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as both a student and an alumna, has been an important leader and driving supporter of the College; and Paula Stevenson Humphreys (Textile Engineering) and Teresa While encouraging, we obviously have a Thomas (Chemical Engineering), who were ways to go. To this end, it is critical that we the first female members of the increase the gender and racial diversity of the Band in 1954. faculty. Today, of the six academic program e Clearly today, Georgia Tech is not your directors of the College, three are women. mother’s university. This College has become The new faculty members for this year are increasingly diverse in its student body, its all women and/or minority individuals. Also, This year, Georgia Tech is celebrating faculty, and its alumni. A few numbers will while our undergraduate minority student “50 Years of Women at Tech” by recognizing help illustrate the point. This past fall, 946 population this year is nearly 20 percent and the important contributionsu Georgia Tech students enrolled in the College—626 under- our graduate minority student population is women have made to the Institute and its graduate students and 320 graduate students. about 41 percent, the College still must reputation worldwide. This issue of the College Nearlye 46 percent of these undergraduate increase its recruitment of African American, of Architecture newsletter not only offers a students and 40.9 percent of the graduate Hispanic, and Native American students. cbroad ranget of stories on our faculty, staff, students were woman with an overall College We ask for the support of all our alumni students, alumni, and friends, it also raises average of 44.1 percent of female students. and friends in advancing the diversity of the question of how well the College is doing Of course, female participation in the student objectives of the College and Georgia Tech. in fashioning the diversity of our programs, body has varied by program. Over the past especially with respect to gender diversity. three or four years, participation rates of As you will see in the various storiesr in female students have been as follows: Sincerely, this vein, we have spotlighted alumnae like , a 1971 graduate of our ■ Architecture undergraduates have ranged Architecture Program, who holds international from 41 to 47 percent per year and gradu- standing in the architectural community; ates students from 31 to 39 percent; Thomas D. Galloway, Ph.D., AICP the late Thera H. Richter, the first female ■ Building Construction undergraduates Dean and Professor graduate from our City Planning Program and graduates students have been fairly in 1959; Professor Terri Laurenceau, whom constant at 20 to 21 percent per year; we recruited to Tech in 1999 for our ■ Industrial Design undergraduates have Industrial Design Program and who presently been fairly steady at 50 percent, climbing chairs the College Committee on Diversity; last year to 58 percent with its graduate Brenda Stokes, who graduated from the student body at approximately 40 percent; Building Construction Program in 1998 and, ■ City and Regional Planning graduates have ranged from 45 to 50 percent during the past two or three years. snap shots

As a part of the campus-wide Family Weekend, the College of Architecture hosted a Parent’s Day Reception last October in the College atrium. At the reception, parents interacted with College faculty and staff and were able to view studio projects recently completed by the common first year, junior, and sophomore studios.

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Dean Galloway presents Tim Jackson joins College’s Georgia Tech selects new director keynote speech at 2002 Development Council for Music Department CIB Conference in Tokyo Tim Jackson, president Frank L. Clark, former Dean Thomas D. Galloway presented the keynote of Glatting Jackson chair of the Department speech at the 2002 CIB Conference in Tokyo, Japan Kercher Anglin Lopez of Music at the University last September. The theme of the 2002 conference Reinhart, Inc. recently of South Alabama (USA) was Urban Regeneration and Placemaking in the joined the College’s in Mobile, has been Twenty-First Century. The conference featured inter- Development Council, appointed professor and national speakers who described current research an advisory board com- director of the Music on a wide range of topics regarding this theme, prised of distinguished Department. He began not only industrial revitalization, but also improving alumni and friends. Aug. 1, 2002. quality of life, developing neighborhoods, achieving Tim Jackson earned “We’re excited about cultural diversity, and also succeeding sustainable his Bachelor of Civil Dr. Clark’s appointment, development associated with promoting public Engineering degree at Georgia Tech in 1978 and his and we look forward to his leadership,” said involvement and participation. Master of City Planning at Georgia Tech in 1981. Dean Thomas Galloway. “His passion for music In his keynote presentation, Dean Galloway Glatting Jackson is a 100-person consulting firm and technology should be an invaluable strength discussed the new realities of urban regeneration that provides community planning services from for our students, many of whom share the same and place making in the United States with a offices in Orlando, West Palm Beach, and . such passion.” focus on Atlanta. He spoke about the principles Jackson has been with the firm since 1986. Clark joined the faculty of USA in 1992. governing regional growth patterns in the United Previously, he was a Senior Associate with Post, He served as acting chair of the University’s States, and implications for design, planning, and Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan; the parking manager Department of Music between 1996 and 1999, construction education. for the City of Savannah, Georgia; and an engineer when he was appointed full chair. While in Mobile, Although CIB is the acronym of the former for Foxworth Associates, Inc., in Decatur, Georgia. Clark coordinated USA’s music theory courses and French name for the organization, Conseil He has more than twenty-two years of experi- helped to design, install, develop, and supervise a International du Batiment, (English translation: ence in transportation planning, including multi- multimedia Musical Instrument Digital Interface lab International Council for Building), the council is modal planning, traffic impact studies, financial and classroom. now called International Council for Research and planning, corridor studies, and environmental Previously, Clark was a department coordinator Innovation in Building and Construction; however, documents, particularly focused on integrated land at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, it is still referred to as CIB. use, urban design, and transportation. He currently between 1983 and 1986. He also was an assistant serves as president of 1000 Friends of Florida, professor at Pacific University in Forest Grove, a not-for-profit group that advocates for smart Oregon, from 1986 to 1990. Between 1990 and growth throughout Florida. 1992, Clark was an assistant professor at the College of Architecture Dean Galloway established the Development University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, where Council in 1994 with thirteen members. Over the he taught music theory, conducted a jazz band participants mentor middle years, the size of the Council has grown and now and helped to design and develop the University’s and high school students has thirty-five members who are distinguished pro- Arts Resources Technology/Computer Assisted fessional and community leaders. In accordance Training Laboratory. with the College’s long-range strategies for academ- Clark is a member of the Technology Institute ic excellence, the group serves as a sounding board for Music Educators’ National Advisory Board for the Dean in an advisory capacity as well as the and is among the presenters in the College Music central fundraising arm of the college. Society’s Speakers Bureau. He frequently addresses the topics of multimedia applications, the growth of music technology, and the use of such technology in the music studio. In 1980, Clark earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music in Stockton, California. The next year, he earned a master’s degree in French horn performance at Stanford University. He earned his Ph.D. in music theory from the University of Arizona in 1990. Children navigate “Safety Town” to prepare for back to school safety. In Memory

