The Office of the Provost has named Georgia Tech-Lorraine President Yves Berthelot as vice provost for International Initiatives and Steven A. Denning Chair in Global Engagement. Berthelot’s appointment is effective August 22, 2012. He will succeed Steve McLaughlin, who has been appointed chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program in Stem Cell Biomanufacturing announced its third class of Ph.D. student trainees. The five new graduate students come from a wide variety of disciplines including the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
Cynthia G. Jones, MSHP '86, was been appointed as the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) new Nuclear Safety Attaché at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, Austria. She succeeds Mr. Mark Shaffer, who was selected as the Office of International Programs Deputy Office Director, effective 1 July 2012. The Nuclear Safety Attaché serves as the U.S. Mission’s expert on nuclear safety issues and programs and provides programmatic and policy oversight of the IAEA's safety program on behalf of the United States.
Cynthia G. Jones, MSHP '86, was been appointed as the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) new Nuclear Safety Attaché at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, Austria. She succeeds Mr. Mark Shaffer, who was selected as the Office of International Programs Deputy Office Director, effective 1 July 2012. The Nuclear Safety Attaché serves as the U.S. Mission’s expert on nuclear safety issues and programs and provides programmatic and policy oversight of the IAEA's safety program on behalf of the United States.
Kevin King, ME senior and tennis player, has been named Scholar Athlete of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2011-12 acade
The Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (Petit Institute) awarded $50,000 to three interdisciplinary teams under its Petit Bioengineering and Bioscience Collaborative Seed Grant program, which was created to support early-stage innovative biotechnology research. Proposals were submitted by teams comprised of two Petit Institute faculty with appointments in different academic Colleges.
The Georgia Institute of Technology has scheduled its first series of professional education courses at Georgia Tech-Savannah in order to serve a broader population of adult learners and working professionals. Starting fall 2012, a total of 11 Georgia Tech Professional Education courses will be offered at the Savannah campus in the areas of Lean Healthcare, Lean & Process Improvement, Occupational Safety & Health, Project Management, and Supply Chain & Logistics Management.