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Faculty Research in the News
Georgia Tech researchers' work covered in the
Science, Scientific American, Science News and New Scientist magazines reported on a key Georgia Tech physics discovery by School of Physics Assistant Professor Alex Kuzmich and graduate student Dzmitry Matsukevich to transfer a quantum bit from the atomic world to the photonic world – a first step toward quantum networking and communications. Also reporting the story were Laser Focus World, Photonics Spectra, Optics and Photonics News and Computer Zeitung, a German computer magazine.
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The New York Times, Chemical Engineering Progress, Electronic Design, Solid State Technology, Semiconductor International, Materials Today and Electronic Engineering Times reported on the thermal dip pen nanolithography process developed by Georgia Tech and the Naval Research Laboratory. The technique allows the production of circuitry patterns with smaller dimensions than conventional lithography-based systems. Professor William King in Mechanical Engineering is the lead researcher on the project. MicroTec and Micro/Nano also reported on the technique. (See the Research News article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/tdpn.htm).
The Associated Press reported on a new Georgia Tech study of fatal accidents on rural highways in the Southeast. The study, by Karen Dixon in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, reported on factors that contribute to making rural two-lane roads dangerous – including shoulder drop-offs and lack of seatbelt use in pickup trucks. The story was picked up and/or localized by dozens of media outlets, including The Chicago Tribune, National Public Radio, Boston Herald, Seattle Times, Savannah Morning News, Columbus (Ga) Ledger-Enquirer, Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier, Columbia (S.C.) State, Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger, Macon Telegraph, The Philadelphia Inquirer, MSNBC.com and WSBTV.com. Reuters news service also covered the story. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article Accidents Waiting to Happen.)
Chemical & Engineering News reported on work by Assistant Professor Donald Doyle and graduate student Lauren Schwimmer in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The researchers have learned how to commandeer the complex machinery that cells use to recognize and respond to such important molecules as steroid hormones, thyroid hormones and vitamin D. The work could lead to improved sensors and new pharmaceuticals. Advance for Laboratory Professionals and Bio.com also covered the story. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article Commandeering Cellular Machinery.)
Los Angeles Times column "In the Lab" reported on implantable pressure sensors being commercialized by Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) company CardioMEMS. The sensor is based on technology licensed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Georgia Tech lab of Professor Mark Allen in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. (See the Research News article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/cardiomems.htm.)
"Math Trek," an online feature of Science News, described the Traveling Salesman Problem, which involves determining the optimal routes between multiple destinations. Finding optimal routes is computationally difficult, but has important applications in such areas as semiconductor design and material handling. The article mentioned work by Georgia Tech Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering William Cook, who set a record for solving the TSP problem for 24,978 cities. His work was also mentioned in Network World. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f04/tsp.html).
Research & Development magazine published an article about the future of independent R&D organizations; it included comments from Georgia Tech Vice President and Georgia Tech Research Institute director Stephen Cross. His comments described GTRI's opportunities in homeland security and defense, and highlighted GTRI's strengths as part of Georgia Tech.
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AAMI News, the online publication of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Devices, posted an article about the Georgia Tech Research Institute's work with Atlanta medical device company MetGen on developing a home-testing device for PKU. The genetic disease requires regular testing to ensure that a specific protein stays within a safe range; the device would allow the testing to be done by patients without the need for travel to a major medical facility. GTRI Chief Scientist Jeff Sitterle heads the project. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f04/pku.html).
Computer Zeitung, a German computer magazine, published a photograph and brief article showing potential applications for the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) optical sensor aboard an unmanned aerial vehicle. GTRI researchers, including Dan Campbell, are studying how the sensor could be used in the Dragon-Eye UAV to detect biological or chemical weapons. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f04/danger.html).
Los Angeles Times column "In the Lab" reported on Georgia Tech's microneedles drug delivery system, which replaces traditional hypodermic needles with an array of very small metal or polymer needles too small to cause pain. Associate Professor Mark Prausnitz in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering leads the research. (See the Research News article at
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/needlespnas.htm).
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