u201d said Gary May, dean of the College of Engineering. \u201cWhile research and education is critical to the success of our college, it\u2019s also imperative that we focus equally on professional development of our faculty. She is ideally suited to fill this important role, which is focused to address the most pressing issues of one our most important resources --\u0026nbsp;our faculty.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs associate dean, Bidstrup Allen will focus on implementing college-wide programs that help faculty advance in their professional careers. She also will oversee initiatives to update promotion and tenure processes, enhance diversity of college faculty and implement orientation, educational, mentoring and recognition programs that aim to improve faculty satisfaction, well being and performance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBidstrup Allen received her bachelor\u2019s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her doctorate from the University of Minnesota. Bidstrup Allen\u2019s main research focus is in the area of new materials and processes for microelectromechanical systems and for advanced interconnects for integrated circuits.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe is a fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers and is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society and the American Society for Engineering Education. Bidstrup Allen is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, the DuPont Young Faculty Award, the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Sharon Keillor Award and the 2008 Council of Chemical Research Diversity Award. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESue Ann Bidstrup Allen has been appointed the new associate dean for faculty development and scholarship in the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. 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Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute of Technology will dedicate the new undergraduate learning\ncommons to former Institute president and alumnus G. Wayne Clough at 9 a.m. on\nSept. 24.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nG. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons is a 220,000-square-foot, sustainably designed academic\nfacility intended to enrich undergraduates\u2019 academic environment and present\ninnovative learning opportunities. The new facility, which adjoins to the Price\nGilbert Library in the crossroads of Tech\u2019s campus, opened at the start of the\nfall semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\nTech\u2019s 10th president, Clough \u2013 CE 1964, MS CE 1965 \u2013 was known for his\ncommitment to undergraduate education during his 14 years leading the Institute\nand has been named president emeritus by the University System Board of\nRegents. Clough is currently the 12th\u0026nbsp;secretary of the Smithsonian\nInstitution, the world\u2019s largest museum and research complex with activities in\nmore than 100 countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo\nhave my name linked to this remarkable building is an honor and humbling,\u201d\nClough said. \u201cAs an alumnus of this great institution, I feel as if I represent\nall of the thousands of alumni who went before me and those who will follow and\nbenefit from the Commons and what it will offer Georgia Tech\u2019s talented\nundergraduate students.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\ndedication ceremony will be held on the first floor of the Clough Commons,\nacross from the auditoria. The event, which is open to the public, will begin with\nremarks from several speakers and conclude with tours of the facility.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESpeakers\ninclude \u2028Georgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson, University System of Georgia\nChancellor Hank Huckaby, Senior Vice President for Undergraduate Studies and Academic\nAffairs Anderson D. Smith, Georgia Tech Undergraduate Student Body President\nElle Creel and alumnus Al West.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOpen\n24\/7 year round, Clough Commons is a unique and comfortable environment outside\nthe traditional classroom where students can take advantage of hands-on, collaborative\nand technologically enhanced teaching and learning opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nfacility boasts 41 classrooms ranging from intimate seminar settings to tiered\nlecture halls, two 300-seat plus auditoria, day-lit common areas with more than\n2,100 seats for individual studying and group work, and modern science labs for\nall foundational courses.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nClough Commons also offers a single location for undergraduate advising,\ntutoring, student success programs and other student-centered academic\nservices.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nbuilding\u2019s sustainable features include innovative water recycling (89 percent\nprojected reuse), 1.4 million gallon cistern, locally sourced materials, native\nlandscaping and rooftop solar panel array \u2013 all of which Institute officials\nhope will result in platinum LEED certification for the building in the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\n347 solar panels mounted on the rooftop were designed by Suniva, a Georgia Tech\nstart-up company based on the research and technology of Georgia Tech Professor\nAjeet Rohatgi. Radiance Solar installed the panels. Turner Construction Co.\nbuilt the commons.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nClough Commons cost $93.7 million to build and outfit, $60 million of which was\nstate funded. The building is a symbol of the Institute\u2019s commitment to\nsustainable and smart growth. Georgia Tech currently has five LEED certified\nbuildings on campus and several others going through the process.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cClough Undergraduate\nLearning Commons is symbolic of Georgia Tech\u2019s vision to enhance undergraduate\neducation,\u201d President Peterson said. \u201cIt also represents\nthe heart of Georgia Tech, for were it not for the generosity of our alumni and\nother supporters, coupled with an investment from the state, we would not be\nable to have this impressive new facility.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute of Technology will dedicate the new undergraduate learning\ncommons to former Institute president and alumnus G. Wayne Clough at 9 a.m. on\nSept. 24.\u0026nbsp;The G. 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Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons; dedication ceremony"}],"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":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"69962":{"#nid":"69962","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Undergraduate Rankings Remain Among Nation\u2019s Best","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of\nTechnology sustained its top-10 ranking among public universities,\naccording to the recently released U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u2019s Best Colleges\nfor undergraduate rankings. Tech, ranked 7th among public universities, has\nranked in the top 10 of public universities for more than a decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia\nTech is proud of its decade-long ranking as a top ten public university,\nincluding the largest engineering program in the nation, ranked in the top five\nand a national leader in the total number of engineering degrees awarded to\nwomen and to underrepresented minority students,\u201d said Tech President G. P.\n\u201cBud\u201d Peterson.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe will continue in our journey toward preeminence in\neducation, research and economic development, serving the state and the\nnation.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering ranked 5th in the\nundergraduate rankings for engineering programs at universities where the\nhighest degree is a Ph.D. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Industrial and Systems Engineering maintained\nits top ranking, while Aerospace Engineering maintained its 2nd ranking.\nBiomedical and Mechanical Engineering are also ranked 2nd in their discipline,\nboth moving up from 3rd last year. Civil Engineering maintained its 3rd place ranking\nand Environmental Engineering moved up two spots, also ranking 3rd. Electrical\nEngineering moved up to 4th from 5th last year.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Management maintained it 28th\u003Csup\u003E\n\u003C\/sup\u003Eranking this year.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;The Institute\u2019s internships and cooperative education\nprograms are also highlighted in \u201cPrograms to Look For\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology sustained its top-10 ranking among public\nuniversities, according to the recently released U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u2019s\nBest Colleges for undergraduate rankings.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"U.S. News Ranks Tech 7th among public institutions"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2011-09-13 08:05:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:09","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64544":{"id":"64544","type":"image","title":"photo of Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449176753","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:53","changed":"1475894567","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:47","alt":"photo of Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"192011","name":"tom99309.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tom99309_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tom99309_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":60499,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tom99309_0.jpg?itok=vaVCVEpY"}}},"media_ids":["64544"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/rankings","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"3399","name":"G.P. 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The IdeasLab is a unique format during the meeting in which the world\u2019s top academic institutions present their current thinking and the audience interacts on their ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMacIntyre and Bogost will also be filming a short documentary at the meeting that profiles their research work, and Mynatt will be participating in an executive think tank on Innovation and Energy Technology hosted by NBC, Harvard Business Review, Caixin Media and Shell.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBesides holding meetings, the World Economic Forum produces a series of research reports and engages its members in sector-specific initiatives.\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech faculty members have been asked to be academic partners on three studies for the forum.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERenu Kulkarni, founder \u0026amp; executive director of FutureMedia and principal research associate at Georgia Tech, will be serving on a World Economic Forum Steering Committee focused on \u201cThe Future of Content.\u0022 This committee, comprised of such global media companies as Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, comScore and Disney, will examine the disruptive role media is playing across many industries worldwide. 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Participants will be grouped and\ncharged with designing a durable, efficient and adaptable refugee camp.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EApplicants are teamed up based on their backgrounds and\nstrengths to create a well-rounded group able to consider the engineering,\nhumanitarian and health perspectives of the task at hand.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have a lot of global health students from Emory, so we\nneed more Tech students, especially engineers, to team up with them,\u201d said\nHayden Asquith, a business administration and industrial engineering major who\nis chairing the event for EWB-GT. 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Each group will present its design before a panel of\njudges at an open event on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the College of Management.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are no minimum requirements for participation;\ninterested students should \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtcasecomp.com\u0022\u003Eapply online by Saturday, Sept. 10\u003C\/a\u003E, either with a\ngroup or as individuals.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents from all areas of study are wanted to compete in a Siemens-sponsored case competition through Engineers Without Borders at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students from all areas of study are wanted to compete in a Siemens-sponsored case competition through Engineers Without Borders at Georgia Tech"}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-09-08 16:38:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:09","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69919":{"id":"69919","type":"image","title":"EWB Refugee Camp","body":null,"created":"1449177275","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:35","changed":"1475894614","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:34","alt":"EWB Refugee Camp","file":{"fid":"192862","name":"refugeecamp.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/refugeecamp_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/refugeecamp_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":476874,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/refugeecamp_0.jpg?itok=-r0Q-kMD"}}},"media_ids":["69919"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ewb-gt.org","title":"GT Engineers Without Borders"},{"url":"http:\/\/solvepeace.org\/","title":"Peacebuilding Solutions"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtcasecomp.com\/registration\/","title":"Georgia Tech Case Competition Registration"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"12386","name":"engineers without borders"},{"id":"167582","name":"siemens"}],"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:hasquith3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EHayden Asquith\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EGT Engineers Without Borders\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"69847":{"#nid":"69847","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Commemorate 9\/11 Tenth Anniversary","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the nation remembers and reflects upon the ten years that have passed since September 11, 2001, students will participate in campus-wide events throughout the weekend of the anniversary to remember those who were lost a decade ago.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn years past, a display of 3,000 flags graced the campus green space between the Student Center and Skiles; this year, that display will move to the Instructional Center lawn, still holding the significance of honoring lives lost in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. 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P. \u201cBud\u201d\nPeterson has awarded Don Giddens, who has led the nation\u2019s largest College of\nEngineering for the past decade, the title of \u201cDean Emeritus.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeterson\napproved the recommendation earlier this month, submitted on behalf of the\nCollege\u2019s nine school chairs and four associate deans. Achievements cited under\nGiddens\u2019 leadership, which formally ended June 30, include the College\u2019s\ninternational reputation for excellence in engineering, the preeminence of its\nfaculty and the growth of its sponsored research funding. During his tenure,\nthe College has awarded engineering degrees to nearly 25,000 graduates at the bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s and doctoral levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDon\u2019s\nenergy, enthusiasm and dedication to engineering is felt by those of us who\nhave had the pleasure of working with him,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cThe credit for our\nreputation for engineering excellence resides in the quality of our faculty, and\nwith this honor we recognize Don\u2019s leadership and stewardship, under which the\nCollege has flourished.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn alumnus of Georgia Tech three times over, Giddens has been a member of\nthe faculty for more than 40 years. He is the past\npresident of the American\u0026nbsp;Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers; this year, he will serve as president the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.asee.org\/\u0022\u003EAmerican Society for Engineering\nEducation\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGiddens,\nwho has served as dean since 2002, announced last fall his intention to step\ndown at the conclusion of the academic year. In addition to his professional activities, he plans to continue working\non his research in cardiovascular fluid mechanics on a part-time basis.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECommemorating a career of scholarship and service to Georgia Tech, President G. 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This\nyear\u0027s class boasts more\u0026nbsp;African American and\u0026nbsp;Hispanic students than\nlast year\u0026nbsp;as well as a record number of women for a freshman class at\nTech. Quality is also at an all-time high, with\u0026nbsp;the highest\nhigh school grade point average for a class at 3.88 and best average SAT score at\n2030.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are extremely proud of this year\u2019s\nfreshman class,\u201d said Georgia Tech\u2019s Director of Undergraduate Admissions Rick\nClark. \u201cNot only is this group extremely academically talented and\ndiverse ethnically and geographically, but their leadership potential,\nentrepreneurial spirit, innovative background and aspirations\nrepresent\u0026nbsp;exactly the type of students we are trying to recruit, enroll\nand graduate.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMore than 1,000 female students are in the\nincoming class, which is more than an 8 percent increase from three years ago. 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Tech was the only four-year public\ninstitution in Georgia to receive the recognition.