Declercq Selected as European Union PromoDoc Ambassador

The Institute of International Education (IIE) has selected Nico Declercq, Associate Professor of Acoustics and Dynamics in Georgia Tech’s Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, as one of twenty-five ambassadors of the PromoDoc initiative. PromoDoc is a project funded by the European Commission within the framework of the Erasmus Mundus program focusing on the promotion of European higher education at the doctoral level.

Dr. Mohammed Cherkaoui, Lead Investigator Earning NSF Award

The National Science Foundation (NSF), in support of the multi-agency, federal Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), has granted the first awards for the Desinging Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program. The NSF invested over $12M in 22 grants in support of 14 distinct DMREF projects intended to yield a range of new developments, including Dr.

Georgia Tech Formulates Plan for Complete College Initiative

When Gov. Nathan Deal announced the Complete College Georgia initiative in August 2011, he challenged each of the state’s public higher education institutions to develop plans for increasing the number of postsecondary graduates. One year later, the Institute is aligning with the governor’s vision, producing a document that starts with data analysis as a foundation for improving undergraduate student success at Georgia Tech.