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Faculty/Staff Newspaper Volume 24. No. 23

July 10, 2000

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Leading the way in biotechnology policy:Tech hosts international group for biopolicy workshop Roberta Berry School of Public Policy

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otivated by their shared belief that 21st century policymaking must keep pace with 21st century biotechnology, faculty organizers from the School of Public Policy, the European Union Center of the University System of Georgia (located at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs), and the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience brought together an international group of leaders from a wide range of disciplines for discussions on the current status and future shape of biotechnology policymaking in Europe and the United States. The two and one-half day meeting, "Shaping Biotechnology Policy in the 21st Century: A Joint European and American Workshop on Policy, Legal and Ethical Issues," focused on two high-profile, controversial policymaking areas: genetically modified (GM) foods and tissue engineering. Workshop co-chairs Susan Cozzens, chair and professor, School of Public Policy, and Robert Nerem, Petit Distinguished Chair and director, Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB), shared the podium at IBB to welcome the participants. William Todd, former president of the Georgia Research Alliance, chaired the opening session, in which Leroy Hood, a world-renowned leader and visionary in the field of biotechnology, called for improved education in the life sciences and in its implications for the dawning "biosociety." The current European regime for biotechnology policymaking works well, urged Patrice Laget, counselor for Science, Technology and Education of the European Union, Delegation of the European Commission. Kenneth Keller, Charles M. Denny Jr. Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, explored the complex role of the university in the past and future of biotechnology. Klaus Ammann of the University of Bern led a roundtable discussion on GM foods in which prominent European and American scientists, a European Public Policy Chair Susan Cozzens estabimmunologist, an lishes the analytic framework for the advisor to the policymaking panel discussions to follow. British government, and a Harvard University policy expert discussed the promise of GM foods for feeding the hungry, meeting nutritional deficiencies and delivering inexpensive preventive medications to millions. But public concerns about the safety and environmental soundness of GM foods have generated public protests that threaten to bring a halt to further development and use of the technology. Nerem led a roundtable discussion on tissue engineering, which holds the potential to reduce the enormous shortfall of

transplantable organs and to provide other important improvements in medical treatments. The use of stem cells in tissue engineering, however, has aroused deep ethical and policy concerns regarding the appropriate treatment of human embryos and fetal tissue. Safety concerns also have been raised with respect to the xenotransplantation of non-human animal cells and tissues. Roundtable participants included university and industry scientists as well as a co-author of the American Association for the Advancement of Science report on stem cells.

Robert Nerem (left), Petit Distinguished Chair and director of the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, talks with biotechnology leader and visionary Leroy Hood about his address on the future of biotechnology.

European and American policy experts from university, policy institute and governmental settings met in two panels to assess public reactions to biotechnologies and the current status and future prospects for effective biotechnology policymaking. Cozzens chaired the first panel, and Duncan T. Moore, associate director for Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President, chaired the second. As Provost Michael Thomas noted in his dinner address to participants, Georgia Tech is committed to leading the way both in biotechnology and biotechnology policy. The workshop was sponsored by the three host units and by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the College of Engineering, the Ivan Allen College, the Whitaker Foundation—Special Opportunity Award on Biomedical Engineering for Industry, the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the DuPree College of Management. William Long, professor of international affairs and co-director, EUC, was co-advisor to the workshop organizing committee and hosted a luncheon sponsored by the Ivan Allen College. Other membeys of the organizing committee included Clifton Baile, GRA Eminent Scholar, University of Georgia, and Robert Rich, executive associate dean, Emory University School of Medicine. A printed report of the workshop will be available soon. To receive a copy, e-mail [email protected] with "please send report" in the subject line and your mailing address in the body of the e-mail. An account of the workshop will appear in a future edition of Issues in Science and Technology, which is available for no charge at www.nap.edu/issues.