For the fourth year in a row, College of Architecture faculty, staff, and students volunteered to assist the Former Architecture Professor George Ramsey dies CHEM LABS of America, a community leadership laboratory, with program and design assistance. George Ramsey, a former architecture professor, died January 11, 2003 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he This year’s project, Zone Safety Atlanta, was designed had retired. Ramsey was a professor for twenty years, primarily at Georgia Tech, where he joined the to prepare youths for back to school safety. Architecture faculty in 1970 under the direction of P.M. Heffernan. The project featured an 8,000 square foot Professor Ramsey received a grant from the National Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture “Safety Town,” enabling the youths to practice to teach graduate courses in energy conservation and environmental design. He was an inspirational pedestrian, bicycle, and stranger safety. The actual teacher who instilled in his students a respect for the ethical role of architecture in creating sustainable model of Safety Town was designed and construct- futures. His students won numerous prizes, including National American Institute of Architects awards ed by more than sixty local middle school and high for passive solar designs and an award from Mother Earth News for the design of a self-sufficient village. school students at the College where professors, Professor Ramsey was a graduate of Oklahoma State University and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in staff, and students volunteered as design and con- Paris. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Paris Program. “George was an inspiration to struction mentors. many of the first classes in Paris,” says Kevin Cantley (BS Arch ’76 & M. Arch ’78). “He taught us the “The College of Architecture has assisted us in many virtues of the European urban lifestyle as well as those of a rural, sustainable village alternative.” our program and design activities since 1999,” said In the 1980's, Atlanta Magazine named Professor Ramsey as one of the 80 people worth watching. Danette Glass, executive director of CHEM LABS. He chaired Atlanta’s first AIA energy committee in 1975 and organized and directed Georgia Tech’s “We are extremely grateful to all who reached out first energy conference in 1974. to help with this project and especially to Dean Professor Ramsey’s son, Greg Ramsey, graduated from Georgia Tech with his Bachelor’s in Galloway, Dr. Tolek Lesniewski, and Professor Terri Architecture in 1981 and a Master’s in Architecture in 1991. “My father’s long efforts as an environ- Laurenceau for their assistance throughout the years.” mentalist and community advocate were directed to make cities, states, and the planet a better place Zone Safety Atlanta is sponsored by the CHEM to live for all of us,” said Greg. “He understood that energy conservation would determine the quality LABS of America in partnership with the Salvation of community life across America, the conservation of our natural environment and indeed the course Army Metro Atlanta Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc. The of world peace.” idea for Zone Safety Atlanta was conceived during a Town Hall Meeting’s Public Safety Issues Forum hosted by City Councilman Ivory Young, Jr., repre- senting District 3. College of Architecture Newsletter 2003 3 College and Alumni News

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Assistive technology expert to lead Spring survey gauges one of the College’s research centers reader preferences

Stephen Sprigle, former director of the Center for and Wheelchair Rehabilitation Engineering Centers Our thanks to all the readers who responded to Rehabilitation Technology in New York, now is an in the ’s Biomedical Engineering the survey placed in the Spring 2002 newsletter. associate professor of industrial design and director Department between 1987 and 1993. The aim of the survey was to gain feedback on the of the Center for Assistive Technology and Sprigle remains an active consultant for a variety newsletter and gauge reader preferences for future Environmental Access (CATEA), one of the College’s of biomedical engineering companies and frequently development. Of the responses we received, 91 six research centers. speaks on the topics of pressure ulcers and the percent were from alumni, with the largest portion, CATEA develops and evaluates accessible engineering aspects of wheelchairs. Among his many 36 percent, working in architecture firms. The sur- environments and assistive technology—devices research interests are rehabilitation engineering, vey results provide us with several key conclusions designed to allow or improve performance of daily assistive technology and biomechanics. He also and opportunities for improvement, which we hope living activities or work for people with disabilities. has a special interest in the areas of pressure-ulcer to implement. “This is an excellent pairing for both the center prevention, posture stability among wheelchair According to the survey results, overall, the and the college,” said Dean Thomas Galloway. users, assistive technology outcomes, and the devel- newsletter has good readership frequency and is “Dr. Sprigle’s background in biomedical engineer- opment of standards for wheelchair cushions and valued by its alumni audience. Reader interest level ing and his experience addressing unique chal- support surfaces. in current content is good, though opportunities lenges affecting the disabled community will prove “For someone who has spent his career in exist for further enhancing content. Of participating to be strong assets to CATEA and its research staff.” both rehabilitation research and service delivery, readers, 67 percent rated overall newsletter articles In addition to his duties as CATEA’s director, CATEA’s position and mission represent a fantastic as “excellent” or “good” in terms of “interest to Sprigle holds an adjunct appointment in Georgia opportunity for me,” Sprigle said. “CATEA is quite me.” Alumni News, College News, and Program Tech’s School of Applied Physiology and will unique in that it offers the scientific allure of being News are the most popular current content sec- continue a collaborative research relationship with within an excellent university, but its mission tions. The most frequently cited idea for increasing The Shepherd Center, an Atlanta-based catastrophic includes significant interaction and service within likelihood of reading was more alumni news. care hospital that treats people with spinal cord the disability arena.” A majority of participants (53 percent) have a strong injuries, multiple sclerosis and other neuromuscular Sprigle also said he is impressed by CATEA’s interest in “industry trends” content in future illnesses and urological problems. ability to extend the state-of-the-art through newsletters. Additionally, 78 percent indicated strong “The staff within CATEA appears dedicated to research as well as apply the state-of-the-art to its or medium-level interest in “design theory” content. their mission, and that results in a lot of self-motiva- service programs. Clarity of writing, ease of reading, and overall tion to do a good job,” Sprigle said. “Any director “But this ability comes with the obligation to newsletter design are highly rated by participants. in any organization feels fortunate to be among self- share this knowledge through publication and pres- The least-liked feature of the newsletter is its large driven folks, so I look forward to working at Tech.” entation,” he said. “The center’s faculty and staff size, according to 25 percent of participants, and Since 1996, Sprigle has directed the Center for infuse themselves with the community of the there is room for improvement in photo quality Rehabilitation Technology at Helen Hayes Hospital Institute and work well with other departments and (34 percent rated this as “fair” or ”poor.”) in West Haverstraw, New York. The center offers faculty. This is imperative, since CATEA has a lot to Please stay in touch with us. E-mail your comprehensive services in assistive technology, offer others and gains a lot from collaboration.” comments or suggestions to Barbara Christopher especially in the areas of seating, mobility, computer Sprigle is a member of the National Pressure at [email protected]. Tell us access and augmented communications for the Ulcer Advisory Panel’s Board of Directors and what you like about the publication, what could disabled, and environmental controls. of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive be improved, or any other ideas you may have. During his term at the Center for Rehabilitation Technology Society of North America. He also is a We value your input. Technology, Sprigle held a faculty appointment as member of the Biomedical Engineering Society and assistant professor of clinical physical therapy at the American Physical Therapy Association. Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Sprigle earned his bachelor’s degree in engineer- Surgeons. He also was a senior lecturer for the ing science and mechanics from the University Graduate School of Health Sciences for New York of Florida in 1982. He went on to earn a master’s Medical College. degree in biomedical engineering in 1985, You can find a selection of our past Previously, Sprigle was a senior research scientist followed by a Ph.D. in biomechanics in 1989, newsletters online at and adjunct professor of mechanical engineering and both from the University of Virginia. He earned http://www.coa.gatech.edu/news/ occupational therapy at the State University of New an additional master’s degree in 1998, this time York at Buffalo between 1993 and 1996. He also was in physical therapy from Mercy College in Dobbs coanewslet.htm a member of the research staff for the Transportation Ferry, New York.

