Research Horizons
Winter 2004
COVER STORY
Navy photo Michael Pendergrass

Air traffic controllers on board the USS Enterprise during Operation Desert Fox, Dec. 17, 1998. Information security in air traffic control provides a basis for more reliable computing environments in other sectors, according to Georgia Tech researchers.

UNDER
ATTACK
Information security battle will require computer users to make tough choices.
by Jane M. Sanders

Georgia Tech
Research Highlights
Researchers explore potential solutions to information security problems.
by Jane M. Sanders

Making Cyberspace Safer
Information security startups are developing innovative solutions to fend off attackers.
by T.J. Becker

Cover Story - PDF format


FEATURES
Thanks for
the Memories
Researchers explore the failings and fortitude of working-memory capacity. PDF format
by T.J. Becker

Life-and-Death Learning
GTRI develops safety-training program
for Hispanic construction workers. PDF format
by T.J. Becker

Keeping Cool
Synthetic jet and droplet atomization technologies meet broad range of electronic thermal management needs. PDF format
by John Toon
Exposing Buried Danger
Field tests advance seismic landmine-detection system. PDF format
by T.J. Becker


FACULTY PROFILE

Professor Barbara Boyan

Fundamentally
Different
Discovery of biochemical differences in male and female cartilage cells brings novel research perspective and hope for better spinal disc repair. PDF format
by Jane M. Sanders

FACULTY COLUMN
Life Under the Sea
Georgia Tech team lives underwater to study coral reefs. PDF format
by Mark Hay


DEPARTMENTS
Research Links
Painless Drug and Vaccine Delivery
Payoffs from a College Degree in Georgia
Nanosprings Could be Actuators and Transducers
The Next Big Thing
Dogs on a Chip
Virtual Firefighting
Tracking Commuter Habits
China's Export Momentum
New Technologies in the Spotlight
The Weakest Link
      PDF format


Research Notes
Protecting Big Birds
Carbon Copy
Bolstering Biotech
Learning by Experience
      PDF format


Faculty Awards
    and Honors


Faculty Research
    in the News


RESEARCH HORIZONS

Volume 21, Number 2
Winter 2004

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Georgia Institute of Technology



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