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The annual report of the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia

Tech is published in the fall. For more detailed information about Woodruff School under-

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Letter

Dr. Ward O. Winer

Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair of the

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0405

Phone

404-894-3200

Fax

404-894-1658

E-mail

ward.winer@me.gatech.edu or

information@me.gatech.edu

Online

www.me.gatech.edu

C O N T E N T S

Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Student Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Fellowships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Degrees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Honors and Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Finances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

The Woodruff Endowment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Other Endowments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Advisory Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

LETTER FROM
THE CHAIR

This will be the last Annual Report

under my watch as chair of the

Woodruff School of Mechanical

Engineering.  As most of you know, I

announced last November my

intention to retire at the end of May

2007.  In the spring, I was feted with

several very nice going away parties.

Some of my former Ph.D. students

came from across the country and

overseas to participate in the celebrations.  I was humbled by the honors

presented to me.  The honors included being named Emeritus Chair of

the School, having a Seminar Room named for me, having an oil portrait

commissioned, and having the Faculty Development Fund named for

me.  In spite of all that recognition, I am still chair of the School through

the end of November.  As many of you know, the replacement process

for administrators at universities is often a slow process, and the Dean,

Don Giddens, asked me to stay on until a replacement was named.  I

agreed to stay until the end of November 2007.  I fully expect a

replacement to be named by that time.  I have enjoyed my time as chair

of the Woodruff School and am honored to have been in this position

during a time of tremendous growth in terms of enrollment, faculty,

physical facilities, endowment and recognition.  I will miss all of this, but I

look forward to more control over my time in retirement.  

During the past year, there have been several significant events in

the School.  Probably the most important was the successful Academic

Program Review which was conducted by an outside committee of

experts in the fields of mechanical and nuclear engineering.  This

review is a requirement of both the Institute and the Board of Regents

that occurs every five years for each academic unit.  We had a very

illustrious committee for an on-site visit in February, and we were

pleased with the glowing report that they submitted.  In a way, it was

not a surprise since we believe we do a good job and we strive to

improve. But it is always good to get external confirmation.

A second significant event was the tremendous effort given to

recruiting faculty.  A recent review of the last fourteen months shows

that we have hired 19 new faculty members - three for the Georgia

Tech Savannah Mechanical Engineering program, one for the Georgia

Tech Lorraine Mechanical Engineering program, four for the Nuclear

Engineering program, and the remainder for the Atlanta Campus

Mechanical Engineering program.  We have been able to attract very

talented and enthusiastic new faculty members, most of them at the

assistant professor level.  We lost some faculty to retirement, others to

resignations, and others were recruited to other institutions.  Marc

Levenston went to Stanford. Chris Lynch went to the University of

California at Los Angeles.  Bill King went to the University of Illinois.

Tom Kurfess went to Clemson. Dan Baldwin went to industry. So the

new faculty not only replaced those who left, but allowed us to grow to

help match our faculty size to our enrollment, which has continued to

grow.  Based on enrollment, we still need additional faculty and hope to

add them in the coming year.  We also graduated a record number of

bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral students.  As you will see in the

statistics presented in this report, not only is enrollment up, but student

quality continues to improve.  We have a very talented group of under-

graduate and graduate students.

Another significant change was the loss of our long term

development officer, Caroline Wood, who left to join the Corporate

Development Office at Georgia Tech.  I told her not to forget her roots

and to be sure to do corporate development for mechanical

engineering.  We welcomed aboard Tom Lawley as our new Director of

Development.  Tom graduated in 1995 from St. Andrews Presbyterian

College in Laurinburg, NC and has held previous development positions

at the Atlanta Union Mission, Emory University, and Children’s Memorial

Foundation in Chicago.  Tom is an experienced development officer and

has gotten off to a good start.  We look forward to his helping the

school build the endowment and obtain funds to help us continue with

our excellent programs.

Also during the year, we had two excellent special lectures.  The

Woodruff Distinguished Lecture about the world energy situation was

given by Steven Koonin, Chief Scientist at BP in April.  The

Gegenheimer Lecture on Innovation about the development of the

Boeing Dreamliner 787 was given by Mark Jenks, Wing Design Team

Leader at the Boeing Company in December.

Finally, let me thank all of our alums and friends of the Woodruff

School particularly those who have supported the School in one way

or another over the past twenty years.  You have helped make my job

easier and helped advance the cause of Mechanical and Nuclear

Engineering and Georgia Tech in general.  I encourage you to

welcome and support my replacement.  

Ward O. Winer

Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair

Atlanta, September 2007

THE WOODRUFF DISTINGUISHED LECTURE

The Woodruff Distinguished Lecture was given by Dr. Steven E.

Koonin, Chief Scientist of BP, on April 24, 2007 to an audience eager

to hear about Energy Trends and Technologies for the Coming

Decades. He said that the world’s demand for energy will grow by

some sixty percent in the next twenty-five years.  Satisfying that

demand in an economical and environmentally acceptable manner is

one of the most significant challenges facing

society.  New technologies will play a central

role in meeting this challenge, conditioned by

the economic, social, and political contexts in

which they are developed and deployed. 

Dr. Koonin was born in Brooklyn, New

York and educated at Caltech (B.S. in physics)

and at MIT (Ph.D. in theoretical physics).  He

joined the Caltech faculty in 1975, becoming a

full professor in 1981 and serving as the

Institute’s Provost from 1995-2004. He left

Caltech in 2004 to become BP’s Chief Scientist,

where he is responsible for BP’s long-range

technology plans and activities, particularly

those “beyond petroleum.”

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THE ANNUAL  SPRING BANQUET

We had another extremely successful spring banquet to honor graduating seniors and under-

graduate and graduate students who had won awards during the academic year, and to hear from

our Distinguished Alumnus and Outstanding Educator. The annual event is planned and organized

by the Woodruff School Student Advisory Committee and

is sponsored by the Woodruff Endowment. More than 235

people attended the banquet in the Student Center

Ballroom. After the buffet dinner, School Chair Dr. Ward

Winer introduced Jean Albert Mori (BME 1958, the

Outstanding Alumnus and Dr. Jon Colton, the Zeigler

Outstanding Educator. [There are accompanying articles

about both these recognitions.]

Once again the students voted on awards to faculty and staff in the School.  This year’s

recipients were: The Campanile Award to the person who embodies the true spirit of Georgia Tech:

Dr. Ye-Hwa Chen. The Borat Award to the person who is the most culturally aware: Dr. John

Papastavridis. The Good Will Hunting Award to the person who knows everything about everything: Dr. Al Ferri. The Bruce Almighty Award

to the person who has subtle ways of letting you know that he/she is the boss: Dr. Jon Colton. The Back to the Future Award to the person

who jumps back and forth between topics: Dr. Marc Smith. The Thomas Crowne Affair Award to the person who has the most interesting

artistic abilities: Dr. Wayne Whiteman. The Zoolander Award to the person who is dressed and ready for the runway: Dr. Jens Karlsson. The

Patch Adams Award to the person who is concerned for your well-being: Ms. Norma Frank.  

GEGENHEIMER LECTURE ON INNOVATION

The Gegenheimer Lecture on Innovation was given by Mark D. Jenks,

787 Wing, Empennage and Landing Gear Team Leader for The

Boeing Company to a packed house in Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center

for the Arts in December 2006. He talked about the development of

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, which represents a breakthrough in

aerospace structures technology with the first-ever composite fuselage

and wing, a major advance in large-scale global collaboration, and the

creation of a new business model for global cooperation.  

Mark Jenks has worked for Boeing since 1983. In his current

position, he leads the international team responsible for design,

manufacture, certification and delivery of the wing, empennage, and

landing gear for the 787. Prior, he was director of Technology

Integration for the Sonic Cruiser program, Chief Engineer and Deputy

Program Manager for the International Space Station, and Manager

of the Helicopters Division Development Center.  He holds B.S. and

M.S. degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer

Polytechnic Institute, and M.S. degrees in Management and Materials

Engineering form MIT.  

EVENTS 

Bottom l to r: Ryan Gentes, Carol Girata,

Alison Skala, Jamie Cruse; top: Jeff Clement,

Troy Watson, Dave Coleman, Kristi Mehaffey.

 

ANNUAL GRADUATE
COOKOUT

The Annual Cookout for Woodruff

School graduate (new and

returning) students, faculty, and

staff was held at the end of the

third week of classes for the fall

2006 semester.  More than 500

people attended the lunchtime

cookout. Our new tee-shirt was

distributed.  The theme was

Engineering the Future Since 1885.  This event is a great

opportunity for new graduate students to meet returning students

and to talk with faculty and staff in an informal setting. 

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FAMILY WEEKEND 

Each year, Georgia Tech’s Family Weekend attracts large crowds to

campus. In conjunction with the activities planned by the Alumni

Association, the Woodruff School holds an open house for the

families of our undergraduate students.  Dr. Dave Sanborn, Associate

Chair for Undergraduate Studies, led two information sessions about

what the students were being taught in the Woodruff School. A

question-and-answer session followed. There were opportunities to

talk with the undergraduate academic advisors. The student-

conducted lab tours were popular. The student competition groups

displayed their vehicles and robots, and the student chapters of

professional societies, the general service groups, and the honor

society had information tables.   

SENIORS HONORED AT DINNER

In 2006, ninety-six Woodruff School undergraduate students qualified to

attend the annual dinner to honor outstanding seniors and to encourage

them to attend graduate school.  An invitation to the dinner is based on

academic record, a grade point average of 3.5 or above. After the buffet

dinner, faculty members told short stories or anecdotes about graduate

school. The event was also an opportunity for the undergraduate

students to interact with some current graduate students and to learn

about the different options for study and research at Georgia Tech.

Information was provided on admissions, fellowships, financial aid, and

the Georgia Tech Lorraine program for study in France.  

THE WOODRUFF SCHOOL DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

The Woodruff School Distinguished Alumnus Award was inaugurated

in 1989 to recognize an outstanding alumnus of the School.  Mr. Jean

Albert Mori (BME 1958) was selected for this honor in 2007.  He was

recognized at the Annual Spring Banquet, where he talked about how

his Georgia Tech education helped  him succeed. He said, “ME has

given me a basis for life; it gave me rigor. ME is one of the best

engineering degrees to have.  Beware of the man or woman who will

not be bothered with the details.  Mechanical engineering teaches you

to bother with the details. This is an important foundation that Georgia

Tech gives you.”  

Mr. Mori is CEO of Mori Luggage & Gifts, a retail specialty store

chain based in Atlanta with 28 stores in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee,

South Carolina, and Alabama. He and his wife, Betty, founded the

business in 1971.

After receiving his BME in 1958, he served as an officer in the

US Air Force for three years.  He earned his MBA from Emory

University in 1963, graduating first in his class.  After two years with

Exxon he joined several Tech graduates in building one of the first

computer systems consulting and software companies, Management

Science America.  He was Executive Vice President and served on its

board until 1971.

Mori was honored as the Small Businessman of the Year in 1987

by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.  In 1995 he received the

Emory University Goizueta Business School Distinguished

Achievement Award and in 1996, he received the Georgia Tech

College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award.

THE ZEIGLER OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR

The Jack M. Zeigler (BME 1948) Outstanding Educator Award was

created in 1999 to honor members of the School’s academic faculty who

epitomize outstanding educators.  Professor Jonathan Colton is the 2007

recipient in recognition of exceptional contributions to the curriculum and

climate for education in manufacturing and materials processing within

the Woodruff School.  In accepting his award, Colton said that

“Professors take great pride in their students.  Being a professor is a lot

of fun. Continue to learn,” he told the students; “learn one new thing each

day. To be a good educator, one needs good students.”  

Dr. Colton earned his doctorate in ME in 1986 from MIT, and

joined the Woodruff School directly thereafter.  His technical interests

range from polymer composite design and manufacturing to

micro/nanotechnology and green manufacturing.  

Dr. Colton has developed and taught eight undergraduate level

and six graduate level courses, contributed to educational program

enhancement and outreach both within the School and campus-wide,

and advised nine Ph.D. and 39 master’s students. He is a Fellow of

the ASME and the Society of Plastics Engineers. 

PROGRAMS

ACCREDITATION

Georgia Tech has institutional accreditation from the Southern

Association of Colleges and Schools.  The Bachelor of Science in

Mechanical Engineering (BSME) and the Bachelor of Science in

Nuclear and Radiological Engineering (BSNRE) degree programs are

accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

The Woodruff School will undergo an ABET review of our under-

graduate programs (BSME, BSNRE and GT Savannah) in fall 2008.

Preparations are well underway for this evaluation.  The Georgia Tech

Cooperative Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for

Cooperative Education. 

UNDERGRADUATE 
PROGRAM REVIEW

[This review was prepared by 

Dr. Dave Sanborn, Associate Chair 

for Undergraduate Studies.]

Once again, undergraduate enrollments

increased. The total school enrollment

for 2007-2008 is 1765 (up 3%). This

breaks down to 1550 in ME in Atlanta

(up just slightly), 172 in NRE (up 16%), 2 jointly in ME and NRE, and

41 in ME in Savannah (up 128%). We continue to get a large share of

both the transfer and undecided students. 

Mechanical engineering students continue to take advantage of

opportunities to participate in cooperative programs, professional

internships, and study abroad programs. These activities have

become increasingly important to employers seeking candidates.

Approximately 50-60 percent of our undergraduates participate in the

cooperative or internship programs and approximately 40 percent

have study or work experience abroad.

The curriculum requirements are unchanged this year. Because

the students must have six hours of ME electives, rather than simply

technical electives, a number of new electives have been added:

Internal Combustion Engines, Motion Control, Fuel Cells,

Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing, Renewable

Energy Systems, and Biologically Inspired Design.

All programs in the College of Engineering are scheduled for an

ABET accreditation visit next fall. We started preparing a year ago

and will continue to collect data through the Spring 2008 semester.

Our task is to show that the School is meeting its stated objectives

(capabilities of our graduates approximately five years after

graduation) and our outcomes (capabilities of our students upon

graduation). [To view our outcomes and objectives, go to

www.me.gatech.edu and click on

Accreditation.] Our degree of

success is determined by direct

measures of classroom

performance, by performance on

the standardized Fundamentals of

Engineering (EIT) Exam, by

feedback from our External

Advisory Board, by evaluations of

design projects by practicing

engineers, and by survey results of

students, alumni and employers. 

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LONG-TIME SCHOOL CHAIR RETIRES

Ward O. Winer, also known as WOW, the Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr.

School Chair and Regents’ Professor, announced his retirement

from Georgia Tech on November 1, 2006. He said, “I have enjoyed

my time as School Chair and still enjoy 95 percent of what I do.

This is a great place and a great group to work with.  I have

decided that I want to have more control over my time for the time

I have left, and the typical work week of a School Chair doesn’t

give me enough time to do many of the other things I would like to

do. Thanks to all of you for your support of the School and of me

as School Chair.”

A program celebrating WOW’s almost four decades (1969-

2007) of service to Georgia Tech and the Woodruff School was

held at the end of April.  Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough

and Dean of Engineering Don Giddens spoke; a special WOW

retirement edition of mega tech was distributed; an oil portrait of

WOW was unveiled; the School Chair received a rocking chair; it

was announced that MRDC, Room 4211 would be renamed The

Winer Seminar Room; and the Faculty Development Fund was

renamed in his honor. 

Since Georgia Tech opened its doors in 1888 there have been

seven chairs or directors of ME.  Ward’s 19-year tenure (1988-

2007) as School Chair

is the third longest,

exceeded only by J. S.

Coon (1888-1923, 35

years) and Roy S.

King (1925-1946, 21

years).  The first three

chairs of ME served a

total of 72 years out of

the 119-year history of

Mechanical

Engineering at

Georgia Tech.   

THE WARD O. WINER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND

Sometime after School Chair and Honorary Alumnus Ward Winer announced his retirement from

Georgia Tech, a group of Woodruff School faculty and staff members decided that renaming the

Faculty Development Fund after Ward would best honor his commitment to the development of the

faculty and to the betterment of engineering education. As part of the retirement ceremonies on April

30, 2007, the fund for faculty development was renamed the Ward O. Winer Professional

Development Fund. 

The purpose of this professional development endowment is to combat the fierce competition

for superior faculty. Thus, an endowment to encourage life-long learning and rejuvenation of profes-

sional skills is necessary.  A professional development endowment program will allow faculty to be

temporarily released from their teaching and research responsibilities to explore new areas.  Faculty

will return with a new set of skills that will translate into a better educational experience for our

students.  This endowment will also be used to expand the breadth of our programs by inviting

faculty from other universities to spend time at the Woodruff School.  

Artist Karen Ku and Ward Winer

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Ward O. Winer and Caroline Wood

 

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

The Division of Professional Practice offers four unique programs.

More than 3,000 Georgia Tech students currently participate in the

programs and are employed by more than 1,000 businesses and

organizations worldwide. 

According to Tom Akins, Executive Director of the Division of

Professional Practice, "With the impending retirement of many in the

baby-boom generation, employers are desperately seeking top quality

talent, specifically in engineering and technology.  The ME student is

one of the most sought-after candidates in the labor market today.

Demand for co-ops and interns in this field is far above the supply of

students.  It is definitely a student’s market once again. And these

jobs are not just in the US, but around the globe."

The Undergraduate Cooperative Program

Since 1912, Georgia Tech has offered a five-year undergraduate

cooperative program to those students who wish to combine career-

related experience with classroom studies. Students alternate

between industrial assignments and classroom studies until they

complete four or five semesters of work.  The program is designed to

be started during a student’s freshman or sophomore year. 

Students who participate in the program have the opportunity to

develop career interests, become more confident in their career choices,

and develop human relation skills through their work experience.

Graduates of the program receive a bachelor’s degree with a

Cooperative Plan designation.  In 2006, 2997 Georgia Tech undergradu-

ates were enrolled in the program and 303 degrees were awarded.

Woodruff School students have traditionally been the largest

group in the program.  In summer 2006, there were 369 co-ops (358

ME, 11 NRE), in fall 2006, there were 533 co-ops (503 ME, 30 NRE),

and in spring 2007, there were 548 (518 ME, 30 NRE) co-ops from

the Woodruff School. A total of 70 students graduated in the past

academic year with the Cooperative Plan designation on their B.S.

degree; of these, 69 were ME’s and one was an NRE. 

The largest employers of ME students are  General Electric (29),

McKenney’s, Inc. (26), Southern Company (15), Newcomb & Boyd (12),

General Motors (9), HESM&A (7), Shumate Mechanical (7), John Deere

(6), Gulfstream Aerospace (6), and Prime Engineering (6).

The Graduate Cooperative Program 

The Georgia Tech Graduate Cooperative Program was established in

December 1983 and is the largest such program in the United States

for science and engineering.  Twenty mechanical engineering

graduate students participated in the program in the past academic

year, working for such employers as IBM, Norfolk Southern and Intel

Corporation. Graduate co-ops can work and attend classes at the

same time; they do not get a designation on their degree.

The Undergraduate Professional Internship Program 

This program is geared toward students who do not participate in the

Cooperative Program, but want some career-related experience

before graduation; typically, they are juniors and seniors.  In the past

academic year, 43 (39 ME, 4 NRE) students participated in the

program (27 in summer 2006, 7 in fall 2006, and 9 in spring 2007).

Students generally work for one semester with an option for more

work.  Some of the places to employ ME students were: American

Medical Corporation, Atlanta Gas Light Resources, Caterpillar, Club

Car, Duke Energy, Ford Motor, Company, GE Infrastructure, Honda

Manufacturing, Rockwell Automation, and Toyota Motor

Manufacturing. NRE students worked at City of Hampton Department

of Public Works, Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National

Laboratory, and the Southern Company. 