Alumni

Alumni Committee hosts Homecoming events for 2002

Last fall, the Alumni Committee of the College of Architecture hosted the College’s 2002 Homecoming events. More than 100 people made their way to downtown Atlanta’s Embassy Suites Hotel to attend the Annual Alumni Meeting, the Second Annual Dean’s Symposium on Professional Practice, and the reception held on the penthouse level of the adjoining Centennial Park West Condominiums. Since both structures were designed by CoA alumni-owned firm, Stang & Newdow (and constructed, respectively, by Georgia Tech alumni firms, Holder Construction and Winter Construction), guests were also treated to a special tour by principals Ron Stang, Arch ’77, and Bill Clark, Arch ’77.

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Alumni help needed Sharon Tsepas’s Master Town Plan Rod Arroyo captures Outstanding to mentor students receives recognition from the Planning Project Award Georgia Planning Association The Alumni Committee would like to establish a Rodney L. Arroyo, AICP network of alumni who would be willing to mentor The Master Town Plan for the City of East Point (Master of City Planning, and advise current students of the College who are recently received an award from the Georgia 1982), has received the preparing to enter the work force. Planning Association as an Outstanding Planning Michigan Society of A wealth of experience exists among our alumni. Document. Sharon Tsepas, BS Arch ’95, BS BC ’95, Planning’s (MSP) For an investment of little time and no money, you M. Arch ’98, M.C.P. ’98, developed the Master Outstanding Planning can have a positive and lasting impact on the life of Town Plan under the direction of David Lackey, Project Award and the a young Tech graduate by offering advice on gaining former community services director and current American Planning employment, including interviewing tips, informa- city & regional planning instructor. Association’s Small Town tion on types of firms and their idiosyncrasies, The goal of the Master Plan is to improve the and Rural Planning advantages of different sized firms, salary expecta- quality of life for the citizens of East Point by using Division’s Award for tions, career advice after employment, juggling traditional town planning principles to help build Excellence for the Bridgewater Township Master personal life and career, alternative career paths, on the strengths of the city—the historic character, Plan. Arroyo, vice president of Birchler Arroyo and career planning. the diverse communities, and the proximity to Associates, Inc., served as project manager. The Committee would like to recommend that downtown Atlanta and the airport. Bridgewater Township is comprised of active Alumni classes, during their major reunion years “It is especially thrilling to be recognized for agricultural uses, rural vistas, and fewer than 2,000 (i.e., 5th, 10th, 25th), adopt the senior class and outstanding and innovative planning in a region residents. The development of the Plan, designed second year graduate classes. Interested alumni that is so often criticized for its lack of planning,” to maintain the community’s rural character, would be required to provide a brief personal said Tspepas. “It is really a tribute to the City of has its foundation in the town’s strong support profile (name, degree discipline, graduation year, East Point and its citizens for recognizing the need and community involvement. More than half of business address, firm type and size, types of proj- and participating in the process.” the households polled responded to a community ects worked on, etc.) to be included in a database. Tsepas is a principal partner of Urban Studio, attitude survey. Then, the students would select the alumni they Inc., an architecture and planning firm in Atlanta, Highlights of the planning process include a wish to contact and follow through to make the where she has been working on several adaptive Build-out Analysis using geographic information soft- initial introduction. reuse and master planning projects. ware, design concepts for open space preservation, If you would be interested in becoming a part Tsepas is currently working on her Ph.D. con- traffic flow and traffic safety analysis, and a plan for of a nationwide network designed to offer our grad- ducting research on the concept of ‘Publicness’ action to guide implementation. uates a competitive edge, contact David Buchanan in architecture and urban design for her qualifying This marks the fourth State Planning Award at the College at 404.894.1371 or via e-mail at paper. She is working on a research project with Arroyo has received in the past six years for his [email protected]. Professor Craig Zimring and the Robert Wood projects. In addition, the American Planning Johnson Foundation entitled “Increasing Physical Association’s Small Town & Rural Planning Division Activity Through the Design and Planning of honored him with an Award for Excellence in 1998. Public Buildings.”

Get involved in Atlanta’s history through the Comprehensive Historic Resource Survey

Doug Young, M.C.P. ’94, is currently working on the Comprehensive Historic Resource Survey (CHRS) for the City of Atlanta’s Urban Design Commission. The CHRS is a citywide, multi-year effort by the Atlanta Urban Design Commission to create a comprehensive inventory of the City’s historic places—its neighborhoods, buildings, sites and structures. “The Atlanta Urban Design Commission com- pleted the last comprehensive survey of historic places in the city in the late 1980s,” said Young. “Since 1987 when that survey was published, only neighborhood-focused or project-specific surveys have been completed. In addition, a lot has changed since 1987 in the city. Drawing on a wide variety of information sources, our goal is to understand and document all aspects of the city’s historic built environment.” For more information on how you can get involved in the CHRS, contact the Atlanta Urban Design Commission at 404.330.6200, via e-mail at [email protected], or visit www.ci.atlanta. ga.us/citydir/urbandesign_info.html.

MidCity Lofts

Michael Service and Brock+Green Architects & Planners Awarded as Emerging Voices

COA alumni swept American Institute of Architects design firm with offices across the country and over- uates and one co-op student) and is enjoying a grow- (AIA) Atlanta’s Emerging Voices Awards for 2002. seas. Service has been working as lead project ing reputation for their adaptive re-use and commer- Michael Service, BS Arch ’90 & M.Arch ‘95 designer/architect for Cooper Carry, Inc. since 1995. cial projects. Their latest project, MidCity Lofts also received the award for his portfolio of works, Brock+Green Architects and Planners, with part- recently received an Award of Merit, the firm’s fourth expressly the Lipson, Alport, Glass, and Associates ners David Green, BS Arch ’87 & M. Arch ’91 and AIA Georgia Design Award in three years. Green is (LAGA) Corporate Headquarters building in Eric Brock, BS Arch ’88 also received the award an instructor in the Architecture Program. Cincinnati, Ohio. The LAGA building also received given to individuals or firms with less than ten years Service, Brock, and Green made presentations in the 2001 Georgia AIA Award of Excellence. The experience as licensed professionals that demonstrate an AIA sponsored public lecture and displayed their 35,000 square foot facility is the signature head- exceptional promise. In existence since 1994, the work in an exhibition at the Southern Tech architec- quarters facility of LAGA, a product identity and firm has fifteen employees, (including five Tech grad- ture building and the AIA bookstore downtown.

