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The uses of failure, the art of invention, the hugeness of nanotech—and more.
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In 1990, when the Alumni Magazine listed Tech’s greatest inventors, Glen P. Robinson Jr., Phys 48, MS Phys 50, earned a prominent spot on the list. The article, titled “Dream Makers,” listed Robinson as having 35 patents in solar energy, antenna systems and energy management. Robinson died Jan. 16 in Atlanta. He worked up until more
A football star at Georgia Tech and in the NFL, Larry Morris, IM 55, died Dec. 19 in Austell, Ga. Following his death, his family provided his brain to a center at Boston University that is researching the brains of former football players to understand degenerative brain disease and the long-term impacts of concussions. Morris’ bruising more
After crossing paths on campus during their shared time in the School of Aerospace Engineering, Andy Calloway, AE 89, and James Hudson, MS AE 90, reunited at NASA, where they both work on the Messenger Mission. Calloway serves as the mission operations manager, and Hudson is the guidance control analyst. “Every day is different, and more
James O. Ellis, MS AE 70, and John R. Huff, CE 68, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Ellis is the president and chief executive officer for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Atlanta and serves on the board of directors of Lockheed Martin. He is a retired four-star admiral and former more
Jan List Boal, ME 54, MS AMath 54, not only graduated first in his class at Tech, he also concurrently earned the Institute’s first-ever master’s of science degree in mathematics. Boal died on Jan. 16 in Atlanta. He went on to earn his PhD in math from MIT and taught the subject at the University more