The Work Abroad Program

The Work Abroad Program is an immersive academic program

designed to complement a student’s formal education with paid

practical international work experience directly related to the student’s

major. Juniors, seniors, and graduate students are all eligible for this

program, which includes co-op, internship, graduate and under-

graduate work experiences.  The international work assignments are

designed to include practical training, cross-cultural exposure and

learning, and acquisition of the skills that will set apart the partici-

pating students from their peers.  The Work Abroad Program may

also be used to satisfy requirements for the International Plan.  

From fall 2006 through summer 2007, 46 students worked abroad

in 19 countries.  The top three countries are France (10), Germany

(10), and India (6). Of these students, 36 were undergraduates and ten

were graduate students.  Twenty-five participants were engineering

students and six of those were ME’s.  Three ME students worked

abroad in summer 2006; two in Japan and one in China.  One ME

student worked in Germany in fall 2006.  No NRE students participated

in the work abroad program this past year, nor were there any

Woodruff School students in the program in spring 2007.  There were

four MEs and one NRE who worked abroad this past summer.  One

student was the first intern at Georgia Tech Ireland. There were also

four International Plan students, 29 international interns, and 17 inter-

national co-ops (10 graduate, 7 undergraduate).   

STUDY-ABROAD PROGRAMS

Georgia Tech strongly believes in the importance of an international

experience for students.  During the past academic year, 108 (102 ME,

6 NRE) Woodruff School students participated in various study-abroad

programs, compared with 99 and 107 in the two previous academic

years. In summer 2007, 57 Woodruff School students (54 ME, 3 NRE)

participated in various summer programs. Once again, the College of

Engineering had the largest number of students participate in the

various study-abroad programs offered by the Institute. 

The most popular study-abroad programs for Woodruff School

students continue to be the: Georgia Tech Lorraine Undergraduate

Summer Program (40 students), Shanghai Summer Program (18

students), and the Oxford Summer Program (13 students). Other

students participated in the: Pacific-Spring Study Abroad Program 

(8 students), Academic Year Georgia Tech Lorraine Program 

(4 students), Non-Georgia Tech Exchange Programs (1 student), Work

Abroad Program (5 students), Spanish Language for Business and

Technology LABT (3 students), Japanese LBAT (3 students), German

LABT (3 students), International Academic Project (4 students),

Sydney Summer Program (3 students), Hong Kong University of

Science and Technology Semester Program (2), and one each in the

Argentina-Brazil Summer Program, Leeds Semester Program,

Monterrey Tec International Program, Nanyang International Program

in Singapore, NUS Semester Program in Singapore, and the LCC

Summer Program in Italian Film.  

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enrolled in undergraduate research and special problems courses: 

3 in ME 4901, 7 in ME 4698, and 28 in ME 4699. 

Thirteen Woodruff School students (10 ME, 3 NRE) received

President’s Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA). PURA funds

requests by a student/faculty team to support undergraduate student

involvement in faculty research.  The awards are for student salaries

and travel expenses for the student to attend professional meetings to

give presentations.  Students who received PURA funds in the past

academic year are: Geoffrey Benjuig, Amanda Bryson (NRE), Eric

Deutsch, Arun Ganti, Donoroo Kim, Geoffrey Meekl, Gautam Puri, Sara

Rahnema (NRE), Richard Roberts, Jeffrey Schlosser, Jin Song, Ruoya

Wang, and James Weathers (NRE). 

THE FIVE-YEAR BS/MS PROGRAM

Outstanding sophomores and early juniors in the

Woodruff School are invited to apply to the Five-Year

BS/MS Degree Program.  Students can earn two

degrees in a five-year period, which provides a

tremendous advantage when entering the job market.

Students can earn undergraduate degrees in

mechanical engineering or nuclear and radiological

engineering and the master’s degree in ME, NRE,

medical physics, bioengineering, or paper science

engineering.  The program is individualized with

numerous opportunities for faculty and students to interact, including

mentoring and undergraduate research.  Graduate course work begins

in the senior year. Most of the master’s students do a course work only

program (nonthesis option).  

Dr. Christine Valle advises all BS/MS

students once they have matriculated into the graduate program. 

In the past academic year, twenty-three students were accepted

into the BS/MS program in a future term (currently through fall 2010).

Currently, there are 69 (61 ME, 4 NRE, 3 BioE, 1 MP) students in the

program; five of these matriculated into the graduate program in fall

2007: Eric Deutsch, Thomas Harman, Jin Son, Lambros Samouris, and

Shawn Wick. Of the 27 graduates from the program since 2002, seven

received their master’s degree in the past academic year: Obert Chen

(ME/MP), Daniel Hyer (ME/MP), Perry Johnson (NRE/MP), Brian

Lockwood (ME/NRE), Alexey Podust (ME/ME), Rohit Vardhan

(ME/ME), and James Weathers (NRE/ME). 

FRANK K. WEBB PROGRAM IN 
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

The Frank K. Webb Program in Professional

Communication was established in 1990 to teach

students verbal and written communication skills. The

Woodruff School has made the teaching of these

skills an integral part of the undergraduate

engineering curriculum.  Program Coordinator Dr.

Jeffrey Donnell provides formal instruction to students

in four required laboratory and design courses:  Creative Decisions and

Design (ME 2110), Experimental Methodology Lab (ME 3057),

Mechanical Systems Lab (ME 4053), and Capstone Design (ME 4182).

Donnell instructs the students on how to prepare reports and presenta-

tions, reviews project reports, and provides written feedback to the

students on their projects, reports, and presentations.  In addition, he

provides guides to writing skills, sample reports, and lectures on

communications skills specific to engineers.

Graduate students receive help with graduate school and

fellowship applications.  In addition, they receive instruction in commu-

nications early in their graduate careers when they are preparing 

their first manuscript, be it a proposal, a journal article, or a

conference presentation.

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THE INTERNATIONAL DEGREE PLAN 

The Undergraduate International Plan is a degree designation similar

to the Cooperative Plan; 13 schools/departments at GT participate in

the plan. Mechanical engineering students spend time abroad,

gaining valuable international experience. This is especially important

in today’s global economy, where more companies are looking for

graduates with international experience in their major area. Students

can work at approved locations, including Georgia Tech Lorraine in

Metz, France or the Technical University in Munich, Germany.

In order to receive the BSME-International Plan degree, students

must meet several requirements.  The first is to show proficiency in a

language. This is generally equivalent to at least two years at Georgia

Tech, but proficiency is determined by an outside testing agency.

Second is specific coursework: international relations, global

economy, and a region/country elective.  The third requirement is to

spend two or more semesters (26 weeks) abroad.  This can be done

either in residence at a university or one semester in residence plus

one as an engineering intern, or both semesters as an intern.  Finally,

the student’s capstone design experience must meet the specifica-

tions of the country in which they are studying. This is usually a

project proposed by a company in the country where the student was

going to school or interning.

The Woodruff School is the first in the College of Engineering to

have students complete the program. Germany is the most popular

region and language focus for ME students and that is where the first

two program graduates spent their time. A student who has chosen

Japan for his location is scheduled to graduate this spring. Currently,

twenty Woodruff School students participate in the program.  For

more information, view www.oie.gatech.edu.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

Georgia Tech encourages undergraduate

students to participate in quality and

substantive research. There are several

options in the Woodruff School for a

Special Problems Course or an

Undergraduate Research Course.

ME/NRE 4903 is a non-research special problem.  It is

usually a design course and may be combined with the capstone

design class for a two-semester design problem. ME/NRE 4699 is the

undergraduate research course for juniors and seniors and qualifies

as an elective for ME or NRE majors. ME/NRE 4698 is for research

internships, where students are paid for working on a project either

part-time or full-time. Each course requires a written final report and

that the student work with a faculty member.  

In the past academic year, 92 students did undergraduate

research/special problems: 78 students took ME/NRE 4699 for credit

(68 ME, 5 RME, 4 NRE, 1 special student), and 9 students took

ME/NRE 4698 for pay (8 ME, 1 NRE). Five students took ME/NRE

4903 (4 ME, 1 NRE).  In fall 2007, 38 students (37 ME, 1 NRE) are

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Degrees Awarded to Women 

in The Woodruff School

Bachelor’s

Master’s

Ph.D.’s

1996-1997

29(248) 12%

12(91)

13%

7(28)

25%

1997-1998

48(283) 17%

21(113) 19%

7(37)

19%

1998-1999

40(201) 20%

23(140) 16%

4(28)

14%

1999-2000

55(274) 20%

24(83)

29%

8(37)

22% 

2000-2001

41(236) 18%

34(137) 25%

6(42)

14%

2001-2002

44(250) 18%

22(152) 15%

7(23)

30%

2002-2003

56(276) 20%

24(166) 15%

7(38)

18%

2003-2004

41(302) 14%

17(165) 10%

6(30)

20%

2004-2005

50(273) 18%

33(171) 19%

7(44)

16%

2005-2006

31(295) 11%

27(182) 15%

7(51)

14%

2006-2007 52(348) 15% 

22(175) 16.5%  10(52) 19%

TOTALS 486(2986) 16% 

261(1575) 16% 

76(410) 18.5%

Degrees Awarded to Minorities 

in The Woodruff School

Bachelor’s

Master’s

Ph.D.’s

2000-2001

62(233) 27%

20(137) 15%

7(42)

17%

2001-2002

68(250) 27%

19(152) 13%

2(23)

9%

2002-2003

60(276) 22%

14(266) 5%

5(38)

13%

2003-2004

64(302) 21%

23(165) 14%

4(30)

13%

2004-2005

67(273) 25%

23(171) 14%

5(44)

11%

2005-2006    61(295) 27%

27(182) 15%

9(51)

12%

2006-2007

55(348) 16% 21(175) 15%  5(52)

10%

TOTALS

437(1977) 22% 

152(1248) 12% 

37(280) 13%

*The number in parentheses is the total number of degrees in each category

granted by the Woodruff School.

WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN THE 
WOODRUFF SCHOOL 

The Woodruff School continues to be a leading producer of graduate

degrees to women and minorities. The first Ph.D. granted to a woman

in mechanical engineering was in 1987.  At the end of spring

semester 2007, 97 (76 ME, 21 NRE) women have earned a Ph.D.

from the Woodruff School.  In the 2006-2007 academic year, ten 

(9 ME, 1 BioE) women earned their doctoral degrees and 22 

(13 MSME, 5 MSMP, 3 MSNE, 1BioE) received a master’s degree.  

Women were admitted to Georgia Tech in 1952 and the first

degree granted to a woman in mechanical engineering was in 1956.

In the past academic year, 52 women received the bachelor’s degree

(45 ME, 7 NRE), and in the 2005-2006 academic year, 31 women

received B.S. degrees.  

The Woodruff School granted its first doctoral degree to a

minority student in 1978.  At the end of spring semester 2007, 80

minorities (70 ME, 10 NE) had earned a doctoral degree from the

Woodruff School.  In the past academic year, five minority (U.S.

citizens or permanent residents) students earned a Ph.D. (5 ME) and

21 received master’s degrees (13 MSME, 5 MSMP, 3 MSNE).  

GRADUATE PROGRAM REVIEW

[Provided by Dr. David Rosen, Associate

Chair for Graduate Studies] 

The past year has been marked with a

number of significant milestones.  The

School graduated 52 Ph.D. students,

which is an all-time record.  With the

combined M.S. and Ph.D. enrollment for

Fall 2007 of 723 our graduate program

continues to be the largest in the country.

At the same time, the quality of our

program is consistently very strong, as

evident from the 7th place ranking by U.S. News & World Report.  

Our graduate programs continue to be in high demand: We had

a record 885 applicants, of which 206 matriculated in Fall 2007.  Of

these incoming students, 80 received a GRA offer, indicating that they

have an outstanding academic record.  The average GPA of our

incoming graduate student class is 3.63, the highest in recent years.

Average GRE scores for these students keep increasing, as well.

Upon graduation, our students enjoy excellent employment

prospects. The energy, defense, electronics, and manufacturing

sectors have had strong hiring needs, and our students have been

highly sought after by companies. Our graduates are increasingly

being employed by high technology global organizations.  Additionally,

we continue to place a significant number of graduates in academia.

Our graduate program has had tremendous growth since 2000

reflecting, we believe, the high value placed on graduate degrees in

Mechanical Engineering, in general, and from our program, in particular.

NUCLEAR & RADIOLOGICAL
ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL
PHYSICS PROGRAMS REVIEW

[This overview was written by Dr. Farzad

Rahnema, Chair of the Nuclear and

Radiological Engineering & Medical

Physics Programs.]

Because of the resurgence of

nuclear energy, student interest in nuclear

and radiological engineering continues to

grow. We now have 174 undergraduate

students and 68 graduate students in the

programs. This is an eight percent increase over the fall 2006

enrollment.  Because of the enrollment growth and the continued

success of the medical physics program, we hired four new faculty

members in 2007. 

The NRE program received contributions from AREVA, Duke

Power, McCallum-Turner, MWH Americas, Inc., and Southern Nuclear

Co. for scholarships and topping fellowships, and to upgrade the

detection laboratory. The Department of Energy matched the industry

donations. These funds

enabled the program to

award 41 undergraduate

scholarships and one under-

graduate research assist-

antship. Additionally, two

undergraduate students

received a scholarship from

the American Nuclear

Society, three from the

Institute for Nuclear Power

Operations, and one from the

George W. Woodruff School.

AREVA continues its five-

year funding to upgrade the

detection laboratory. 

In the spring semester, the NRE program received a generous

donation from Southern Nuclear Operating Company to support the

radiation physics laboratory.  The majority of the funding will be used

to purchase a pulsed neutron source and additional detection

equipment to develop new experiments for the senior level radiation

physics laboratory.   The new experiments will be introduced to the

graduating classes beginning spring 2008.

The 2006-2007 school year marked the beginning of a nuclear

engineering collaboration between the Department of Physics at Clark

Atlanta University (CAU) and the NRE program.  Several Clark Atlanta

students attended the weekly NRE seminar, and we worked on

creating a joint 5-year BS/MS program.  The first year of the

partnership concluded with the NRE program hosting three CAU

students during the summer of 2007. The partnership also resulted in

attracting a graduate student from CAU into the NRE Ph.D. program. 

The program granted 34 MSMP degrees (28 on-campus and 6

distance learning) and one Ph.D. degree from summer 2005 through

summer 2007.  According to an agreement signed in August 2006,

Emory faculty teach 1.25 MP courses at Georgia Tech in addition to

providing 400 hours of clinical experience to 10 MP students each

summer at the Emory’s facilities. The Medical College of Georgia

Radiology Department cooperates with the medical physics program

by teaching the Nuclear Medicine courses (MP 6101) via satellite

transmission each fall semester.  Memorial Health University Medical

Center in Savannah, Georgia provides 400 hours of clinical

experience to three medical physics students at the Curtis and

Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute each summer.

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R A N K I N G S

Georgia Tech and its programs continue to be 

highly regarded.  For the 9th consecutive year, 

U.S. News & World Report ranked Georgia Tech as 

one of the top ten public universities in the nation: 

•

Georgia Tech’s undergraduate programs are ranked 

8th among public universities;

•

Georgia Tech is ranked 38th among public and 

private universities;

•

The Woodruff School’s undergraduate mechanical

engineering program is ranked 6th in the nation;

•

The Woodruff School’s graduate program in

mechanical engineering is ranked 7th in the nation;

•

The College of Engineering, the nation’s largest, is

ranked among the top 4 graduate schools in the nation;

•

The undergraduate program in nuclear and radio-

logical engineering is ranked 11th in the nation;

•

Georgia Tech’s Internships and Cooperative

Education Program, the Undergraduate Research

Program, and the Study Abroad Programs were

selected as Academic Programs To Look For.

Programs To Look For are leaders in contributing to

student success;

LEARNING FROM A DISTANCE

The Woodruff School offers two graduate degrees as part of its

distance-learning program: the master’s degree in mechanical

engineering and the master’s degree in medical physics. The

admission requirements, courses, and the degree received are the

same as for on campus students.  In fall 2006, 482 students were

enrolled in the distance learning program at Georgia Tech; this

increased to 501 students in fall 2007.  

The Woodruff School’s distance program in mechanical

engineering is the largest in the country.  In fall 2007, 189 students

(172 ME, 16 MP, 1 NRE) are enrolled.  ME and ECE make up 75

percent of the distance total at Georgia Tech.

We offer 19 entry level graduate mechanical engineering and

seven medical physics courses each fall and spring semesters. Only

a few courses are taught in the summer term; the clinical rotation

courses in medical physics are a popular summer choice.  There are

a few courses where the enrollment is almost equally divided

between on-campus and distance.

Fifty-one master’s degrees (45 ME, 5 MP, 1 HP) were awarded

to distance learning students in the past academic year: Two were

thesis students, the remainder were nonthesis students. General

Electric and Lockheed-Martin are top employers of these graduates. 

WE REMEMBER

Professor Emeritus Melvin Carter passed away in August 2007.

Mel joined the Georgia Tech nuclear engineering/health physics

program in 1972 and retired in June 1998. He received his Ph.D.

from the University of Florida in 1960 and was an internationally

recognized consultant in radiation protection. He was elected to

the National Academy of Engineering in 1999 for “For leadership

and teaching in radiation protection, health physics, and public

health standards and practices.” 

GEORGIA TECH LORRAINE

[This report was prepared by 

Dr. Yves Berthelot, President of 

Georgia Tech Lorraine.]

The Woodruff School has a strong

presence at Georgia Tech Lorraine in Metz,

France.  The mission of Georgia Tech Lorraine

is to enable innovative collaborations with

academic, industrial, and funding agencies in

France, the European Union, and the United

States. The year 2007 was marked by some profound changes: The

newly established GT-CNRS UMI laboratory—a joint laboratory

between GT and the largest research organization in Europe, the

French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—was

inaugurated on June 14, 2007.  Construction of new research labora-

tories in the GT Lorraine building, now equipped with state-of-the art

equipment, enables researchers, faculty, and students to develop

partnerships and complementary research with the Atlanta campus, in

the strategic areas of secure networks and smart materials.

In the Fall of 2007, CNRS will open the Atlanta UMI laboratory in

the nanotechnology building and assign CNRS personnel. Since

January 2007, GT/L faculty members (Drs. Cherkaoui, Declercq,

Berthelot in ME, and 4 ECE professors) have published over 65

refereed papers and conference proceedings, and secured over $7

million in research funding, equipment grants, and infrastructure.

Contracts have been obtained from various French agencies. Three

major European contracts are pending. 

Georgia Tech Lorraine is a lead institution working in close

collaboration with the French Embassy in Washington D.C. to create

a Franco-American Doctoral College on the basis of a partnership

with ten U.S. and ten French universities. Recently, Provost Gary

Schuster named Dr. Berthelot as Vice Provost for GTL. In March

2007, Georgia Tech hosted the visit of Mme. Christine Lagarde,

French Minister of Foreign trade; currently Minister of the Economy

and Finances. 

In Summer 2007,  Georgia Tech Lorraine offered courses to 130

undergraduate students, including 23 MEs. In Fall 2007, 52 students

(7 BS, 38 MS, 7 Ph.D.s) are enrolled in Metz, and an additional  24

students are finishing their master’s degrees in Atlanta. They represent

15 countries. Our students are immersed in a foreign culture, often

interacting and taking classes at partner institutions, sharing dorm

space and exchanging cultural viewpoints, and often doing industrial

internships. Our students are the first to say that they are greatly

enriched by this experience, both professionally and personally.

WOODRUFF SCHOOL
SAVANNAH

[This material was prepared

by Dr. Farrokh Mistree,

Associate Chair for the

Woodruff School Savannah.]

The Woodruff School Savannah

made progress in 2006-2007.  We

quadrupled our undergraduate

students from 5 to 23, increased our

graduate students from 2 to 10,

introduced a new undergraduate

course, worked on preparing for

ABET accreditation in 2008, improved

the laboratory experience for our

undergraduates, and hosted visitors from The Technical University of

Eindhoven and the Indian Institute of Technology.  