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Program News Upcoming Events:

Professors Doug Allen and Sabir Khan have both Two new scholarships have been donated to the Don’t miss this spring’s Wednesday lectures been named Associate Deans and are now spend- Program. The Randall-Paulson Architects Essay held at 5:30 P.M. ing half their time in the Dean’s office. Similarly, Scholarship will provide $5,000 annually to an Susan Buck-Morss (Feb. 12), Matthias Boeckl Professor Chris Jarrett will share the position of essay-winning Master’s student entering their final (Feb. 19), Karen Fairbanks (Feb. 26), Laurie associate director of the Architecture Program with year. This year’s essay topic asks: “What will be the Hawkinson (Mar. 12), Mabel Wilson (Mar. 26), Professor George Johnston until Summer 2003 impact of non-traditional services on the business and Mike Dobbins (Apr. 2) when Johnston will return to teaching. of architecture?” Our thanks to firm principals and Mike Dobbins, former City Planning alumni Michael Randall, Arch ’76, and Alex Commissioner for the City of Atlanta has been Paulson, Arch ’80. In addition, the Education Exhibitions at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, named the inaugural TVS Distinguished Critic at Committee of the Atlanta Chapter of the Urban 535 Means Street Tech. In addition to continuing to teach two semi- Land Institute is funding two $1,000 scholarships nars cross-listed with City and Regional Planning, each semester, as well as free admission to the Jan. 24 - Feb. 22: he taught a graduate urban design studio examin- annual ULI Trends conference, to graduate students Barkow Leibinger Architects, Berlin ing the very topical question of what to do with with an interest in development. We are very grate- Mar. 12 - May 3: the former Atlanta Gas & Light site on Moreland ful for the generosity of both gifts. Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects, New York Avenue. Dobbins received Bachelor and Master A number of exhibitions have increased the of Architecture degrees from Yale, before serving Program’s visibility this year. The large John Hejduk in various leadership planning positions with the sculptures built by Georgia Tech students were Other events at the Atlanta Contemporary Art New York City Urban Design Group, the City of exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art Center, include: Birmingham, and UC Berkeley, and teaching as in New York City. The National Building Museum an assistant professor at . in Washington, D.C., is currently displaying February 7,14,21,28 A lecture and reception to celebrate his appoint- seventy-five of the 1,100 entries submitted to the A Shot In The Dark ment are planned on April 2, 2003. We are grateful competition to design a memorial to the Pentagon, Four guest curators organize different weekly Friday to TVS for making the appointment possible. including that of current graduate student Dawn night happenings. Several faculty members have been winning Phillips (designed as coursework for Fred Pearsall’s awards. Visiting Assistant Professor and artist-in- studio) and of alumni Jason Snyder, M. Arch ’01, March 21 - June 7 residence, Ruth Dusseault, has been awarded the and Shane Williamson, Arch ’94. Williamson Atlanta Biennial Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award is one of the six finalists in the competition and Selected by New York-based critic and curator, for 2003. Dusseault won the $5,000 award for we wish him the best of luck. Franklin Sirmans her photographs documenting the changes at the The Atlanta International Museum will display Atlantic Station construction site, formerly known “Students Design for Sustainability” through April 4, 11, 18, 25 as Atlantic Steel. This work was recently exhibited February 28, 2003. This exhibition is in conjunction Cult Movie Nights at The Contemporary, organized in New York and will be shown at the Swan Coach with a retrospective of the architecture of William by Sam Patton House Gallery in Atlanta in the summer of 2003. McDonough + Partners, also at the museum, and Instructor David Green’s recent awards are dis- features a range of work by Georgia Tech architec- cussed in the Alumni News section. Professor Rob ture students assembled by Professor Tahar For more event information visit: Craig was just given the inaugural Outstanding Messadi. The Program was honored to co-host a http://www.coa.gatech.edu/arch/. Service Award from the Southeast Society of lecture by William McDonough on campus. Architectural Historians. American Institute of Other lecturers in our series this fall included: Architects Atlanta honored Mike Dobbins with the Richard Rosa, Yves Abrioux, David Sledge, Ivan Allen Senior Award and gave a certificate of Linda Pollak, Tahar Messadi, James Meyer, and appreciation to Ellen Dunham-Jones. Chris Luebkeman. ✁ Professor Randy Roark retires The Alumni News section highlights promotions, awards, scholarships, fellowships, and publication of books. We’d like to know what you’ve been up to! After twenty-five years on Not yet at the memoir writing stage, Roark Fill out the form below to share your accomplish- the faculty of the College intends to increase his urban design consulting ments with fellow College of Architecture alumni. of Architecture, Professor practice and to continue his professional volunteer Randal Roark retired commitments. These include work with the Georgia Who in September 2002. Conservancy, board member and consultant to the His primary interest in Midtown Alliance, chair and founder of the Atlanta urban design was expressed Public Art Legacy Fund, and vice president for What in numerous studios, his Capital Improvements for the Piedmont Park seminar in the history and Conservancy, a position in which he has served for theory of the modern city, the last thirteen years.. When and in the founding, man- “Mostly, I’m looking forward to escaping the Professor Roark discusses aging, and teaching of the tightening academic vise of the increasingly pseudo- the civic importance of public art with Brownie legendary Urban Design critical readings and personal interpretations of Where Troop 105. Workshop. The Workshop ‘urbanism’ on one side and the increasingly has offered help to commu- commodified strictures and pattern making of ‘new nities in identifying and solving the myriad of urban urbanism’ on the other, and retreating to my earliest problems the Atlanta region faces, while providing trained persona of the ‘problem solving engineer’ a rare experience for graduate architecture and to help communities figure out their own solutions Submitted by planning students to become involved in a commu- to the increasingly complex array of urban prob- Degree nity’s unique processes, where, “all variables are in lems. If that fails, there is always the design and Year play and nothing is hypothetical.” construction of Ann’s and my new house on the Phone A dedicated servant to the city and the Program, marsh in St. Augustine, our two granddaughters, Street Address Roark served as director of the Undergraduate the long awaited sorting of my 12,000 slides, and, Architecture Program from 1987 to 1993 and as who knows, maybe some poetry.” City, State director of Planning and Design for the Corporation Unwilling to let Professor Roark disengage from ZIP for Olympic Development in Atlanta (CODA) Tech that easily, the Program has convinced him E-mail Address from 1993 to 1997. More recently, he’s been to continue teaching the Workshop and is organiz- busy on behalf of the Georgia Conservancy’s ing a celebration in his honor this spring. Alumni Clip and mail or fax to: Blueprints for Successful Communities Initiative and friends interested in participating are invited conducting Workshops on sustainability for many to contact Ellen Dunham-Jones at 404.894.1095. Barbara Christopher Georgia Institute of Technology local communities. College of Architecture Atlanta, GA 30332-0155 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 404.894.2678 Architecture News continued

