Office Space

Al Merrill was 10 years old when he decided to become a scientist. Now a professor of biology and Smithgall Institute Chair in molecular cell biology at Georgia Tech, with degrees from Virginia Tech and Cornell, he holds tight to the sense of wonder that first drove him to raise tadpoles and tinker with chemistry more

In Steve Potter’s office, two motifs quickly emerge: robots and brains. It’s a fitting pairing. Potter is an associate professor of biomedical engineering and the director of the Institute’s Laboratory for NeuroEngineering, and his research focuses on the intersection of neuroscience and engineering. Among his most noteworthy projects is the Hybrot, a culture of rat more

Georgia Tech’s School of Applied Physiology moved into its digs in the Engineering Center building in March 2011, but they’re already having to make some adjustments to the space—and it’s a good problem to have. This fall, the master of science in prosthetics and orthotics program will welcome a class of 14, the largest in more

In 2007, Sarah Lorenzen, M Arch 97, associate professor of architecture in the College of Environmental Design at Cal Poly Pomona, moved into and began to restore an old house in Los Angeles. But it wasn’t some rickety Southern California bungalow—it was the VDL House, a glass-walled home constructed in 1932 by pre-eminent modernist architect more