In his recent book, The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman

showcases Georgia Tech’s approach to education in the 21st century.

"What the Georgia Tech model recognizes is that the world is increas-

ingly going to be operating off the flat-world platform, with its tools for

all kinds of horizontal collaboration,” writes Friedman. 

To produce the right kind of engineers for the flat world. our

focus in Savannah is on developing Strategic Engineers.  These are

engineers who know how to realize complex engineered systems for

changing markets in collaborative, globally distributed environments

thereby safeguarding the economic viability of the companies they

represent and hence fostering the prosperity of our country.  Such

strategic engineers can collaborate on global engineering networks;

leverage technology so that one person can do the job of many; take

“A” and “B” to make “C,” create a business and develop “sticky”

technology - technology that spawns economic development in the

place where it has been invented and yet is used in products that are

developed and marketed globally. 

Accordingly, in partnership with the Technical University of

Eindhoven and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India we

are in the early stages of development of the strategic engineering

program that includes:  Transformation Paradigm: “Design” is that

which transforms intellectual capital into economic capital (wealth).

Global Education Network: Features include design at the core of the

engineering curriculum, course content anchored in research findings,

competency-based evaluation, and learning through doing. Product

Creation Network: To facilitate this mode of education the partners

have taken steps to organize a Product Creation Network - a joint

enterprise between academia and industry to educate strategic

engineers.  Initial Focus: The realization of products that embody

ambient intelligence and the materials that are needed to make these

products a reality.  

Dr. Ward Winer is chair of the steering committee for furthering

the Strategic Engineering Program.  In addition, we have launched a

search to recruit four new faculty to further develop this program at

the Woodruff School in Savannah.

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ENROLLMENT

PROFILES OF INCOMING STUDENTS

The Woodruff School continues to get

excellent students, as shown  by the class

profiles of the new undergraduate and

graduate students for fall 2007.  Our total

enrollment as of October 1, 2007 is 2,488

students.  We are now the largest School on

campus with regard to undergraduate

enrollment, which totals 1765.  Of these, 1591

are in mechanical engineering and 174 in the

nuclear and radiological engineering.  Forty-

one of the mechnical engineering students

are at GT Savannah.  Approximately 11

percent of the students are female.  By

ethnicity, approximately 12 percent are Asian,

five percent are African-American, five

percent are Hispanic, 0.4 percent is Native

American or Multiracial, 71 percent are White,

and 5.3 percent are international students.

The total number of graduate students is

at an all-time high of 723 (618 ME, 68

NRE/MP, 24 BioE, 13 PSE).  By degree, there

are 468 master’s degree students (416 ME,

13 NRE, 30 MP, 5 BioE, 4 PSE) and 255

doctoral students (202 ME, 25 NRE, 19 BioE,

9 PSE).  By gender, approximately 15 percent

of the graduate students are female.  By

ethnicity, approximately eight percent are

Asian, four percent are Black, 2.5 percent are

Hispanic, 0.8 percent is Multiracial, and 29

percent are international students.  By

location, more  than 96% are on the Atlanta

campus, 0.4% at Georgia Tech Lorraine, and

0.4% are on foreign exchange.

The average grade point average 

(GPA) of all mechanical engineering under-

graduates is 2.96 and 3.02 for nuclear and

radiological engineering students, with an

average of  2.97 for all Woodruff School

students in Atlanta. The average for all

undergraduate students at GT Savannah is

2.65.  There are no freshmen and

sophomore students; juniors have a 2.62

average and seniors have a 2.66 average

GPA at Savannah. 

New Graduate Class Profile (2007)

Number of Students

Applicants

883

Admitted (38% of applicants)  

333

Matriculated (56% of those accepted) 

187

Average Grade Point Average (GPA)

3.63

Average Score on the Graduate Record Exam

Verbal (out of 800)

531

Quantitative (out of 800)

752

Writing (out of 6.0)

4.44

Demographics

Males

160

Females

27

Minorities (U.S. Citizens)

22

Internationals

47

Geographical Breakdown by

Undergraduate School

East/Northeast

44 (24%)

South/Southeast

67 (36%)

Midwest

21 (11%)

West/Southwest

8   (4%)

Internationals

47 (25%)

Fall 2007 Freshman Class Profile

Average SAT Score (out of 1600)

Mechanical Engineering

1349

Nuclear Engineering

1364

Georgia Tech

1333

High School Grade Point Average

Mechanical Engineering

3.74

Nuclear Engineering

3.76

Georgia Tech

3.75

Number of Incoming Freshman 

(fall & summer)

Mechanical Engineering

224

Nuclear Engineering

45

Transfers (fall only)

55

RME (fall only)

21

Georgia Tech

Summer 2007

240

Fall 2007

2392

Transfers

373

COE

Freshmen

1562

Transfers

269

Woodruff School Demographics

Females

30

Males

239

Georgia Residents

129

Out-of-State Residents

140

Total Freshman

269

Enrollment in Georgia Tech’s Colleges

(2006 & 2007)

College                Undergraduates             Graduates                      Totals

2006

2007

2006

2007

2006

2007

Architecture

780

759

370

449

1150

1208

Computing

875

816

565

745

1443

1561

Engineering

7203

7339

3360

3555

10,563

10,894

Ivan Allen

834

918

251

273

1085

1191

Management

1251

1301

259

363

1510

1664

Sciences

1156

1180

770

779

1926

1959

Registrar

258

249

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---

258

249

TOTALS

12,357

12,562

5,576

5,164

17,935

18,726

 

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Enrollment in the College of Engineering  (2006 & 2007)

School

Undergraduates

Graduates

Totals

2006

2007

2006

2007

2006

2007

Aerospace Engineering

732

695

437

478

1169

1173

Biomedical Engineering

787

871

216

187

1003

1058

Chemical & Biomedical Engineering

505

536

172

172

677

711

Civil & Environmental Engineering

688

716

285

327

973

1043

Electrical & Computer Engineering

1349

1240

1003

1099

2352

2339

Industrial & Systems Engineering

939

1004

362

453

1301

1457

Materials Science & Engineering

137

135

113

111

250

246

Mechanical Engineering (NRE/MP)

1571

1765

714

723

2285

2488

Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering

123

137

60

62

183

199

Undeclared

370

352

0

0

370

357

COE Totals

7,201

7,451

3,362

3,612

10,563

11,063

Enrollment in the Woodruff School by Degree Level,

Ethnicity, and Citizenship (2006 & 2007)

Undergraduates

Graduates              Totals

2006

2007

2006

2007

2006

2007

Asian

182

209

47

57

229

266

Black

108

88

32

28

140

116

Hispanic

74

87

19

18

93

105

Native Am./Multi

16

16

7

6

23

22

White

1245

1280

402

407

1647

1687

International

75

85

218

207

293

292

Total

1700

1765

725

723

2425

2488

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By percentage, international students are 4.4 and 4.8 percent of the undergraduates in 2006 and

2007, respectively.  Graduate students are 30.1 and 28.6 percent in 2006 and 2007, respectively.

Undergraduates

Graduates

Total

2006

2007

2006

2007

2006

2007

Asian

1547

1663

1331

1473

2878

3136

Black

550

498

167

158

717

656

Hispanic

365

417

139

141

504

558

Native Am.

18

19

2

3

20

22

Multiracial

41

32

58

56

99

88

Unknown

0

25

0

0

0

25

White

4682

4689

1663

1727

6345

6416

Total

7,203

7,343

3,360

3568

10,563 10,901

Woodruff School 

Enrollment By Major

(Fall 2007)

UNDERGRADUATES

ME (Atlanta)

Freshmen 296
Sophomores 366
Juniors 415
Seniors 473

Total 1550

Males 1379
Females 171

RME (Savannah)

Sophomores 2
Juniors 23
Seniors 16

Total 41

Males 36
Females 5

NRE (Atlanta)

Freshmen 55
Sophomores 46
Juniors 32
Seniors 41

Total 174

Males 143
Females 31

Total ME 

1591  (1415M/176F)

Total NRE 

174  (143M/31F)

Total Undergrads  1765  (1558M/207F)

GRADUATES

ME

Master’s 416
Ph.D.’s 202

Total 618

Males 545
Females 73

NRE

Master’s 13
Ph.D.’s 17

Total 30

Males 19
Females 11

Medical Physics

Master’s 26
Ph.D.’s 12

Totals 38

Males 27
Females 11

Bioengineering

Master’s 6
Ph.D.’s 18

Total 24

Males 9
Females 15

Paper Science

Master’s 3
Ph.D.’s 10

Total 13

Males 11
Females 2

ME Graduates 

655

NRE Graduates 

68

Total Graduates 

723  (619M/104F)

Total Students 

2488

Males 2177
Females 311

Enrollment in Georgia Tech’s Colleges By Degree Level, Ethnicity,

and Citizenship  (2006 & 2007)

Undergraduates                Graduates                              Totals

2006

2007

2006

2007

2006

2007

Asian

1917

2036

376

413

2293

2449

Black

884

846

268

274

1152

1120

Hispanic

507

586

139

137

646

723

Native American

32

34

5

6

37

40

Multiracial

82

72

51

63

133

135

White

8391

8363

2376

2547

10,767 10,910

Unknown

33

0

0

0

33

0

International

547

595

2360

2737

2907

3332

Total

12,360 12,565

5,575

6,177

17,935

18,742

Enrollment in the Schools of the College of Engineering

By Degree Level and Ethnicity

(2006 & 2007)

SCHOLARSHIPS

Many awards recognize academic achievement and outstanding

service to the Woodruff School, the College of Engineering, and the

Institute.  Many undergraduate students in the Woodruff School

receive some type of scholarship.

HOPE SCHOLARSHIPS

Almost all of our incoming, in-state students, receive HOPE scholar-

ships, the tuition program financed through the Georgia State Lottery.

After the first year at Georgia Tech, approximately fifty percent of the

freshman class retains their scholarship.  Students need to maintain a

3.0 grade point average each term to keep the HOPE scholarship.

PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARS

The President’s Scholars Program identifies students who have

excelled in academia and leadership in high school.  Financial awards

are for four academic years, and students are expected to maintain

honors-level academic performance and be involved in campus or

community activities. Overall, Scholars have a 3.0 GPA; ME scholars

maintain a 3.73 GPA.  The program is funded entirely by endowments

and annual contributions from Georgia Tech’s alumni, industry

supporters, and other friends through the Institute’s Roll Call annual

giving program. Since the program started in 1981, 1,229 scholars

have graduated. 

Currently, there are 242 President’s Scholars enrolled at Georgia

Tech; 29 (25 ME, 4 NRE) are Woodruff School students. In fall 2007,

there are 58 new scholars; there are eight ME’s and two NRE’s. ME

scholars are: Black Bernard, Annie Davis, Ryan DeMars, Jeff Gee,

Krista Guzelian, Bradley Hermann, Drew Hess, Matt Hoffman, Tauhira

Hoossainy, Katie Hornbostel*, Tyler Jackson, Brandon Kearse, Joey

Kenny, Kyra Key*, Matthew LeBrun*, Daniel Murphy*, Rob Parrish*,

Alexander Rudat*, Kyle Schwing, Liz Tans*, Lina Tucker, Michael

Valente*, James Waring, Joel Weber, and Emily Woods.  The

scholars in NRE are: Colin Bowers*, Alex Johnson, Caroline Stratton,

and Amy Varallo.*  [An asterisk indicates a new scholar.]   

WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
SCHOLARSHIPS

The concept behind the Women in

Engineering Program in the College

of Engineering is excellence and

leadership.  In 2007, sixty female

undergraduate students in the

Woodruff School qualified for the

Excellence Awards banquet by

earning an overall GPA of 3.4 or

higher.  Twenty students received

corporate scholarships worth

$22,000: Elisabeth Byrd (Alcoa);

Phares Carroll, Alice Cheung, Lin

Geng, and Emily Woods (Boeing); Elizabeth Cadogan and Krista

Guzelian (Ford); Tauhira Hoossainy and Robin Laverentz (General

Motors); Nicole Miller, Victoria Murawski, and Chiheim Wey (John

Deere); Callie Reis and Laney Sowell (Northrop Grumman); Elizabeth

Walston (Rockwell Automation); Shannon Spoon and Lina Tucker

(Schlumberger); Alisha Hester, Christi Nesmith, and Alison Skala

(Shell). In addition, Crispin Odom received a Student Mentoring

Award for outstanding leadership and contributions to the Women in

Engineering Mentor/Mentee program, which currently serves over 325

students on campus. Christine Primmer received a “Pay It Forward”

Scholarship, new this year, and sponsored by the keynote speaker,

Lara O’Connor Hodgson and the Philobos-Armanios family.  This

scholarship is given to a graduating senior who accepts it with the

promise of returning within five years to give a scholarship in her name

at a future banquet. To learn more about this program, view

www.coe.gatech.edu/wie.

NUCLEAR
ENGINEERING
SCHOLARSHIPS

Unique scholarship

opportunities exist

for Georgia Tech

undergraduate

students in nuclear

and radiological

engineering. Most

scholarships begin

in the freshman

year and are based

on academic achievement. As of

fall 2007, 46 NRE undergraduates

hold scholarships. 

Sponsoring organizations and their recipients are: AREVA: Aaron

Clare, Brett Czyscon, Robert Adams; AREVA/Department of Energy

(DOE): John Schacht; Duke Power: Stephen Garth, Benjamin Good,

Caroline Stratton, David Koch, John Bethea, Nivedh Manohar, Timothy

Flaspoehler, Benjamin Beeler, Nathaniel Aligood, David

Hartmangruber, Christopher Myers; Duke Power/DOE: Sara

Rahnema, Aaron Tubb; McCallum-Turner/DOE: Paul Ferguson, David

Nesbitt); McCallum-Turner: Clifton Robinson, Jesse Coyle, Jordan

Rader, Kelly Kisling, Jackson Renegar, William Shannon, Alex

Johnson, Bernard Jones; Jennifer Farmer; MWH Americas: Shruti

Vellore, Lisandro Vazquez; MWH Americas/DOE: Jennifer Farmer;

Southern Nuclear: Thomas Batson, Benjamin Bowers, Justin Branley,

Timothy Cahill, Robert Espey, Madeleine Phillips, Evan Schwartz, Amy

Varallo; Southern Nuclear/DOE: Shane Simpson; Woodruff School:

Alice Cheung, Anthony Minarik, Samuel LaFountain, Travis Zipperer;

Woodruff/DOE: Lloyd Huang, Manan Jani; and George W. Woodruff

Scholarship (4 years): Kevin Connolly. 

ARCS SCHOLARSHIPS

The ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation

helps meet our country’s need for scientists and engineers by providing

scholarships to academically outstanding students to help them

complete their higher education.  The Atlanta Chapter gives scholar-

ships to students from Emory University, Georgia Tech, Morehouse

College, and the University of Georgia.  At Georgia Tech, recipients

come from the Woodruff School, the College of Computing, and the

Stewart School of ISyE.  Woodruff School recipients are senior Ph.D.

students who have high GPA’s, are making good progress toward their

degree, have good recommendations from their faculty advisors, and

are U.S. citizens. 

Last year’s (2006-2007) recipients were: Donavon Gerty (Ari

Glezer, advisor); Shelby Highsmith (Steve Johnson, advisor), Anne-

Marie Lerner (Ken Cunefare, advisor), Tim Koehler (Said Abdel-Khalik

& Minami Yoda, advisors), Matthew Kontz (Wayne Book, advisor), and

Charlotte Kotas (Peter Rogers & Minami Yoda, advisors). 

In 2007-2008, new scholars Janine Johnson (Jianmin Qu advisor)

and Khalid Sorensen (Bill Singhose) join returning scholars Donavon

Gerty, Shelby Highsmith, and Charlotte Kotas. To date, twenty ARCS

recipients in the Woodruff School have received their Ph.D.’s.  

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Alison Skala

(l to r) Megan Satterfield, Kelly Kisling,

Dr. Farzad Rahnema, Sara Rahnema,

and Kevin Connolly

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PI TAU SIGMA HONOR SOCIETY

The Georgia Tech Nu Chapter of Pi Tau Sigma, the national

mechanical engineering honor society, initiated 47 (43 Atlanta, 4

Savannah) undergraduates on November 16, 2006. This is the largest

initiation class in a number of years. Membership in the chapter is

based on scholastic standing and faculty rating. In November 2007,

the chapter celebrates its 75th anniversary. 

The new members of Pi Tau Sigma are:  Josh Allen, Ashley

Anchors (GTS), Jonathn Bankston (GTS), Patrick Chang, Ryan

Demars, Peter Doblar,  William Doolan, Arthur Graziano, Krista

Guzelian, Henry Heintz, Todd Hoffman, Steven Hom, Meredith Hopps,

Nazim Hudda, Curtis Johnson, Matthew Johnston, Matthew Kolaski,

Abhishek Kumar,  Bruce Latvala,  Benjamin Lee, Michael Lindsey,

David Long, Joshua Mackanic, David MacNair, Jeremy Mason,

Benjamin Massengil, John McConville, Paul McWilliams, Andrew

Mettler, Caitlin Murphy, Brent Norquist, Alfred Nuget, Amanda

O’Rourke, Lee Peacock, Marquis Reed, Alexander Ruderman (GTS),

Andrew Scripture (GTS), Christopher Sewell, Michael Sewell, David

Smith, Jonathan Spoerke, Sarah Stallings, Ryan Stewart, Christian

Terrassa, Vince Thiele, AdnaanVelji, Karen Warren, and Sean Wick.  

STUDENT HONORS DAY AWARDS

Each year awards are announced at the

annual Student Honors Day luncheon held

in April.  The winners are selected by the

Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies

and the Undergraduate Academic Advisor

with the approval of the School Chair.  The

recipients this year were: 

Patrick Chang received the Pi Tau

Sigma Outstanding Junior Award, presented

to the junior student in ME with outstanding

scholarship and service to the School and to

student activities. 

Eric Deutsch received the Woodruff

School of Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding Scholar Award. This award

recognizes a graduating senior who has achieved an exceptional

scholastic record in mechanical engineering.

Alfred Frith won the School Chair’s Award, which is granted on

the basis of outstanding scholarship and contributions to the School,

especially to its programs and external representation. The award

honors the graduating senior in mechanical engineering who best

fulfills these standards.  

Sead Dzebo, Sanjeev Heda, and Carla Uribe each received a

Samuel P. Eschenbach Memorial Award in Mechanical Engineering.

This award is given by the family of Samuel Eschenbach (BME 1933)

and is based on academic performance, leadership capabilities as

demonstrated through involvement in the campus community and

promise as a mechanical engineer. 

Joshua Inouye, Joshua Mackanic, Ryan Kane, Jeffrey

Schlosser, and Damien Valenti each won a Richard K. Whitehead

Memorial Award. The Georgia Scientific and Technical Research

Foundation established this award in memory of its first president,

Richard K. Whitehead, Jr. (BME 1957).  The award goes to

outstanding mechanical engineering seniors who exemplify high

standards of scholarship and service.

Justin Janacek and Mark Kaidos each won a James G. and

Mary G. Wohlford Scholarship. These scholarships recognize

outstanding senior co-op students who have excelled both academi-

cally and on their co-op jobs, and who have made significant contri-

butions to the community.  The award is named in honor of the late

director emeritus of the Professional Practice Division and is

sponsored by the Co-op Club. 

Janine Johnson received one of the Auxiliary

Services IMPACT Scholarships. These awards go to

students who make an incredible impact on the Tech

community by playing a positive role through informal

and formal roles as leaders or in support capacities. 

Orion King won an Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and

Entrepreneur Scholarship Award, given to students with

vision; a driving force to create a business or organi-

zation; the ability to inspire others to reach their potential;

leadership skills to anticipate future needs; an optimistic 

outlook about finding solutions; and character.  

Adam Lord received the Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Sophomore

Award, given to the sophomore student in mechanical engineering

demonstrating outstanding scholarship and service to the School and

student activities.   