Fifty years of women at Tech spotlight: Merrill Elam

Merrill Elam, a principal in the firm of Architects, Inc, is one of the notable female graduates of the College. Elam received her Bachelor in Architecture from Georgia Tech in 1971 and her Master in Business Administration from in 1984. “One of the really positive things about studying architecture, is that the studio format offers the potential for learning from your peers,” said Elam. “During my years at Georgia Tech, there was an on-going communication among the students in addition to the very demanding and very good pro- fessors who made the curriculum difficult at times, but extraordinarily rewarding.” Over the years, she has been recognized widely for her architectural designs and her dedication to teaching and learning. Her work has received five National American Institute of Architects Awards for Excellence. Her current projects include the Wang Campus Center and Davis Garage for , Massachusetts; Austin E. Knowlton School From left to right, new faculty members David Sledge and Wanda Dye hold their self-portrait pumpkins, while Tina Simonton holds the pumpkin announcing the AIAS event. of Architecture for in Columbus, Ohio; the Jean Gray Hargrove Music New faculty to teach design in the Architecture Program Library for the University of California at Berkeley, the Herman Miller Cherokee Operations facility Three new hires have broadened the teaching of University, Kennesaw State University and the in Cherokee County, Georgia; and a House for design in the Architecture Program. Two are famil- Massachusetts College of Art. Her principal teach- Loran and Radcliffe Bailey in Atlanta, Georgia. iar faces, Wanda Dye and Tina Simonton, who ing responsibilities remain with design instruction In November 2002, Elam’s firm Mack Scogin helped implement the Common First Year as visit- in the Common First Year, but she also teaches a Merrill Elam Architects was awarded the new U.S. ing assistant professors before being hired as required Introduction to Visual Arts course for the Federal Courthouse in Austin, Texas. tenure-track assistant professors this past fall. David Architecture Program, as well as a multi-discipli- In addition to her busy practice, she lectures Sledge comes to Georgia Tech as a new visiting nary furniture workshop for the College that brings and teaches frequently, having served as a Visiting assistant professor from the University of Tennessee. together design, hands-on woodshop techniques, Critic at the Graduate School of Wanda Dye received a Bachelor of Architecture and CAD-CAM processes at the Advanced Wood Design and SCI-ARC, Southern California Institute from Auburn University, an M.S. in Advanced Products Laboratory. Her current studio projects of Architecture; as the Louis Henri Sullivan Architectural Design from Columbia University, and research are interdisciplinary in nature and Research Professor of Architecture at the University along with numerous design awards at both institu- attempt to translate the processes and objectives of of Illinois at Chicago; the William Henry Bishop tions. Her post-graduate work investigated topics the painter into variable object production through Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at Yale on urbanism and the contemporary city, architec- traditional means and the Advanced Wood University and the Harry S. Shure Visiting Professor ture and utopia, architecture and cinema, and Products Laboratory. in Architecture at the University of Virginia. experimentation with video, digital media and A North Carolina native, David Sledge holds a She also received the 1995 Academy Award in computer-aided design. After completing her gradu- Bachelor of Architecture degree from North Architecture from the American Academy of Arts ate studies Dye worked in the offices of Skidmore, Carolina State University College of Design, has and Letters and the 1996 Chrysler Design Award Owings and Merrill and Smith-Miller + Hawkinson studied at L’Ecole D’Art Americaines in for Innovation in Design. Architects in New York. She currently teaches semi- Fontainebleau, France, and has received an M.S. nars on “Responsive Territories” and “Filmic in Architectural Studies from the Massachusetts Constructions of Space” while her design studios Institute of Technology where his primary focus was have emphasized research into prototypical design on the history, theory and criticism of art and archi- and the integration of the automobile in contempo- tecture. His thesis researched the legacy of Louis rary cityscapes and landscapes. She recently pre- Kahn, in general, and the Kimbell Art Museum, sented some of this work at the ACSA “SPEED: specifically, to investigate poetic readings of SPACE” conference in two papers: “Video as a ambiguous architecture. Sledge’s interests lie in the Mode of Complexity and Multiplicity” and “DRIVE- mismatch between representation and reality, art THRU Architecture: Re-Thinking the Fast Food versus architecture, postmodern challenges to tradi- Prototype.” Dye was recently appointed to the tional norms, the relationships between furniture, Architecture Advisory Council at Auburn, and space, and the human body; the linkage between serves on the Architecture Program Committee. She drawing and design, and Kahn’s explanations of his will co-chair the 2003-2004 lecture series at Tech. work versus that of historians. Prior to attending Tina Simonton also completed her undergradu- graduate school, Sledge worked for nine years as a ate studies in Architecture at Auburn University and designer at various design firms, including O’Brien obtained a BFA from the California College of Arts Atkins and Associates. He has won several design & Crafts in the Furniture and Painting programs. awards, exhibited his own furniture designs, and She received her MFA in Painting & Printmaking performed as a jazz vocalist in France before he from the Massachusetts College of Art. Simonton began teaching. He will teach a design studio for Left to right, Merrill Elam and Mack Scogin. has taught Design and Visual Arts courses at the Velux competition and a seminar course on Louisiana State University, Southeastern Louisiana Louis Kahn in the spring.

Ruth Dusseault’s photographs document changes at the Atlantic Station construction site, formerly known as Atlantic Steel. College of Architecture Newsletter 2003 7 City & Regional Planning News City and Regional Planning

Event Schedule Program to Celebrate Friday ■ April 11, 2003 Golden Anniversary Morning: Campus tours and poster session of the work of our current students The City and Regional Afternoon: A symposium at the Sheraton Colony Square Hotel in Midtown, featuring elected officials Planning Program is turning and influential planners from around the country discussing current visions, development fifty this year! With this in activities, and planning efforts in their cities. mind, the Program would Evening: We will stroll to the Fox Theatre’s Egyptian Ballroom for our Golden Anniversary Celebration, like to recognize the contri- including a reception with open bar, tours of the Theatre, banquet, and a short program. butions of its former and ■ current students, alumni, and Saturday April 12, 2003 faculty to planning across the Morning: We will showcase the work of our former students and alumni in concurrent focused sessions. United States and abroad. So, mark your calendar Alumni may submit abstracts of presentations through the Web site address below. and join us as we celebrate our fiftieth anniversary. For more details, visit www.coa.gatech.edu/crp/50

Technology Square to house Fifty years of women at Tech Center for Quality Growth spotlight: Thera H. Richter and Regional Development

Thera H. Richter, the first woman The Technology Square complex will link Georgia master’s degree recipient from Georgia Tech’s campus with Midtown Atlanta. The complex, Tech, earned her M.C.P. Degree in designed by TVS & Associates, is on eight acres 1959. She served the planning profes- along the south side of Fifth Street between I-75/85 sion in a variety of positions for twenty-five years, and West Peachtree Street. The new facilities will Contant, program director. “Tech Square provides a most notably as director of the Jefferson County house programs that work closely with the business bridge between the main campus to midtown, and Planning and Development Commission for ten community, including the Center for Quality offers great accessibility by the public.” years until her death in 1984. In 1995, her widower, Growth and Regional Development. The design of Tech Square also includes many Marvin Richter of Gainesville, Georgia, established The Center for Quality Growth and Regional of the mixed-use features that are often considered an award for the best continuing female graduate Development will share a building with the to be critical to high-quality urban development student to honor his wife. The award is called the Economic Development Institute and the Georgia projects (retail, office, residential, and high-quality Thera H. Richter Memorial Scholarship. Tech Foundation. “The Tech Square development is public spaces). “We are very lucky indeed to be a marvelous location for the Center, both in terms located in this new, high-tech, multi-purpose devel- Over the years, many notable female graduates of its design features and its location,” said Cheryl opment project,” says Contant. have won the award. The Thera H. Richter Memorial Scholarship award winners are:

2002 — Laura Lynne Davis and Jamee Holt Mike Dobbins joins Architecture and City & Regional Planning Programs 2001 — Alyssa Stewart Lee 2000 — Claudia Martin Mike Dobbins, retired planning commissioner for and a Fellow of the AIA, and has over thirty years 1999 — Alison Nichols and Janeane Gilbreath the City of Atlanta, has accepted a half-time posi- of professional urban design, planning, and 1998 — Lauren Carreker tion in the College of Architecture. He is teaching architecture experience. Before his six years with 1997 — Anne Dunning two courses this academic year for the City and the City of Atlanta, Dobbins was the planning 1996 — Kelly Cooney Regional Planning Program: Urban Design Policy: director for Staten Island and deputy director of 1995 — Paula Stevens Analysis and Implementation and Vision and the Urban Design Group in New York, served as Regulation, a course on urban design aspirations the technical director of the Comprehensive River and their consistency (or inconsistency) with Area Study in New Orleans, taught architecture current development controls. He is also the TVS at Tulane, and was the planning director for the Design Critic for the Architecture Program where University of California at Berkeley, where he was he taught a Master’s level design studio course last also a professor. fall. Finally, he is working with Dean Thomas “We are thrilled to have someone with the expe- Galloway on research projects through the Center rience, intellect, and dedication of Mike Dobbins for Quality Growth and Regional Development. in the City and Regional Planning Program, the

Thera Richter and her classmates c. 1959 Dobbins has Bachelor and Master of Architecture Architecture Program, and in the College,” said degrees from Yale, is a member of APA, AICP, ULI, Cheryl Contant, program director.