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Johns Hopkins professor to head School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Victor Rogers Institute Communications and Public A ffairs

ruce R. Ellingwood of Johns. Hopkins University has been selected chair of Georgia Tech's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His appointment follows a nationwide search and will be effective in September, pending Board of Regents' approval. Ellingwood is the Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. From 1990 to 1997 he was chair of the department. He is a two-time recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers' oldest and most prestigious recognition, the Norman Medal, in 1983 and 1998. Since 1978 his work in the area of probability-based load combinations and natural hazards analysis is the basis for the treatment of design loads for buildings and other structures in all major codes in the United States. "Bruce has an impeccable record at Johns Hopkins and at the National Bureau of Standards," said Jean-Lou Chameau, dean of the College of Engineering. "The members of the search committee, faculty, students, staff, administrators and alumni who met Bruce during the search process were impressed by his leadership and vision for civil and environmental engineering. In my career in academia, I have rarely seen so much consensus and support toward one individual in a search for a leadership position." More than 40 nominees and/or applicants were considered for the position. The search committee, chaired by Ward 0. Winer, chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, held on-campus interviews with six applicants. "There were a number of very outstanding candidates," said Winer. "When all things were considered, Ellingwood's credentials and experience, both in the academic and the government laboratory communities and both as a faculty member and in administrative positions, seemed to fit Georgia Tech's needs the best. This was one of those fortunate searches where the top choice of the faculty, the search committee and the Tech administration coincided, and we were able to hire the best candidate." In the spring of 1999 Ellingwood visited Tech to present an endowed lecture in civil engineering. "I met with several of the structures faculty, and I was very impressed with what I saw," he recalled. U.S. News & World Report recently ranked the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering's undergraduate programs fifth in the country, and the graduate program seventh. The

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graduate program in environmental engineering is ranked tenth. Ellingwood said he would like to see the rankings at least be maintained and perhaps moved up a notch. He said that although Tech's program is in a growth mode, he is concerned about the direction of the civil engineering profession. "In a much more general sense, civil engineering is at a crossroads," Ellingwood said. "We're a mature technology in comparison with some of the other fields of engineering. Most programs across the United States have seen declining enrollments in the last five or six years, and we're all wrestling with what civil engineering will look like 20 years from now." Ellingwood said universities must provide graduates at all levels with the skills they will need to function in 2030. "It's a real challenge because some of our graduates will be doing things that we cannot imagine right now," he said. Ellingwood said he expects his duties as chair to be administrative to a large measure, but he would like to continue some of his research and perhaps teach one course a year to keep actively involved with students. He also plans to continue advising two or three graduate students. Mike Thomas, Georgia Tech provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, noted Ellingwood's outstanding credentials. "Bruce is well known nationally for his work at the National Institute of Science and Technology and subsequently at Johns Hopkins," said Thomas. "At Johns Hopkins he was chair of the comparable program to Civil and Environmental Engineering here and thus has had experience in working with faculty. I am excited about him coming." "He's an excellent choice," said Michael Meyer, current chair of CEE. "He's extremely well known in the field, and he will do a great job." Meyer will be on professional leave-of-absence next year. He will spend half of his time working with the Federal Highway Administration in Atlanta and reporting to the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. He will help the Federal Highway Administration work with state agencies and metropolitan planning organizations in responding to the transportation regulation law passed by Congress two years ago. "We have been blessed by strong leadership from Dr. Mike Meyer, who has brought the School to its highest level of performance and reputation ever," said Chameau. "I am delighted that we have been able to attract Bruce who, I believe, will build upon these accomplishments to take us to even higher levels of excellence." Ellingwood earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign in 1968, 1969 and 1972, respectively.

Tech showcases its projects and programs for Web-based Education Commission

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further integrate technology into all classrooms—from grade schools to colleges and universities.

Published by Institute Communications and Public Affairs. Publication is weekly throughout the academic year and biweekly throughout the

The commission was in Atlanta for a public hearing held later that afternoon in conjunction with the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) at the Georgia World Congress Center. Chaired by Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE) with Vice Chairman Georgia Representative Johnny lsakson, the Web-based Education Commission was established by Congress to explore the promise of the Internet and other educational technology and to identify the obstacles that inhibit students from realizing that promise.The task force will report its findings to the President and Congress by Nov. 30.

