MSPO Grad Student tapped to write  column in The O&P EDGE
Kristin Carnahan, a second-year  student in the master of science in prosthetics and orthotics (MSPO) program, will be sharing her experiences through articles in The O&P EDGE  throughout the rest of her two-year program.(read her first installment...)

Microsensors Measure Water & Air Pollutants
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a miniature sensor that uses polymer membranes deposited on a tiny silicon disk to measure pollutants present in aqueous or gaseous environments. An array of these sensors with different surface coatings could be used during field-testing to rapidly detect many different chemicals.( full story... )

Tropical Cyclone Sidr - Bangladesh's extreme vulnerability
EAS Professor Peter Webster, who has been involved with climate research and forecasting applications in the region,  discusses storm surge in Bangladesh from recent Cyclone Sidr. (watch the video...)

Recent Awards & Honors
Four Georgia Tech faculty members were named American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows for 2007,  Dr. Yuri Bakhtin, in Math, received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award, and 5 math faculty were honored for NSF approval of their MCTP proposal aimed at improving math skills of undergraduate and highschool students.  (full story... )