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAt Georgia Tech, we recognize that all accomplishments come\nthrough people,\u201d said Scott Morris, associate vice president of Human\nResources. \u201cWe are so pleased to be recognized for our efforts to support and\ndevelop an outstanding workforce.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was recognized in four out of twelve\ncategories: confidence in senior leadership; job satisfaction; facilities,\nworkspace and security; and work\/life balance.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe results, released in The Chronicle\u2019s fourth annual\nreport on the academic workplace, are based on a survey of approximately 44,000\npeople at 310 institutions, including 245 four-year colleges. Honor Roll\nrecognition for four-year colleges was given to the 10 institutions in each\nsize division that were cited most often across all of the recognition\ncategories.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor example, relating to the facilities, workspaces and\nsecurity category, during the past 15 years, Georgia Tech has constructed and\nrenovated many campus facilities that serve as a vital backdrop for providing\nan innovative live, learn and work environment, including a significant\ninvestment in the human and ecological landscape.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe campus has also increased its focus on sustainability, establishing\nbuilding standards for environmental stewardship, sustainable design and energy\nmanagement and requiring that all building and renovation projects be designed\nand built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are absolutely honored to have been selected for this\nrecognition, but we are not content to rest on our laurels,\u201d said Morris. \u201cOur\ngoal is to be recognized in each of the twelve dimensions outlined in the\nsurvey.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo other Georgia colleges were included on the 2011 Honor\nRoll. Brenau University, Gainesville, Ga., was recognized in the small, four-year\ncategory, while East Georgia College in Swainsboro, Ga., was recognized in the\nsmall, two-year category.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to The Chronicle, the assessment process had two\ncomponents: a questionnaire about institutional characteristics and a\nfaculty\/staff questionnaire about individuals\u0027 evaluations of their\ninstitutions. The assessment also included an analysis of demographic data and\nworkplace policies at each participating college or university. The\nquestionnaires were administered online in March and April of this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESurvey respondents were asked to respond to 60 statements\nusing a five-point scale, ranging from \u0022strongly agree\u0022 to\n\u0022strongly disagree.\u0022 They were also asked to rate their satisfaction\nwith 18 benefits, respond to two open-ended questions, and answer 15\ndemographic questions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGreat Colleges to Work For\u201d is one of the largest and most\nrespected workplace-recognition programs in the country. The Chronicle worked\nwith ModernThink LLC, a human-resources-consulting firm that has conducted\nnumerous \u201cBest Places to Work\u201d programs involving more than 4,000\norganizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Institute honored for the third consecutive year"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the third consecutive year, the Georgia Institute of\nTechnology has been recognized on The Chronicle of Higher Education\u2019s 2011\n\u201cGreat Colleges To Work For\u201d Honor Roll. 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He will be introduced to the Tech community on Oct. 6 at a 20th-anniversary event for the Manufacturing Research Center.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDr. Wang is an internationally renowned scholar and leader who will oversee Georgia Tech\u2019s interdisciplinary manufacturing programs and their impact on economic development,\u201d said Steve Cross, executive vice president for research. \u201cThrough his leadership, we will see a renaissance in manufacturing in this state.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang will follow in the footsteps of Steven Danyluk, who served as the center\u2019s director from 1994 to 2010. In addition to his work at MaRC, Wang will also hold an appointment as a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOver the last 30 years, I have worked in various positions related to manufacturing \u2014 from operations and planning to strategy and policy,\u201d Wang said. \u201cThe approach we will take to reaching the center\u2019s goal of becoming the world\u2019s manufacturing thought leader and trendsetter is to create an innovation ecosystem. We will add substantial commercial, economic and societal values to Tech professors\u2019 inventions to license the technology to a company, create a joint venture or form a new spin-off company.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, Wang is director of the High-Performance Materials Institute at Florida State University. He also serves as an assistant vice president for research in engineering and holds the following three distinguished professorships: the Simon Ostrach Professor of Engineering, the FSU Distinguished Research Professor and the U.S. Department of Energy Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWang earned his bachelor\u2019s in industrial engineering from Tunghai University in Taiwan and his master\u2019s in industrial engineering and PhD from Pennsylvania State University.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStarting Jan. 1, 2012, Ben Wang will assume the role of Georgia Tech\u0027s chief manufacturing officer.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Starting Jan. 1, 2012, Ben Wang will assume the role of executive director of the Manufacturing Research Center (MaRC)."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-06-27 13:34:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:40","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68556":{"id":"68556","type":"image","title":"Ben Wang","body":null,"created":"1449177185","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:05","changed":"1475894594","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:14","alt":"Ben Wang","file":{"fid":"193333","name":"ben_wang.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ben_wang_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ben_wang_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3066794,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ben_wang_1.jpg?itok=mbjCepAh"}}},"media_ids":["68556"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.marc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Manufacturing Research Center (MARC)"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13523","name":"Ben Wang"},{"id":"13524","name":"executive director"},{"id":"13522","name":"Manufacturing Research Center"},{"id":"632","name":"marc"}],"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:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"68536":{"#nid":"68536","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Obama Taps Georgia Tech President for National Manufacturing Steering Committee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident Barack Obama today named Georgia Tech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson to the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership steering committee. The partnership will bring together industry, universities and the federal government to identify and invest in the key emerging technologies, such as information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology. The national initiative is designed to help U.S. manufacturers improve cost, quality and speed of production in order to remain globally competitive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe applaud this initiative, and Georgia Tech is honored to collaborate to identify ways to strengthen the manufacturing sector to help create jobs in Georgia and across the United States,\u201d said Peterson, who also serves as a member of the Secretary of Commerce\u0027s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe steering committee will guide the efforts of industry leaders, federal agency heads and university presidents, and will partner universities with industry and government agencies to develop new research and education agendas related to advanced manufacturing. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe president also announced a new National Robotics Initiative as part of the advanced manufacturing and technology focus. Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of Robotics for Georgia Tech, serves as an academic and research leader on the National Robotics Initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Christensen, this is a critical time for the U.S. While the last 25 years saw tremendous progress due to the Internet, the next game-changing revolution will be robotics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRobotics technology addresses a number of our nation\u2019s most critical needs, including reinvigorating the U.S. manufacturing base, protecting our citizens and soldiers, caring for our aging population, preserving our environment, and reducing our dependence on foreign oil,\u201d Christensen said. \u201cThrough the National Robotics Initiative, the United States can regain our leadership position from Europe, Japan and South Korea, both in terms of basic research and in terms of the application of the technology to secure future growth. As home to one of the nation\u2019s top robotics programs, Georgia Tech is an enthusiastic member of this strategic effort.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Advanced Manufacturing Partnership will commit to form a multiuniversity, collaborative framework for the sharing of educational materials and best practices relating to advanced manufacturing and its linkage to the innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESusan Hockfield, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Andrew Liveries of Dow Chemical are chairing the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership steering committee.\u0026nbsp; In addition to Peterson, other committee members include University of California at Berkley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, Stanford President John Hennessy and Carnegie Mellon President Jared Cohon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMany of our challenges can be solved through innovation and fostering an entrepreneurial environment, as well as collaboration between industry, education and government to create a healthy economic environment and an educated workforce,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cThis collaborative effort will facilitate job creation and global competitiveness and is a component of Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plan.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"College of Computing Professor Leads National Robotics Roadmap"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHenrik Christensen (\u003Cem\u003EInteractive Computing\u003C\/em\u003E), \nKUKA Chair of Robotics for Georgia Tech, to serve as an academic and \nresearch leader on a new National Robotics Initiative announced by President Obama today. \u003Cem\u003ESource: GT Communications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2011-06-24 15:34:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:37","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13503","name":"Advanced Manufactuing"},{"id":"13504","name":"Advanced Manufacturing Partnership steering committee"},{"id":"2675","name":"economic"},{"id":"11890","name":"henrik christensen"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"13502","name":"President G.P."},{"id":"769","name":"President Obama"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"68518":{"#nid":"68518","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech President Participates in National Manufacturing Initiative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\nTech President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson is participating in a national meeting\nfocused on advanced manufacturing today in Pittsburgh. The gathering is part of\nPresident Barack Obama\u2019s initiative focused on making American manufacturing\nmore competitive. Peterson will be among six university presidents who will\nmeet with the president on the subject.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EObama\ninvited leaders from industry, government and higher education to help\nestablish a national manufacturing agenda. He will announce several actions\nbeing implemented by his administration including the creation of an Advanced\nManufacturing Partnership, to be spearheaded by leaders from top engineering\nuniversities and several major U.S. manufacturers. President Obama\u0027s speech, held in\nCarnegie Mellon University\u2019s National Robotics Engineering Center, will be\nstreamed online at the following link:\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/live\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003E http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/live\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\npresident is expected to discuss establishing U.S. leadership in\nnext-generation robotics. Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of Robotics at Georgia\nTech who serves as an academic and research leader on the National Robotics\nInitiative, will also participate in the summit.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\nam very pleased to be a part of this effort that brings together government,\nindustry and research universities to design solutions to ensure America\u2019s\nmanufacturing competitiveness now and in the future,\u201d Peterson said.\u0026nbsp; \u201cGeorgia Tech is an economic engine for the state\nof Georgia, and we are honored to work in concert with other universities,\nindustries and the government to foster economic development and help create jobs\non a national level as well.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording\nto Peterson, commercialization is deeply ingrained in the mission of the\nInstitute. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia\nTech will continue to play an important role in assisting the American\nmanufacturing sector in becoming more competitive,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPeterson\nalso serves as a member of the Secretary of Commerce\u0027s National Advisory\nCouncil on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\nTech President G. 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Giddens, dean of the College of Engineering. \u201cDr.\nAmmons is a well-rounded educator and administrator, and we look forward to the\ndevelopment of new curriculum, service and research endeavors.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAmmons currently holds the rank of professor and also has served as associate\ndean for faculty affairs in the College of Engineering since 2004. She is the\nauthor or co-author of more than 100 refereed and technical publications in the\narea of manufacturing systems and supply chain engineering with a special\ninterest in developing closed-loop, environmentally sustainable systems. Ammons\nhas served in several school, college and Institute capacities, including as the\nNational Science Foundation ADVANCE professor of engineering from 2002 to 2005.\nShe has been principal or co-principal investigator on a variety of sponsored\nresearch programs, having enjoyed support from both industry and federal\nfunding agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to her research and institutional\nservice activities, Ammons has been highly active in professional service\nexternal to Georgia Tech. Ammons is a past president of the Institute of\nIndustrial Engineers and has chaired the National Science Foundation Engineering\nAdvisory Committee. She is a member of the Technical Committee for the Uganda:\nMillennium Science Initiative Project, co-financed by the World Bank, and\nserves as a program evaluator for ABET, Inc., the engineering education\naccreditation organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, Ammons has been honored with eight\nteaching\/faculty awards at the school and university levels. In addition to her\nacademic experience, Ammons has worked as a plant engineer for an industrial\nmanufacturer and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering is the largest academic program of its kind in the\nworld with a strong foundation in optimization, stochastics, simulation and\nstatistics. With the recent release of the 2012 \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E, ISyE again was ranked as the No. 1 graduate\nprogram of its kind, making this the 21st\u0026nbsp;consecutive number one\nranking.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a national search, Jane Chumley Ammons has been named the chair\nof the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the\nGeorgia Institute of Technology, effective July 1.\u0026nbsp;Ammons is the first woman to be named a school chair in Georgia Tech\u2019s\nCollege of Engineering.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Jane Chumley Ammons named chair of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-06-06 09:11:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:49","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66390":{"id":"66390","type":"image","title":"Jane Chumley Ammons, ISyE school chair","body":null,"created":"1449177169","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:49","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"Jane Chumley Ammons, ISyE school chair","file":{"fid":"193308","name":"janeammons-georgiatech_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/janeammons-georgiatech_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/janeammons-georgiatech_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":609953,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/janeammons-georgiatech_0_0.jpg?itok=1MguCo8R"}}},"media_ids":["66390"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/","title":"Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13335","name":"College of Engineering; H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; School Chair; Jane Chumley Ammons"}],"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":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65972":{"#nid":"65972","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Gary May Named Dean of the College of Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a national search,\nGary S. May, alumnus, professor and current chair of Electrical and Computer\nEngineering, has been appointed as the next dean of Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECollege of\nEngineering\u003C\/a\u003E, effective July 1. