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Connection-2009-Spring.Pdf (471.5Kb) School of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Spring 2009 New Facilities to Help Foster Innovation, Creativity in ECE uring the past decade, the School of Electrical and Computer Engineer- Ding has played a key role in Georgia Tech’s ascent on to the national and international stages. As you will read in this issue of ECE Connection, the School is at the center of many of the Institute’s research and educational initiatives and is a leader in Georgia Tech’s commercializa- tion activities. Our teaching, learning, and break- through discoveries cannot happen with- out first-rate facilities and accompanying infrastructure and equipment. For Georgia The Blake Ragsdale Van Leer Building Renewal project will consist of a privately funded new Tech to remain current with the changing building and a renovation of the existing Van Leer Building. nature of technology and society, faculty, staff, and students must have a flexible medical research, believed to be the n New building to be adjacent to existing environment in which to work, study, and first facility of its kind. Van Leer Building, facing south to Tech solve today’s greatest challenges in engi- Green and the G. Wayne Clough Under- n Building to include faculty offices, con- neering and science. graduate Learning Commons, currently ference room, center/director’s suite, Two facilities projects are particularly under construction and due for comple- gallery, research/laboratory office wing, vital to the future of ECE–the Marcus tion in September 2011. a nano characterization and imaging lab, Nanotechnology Building and the Blake n and eight additional laboratories/bays. Newly renovated Van Leer Building Ragsdale Van Leer Building Renewal. projected to house classroom and lab n Focused on new approaches to drug space. FACTS AT A GLANCE delivery, cancer detection and treat- ment, DNA damage repair, and the n New building projected to include Marcus Nanotechnology Building detection and analysis of plaque for- research labs, classroom/lecture hall n Broke ground August 2006. mation for artery and cardiac disease space, study lounge, education gallery, prevention. and faculty and student organization n Opened November 2008. offices. Blake Ragsdale Van Leer Building n Located at the previous site of the Elec- Renewal To learn more about these projects, tronics Research Building, on the corner visit http://www.development.gatech. of Ferst and Atlantic Drives. n Phase One: $45 million new building, edu/ or contact Marci Reed, director of privately funded. n $94 million facility, a public/private part- ECE development, at 404.894.0274. | nership with the State of Georgia. n Phase Two: $35 million renovation of existing Van Leer Building, state-funded. n Home to one of the nation’s largest cleanroom spaces, with 30,000 square n Registered for LEED certification in July feet. 2008. n 20,000 square feet devoted to traditional n Approximately $2 million in support semiconductor research and 10,000 pledged to date. square feet dedicated to biological/bio- 2 Chair’s Corner Building on our Success “ pace: the final frontier.” Uttered by Although our campus presence William Shatner at the outset of continues to be enhanced, there is one ECE Hits Top S each episode of Star Trek, those rather glaring exception to this series of 5 words call to mind the ultimate challenge facilities improvements–the ECE head- or the first time ever, electrical of exploration, discovery, and settlement. quarters building. The School of ECE has Fengineering placed fifth, advanc- With a slightly different twist, the phrase been headquartered within the Blake ing to its highest placement ever in has a no less compelling meaning in aca- Ragsdale Van Leer Building since 1961. the U.S. News & World Report 2009 demia. Indeed, establishing and maintain- The Van Leer Building was dedicated in undergraduate engineering rank- ing sufficient space and state-of-the-art 1962 and honors the legacy of Colonel ings. Computer engineering remains facilities remains one of the greatest on- Van Leer, Tech’s fifth president (1944-56)– strong, maintaining its sixth place going issues in the competitive environ- the first engineer to head the Institute. position from last year. ment of top institutions. The Van Leer Building is an older struc- “We are pleased to be recognized Gary S. May One could argue that this objective ture characterized by its lattice cement among the nation’s top EE and CmpE Steve W. Chaddick poses particular challenges for ECE at façade and 1960s feel (and according to School Chair programs,” said Gary S. May, Steve W. Georgia Tech. With our robust educa- many alumni visitors–its unique odor!). In Chaddick School Chair. “Our success tion and research activities in Atlanta, addition to the nation’s best and bright- in ECE can be attributed to continu- Savannah, Metz, and Shanghai, we have est engineering students, the building is ally recruiting and retaining the finest established four operations on three con- also home to premier faculty. Within the faculty and students that are support- tinents – not to