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Faculty Research in the News
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More than 100 news outlets reported on research done at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) aimed at improving the fuel efficiency of heavy trucks. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the research uses active flow control techniques to reduce drag on the trailer portion of trucks. The result can be fuel efficiency improvements of up to 12 percent. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, BusinessWeek, CBS News.com, CNN.com, The Chicago Tribune, Forbes.com, LiveScience, MSNBC.com, National Public Radio, The New York Times, Newsday, The San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, and The Washington Post were among the news outlets reporting the story. Robert Englar is the principal researcher. (See the article in this issue of Research Horizons).
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A new assistive technology that could help individuals with severe disabilities lead more independent lives was covered in more than 300 news outlets. The novel system, known as the “Tongue Drive,” allows individuals with disabilities to operate a computer, control a powered wheelchair and interact with the environment simply by moving their tongues. The Associated Press and Reuters news services both picked up the story, which was carried by outlets including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CNN, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Forbes.com, The Los Angeles Times, MSNBC.com, MIT Technology Review, Newsweek, National Public Radio, The New York Times, Scientific American, Time, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo! News and Wired. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, the device was developed by Maysam Ghovanloo and graduate student Xueliang Huo, both from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. (See the article in this issue of Research Horizons).
R&D Magazine, Electronic Engineering Times, Microwave Journal, Microwaves & RF and a number of other technical and trade publications reported on a testbed that could help engineers rapidly evaluate new RFID tags. RFID tags are used for applications that include inventory management, package tracking, toll collection, passport identification and airport luggage security. The system was developed by Gregory Durgin in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering with support from the National Science Foundation. (See the article at Georgia Tech Research News.
A new downloadable software tool that will help adjust complex childhood immunization schedules when one or more vaccine doses aren’t received at the proper time was covered in the national news media. The tool was developed in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Pinar Keskinocak and graduate student Faramroze Engineer in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Among the outlets reporting on the work were Discovery Health, Forbes.com, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (See the article in this issue of Research Horizons).
The New York Times, R&D Magazine and a number of trade and technical media reported on development of a new “lab-on-a-chip” that can automatically position, image, determine the phenotype of and sort small animals, such as the worm Caenorhabditis elegans that is commonly used for biological studies. The work was done by Hang Lu and collaborators in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. (See the article in this issue of Research Horizons).
Funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support work on development of “intelligent binoculars” that mimic the low-level processing done by the brain was reported by the Associated Press and other news outlets. Georgia Tech is part of teams led by Hughes Research Laboratory and Northrop Grumman Corp. that are pursuing the development. Paul Hasler in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering is leading the research at Georgia Tech. More than 50 news outlets – including ABC News.com, The Baltimore Sun, CBS News.com, The Chicago Tribune, CNN.com, The Dallas Morning News, FOX News.com, MSNBC.com, USA Today and The Washington Post – covered the research. See the article at Georgia Tech Research News
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