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGary exemplifies the type of\nleadership qualities we hope to instill in each of our students,\u201d Provost\nRafael L. Bras said. \u201cAs a faculty member, administrator and representative of\nGeorgia Tech, his impact on his profession and on this institution has been\nprofound.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMay will succeed Don Giddens, who will be stepping down as dean of the College of Engineering, a post he has held since 2002, and retiring from the Institute at the end of June.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs\ndean, May will assume responsibility for directing the nation\u2019s largest\nengineering program, one that enrolls nearly 60 percent of Georgia Tech\u2019s student\nbody and is home to about half of its tenured and tenure-track faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\nam grateful for the opportunity to lead a premier institution like the College\nof Engineering,\u201d said May. \u201cIt is truly an honor and a privilege to be\nentrusted with one of the world\u2019s most respected brands, and I am looking\nforward to working with faculty across the college to advance the quality of our\neducation and research programs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA native of St. Louis,\nMissouri, May earned his bachelor\u2019s in electrical engineering at Georgia Tech as a student in Georgia Tech\u0027s Cooperative Education Program, a five-year accredited, academic program in which students alternate semesters of full-time study with semesters of full-time, paid employment directly related to their major. Current College of Engineering Dean Giddens was also a co-op student at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor his graduate studies, May\u0026nbsp;pursued\u0026nbsp;both his master\u2019s and doctoral degrees from the University of\nCalifornia, Berkeley. He returned to Tech as an assistant professor in 1991,\nachieving full professor status in 2000. Two years later he was tapped by\nthen-President Wayne Clough to serve as his faculty executive assistant, a role\nthat introduced him to administrative responsibilities at an institutional\nlevel.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMay,\nwho has chaired the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E since 2005, shared\nhis aspirations for the future of the college during a public presentation last\nmonth.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy vision is to create an\nenvironment where anyone with the aptitude and inclination to study engineering\nwill want to come to Georgia Tech,\u201d he said. In partnership with colleagues in\nthe other colleges, he added, \u201cwe will build a community of scholars to address\nthe issues and challenges of the world through technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGary\u2019s\nrecord of scholarship, his collaborative nature and his tireless mentorship to\nstudents are admirable,\u201d President Bud Peterson said. \u201cWe are very excited about the future of engineering\neducation and research at Georgia Tech under Gary\u2019s leadership.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBras thanked the members of\nthe search committee for their service, as well as the members of the larger\ncampus community who participated in the evaluation process.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\nconducted an international search to identify the best possible candidates to\nlead our largest academic unit,\u201d Bras said. \u201cThat the final choice for this\nmost important and desirable position is one of our own , as a graduate,\nprofessor and academic leader, speaks to the excellence of Georgia Tech.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFollowing a national search, Gary S. May, alumnus, professor and current chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been appointed as the next dean of Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, effective July 1.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Alumnus to lead Georgia Tech\u0027s largest academic unit."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-05-06 08:59:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:41","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"2078","name":"dean"},{"id":"2484","name":"Gary May"},{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"66011":{"#nid":"66011","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Engineering Schools form Consortium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEngineering schools in Georgia have collaborated to form the\nGeorgia Consortium of Engineering Schools (GCES) dedicated to the promotion and\nenhancement of engineering education in Georgia.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBy providing opportunities for Georgia\u2019s engineering deans\nto gather and discuss the crucial issues facing their schools, as well as the\nengineering profession, the GCES will seek to expand the depth and breadth of\nengineering educational and professional opportunities in the state. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFounding members of the organization are the University of\nGeorgia, Southern Polytechnic State University, Mercer University, Georgia\nSouthern University, and Georgia Institute of Technology.\u0026nbsp; The Georgia Consortium of Engineering Schools\nwill have its inaugural meeting at Southern Polytechnic State University on May\n23, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cWith the growth of\nengineering programs within the University System of Georgia, it is important\nthat the engineering deans of the participating institutions met regularly and\ncoordinate our efforts on behalf of the state,\u201d said Don P. Giddens, dean of\nGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering. \u201cCreating a formal group through which\ncommunications and synergistic efforts can be effective is an important step in\nmaximizing the impact of limited State resources and also will provide a\nmechanism to serve our students better. Georgia Tech is enthusiastic over this\napproach.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEngineering schools in Georgia have collaborated to form the\nGeorgia Consortium of Engineering Schools (GCES) dedicated to the promotion and\nenhancement of engineering education in Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Engineering schools in Georgia have collaborated to form a consortium dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of engineering education in Georgia."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-05-06 17:14:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:41","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13065","name":"College of Engineering; Georgia Engineering Schools Consortium"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKay Kinard, Director of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-7358\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Kay.Kinard@coe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65889":{"#nid":"65889","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech eDemocracy Project Wins CASE Grant","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Campus\nCommunity Partnership Foundation (CCPF) honored a group of Tech students with\nits Community Academic Service Entrepreneur (CASE) grant for their proposal of\nProject Redistrict.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe project\u2019s\nobjective is to generate public awareness of political issues related to voting\ndistricts, proposing a mathematical algorithm to automatically redistrict\nregions using census data. Project Redistrict, a project of Georgia Tech\neDemocracy, has the long-term goal of constructing an intuitive website that\nredistricts areas based on parameters such as population equality, density and\ncontiguity.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe team worked\nvery hard throughout the term and is very excited to be awarded this grant,\u201d\nsaid Sheetul Hassan, a third-year materials science and engineering student and\nteam leader for the project. \u201cThe grant money will be used primarily for\nimprovement of our innovation through community outreach programs and in\nmuch-needed software. This is a great honor and we look forward to the future\nsuccess of this project.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETeam members\ninclude industrial and systems engineering students Charlotte Huang, Swetha\nKrishnakumar and Xiaotong Yang; computer science student Himani Manglani; and\npublic policy student Stephanie Noble. Rich DeMillo, distinguished professor in\nthe College of Computing, served as faculty advisor. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe honor\nincludes $1,000 for project implementation, $500 in student scholarships and a\n$1,000 stipend to DeMillo. The team will be presented with certificates of\nmerit at Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson\u2019s office on May 5.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Campus\nCommunity Partnership Foundation (CCPF) honored a group of Tech students with\nits CASE grant.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Campus Community Partnership Foundation (CCPF) honored a group of Tech students with its CASE grant."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-05-02 08:32:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:38","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/edemocracy.vip.gatech.edu\/projectredistrict\/","title":"Project Redistrict"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.c2pf.org\/","title":"Campus Community Partnership Foundation"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.servicebook.org\/content\/view\/303\/124\/","title":"About the CASE grant"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13007","name":"campus community partner foundation"},{"id":"13008","name":"community academic service entrepreneur grant"},{"id":"1422","name":"grants"}],"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:kristen.shaw@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Shaw\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65778":{"#nid":"65778","#data":{"type":"news","title":"How Fire Ants Build Waterproof Rafts","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s a naturally occurring phenomenon that has puzzled biologists for\ndecades: \u0026nbsp;Place a single fire ant in\nwater and it will struggle. But a group of fire ants will bind together and\nfloat effortlessly for days. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\nTech researchers \u2013 \u0026nbsp;Nathan Mlot, mechanical engineering graduate student; Craig Tovey, professor of industrial and systems\nengineering; and David Hu, joint professor of mechanical engineering and biology\u0026nbsp;\u2013 have solved the mystery of how fire ants self-assemble\ninto a waterproof raft.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing\ntime-lapse photography and mathematical modeling, the Georgia Tech team found\nthat fire ants act collaboratively rather than individually to form a\nwater-repellant, buoyant raft. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA\npaper describing the research, titled \u201cFire ants self-assemble into waterproof\nrafts to survive floods,\u201d was published April 25 in the early edition of the\njournal \u003Cem\u003EProceedings of the National\nAcademy of Sciences\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s\na real thrill unraveling what at first looks like chaos,\u201d Tovey said. \u201cTo\nunderstand what the individual behaviors are and how they combine in order to\nachieve the function of the group is the central puzzle one encounters when\nstudying social insects.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAn\nindividual ant\u2019s exoskeleton is moderately hydrophobic. But fire ants enhance\ntheir water repellency by linking their bodies together, a process similar to\nthe weaving of a waterproof fabric, researchers said. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBy\nfreezing the ants, the Georgia Tech team observed that fire ants construct\nrafts when placed in water by gripping each other with mandibles, claw and\nadhesive pads at a force 400 times their body weight.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nresult is a viscous and elastic material that is almost like a fluid composed\nof ant \u201cmolecules,\u201d researchers said. The ants spread out from a sphere into a\npancake-shaped raft that resisted perturbations and submergence techniques.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETo\ndetermine how this is possible, Tovey and the team tracked the ants\u2019 travel and\nmeasured the raft\u2019s dimensions. They found the ants move using a stereotyped\nsequence of behavior. The ants walk in straight lines, ricocheting off the\nedges of the raft and walking again until finally adhering to an edge, Tovey\nsaid. The ant raft is water repellent because of cooperative behavior.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nant raft provides cohesion, buoyancy and water repellency to its passengers. Even\nmore remarkable, it is self-assembled quickly, in less than 100 seconds. It is also\nself-healing, meaning if one ant is removed from the raft, others move in to\nfill the void.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSelf-assembly\nand self-healing are hallmarks of living organisms,\u201d Hu said. \u201cThe ant raft\ndemonstrates both these abilities, providing another example that an ant colony\nbehaves like a super organism.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nresearch could have application to logistics and operations research and\nmaterial sciences, specifically the construction of man-made flotation devices.\nIt also could impact the field of robotics, the team said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith\nthe ants, we have a group of unintelligent units acting on a few behaviors that\nallow them to build complex structures and accomplish tasks,\u201d Mlot said. \u201cIn autonomous\nrobotics, that\u2019s what is desired\u2014to have robots follow a few simple rules for\nan end result.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUsing time-lapse photography and mathematical modeling, the Georgia Tech team found that fire ants act collaboratively rather than individually to form a water-repellant, buoyant raft.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers have solved the mystery of how fire ants self-assemble into a waterproof raft."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-04-26 08:17:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:38","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65777":{"id":"65777","type":"image","title":"Fire ant raft","body":null,"created":"1449176884","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:04","changed":"1475894582","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:02","alt":"Fire ant raft","file":{"fid":"193262","name":"Ant_raft.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ant_raft_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ant_raft_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1179897,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Ant_raft_1.jpg?itok=K-pyBNvj"}}},"media_ids":["65777"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/antlab.gatech.edu\/antlab\/Home.html","title":"Georgia Tech Ant Lab"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2011\/04\/20\/1016658108","title":"PNAS article"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12938","name":"Fire ants; water repellant raft; college of engineering; david hu; craig tovey; nathan mlot"}],"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":["Klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65642":{"#nid":"65642","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Remembering Tech\u2019s Beloved Dean of Students","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn honor of Tech\u2019s 125th birthday year, we\u2019re partnering with Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine to highlight a piece of Tech history. This issue\u2019s topic: Dean Griffin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe following excerpt is number 6 on the list \u201c125 Pieces of Tech History,\u201d featured in the September\/October 2010 issue of Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine: \u003Cbr \/\u003EOne of Dean of Students George Griffin\u2019s hats hangs on display in the Alumni House. Griffin was hailed as \u201cMister Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 1946, Griffin, \u201cwith his obvious love of people, unfailing sense of humor and talent for dealing with students and faculty, was an overwhelming choice for dean of students,\u201d said a tribute written for the unveiling of a portrait of him in the Alumni House. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter retiring in 1964, Griffin was named dean of students emeritus, and he opened a job placement service on campus for alumni over age 40. 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The following panelists participated:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPinar Keskinocak, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUsha C. 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Bras, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. \u201cThe submitted proposals mesh well with our strategic plan, and that was our hope.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program has two purposes. The first aims to facilitate planning for large extramural proposals \u2014 those that are of strategic value to the Institute and have more than $500,000 in direct costs per year. The second provides support for feasibility studies of transformative ideas in research and\/or education. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cInnovation in research is critical for us to lead and set the science, technology and policy agenda for the United States and the world,\u201d said Steve Cross, executive vice president for research. \u201cI am happy to support GT FIRE in stimulating faculty thinking and creativity.