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Engineering & Physical Sciences: Engineering & Computer Science
- The University’s Rainmakers (Spring 2009)
The Technology Commercialization Office helps make technology such as the Student Accommodation Management System, developed by the UGA Alternative Media Access Center, widely available. - Big BIRC On Campus (Spring 2007)
UGA’s Bioimaging Research Center seeks to illuminate the workings of human (and animal) mind and matter. - Bringing It All Back Home (Winter 2007)
UGA engineering students apply their skills to projects in Africa aimed at helping the very poor earn their own living. - When Dotcoms Succeed (Fall 2006)
Rick Watson, who studies the Internet's effect on businesses, recently published a case study describing the principles of online commercial success. - Turning Timber Into Black Gold (Summer 2006)
UGA researchers help refine the products and byproducts of farms and forests into ecologically sound alternatives to fossil fuels. - Artificial Intelligence Learns When Beer Sells (Fall 2005)
Neural networks can accurately forecast sales by predicting spikes in the supply and demand of everything from beer to yogurt. - Big Machine on Campus (Summer 2005)
UGA's new Research Computing Center stores more information and processes it faster. - Virtual Vaudeville (Spring 2004)
Theater scholars and computer specialists are creating online performances in a virtual 19th century vaudville theater. - Animation Breakthrough (Summer/Fall 2003)
Specialized computer hardware makes interactive computer animations even more realistic. - Scientific Sleuthing (Summer 2001)
You should see what Christopher Romanek can do with a little whale baleen and some wood stork feathers. - Picture Perfect (Winter 2000)
Lanny Webb mixes traditional photography with computer technology to create a truly 21st century form of art. - Scanning Foods (Winter 2000)
UGA researchers adapt CAT scan medical technology to identify the bumps and bruises of produce. - Warfare Online (Summer 1999)
UGA psychology professor is developing a decision-making simulator to train flight crews for the military's premier surveillance aircraft. - Feathering Their Tests (Fall 1998)
With just one feather, researchers can tell where a wood stork lives, what it eats and its level of mercury contamination. - Computing Infinity (Spring 1998)
Jon Carlson tackles the complex variables of computer algebra. - Crystallized View of Life (Winter 1997)
UGA scientists crystallize proteins and bombard them with x-rays to learn more about their structures and functions. - A Prescription for Paperwork (Winter 1997)
Amit Sheth is developing technology that will help hospitals share information over the Internet. - A Seamless Edit (Winter 1997)
Film maker and artist James Herbert applies digital technology to edit his latest film. - A Sharper Focus on Antiquity (Summer 1997)
Cameras and computers help Ted Lewis reconstruct a 3,400 year-old history written in the world's oldest alphabet. - A Clearer Picture for Preservation (Summer 1995)
Scientists are creating a computerized map of Florida's fragile wetlands to help protect their precarious future. - The GIS Landscape (Summer 1995)
At UGA's Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science, a geographic information system (GIS) is mapping much more than roads. - Digging into Dirtless Dirt (Summer 1994)
UGA horticulturists help take the guesswork out of soilless soils. - Pick a Number
Any Number (Fall 1993)
Computer simulations devour up to a million random numbers a second. A chance discovery by UGA and IBM scientists points to problems with some random number generators that fuel those simulations. - Artificial
Intelligence--Authentic Innovation (Spring 1993)
An electric assembly of university scientists is teaching computers to learn from their own mistakes and answer questions computers never faced before. - Predicting the Effects of Toxic Chemicals (Spring 1992)
Computer simulation models may predict chemicals' toxic effects. - Wood Curls (Spring 1992)
A new packing material that's safe for people and the environment.