8 College of Architecture Newsletter 2003 Fifty years of women Industrial Design News at Tech spotlight: Professor Terri Laurenceau

The first China-America Terri Laurenceau, the first African Joint Conference American female industrial design pro- on Industrial Design fessor at Georgia Tech, and one of the few female African American industrial designers in the The Georgia Tech Industrial Design country, joined the Industrial Design Program as Program co-sponsored the first assistant professor in 1999. China-US Industrial Design “Professor Laurenceau brings a diversity to the Conference, bringing industrial Industrial Design Program, the College of design educators from both countries Architecture, and Georgia Tech, and through her together in Beijing in May 2002. The teaching and service activities on diversity commit- conference was held at Beijing University in Beijing, the conference in 2001, after staying in contact for tees, she serves as a role model for everyone, not China, and over sixty papers were published for over twelve years. They met at a prior conference just the African American population,” said the conference. in Hangzou, China, and had similar career paths. Lorraine Justice, director of Industrial Design. In order to meet the needs of the rapid develop- Justice initiated the co-sponsorship of the Industrial “I think it is important for students to realize that ment of global design and the demands for industrial Design Society of America and Huang initiated they can be successful regardless of sex, color, or designers in both countries, cultural information was the co-sponsorship of the China Industrial ethnicity,” said Laurenceau. “It is also important to exchanged in relation to industrial design. China is Design Society. do what you love and do it with passion.” a recent member of the World Trade Organization This seminal conference will open exchanges In addition to her teaching duties, Professor and has realized that industrial design can help them for U.S. industrial design students who want to Laurenceau has brought her research, which is create better products. study in China. Professors Terri Laurenceau and focused on human-digital modeling, to the Lorraine Justice, director and associate professor Kevin Reeder, also of Tech’s Industrial Design Industrial Design Program and the Center for of Georgia Tech’s Industrial Design Program, and Program, chaired panel sessions and presented Assistive Technology and Environmental Access Professor Yuyu Huang, Beijing University, initiated papers at the conference. (CATEA), where she is part of the newly granted $4.5 million project on workplace accommodation from NIDRR. Prior to teaching, Laurenceau practiced for New degree responds to growing importance of industrial design twenty-two years as a professional industrial designer. She worked as a product designer for Responding to an explosion in demand for profes- Global competitors realize this too. such companies as Kenner Toys, Hewlett Packard, sional designers, Georgia Tech launched a two-year “For example, China has recently positioned [itself] and Bausch & Lomb, as well as Arato Designs, an Master of Industrial Design (MID) degree, which to become a powerhouse of industrial design,” industrial design consulting firm in Ontario, began in the fall of 2002. The new graduate pro- Justice said. “At least 300 schools in China now Canada, where she resided for ten years. She also gram, approved by the Georgia Board of Regents in have industrial design programs. The United States owned and operated a small consulting design firm May of 2002, is the first such design degree offered will have to ramp up production of its own design- in Ontario prior to returning to the United States to among Georgia’s public universities and one of ers just to stay in the game. New programs like attend graduate school. only a handful offered in the Southeast. ours at Georgia Tech will help the nation compete Laurenceau received her Bachelor of Industrial “Our field is growing,” said Associate Professor globally in product design.” Design degree from Pratt Institute and Master of the Lorraine Justice, director of the Industrial Design Another force driving interest in design education Arts degree from Ohio State University. Program. “Job growth in industrial design continues is the need among a generation of designers— at a steady pace, and design programs throughout typically 35 and older—who earned bachelor’s the country are not producing enough designers to degrees in design but were not encouraged to pursue fill industry needs.” higher degrees because they were not necessary in Industrial designers create and develop new the economies of the recent past. concepts for, and specifications of, products and Justice said that, as the design field grows, this software systems that improve their function, value, generation of designers feels the need to pursue and appearance, with the goal being the mutual higher degrees to understand design research, benefit of users and manufacturers. Georgia Tech’s prepare themselves for the next twenty years of new MID degree option will provide future indus- their professional life and to become more skilled trial designers with a foundation in research that in new and specific areas, such as anthropometrics, emphasizes product development, interface design assistive technology, computer software, and design hardware and software, with a human-centered research methods. design philosophy, such as enhanced products for The Institute’s new MID degree addresses many everyone (universal design) or new devices that of these needs. Justice said that students with a assist the disabled (assistive technologies). bachelor’s degree in industrial design from a pro- “A lot of people see a master’s degree in industrial gram similar to that of Georgia Tech’s can complete design as a chance to be creative and still make a the new master’s degree program in two years. contribution to society through the everyday products Graduates will become competent designers, we use,” said Dean Thomas Galloway. “This new design researchers, and design managers in a degree option will be important for the economy, variety of industries, Justice said. The program also both in Georgia and throughout the nation, as profes- will benefit from interactions and advice from an sional designers play such a growing role in the advisory board that includes some of the country’s success of new and established goods and services.” top designers. There are several forces driving the demand for “We have an advisory board created in May industrial designers, Justice said. Among them is the 2000 that assists with curriculum advising and job fact that manufacturers and entrepreneurs increas- placement,” Justice said. “Some of the companies ingly see product design as a crucial element to represented on the Industrial Design Program This student project is called Airbeat their competitiveness in the marketplace, especially advisory board include BOLT, The Coca-Cola Co., and it is a wearable self-expressive music device that uses gestures. in the United States and Europe. Dell, General Mills, IBM, Motorola, NCR, Siemens, The project is an idea that combines music, gesture and bluetooth “When products are sold—often with a similar and Steelcase, among others.” technology, ergonomics, and form. The student studied a target group function and similar price—the only thing left to for habits and culture, the latest technology, and wearable technology that involved form, aesthetics, and ergonomics. compete with is good design, and a lot of compa- nies are beginning to use product designers,” Justice said. “Companies are realizing that they need designers to work with their engineers, manufacturers, and marketing people, because the designers can conceive of and visualize a product that doesn’t yet exist, or redesign an existing product, with the consumer in mind.”

This student project is a form study progression for a new mouse.

