Suman Das Named Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair
Suman Das has been named to the Morris M. Bryan, Jr.
GT Collaborates with GE, Ford on Alternative Fuel Vehicle Research
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering with GE and Ford Motor Co. to study ways to add greater efficiencies to electric driving and charging performance.
GE recently announced its plans to purchase 2,000 new Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrids for its fleet. As part of the collaboration, Ford will jointly market GE’s alternative fuel infrastructure solutions to commercial customers and provide new alternative fuel vehicles for use at GE’s Vehicle Innovation Center.
Declercq Selected as European Union PromoDoc Ambassador
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has selected Nico Declercq, Associate Professor of Acoustics and Dynamics in Georgia Tech’s Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, as one of twenty-five ambassadors of the PromoDoc initiative. PromoDoc is a project funded by the European Commission within the framework of the Erasmus Mundus program focusing on the promotion of European higher education at the doctoral level.
Wepfer Receives 2012 Fellow of ABET Award
Dr. Mohammed Cherkaoui, Lead Investigator Earning NSF Award
The National Science Foundation (NSF), in support of the multi-agency, federal Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), has granted the first awards for the Desinging Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program. The NSF invested over $12M in 22 grants in support of 14 distinct DMREF projects intended to yield a range of new developments, including Dr.
Georgia Tech Formulates Plan for Complete College Initiative
When Gov. Nathan Deal announced the Complete College Georgia initiative in August 2011, he challenged each of the state’s public higher education institutions to develop plans for increasing the number of postsecondary graduates. One year later, the Institute is aligning with the governor’s vision, producing a document that starts with data analysis as a foundation for improving undergraduate student success at Georgia Tech.
Founding Director of Nuclear Engineering Passes
Dr. William B. (Bill) Harrison III, age 89, of Mobile, Alabama, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 from the complications of pulmonary disease.
Bill joined the faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1953 and ultimately served as the founding Director and Professor of the School of Nuclear Engineering in 1962.