Brad Moulton received the 2007 CETL/Frank Bogle

Nontraditional Student Award.  This award, endowed by Dr. Frank

Bogle—a former ME faculty member, honors a nontraditional

student with at least junior standing and who has demonstrated

outstanding academic performance. 

Anthony Pergola won the Pi Tau

Sigma Outstanding Senior Award.

This award is given by the School of

Mechanical Engineering and the Pi

Tau Sigma Honor Society to a

graduating senior who has demon-

strated outstanding scholastic

achievement, service to the School,

the Institute, and to students activities.   

Kyle Reno received a Henry Ford

II Scholar Award from the College of

Engineering.  This award comes from

the income from a restricted

endowment fund provided by the Ford

Motor Company Fund and is given

annually to the engineering students with the best academic record at

the end of the third year of undergraduate study. 

Alison Skala received one of the two George Wingfield Semmes

Memorial Scholarships.  These are given to undergraduate

engineering students who demonstrate academic achievement,

outstanding leadership qualities, a strong character, and a true love

for Georgia Tech. 

Janine Johnson

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CAREERS 

Pacing the overall market for engineers, the job market for

graduates of the Woodruff School continued to be quite strong

during the 2006-2007 academic year.  The number of employers

visiting Georgia Tech to recruit Woodruff School students was

exceptionally high this year with Mechanical Engineers

generating more interviews than any other single major at

Georgia Tech. At the recent Georgia Tech Career Fair, 212

employers were recruiting ME and NRE students, up from 194 at

the 2006 fair.  This is a significant increase.

Reflecting this strength, employment rates and reported

salaries for all levels of students was quite healthy and equaled

or bettered previous years.  At graduation in spring 2007, 76.5

percent of BSME graduates reported having found employment,

substantially exceeding the Institute’s average of 69.5 percent.

The median salary for BSME graduates was $55,000, with a high

of $68,500.  Signing bonuses averaged $4,000.

STUDENT GROUPS

There are a number of groups for Woodruff School students to join.

These organizations offer a unique opportunity to learn about the

many facets of mechanical or nuclear engineering, provide an

opportunity to meet practicing professionals, and provide valuable

service to the School.  More information may be found at

www.me.gatech.edu/me/studentorganizations.

Graduates with a master’s degree reported a median salary of

$64,800 and a signing bonus of $3,500.  Ph.D. recipients reported

a median salary and signing bonus of $80,000 and more than

$8,000, respectively.

Many Woodruff School bachelor degree graduates continue on

to graduate schools in fields ranging from engineering to

management to medicine, and law.  Nearly 22 percent of BSME

graduates reported acceptance to graduate or professional school,

up from 20 percent in the past few years.

A variety of employers hired Woodruff School students, including

ExxonMobil, GE, Lockheed Martin, Michelin, Proctor & Gamble,

Schlumberger, Siemens, and Toyota.  In addition, students were

hired by many other companies, reflecting broad interest across

multiple industries.  According to Ralph Mobley, Director of Career

Services, “the demand for Woodruff School students is growing and

based on the list of employers and the industries they represent,

demand is broad based. It’s a great time to be graduating.”

GENERAL GROUPS

•

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students Association (MEGA)

•

Nuclear & Radiological Engineering Student Advisory Committee 

(NRESAC)

Dr. Farzad Rahnema, advisor

•

Woodruff School Student Advisory Committee (WSSAC)

Ms. Kristi Mehaffey, advisor

•

Woodruff School Graduate Women (WSGW)

HONOR SOCIETY

•

Pi Tau Sigma (ME honor society)

Dr. Janet Allen, advisor 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

•

Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

Drs. Erica Ryherd & Karim Sabra, advisors

•

American Nuclear Society (ANS)

Dr. W. van Rooijen, advisor

•

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and 

Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Dr. Sheldon Jeter, advisor

•

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Dr. Jon Colton, advisor

•

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Dr. Ken Cunefare, advisor

•

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

Dr. William Singhose, advisor 

STUDENT COMPETITION GROUPS

•

gt motorsports

Dr. Ken Cunefare, advisor

•

GT Off-Road

Dr. Ken Cunefare, advisor

•

GT Robojackets

Dr. Chris Paredis, advisor

Dr. Wayne Book, FIRST advisor

•

Wreck Racing

Mr. Sterling Skinner, advisor

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FELLOWSHIPS

What follows is a list of the major

fellowships held by Woodruff School

graduate students from July 1, 2006

to June 30, 2007.

ACHIEVEMENT REWARDS FOR 

COLLEGE SCIENTISTS (ARCS)

Donavon Gerty

Shelby Highsmith

Timothy Koehler

Matthew Kontz

Charlotte Kotas

Anne-Marie Lerner

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF

UNIVERSITY WOMEN 

Shannon Stott

ASME TEACHING FELLOWSHIP

Anne-Marie Lerner

Joshua Vaughan

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

FELLOWSHIP

Jacqueline O’Connor 

Laura Raibeck

COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT

FELLOWSHIP

Christopher Nygren

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

FELLOWSHIP

Ryan Austin

David Damm

Graham Nelson

Jessica Remmert

Bobby Watkins

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Steven Hamilton

Justin Pounders

Christopher Sommer

FACES FELLOWSHIP

Jeremy Dawkins

Egbe Eni

FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP

Muhammad Salman

GEORGIA TECH FELLOWSHIP

JoSette Broiles

Christopher Green

Craig Green

Roderick Jackson

Bryon Johns

Jevin Scrivens

Bobby Watkins

Brian Wayman

Freddie Wilson

INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP

Joseph Charest

Kenneth Dupont

Andrew Gardner

Eamonn Harter

Ryan Krauss

Graham Nelson

Christopher Rinehart

Annica Wayman

GEORGIA TECH PRESIDENT’S

FELLOWSHIP

Douglas Bakkum

Thomas Beechem

David Blackburn

William Blackburn

Joel Boerckel

Jonathan Clausen

John Connelly

Ted Conrad

David Dumbauld

Scott Duncan

Kenneth Dupont

Aaron Enes

Thomas Forbes

Thomas Gray

Karen Hallow

Steven Hamilton

Sarah Herbison

John Huey

Roderick Jackson

Byron Johns

Mela Johnson

Jesse Killion

Timothy Koehler

Robert Matthews

Logan McLeod

Graham Nelson

Andrew Perkins

Craig Przybyla

Jessica Remmert

Felipe Roman-Morales

Harry Rowland

Andrew Schnell

Thomas Smith

Jiann-Cherng Su

Adam Vela

John VanDer Welde

Christopher Wilson

Freddie Wilson

Jaime Zahorian

GRADUATE DEGREES FOR

MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING

FELLOWSHIP

Egbe Eni

Christopher Green

Craig Green

Dimitri Hughes

Roderick Jackson

Trayvon Leslie

Geoffrey Williams

Freddie Wilson

GOIZUETA FELLOWSHIP

Felipe Roman-Morales

INPO FELLOWSHIP

Charles Becht

INTA FELLOWSHIP

Shelby Highsmith

Kevin Klein

MEDTRONIC FELLOWSHIP

Abigail Wojtowicz

MANUFACTURING EDUCATION 

PROGRAM

Sivaramakris Venkatachalam

John VanDer Welde

NASA FELLOWSHIP

Jonathan Reichel

NASA HARRIET FELLOWSHIP

Byron Johns

Mela Johnson

Russell Marzette

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Kenneth Dupont

Brian Wayman

Abigail Wojtowicz

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

GRADUATE RESEARCH 

Joseph Charest

John Connelly

Kenneth Dupont

Dimitri Hughes

Hannah Muchnik

David Murphy

Bryan Nishimoto

Jennifer Phillips

Felipe Roman-Morales

Megan Satterfield

Stephanie Thompson

Mark Tschopp

Jaime Zahorian

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

Roderick Jackson

Lin Wan

Christopher Wilson

PACKARD FELLOWSHIP

James Ford

Christopher Green

Craig Green

Christopher Wilson

Freddie Wilson

SANDIA FELLOWSHIP

Jeffrey Callicoat

Danny Carpenter

Jeanne Dion

Edward Mader

Harry Rowland

STEP FELLOWSHIP

Matthew Rooge

UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND

James Ford

Craig Green

Byron Johns

Christopher Wilson

UNCF/NASA FELLOWSHIP

Bryon Johns

U.S. NAVY FELLOWSHIP

Jonathan Reichel

WHITAKER FELLOWSHIP

Rhima Coleman

Catherine Reyes

WOODRUFF FELLOWSHIP

Douglas Bakkum

Thomas Beechem

David Blackburn

Joel Boerckel

Eric Busillo

Maria-Isabel Carnasciali

Kenway Chen

Jonathan Clausen

Ted Conrad

Zachary Douglas

Steven Douglass

David Dumbould

Aaron Enes

Thomas Forbes

Benoit Forget

Donavon Gerty

Christopher Goodman

Thomas Gray

Karen Hallow

Steven Hamilton

Eamonn Harter

John Huey

Roderick Jackson

Mela Johnson

Jesse Killion

Timothy Koehler

Kenneth Marek

Robert Matthews

Lucas McCaslin

Gavin McDonald

Logan McLeod

Graham Nelson

Gregory Ostrowicki

Andrew Perkins

Jessica Remmert

Konrad Rykaczewski

Megan Satterfield

Thomas Smith

Christopher Sommer

Jiann-Cherng Su

Sathyan Subbiah

Adam Vela

John VanDer Welde

Lin Wan

Freddie Wilson

Gena Woodruff

Jie Yang

Jiantao Zheng

WOODRUFF SCHOOL

Brian Kern 

Angela Laam Tse

Gena Woodruff

WOODRUFF SCHOOL

GRA FELLOWSHIP

Laurent Capolungo

Heather Hubble

Brian Kern

Stacey Schutte

Stephanie Thompson

WOODRUFF SCHOOL

GTL FELLOWSHIP

Arlene Bhuiyan-Khan

Vanesa Casado

Amy Flower

Stephen Gredler

Lane Keyes

Sandra Kolvick

Ion Leahu-Aluas

Gavin McDonald

Michael McNary

Bret Nicholson

Shaya Nematifar

Katherine Rudell

Walter Walczak

John VanDer Welde

WOODRUFF SCHOOL

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP

Omkar Karhade

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DEGREES

In 1888 when Georgia Tech opened, mechanical

engineering was the only degree-granting program.

From 1890, when the first degree was awarded, through

spring 2007, Georgia Tech has awarded 142,040

degrees: 100,902 bachelor’s degrees, 34,789 master’s

degrees, and 6,349 doctoral degrees.  Today, the

Woodruff School offers two undergraduate degrees

(BSME, BSNRE) and seven graduate degrees (MS,

MSME, MSNE, MSMP, MSBioE, MSPSE, Ph.D.).  In

addition, the master’s degree can be completed off-

campus through the distance-learning program.  This

report details various aspects of the degrees awarded

from summer 2006 through spring 2007.

Degrees Awarded By College

(Summer 2006 through Spring 2007)

College

BS

MS

Ph.D.

Total

Architecture

156

108

7

271

Computing

206

142

30

378

Engineering

1475

747

336

2558

Management

330

116

8

454

Science

208

123

72

403

Ivan Allen

167

64

6

237

Total

2,542

1,300

459

4,301

Degrees Awarded By College By Gender

(Summer 2006 through Spring 2007)

College

B.S.

M.S

Ph.D.

Total

Architecture   

156 (87/59)

108(73/35)

7 (4/3)

271

Computing

306 (193/13)

142(112/3)

30 (27/3)

378

Engineering

1475(1183/292)

747(611/136) 336(270/66)

2558

Management

330(194/136)

116(87/29)

8(6/2)

454

Science

208(108/100)

123(83/40)

72(50/22)

403

Ivan Allen

167(94/73)

64(34/30)

6(3/3)

237

TOTALS

2,542(1,859/683) 1,300(1,000/300)

459(360/99)

4,301

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The first number in parentheses is the number of males and 

the second number is for females. 

Degrees Awarded At Georgia Tech By Ethnicity and Citizenship

(Summer 2006 through Spring 2007)

Native

Multi-

Inter-

Am.

Asian

Black

Hispanic

racial

national

White

Total

BS COE

2

252

95

50

12

108

956

1475

BS GT

4

395

143

76

22

136

1766

2542

MS COE

1

65

29

20

7

316

309

747

MS GT

1

104

63

42

10

487

593

1300

Ph.D. COE

0

16

9

5

1

211

94

336

Ph.D. GT

0

19

12

7

2

254

135

459

Totals

5

518

218

125

34

907

2,492

4301

Degrees Awarded in the College of Engineering

(Summer 2006 Through Spring 2007)

Bachelor’s

Master’s

Doctoral

School 

Degrees

Degrees

Degrees

Totals

Aerospace Engineering

135

73

40

248

Biomedical Engineering

91

10

20

121

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

108

16

28

148

Civil and Environmental Engineering

171

89

24

284

Electrical and Computer Engineering

346

247

119

712

Industrial and Systems Engineering

235

131

29

395

Materials Science Engineering

23

4

20

47

Mechanical Engineering (and NRE/MP)

348

175

52

575

Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering

18

2

8

28

TOTALS

1,475

743

336

2,558

Degrees Awarded By College By Ethnicity

(Summer 2006 Through Spring 2007)

Ethnicity

B.S.

M.S.

Ph.D.

Total

American Indian/

Alaskan Native

5

l

0

6

Asian or 

Pacific Islander

495

358

237

1090

Black 154

77

18

249

Hispanic

86

69

11

166

Multiracial

24

20

2

46

White

1778

775

191

2744

Total

2,542

1,300

459

4,301

 

Jared McKinnon

Robert McWilliams

Yuki Miyasaka

Timothy Monroe

Andrew Ogden

Benjamin Pecora

Michael Plachta

Kenneth Poland

David Price

James Puckett

Robert Ricaud

Richard Rogers, 

Moninder Sandhu

Robert Sanford

Joel Schuetz

Richard Schwartz

Hayato Shimizu

Matthew Sims

Nathan Smiga

Robert Stephenson

Michael Stilwell

Jarron Syh

Matthew Todhunter

David Wade

Jane Wagner (NRE)

Eric Walthall

Ty Watson

Logan Williams

Fall 2006

John Bahr

Allen Barbely

Benjamin Barnett

Brenda Batovsky

Geoffrey Berguig

Tushar Bhandari

Robert Black

Sarah Brashear (NRE)

Eric Bruch (NRE)

Amanda Bryson (NRE)

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Summer 2006*

Waqas Abbasi

Louay Abdul-Hadi

FarisAl-Battashi

Dustin Ashberry

Varun Ashok

Joseph Baker

Christopher Brabson

Kevin Bray

Adam Brown

Jeffrey Butler

David Condon

Sean Conner

Robert Cross

Jamie Cruce

William Dahlin

Nicolis Davis

David Dishman 

Jennifer Edwards

Gary Eisla

Patrick Farrell

Jerry Foster

Gregory Freisinger

Sarah Gleaton

Jared Grace

Alistair Graves

Lee Hamilton

Chadwick Harris

James Holland

Matthew Hunt

Peter Iannuzzi

Marie Jenkins

Tracy Jenkins

Jimmy Jiang

Nicholas Karnezos

Arnab Khan

Steven Larsen

Naoman Malik

Stephen Markey 

Richard McClave

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES AWARDED

A total of 348 bachelor’s degrees (334 ME,

14 NRE) were awarded from the Woodruff

School in the past academic year (summer

2006 through spring 2007). This is the largest

number of B.S. degrees we have ever

awarded and puts the Woodruff School in

first or second place in the country for under-

graduate degrees awarded.  The breakdowns

are as follows: In summer 2006, 68 bachelor’s degrees were

awarded (67 ME, l NRE); in fall 2006, 115 degrees were

awarded (109 ME, 6 NRE); and in spring 2007, 165 degrees

were awarded (158 ME, 7 NRE).  By gender, 296 were males

(289 ME, 7 NRE) and 52 were females (45 ME, 7 NRE).

Seventy students (all ME) received the Cooperative Degree

designation; of these, two also had an International Plan

designation.  There were eight students who completed their

B.S. degree in the Regional Engineering program in

Savannah. By ethnicity/citizenship, there were 31 Asians, 17

Blacks, seven Hispanics, and one Multiracial (all ME), 267

Whites (253 ME, 14 NRE) and 25 Internationals (all ME).  

DEGREES BY RESIDENCY

Of the 4,301 degrees awarded at all levels by the Institute, 3,380

went to residents of the United States.  Of these, 2150 degrees went

to Georgia residents. Other states with large representations are

Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland,

Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina

Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Also

during the past academic year, 921 degrees were awarded to interna-

tional students from 82 countries.  The most popular countries of

residence are Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India,

Japan, Korea, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, and

Turkey. Woodruff School graduate students come from a number of

different countries, including France (31), India (20), Canada (4),

China (5), South Korea (4), and Italy (3). 

Woodruff School Degrees Awarded

(Summer 2006 Through Spring 2007)

Degree

Number

BSME

334

BSNRE

14

Total 348

M.S.