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunding of up to $4,000 per group is available on an ongoing basis for large extramural proposals and can be requested for costs associated with workshops, meetings, retreats and limited travel. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunding of up to $40,000 for up to two years is available for transformative research and education proposals for costs associated with feasibility studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo proposals have received funding to assist in planning for extramural grants including one from Ken Sandhage, on behalf of the Materials Council, for a workshop titled, \u201cThe Future of Materials Characterization at Georgia Tech,\u201d and another from Bojan Petrovic, Glenn Sjoden and Farzad Rahnema of the School of Mechanical Engineering to facilitate planning for a $7.5 million, multidiscipline, multi-institution, Tech-led Department of Energy Integrated Research Project research proposal.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOut of an initial 42 submitted transformative proposals, the following three research-related ideas and four education-related ideas were selected for funding:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor Research\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDeterminants of \u2018Innocence:\u2019 Modeling Exoneration Via Innocence Project Data, Kobi Abayomi, Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDevelopment of Aptamers for Gene Targeting, Francesca Storici, School of Biology \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEpigenomic Divergence between Primates and Evolution of Human Disease, Soojin Yi, School of Biology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor Education\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEducating a Biotechnology Policy and Security Workforce, Margaret Kosal, School of International Affairs, and Robert Butera, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAdvancing Science Process Skill Development through Inquiry-based Biology Laboratory Classes, Cara Gormally and Joseph Montoya, School of Biology \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInterdisciplinary Undergraduate Design Minor, David Rosen, School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETechnology Commercialization and Innovation in the Global Economy, Marie Thursby, College of Management\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESubmissions were reviewed by a committee consisting of faculty members from across campus, with Ravi Bellamkonda, associate vice president for research, and Ray Vito, vice provost for graduate and undergraduate studies, leading the group. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe GT FIRE program is the first of many initiatives on campus to foster and stimulate innovation,\u201d Vito said. \u201cThere were more worthy ideas than we could support. But our offices will work to support these programs in other ways.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo apply, contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:monique@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMonique Tavares\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInspiring innovation in research and education is at the heart of Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plan, which is why the Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Provost have created the Georgia Tech Fund for Innovation in Research and Education (GT FIRE).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Inspiring innovation in research and education is at the heart of Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plan, which is why the Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Provost have created the Georgia Tech Fund for Innovation in Research and E"}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-04-01 14:08:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:30","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65317":{"id":"65317","type":"image","title":"Innovation Light Bulb","body":null,"created":"1449176831","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:07:11","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Innovation Light Bulb","file":{"fid":"193207","name":"innovation.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/innovation.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/innovation.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1621208,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/innovation.jpg?itok=-AEK9Aq8"}}},"media_ids":["65317"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/vision\/","title":"Georgia Tech Strategic Vision"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1432","name":"education"},{"id":"364","name":"Funding"},{"id":"12629","name":"GT FIRE"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"167299","name":"strategic planning"}],"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:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65278":{"#nid":"65278","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Japan Outreach and Impact","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlthough\nother global events may now be taking center stage in the media, Japan remains\na country in crisis. The Georgia Institute of Technology continues to respond\nto the disaster on a number of fronts.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutreach by Georgia Tech Students\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough the\nStudent Government Association\u2019s Tech Cares for Japan initiative, credit card\nor BuzzCard donations can now be made at the following link: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/epay.gatech.edu\/C20793_ustores\/web\/store_main.jsp?STOREID=126\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/epay.gatech.edu\/C20793_ustores\/web\/store_main.jsp?STOREID=126\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFunds collected\nthrough this link and other efforts will be consolidated into a single check\nand presented to the American Red Cross on behalf of Georgia Tech students.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETech Cares\nfor Japan has also kicked off a \u201c1,000 cranes\u201d fundraising effort. Volunteers\nwill staff a table near Einstein Bros. 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This decision impacts\nnot only students who planned to participate in programs this spring, but also a\ntotal of 22 students who were scheduled to participate in summer work and study\nabroad programs. \u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E Georgia Tech is working with students whose programs are canceled to \ntry to minimize the negative consequences for the students.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\nis also reaching out to students in Japan. 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Chemical engineering\nranked just outside the top ten at No. 11.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201cThe sustained excellence of our College of\nEngineering rankings serve as a testament to our outstanding faculty, staff and\nstudents,\u201d said Georgia Tech President\nG.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson. \u201cAs we move forward to define our future, our excellence\nin architecture, engineering, business, science\u0026nbsp; and technology \u2013 and how\nthey interface with public policy and the liberal arts \u2013 will continue to\nprovide a unique resource for interdisciplinary innovation.\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia\nTech College of Management full-time MBA program was ranked No. 28, while the\nInstitute\u0027s part-time MBA program moved up seven spots to No. 17.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia\nInstitute of Technology\u2019s College of Engineering ranked No.4 for the seventh\nconsecutive year in U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s annual list of the best\nAmerican graduate school programs.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Engineering remains among top four graduate schools in the nation."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2011-03-15 09:44:46","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:22","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64559":{"id":"64559","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449176753","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:53","changed":"1475894567","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:47","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"192020","name":"tai91269.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tai91269_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tai91269_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5836,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tai91269_0.jpg?itok=bXGEgfJZ"}}},"media_ids":["64559"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu\/","title":"Graduate Admissions"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"560","name":"chemical engineering"},{"id":"1897","name":"Civil Engineering"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"2008","name":"College of Management"},{"id":"1922","name":"environmental engineering"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"2448","name":"Graduate Rankings"},{"id":"1191","name":"industrial engineering"},{"id":"12377","name":"Materials Engineering"},{"id":"1209","name":"MBA"},{"id":"541","name":"Mechanical Engineering"},{"id":"12376","name":"Nuclear Engineering"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"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":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"65270":{"#nid":"65270","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Engineers Without Borders Earns Accolades, Fundraises for Cameroon","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations go to the Georgia Tech chapter of Engineers Without \nBorders (EWB-GT), which was honored for its creation of a sustainable \nsolar sanitation system at the National Collegiate Inventors and \nInnovators Alliance\u2019s Open Minds competition last weekend in Washington,\n D.C. The team won first place in the event\u0027s video competition and was named runner-up for the People\u0027s Choice award. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe group designed a latrine that uses solar energy to inactivate\ndisease-causing pathogens in waste and render it safe to use as fertilizer. The\nproject is a collaboration of EWB-GT students, the Georgia Tech Research\nInstitute (GTRI), Emory University\u2019s Rollins School of Public Health and\ncommunity leaders in Bolivia where the team has worked on installing protoypes\nof the system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn many communities, water is too precious to use for\ntransporting waste,\u201d said Kevin Caravati, research scientist at GTRI, which led\nto the group\u2019s investigation of dry sanitation methods. The sanitized waste\n\u201ccan be used as fertilizer for biofuel crops or cotton, but people do use it\nfor food, so we must make sure it\u2019s safe \u2014 that\u2019s where Emory and the Centers\nfor Disease Control help us out.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the solar latrine project, EWB-GT currently\nhas projects in Honduras and Cameroon; on Thursday, April 7, they\u2019re hosting an event\nto recognize \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.worldwaterday.org\/\u0022\u003EWorld Water Day\u003C\/a\u003E, which officially fell during the Institute\u2019s spring\nbreak, with their \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=64964\u0022\u003EMungoa-goa Challenge\u003C\/a\u003E on Freshman Hill. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the challenge, participants will race their friends up the hill while carrying five\ngallons of water to raise awareness for the one billion people who lack access\nto clean drinking water. Donations at the event will go to the Cameroon project\nteam, which plans to travel there this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Cameroon group is ready to really get into\nimplementation,\u201d said Chris Donegia, president of EWB-GT. In December 2010, the\nCameroon group began implementing a water distribution system in the village of\nMungoa-goa by starting the installation of a solar-powered well. \u201cThat\ncommunity is great \u2014 they have a whole list of projects they want to do.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEWB as an organization designs and implements sustainable,\ncommunity-driven engineering projects that foster leadership within communities\nand among students. EWB in the United States formed in 2002; the Tech chapter\nemerged three years later.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations go to the Georgia Tech chapter of Engineers Without \nBorders (EWB-GT), which was honored for its creation of a sustainable \nsolar sanitation system at the National Collegiate Inventors and \nInnovators Alliance\u2019s Open Minds competition last weekend in Washington,\n D.C. 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W. Woodruff School\nof Mechanical Engineering, received her master\u2019s and doctoral degrees from\nGeorgia Tech in mechanical engineering. She also holds a master\u2019s degree in\naerospace engineering from a French \u201cGrande Ecole,\u201d EPF, the first engineering\nschool in France to admit only women.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Women in Engineering program is dedicated\nto recruiting top female students into engineering majors and, once enrolled,\nto ensure the highest level of retention by fostering an environment that\nencourages curiosity, creativity and intellectual and personal growth. The\nprogram strives to redefine the engineering profession as a positive societal\nforce with the potential to improve the quality of life through the creation of\nworld changing technologies. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is home of the largest engineering program in\nthe country and graduates more women engineers than any other institute in the\nU.S. \u0026nbsp;Since 1990, Georgia Tech has\nincreased the number of women awarded engineering degrees by 70 percent. In\nFall 2010, the College of Engineering enrolled almost 12,000 students with a\nfemale enrollment of more than 2,600.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EValle has taught at Georgia Tech since 2004 both in civil\nand environmental engineering and mechanical engineering. She has also been on\nthe faculty of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the University of\nMaine. She spent several years in private industry with the MetLife Group as a\nbusiness analyst.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile at Tech, Valle has received numerous awards including\nan Amelia Earhart Zonta Foundation Fellowship, the Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis\nAward, and the CETL Undergraduate Educator Award.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristine Valle,\u0026nbsp;an academic professional in the G. W. Woodruff School\nof Mechanical Engineering, \u0026nbsp;will direct the Georgia Tech Women in Engineering program, which is dedicated to recruiting top female students into engineering majors and, once\nenrolled, to ensure the highest level of retention by fostering an environment\nthat encourages curiosity, creativity and intellectual and personal growth.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Christine Valle to lead recruiting program for top female students."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-03-28 11:19:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:26","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65181":{"id":"65181","type":"image","title":"Dr. Christine Valle","body":null,"created":"1449176801","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:41","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Dr. Christine Valle","file":{"fid":"192186","name":"ap-valie.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ap-valie_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ap-valie_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":59978,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ap-valie_0.JPG?itok=JVoVQws7"}}},"media_ids":["65181"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12518","name":"College of Engineering; Women in Engineering program; Christine Valle"}],"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":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"64936":{"#nid":"64936","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Computer System Predicts NCAA Basketball Tournament Picks","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou don\u2019t need a\ncrystal ball to win your NCAA basketball March Madness bracket pool this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJust check out the predictions\nby LRMC (Logistic Regression Markov Chain), the computer ranking system\ndesigned by three professors at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIt predicts this year\u2019s NCAA\nFinal Four matchups will most likely be Ohio State vs. Duke and Kansas vs.\nBrigham Young University (BYU), with Ohio State beating Kansas for the\nchampionship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe southeast region has the\nbiggest likelihood of first-round upsets by double-digit seeds, with Michigan\nState, Gonzaga, Utah State and Belmont looking like all good candidates.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSince one of BYU\u2019s best\nplayers left the team, the southeast region is really wide open,\u201d said Joel\nSokol, operations research professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the 2000 season, LRMC\nhas correctly predicted the outcomes of more NCAA tournament games than\ncompeting ranking systems and major polls.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELast year, LRMC correctly\npredicted the winners of 51 out of 64 NCAA games \u2013 beating out more than 50 of\nthe top ranking sites. In 2008, the system predicted not only the Final Four,\nfinal two and the eventual victor, but also several upsets in earlier rounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDeveloped by Georgia Tech\nProfessors Joel Sokol, Paul Kvam and George Nemhauser, with assistance from\nMark Brown, math professor at City College of New York, LRMC utilizes data such\nas home court advantage, scores, teams competing and margin of victory in past\nperformances to calculate likely victors.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBut it also uses statistical\nmethods to determine potential underdogs, which Kvam calls the \u201csix degrees of\nKevin Bacon approach.