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Georgia Institute of Technology

Volume 13, Number 3
Winter 1996

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Research for the Games

Georgia Tech research is helping meet Atlanta's needs during the 1996 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

Compiled By Lea McLees

Defense in a Changing World

Mel Belcher and a team of Georgia Tech Research Institute colleagues are making vital contributions to U.S. defense -- by evaluating and applying the latest technology to missile defense radar development.

By Lea McLees

Flourishing New Franchises

What factors do surviving new franchisors have in common? Dr. Scott Shane tells us, using data on the 1983 crop of new franchisors to illustrate.

By Lea McLees

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Research Notes

World-class researchers; cognitive perspectives on aging; Mobile Sources Center of Excellence; on-line banking; helping small businesses; disorder tames chaotic systems.

Jean-Lou Chameau, Georgia Tech's new vice provost for research, is committed to helping the institute forge additional research links with industry.

Updates:

• Electronically controlled mechanical seal promises boost for U.S. space program.

• "Laminated matrix" composites may expand high-temperature parts applications.

• Oceanic Oxygen: Feedback effect, oxygen and marine organisms.