1

MSHP

2

MSME

146

MSNE

9

MSMP

16

MSBioE

1

Total

175

Ph.D. ME

44

Ph.D. NE

5

Ph.D. BioE     

2

Ph.D. PSE       

1

Total

52

Total Undergraduate Degrees

348

Total Graduate Degrees

227

School Total

575

Woodruff School Degrees By 

Gender and Ethnicity

(Summer 2006 Through Spring 2007)

Asian

104

Black

28

Hispanic 10

Multiracial

4

White

430

Male

491

Female

84

Total

575

Kaleena Peters

Jason Pollan

Jennifer Powers

Timothy Prelac

Whitney Price

Keavy Quigley

Brian Roberts

Brian Rotolo

Stephen Rowan

Nirmal Sahadevan

Christopher Sampson

Anthony Sannazzaro

Timothy Schafer

Peter  Schempp

Michael Schmidt

Andrew Scripture (RME)

Kimmeng Seang

Stephanie Sigers

Nathan Smith

Jin Song

Matthew Stegman

Ryan Stonecipher-Fisher

Ryan Sullivan

Brandon The

Cielle Thibodeaux

Robert Torley

Pin  Tsai

Christopher Tsigalas

Jack Vithayapun

Phillip Walkemeyer

Richard Warren

Adam Waters

James Weathers (NRE)

Kaitlin Westmoreland

Michael Widerquist

Brett Williams  (RME)

Jovonda Williams

Frederick Willis (NRE)

Samuel Wilson

Allison Yaeger

MacField Young

Spring 2007

Daniel Acosta

Abhishek Agarwal

James Alex

Jonathan Allen

Michael Allen

Steven Altomare 

Sean Amormino

Marcus Arevalo

Martin  Arignon

Olufunmilola Atilola

Jonathan Bankston (RME)

Rohan Bansal

Boris Bazan

Thomas Beal (RME)

Benjamin Beck

John Beckman

John Behnken

Amanda Bennett

Victoria Bennett

Matthew Betts

William Billard

Jeffrey Bisch

Moritz Boecker

Lisa Bradway

Eric Branch

David Brunone

Brooks Bryant

Jacob Burleson

Stephen Butler

Jose Caban

Annemarie Cardell

Sean Cassidy

Colin Caviness

Alan Clark

Emily Colvin (NRE)

Samuel Daves

Christopher Delp

Eric Deutsch

Ian Dezen

Sead Dzebo

Carl Ehrnrooth

Michael Ely

Jonathan Eveleth

Jessica Feener (NRE)

David Fernandes

Raul Fernandez

Robin Fernandez

Charles Fields

John-Patrick Floyd (NRE)

Alfred Frith

Daichi Fujioka

Nathan Fulton

Michael Galvin

Blaine Gardner 

Elisabeth Gayton (NRE)

Gregory Geihsler

Drew Glaser

Robert Grant

Chet Gutwein

Michael Hamilton

Sanjeev Heda

Kenneth Helfrich

Steven Hess (RME)

Franklin Hope (NRE)

David Houston

Benjamin Howard

James Howell

Joshua Inouye

Prashanth Irudayaraj

Jacob Jacob 

Victor Jaworski

Curtis Johnson

Bernard Jones (NRE)

Ryan Kane

Yevgeniy Karshenboym

Eric Kelley

Scott Kerklo 

Jeffrey Kerr

Rohit Khosla

Andrew Kim

Jason Kim

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Corrie Bukle

Lih-Sia  Byam

Justin Cardwell

Jessica Cato

Andrew Chang

Navneet Chhabra

John Clark

Charles Coleman

Hilary Coor

Brian Cornnell

Melissa Crawford

Christopher Culver

Matthew DeMers

Barry DeMott

Nicholas Eddy

John Edenfield

Matthew Esler

Nicholas Fila

Parag Gajarawala

John Gerber

Niloofar Ghaemi

John Gortney

Daniel Grant

David Halbach

Brett Hannah

Nicholas Hansen

Amanda Harris

Lindsay Harry

Daniel Hill

Douglas Hinckley

Craig Holes

Elliott Holland

Jonathan Jones

Farrokh Kapadia

Erin Kerr

Dooroo Kim

Youngwoo Kim

Rahul Kirtikar

Jonathan Koetter

Elias Krauklis

On Le

Him Lee

Derek Lewis

Valerie Lie

Jared Macky

Christopher Madsen

Matthew Madsen

Jonathan Marsh

Taylor Martin

Michael Mathews 

Kevin McAuliffe

Brittany Meriwether (NRE)

Adam Milam

Shamus Mulvihill

Yu Nagai

Narayan Nair

Kun  Nam

John Nodson

Kenneth Oates

Anthony Palladino

Levino Perrucci

Michael Perzinski

Edward Kimn

Carolyn Kleppin

Kendra Kofler

Jonathan Kolaski

Kristine Kurtzeborn 

Robert Lafond (RME)

Boon  Lee

Jaeho Lee

Philip Linkous

Gregory Mallegol

Owen McGarity

Robert McWilliams

Andrew Mettler

David Middleton

Christine Montgomery

Lindsay Moore

Caitlin Murphy

Christopher Myers (NRE)

Andrew Norcom

Jonathan Olander

Adeyanju Oliyide

Jamerson Parrott

Anthony Pergola

Brett Perryman

Wittia Phlong

Charles Popham

Aditya Prabhar

Christine Primmer

Michael Ragins

Bradford Range

Brandon Reed 

Jonathan Reeves

Christian Retterer

Lauren Rhoades

Chad Robbins

Jevawn Roberts

Alexander Ruderman (RME)

Ryan Russell

Brandon Saadiq

Lambros Samouris

Dan Sankar

Kevin Scarborough

Jeffrey Schlosser

Dustin Scholz

Aaron Scott

Charles Simons

Robert Smith

Jeannine Snyder

Zachary Sosebe

John Stafford

Joseph Steele

Julian Stevenson (RME)

Michelle Stille

Joshua Strow

Benjamin Taylor

Brandon Terrell

Darryl Tomlinson

Matthew Tomme

Lee  Tschaepe

John Tuck

Kelly Tucker

Carla Uribe

Damien Valenti

Oscar Vargas

Collin Wallace

Ruoya Wang

Xiaoxiao Wang

David Ward

Clinton Warren

Karen Warren

Troy Watson

Garrett Webb

Christopher Weir

Andrew Whitaker 

Albert Whiteside

Shawn Wick

Alexander Williams

Ryan Willingham

Patrick Wilson

Brandon Winterling

Elizabeth Wolf

Yuan-Chun Wu

Joseph Yeatts

Makoto Yuzawa

___________

*Note:  Three names were

omitted from the list because

the students had a confiden-

tiality flag on their record.

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MASTER’S DEGREES (NONTHESIS)

Unless other indicated, all the degrees are in

mechanical engineering (MSME).  An asterisk

indicates a degree in medical physics (MSMP),

a + indicates a degree in nuclear engineering

(MSNE), a ^ indicates a degree in health

physics, and a # indicates a degree in bioengi-

neering (M.S.BioE). 

SUMMER 2006 

NAME

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Margaret Bolton

Georgia Tech

William Bonneau

Univ of Connecticut

Peter Cameron

Georgia Tech

William Carbaugh

Ohio State University

Xiaowan Chen*

Georgia Tech

Ted Conrad

Virginia Commonwealth 

James Cover*

Clemson University

Brian Fatkin

Georgia Tech

Charles Gaylord

Virginia Tech

Jason Hanlin

University of Tennessee

Jeffrey Howard

Purdue University

Amanda Jackson*

Georgia Tech

Elliott Jernigan

Georgia Tech

Steven Jones+

Georgia Tech

Omkar Karhade

IIT, Mumbai

Matthew King

Union College

Pasquale Montanaro* Univ of Maine

Benjamin Morlang

Texas A&M 

Michael Moscinski

RPI

Shannon Okuyama

RPI

James Roudeski

Ohio University

Olivier Dugage

Inst Natl Polytech de Lorraine

Andrew Schnell

Tennessee Tech

Scott Shields*

University of Wisconsin

William Snider^

Univ of Kentucky

Angela Stay

Randy Tadros

Georgia Tech

Wei Tan

Tsinghua University

Xiaoqin Yang*

Tsinghua University

X. Zhang

Tsinghua University

FALL 2006

Zubair Abbasi

Mehran University 

Jill Adams

Georgia Tech

Sebastien Auch-Roy

ENSAM

Baris Bicen

Middle East Techl University

David Breland

Auburn University

Stephen Brown

Georgia Tech

Lauren Buchalter

Cornell University

Amy Butterfield

Union College

Joseph Charest

Pennsylvania State

William Christian*

Georgia Tech

Gabriel Cornet

ENSAM

James Dalberg

Georgia Tech

Zachary Eaton

Georgia Tech

Stephen Gredler

Georgia Tech

Ravi Gudipati

Georgia Tech

Laurent Guibert

ENSAM

Michael Howard

West Virginia Tech

Xuan Huang

University of Science and Tech

Nicolai Jones

Georgia Tech

Quyen Jones

Portland Community College

Sunil Kavuri*

Nagarjuna University

Sandra Kolvick

Georgia Tech

Jerome Lebrun

ENSAM

James Lloyd

Louisiana State

David Lomax

Georgia Tech

Bassem Maalouf

ENSAM

Sebastien Matignon

ENSAM

Nathan McNeill

Walla Walla College

Jacques Montmayeur ENSAM

Pierre Orliac

ENSAM

Priscilla Pennington# Univ of Miami

Guillaume Rannou

ENSAM

Avi Robbins

Georgia Tech

Vincent Roy

ENSAM

Virgnie Saget

ENSAM

C. Schillebeeckx

University of Missouri

Robert Swafford

Georgia Tech

John VanDer Weide

Calvin College

Bruno Van-Dunem 

Martins

ENSAM

Gregory Venon

ENSAM

Geoffrey Williams

Tuskegee University

Zi Yen Ng

Georgia Tech

SPRING 2007

Paul Avezzie

Northeastern University

Charles Aycock

Georgia Tech

Adam Boyd

Georgia Tech

Danny Carpenter

University of New Mexico

David Cook

Bucknell University

Michael Damianakis

Georgia Tech

Quentin Daniel

ENSAM

Jeanne Dion+

University of Texas 

Daniel Erno

RPI

Ali Essadaoui

ENSAM

Gregory Grennan*

University of Tulsa

Joshua Gsell

University of Wisconsin

Rani Harb

ENSEM

Edward Hornsmith*

VirginiaTech

Timothy Hsu

Johns Hopkins 

Gilles Joubert

ENSAM

Rye Kennedy

Wichita State 

Kathryn Kiernan

Union College 

Robert Kutchi*

Bloomsburg University

Stephen Latham

University of Michigan

Andrew Layton

Polytechnic University

Patrick Louka

Virginia Tech

Jun Ma

Cornell University

Joseph Mahoney*

Southern Methodist 

Jean Marc Pages

ENSAM

Jennifer Martindale

Russell Sage College

Aaron Mashue

Michigan State 

Brian Nealis

Rochester Tech 

Raymond Pang

RPI

Bradley Parti

UC Davis

Nicholas Paulish

Lafayette College

Benjamin Plouvier

ENSAM

Alexey Podust

Georgia Tech

Duncan Pratt

Muhlenberg College

David Reid

Georgia Tech

Jessica Remmert

Washington and Lee

Edison Rincon

IUPFAN

Nicolas Roussel

ENSAM

Kevin Roy

Clarkson University

Robert Stachow

Georgia Tech

Joseph Sweeney

University of Wisconsin

Amos Tam

Georgia Tech

Nicolas Thouault

ENSAM

Juan Toledo

Inst Tecn Y de Estud Super

Aishwarya Varadhan

Bharathiar University

Walter Walczak

Rose-Hulman Institute

Bo-Siou Wei

Douglas Whitcher

Georgia Tech

William White

University of Missouri

Steven Wilbur

Georgia Tech

Adam Will

Rochester Tech 

Freddie Wilson

Tuskegee University

Jack Zausner

University of Wisconsin

_________

Note:  A number of names were omitted because the student had 

a confidentiality flag on their record.

GRADUATE DEGREES

In the past academic year, from summer 2006 through spring 2007, 227 graduate degrees: 175 master’s degrees (126 nonthesis, 49 with thesis) and 52

doctoral degrees were awarded.  In summer 2006 there were 45 master’s and 21 Ph.D.’s; in fall 2006, there were 60 master’s degrees and 14 Ph.D.’s; and in

spring 2007, there were 70 master’s degrees and 17 Ph.D.’s. 

Of the 175 master’s degrees, one was an undesignated M.S.; one was in BioE; and 147 were MSME’s.  There were two master’s in health physics (the

last ones to be awarded by the Institute); 15 in medical physics, and nine in nuclear and radiological engineering.  By gender there were 153 males (133 ME,

11 MP, 6 NE, 2 HP, 1 M.S.) and 22 females (13 ME, 5 MP, 3 NE, 1 BioE).  By ethnicity, there were 27 Asians (19 ME, 5 MP, 2 NE, 1 HP), six Blacks (all ME),

two Hispanics and two Multiracials (all ME), and 138 Whites (118 ME, 11 MP, 7 NE, 1 HP, 1 BioE).

Fifty-one master’s degrees (45 ME, 5 MP, 1 HP) were awarded to distance learning students in the past academic year: Two were thesis students, the

remainder were nonthesis students.  Twenty students from Georgia Tech Lorraine in Metz, France received their master’s degrees in mechanical engineering.  

Of the 52 Ph.D.’s awarded, 44 were in mechanical engineering, five were in nuclear an radiological engineering, two were in bioengineering, and one was

in paper science.  By gender, there were ten (8 ME, 2 BioE) doctoral degrees to women and 42 (36 ME, 5 NRE, 1 PSE) to men.  By ethnicity and citizenship,

there were three Asians (2 ME, 1BioE), three Blacks (all ME),19 Whites (16 ME, 1 BioE, 1 NRE, l PSE), and 27 Internationals (23 ME, 1 NRE). Of all the

nonthesis master’s degrees, all were in mechanical engineering except for 14 in medical physics, two in health physics, two in nuclear & radiological

engineering, and one in bioengineering.

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MASTER’S DEGREES WITH THESIS

SUMMER 2006

NAME

DEGREE

ADVISOR

THESIS TITLE

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

David Blackburn

MSME

William Singhose

Command Shaping for Vibration Reduction in Nonlinear Cabled Systems

Georgia Tech

Donald Bradley

MSME

Bert Bras

A Method to Relate Product Tolerancing Decisions to Environmental 

Purdue University

Impacts and Costs in Manufacturing

Mark Claffee

MSME

Kok-Meng Lee

The Effects of Wing Manipulation on Automated Cutting of Biological Materials

Lehigh University

Etienne Dufour

MSME

Peter Rogers

Optimization of a Medium with a Large Parameter of Nonlinearity and Its Application 

Ecole Nationale 

to the Enhancement of a Compact, Omnidirectional, Parametric Source

D’Ingenieurs

Sam Golbuff

MSME

Samuel Shelton

Optimization of a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

University of Idaho

Brian Kern

MSME

Said Abdel-Khalik 

Experimental Investigation of the Hydrodynamics of a Plunging 

Georgia Tech

& Mostafa Ghiaasiaan

Two-Phase Plane Jet

James Kitchen

MSME

William Singhose

Design of Wheelchair Seating Systems for Users with High-Tone Extensor Thrust

Brigham Young 

Jay Ling

MSME

Chris Paredis

Managing Information Collection in Simulation-Based Design

University of Nebraska

Russell Marzette

MSME

Harvey Lipkin

Feasibility Study of Thin-Shell Deformable Mirror with Adaptive Truss Support for 

University of the Pacific

Spaced-Based Telescopes

Ghislain Retaureau

MSME

Yves Berthelot

Corrosion Detection by Backscattering Ultrasonics

Universite Du Maine

Erik Sunden

MSME

Samuel Graham

Carbon Nanotube Synthesis for Microsystems Applications

Georgia Tech

Mark Telesz

MSME

Tim Lieuwen &

Design and Testing of a Thermoacoustic Power Converter

Rutgers University

Ben Zinn

Sergey Tereshko

MSME

Steven Danyluk

Vibrating CPD Chemical Degradation Oil Sensor

Belarussian State 

R. Vijaywargiya

MSME

Itzhak Green

A Finite Element Study of the Deformation, Forces, Stress Formation, and Energy 

University of Maine

Loss in Sliding Contacts

FALL 2006

NAME

DEGREE

ADVISOR

THESIS TITLE

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Zubair Abbasi

MSNE

Nolan Hertel

Identification and Calculation of Activity of Unknown Isotope From Spectral Analysis 

Mehran University of 

in a Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD) Incident

Engineering & Technology

Ashby Bridges

MSNE

Nolan Hertel

Estimating the Radiation Dose to Emergency Room Personel in an Event of a 

Georgia Tech

Radiological Dispersal Device Explosion

Andrew Cannon

MSME

William King

Unconventional Microfabrication Using Polymers

Georgia Tech

Sharon Chandler

MSNE

Farzad Rahnema

Comparison of Reprocessing Methods for Light Water Reactor Fuel

Edison State College

Adam Christensen

MSME

Samuel Graham

Thermal Transport in III-V Semiconductors and Devices

Milwaukee School of 

Engineering

James Ford

MSME

Samuel Graham & 

An Enhanced Transient Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance Model

Georgia Tech

Comas Haynes

Lauren Margolin

MSME

David Rosen

Ultrasonic Droplet Generation Jetting Technology for Additive Manufacturing:

Stanford University

An Initial Investigation

Kirk Martin

MSME

Samuel Shelton

Site Specific Optimization of Rotor / Generator Sizing of Wind Turbines

Georgia Tech

Nicholas Maser

MSME

Richard Salant

Numerical Model of a Reciprocating Rod Seal, Including Surface Roughness 

Georgia Tech

and Mixed Lubrication

Patrick Mcdonald

MSME

Fred Ahrens & 

Wicking in Multiply Paper Structures of Dissimilar Plies

Cooper Union

Timothy Patterson

Michael Muir

MSME

Berdinus Bras

Life Cycle Assessment for Strategic Product Design and Management

University of Michigan

Justin Pounders

MSNE

Farzad Rahnema

Stochastically Generated Multigroup Diffusion Coefficients

Georgia Tech

Megan Satterfield

MSMP

Farzad Rahnema 

Application of a Heterogeneous Coarse-Mesh Transport Method (COMET) to 

Georgia Tech

& Tim Fox 

Radiation Therapy Problems

Shubham Saxena

MSME

William King & 

Nanolithography on Thin Films Using Heated Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever

ITT, Kanpur

Clifford Henderson

Paul Treasurer

MSME

Steven Johnson

Characterization and Analysis of Damage Progression in Non-Traditional 

University of Missouri

Composite Laminates With Circular Holes

SPRING 2007

NAME

DEGREE

ADVISOR

THESIS TITLE

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Theodore Anderson

MSME

David Rosen

Simulation and Fabrication of a Formable Surface for the Digital Clay Haptic Device

Mercer University 

David Bark

MSME

David Ku

Mechanistic Numerical Study of Thrombus Growth

University of Illinois

Ryan Bechtel

MSNE

Nolan Hertel

Uranium-232 Beryllide Neutron Source

Temple University

Mati Chessin

MSME

Kok-Meng Lee

An Experimental Investigation on the Effects of Buffering Regulation on 

Princeton University

Time-Critical Delivery of Objects on a Multi-Conveyor System

Andrew Clarke

MSME

Fred Ahrens &           

Investigation of Factors Contributing to the Deposition of Contaminants 

Georgia Tech

Tim Patterson

on Dryer Cylinders

Marcus Eliason

MSME

William King

Combined Micro and Nanopatterning for Cell Substrates

Georgia Tech

James Garth

MSME

Ari Glezer

Fluidic Driven Digital Clay

University of Tennessee 

Steven Hamilton

MSNE

Weston Stacey

A Time-Dependent Slice Balance Method for Radiation Transport Computations

Georgia Tech

Gautam Jadhav

MSME

Wayne Book

The Development of a Miniature Flexible Flapping Wing Mechanism for Use 

Johns Hopkins University

in a Robotic Air Vehicle

Byron Johns

MSME

Nader Sadegh & 

Design and Control of a New Reconfigurable Robotic Mobility Platform

Hampton University

Ayanna Howard

Azeem Meruani

MSME

William Singhose & 

Tweel™ Technology Tires for Wheelchairs and Instrumentation for Measuring 

Northwestern University

Stephen Sprigle

Everyday Wheeled Mobility

Hannah Muchnick

MSME

Janet Allen

Robust Design of Multilevel Systems Using Design Templates

Georgia Tech

Scott Sample

MSMP

Cassiano Oliveira

IMRT Beam Angle Optimization Using MCNP

Georgia Tech

Keith Suda-Cederquist MSME

Minami Yoda

Near-Wall Thermometry via Total Internal Reflection Fluorescent 

UC Berkeley

Micro-Thermometry (TIR-FMT)

Byron Van Gorp

MSME

Levent Degertekin

Firat with Improved Dynamics and Detection Range

Georgia Tech

DOCTORAL DEGREES

SUMMER 2006

NAME

DEGREE

ADVISOR

THESIS TITLE

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Jason Aughenbaugh

Ph.D. ME

Chris Paredis

Managing Uncertainty in Engineering Design using Imprecise Probabilities and 

Princeton University

Principles of Information Economics

Andrew DeMaio

Ph.D. PSE Tim Patterson

The Role of Paper Structure on the Tensile Creep Compliance of Paper

Lemoyne College

Benoit Forget

Ph.D. NRE Farzad Rahnema

A Three-Dimensional Heterogeneous Coarse Mesh Transport 

Ecole Polytechnique

Method for Reactor Calculations

Nathanael Hudson

Ph.D. NRE Farzad Rahnema

The Correction of Pebble Bed Reactor Nodal Cross Sections For the Effects of 

University of Alabama

Leakage and Depletion History

John Huey

Ph.D. ME

William Singhose

The Intelligent Combination of Input Shaping and PID Feedback Control

Georgia Tech

Desiree Jangha

Ph.D. NRE C.K.Chris Wang

Quantitative Conjugate Imaging of Iodine-123 and Technetium-99m Labeled 

Ganglia Hampton University

Brain Agents in the Basal 

Ryan Krauss

Ph.D. ME

Wayne Book

Control Design for Flexible Robots using the Transfer Matrix Method

Virginia Tech

Jason Lawrence

Ph.D. ME

William Singhose

Enhancing Crane Oscillation Control and Education

MIT

Hyunjin Lee

Ph.D. ME

Zhuomin Zhang

Radiative Properties of Silicon Wafers with Microroughness and Thin-Film Coatings