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe system bounces from\nteam to team looking at their results, trying to hone in on who is really No.\n1,\u201d Sokol said. \u201cThe team that it keeps coming back to most often is our No. 1,\nand so on.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWith 68 teams vying for college\nbasketball\u0027s biggest prize, more teams than ever before, the tournament can\nalways be affected by upset, injuries or last-second, buzzer-beating baskets.\nThat\u2019s the human factor where LRMC predictions can falter.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the system has proven\nmore reliable with its predictions than the NCAA\u2019s own Ratings Percentage Index\n(RPI). Historically, the\u0026nbsp;upgraded LRMC method has picked the winner of\nmore than 74 percent of tournament\u0026nbsp;games correctly, while the RPI has been\nright less than 70 percent of the time.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESokol recommends starting\nwith LRMC predictions and making tweaks based on your own personal knowledge or\npreference.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s like Watson,\u201d Sokol\nsaid of the IBM Supercomputer that appeared on \u201cJeopardy!\u201d last month. \u201cOverall\nLRMC is likely to be better than others, but every once in a while it says\nsomething that you look at and say, \u2018How could that be?\u2019\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELRMC predicts this year\u2019s NCAA Final Four matchups will most likely be Ohio State vs. Duke and Kansas vs. Brigham Young University,\u0026nbsp;with Ohio State beating Kansas\nfor the championship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Check out the predictions by LRMC (Logistic Regression Markov Chain), a computer ranking system designed by three Georgia Tech professors."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-03-14 10:14:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:22","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"55507":{"id":"55507","type":"image","title":"Joel Sokol, ISyE associate professor","body":null,"created":"1449175533","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:45:33","changed":"1475894491","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:31","alt":"Joel Sokol, ISyE associate professor","file":{"fid":"190304","name":"Sokol_Joel_-_Bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sokol_Joel_-_Bust_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sokol_Joel_-_Bust_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2017737,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Sokol_Joel_-_Bust_0.jpg?itok=ZPDPAkd7"}}},"media_ids":["55507"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jsokol\/profspicks\/profspicks11.htm","title":"LRMC bracket"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.lrmc.gatech.edu\/","title":"Background on LRMC system"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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OIE has made\ncontact with the students and has learned that all are safe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E In addition, Jill Burya, assistant director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Work Abroad Program, was traveling in Japan on a Department of Education grant when the earthquake hit. She has safely returned to the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech also has 35 students enrolled from Japan. OIE is\ncontacting these students to offer support and counseling services in\nthis potential time of need. For those who may have family or friends\nin Japan, the Georgia Tech Counseling Center provides a variety of\nservices\nto students and the greater campus community. See the Counseling\nCenter\u0027s website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.counseling.gatech.edu\/index.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.counseling.gatech.edu\/index.php\u003C\/a\u003E,\nfor\nadditional details.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, throughout the day, Georgia Tech researchers have provided\ntheir insight and expertise to the media and the public through ABC, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, CNN,\nCNN en Espa\u00f1ol, the Weather Channel, Fox News and other national news\norganizations. As this natural disaster transitions from a response to\nrecovery situation, Georgia Tech will be involved in the research arena\nin terms of evaluating the impact of the earthquake and translating\nthat knowledge into useful information designed to help mitigate future\ndisasters.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will continue to monitor the impact of the earthquake in\nJapan, the Pacific and other affected areas and stands ready to offer\nthe Institute\u0027s assistance and expertise.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of\u0026nbsp; International Education (OIE) is\ncontacting students to offer support and counseling services in\nthis potential time of need. 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How can we be better prepared to prevent, mitigate or\nimprove disaster response? \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERepresentatives from the humanitarian sector, government, nonprofits\nand academia will address these questions and more at the 3rd annual Health and\nHumanitarian Logistics Conference, to be held March 3-4 at Georgia Tech\u2019s\nGlobal Learning Center.\u0026nbsp;The conference is open to the public.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe conference will play an important role in highlighting\nthe key issues and challenges in the health and humanitarian sectors and will\nhelp build bridges, enable the exchange of ideas and establish collaborations\nacross different players,\u201d said Pinar Keskinocak, professor in the School of\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EParticipants from across the globe \u2013 countries such as\nCanada, Colombia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, India, Kenya, the\nNetherlands, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda, and Zambia \u2013 are\nexpected to attend the conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and The UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of\nUnited Parcel Service, are sponsors of this year\u0027s conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2028\u0022UPS has become a leading force in urgent humanitarian\nrelief with the logistics expertise, technology and assets we can bring,\u0022\nsaid Ken Sternad, president of The UPS Foundation.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Working with\npartners like Georgia Tech helps UPS to extend its support for our communities\nin preparedness, response and recovery in times of disaster.\u0022 \u2028\u2028\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Global Learning Center is located at 84\nFifth St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30308.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERepresentatives from the humanitarian sector, government, nonprofits\nand academia will address these questions and more at the 3rd annual Health and\nHumanitarian Logistics Conference, to be held March 3-4 at Georgia Tech\u2019s\nGlobal Learning Center\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-02-25 15:16:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:18","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2011","title":"Conference information and registration"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"12155","name":"2011 Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"}],"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":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"64311":{"#nid":"64311","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Observes National Engineers Week Feb. 20-26","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EWith the nation\u2019s largest\nengineering program, Georgia Tech is joining in the celebration of National\nEngineers Week Feb. 20-26. 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I feel incredibly blessed to get an opportunity like\nthis.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWellkamp says he\u2019s eager to pursue a world-class\neducation in economics and already realizes how the degree can help him with\nhis long-term goals.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGiven the economic challenges our country and\nour world are facing right now, and looking forward to our long-term challenges\nsuch as energy, climate change and sustainable economic development, I think we\nneed more leaders who are well-versed in economics,\u201d said Wellkamp.\u0026nbsp; \u201cI am also excited to\u0026nbsp;gain a\nglobal outlook on the challenges facing humanity through exposure to British,\nEuropean and\u0026nbsp;other international perspectives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWellkamp, who was awarded the Harry S. 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Wellkamp is not resting on his past success and\nhopes to pursue his passions relating to clean energy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Wellkamp, he began contemplating\nwhether to apply for the Marshall Scholarship more than a year and half ago.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u0027s an intense and highly reflective process,\u201d\nsaid Wellkamp. \u201cThe application itself involves a 1,000-word personal\nstatement, two more 500-word essays about your proposed program of study and\nwhy you want to study in the UK, and several other smaller essays as well. I\nalso had to get four letters of recommendation (a of mix academic and\nprofessional references) and an institutional endorsement from Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter being selected as a finalist, Wellkamp had\na 30-minute interview with a six-member panel in Atlanta, where they asked him\nquestions ranging from subjects in economics to solar panel technologies to the\nBritish prime minister candidate debates this past April.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Nick Wellkamp to attend University of Oxford"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERecent Georgia Tech alumnus Nick Wellkamp has\nbeen named a Marshall Scholar and will attend the University of Oxford to\npursue a master\u2019s degree in economics.\u0026nbsp;\nWellkamp was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, plans on pursuing\na doctorate as well.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nick WellKamp will attend the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-11-23 14:45:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:50","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62944":{"id":"62944","type":"image","title":"Nick Wellkamp","body":null,"created":"1449176409","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:00:09","changed":"1475894549","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:29","alt":"Nick Wellkamp","file":{"fid":"191688","name":"Nick_Wellkamp.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nick_Wellkamp_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Nick_Wellkamp_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5686879,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Nick_Wellkamp_0.jpg?itok=deO2XqXt"}}},"media_ids":["62944"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/fellowships.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Fellowships Office"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.marshallscholarship.org\/","title":"Marshall Scholar"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"3280","name":"Marshall Scholar"},{"id":"980","name":"Nick Wellkamp"},{"id":"9699","name":"University of Oxford"}],"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":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"62820":{"#nid":"62820","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Offers Faster, More Focused Path to a Global Supply Chain Career","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and\nSystems Engineering (ISyE) is launching a one-year professional graduate degree\nprogram to meet the demand for engineers who can design and synchronize complex\nglobal supply chains. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Master of Science in Supply Chain Engineering will be an\nintensive, 12-month curriculum in analytic methods, supply chain engineering\nand enterprise management with a focus on creating strong networks between\nstudents and industry. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe listened carefully to the industry community and to the\nstudents at Georgia Tech to design a program that meets the needs of the supply\nchain professional of the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century,\u201d said Harvey Donaldson,\nassociate chair of industry and international programs at ISyE.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWith this degree, students now can\npursue a highly focused graduate education experience in supply chain engineering\nand explore immediate career opportunities with global enterprises.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESupply chain engineers plan networks that\nmove raw materials and supplies into production facilities, transform them into\nfinished goods and distribute products to customer markets. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents, who may come from a wide range of academic,\nbusiness and geographical backgrounds, will progress through the program\ntogether as a cohort in small class sizes and with experiential learning\nactivities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDesigned\nto be a new professional graduate education model, the program consists\nof eight required courses and two electives offered during the fall and spring\nsemesters. 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The results of the study were revealed on Oct. 26 at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Health officials in states that reported lower H1N1 vaccination rates should learn from states with high vaccination rates during the 2009 event to increase their rates during the next pandemic or significant health emergency,\u0022 said Julie Swann, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Swann also held a joint appointment at the CDC for six months last year through its Preparedness Modeling Unit.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECDC Immunization Services Division Branch Chief Pascale Wortley and Georgia Tech graduate student Carlo Davila Payan worked with Swann on this project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong American adults, H1N1 vaccine coverage ranged from a high of 34 percent in South Dakota to a low of nine percent in Mississippi. The research team found that states with higher past seasonal influenza vaccination coverage or use of other preventive health services in adults showed higher 2009 H1N1 vaccination rates.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These findings suggest that an increase in health-seeking behavior may increase vaccination rates during a pandemic,\u0022 noted Swann. \u0022If we could encourage more adults to be vaccinated against flu each year, we might have more success in protecting them from the next pandemic.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELower adult H1N1 vaccination coverage was observed in states where the disease circulated for a long period of time. That might have occurred because if someone in a household already had influenza, others in the household did not feel the need to get vaccinated, explained Swann.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn terms of supply chain factors, vaccination coverage was lower in states where more time was required to order allocated doses. The team noted that time lags in the system may be a function of efficiency or differences in system processes across states, suggesting monitoring and potential system design changes. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor high-risk adults -- those with underlying medical conditions that make them more susceptible to severe outcomes from influenza infection -- coverage ranged from 10 to 47 percent across the country. While the yearly acceptance of seasonal flu vaccination affected the likelihood of H1N1 vaccination for this group as well, the study found that states with a large percentage of individuals medically underserved by health professionals showed lower coverage for H1N1 immunization. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This shows that the public health issues such as not having enough primary care providers or having high poverty in an area not only have an impact on daily primary care, but also emergency pandemic care as well,\u0022 said Swann.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong children aged six months to 17 years, vaccine coverage ranged from a high of 85 percent in Rhode Island to a low of 21 percent in Georgia. In this group, the researchers found that states with a higher percentage of children showed lower vaccination coverage. Conversely, a focus on school vaccination or a high number of doses sent to or administered in public access areas positively impacted the H1N1 vaccine coverage.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Accounting for the relative size of a state\u0027s child population in allocating vaccine could improve vaccination coverage of children, in a scenario where children are targeted, especially if children of some ages require two doses of the vaccine, which was the case with the H1N1 vaccine,\u0022 said Swann.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn terms of supply chain factors, vaccination for children was associated positively with the number of shipments per location. According to the research team, repeated distribution to the same sites could represent underlying system differences related to the efficiency of those states, the use of school vaccination programs or their ability to monitor vaccine use and redistribute to providers who were vaccinating quickly.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this study, the researchers were able to explain more than 75 percent of the variation in state-specific vaccination coverage of adults or children with regression models that included only statistically significant variables.