Fall 2005

Awards and Honors

photo by Gary Meek WILLIE PEARSON JR. photo by Gary Meek JAMES FOLEY

Georgia Tech faculty and staff receive recognition.

Six Georgia Tech faculty members have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Barry Bozeman, Regents professor in the School of Public Policy, for contributions to scholarship, teaching, and mentoring in science and technology policy, particularly for research in evaluating the societal implications of research;

James Foley, professor and the Stephen Fleming Chair in Telecommunications in the College of Computing, for early contributions to the fields of computer graphics and user interfaces;

James Gole, professor in the School of Physics, for fundamental studies at the interface of chemistry, physics and materials science in high-temperature molecules, laser spectroscopy, sensors, porous silicon and nanotechnology;

Charles Liotta, vice provost for Research and Graduate Studies and Regents professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, for contributions to the field of physical organic chemistry and for outstanding leadership and vision in enhancing academic and industrial research partnerships;

Willie Pearson Jr., professor and chair in the School of History, Technology and Society, for contributions to the scholarship of diversity in science and for promotion of broadened participation of underserved populations in the sciences;

Peter J. Webster, professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, for scientific discoveries of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system and for superior scientific and organizational leadership of international field campaigns.

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Atlanta Woman Magazine named two Georgia Tech professors to its annual list of Top 10 Innovators. Barbara D. Boyan, the Price Gilbert Jr. Chair in Tissue Engineering in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University,

photo by Nicole Cappello ELIZABETH D. MYNATT

deputy director of research for the Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, was selected as a Top Innovator in science. Elizabeth D. Mynatt, associate professor in the College of Computing and director of the Graphics, Visualization and Usability (GVU) Center at Georgia Tech, was named the Top Innovator in technology. Mynatt is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of ubiquitous computing and assistive technologies.

Oliver Brand, an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the 2005 IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award. He and his co-authors were presented with the award at the IEEE 18th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS).

Professor Charles Eckert in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was awarded the 2005 Clarence G. Gerhold Award of the Separations Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The award recognizes Eckert's contributions to research, development and the application of separations technology.

Assistant Professor Stuart Goldberg in the School of Modern Languages received a Fulbright grant to conduct research in Russia during the 2005-2006 academic year. His research expertise is in Russian literature and culture, Polish literature and language pedagogy.

George B. Harrison, the director of strategic initiatives for the Georgia Tech Research Institute, was recently appointed to the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame board of directors by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue. Harrison, a retired Air Force major general, was commander of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico before his retirement from the military.

College of Computing Professor Mary Jean Harrold, Assistant Professor Panagiotis (Pete) Manolios and Assistant Professor Alessandro (Alex) Orso received IBM Faculty Awards for Innovation, an international honor that supports advancement in teaching, research and community-building using open-source technologies. The award winners are part of the Software Engineering, Programming Languages, Analysis, Reasoning and Compilers (SPARC) research group at Georgia Tech, which is focused on improving the development, testing and maintenance of software.

photo by Nicole Cappello HANG LU

School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Assistant Professor Hang Lu was named one of Technology Review’s “Top 35 Innovators Under 35.” Lu has designed minute mazes to test how microscopic worms learn using smell, and she constructed micro-scale gas gradients to help identify the sensory pathways that the worms use to detect oxygen levels. She hopes her continued worm work will yield clues to the workings of the human brain.

Professor John B. Peatman in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering will receive the 2006 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award at the 2006 Frontiers in Education Conference. Peatman will be recognized “for a distinguished career of inspirational teaching and mentoring of undergraduate students in digital systems design.”

Professor F. Michael Saunders in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering was selected as the 2005 recipient of the Water Environment Federation's Gordon Maskew Fair Medal for Outstanding Service in Engineering Education. Saunders was recognized for his contributions to the education and development of undergraduate, masters and doctoral degree engineering students.

Professor Karsten Schwan, director of the Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems at the College of Computing received IBM’s Faculty Award for Innovation in June 2005. This international award supports university researchers who focus on specific areas of innovation using open-source technologies. Much of Schwan's research career has centered around the creation of technologies for adaptive systems. More recently, he has been working on the topic of autonomic computing.

Manos Tentzeris, an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was named the recipient of the 2006 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Symposium (MTT-S) Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year Award. Tentzeris was recognized for his innovation in the development of multi-resolution CAD tools and in the design and optimization of 3-D radio-frequency modules in ceramic and organic substrates up to millimeter-wave frequency range.

Patricio Vela, an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a Most Promising Engineer Award from the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation Board of Directors and TECHNiCA Magazine.

Associate Professor Fei-Ling Wang in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs received a Fulbright Program Distinguished Lectureship to spend the 2005-2006 academic year doing research in South Korea. He was also the recent recipient of an international affairs fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations.


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