A host of national and local news media organizations covered a visit to campus by President George W. Bush on March 27 to see a demonstration of first-responder technologies, which were featured in the Winter 2002 issue of RESEARCH HORIZONS. Bush and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge watched more than 100 first responders demonstrate three of five technologies under development at the Center for Emergency Response Technology, Instruction and Policy (CERTIP) in the Georgia Tech Research Institute. The technologies are aimed at enhancing the response capabilities of emergency workers. CERTIP also provides training to first responders. Bush praised Georgia Tech for its work and called CERTIP an "innovative training center." For the story on Bush's visit see
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/PRESIDENTBUSH.htm.
For the RESEARCH HORIZONS article on CERTIP, see
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-win02/r-first.html.
USA Today, the Boston Globe, The Financial Times, Discover Magazine, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Photonics Spectra and Nature published articles on the "Nevatron," the first storage ring for ultra-cold neutral atoms. Professor Michael Chapman in the School of Physics is leading the research team. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-win02/nevatron.html.)
Popular Mechanics, Photonics Spectra and Quality Digest published articles on the Georgia Tech Research Institute's (GTRI) poultry inspection research. Researcher Craig Wyvill was quoted in the article. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f01/poultry.html.)
Popular Mechanics also published an article on Georgia Tech research on the factors affecting how electrical charge moves through DNA. The study was led by Professors Uzi Landman and Gary Schuster. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-win02/dna.html.)
photo by Gary Meek
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Professor Waymond Scott displays samples of inert land mines used in research, while Christoph Schroeder adjusts the radar system used to measure soil displacement.
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The San Francisco Chronicle quoted Georgia Tech Professor Waymond Scott in an article about detecting land mines. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f00/mines.html.)
ABC News and CNN.com covered an Advanced Technology Development Center company that is using a Georgia Tech research innovation to develop a new technology for continuously measuring blood pressure within the heart. The company is using a MEMS sensor developed by Professor Mark Allen for jet engine applications. (See the article in this issue of RESEARCH HORIZONS – "Medical Micromachines.")
Popular Science and Science News published articles describing
the Mars Entomopter under development in GTRI for NASA. Researcher Rob
Michelson is heading the project for GTRI. (See the RESEARCH
HORIZONS
article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f01/mars.html.)
New Scientist, Nature and the Web sites for Nature and the BBC published stories on Georgia Tech research that has solved the 17th century mystery of the Huygens clock – the earliest report of synchronized oscillators. The articles quoted researchers Michael Schatz and Kurt Wiesenfeld. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f00/time.html.)
Industry Week covered research on optimizing the placement of radioactive seeds used in the treatment of prostate cancer. The optimization software, developed by researcher Eva Lee in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, helps physicians place the seeds for the best coverage of cancerous areas and least impact on healthy tissue. (See the Research News article at
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/lee/lee_news.html.)
Mechanical Engineering published an article on a real-time, 3D weather visualization system under development in GTRI and the College of Computing. Researchers Nick Faust and Bill Ribarsky are quoted in the article. (See the RESEARCH HORIZONS article at
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/reshor/rh-f01/weather.html.)
Engineering Times described a Georgia Tech course designed to help engineers understand communications processes involved in legislative lobbying, marketing, selling ideas to company management and explaining complex issues to general audiences. Professor Mark Prausnitz teaches the class. (See the Research News article at
gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/ENGCOM.html.)
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