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Joe Boland, director of the Center for Distance Learning, addresses members of the Web-based Education Commission, outlining the strides that Georgia Tech has made in developing its online master's degree in mechanical

The NECC, the nation's largest educational technology conference, was hosted by the College of Science's Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and

engineering. Boland's was one of a number of presentations to the Commission on June 26 that showcased various

Computing (CEISMC).The conference broke all records for participation this year, as more than 12,000 educators from all over the

Georgia Tech research projects and programs that promise to

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Frost named director of GTREP

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. David Frost has been named director of the Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program (GTREP), an initiative begun last fall to help meet the increasing demand for engineers. Frost, a professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been acting director since GTREP's inception. "David has done an outstanding job over the past 18 months with the initial launching phase of GTREP," said Jean-Lou Chameau, dean of the College of Engineering. "We are now entering a phase where GTREP is expanding its faculty and student body rapidly—we will have seven faculty and about 200 students this fall—and is planning for permanent facilities. I am extremely confident that David will be a superb leader for this critical phase." For Frost, helping build GTREP from scratch has been very important and was a key factor in his decision to accept the position. He compares it to a similar experience early in his career. "Just after I completed my undergraduate degrees in civil engineering and mathematics, I spent more than a year living and working north of the Arctic Circle building artificial sand islands for oil exploration," he said. "This was an incredibly dynamic environment, given that there was little precedent for what we were doing. At the same time it was an outstanding opportunity to create something new and innovative. I think that GTREP may be the academic equivalent of that earlier experience." GTREP, in collaboration with Armstrong Atlantic State University, Georgia Southern University and Savannah State University, offers

undergraduate degrees in computer engineering and civil and environmental engineering; and master's of science degrees in environmental engineering and electrical engineering. Depending upon their enrolling institution, GTREP students matriculate in either Statesboro or Savannah for the duration of their degree program, while academically becoming Georgia Tech students in their junior or senior years. The students physically remain in Southeast Georgia at one of the three participating universities. GTREP will have about 25 Georgia Tech juniors this. fall, and Georgia Tech administrators are working closely with the Chancellor's Office and the presidents of the GTREP partner institutions on longterm facility plans. Frost is quick to acknowledge that the success of GTREP has been a team effort transcending many levels. "Our GTREP academic partners—Armstrong Atlantic State University, Georgia Southern University and Savannah State University—have worked with us as a team," Frost said. "The Georgia Tech administration and faculty in the President's Office, the College of Engineering, the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering have been very supportive of the initiative. Units across campus including the Admissions Office, Registrars Office, Co-op Office, Student Services Office, Office of Information Technology and the Center for Distance Learning, have made very significant contributions to getting the program up and running. The GTREP staff in Savannah/Statesboro have worked extremely hard to build the program and have demonstrated a high level of innovation in solving problems. This same team approach is what will make GTREP continue to be successful."

Campus construction update In the June 26 edition of The Whistle, we reported on several major construction projects currently in progress on campus. Following is an update on Phase III of the Orme Street Combined Trunk Relief Sewer project. Stay tuned for more updates on this and other campus construction in future issues. • Phase III of the Orme Street Combined Trunk Relief Sewer project will start up at the end of this month with "mobilization." The contractor will start bringing equipment on site, putting up fences and defining the area in which the work will be done. • An open trench will be dug along the length of Brittain Drive. The tunneling will start at the North Avenue/Techwood Drive

intersection with a 30-by-30-foot pit being dug in the southeast corner of the intersection; the intersection will remain open for the duration of the tunnel effort. The tunneling will progress both north and-south under Techwood Drive. The north run of the tunnel will turn west under Bobby Dodd Way and connect with the trench at the south end of Brittain Drive. The south run will end at Merritts Avenue. • Although the tunneling will not be visible on the Georgia Tech side of Techwood Drive, there will be truck traffic along the road as trucks remove material from the trench digging on Brittain Drive.

