Winter 2004 |
Faculty Research in the News
Georgia Tech researchers' work covered in the news media.
The “Developments to Watch” section of Business Week included a brief article and image of “nanospring” structures developed by Professor Z.L. Wang and his colleagues in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. The structures could have applications as sensors and transducers in industrial applications and medicine. Other publications also describing the nanosprings include: Aerospace Engineering, Electronic Engineering Times, Industry Week, Materials Today, R & D Magazine, NASA Tech Briefs and Solid State Technology. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article in this issue).
Science News reported on progress in the development of microneedle arrays for painless drug and vaccine delivery. Associate Professor Mark Prausnitz in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is the principal investigator.
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Photonics Spectra reported on the “recon-round,” a device that would allow soldiers to see over obstacles such as forests and buildings. Senior Research Engineer Chuck Stancil in GTRI’s Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems Lab is the principal investigator. Other media reporting on the device included the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Discover Magazine, Design News, E4Engineering, The Engineer, Signal, Science Daily and Space Daily. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f03/recon.html).
Industry Week included Steven Danyluk, director of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Center, in its list of “R&D Stars” for 2003. Danyluk was cited for his Scanning Contact Potential Difference sensor, which is the basis for a start-up company known as Qcept. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article on Qcept at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-w03/tech-side.html).
Technology Review published a four-page article on Georgia Tech research into wireless technologies to assist the disabled. The work is being done in the interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Mobile Wireless Technologies for Persons with Disabilities. John Peifer of the Biomedical Interactive Technology Center and Jack Wood of GTRI were among those quoted and photographed. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f02/wireless.html).
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) featured Associate Professor of Computing John Stasko’s “InfoCanvas” project, an NSF-supported effort to help computer users monitor news headlines, weather, air fare changes and other information in a way that doesn’t intrude on their work.
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Discover Magazine’s list of the top 100 science stories of 2003 included work by Assistant Professor Frank Loeffler and others in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering to isolate a bacterium that is able to break down chlorinated solvents, including vinyl chloride. Isolation of the organism was reported in the journal Nature. Other media covering Loeffler’s research includes USA Today, The Washington Times, Philadelphia Daily News, MSNBC, Toronto Globe and Mail, Detroit Free Press and the Atlanta Business Chronicle. (See the Research News article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/bacterial.htm).
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an editorial about the future of the HOPE scholarship that mentioned a Georgia Tech study that documents the value of a college degree – and the economic benefits the University System of Georgia brings to the state. Associate Professor Bill Drummond in the City and Regional Planning Program and EDI Principal Research Associate Jan Youtie conducted the study. The Americus Times-Recorder, Marietta Daily Journal and Milledgeville Union-Recorder also reported on the study. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article in this issue).
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on a team of Georgia Tech researchers who spent 10 days underwater in the Florida keys to study endangered coral reefs. Professor of Biology Mark Hay led the effort aboard Aquarius, an 85-ton underwater lab. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Palm Beach Post also published this article. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article in this issue).
Photonics Spectra covered the machine vision system being developed by researchers from GTRI and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering to monitor the quality of sandwich buns being produced at Flowers Bakery in Villa Rica, Ga. In addition to Doug Britton of GTRI and Bonnie Heck of ECE, the team also includes Baking Technology Systems (Bake-Tech) of Tucker, Ga. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f03/buns.html).
Industrial Engineer mentioned GTRI’s Medical Electronic Performance Support System (MedEPSS) in a sidebar article. The main article described logistical issues involved in hospitals and operating rooms. MedEPSS is a job aid and reference tool for nurses, admissions personnel and other staff. GTRI Senior Research Engineer Gisele Bennett leads the project. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-w03/rnoteW03.html#rnote2).
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