College of Architecture Newsletter 2003 9 Building Construction and Music News

Fifty years of women at Tech Building Construction spotlight: Brenda Stokes Saeid Sadri wins Distinguished BC Program welcomes Leadership Award from DBIA Kathy Roper

The response that Brenda Stokes received from her high school Dr. Saeid Sadri has been Last fall Kathy Roper mechanical drawing teacher when honored with the 2002 joined the Building she asked if she could take his Design-Build Institute Construction program class was, “Ladies don’t do such things.” However, of America (DBIA) faculty to teach graduate- Brenda proved that ladies do indeed do such things, Distinguished Leadership level classes in Facility even if it takes them a little more time. She received Award. The award recipi- Management and to her B.S. degree in Building Construction in 1998 at ents included five indi- conduct research. the age of 50. viduals and two political Roper’s work background Brenda is the daughter of a residential builder. jurisdictions that merited includes large-scale “I remember the blueprints spread out all over recognition for their com- strategic planning the house and playing in my dad’s toolbox,” mitment to promoting design-build as the project and project management in corporate real estate Brenda recalls. “I asked Dad questions about his delivery system of choice. and facility management. From 1998 to 2001, work all the time, and although back then there Sadri is the driving force behind the develop- Roper worked as Region Manager for Sprint weren’t any women in construction, he took my ment of the Integrated Project Delivery Systems Communications. When asked about her decision questions seriously.” graduate concentration area, and the Building to join Tech, Roper said, “This was a unique oppor- Although Brenda worked mainly administrative Construction program is delighted that his commit- tunity to advance the new profession of facility man- jobs while raising her two sons, she was still inter- ment and expertise have been recognized and agement. Georgia Tech is one of the few universities ested in getting her college degree. In the late honored by DBIA. In addition to his research to provide graduate training in this growing field, 1980s, Brenda had a revelation: “I woke up one and teaching efforts here at Tech, Sadri is also the and I’m excited to be a part of its evolution.” morning and said, ‘Hey, women are in construction president of Order Construction, Inc. Roper is impressed with the support Georgia now! I’m going to do that.’” She took courses at Tech has offered her to pursue professional interests, different schools and transferred to Tech in 1994. teaching, and research. “Since I am new to teach- Despite being an older undergraduate student, ing, I have joined the Class of 1969 Teaching Brenda says she felt very comfortable with the stu- Fellows to learn as much as possible and gain dents and faculty. “I made great friends with both,” insight and tips. The training opportunities and the she says. “The students made me feel accepted and Effective Teaching Retreat I attended have been encouraged at Tech, and the quality of teaching especially valuable—the Institute wants me to suc- was better than anything I’ve seen at other schools.” ceed and supports all my efforts, which is refreshing Since getting her degree in Building Construction, and encouraging.” Brenda has worked in Atlanta as a project engineer and is LEED-certified in sustainable design. At her 30-year high school reunion, she told the mechanical Music drawing teacher about her studies and her work. “He was proud of me,” she says, laughing. “Times have changed for both of us.” Detroit Chamber Winds conducts master classes at Georgia Tech

Members of the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings Touring activities have included appearances visited the Georgia Institute of Technology last throughout Michigan, Ohio, New York, Illinois, October as a part of the group’s educational tour of Texas, Colorado and New Mexico. To great critical the Atlanta area. acclaim, the ensemble has released four compact While at the Institute, chamber performers discs, three of which are on the Koch International conducted master classes for students in the Music Classics label. Department, where they discussed important aspects of ensemble performance. Educational programs are central to the mission of “The Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings are the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and today world-renowned musicians with numerous accolades they have a grant to pursue educational activities for to their credit,” said Assistant Professor Andrea the year from the National Endowment for the Arts. Strauss, director of bands for Georgia Tech. “This visit is a fantastic opportunity for our students because, The Atlanta residency of the Detroit Chamber not only do they get to experience their quality of Winds and Strings was made possible by: performance, but the students [also are] engaged in a hands-on encounter with some of the best musicians ■ The Georgia Tech Symphonic Band touring the country.” Andrea Strauss, Conductor The Georgia Tech Symphonic Band is one of ■ The Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble seven Atlanta organizations that worked together to Peter Witte, Conductor bring the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings—and its conductor, H. Robert Reynolds—to the city for ■ The Georgia State University Wind Symphony this residency. Robert Ambrose, Conductor Fifty years of women at Tech spotlight: In addition to their work with Atlanta-area music ■ The Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra students, the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings Teresa Thomas and Paula Stevenson Marilyn Seelman, Conductor; Sherry Roedl, performed works by Mozart, Kramer, and Krommer Executive Director This photo was printed in the September 23, 1954 for the public at Kennesaw Mountain High School. edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and was Set to open its twenty-first season, the Detroit ■ The Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony captioned “Director Ben Sisk Lends Ear to Chamber Winds and Strings has a simple goal: Scott Stewart, Conductor to perform great repertoire using more players than Trombonist Teresa Thomas, Flutist Paula Stevenson.” ■ The Atlanta Wind Symphony typically seen in chamber music concerts. Today, the Peter Witte, Conductor; Alan Wesa, Chairman Teresa Thomas and Paula Stevenson, two of the nine female chamber supplements its local subscription season students registered at GT in 1959, were the first female ■ members of the band. with both recording and touring, and it has estab- The Kennesaw Mountain High School Bands

Photo reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and lished a national reputation for artistic excellence. David Starnes, Director the Georgia Tech Archives. ■ The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Jere Flint, Conductor