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESome of the state-specific data that the research team collected in their search for factors that influenced H1N1 vaccination coverage included:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Demographic data -- e.g. race, education level and income\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u2022 State and government data -- e.g. number of counties and federal dollars per capita\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u2022 Health indicators -- e.g. seasonal flu vaccination rates and number of healthcare providers\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u2022 H1N1 surveys -- e.g. how the vaccine was allocated (by the state or locally) and the availability of doses in public settings\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u2022 CDC allocation and shipment data -- e.g. number of vaccination sites and peak week of Influenza-like illness activity\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the study found relevant factors, the researchers note that the recommendations of the study are based on data collected during a vaccine shortage situation and may not apply to a non-shortage situation. 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Giddens served as the inaugural chair of the\nfledgling department and was subsequently named dean of the College in 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn announcing Giddens\u2019 decision, Provost Gary Schuster praised\nhis leadership in directing a college that enrolls nearly 60 percent of the\nstudent body.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDon and I have worked together for almost two decades,\nduring which time I have respected his leadership within Biomedical Engineering,\nthe College of Engineering and his alma mater,\u201d Schuster said. \u201cDon has played\na key part in shaping Georgia Tech\u2019s reputation and has helped build the\ngroundwork for its continuing and expanding preeminence.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGiddens has also been active in helping the general public\ngain a better understanding of both the engineering profession and the\nengineer\u2019s role in society. In 2008, he chaired a National Academy of\nEngineering committee that explored the ways in which messaging and practical\ncommunication could help change perceptions, engage students and portray a more\npositive image of engineering. Earlier this year, he was selected as president-elect\nof the American Society for Engineering Education. Following his retirement,\nGiddens will return to the faculty on a part-time basis to continue his\nresearch in cardiovascular fluid mechanics as well as his professional\nactivities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe impact that Don has had on this institution is immense,\nand we thank him for his tireless service on behalf of Georgia Tech,\u201d President\nG. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson said. \u201cHis enthusiasm for engineering cannot be overstated,\nand we will continue to look to him as a resource in assessing the future of\nengineering education in the United States.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech has changed dramatically since I arrived as a\nfreshman student in 1958, and I could never have dreamed then that I would one\nday be dean of the largest, and I would argue the best, engineering college in\nthe country,\u201d Giddens said. \u201cThis institutional ascendancy in such a relatively\nshort time is truly remarkable. But upon reflection, I\u2019m not surprised. We have\nthe best people \u2014 faculty, students, staff and alumni \u2014 one can imagine, and it\nis the people who make Georgia Tech great. I\u2019m happy to have been fortunate\nenough to spend almost an entire career here.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute will form a search committee and initiate a \u0026nbsp;search for a successor in the coming\nweeks.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDon Giddens, dean of the College of Engineering, has announced his intention to retire from Georgia Tech, stepping down from his leadership position effective July 1, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Don Giddens will step down from his leadership position on July 1, 2011"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-08-26 15:50:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:19","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57700":{"id":"57700","type":"image","title":"Don Giddens, Dean of the College of Engineering at","body":null,"created":"1449176051","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:54:11","changed":"1475894506","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:46","alt":"Don Giddens, Dean of the College of Engineering at","file":{"fid":"190633","name":"tef70770.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tef70770_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tef70770_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":52196,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tef70770_1.jpg?itok=N9izssJ7"}}},"media_ids":["57700"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"1099","name":"giddens"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8835\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"60445":{"#nid":"60445","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s U.S. News Rankings Remain Strong","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology ranks 7th among public universities in the 2011 edition of America\u2019s Best Colleges by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report.\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech has ranked in the top 10 of public universities for more than a decade.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThe continued excellence and improvement in the U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report rankings is a testament to Georgia Tech\u2019s commitment to providing our students with a world-class education,\u201d said Georgia Tech President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering moved up one spot in the undergraduate rankings to fourth for engineering programs at universities where the highest degree is a Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe School of Industrial and Systems Engineering maintained its top ranking and Aerospace Engineering ranked second in its discipline.\u0026nbsp; Mechanical Engineering moved up one spot to join Biomedical Engineering, and Civil Engineering with all ranked third.\u0026nbsp; Electrical and Environmental Engineering both ranked 5th among their peers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Management rose from 31st last year to 28th this year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor the first time, U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report polled high school guidance counselors.\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech ranked 2nd among public institutions, tied with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University of Michigan. In rankings including both public and private universities, Georgia Tech tied for 22nd with Boston College, Emory University, Rice University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Southern California, University of Michigan and Washington University-St. Louis. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETech was also highlighted in \u201cPrograms to Look For\u201d for its co-op, internship, senior capstone, undergraduate research and study abroad programs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cIn addition to offering Tech students top-ranked programs of study, many benefit from real-world experiences in the U.S. and abroad, as well as opportunities for innovation that better prepare them for leadership in addressing some of society\u2019s most challenging issues,\u201d said Peterson.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology ranks 7th among public universities in the 2011 edition of America\u2019s Best Colleges by U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report.\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech has ranked in the top 10 of public universities for more than a decade.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech is 7th among public institutions for undergraduate education."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-08-17 08:37:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-08-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57063":{"id":"57063","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449175327","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:07","changed":"1475894378","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:38","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"190534","name":"tgs93055.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgs93055_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgs93055_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":60499,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tgs93055_0.jpg?itok=NEc4BoNv"}}},"media_ids":["57063"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Management"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.admission.gatech.edu\/","title":"Admissions"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"139","name":"Business"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"1052","name":"Management"},{"id":"1893","name":"Peterson"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"166843","name":"Study Abroad"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"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":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59929":{"#nid":"59929","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech President Kicks Off Summer Tour","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology President G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson kicked off his annual summer tour of the state today in Clayton, Georgia. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeterson and his wife, Val, are traveling the state from north to south July 12 \u2013 16. Stops will include Young Harris, Athens, Watkinsville, Greensboro, Perry, Warner Robins, Fort Valley, Lyons, Vidalia and Albany. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is the second annual state tour for the Petersons. As new residents of Georgia, Peterson initiated the visits last year to provide an opportunity to meet face-to-face with alumni, students, state leaders and other friends to share updates on Georgia Tech and to listen to questions and concerns. 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Hansen, who came to Georgia Tech as dean of the College of Engineering and would later serve as president from 1969-1971, died July 5, 2010, following complications from surgery. He was 85.\n \n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs the Institute\u2019s seventh president, the 44-year-old was \u201creadily accessible to students \u2026 and shared with many of the student leaders a concern about contemporary social problems.\u201d He left the Institute two years later to become president of his alma mater, Purdue University.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe joined Georgia Tech in 1966 as dean of engineering. Though at Georgia Tech for a short period of time, Hansen was a leader in rethinking the core undergraduate engineering curriculum, eventually succeeding in implementing a number of changes that reduced the number of required hours to graduate, installed more flexibility in the selection of courses, and increased the course offerings in the humanities and social sciences. He told students on the day of his appointment as president, \u201cIf you do not have the freedom to explore, you will not learn, grow, and will not be a well educated person.\u201d\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHansen is survived by his wife, Marylin White Hansen; sons Geoffrey (wife Angela) of San Francisco, James of Houston, and Paul (wife Dee Ann) of Saratoga, Calif.; daughters Ruth Rachel (husband Michael) of Carmel, Calif., and Chris Glancy (husband Michael) of Fort Myers, Fla.; and five grandchildren: John, Catherine, James, Steven, and Richard.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn lieu of flowers, the family has asked that contributions be made to the Carter Center in Atlanta, or to Purdue University on behalf of the Cancer Center in the Arthur G. Hansen Life Sciences Research Building.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EArthur G. 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This work updates similar studies conducted on behalf of the Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP), an initiative of the Board of Regents\u2019 Office of Economic Development. The previous report, based on FY2008 data, placed the USG\u2019s economic impact at $12.1 billion. The most recent $12.7 billion figure is a $5 billion increase over FY 1999, when the first study in the series calculated the USG\u2019s impact at $7.7 billion in FY1999. This represents growth of 65 percent in the System\u2019s economic impact on Georgia\u2019s communities since FY 1999.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMost of the $12.7 billion in total economic impact was due to initial spending by USG institutions for salaries and fringe benefits, operating supplies and expenses, and other budgeted expenditures, as well as spending by students who attended the institutions in FY2009.\u0026nbsp; (Initial spending by USG institutions equaled $8.4 billion, or 66 percent of the total.)\u0026nbsp; The remaining $4.3 billion (34 percent) in economic impact was created by re-spending \u2013 the multiplier effect of those dollars as they were spent again in the region.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; For every dollar of initial spending in a community by a University System institution, researchers found that, on average, an additional 51 cents was generated for the local economy hosting a college or university.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe study found that Georgia\u2019s public higher education system generated 112,336 full- and part-time jobs \u2013 2.8 percent of all jobs in the state in FY2009.\u0026nbsp; Most of those jobs \u2013 62 percent of them \u2013 are off-campus positions in the private or public sectors that exist because of the presence in the community of USG institutions.\u0026nbsp; The remainder (38 percent) are jobs on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech accounted for $2.2 billion (17 percent) of the University System\u2019s $12.7 billion total"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA newly released report states that Georgia\u2019s public university system made a $12.7 billion economic impact on the state\u2019s economy during Fiscal Year 2009, continuing its record of growing contributions to the state\u2019s economic prosperity. The 35 institutions of the University System of Georgia (USG)\u2014 including Georgia Tech\u2014accounted for nearly 3 percent of the state\u2019s total jobs during that time.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"For every dollar of initial spending in a community by a USG institution, researchers found that, on average, an additional 51 cents was generated for the local economy."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-07-08 12:14:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:03","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-07-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-07-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57063":{"id":"57063","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449175327","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:07","changed":"1475894378","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:38","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"190534","name":"tgs93055.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgs93055_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tgs93055_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":60499,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tgs93055_0.jpg?itok=NEc4BoNv"}}},"media_ids":["57063"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/news\/release\/economic_impact_of_university_system_reaches_12.7_billion\/","title":"University System of Georgia Release"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.icapp.org\/pubs\/usg_impact_fy2009.pdf","title":"Full Report"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"728","name":"Board of Regents"},{"id":"815","name":"economic development"},{"id":"1033","name":"Economic Impact"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"}],"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":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"59805":{"#nid":"59805","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Robin Thomas Earns Distinction, Named Regents\u0027 Professor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn granting him the title of Regents\u2019 Professor, the University System of Georgia\u2019s Board of Regents have added School of Mathematics Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/users\/thomas\/\u0022\u003ERobin Thomas\u003C\/a\u003E to its list of the state\u2019s premier educators.  Faculty promoted to the rank of Regents\u2019 Professor are recognized as the University System\u2019s intellectual and educational leaders.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThomas, who joined Georgia Tech in 1989, specializes in the fields of graph theory and combinatorics, areas of mathematics with applications across a wide domain, from computer science and engineering to biology, economics, and social science.  He also directs the interdisciplinary program in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aco.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAlgorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (ACO)\u003C\/a\u003E, a joint effort of the College of Computing, the School of Mathematics, and the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRobin has produced the sort of deep scholarship with important implications for science and technology that characterizes the work of our best faculty,\u201d said Doug Ulmer, chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Mathematics\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs evidence of a sustained career of groundbreaking work, Thomas and his collaborators have been awarded the Fulkerson Prize of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Programming Society twice, in 1994 and in 2009. This prize, the most prestigious in discrete mathematics, is awarded every three years. Thomas and his collaborators are the only multiple recipients of this prestigious prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cRobin is a first rate mathematician, a talented educator, and an immensely valuable colleague,\u201d Ulmer said. \u201cHis presence at Tech is a huge asset, and this Regents\u0027 Professorship is an entirely appropriate way to honor his accomplishments.