Seoul National University

Kuan-Ming Li

Ph.D. ME

Steven Liang

Predictive Modeling of Near Dry Machining

National Taiwan University

Nathan Masters

Ph.D. ME

Wenjing Ye

Efficient Numerical Techniques for Multiscale Modeling of Thermally Driven Gas 

Brigham Young 

Flows with Application to Thermal Sensing Atomic Force Microscopy

John Meacham

Ph.D. ME

Andrei Fedorov

A Micromachined Ultrasonic Droplet Generator: Design, Fabrication, 

Iowa State

Visualization, and Modeling

Catherine Reyes

Ph.D. BIOE Andres Garcia

Collagen and Fibronectin-Mimetic Integrin-Specific Surfaces that 

MIT

Promote Osseointegration

Mahesh Shenoy

Ph.D. ME

David McDowell

Constitutive Modeling and Life Prediciton in Ni-base superalloys

Maharashtra Tech

Shannon Stott

Ph.D. ME

Jens Karlsson

Kinetic Study of Intracellular Ice Formation in Micropatterned Endothelial Cell Cultures 

University of Illinois

using High Speed Digital Video Cryomicroscopy

Laam Tse

Ph.D. ME

David Rosen

Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) Design for Power Density Enhancement of 

SUNY at Buffalo

Driect Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs)

Eric Vanderploeg

Ph.D. ME

Marc Levenston

Mechanotransduction in Engineered Cartilaginous Tissues: in vitro 

Calvin College

Oscillatory Tensile Loading

Annica Wayman

Ph.D. ME

Cheng Zhu

Kinetic Study of E-Selectin-Mediated Adhesion Under Flow

University of Maryland

Lizheng Zhang

Ph.D. ME

Charles Ume

Development of Microelectronics Solder Joint Inspection System: Modal Analysis, 

Tsinghua University

Finite Element Modeling, and Ultrasound Signal Processing

Xin Zhang

Ph.D. NRE C.K.Chris Wang

Development and Validation of a Nanodosimetry-Based Cell Survival Model for 

Institute of Radiation 

Mixed High- and Low-LET Radaition

Medicine

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FALL 2006

NAME

DEGREE

ADVISOR

THESIS TITLE

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Ho Ching

Ph.D. ME

Wayne Book

Internet-Based Bilateral Teleoperating Using Wave Variables With Adaptive 

Cornell University

Predictor And Drift Control

Haiyan Deng

Ph.D. ME

Shreyes Melkote

Analysis and Synthesis of Fixturing Dynamic Stability in Machining 

Indiana-Purdue 

Accounting for Material Removal Effect

University

Brian English

Ph.D. ME

Ari Glezer &

Laminated Gas Generator Arrays for Flight Control of Spinning Body Projectile

Georgia Tech

Mark Allen

Wuwei Liang

Ph.D. ME

Min Zhou

A Novel Shape Memory Behavior of Single-crystalline Metal Nanowires

Tsinghua University

Kristin Michael

Ph.D. ME

Andres Garcia

Georgia Tech

Srinidhi Nagaraja

Ph.D. ME

Robert Guldberg

Microstructural Stresses and Strains Associated with Trabecular Bone Microdamage

University of Michigan

Peter Nagy

Ph.D. NRE Paul Neitzel

Investigation of Nonwetting System Failure and System Integration

University of Rochester

Jiann-Cherng Su

Ph.D. ME

Steven Liang

Residual Stress Modeling in Machining Processes

Mississippi State 

University

Sathyan Subbiah

Ph.D. ME

Shreyes Melkote

Some Investigations of Scaling Effects in Micro-Cutting

ITT, Madras

Nsikan Udoyen

Ph.D. ME

David Rosen & 

Information Modeling for Intent-based Retrieval of Parametric Finite Element 

Prairie View Agri 

Farrokh Mistree

Analysis Models

& Mech Univ

Zhonglu Wang

Ph.D. NRE Nolan Hertel

A Novel Design of a Boron Neutron Capture Enhanced Fast Therapy Assembly

National University of 

Defense Tech

Sebastien Wolff

Ph.D. ME

Imme Ebert-Uphoff 

Statically Stable Assembly Sequence Generation and Structure Optimization for a 

Georgia Tech

& Harvey Lipkin   

Large Number of Identical Building Blocks 

SPRING 2007

NAME

DEGREE

ADVISOR

THESIS TITLE

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Ulf Andresen

Ph.D. ME

Srinivas Garimella

Supercritical Gas Cooling and Near-Critical-Pressure _Condensation of Refrigerant 

Georgia Tech

Blends in Microchannels

Yu-Bin Chen

Ph.D. ME

Zhuomin Zhang

Rigorous Modeling of the Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructures and 

National Taiwan

Comparisons with Measurements of Fabricated Gratings and Slit Arrays

University

Michael Haberman

Ph.D. ME

Yves Berthelot & 

Design of High Loss Viscoelastic Composites through Micromechanical Modeling 

University of Idaho

Mohammad Cherkaoui

and Decision Based Material by Design

Jungchul Lee

Ph.D. ME

William King

Fabrication, Characterization, and Application of Multifunctional Microcantilever Heaters Seoul National University

Qiang Li

Ph.D. ME

Kok-Meng Lee

Effects of Adaptive Discretization on Numerical Computation using Meshless Method 

Huazhong Univ of 

with Live-object Handling Applications

Sci & Tech

Rajesh Luharuka

Ph.D. ME

Peter Hesketh

An Electromagnetically Actuated Rotary Gate Microvalve with Bistability

ITT, Kharagpur

Brent Nelson

Ph.D. ME

William King

Nanoscale Thermal Processing Using a Heated Atomic Force Microscope Tip

UC Berkeley

Ashley Palmer

Ph.D. BioE Marc Levenston

Investigations of the Composition-Function Relationships in Normal, Degraded, and 

Engineered Articular Cartilage Using EPIC-Microcomputed Tomography

Keunhan Park

Ph.D. ME

Zhuomin Zhang & 

Thermal Characterization of Heated Microcantilevers and a Study on 

Seoul National University

William King 

Near-Field Radiation

Min Pei

Ph.D. ME

Jianmin Qu

Effects of RE Doping on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of a SnAg Alloy

Tsinghua University

Andrew Perkins

Ph.D. ME

Suresh Sitaraman

Investigation and Prediction of Solder Joint Reliability for Ceramic Area Array 

Covenant College

Packages under Thermal Cycling, Power Cycling, and Vibration Environments

Harry Rowland

Ph.D. ME

William King

Thermomechanical Manufacturing of Polymer Microstructures and Nanostructures

UC Santa Barbara

Marat Seydaliev

Ph.D. NRE C.K.Chris Wang

Development and Test of a GEM-Based TEPC for Neutron Protection Dosimetry

Novosibirsk State

Thomas Smith

Ph.D. ME

William Wepfer  & 

Hardware Simulation of Fuel Cell / Gas Turbine Hybrids

Iowa State University

Comas Haynes

Brian Wayman

Ph.D. ME

Raymond Vito

Arterial Response to Local Mechanical Variables in Organ Culture: The Effects of 

University of Maryland 

Circumferential and Shear Stress

Jie Yang

Ph.D. ME

Ji-Xun Zhou &     

Spatial Coherence in a Shallow Water Waveguide

Ocean University of 

Peter Rogers

Qingdao

Sungshik Yim

Ph.D. ME

David Rosen

A Retrieval Method (DFM framework) for Automated Retrieval of Design for Additive 

University of Tennessee 

Manufacturing Problems

Note: The names of those master’s and doctoral degree recipients who have a confidentiality flag on their record are not listed in this report.

FACULTY

Of the 92 academic faculty members in the Woodruff School there are

sixteen endowed or distinguished faculty, 38 full professors, sixteen

associate professors, and 22 assistant professors.  Of these, there

are ten joint appointments and six female faculty members. 

ACOUSTICS AND DYNAMICS

Yves H. Berthelot, Professor and President of Georgia Tech Lorraine

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1985

Fellow of ASA

Gary W. Caille, Principal Research Engineer and Head, GTRI

Systems Program Office  (Joint Appointment) 

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988

Kenneth A. Cunefare, Professor

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1990

Fellow of ASA

Nico F. Declercq, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Ghent University, Belgium, 2005

Aldo A. Ferri, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1985

Jerry H. Ginsberg, George W. Woodruff Chair in Mechanical

Systems and Professor

E.Sc.D., Columbia University, 1970

Fellow of ASA and ASME 

Michael J. Leamy, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1998

Peter H. Rogers, Rae and Frank H. Neely Chair in Mechanical

Engineering and Professor

Ph.D., Brown University, 1970

Fellow of ASA

Erica E. Ryherd, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 2006

Karim Sabra, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2003

Fellow of ASA

AUTOMATION AND MECHATRONICS

Wayne J. Book, HUSCO/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power

and Motion Control and Professor 

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974

Fellow of ASME and IEEE

Ye-Hwa Chen, Professor

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1985

Kok-Meng Lee, Professor

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of  Technology, 1985

Fellow of ASME and IEEE

Harvey Lipkin, Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Florida, 1985

John G. Papastavridis, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Purdue University, 1976

Nader Sadegh, Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1987

William E. Singhose, Associate  Professor

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997

BIOENGINEERING

Andres J. Garcia, Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1996

Fellow of AIMBE

Rudolph L. Gleason, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2004

Robert E. Guldberg, Professor

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1995

Fellow of AIMBE

David N. Ku, Lawrence P. Huang Endowed Chair in Engineering and

Entrepreneurship and Regents’ Professor

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1983 

M.D., Emory University, 1984

Fellow of AIMBE

Robert M. Nerem, Parker H. Petit Distinguished Chair for 

Engineering in Medicine and Institute Professor

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1964

Fellow of AAAS, AIMBE, APS, and ASME 

Member of NAE and IOM

Raymond P. Vito, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1971

Fellow of AIMBE and ASME

Ajit P. Yoganathan, The Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty

Chair in Engineering and Regents’ Professor (Joint Appointment)

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1978

Fellow of AIMBE

Evan Zamir, Assistant Professor

(arrives 1/08)

D.Sc., Washington University, 2003

Cheng Zhu, Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Joint Appointment)

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1988

Fellow of ASME

COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING AND DESIGN

Janet Allen, Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1973

Fellow of ASME

Bert Bras, Professor

Ph.D., University of Houston, 1992

Seung-Kyum Choi, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Wright State University, 2006

Mervyn Fathianathan, Assistant Professor 

Ph.D., National University of Singapore, 2004

Farrokh Mistree, Professor and Associate Chair for 

Georgia Tech Savannah

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1974

Fellow of ASME and Associate Fellow of AIAA

Chris Paredis, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1996

David W. Rosen, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and

Professor 

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1992

Fellow of ASME

Dirk Schaefer, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2003

Suresh Sitaraman, Professor

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1989

Fellow of ASME

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FLUID MECHANICS

Cyrus Aidun, Professor

Ph.D., Clarkson University, 1985

Alexander Alexeev, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 2003

Ari Glezer, George W. Woodruff Chair in Thermal Systems and

Professor

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1981

Associate Fellow of AIAA and Fellow of ASME

G. Paul Neitzel, Professor

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1979

Fellow of APS and ASME and Associate Fellow of AIAA

Marc K. Smith, Professor

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1982

Minami Yoda, Professor

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1993

HEAT TRANSFER, COMBUSTION, AND 
ENERGY SYSTEMS

Andrei G. Fedorov, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Purdue University, 1997

Srinivas Garimella, Professor

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1990

Fellow of ASME

S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan, Professor

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1983

Fellow of ASME

Sheldon M. Jeter, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1979

Yogendra K. Joshi, John M. McKenney and Warren D. Shiver

Distinguished Chair in Building Mechanical Systems and Professor

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1984

Fellow of AAAS and ASME

Timothy Lieuwen, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering

(Joint Appointment)

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999

David Orloff, Professor

Ph.D., Drexel University, 1974

William J. Wepfer, Vice Provost for Distance Learning and

Professional Education and Professor

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1979

Fellow of ASHRAE and ASME

Zhuomin Zhang, Professor

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992

Fellow of ASME

Ben T. Zinn, David S. Lewis Chair of Aerospace Engineering and 

Regents’ Professor  (Joint Appointment)

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1965

Fellow of AIAA and ASME

Member of NAE

MANUFACTURING

Jonathan S. Colton, Professor

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986

Fellow of ASME and SPE

Steven Danyluk, Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in Mechanical

Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Professor

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1974

Fellow of  ASME, ASMI, and STLE

Suman Das, Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Texas, 1998

Tequila A. L. Harris, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2006

Kyriaki Kalaitzidou, Assistant Professor

(arrives 11/07)

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2005

Steven Y. Liang, Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical

Engineering

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1987

Fellow of ASME

J. Rhett Mayor, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2001

Shreyes N. Melkote, Professor

Ph.D., Michigan Technological University, 1993

Timothy Patterson, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999

I. Charles Ume, Professor

Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1985

Fellow of ASME and IEEE

MECHANICS OF MATERIALS

Antonia Antoniou, Assistant Professor

(arrives 7/08)

Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2006

Mohammed Cherkaoui, Professor

Ph.D., University of Metz (France), 1995

Ken Gall, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering 

(Joint Appointment) 

Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1998

Karl I. Jacob, Professor of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering 

(Joint Appointment)

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1985

Laurence J. Jacobs, Professor of Civil and Environmental

Engineering (Joint Appointment)

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1987

W. Steve Johnson, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

(Joint Appointment)

Ph.D., Duke University, 1979

David L. McDowell, Carter N. Paden Distinguished Chair in Metals

Processing and Regents’ Professor

Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1983

Fellow of ASME and SES

Richard W. Neu, Professor

Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1991

Olivier Pierron, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2005

Jianmin Qu, Associate Chair for Administration and Professor

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1987

Fellow of ASME

Naresh N. Thadhani, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering 

(Joint Appointment) 

Ph.D., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1984

Min Zhou, Professor

Ph.D., Brown University, 1993

Ting Zhu, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004

 

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb, Assistant Professor

Ph.D.,  Pennsylvania State University, 2005

F. Levent Degertekin, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Stanford University, 1997

James Gole, Professor of Physics (Joint Appointment)

Ph.D., Rice University, 1971

Fellow of AAAS

Samuel Graham, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999

Peter J. Hesketh, Professor

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1987

Fellow of AAAS

TRIBOLOGY

Itzhak Green, Professor

Sc.D., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1984

Fellow of ASME and STLE

Richard F. Salant, Georgia Power Distinguished Professor in

Mechanical Engineering

Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of  Technology, 1967

Fellow of ASME and STLE

Jeffrey L. Streator, Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1990

Ward O. Winer, Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair of the Woodruff

School and Regents’ Professor

Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1964

Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1961

Fellow of AAAS, ASEE, ASME, and STLE

Member of NAE

NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL
ENGINEERING/MEDICAL PHYSICS

Said I. Abdel-Khalik, Southern Nuclear Distinguished Professor

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1973

Fellow of ANS and ASME

Sang H. Cho, Associate Professor 

Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1997

Chaitanya Suresh Deo, Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2003

Nolan E. Hertel, Professor

Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1979

Fellow of HPS

Bojan Petrovic, Professor

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Farzad Rahnema, Chair of the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

& Medical Physics Programs and Professor

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1981

Fellow of ANS

Weston M. Stacey, Jr., Fuller E. Callaway Professor in Nuclear

Engineering and Regents’ Professor

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966

Fellow of ANS and APS

W. F. G. van Roojien, Assistant Professor 

Ph.D., University of Delft, The Netherlands, 2006

C.-K. Chris Wang, Associate Professor

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1989

ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS

Jeffrey A. Donnell, Coordinator of the Frank K. Webb Program in 

Professional Communication and Academic Professional

Ph.D. English, Emory University, 1990

Kristi Lewis, Undergraduate Academic Advisor and 

Academic Professional

M.S., Clemson University, 2000

David Sanborn, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies and

Senior Academic Professional

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1969

Fellow of ASME

Michael D. Stewart, Academic Professional

M.S., Wayne State College, 1983

Christine Valle, BS/MS Program Advisor and Academic Professional 

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999

Wayne Whiteman, Director of the Office of Student Services and

Senior Academic Professional

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996

RESEARCH FACULTY 

Scott S. Bair, Principal Research Engineer

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990

Fellow of ASME

Van B. Biesel, Research Engineer II

M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993

John R. Bogle, Research Engineering II

M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987

Jayme Caspall, Research Engineer II

Tom Crittenden, Research Engineer II

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003

John Culp, Research Engineer II

B.S.M.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000

John Doane, Research Engineer II

M.S.M.E, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001

Michael Gray, Senior Research Engineering and

Co-Director, Acoustics and Vibrations Research Laboratory

M.S.M.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992

Francois M. Guillot,  Senior Research Engineer

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000

Sam Heffington, Research Engineer II

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001

James Huggins, Research Engineer II

M.S.M.E. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988

James Larsen, Senior Research Scientist

Gregg D. Larson, Senior Research Engineer

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996

Angela Lin, Research Engineer I

MS, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002 

James S. Martin, Senior Research Engineer

M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994

Raghuram V. Pucha, Senior Research Engineer

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, 1995

Dennis L. Sadowski, Research Engineer II

M.S., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1986

Dave Trivett, Principal Research Scientist

M.S., University of Wisconsin (Madison) 1976 

Bojan Vukasinovic, Research Engineer II

Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002

Jelena Vukasinovic, Research Engineer II

M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000

Ji-Xun Zhou, Principal Research Scientist

Chinese Academy of Sciences Graduate School (Ocean Acoustics),

1963-1967 

Fellow of ASA

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EMERITUS FACULTY

Samuel C. Barnett, started in 1946, retired in 1980

William Z. Black, started in 1967, retired in 2000

Joseph D. Clement, started in 1965, retired in 1991

Gene T. Colwell, started in 1966, retired in 1995 

J. Narl Davidson, started in 1973, retired in 2006

Monte V. Davis, started in 1973,  retired in 1987 

Prateen V. Desai, started in 1966, retired in 2002

Stephen L. Dickerson, started in 1965, retired in 1996 

Pandeli Durbetaki, started in 1964, retired in 1995 

Geoffrey G. Eichholz, started in 1963, retired in 1988 

James G. Hartley, started in 1977, retired in 2004

Jacek Jarzynski, started in 1986, retired in 2001

Bernd Kahn, started in 1974, retired in 1996 

Ratib Karam, started in 1972, retired in 1997 

Jack Lackey, started in 1986, retired in 2005

Alfred Schneider, started in 1975, retired in 1990  

FELLOWS

During the past academic year a number of faculty members

were elected to the grade of Fellow in a professional society.

Fifty-six current Woodruff School faculty members hold the

grade of Fellow in at least one professional society.  The

largest number of fellows is from the American Society of

Mechanical Engineers (ASME).  

Andres Garcia, associate professor, and Robert

Guldberg, professor, were elected to the grade of Fellow in the

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. 

Ari Glezer, Woodruff Chair in Thermal Systems, was

elected to the grade of Fellow in the ASME.

Dave McDowell, Carter Paden Chair, was named a

Fellow of the Society of Engineering Science.

Karim Sabra, assistant professor, became a Fellow of the

Acoustical Society of America.

CHANGES

William King, assistant professor,

left the Woodruff School for the

University of Illinois in Champaign-

Urbana.

Marc Levenston, assistant

professor, left the Woodruff School for

Standard University.

Jianmin Qu, professor, assumed

the position of Associate Chair for Administration upon the

departure of Chris Lynch, professor, for UCLA.

David Rosen, professor, became the Associate Chair for

Graduate Studies when Yogendra Joshi left the position after

five years.

Xue-Zhan Zhang, senior research engineer, retired.

Wenjing Ye, Jens Karlsson and Cassiano de Oliveira

left the Woodruff School. 