In remembrance Hoyt Coffee, Alumni Association

Gene Ward, ECE

oyt Coffee, an award-winning writer and associate editor of Tech Topics and the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, died at his home June 27 of a heart attack. He was 45. A former reporter and editor for United Press International, Coffee joined the Georgia Tech Alumni Association in 1995, after a three-year stint as associate editor of Site Selection and Industrial Development

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magazine. "Hoyt Coffee's writing and editing abilities were extraordinary," said John Dunn, editor of the Alumni publications. "The quality of his writing was consistently high and his editing skills were exceptional." Coffee became an alumnus of Georgia Tech after taking "The History of Georgia Tech:' a course taught by Robert C. McMath and Gus Giebelhaus, and he proudly claimed camaraderie with the Class of 1999. For the past two years, Coffee served as faculty adviser to the Technique. A licensed private pilot, Coffee was also a member of the Yellow Jacket Flying Club. When Georgia Tech's 1990 football team was named No. 1 in the country by UPI, it was Coffee who presented the UPI national championship trophy to then head coach Bobby Ross. Coffee joined UPI in 1985 as capital correspondent in Columbia, S.C., and became broadcast news editor, sportswriter and Southeast regional editor for the wire service. A published poet, Coffee's poems appeared in such magazines as the New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly. In May, he received the Magazine Association of Georgia silver award for best feature writing or reporting and previously had received the gold award for best feature writing or reporting. Coffee received his associate of arts degree from the DeKalb College in 1983, graduating with highest honors, and graduated magna cum laude in journalism from the University of Georgia in 1985. At Georgia, he was president of the Student Government Association and was assistant editor of the Red and Black student newspaper. He also received the university's Faculty Award for Academic Excellence.

Gene A. Ward, electronics technician III in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), died of heart failure on June 19. He was 62. Born in Bessemer, Ala., Ward served in the U.S. Army as a personnel sergeant in Germany, Korea, Vietnam and throughout the United States. Ward was an active member of his local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) organization, where he had served as quartermaster and junior vice commander. In 1978, Ward joined the School of Electrical Engineering (now the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering) as a stores clerk and was promoted several times to his most recent position, where he handled mechanical and electronics support duties such as audio/visual equipment maintenance, device and circuit board assembly, and equipment and furniture repair. Ward also coordinated shipping and receiving services for ECE. According to his daughter, Kathy Wingate, an Gene Ward academic assistant in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ward enjoyed his work at Georgia Tech and often spoke highly of his full-time employee, Marvin Mims, and the student assistants he supervised. Funeral services with full military honors were held June 22 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Stockbridge. Survivors include his wife, Dolly Kathryn Blackstone Ward, of Stockbridge; son, Stephen Kyle, of Ellenwood, his wife, Sharon, and their children, Amanda, Amelia, Katie and Stephen; daughter, Rosemary Norris, of Forest Park, her husband, Tim, and their children, James Robert and T.G.; daughter, Kathy Wingate, of Douglasville, and her children, Raymond and Kyle; and daughter, Ina Davis, of Rex, her husband, Tracy, and their children, Jessica, Amber and Kristin.

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Brown Bags/Lectures

July 12 "Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia," featuring Gregory Benforsl, author of Eater, Cosm, limescape, and Foundation's Fear 3 p.m., Clary Theater, Student Success Center. Booksigning and reception to follow,

July 18 The Campus Diversity Council presents a diversity briefing with Dr. Roosevelt Thomas. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., Student Success Center, President's Suite. Thomas will address issues related to administrative/business staffing within Georgia Tech's wort force.

