Articles By: Roger Slavens

  • ‘Getting In’ Harder Than ‘Getting Out’?

    ‘Getting In’ Harder Than ‘Getting Out’?

    With the number and quality of applicants steadily increasing, the competition for freshman admission has never been higher at Georgia Tech. In fact, in sheer statistical terms, it’s harder to “get in” than it is to “get out.” With the 2015 college application season now well underway, the Alumni Magazine asked Rick Clark, director of more

  • Power Players

    Power Players

    High-ranking and influential Georgia Tech alumni and faculty—as well as the Institute’s good friend Ernest Moniz, the U.S. Secretary of Energy—weigh in on the state of the energy industry and its future in this exclusive Alumni Magazine roundtable. Energy Roundtable Participants Dr. Rafael Bras is Georgia Tech’s provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, a professor in more

  • Dollars & Sense: Ken Muncy

    Dollars & Sense: Ken Muncy

    Ken Muncy, IE 82, will be the first to tell you that he’s no designer. But he knows far more than most about a critical step in the design process—one that innovators often overlook—and that’s how to protect your design work with a patent. As a principal at renowned intellectual property law firm Muncy, Geissler, more

  • Tech By Design

    Tech By Design

    An engineering maestro who orchestrates technical innovation for one of the world’s most iconic automakers. An Internet interaction expert who helps make Google go. A much-beloved interior designer dedicated to bringing affordable style to the masses. These are just a few examples of Georgia Tech alumni making an indelible impact in the world of design. more

  • Making Movie-Set Magic

    Making Movie-Set Magic

    It’s likely that more people have seen the buildings Justin O’Neal Miller, Arch 05, helped design than have witnessed the work of the world’s top architects. The major difference, however, is that his constructions aren’t exactly real. Miller has served as a set designer and art director for several major film and TV productions, including more