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  • Michael Elliott has been appointed to the National Research Council’s Committee
  • February 15, 2012
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    Michael Elliott, Associate Professor, Schools of City and Regional Planning & Public Policy, has been appointed to the National Research Council’s Committee on Inherently Safer Chemical Processes. The committee is examining approaches used by chemical manufacturing facilities for the management of chemical process risks, especially in the use of particularly hazardous chemicals, and in the potential for replacing risky processes with inherently safer ones.

  • PhD student Sanjay Arora won a poster session award at the 2012 GTRIC
  • February 13, 2012
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    School of Public Policy PhD student Sanjay Arora won a poster session award at the 2012 Georgia Tech Research & Innovation Conference (GTRIC) on Tuesday, Feb. 7.Sanjay's poster was entitled: "Commercialization of New and Emerging Technologies: A Cross Country Comparison of Graphene Firms" looks at how small to medium sized firms working in graphene, a novel nanotechnology material, present and reveal their business strategies online. The findings suggest that firm strategy is influenced by ... read more
  • Dr. Clark Appointed to SPIE Committee
  • January 31, 2012
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    Jennifer Clark, Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy, has been appointed to the 2012 Engineering, Science & Technology Policy Committee (ESTeP) of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).The ESTeP promotes understanding at all levels of policy decision-making, about those issues that affect the well-being of the optical science and engineering communities worldwide. This Committee also advises the SPIE Board and other Society groups on ways to expand the ... read more
  • Dr. Levine Appointed to Institute of Medicine Committee
  • January 25, 2012
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    Aaron Levine, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy, has been appointed to an Institute of Medicine Committee that is tasked with evaluating the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).Specifically, the committee will assess CIRM's programs, operations, strategies, and performance since its inception in 2005. The committee held its first meeting in October 2011 and will hold four additional meetings in 2012 before producing a final report near the end of the year.... read more