Courses/Workshops

July 12, 20 National Coalition Building Institute Diversity Training, offered by the Office of Diversity Issues and the Office of Equal

Opportunity and Diversity Programs. To register or for more Future of Computing Technology lecture series

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The Future of Computing Technology, a summer institute of discussion and discovery, will be held July 10-28 as the first in a series of short programs called Blue Skies. The series is intended to provide a mechanism for Georgia Tech to support small groups of accomplished faculty in the exploration of emerging fields. During the program, a group of experts will present, discuss and challenge existing views in areas from hardware development to the philosophic impact of computing on society. These lectures will be followed by discussion among nine Georgia Tech faculty members from the Colleges of Computing, Sciences and Engineering. The lectures will be held in the MARC auditorium. They are free and open to all faculty and staff. • July 11: 9:30 a.m., "Musings on the Disappearance of Computing," by Bob Frankston, co-founder of Software Arts and VisiCalc; 11 a.m., "Scalable File Systems:' by Roger Haskin,

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Washer and dryer, 2 sets for sale: GE, $250; Kenmore, $350. Contact [email protected] . Almond/black Kenmore electric range, like new. 30" wide, 26" deep. $225. Call 404894- 1428. Kenmore gas dryer, 3 years old. Great condition. Asking $150. Contact Harvey, 404-3851225 (day) or 404-377-4986 (eve). AUTOMOBILES

1979 Chevrolet 1/2 ton pickup. Perfect work truck. Not pretty but runs/drives great. New distributor, brakes, motor mounts, u-joints and tuneup. $1,500. Contact Rusty, 770-5287044 or 770-419-8067. 1979 Toyota Corolla station wagon, 5-spd., manual, runs great, 18/22 mpg, $1,000. Contact 404-894-4971 (w), 404-373-3769 (h) or [email protected] . 1979 Jeep CJ5, black, restored, 304 V-8, Jacob's ignition, Holley 4-barrel, performer intake, new T-18 4-spd., new Dana 300 T-case, soft top, 6 pt. racing cage, 5 pt. harnesses, autometer gauges, Supertrapp stainless exhaust, headers. $8,500 OBO. 404-367-5473. 1983 Honda Accord Special Edition, 4 dr., 2nd owner, 135K miles, automatic, a/c, all power, cruise, pwr sunroof, am/fm/stereo. $2,000 OBO. New tires, new battery, new muffler. All records. Contact [email protected] or 678-524-0947. 1985 BMW 325e, 5-spd., 2-dr., 205K miles. Most service records, good engine, needs

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July 19 Workshop on constructive games in the workpla c they're called team initiatives, group facilitation, gro lem solving, icebreakers or fun games, these activiti t work in your workplace. Participants will learn a van games that may have a surprising educational twist. will participate and learn how to facilitate some of th ties in their own work setting. Facilitator: Will Marbl - 9 p.m., location TBA. To register, call Outdoor Re Georgia Tech (ORGT) at 404-894-6267 by July 14.

July 29 "Football 201." Learn the game of football from the G Tech coaching staff. Participants will learn the basics of and defense, game strategy, strength conditioning and eq 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Alexander Memorial Coliseum at McDo Center. The cost is $30 and includes lunch. Pre-registrati required. Contact: 404-385-0032 or [email protected] manager of Parallel File Systems at the IBM Almaden Researc Center. • July 12: 9:30 a.m., "Molecular Electronics for Information Technologies," by James Heath, professor of chemistry, UCLA a.m., "Beyond CMOS: Exploratory Concepts for Emerging Nanotechnology-based Electronics:' by Alain Kaloyeros, execs director of the state Center for Advanced Thin-Film Technolog and professor of physics at the University of Albany. • July 13: 10 a.m., "Improved Means to Unimproved Ends: Innovating in a Spiritual Void," by Langdon Winner, political t rist and professor of political science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. • July 14: 10 a.m., "Our Coming Comfy Future," by Grego] Benford, author and professor of plasma physics and astrophys Univeristy of California-Irvine. • July 20: 10 a.m., "The Future of High-Speed Interconnect by Yousef Khalidi, distinguished engineer in the Solaris Prods(

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