|
Contents -Engineer of the Year -Winter Commencement -New Biomaterial -Regional Engineering Program -Retiree Luncheon -People -On the Record
Campus Events
Classifieds
Publication is weekly throughout the academic year.
All Whistle submissions
All phone numbers listed in
Cost/$350 ..... Copies/4,500
Georgia Tech is a unit of the
|
On the RecordThis section features faculty and staff members who recently appeared in print or on the air with major news media. Ute Fischer, professor, School of Literature, Communication and Culture, was quoted in an article in the Los Angeles Times about research in aircraft crew communications. Fischer’s work studied the interaction between captains and first officers. Fischer said that problem statements may not be understood as a request to act, and that there are advantages and disadvantages to being indirect. Mostafa El-Sayed, Julius Brown professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was quoted in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article on the broadening applications of lasers in medicine. El-Sayed said that laser light is much easier to control, and unlike a knife, carries no bacteria, reducing the risk of infection. James Meindl, director, Microelectronics Research Center, was featured in an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about Georgia Tech’s landmark research project on the next generation of computer microchip. Meindl said that Tech will work on the connectivity problem between the newest chip and the outside environment, and the other universities involved will concentrate on the internal wiring issues. Phillip Sparling, professor, Department of Health and Performance Sciences, was quoted in articles appearing in The Morning Star and The Oregonian about a study concluding that men are destined to be faster than women, no matter how well women progress in distance running. Sparling said that men’s greater muscularity and higher levels of oxygen-carrying red blood cells might be the causes. John Endicott, director, ISTP, was featured in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article on his efforts to improve relations in Northeast Asia. Endicott is trying to create what he calls a limited nuclear-weapons-free zone in that region, saying that it is an area of contesting histories and unbelievable antagonisms. Stanley Carpenter, professor, School of Public Policy, was quoted in a Dayton Daily News article about the environmental hazard caused by batteries thrown in the trash. Carpenter said that companies that sell rechargeable products are not doing an effective job of making consumers aware of the danger and how to dispose of the batteries properly.
Thomas Winn, director of Continuing Education, School of Literature, Communication and
Culture, was quoted in an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the efforts
Georgia universities are making to train students in Web design and information
technology. Winn said that Tech’s continuing education program is consumer-driven and
caters to what students say they need to round out their skills or get them started
in a new area of interest.
Approved by the Office of External Affairs on 09/24/97
| ||