mention our numerous walls of the Van Leer Building, colleagues ed by a great group of staff. We can dual-degree and study abroad operations and peers have spent decades leading all be very proud of our accomplish- worldwide. innovations in ECE-related disciplines. ments and the high esteem in which On our Atlanta campus alone, 103 ECE However, with age comes decay, and our peers hold us.” faculty members occupy portions of ten the building has suffered a multitude of The College of Engineering moved different buildings. The most recent of cosmetic and structural issues related to up a notch to fourth, and Georgia these is the Klaus Advanced Comput- corrosion and general wear and tear. Tech retained its seventh place stand- ing Building. The Klaus Building, which In its current state, the Van Leer Build- ing among public universities. Five opened its doors in December 2006, ing fails to reflect the stature of the ECE additional engineering programs at is a 210,000-square-foot structure that program and the reputation of the Insti- Tech placed in the top 5 among spe- houses more than 30 ECE faculty and tute. To meet the needs of the School, cialty areas. Industrial engineering staff along with colleagues from the Col- remain competitive with peer institutions, ranked first, biomedical engineering lege of Computing. This facility is a stun- and to provide the quality spaces and ranked third, mechanical engineering ning reflection of sustainable design and state-of-the-art facilities that will keep ranked fourth, and civil engineering architectural significance. ECE at the forefront in the field, the Van ranked fifth. The next addition to our geographical Leer Building must be improved and presence on the Atlanta campus will be expanded. the Marcus Nanotechnology Building, Thus, we have embarked upon an state resources. With updated and much- which opened its doors in November ambitious, two-phase plan to renew needed classroom, laboratory, office, and 2008. Recognizing the growing and revo- the ECE presence. The first phase will meeting space, the Van Leer “restore lutionary importance nanotechnology construct a new building adjacent to the and renew” project will reap benefits for holds, Georgia Tech, already a leader existing Van Leer Building, facing south to our School for the next several decades in this area of research, has further en- Georgia Tech Green. This signature facil- as we continue our quest to build the hanced its posture through this impres- ity will consist of approximately 200,000 most outstanding ECE program in the sive new facility. The Marcus Building, square feet of laboratories, lecture halls, world. I hope that you will join us on this a $94 million structure, will encompass and faculty offices at an estimated cost journey. | 20,000 square feet of cleanroom space of $45 million, funded through private dedicated to nanotechnology focused on philanthropy. The second phase will traditional semiconductor nanoelectron- necessarily follow the completion of ics adjacent to a 10,000-square-foot facil- construction of the new facility, and is ity dedicated to biological and biomedical planned as a wholesale renovation of the nanotechnology research–a singularly existing Van Leer facility at an estimated unique combination. cost of $35 million, primarily funded from Spring 2009 School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Spotlight 3 John Peatman Retires after 44 Years of Dedicated Service CE Professor John B. Peatman re- tired on November 30 after 44 years 5 Eof dedicated service to ECE and Georgia Tech. He will continue to work part-time, teaching ECE 4175 Embedded Microcontroller Design during spring semester 2009. A professor at Georgia Tech since 1964, Dr. Peatman received the Georgia Tech Outstanding Teacher Award and was chosen three times by the ECE senior class for the Richard M. Bass/Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Teacher Award. Acknowledged by his students and col- leagues as a tremendous role model for all educators, he received the 2006 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award, the John Peatman (r) gets a visit from former student and advisory board chair Jim Carreker. industry’s premier recognition for under- graduate teaching achievement. He is the sionals who spoke about challenges that return to Tech with substantial support author of six definitive textbooks in digital students would face after graduation. of the Institute, the College of Engineer- systems design. Though the seminar ended with se- ing, and ECE,” said Gary S. May, Steve W. Throughout his career, Dr. Peatman mester conversion in 2000, Dr. Peatman Chaddick School Chair of ECE. “We are enhanced his teaching and project continued inviting speakers–often former grateful not only for his many technical advisement by spending summers on students–to his classes. and educational contributions, but more industry assignments and was commit- “John has always been able to talk importantly, for his friendship and im- ted to preparing students for their post- and easily relate to both current and mense good will.” | college lives.
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