Fall 2005

Faculty Research in the News
Georgia Tech researchers' work covered in the news media.

R&D Magazine, Electronic Design and national television science service Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science featured Georgia Tech Research Institute work on a wireless captioning system for the deaf and hearing impaired.

photo by Gary Meek LEANNE WEST

The system allows persons with hearing limitations to receive text-based announcements on PDAs and other devices at events such as public meetings, sporting competitions, worship services and theaters. Leanne West is leading the project. See the Research Horizons article @ gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-w05/captioning.html

USA Today and Rolling Stone magazine covered the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s work on new combat vehicles that could replace the aging Humvee. The new vehicles, known as Ultra-AP and Ultra-3T, would provide better protection for crew members, a more powerful engine and advanced systems such as stability control. Gary Caille is leading the effort. (See the Research Horizons article, "Improving Survivability and Mobility.")

NationalGeographic.com covered news of the discovery by Georgia Tech researchers of 10 new molecular structures with pharmaceutical potential. Researchers Mark Hay, Julia Kubanek and their colleagues found the new structures in a species of red seaweed that lives in the shallow coral reef along the coastline of Fiji in the south Pacific Ocean. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution article also mentioned the environmental conservation part of this project in Fiji. See the Research Horizons cover story "Reefing the Benefits."

Science News Online, the Web site of this popular weekly science magazine, described Sea Maven, a Web portal that gives students access to data collected by naval platforms 60 miles off the Georgia coast. The project, operated by the Georgia Tech Research Institute in collaboration with the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, allows students to understand the kind of work that researchers do. Jim Demmers directed the project for GTRI. The Newnan Times-Herald also covered this project. See the Research Horizons article @ gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-ss05/seamaven.html

Chemical & Engineering News covered Z.L.Wang’s new superlattice zinc oxide nanostructure reported in the journal Science. The structure, dubbed a nanohelix, resembles the helical structure of DNA. Also, R&D magazine profiled Wang as a “nanotechnology guru.” And he was quoted on the future of nanotechnology in a CNN special called “Flash Forward.” See the Research Horizons article on his report in Science, "Superlattice Nanobelts."

Machine Design, Photonics Spectra and Sensors magazines reported on the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s work on a vision system designed to catch potential plastic contamination on production lines used for food. The system, under development by John Stewart, Doug Britton and others, uses color differences to spot plastic items that could get into food supplies. See the Research Horizons article, "Preventing Fowl-Ups."

Electrical Construction and Maintenance magazine published an image and brief article on the “solar tubes” project being done by Jud Ready and others in the Georgia Tech Research Institute. The magazine noted that the image – which resembles a waffle – showed a grid of nanotubes grown for the project. See the Research News article @ gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/solartubes.htm

photo by Gary Meek AMY VOIDA, KEITH EDWARDS, BECKI GRINTER

Newsday, Health magazine and The Futurist covered Georgia Tech research on the social implications of music sharing in the workplace. The study, by researchers in the College of Computing’s Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center, showed that workers made judgments about others based on music they shared using the iTunes sharing program – and that workers selected the music they were willing to share in order to shape impressions. Amy Voida, Becki Grinter and Keith Edwards conducted the research. See the Research Horizons article @ gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-ss05/musicshare.html

Poultry and Meat Processing magazines reported on Georgia Tech’s new Food Processing Technology Building, which houses Georgia Tech Research Institute research into food processing improvements. The building was constructed with both state and industry support. See the Research News article @ gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/food-processing.htm

Occupational Health & Safety, Police Magazine and Covington News quoted a Georgia Tech Research Institute researcher in a long cover story on the methamphetamine problem. Kevin Caravati was quoted concerning the extent of the meth problem and the risks is poses for public safety officials. See the Research News article @ gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/meth-training.htm

Computerworld and The Engineer Online, a Web site for the British publication The Engineer, described Georgia Tech work on applying augmented reality technology to the food processing industry. The system being developed by Georgia Tech Research Institute and College of Computing researchers would allow communication between automated inspection systems and factory workers. Automation World, Industrial Engineer, Computer Zeitung and Watt Poultry also covered the research. Blair Macintyre and Craig Wyvill were quoted. See the Research News article @ gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/augmented.htm

Geospatial Solutions covered a collaborative project between School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and NASA researchers that could improve access to data from the space agency’s Earth-observing satellites. Mary Ann Ingram is leading the research for Georgia Tech. Other news outlets covering the research include: Physorg.com, RF Design, Red Nova, Science Daily and Space Daily. See the Research Horizons article @ gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-ss05/array.html

dBusinessNews, a business Web site, noted the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s work on a WiMax communication system that could be used to bring Internet access to remote rural areas. The article describes a demonstration done at a Montana educational technology conference in which the technology was used to provide Internet access to a remote site accessible only by horseback. Jay Sexton and Jeff Evans were quoted in the article. See the Research News article @ gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/wi-max.htm


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