NEW FACULTY MEMBERS

In an effort to improve the student/faculty radio, which is high

because of surging undergraduate enrollment, a number of new

faculty members have been hired.  Unless otherwise indicated,

these faculty came to Georgia Tech for the fall 2007 semester. 

Alexander Alexeev will come to Georgia Tech in January

2008 as an Assistant Professor.  Currently, he is a Research

Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh.

Antonia Antoniou will start as an assistant professor in

July 2008. Her research interest is mechanics of materials.

Currently, she is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of

Massachusetts.

Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb is an Assistant Professor.  Her

research is in MEMS and mechanics of materials. Prior she

was a Senior Engineer at Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc. 

Sang Cho started in January 2007 as an Associate Professor

of Medical Physics. Prior he was an Associate Professor at the

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.  

Suman Das is an Associate Professor.  His research

areas are manufacturing and mechanics of materials. Prior he

was an associate professor at the University of Michigan.

Chaitanya Deo is an Assistant Professor of Nuclear and

Radiological Engineering.  He also works in mechanics of

materials. Prior he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at

Los Alamos National Labs. 

Kyriaki Kalaitzidou will join the

faculty as an Assistant Professor in

November 2007. Currently, she is a

postdoctoral research associate at the

University of Massachusetts.

Michael Leamy is as an Assistant

Professor.  His research area is

Acoustics and Dynamics.

Tim Lieuwen, Associate Professor

of Aerospace Engineering, received a

joint appointment in the Woodruff

School.  His areas of interest are heat

transfer and acoustics and dynamics. 

Bojan Petrovic is a Professor of

Nuclear and Radiological Engineering.

Prior he was a Fellow Scientist at

Westinghouse Science and Technology.

Olivier Pierron is an Assistant

Professor.  His research areas are

mechanics of materials and MEMS. Prior

he was a Senior Engineer at Qualcomm

MEMS Technologies, Inc.

Erica Ryherd is an Assistant

Professor.  Her research area is

acoustics and dynamics.  Prior she was

a Hunt Postdoctoral Research Fellow at

Gothenburg University in Sweden.

Karim Sabra is an Assistant

Professor.  His research area is

acoustics and dynamics.  Prior he was a

Project Scientist at the Scripps Institute

of Oceanography.

Wilfred van Rooijen began in

March 2007 as an Assistant Professor of

Nuclear and Radiological Engineering.

Prior he was a Ph.D. candidate at Delft

University of Technology.

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Garcia  

Glezer   

McDowell

Qu

Bassiri-Ghard

Cho

Leamy

Petrovic

Lieuwen

Pierron

Ryherd

Sabra

van Rooijen

Deo

Das

STAFF

Of the 55 current staff members listed below, 37 are females and 

18 are males.

Name

Title

Segried Allen

Administrative Assistant II

Trudy Allen

Academic Advisor I

Shauna Bennett-Boyd

Administrative Coordinator

Vladimir Bortkevich

Electrical Engineer III

Barbara Bower

Administrative Assistant I

Kellie Burns

Research Technician III

Robert Cooper

Mechanical Technician III

Phillip R. Coulson

Financial Specialist

Andrew G. (Drew) Davis

Electronics Specialist 

Judith E. Diamond

Administrative Coordinator

Dimetra Diggs-Butler

Program Coordinator II

Kenneth Dollar

Director of Support and 

Technical Services

Richard Duplessis

Computer Services Specialist IV

Melody Foster

Administrative Manager II

Norma L. Frank

Academic Advisor I

Kyle French

Electrical Engineer II

David Gifford

Electronics Specialist

Rona A. Ginsberg

Director of Communications

John W. Graham

Machine Shop Manager

Cheryl Griffin

Administrative Assistant I

Camellia Henry

Academic Assistant I

Damaar Herring

Facilities Coordinator

Angela L. Hicks

Financial Manager I

Phyllis Hinton

Project Coordinator II

Nancy Hutton

Accountant III

Samantha James

Administrative Assistant I

Wanda Joefield

Administrative Coordinator

Deidra Johnson

Administrative Assistant II

Glenda Johnson

Academic Advisor I

Vivian Johnson

Administrative Assistant I

Cecelia Jones

Administrative Assistant II

Theresa S. Keita

Academic Assistant II

Tom Lawley

Director of Development

Sherron Lazarus

Administrative Manager I

Phu Le

Systems Analyst III

Joyce Lowe

Administrative Assistant II

Dorothy McDuffie-Alexander

Program Coordinator II

Stephanie Merrick

Administrative Assistant II

Jefforey Murphy

Technical Services Manager

Michael L. Murphy

Senior Facilities Manager

Regina Neequaye

Administrative Assistant II

Cary Ogletree

Administrative Manager I

Joi Outlaw

Administrative Clerk

Rekha Patel

Accountant III

Linda Perry

Administrative Assistant II

Michael Proctor 

Computer Services Specialist II

Melissa Raine

Administrative Assistant I

Amina Sadiq

Accountant III

Jack Simmons

Electronics Specialist

Glenda Skinner

Project Coordinator I

Sterling Skinner, Jr.

Director of Instructional Labs

Valarie Spradling

Administrative Assistant I

David W. Stone

Director of Finance

Sheila Williams

Administrative Assistant I

Melinda A. Wilson

Administrative Coordinator

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RESEARCH

Georgia Tech is a major center for advanced technology in Georgia

and the southeast. The Institute conducts research of national signifi-

cance, provides research services and facilities to faculty, students,

industry, and government agencies, and supports the economic and

technological growth of

the state of Georgia.

Research operations are

carried out through

schools, centers, and

laboratories.

In 2006, Georgia

Tech received 2,299

awards valued at $487

million.  The College of

Engineering received

954 awards, valued at

more than $121 million.

Tthe Woodruff School faculty prepared 166 proposals for a value of

more than $51 million and received 122 awards valued at $12 million.

On an annual basis, Woodruff School faculty are responsible for more

than $30 million a year in externally funded grants and contracts. 

Woodruff School faculty are divided into self-selected research

groups. In addition, the faculty participate in more than a dozen inter-

disciplinary and Institute-wide centers on campus, many of which are

led by Woodruff School faculty. 

The Woodruff School provides challenging research experiences

for students in areas beyond the typical core of mechanical

engineering programs. The research experience of the faculty is

brought to the classroom, giving students a sense of the excitement

of ME and the cutting edge

nature of the discipline.  At the

undergraduate level, students

can work with a faculty

member on a research or

special project.  In addition,

the School requires a senior

experimental design course

(capstone design) where

students work in groups.  The

objective of this course is to

design, build, and conduct an

ME related project.   

Technology licensing activities are a result of research. At

Georgia Tech in  2006, this resulted in 365 inventions, software and

copyright disclosures, 84 patent applications, and 38 patents issued.

Current Woodruff School faculty hold 185 U.S. patents.  First-page

patent plaques of each

invention are

prominently displayed

in the lobby of the

MRDC Building. The

display is supported by

the Harold

Gegenheimer (class of

1933) Endowment on

Innovation and is

meant to inspire

students to invent and

innovate.  

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FACILITIES

The Atlanta campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology contains

227 buildings, totaling more than 13 million square feet, of which 75

are for academic instruction and research, and 13 are for academic

support.  The remaining buildings by principal use are for athletics,

campus support, parking, residential, Georgia Tech Research

Institute, and student support.  In addition to the facilities at Georgia

Tech Lorraine and Georgia Tech Savannah, the Woodruff School has

activities in the following buildings:

J. Erskine Love Manufacturing Building

•

153,664 sq. ft

•

Opened in 2000 

•

Building is shared with Materials Science and Engineering

•

Underwater acoustics tank, wind tunnel, and MEMS clean room 

are special facilities

•

Acoustics, Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer, Combustion and 

Energy Systems are research groups in this building 

Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex

•

121,976 sq. ft.

•

Opened in 1995 

•

Building is shared with Polymer and Textile Engineering

•

Undergraduate laboratories are among the special facilities

•

Tribology and Mechanics of Materials are research groups in 

this building

Fuller E. Callaway, Jr. Manufacturing Research Center

•

118,380 sq. ft.

•

Opened in 1991 (interdisciplinary space)

•

Integrated Acoustics Laboratory (anechoic-chamber) and 

high-bay area are special facilities

•

Manufacturing, CAE/Design, and Automation/Mechatronics 

faculty research groups are housed here

Frank H. Neely Research Center

•

41,432 sq. ft.

•

Opened in 1963

•

Nuclear and Radiological Engineering/Medical Physics

program is housed here

•

Note: The NRE/MP faculty will move to the Boggs Building

in late 2008

Parker H. Petit Biotechnology Building

•

156,749 sq. ft.

•

Opened in 1999 (interdisciplinary space)

•

Bioengineering research group is located here.

Institute of Paper Science and Technology

•

Opened in 1992

•

Houses two laboratories for faculty members in the Heat Transfer 

research group

IPST Centennial Engineering Building

•

Opened in 1997

•

Faculty members in Paper Science and Engineering are 

housed here.

Student Competition Center 

•

Opened in 1941

•

Officially the Mechanical Engineering Research Building

•

Houses various student competition groups, including gt 

motorsports, GT Off-Road (the mini-baja team), Robojackets 

and Wreck Racing

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HONORS AND AWARDS

ALUMNI

Michael J. Bly (BME 1990), Engineering Director--Global Hybrid

Vehicles for General Motors Corporation, was inducted as a member of the

College of Engineering Young Engineering Alumni.

Harold O. Davidson, Jr. (BME 1947, MSIE 1948) was elected to the

Engineering Hall of Fame.  He is Founder and Retired President of DTM,

Inc., a consulting firm.

Jeffrey T. Ellis (Ph.D. 1999) was elected to the Council of Outstanding

Young Engineering Alumni.  He is Research Advisor in the Cardiac Therapies

Group at Abbott Vascular.

Dan C. Godbee (BME 1976, MSME1987, MSIE 1989) joined the

Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni.  He is Faculty and Attending

Physician in the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Louisiana State

University Medical Center.

Stephanie M. Kladakis (MSME 1999, Ph.D. ME 2002) was

elected to the Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni.  She

is Senior Engineer, Research and Development for NMT Medical, Inc.

in Massachusetts.

James C. Leathers (BME 1955) was elected to the College of

Engineering Hall of Fame.  He is retired Vice President of the Production

Support Department of Duke Power Company.

Louis B. Long (BSPhys 1966, MSNE 1967) is a member of the

Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni.  He is Vice President of

Technical Support for Southern Nuclear Operating

Company.

Bryan T. LaBrecque (BME 1981) was elected to the

Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni.  He is

President and Chief Operating Officer of Atlantic

Southeast Airlines.

David McKenney (BSPhys 1960, BIE 1964) received

the ASHRAE/ALCO Medal, Distinguished Public Service.

This award recognizes members who have performed

outstanding public service in their community, and in doing

so, have helped to improve the public images of the

engineer.  

Parker (Pete) Petit (BSME 1962, MSESM 1964) was

inducted into the Georgia State Robinson College

Business Hall of Fame.  The Hall of Fame provides the

highest recognition given by the College to business

leaders for their efforts in advancing the principles of the

free market system while serving national and international

business communities.  

STAFF 

Kellie Burns,

research technician, won

the Woodruff School

Outstanding Achievement

Award for Classified

Employees for fall 2006.

Melody Foster,

Nancy Hutton, and

Cecelia Jones received Georgia Tech ten-year service awards at the

annual faculty/staff luncheon.

Joyce Lowe, administrative assistant II, received the Woodruff

School Outstanding Achievement Award for Classified Employees for

spring semester 2007.

Cary Ogletree (Management Development), Dimetra Diggs-Butler

and Dorothy McDuffie-Alexander (Supervisory Development) received

certificates from the Office of Organizational Development. 

Melinda Wilson, administrative coordinator, won the Woodruff School

Outstanding Achievement Award for Classified Employees for 2006.

Declercq

Fedorov

Ginsberg

Guldberg

Neu

Zhang

McKenney

Petit

FACULTY 

Said Abdel-Khalik, Southern Nuclear

Distinguished Professor, was appointed by the

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the

Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.  

Scott Bair, principal research engineer,

received the Alan Berman Award--Basic

Research Category from the Chemistry Division

of the Naval Research Laboratory.

Bert Bras, professor, received the Class of

1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activity Award.

Nico Declercq, assistant professor,

received the International Dennis Gabor Award

from the NOVOFER Foundation for Technical

Creation in Hungary, and the Early Career Award

from the International Commission for Acoustics.

Andrei Fedorov, associate professor,

received the 2007 Bergles-Rohsenow Young

Investigator Award from the Heat Transfer

Division of ASME.  

Jerry Ginsberg, Woodruff Chair in

Mechanical Systems, received the 2007 Per

Bruel Gold Medal for Noise Control and

Acoustics from the ASME. 

Robert Guldberg, Rich Neu, and Zhuomin

Zhang were promoted to the rank of full professor. 

Laurence Jacobs and Jianmin Qu,

professors, received a Faculty Best Paper Award

from the GT Chapter of Sigma Xi.

Yogendra Joshi, McKenney/Shiver Chair,

received the Outstanding Contributions in

Thermal Management Award from the Electronics

and Photonics Division of the ASME. 

Kok-Meng Lee, professor, received U.S.

Patent 7,134,956, for Automated Fee-Gripping

System, dated November 2006. 

Chris Lynch, Professor, received the

Women in Engineering Excellence in Teaching

Award.

Dave McDowell, Carter Paden Chair, is

the recipient of the 2008 Khan International

Medal.

Kristi Mehaffey, academic professional,

received the Georgia Tech Outstanding

Undergraduate Academic Advising Award-Faculty

Advisor Award.

Chris Paredis received a Georgia Tech

CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence

Award, and an SAE Ralph R. Teetor Education

Award.

Jeffrey Streator, Associate Professor, was

awarded the Faculty Mentoring Award by the

College of Engineering’s Women in Engineering

Program.

Charles Ume, professor, received the

Sustained Research Award from the Georgia

Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi.

(l to r) Melody Foster, Melinda Wilson,

Dr. Ward Winer, Kellie Burns

 

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Alumni, Friends, Parents, 
and Students

K. Annamalai, ME 1975

David A. Bauer, CMPE 2003

Maxwell D. Berman, CE 1957

James R. Borders, ME 1983

Miland A. Borkar, EE 2002

Arthur D. Brook, ME 1956

Debra J. Brook, Friend

Michael A. Campbell, ME 1976

Beauchamp C. Carr, Friend

Gordon R. Catts, Jr., ME 1935

John C. Cerny, PE, ME 1951

William B. Crane, PE, ME 1950

Stephen B. Cripps, Friend

Harold O. Davidson, Jr., ME 1947

N. Peter Davis, PhD, ME 1998

Dr. Stephen L. Dickerson, 

Honorary Alumnus

James R. Downing, IM 1966

Edward A. Eppinger, ME 1960

Frederick L. Eyerman, ME 1971

Mohsen Farzad, Friend

Bonnie Heck Ferri, EE 1988

Frank E. Genovese, Parent

John F. Glenn, Jr., IM 1959

Arnold I. Goldberg, ME 1950

M. Fred Hale, ME, 1963

Frank W. Havill, Jr., Friend

J. Charles Headrick, ME 1971

Robert J. Hubauer, Friend

Thomas M. Hudson, Jr., ME, 1973

Thomas V. Jackson, IE 1970

Harry F. Jenkins, TEXT 1973

Sheldon M. Jeter, Ph.D., ME 1979

Michael F. Kemp, Friend

Deborah Kilpatrick, PhD., ESM 1979

John J. Kluber, ME 1984

Robert E. Koski, Friend

James C. Leathers, ME 1955

Dean J. Lennard, ME 1953

Louis B. Long, PHYS 1966

Gay M. Love, Honorary Alumnus

Anne C. Lynch, Parent

J.R. Markley, ME 1956

Bryan R. Mattern, IE 1999

Helen K. Maddox, Friend

Cameron Trent Mayo, Student

Terry W. Moon, IE 1970

Dorthy A. Moore, Friend

Isaac E. Murray, Jr., ME 1949

Marilyn R. Nerem, Friend

James E. (Jack) Pruitt, Jr., ME 1956

Richard D. Radford, Jr., Friend

Mahnaz Rahnema, Friend

Philip L. Saffer, Friend

Lisa A. Schott, ME 1990

Neal Sisson, Friend

Weston M. Stacey, PHYS 1959

Mark A. Stiles, Friend

David L. Sullivan, ARCH 1976

Philip J. Sullivan, AE 1955

Richard L. Taylor, ARCH 1964

William L. Thacker, Jr., ME 1967

David I. J. Wang, ME 1953

Frank K. Webb, ME 1938

Lynne M. Wepfer, Friend

Wayne E. Whiteman, PhD., ME 1997

Wendell M. Williams, Jr., ME 1955

Calvin L. Wilson, ME 1981

Mary Jo Winer, Friend

Ward O. Winer, Ph.D., 

Honorary Alumnus

Ernest A. Withers, Jr., Friend

Jack M. Zeigler, ME 1948

Corporations, Foundations 
and Organizations

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Andretti III, LLC

ARCS Foundation, Inc.

Areva NP, Inc.

Arpeggio Acoustic Consulting LLC

ASHRAE

BP Foundation, Inc.

Brasfield & Gorrie

Caterpillar Foundation

Caterpillar, Inc.

Chevron

CITGO Petroleum Corporation

Cryogenic Engineering Conference, Inc.

Dana Corporation Foundation

Deere & Company

The Dow Chemical Company Foundation

Duke Energy Foundation

Eaton Charitable Fund

ExxonMobil Corporation

The Fluor Foundation

Ford Motor Company

Gay and Erskine Love Foundation, Inc.

Gay M. Love Charitable Trust

General Motors Corporation

General Motors Foundation

Georgia Power Company

Greater Houston Community Foundation

Heery International, Inc.

Hewlett Packard Company

Hubbard/Downing, Inc.

HUSCO International, Inc.

Jacket Micro Devices, Inc.

Jim Ellis Atlanta, Inc.

John Brown Associates

John Deere Foundation

Johnson Controls Foundation

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

The Koski Family Foundation

Lockheed Martin Corporation Foundation

Lutron Electronics Company, Inc.

Maxxis

McCallum-Turner Inc.

Michelin Americas R&D

Michelin North America

National Fluid Power Association

New Scale Technologies Inc.

Norfolk Southern Foundation

Old World Automotive

Philips Ultrasound

Pi Tau Sigma

Procter & Gamble Fund

Rockwell Collins

Rolls-Royce North American 

Technologies Inc.

Samsung Techwin Company, Ltd.

Schlumberger

Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving

Shell Oil Company

Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems

Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.

Sign Blast, LLC

SKC Company Ltd.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company

Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg-N

Surface Mount Technology Association

Suwanee Family Dentistry

Sverdrup Technology Inc.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing 

North America, Inc.

UGS Corporation

United Technologies Corporation

USA Poultry & Egg Export Council

Vintage Motorcar Restorations, Inc.