10 College of Architecture Newsletter 2003 CATEA and AWPL News

CATEA to promote distance learning access for students impairments use computer software, accessible controls for operating manufacturing equipment, An increasing number of higher education institu- and work stations that can be used by employees tions are turning to distance learning to serve their while seated or reclined. students, according to the National Center for “We want to make sure that the results of this Education Statistics. However, most distance learn- project get in the hands of the greatest number of ing courses are limited in accessibility and pose people possible so that the gap between a person’s problems for full participation of students and capabilities and the demands of their environment instructors with disabilities. This will soon change. can be lessened,” said Milchus. “That includes The Southeast Disability and Business Technical showing designers how accessible features can be Assistance Center, a unit of the Center for Assistive incorporated into their mainstream workplace Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA) CATEA receives grant to help products so that all employees can benefit from within the College of Architecture, recently them and improve their productivity.” received a grant from the Office of Post Secondary empower people with disabilities For more information on CATEA, visit Education at the U.S. Department of Education for in the workplace http://www.catea.org or call 404.894.4960. a demonstration project to enhance access for stu- dents with disabilities to distance learning courses. Productivity in the workplace is not only related to “The exciting thing about this project is that we the skills of the individual, but also to the work- are not just going to make over a few distance place itself. Workplace environments that support, Joe Koncelik retires learning courses—our goal is to provide training enable, and adapt to the needs of all people, with and technical assistance that can improve distance or without disabilities, help to increase workplace After seven and a half years at Georgia Tech, education practices nationwide,” says Robert Todd, productivity. Joseph A. Koncelik retired in December 2002. Project Director for the grant. To enhance workplace productivity, the Center During his tenure at Tech, Koncelik served as Todd and his team will collaborate with two for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access director of CATEA, professor of Industrial Design, other centers at Georgia Tech: the Center for (CATEA) has been awarded a 5-year, $4.5 million and interim director of the Advanced Wood Distance Learning and the Center for Enhancement grant from the National Institute on Disability Products Laboratory. Koncelik’s research interest of Teaching and Learning. Georgia Tech faculty will and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to establish were in gerontological and geriatric aspects of receive training on accessible course design, and a national Rehabilitation Engineering Research human factors as applied to the design of special these core faculty members will be funded to make Center (RERC) on Workplace Accommodations. products and interiors, environmental evaluation, existing and new distance education programs In keeping with President Bush’s New Freedom and age-related human factors modeling research accessible to students with disabilities. Project staff Initiative to promote full access to community life integration with design process and the application will also work with the Georgia Tech Office for for all Americans, the primary objective of the of computing to the process. Students with Disabilities to raise awareness about RERC is to identify, design, and develop new assis- He earned his Bachelor of Industrial Design at the need for accessible distance education on tive devices and universally-designed technologies Pratt Institute in 1962 and his Master of Arts at the Georgia Tech campus for both faculty and that will enable all individuals, and particularly Stanford University in the combined program of Art students, and to evaluate the accessibility of the those with disabilities to achieve the greatest and Architecture and Mechanical Engineering in courses identified. degree of independence and integration in the 1963. He received a General Motors Scholarship in “While Georgia Tech will be used as an exam- workplace. Jon Sanford and Karen Milchus will 1961-62, a Harley J Earle Scholarship in 1962-63, ple of successful practices in accessible distance serve as co-principal investigators for the grant. a Fulbright/Hays Scholarship in 1965-66, and con- education, this information will be disseminated to “Universal design, the design of products and ducted postgraduate research at the Royal College of other educational entities nationwide, giving them environments to be usable by all workers to the Art, Great Britain, from 1965 to 1966. Koncelik was the tools they need to create their own accessible greatest extent possible, will be critical to the proj- the first American to attend the Royal College of Art. distance education courses,” says Todd. ect,” said Milchus. Koncelik was professor of Industrial Design at For more information on this project, Research projects at the RERC will evaluate Ohio State University from 1973 to 1995 and vice contact Robert Todd via e-mail at robert.todd@ existing workplace products and services, complete president for Research and Development for arch.gatech.edu. an archival study to identify factors that contribute Zoetech Corporation from 1990 to 1995. He was to successful or unsuccessful employment out- assistant professor, Department of Design and comes, and determine areas where further product Environmental Analysis at Cornell University, development is needed. from 1966 to 1973 and has authored seventy-four The project team will work with manufacturers publications, including two books. to develop new generations of universally designed Koncelik has been listed in Who’s Who in and accessible products for workers in offices, America since 1989 and received the IDSA manufacturing, retail/sales, service industry, and National Education Award in 1994 and the other environments. Initial projects will include Outstanding Research Award from Georgia Tech’s developing new tools to help people with visual College of Architecture in 2001.

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AWPL to update database on Georgia’s secondary wood products manufacturers

The College’s Advanced Wood Products Laboratory investigator. “These changes need to be docu- The 1999 Georgia Wood Using Directory identi- (AWPL) was recently awarded a research proposal mented to more accurately reflect the current fies secondary manufacturing activity in 158 of entitled “Survey and Database Update of Rural status of the industry.” 159 counties in the state of Georgia. The wood Georgia Secondary Wood Products Manufacturers” The database will be constructed after a two-tier using industries report update will aid efforts to by the Georgia Forestry Commission. survey of existing wood users is complete. AWPL focus economic development training activities The purpose of the project is to survey existing staff will contact known wood users to verify exist- through identification of high-tech training and wood manufacturers and users to update the ing information regarding their businesses. A follow- skills improvement associated with the technology Forestry Commission’s existing database. The AWPL up survey with selected manufacturers will be used employed by the industry in Georgia as we enter staff will verify manufacturers, identify new manu- to gauge the perception of the needs in the wood the twenty-first century. facturers, and describe the physical infrastructure products industry with emphasis on worker training The Georgia Forestry Commission, the Georgia and economic viability of the secondary wood prod- and re-training, product development, applicability Department of Agriculture Export Division, the ucts manufacturing industry in the State of Georgia. of CNC technology, and cooperative education of Georgia Department of Industry, Trade, and Tourism, “There have been a lot of changes to the future leadership in the industry. and the U.S. Forest Service fund this project. current manufacturing base in Georgia since 1999 AWPL’s mission is to support the economic For additional information, visit www.awpl.org or because of economic and market related events,” development of Georgia’s wood products industry, call Karl Brohammer at 404.463.2556. said Karl Brohammer, AWPL director and principal through training, demonstration and research.

College of Architecture Newsletter 2003 11 Continuing Education Schedule

A/E/C Workshops Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Workshops Everything You Wanted to Know About Senior Executive Business Series: Client Acquisition the Design and Construction Industry: and Business Development (ARCH-213) Essential Image Processing Techniques A Career Development Program ■ March 6, 2003 ...... $295 for GIS Professionals (CP-134) For Non-Technical Professionals (ARCH-201) 5.5 AIA LUs ■ March 20-21, 2003 or May 22-23, 2003 ■ February 10-12, 2003 (Arlington, VA) ...... $495 Course Fee ...... $795 ($695 for SMPS Members) AutoCAD 2000 Series: AutoCAD II (ARCH-166) ■ March 11,13,18,20, 2003 ...... $575 An Introductory Course in ArcGIS 8.2 (CP-135) AutoCAD 2000 Series: AutoCAD I (ARCH-147) 16 AIA LUs ■ March 27-28, 2003 or June 16-17, 2003 ■ February 11,13,18,20, 2003...... $575 ...... $495 Course Fee 16 AIA LUs ARE Review: General Structures and Lateral Forces (ARCH-159) Introduction to VBA Programming with ArcObjects Senior Executive Business Series: ■ March 15, 2003 ...... $195 (CP-136) Practice Management (ARCH-154) 7.5 AIA LUs HSW ■ June 18-20, 2003 ...... $800 Course Fee ■ March 3, 2003 ...... $295 6.5 AIA LUs ARE Review: Predesign (ARCH-203) Designing Geodatabases for GIS Applications ■ April 5, 2003 ...... $195 (CP-137) Senior Executive Business Series: 7 AIA LUs HSW ■ June 25-27, 2003 ...... $800 Finance Management (ARCH-155) ■ March 4, 2003 ...... $295 AutoCAD Series 2000: AutoCAD III (ARCH-148) 6.5 AIA LUs ■ April 1,3,8,10, 2003...... $575 For more information, contact 16 AIA LUs Carol Whitescarver at 404.894.1096 Senior Executive Business Series: or via e-mail at Avoiding Common Management Mistakes ARE Review: Mechanical and Electrical Systems [email protected]. (Half-day session) (ARCH-212) (ARCH-198) ■ March 5, 2003 (9:00am-12:00pm) ...... $150 ■ April 26, 2003 ...... $195 3 AIA LUs 7 AIA LUs HSW You can find a selection of our past Senior Executive Business Series: newsletters online at Managing Design Quality (Half-day session) ARE Review: Site Planning (ARCH-158) http://www.coa.gatech.edu/ ■ (ARCH-215) May 10, 2003...... $195 news/coanewslet.htm ■ March 5, 2003 (1:30pm-4: 30pm) ...... $150 7 AIA LUs HSW 3 AIA LUs HSW Career Discovery Program in Architecture (ARCH-117) ■ June 9-27, 2003 ...... $795 Course Fee

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