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach academic year, the vice provost for Academic Affairs solicits the six college deans for Regents\u2019 Professorship candidates. Deans typically will submit one or two candidates, who must be full professors, for consideration. A selection committee, then makes its recommendation for candidates, which in turn are approved by the vice provost, the provost and the president.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am very happy to receive this honor, but I should also stress the role of the great work environment here at Tech,\u0022 Thomas said. \u0022I would not have been able to accomplish nearly as much if not for the excellent colleagues, collaborators, postdocs, students and staff members that I have had the privilege to work with over the years. I am indebted to them for helping me achieve this honor, and hope to repay them by being a valuable colleague, collaborator, mentor and teacher.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn granting him the title of Regents\u2019 Professor, the University System of Georgia\u2019s Board of Regents have added School of Mathematics Professor Robin Thomas to its list of the state\u2019s premier educators.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Discrete mathematics expert recognized as one of the University System\u2019s intellectual and educational leaders"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-06-24 13:54:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:42","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-06-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59806":{"id":"59806","type":"image","title":"Regents\u0027 Professor Robin Thomas","body":null,"created":"1449176227","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:07","changed":"1475894385","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:45","alt":"Regents\u0027 Professor Robin Thomas","file":{"fid":"190996","name":"p1492.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/p1492_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/p1492_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":50041,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/p1492_0.jpg?itok=xDpXeRVR"}}},"media_ids":["59806"],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"6010","name":"combinatorics"},{"id":"10176","name":"discrete mathematics"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"2748","name":"mathematics"},{"id":"105","name":"Robin Thomas"}],"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:david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDavid Terraso\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"58149":{"#nid":"58149","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Statistic Program\u0027s Five Junior Faculty Achieve NSF Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn rapid succession, five assistant professors in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) have earned the NSF (National Science Foundation) CAREER Award in the last four years. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo were named as award recipients this year. All five were recruited by and brought to Tech by ISyE Professor Jeff Wu, who joined Georgia Tech in 2003 as the Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics. Wu also was able to fill five assistant professor slots\u2014one each year. By 2008, Wu had found the junior faculty he wanted for these positions in members Nagi Gebraeel, Yajun Mei, Nicoleta Serban, Roshan Joseph Vengazihiyil and Ming Yuan. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGebraeel\u2019s research centers on improving the accuracy of predicting unexpected failures in engineering systems. A Tech faculty member since 2007, he earned both his masters and doctoral degrees from Purdue University in 1998 and 2003, respectively. The NSF named him a recipient of the CAREER Award in 2006. He also is a recipient of the Purdue University Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching in 2003. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMei\u2019s research centers on change-point problems and sequential analysis in mathematical statistics, sensor networks and information theory in engineering, as well as longitudinal data analysis, random effects models and biostatistics clinical trials. He earned his doctorate in mathematics with a minor in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology. Mei, who started at Tech in 2006, spent two years as a postdoctoral scholar in biostatistics in the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. He was named a CAREER recipient this year. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESerban joined the ISyE faculty in 2005. With a master\u2019s in theoretical statistics and stochastic processes from the University of Bucharest, Serban earned her doctorate in statistics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005. Her research focused on nonparametric statistical methods motivated by recent applications from proteomics and genomics. A 2007 recipient of the Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow award from the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, she earned her CAREER award this year.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVengazihiyil, who earned his doctorate in statistics from the University of Michigan in 2002, was awarded the CAREER Award in 2005. With research interests in the areas of quality engineering and statistics, he has focused on developing novel statistical methods for solving complex engineering problems. Named the Coca-Cola Junior Chair in ISyE from 2008 to 2011, Vengazihiyil also is the recipient of the Best Paper Award, IIE Transactions-Quality and Reliability Engineering 2009. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EYuan, who holds a master\u2019s in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, received his doctorate in statistics from the University of Wisconsin in 2004. Earning the NSF CAREER Award in 2009, he was named the Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar in 2007. Yuan\u2019s research interests include statistical learning, bioinformatics and methods of regularization.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWu\u2019s selection of these faculty members for the ISyE Statistics Group and their earning the prestigious award were a bit serendipitous, he says. \u201cWe simply wanted to hire the best people and groom them,\u201d he said. \u201cWinning a CAREER Award is one measure\u2014though not the only one\u2014of success.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir selection for the group, he says, was not based upon work that he consciously thought would be considered for this recognition of junior faculty. Wu adds that he did comment on and read the faculty members\u2019 proposals who won their awards while at Tech, but that was the extent of his involvement. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese CAREER awards are kind of rare,\u201d explains ISyE Chair Chelsea \u201cChip\u201d White, H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and Schneider National Chair in Transportation and Logistics. \u201cTo have the insight to be able to identify junior faculty capable of successful award-winners is phenomenal.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHaving a statistics group within the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering is unique in the higher education landscape, according to Vengazihiyil, who says the arrangement has led to better exposure of the latest developments and trends in engineering, as well as providing opportunity to collaborate with engineers. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have 11 to 12 members, one of whom is joint with another research group,\u201d Wu said. \u201cOurs is the best research group internationally in engineering statistics\u2014that is, in developing statistical methodologies and theory and applying them to engineering, information technology and physical sciences. Besides adding our reputation to the prestige of Georgia Tech, members of our group have become involved extensively in collaborative work with faculty in Engineering, the College of Computing and the College of Sciences.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBarbara Christopher in Industrial and Systems Engineering contributed to this story.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn rapid succession, five assistant professors in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering have earned the NSF CAREER Award in the last four years.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five assistant professors in ISyE have earned the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in the last four years."}],"uid":"27191","created_gmt":"2010-06-18 17:26:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:47","author":"Robert Nesmith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"58150":{"id":"58150","type":"image","title":"Jeff Wu","body":null,"created":"1449176204","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:44","changed":"1475894512","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:52","alt":"Jeff Wu","file":{"fid":"190771","name":"Jeff_Wu.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jeff_Wu_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jeff_Wu_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1227565,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jeff_Wu_0.jpg?itok=8VOLYwYI"}}},"media_ids":["58150"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/statistics\/faculty.html","title":"Statistics at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jeffwu\/","title":"Jeff Wu"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/","title":"Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1202","name":"H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering"},{"id":"7879","name":"Jeff Wu"},{"id":"169294","name":"Statistics at Georgia Tech"}],"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\u003EDon Fernandez\u003C\/strong\u003E, Media Relations Specialist, Communications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.894.6016\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E, Director of ISyE Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"57817":{"#nid":"57817","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Integrated Food Chain Center (IFC) Launches At Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELong neglected as a significant area of supply chain\nanalysis and exploration, the efficient transport of agricultural and food\nproducts is now receiving a high-profile platform for research and development at\nGeorgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn May, the Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center (IFC)\nlaunched as an international research hub focused on designing, analyzing and\nimproving the food chain for cold and perishable products.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center \u2013 established by Georgia Tech\u2019s Supply Chain\n\u0026amp; Logistics Institute and Memphis-based Sterling Solutions LLC \u2013 is\nenvisioned as collaboration between academia, government and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe goal: assure that growers, processors, retailers and\nlogistics providers can deliver quality perishables via greater efficiency\nthroughout the supply chain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\u201cSupply chain research to date has focused very little on food chains compared\nto the extensive efforts spent on supply chains for other products,\u201d said IFC\nExecutive Director Don Ratliff, noting the lack of attention the cold chain has\npreviously received. \u201cBecause food is both perishable and is consumed by people,\nthere are fundamentally different integration issues and challenges to be\nresolved to keep the food safe and control waste.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe time, though, is ripe.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EConsumer interest in food safety and practices has never\nbeen stronger. Retailers and wholesalers desire the same assurances, along with\nconsistent product safety and quality management systems that maximize sales\nwhile minimizing waste.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the U.S. being the biggest importer and exporter of\nperishable food goods, it was vital to focus energies on the complex system of cold\nchain shipping and receiving that currently exists and refine it for an\nevolving society and economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESpecifically, there are three current trends that will force\nmore attention on and resources to integrating food chains:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPending food safety legislation will likely\nrequire time limits be placed on product tracing, which can only be satisfied\nthrough automation and integration. This will also require cooperation among\nthe food chain entities, along with standardizing data requirements. New\ntechnologies, processes and infrastructures will be necessary to reduce the\ncosts that accompany these regulations.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EImproved product quality monitoring will help\npredict the post-harvest life and the end of shelf life of food products. New\ntypes of data will need to be captured regarding product status and performance\nalong with the advent of variable transfer times, temperatures and the\nopportunity to enhance product transfers.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EImproved analytics are needed to better address\nthe increase in food chain complexity. Today\u2019s food chains offer more\nperishable products, additional participants as well as complex transportation\nlogistics plus additional processes, technology and security. This requires new\npredictive models to best assess inventories and the need for replenishment\nthroughout the chain.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s not much visibility back up the food chain, even in\nthe best of circumstances,\u201d said IFC Director of Research John Bartholdi. \u201cWhat\nwe are really focusing on is knowing the history of food and when we receive\nit. If we can have much better estimations of shelf life, then we can move the\nproduct more efficiently through the supply chain here.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELess waste, more efficient replenishment and better product\nquality is the end result.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s IFC will be housed in the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics\nInstitute at the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.\u0026nbsp; For more information, visit\u0026nbsp;http:\/\/ifc.scl.gatech.edu.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center (IFC) has launched\nas an international research hub focused on designing, analyzing and improving\nthe food chain for cold and perishable products.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"An international research hub focused on improving the food chain for cold and perishable products."}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2010-06-04 14:26:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:39","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-06-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ifc.scl.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"9732","name":"Integrated Food Chain Center; supply chain and logistics"},{"id":"9731","name":"ISyE; IFC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDon Fernandez\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edon.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"55439":{"#nid":"55439","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Named To Green Honor Roll","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is one of the country\u0027s greenest schools according to The Princeton Review and U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).  One of fifteen schools to be named to the 2010 Green Honor Roll, Georgia tech is also one of 286 green schools included in the newly released \u003Cem\u003EThe Princeton Review\u2019s Guide to 286 Green Colleges\u003C\/em\u003E.  Georgia Tech also has the distinction of being named to \u003Cem\u003EPrinceton Review\u0027s\u003C\/em\u003E Green Honor Roll in 2008 and 2009. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe guide was established, \u0022to recognize the impressive environmental and sustainability programs at universities and colleges across the country,\u0022 said \u003Cem\u003EPrinceton Review\u0027s\u003C\/em\u003E Leah Pennino and USGBC\u0027s Ashley Katz.  In addition, the Green Honor Roll, first established in 2008, \u0022salutes the institutions receiving the highest possible Green Rating score (99) in the year\u2019s tallies,\u201d said Pennino.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to \u003Cem\u003EPrinceton Review\u003C\/em\u003E, Georgia Tech\u2019s inclusion on the Honor Roll and in the guide is an indication that the Institute excels in providing students a healthy and sustainable quality of life, preparing students for green jobs and responsible green citizenship and using environmentally responsible school policies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEnvironmental sustainability is a vital component of the Georgia Tech academic experience.  With classes, research, and majors addressing various aspects of the topic stretching across all of the Institute\u2019s colleges and majors, students learn to think green.  In addition, Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plan recommends that all students should take at least one class focused on sustainability before they graduate.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute also integrates sustainable practices in all aspects of campus operations, maintaining a fleet of natural gas powered buses, using local and organic food in the dining halls, recycling various items including batteries, paper, plastic, and glass, and using non-toxic cleaner in buildings.  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P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson the same day by AAU President Robert M. Berdahl, and Peterson accepted on behalf of the Institute. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBerdahl said that the invitation was extended to Georgia Tech following an in-depth review of the university\u2019s research and academic programs.\u0026nbsp; \u0022Georgia Tech is an outstanding institution that, like other AAU universities, plays a major role in the nation\u2019s research enterprise, as well as in training the next generation of scientists, engineers and scholars,\u0022 he said.\u0026nbsp; \u201cGeorgia Tech belongs in AAU, and the membership was pleased to issue the invitation.\u201d \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech is the first new AAU member in nine years. AAU membership includes 35 public universities, 26 private and two Canadian universities, all of which have strong research and academic programs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cWe are proud to be selected to join this prestigious group,\u201d said Peterson.\u0026nbsp; \u201cIt is truly a credit to those who have worked so hard to make Georgia Tech the institution it is today.\u0026nbsp; In particular, President Emeritus Wayne Clough and former Georgia Tech Provost Jean-Lou Chameau played a vital role in Georgia Tech achieving this wonderful accomplishment.\u201d \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s academic and research credentials made the Institute a strong candidate for the AAU.\u0026nbsp; Since 1999, Tech has ranked among U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s top ten public universities and currently ranks 7th.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Institute thrives as an economic engine for Georgia and the Southeast.\u0026nbsp; Through its sponsored research and industry partnerships, Georgia Tech has an annual impact of more than $2 billion, with its research labs producing more than 300 invention disclosures annually. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThe state\u2019s long and strong investment in Georgia Tech has placed this outstanding research university among the nation\u2019s top public universities for many years,\u201d said University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. \u201cWe are delighted that the AAU has recognized Tech\u2019s national and international scope and role in research. This is really a well-deserved recognition of Georgia Tech by its peers.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe addition of Georgia Tech brings the association\u0027s membership to 63 institutions.\u0026nbsp; An invitation to join AAU requires approval by three-fourths of the current members.\u0026nbsp; The association considers universities for membership periodically, using a set of factors to assess the caliber of a university\u2019s faculty, research enterprise and education programs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAAU, which is based in Washington, D.C., was founded in 1900.\u0026nbsp; The organization develops and promotes national and institutional policies that support research and scholarship, graduate and professional education, undergraduate education and public service in research universities.\u0026nbsp; A list of the other AAU members and the organization\u2019s \u003Cbr \/\u003Emembership policies can be found at the AAU Web site:\u003Ca title=\u0022aau.edu\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aau.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E http:\/\/www.aau.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Tech is the first university invited to become an AAU member in nine years"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has been invited to join the Association of American Universities (AAU), the association announced.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The AAU membership approved the invitation to Georgia Tech on April 20 at the association\u0027s annual spring meeting in Washington, D.C."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-04-21 09:01:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:53","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"41351":{"id":"41351","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":["41351"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.aau.edu\/","title":"AAU"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.aau.edu\/news\/press.aspx?id=7322","title":"AAU News Release"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.aau.edu\/about\/default.aspx?id=4020","title":"AAU Membership"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.aau.edu\/workarea\/showcontent.aspx?id=8890","title":"AAU Facts \u0026 Figures"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9194","name":"Association of American Universities (AAU)"},{"id":"291","name":"Bud Peterson"},{"id":"9195","name":"Chancellor Davis"},{"id":"246","name":"Georgia Institute of Technology"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"}],"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":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"55382":{"#nid":"55382","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Graduate Engineering Program Maintains No. 4 Spot","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s College of Engineering was ranked No. 4 nationwide for the sixth consecutive year in U.S. News and World Report\u0027s annual list of the best American graduate school programs. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to having one of the nation\u0027s top graduate engineering programs, 9 of Georgia Tech\u0027s 11 programs have again ranked in the top 10, including industrial (No.1), biomedical (No. 2), civil (No. 3), aerospace (No. 4), environmental (No. 5), electrical (No. 6), mechanical (No. 6), nuclear (No. 8) and materials (No. 8). Of particular note, the civil engineering program moved up to No. 3 from last year\u2019s No. 6 ranking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022These rankings highlight Georgia Tech\u2019s ongoing preeminence in the engineering arena and our growing prominence in the field of business.\u0026nbsp; The results are a direct reflection of the caliber of our students and faculty,\u0022 said Georgia Tech President G.P.\u201dBud\u201d Peterson. \u201cAs we move forward, the quality of the people of Georgia Tech will play a key role in defining our future.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s graduate computer science program ranked No. 10 with several of its specialty programs also ranking in the top 10 including artificial intelligence (No. 7), theory (No. 7) and systems (No. 9).\u0026nbsp; In addition, discrete mathematics and combinations ranked No. 8.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s College of Management full-time MBA program was ranked No. 26, while the Institute\u2019s part time MBA program tied with Georgia State University, ranking No. 24.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Engineering program maintains ranking for sixth consecutive year"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s College of Engineering was ranked\nNo. 4 nationwide for the sixth consecutive year in U.S. News and World\nReport\u0027s annual list of the best American graduate school programs.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Engineering was ranked No. 4 nationwide for the sixth consecutive year in U.S. News and World Report\u0027s annual list of the best graduate schools"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2010-04-15 05:51:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:45","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-04-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-04-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"54703":{"id":"54703","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449175459","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:19","changed":"1475894481","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:21"}},"media_ids":["54703"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coe.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/","title":"College of Computing"},{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"2448","name":"Graduate Rankings"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"217","name":"U.S. News and World Report"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"55020":{"#nid":"55020","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cross Named Executive Vice President for Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident G. P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson has selected Stephen E. Cross as Georgia Tech\u0027s executive vice president for research (EVPR), providing leadership, strategic focus, and support for the Institute\u0027s multifaceted research and economic development enterprise. Cross, who has served as vice president and director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) since 2003, will be the first to hold this newly created position. He will assume the role on May 1.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this capacity, he will serve as the Institute\u0027s principal research officer with direct oversight of the Institute\u0027s interdisciplinary research centers, the Enterprise Innovation Institute, the Georgia Tech Research Institute, and the Georgia Tech Research Corporation. He will work closely with the colleges, affiliated units, and faculty. The EVPR will report directly to the president and will be a member of a new executive leadership team consisting of the president, the provost, and the executive vice president for Administration and Finance.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022At every point in his career, Steve has increased the breadth of the technology portfolio and the size of research budgets under his direction,\u0022 Peterson said. \u0022He will be a strong advocate for Georgia Tech, both supporting a robust research enterprise internally and extending our influence with external research partners.\u0022\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn a presentation to the campus in February, Cross said he views the role as that of a \u0022chief marketing officer \u2026 spending a lot of time outside the Institute building relationships with senior officials in government and industry.\u0022\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the same time, Cross underscored the importance of a shared understanding between research and academics.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The provost has to have a role in research,\u0022 he said. \u0022It is critical that the EVPR work with the provost to proactively support faculty hiring and retention. We have to be anticipatory, based upon solid planning with clear objectives.\u0022\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the next 100 days, Cross plans to seek the counsel of senior administrators and faculty, conduct a baseline review of budgets and research operations, and develop a plan for moving forward.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My approach to the decision-making process centers around clear communication to those within our research enterprise in order to foster a shared understanding of the issues, goals, priorities and actions in front of us,\u0022 Cross said. \u0022It is through this process that we can collectively move our research enterprise from its current state to an envisioned state that is being articulated as part of Georgia Tech\u2019s new strategic plan.\u0022\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile Cross will stay involved with GTRI through his oversight role, he will, by May 1, announce who will serve as interim director. The announcement will be followed by details concerning the search for a new director for GTRI. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECross holds faculty appointments as a professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and as an adjunct professor in both the College of Computing and the College of Management. Since August 2009, he has played a lead role in Tech\u0027s ongoing strategic planning initiative. He serves on the research advisory boards of the Health Systems Institute, the Georgia Tech-Emory Collaboration for Regenerative Medicine and the Tennenbaum Institute. His personal research interests focus on leadership, culture change, workflow simulation, and enterprise transformation. In January 2010, Cross was appointed to the Defense Science Board.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe joined Georgia Tech in 2003 after serving as director and CEO of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, which he joined in 1994. Previously, Cross served at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in Washington, D.C.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECross earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1983, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1977 and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Cincinnati in 1974. He is an IEEE Fellow and current associate editor of IKSM (an online journal of information, knowledge, and systems management). He has supported numerous National Research Council studies and has testified on numerous occasions before the U.S. Congress on topics including innovation, cyber security and software engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Newly created position to lead Tech\u0027s multifaceted research and economic development enterprise"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident G. P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson has selected Stephen E. 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Filming will take place at the following locations: Campus Recreation Center, Ford Environmental Science and Technology Building, G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Klaus Advanced Computing Building, Leadership Challenge Course, Noonan Courtyard and the Marcus Nanotechnology Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is one of the most unique and dynamic campuses I have ever seen,\u201d said the director of \u201cThe Internship,\u201d Shawn Levy. \u201cThe architecture and space is as forward-thinking as its curriculum and student body; we thought it was the perfect setting for our story.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to set preparation and production activities, there will be numerous trailers and tents on campus to accommodate equipment and the many extras appearing in the film. 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A few other surprises emerged as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere are several\nupsets predicted in the earlier rounds,\u201d said Joel Sokol, operations research\nprofessor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at\nGeorgia Tech. \u201cAmong others, San Diego\u0026nbsp;State, Utah State, Murray State and\nBrigham Young could be surprises.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDeveloped by Professors\nSokol, Paul Kvam and George Nemhauser, LRMC utilizes data such as scores, teams\ncompeting, home court advantage and margin of victory in past performances to\ncalculate likely victors along with potential underdogs that could emerge as\nstatistical spoilers. The system has been impressively successful, particularly\nin 2008, when it predicted not only the Final Four and eventual victor, but\nalso several upsets in earlier rounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, the professors have\nupgraded the system\u2019s probability calculations, an improvement that could\nenhance the accuracy of the results. For this new research, Georgia\u0026nbsp;Tech\u0027s\nLRMC team welcomed a new member: math professor Mark Brown of The City\u0026nbsp;College\nof New York.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELRMC is not an infallible\nresource. There\u2019s always the chance of an upset, injury or other factor that\naffects the outcome of competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of\nrandomness,\u201d Kvam said. \u201cStatistically, we\u2019re going to have years where we\u2019re\noff.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENonetheless, the system has proven\nmore reliable with its predictions than the NCAA\u2019s own Ratings Percentage Index\n(RPI). \u0026nbsp;Historically, the\u0026nbsp;upgraded LRMC method has picked the winner\nof more than 74 percent of NCAA tournament\u0026nbsp;games correctly, while the RPI\nhas been right less than 70 percent of the time.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s LRMC bracket can\nbe accessed at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jsokol\/profspicks\/profspicks10.htm\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jsokol\/profspicks\/profspicks10.htm\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jsokol\/profspicks\/profspicks10.htm\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELRMC (Logistic Regression Markov Chain), the\ncomputer ranking system designed by three professors at the Georgia Institute\nof Technology, has forecast this year\u2019s NCAA Final Four match-ups will be\nKansas vs. Syracuse and Duke vs. West Virginia.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"LRMC, the computer ranking system designed by three professors at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has forecast this year\u2019s NCAA Final Four match-ups."}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2010-03-16 14:56:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:33","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-03-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-03-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"55030":{"id":"55030","type":"image","title":"LRMC Brackets","body":null,"created":"1449175490","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:50","changed":"1475894486","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:26","alt":"LRMC Brackets","file":{"fid":"190201","name":"LRMC.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LRMC.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LRMC.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":21252,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LRMC.jpg?itok=-L7Eg06y"}}},"media_ids":["55030"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jsokol\/profspicks\/profspicks10.htm","title":"http:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~jsokol\/profspicks\/profspicks10.htm"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8967","name":"LRMC; Final Four; NCAA"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDon Fernandez\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edon.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["don.fernandez@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}