William L. Bonnell Company

Zyvex Corporation

Faculty and Staff

Janet. K. Allen

Yves H. Berthelot

William Z. Black

William J. Book

Jonathan S. Colton

Gene T. Colwell

Philip R. Coulson

Kenneth A. Cunefare

Steven Danyluk

Dr. Stephen L. Dickerson, 

Honorary Alumnus

Kenneth Dollar

Jeffrey A. Donnell

Bonnie Heck Ferri, EE 1988

Aldo A. Ferri

Srivinas Garimella

Rona A. Ginsberg

Tequila A. Harris

Peter J. Hesketh

Jacek Jarzynski

Sheldon M. Jeter, Ph.D., ME 1979

Bernd Kahn

Alan V. Larson

Sherron Lazarus

Kok-Meng Lee

Christopher S. Lynch

Lora L. Magnuson

J. Rhett Mayor

William J. Miller

Farrokh Mistree

Robert M. Nerem

Richard W. Neu

Jianmin Quo

Farzad Rahnema

David W. Rosen

Richard F. Salant

Suresh K. Sitaraman

Weston M. Stacey, PHYS 1959

Jeffrey L. Streator

Charles Ume

William J. Wepfer

Wayne E. Whiteman, PhD., ME 1997

Wendell M. Williams, Jr., ME 1955

Caroline G. Wood

Ward O. Winer, Ph.D., 

Honorary Alumnus

Min Zhou

Ting Zhu

MEET THE NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

“Development continues to provide the vital margins to allow the Woodruff School to do an even better job in educating

students and advancing the knowledge base of Mechanical Engineering.  I feel very fortunate to be able to work with

some of the great minds in ME to make the Woodruff School even better,” said Tom Lawley, who came to the Woodruff

School in July 2007 as the new Director of Development. 

Tom relocated from Chicago, where he was a Major Gifts Officer with the Children’s Memorial Foundation.  He had

worked closely with the Children’s Memorial Research Center to raise extramural funding for the physicians and

researchers engaged in researching treatments and cures for several debilitating pediatric diseases.  He also played

an active role in the $400 million capital campaign for the construction of a new hospital in downtown Chicago.  Before

that, Tom was a Major Gifts Officer with the Atlanta Union Mission, where he helped in the completion of a successful

capital campaign.  Tom graduated from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1995 with a B.A. in History. 

Tom’s goals for the Woodruff School include raising funds in support of students and faculty, program enrichment

facilities and equipment, and current operational capital as part of the anticipated Capital Campaign. Contact Tom by

phone at (404) 385-8345 or by e-mail at tom.lawley@me.gatech.edu.  

CONTRIBUTORS

This list includes donors who have designated gifts to the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007.

 

FINANCES

For fiscal year 2007 (July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007), the Woodruff

School’s finances were reflected in the number of grants and

contracts received from external sources, the budget of the School

(state support), and the revenue generated from the Woodruff

Endowment.  Detailed information on any of these categories is

available from the Woodruff School’s Director of Finance, David

Stone, at (404) 894-7400.

Number of Grants, Contracts, and Proposals

Total number of active (external/internal) grants and

contracts (includes endowment accounts)

413

Number of proposals submitted to external agencies

212

Number of proposals awarded from external agencies

116

Number of externally funded grants, contracts, and 

endowments receiving new funds

194

Number of internally funded grants receiving new funds

11

Endowments (as of July 1, 2006), k$

Total Woodruff School endowments 

(market value principal)

$96,736

Endowment-generated revenue available for expenditure 

$3,452

As of July 2007 the total market value principal of the Woodruff School

endowments is $107,425,677 and the endowment-generated revenue

available for expenditure is $3,768,777.

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THE WOODRUFF ENDOWMENT

Funds from the George W.

Woodruff Trust continue to

provide for the enhancement of

the School of Mechanical

Engineering. George Woodruff

(class of 1917) served as a

trustee and trustee emeritus of

the Georgia Tech Foundation

from 1941 until his death at the

age of 91 in 1987, and he

received the Alumni

Distinguished Service Award in

1963.  In addition to providing a

significant endowment for the

School of Mechanical

Engineering, his contributions

to Georgia Tech provide

National Merit Scholarships and

scholarships for student

athletes in nonrevenue

producing sports and are an

ongoing source of unrestricted support for the Institute.

The market value of the Mechanical Engineering Woodruff

Endowment on July 1, 2006 was $67,635,999.  The endowment

generated $2,414,132 that was available to the Woodruff School to

update and enrich our programs during fiscal year 2007.  The expen-

ditures fall into these categories:  faculty, students, facilities, lectures

and seminars, staff, publications, and general projects and supplies.  

FACULTY

•

Funds from the Woodruff Trust are used to endow the George W.

Woodruff Chair in Mechanical Systems and the George W. Woodruff

Chair in Thermal Systems.  Dr. Jerry H. Ginsberg, Professor of

Mechanical Engineering, has held the Mechanical Systems Chair

since 1989.  Dr. Ari Glezer, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was

appointed to the Thermal Systems Chair in 2002. 

•

Funds travel and equipment purchases for faculty.

•

Funds the Woodruff Faculty Fellows

Program, which encourages young

professors to build their careers at Georgia

Tech by providing seed money for research

projects and other discretionary activities.

The award is given for a five-year period.

Drs. Andres Garcia, Srinivas Garimella,

Robert Guldberg, Shreyes Melkote, Minami

Yoda, and Min Zhou are faculty fellows.  

•

Partially supports the Frank K. Webb

Program in Professional Communication and

the hiring of academic professionals and

part-time faculty to supplement the course

offerings of the School.

•

Funds faculty recruiting and a faculty

retreat.

•

Provides nuclear and radiological

engineering students with graduate research

assistantships to support teaching.

•

Provides development funds for five

Woodruff School Associate Chairs.

Yoda

Zhou

Grants & Contracts

$15.1

44%

State

$15.5

45%

Ga. Tech Research Corp.

$0.76

1%

Ga. Tech Foundation

$3.7
10%

State 

Grants & Contracts

Ga. Tech Foundation

Ga. Tech Research Corp.

Fiscal Year 2007 Expenditures and Sources (Millions)

 

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G E O R G E   W .   W O O D R U F F   S C H O O L   O F   M E C H A N I C A L   E N G I N E E R I N G  

STUDENTS

•

The largest single category of support is for students ($853,596) in

the form of teaching assistantships, research assistantships,

fellowships, and fees impacting 256 graduate students.

•

Provides funds, including travel, to recruit new ME, NRE, and MP

graduate students to the Woodruff School.  This includes three

recruiting weekends in which potential graduate students are brought

to campus for a weekend of activities.

•

Funds the Annual Spring Banquet, a yearly gathering of students,

faculty, and staff to recognize the accomplishments of Woodruff

School students and to honor the Woodruff School’s Annual

Distinguished Alumnus and the Outstanding Educator.

•

Partially funds student organizations such as the ASME Student

Chapter, gt motorsports, GT Off-Road, GT Robojackets, Wreck

Racing, and WSSAC.

•

Provides partial financial support for student participants in the

Georgia Tech Lorraine program. 

•

Provides funds for the Annual Outstanding Seniors Dinner.  The

purpose of this annual dinner is to encourage Woodruff School

seniors with a grade point average of 3.5 and above to go to graduate

school.

•

Funds luncheon meetings between the Woodruff School adminis-

tration and graduate students at which graduating are asked to

assess our programs.

•

Funds an Open House and other activities in the Woodruff School

during Family Weekend.

•

Supports the Woodruff School Annual Cookout, held at the

beginning of the fall semester, where new graduate students can

meet Woodruff School faculty, staff, and returning graduate students.

•

Provided funds for the Woodruff School Ice Cream Social, a new

event held at the beginning of the fall semester, to welcome ME and

NRE undergraduates to the Woodruff School.

•

Provides plaques and funds for students who receive an award at

the annual Student Honor’s Day Luncheon.

•

Provides partial support for the Pi Tau Sigma National Office, the

honorary mechanical engineering society that the School hosts.

•

Helps fund recruiting efforts for undergraduate students in nuclear

and radiological engineering.

FACILITIES

•

Helps fund the operation of the Student Competition Center. 

•

Provides funds to improve and furnish School facilities, including

computer cluster and networking equipment.

•

Provides funds to upgrade Woodruff School security equipment.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

•

Underwrites the annual Woodruff Distinguished Lecture.

•

Provides support for the Woodruff Colloquium Series.  These funds

allow the Woodruff School to bring in well-known scholars to present

a seminar and interact with the faculty in small groups.

PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

•

Funds the design, production, and distribution of all Woodruff

School publications.

OTHER ENDOWMENTS

In addition to the Woodruff Endowment, the Woodruff School has 

a number of other endowments with a total value of more than 

$29 million. Most of these endowments are designated funds and can 

be categorized into mechanical engineering endowments, endowed

scholarship programs for undergraduate students, and endowed

fellowships for graduate students.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ENDOWMENTS

•

Arnold Goldberg Endowment Fund

•

Augustin A. Ramirez/HUSCO International Distinguished Chair Fund

•

Carter N. Paden, Jr. Distinguished Chair Fund

•

Centennial-Mechanical Engineering Fund

•

Dean Lennard Endowment Fund

•

Edward A. Eppinger Endowment

•

Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair in Manufacturing Fund

•

Frank K. Webb, Jr. Endowment Fund

•

Harold W. Gegenheimer Fund

•

Ike Murray Endowment Fund

•

J. Erskine Love, Jr. Family Endowment Fund

•

Jack M. Zeigler EndowmentFund

•

Jack M. Zeigler Outstanding Educator in the School of Mechanical 

Engineering Award Endowment Fund

•

James Charles Leathers Endowment Fund

•

John G. Johnson Mechanical Engineering Fund

•

John M. McKenney & Warren D. Shiver Distinguished Chair in

Building Mechanical Systems Fund

•

Joseph H. Anderer Faculty Fellow Endowment Fund

•

Mary B. and Henry L. Pruitt Endowment Fund

•

ME-BioEngineering Research and Education Fund

•

Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Systems Fund

•

Neely Professorship Fund

•

Parker H. Petit Chair Fund

•

Phillip F. L’Engle and Williams B. Hardin Endowment Fund

•

Ward O. Winer Professional Development Fund

•

Warren K. Wells Endowment for Mechanical Engineering Fund

•

William B. Crane, Sr. Endowment Fund

SCHOLARSHIPS

•

Alan F. Sides Scholarship Endowment Fund

•

Arthur Dean Brook Scholarship Fund

•

Carl F. Phillips Endowment Fund

•

Danyluk ME Scholarship Endowment Fund

•

David V. Carswell Memorial Scholarship Fund

•

Francis R. Hammack Scholarship Endowment Fund

•

James C. Leathers Scholarship Endowment Fund

•

John S. Webb and Julian C. Stanley, Sr. Scholarship 

Endowment Fund

•

Joseph H. Dean Memorial Endowment Fund

•

Leslie U. Hammack and Ola Ryle Hammack Memorial Fund

•

Louis B. Long Endowment Fund

•

Paden-Cheves Scholarship Fund

•

Procter & Gamble Technical Scholarship Fund

•

Richard A. Trotter Memorial Scholarship Fund

•

Richard K. Whitehead, Jr. Fund

FELLOWSHIPS

•

The James E. Pruitt, Jr. Fellowship

•

The John Harris Maddox Fellowship Endowment Fund

•

The Paul R. Yopp Memorial Fellowship Fund

•

The William H. Glenn Fellowship Fund 

Ms. Lisa A. Beeson

(BME 1992)

President & Principal Acoustical Consultant

Quietly Making Noise, LLC

Oviedo, Florida

Mr. Jeffrey A. Benjamin 

Vice President, Licensing & Regulation

Exelon Corporation

Warrenville, Illinois

Mr. Michael J. Bly

(BME 1990)

Director , Hybrid Vehicle Integration

General Motors Corporation

Milford, Michigan

Mr. Lou Cerone

General Electric Energy Systems

Greenville, South Caorlina

Mr. David A. Christian

Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer

Dominion Energy

Glen Allen, Viginia

Mr. Thomas A. Coleman

(BSPhys 1971, MSNE 1973)

Vice President

Framatome-ANP

Lynchburg, Virginia

Mr. Joseph P. DeRoy 

Vice President, Operations Support

Entergy

Jackson, Michigan

Dr. James J. Duderstadt 

President Emeritus and

University Professor of Science and Engineering

The University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Mr. Ken S. Folk 

Manager, Core Analysis

Southern Nuclear Operating Company

Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Jeffrey Gasser 

Executive Vice President/Chief Nuclear Officer

Southern Nuclear Operating Company

Birmingham, Alabama

Mr. Manuel Junco, Jr.

(BME 1975)

Senior VP, Downstream Operations

Fluor Corporation

Sugarland, Texas

Dr. Deborah L. Kilpatrick

(BME 1989, BSMS 1994, PhD ME 1997)

CardioDX

Los Altos, California

Mr. John Kluber

Vice President

Kluber Skahan & Assoc

Batavia, Illinois 

Mr. Thomas Kopanski

Siemens

Norcross, Georgia

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Acknowledgment:  This report is written and edited by Rona Ginsberg, Director of Communications for the Woodruff School.  Craig Moonshower designed the document.  Thanks to Gary Meek, who took the

majority of the photographs; we also recognize Rob Felt.  Additional photos are from the Georgia Tech or the Woodruff School Archives.  Noah McNeely designed the cookout tee-shirt.  Thanks to Tom Akins,

Janet Allen, Trudy Allen, Shauna Bennett-Boyd, Yves Berthelot, Dimetra Diggs-Butler,  Melody Foster, Norma Frank, Debbie Gulick,  Ingrid Hayes, Glenda Johnson, Tom Lawley, Sherron Lazarus, Melissa Lee,

Kristi Mehaffey, Randy McDow, Farrokh Mistree, Roger Mobley, Mimi Philobos, Fadrika Prather,  Farzad Rahnema, David Sanborn, David Stone, Bill Wepfer, Wayne Whiteman, Melinda Wilson, Ward Winer ,

and Caroline Wood for providing information for this report.  We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Woodruff Endowment to the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.

© Copyright 2007, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, GWW/RG092007

Dr. James A. Lake 

(MSNE 1969, PhD NE 1972)

Associate Laboratory Director, 

Nuclear Programs

Idaho National Laboratory

Idaho Falls, Idaho

Mr. Louis B. Long 

(BSPhys 1966, MSNE 1967)

Vice President, Technical Support

Southern Nuclear Operating Company

Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. William R. McCollum Jr. 

Chief Operating Office

Tennessee Valley Authority

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Mr. Mark D. Morelli

(ME1987)

President

Carrier Commercial Refrigeration

Farmington, Connecticut

Dr. Johne’ M. Parker

(ME 1995, MSME 1992, Ph.D. 1997)

Associate Professor

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Mr. Jim E. Reeb

Director, Manufacturing R&D

Production System Division 

Caterpillar Inc.

Peoria, Illinois 

WOODRUFF SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD

The role of the Advisory Board is to recommend strategic directions for the Woodruff School; suggest broad-based curriculum changes; and

consult with the School Chair and the faculty on important issues.  Dr. Deborah Kilpatrick chaired the November 5, 2006 annual meeting of the

Woodruff School Advisory Board.

School Chair Dr. Ward O. Winer gave his annual State of the School report for the 2005-2006 academic year. Afterward, the board

discussed the following topics: Rankings and potential impact of GPA/grade inflation at peer institutions; ME’s surging enrollment; the NRE/MP

programs; the upcoming ABET Review; graduate student fellowships; distance learning program; untenured faculty; the International degree plan;

GT Savannah; and globalization issues that impact the Woodruff School.

In an afternoon session, members of the NRE/MP advisory board met to review the status of the nuclear and radiological engineering and

medical physics programs at Georgia Tech.  Mr. T. A. Coleman led the discussion. Dr. Farzad Rahnema gave an overview of the status of the

programs and reviewed the preparation for the fall 2008 ABET evaluation.  The board then discussed the approach to the ABET review and the

overall status of the program, including the need for additional facilities and faculty to support the large increase in enrollment.  At the late

afternoon combined ME/NRE/MP advisory boards, they discussed the Woodruff School’s focus on the GT Capital Campaign; the retirement of

Dr. Ward Winer, and the process for hiring a new chair for the Woodruff School. 

Dr. Joseph L. Smith Jr

(ME 1952, MSME 1953)

Senior Professor of Mechanical

Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mr. Michael Tinskey

(MSEE 1991)

Director, Business Dev., 

Ford Automotive

Ford Motor Company

Dearborn, Michigan

Dr. Kyle H. Turner 

(BSEE 1969, MSNE 1969, 

Ph.D. NE 1971)

Chief Executive Officer

McCallum-Turner, Inc.

Evergreen, Colorado

Mr. Henry B. Ward III

(BME 1993)

Partner

Moore & Van Allen

Charlotte, North Carolina

Dr. Lawrence J. Ybarrondo 

(Ph.D. ME 1964)

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

WOODRUFF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT 

IN ACADEMIC YEARS 1980-1981 

THROUGH 2007-2008

In 1984 the School of Nuclear Engineering became part of

the School of Mechanical Engineering.

Coop students are usually excluded from the number

of enrolled undergraduates; however at times the numbers

were reported with the coops included.  There is no way to

differentiate and they are just reported as is. 

Computer enrollment and degree records do not go back

too many years and so we had to rely on paper records. We

went as far back as possible; further enrollment records

would have to be obtained from the Registrar’s Office.

Year Undergraduate

Graduate

Totals

2007-2008 1765 

723 

2488

2006-2007 1718

709 

2427

2005-2006 1564 

687 

2251

2004-2005 1486 

685 

2171

2003-2004 1327 

691 

2018

2002-2003 1303 

690 

1993

2001-2002 1217 

614 

1831

2000-2001 1262 

535 

1797

1999-2000 1160 

505 

1665

1998-1999 1095 

495 

1594

1997-1998 1067 

479 

1546

1996-1997 1257 

445 

1702

1995-1996 1288 

439 

1575

1994-1995 1328 

419 

1747

1993-1994 1333 

437 

1770

1992-1993 1420 

456 

1876

1991-1992 1518 

408 

1926

1990-1991

1457 350 1807

1989-1990 1447 

302 

1749

1988-1989 1178 

302 

1402

1987-1988 1096 

306 

1328

1986-1987 990  333  1254

1985-1986 1014 

304 

1245

1984-1985* 1037 

204 

1241

1983-1984 1096 

151 

1247

1982-1983 1302 

125 

1427

1981-1982 1322 

125 

1447

1980-1981 1309 

111 

1420

TOTALS 36,356 12,030

48,386

DEGREES AWARDED IN 

THE WOODRUFF SCHOOL IN ACADEMIC

YEARS 1978-1979 THROUGH 2006-2007

The Nuclear Engineering Programs did not become part of

the Woodruff School until 1984; those degrees are shown

beginning in the 1984-1985 academic year.    

In the past academic year, we awarded a record

number of bachelor’s (348) and doctoral degrees (52).  In

the 2005-2006 academic year, there was a record number

of master’s degrees granted (182). 

Notice the spike in bachelor’s degrees in mechanical

engineering in the 1982-1983 and 1981-1982 academic

years.  According to Dr. Ward Winer, these "were

memorable because we only had about 30 faculty at the

time, so we were granting about 11 bachelor’s degree per

faculty member. This put a lot of stress on the faculty.” 

This report goes back to academic year 1978-1979,

the first year for which computer records were maintained.

It is not possible to get a complete record of all the degrees

in mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering without

doing a hand count in the Registrar’s Office.

Year

B.S.

M.S.

Ph.D.

Total

2006-2007

348 175  52

575

2005-2006

295 182  51

528

2004-2005

273 171  44

488

2003-2004

302 165

30  497

2002-2003

276 166  38

480

2001-2002

250 152

23

425

2000-2001

236 137

42

415

1999-2000

274

83

37

394

1998-1999

241 130

28

399

1997-1998

283 113

37  433

1996-1997

248 91

28

367

1995-1996

314 92

33

439

1994-1995

317 110

25

452

1993-1994

321 116

35  472

1992-1993

289 134  27

450

1991-1992

338 115

27

480

1990-1991

277 87

23 387

1989-1990

265 95

13

373

1998-1989

223 104  20

347

1987-1988

259

100

11 370

1986-1987

229

111 11

351

1985-1986

291

129

6

426

1984-1985

295

90 4

389

1983-1984

293

51

7

351

1982-1983

317

46

3

366

1981-1982

321

37

3

361

1980-1981

289

45

3

337

1979-1980

212

35

4

251

1978-1979

184

20

4

208

TOTALS

8,060

3,082

669

11,811