In the World

What the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine does for soft drinks, Monsieur does for cocktails. The brainchild of Barry Givens, ME 08, this Android-driven, robotic bartender was first conceived while Givens and his college friends were watching the NBA Finals at a restaurant in Atlanta several years ago. After placing an order for some cocktails before the more

Not all accounts of war dwell on courageous acts of heroism and self-sacrifice. Case in point: Jeff Clement’s recently published book The Lieutenant Don’t Know: One Marine’s Story of Warfare and Combat Logistics in Afghanistan details the nitty-gritty realities of a young officer entrusted to lead supply convoys across treacherous terrain where his vehicles and more

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

After graduating from Georgia Tech in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in applied biology, Amy Vertrees struggled to figure out just where she belonged. She applied to medical school during her senior year at Tech but grew cold feet. A brief stint in a PhD program didn’t take. Vertrees wound up working at a mortgage more