Articles By: Jonathan Crowl

  • Building a Gas Pipeline Halfway Across the World

    Building a Gas Pipeline Halfway Across the World

    At Georgia Tech, Decie Autin studied and trained to be an engineer, not a community relations expert. But when ExxonMobil selected her in 2008 to be the supervising project executive for the construction of a major new liquid natural gas pipeline, Autin knew that to be successful, she’d have to work closely with local families more

  • Fueling Tech’s Student-Athletes

    Fueling Tech’s Student-Athletes

    Some days Leah Thomas is a delivery driver, loading milk, granola and other snacks into a golf cart and dropping the items off at team gyms and locker rooms across campus. On other days, she dons a chef’s hat and leads students through a cooking demo that teaches them practical skills for healthy living. And more

  • Flagging Down His Soccer Dreams

    Flagging Down His Soccer Dreams

    Corey Rockwell, IE 98, attended this summer’s World Cup as a spectator—and that suited him just fine. Though he would have loved to officiate games at soccer’s biggest event, after 10 years working for Major League Soccer in the United States, he thought going as a fan would be far less stressful. Then he got more

  • Designing Tiny Treatments <br />for Big Cancer

    Designing Tiny Treatments
    for Big Cancer

    Since his arrival on campus in 2004, molecular biologist and Tech Professor John McDonald has been hard at work developing new solutions and strategies for targeting and treating cancer. Some of his latest research concerns the use of nanoparticles to seek out and deliver treatments to ovarian cancer cells without damaging the body’s healthy cells. more

  • Fighter Pilot Mom

    Fighter Pilot Mom

    When her F/A-18 Super Hornet launches from the deck of a Naval aircraft carrier, Lt. Jenny Lentz Moore, AE 05, accelerates from 0 to 150 mph in about 2 seconds. And that’s the best part of her job. The worst part? When she has to land the fighter plane back on the carrier. “But only more