Alumni Magazine - Fall 2008 - (Page 14) TECHNOTES Wood turner Matt Moulthrop created a unique bowl from the more than 75-year-old elm that had to be removed from the Alumni House garden. Photo: Eric Turner Basil Garden Bowl The Alumni Association now has a beautiful reminder of the giant elm that formerly graced the Basil Garden. The elm, more than 75 years old, was damaged so badly during a summer 2007 thunderstorm that it had to be taken down. Matt Moulthrop, MBA 04, was commissioned to create a one-of-a-kind wood-turned bowl from a limb of the huge tree. The completed bowl, weighing more than 30 pounds, now has a temporary home in the office of Alumni Association president Joe Irwin. “Red Slippery Elm Globe” stands 16.5 inches high and is 22.5 inches in diameter. The dark red circle on the bowl is actually bark from the tree. An inscription reads: “From the Basil Garden, commemorating the Georgia Tech Alumni Association 100-year anniversary, 2008.” Moulthrop is a third-generation wood turner. Moulthrop bowls are in galleries and museums around the world. Edward Moulthrop, the first generation of family wood turners, taught architecture and physics at the Institute in the 1940s. Engineers Create Artificial Bone Engineers at Georgia Tech have used skin cells to create artificial bones that mimic the ability of natural bone to blend into other tissues such as tendons or ligaments. The artificial bones display a gradual change from bone to softer tissue rather than the sudden shift of previously developed artificial tissue, providing better integration with the body and allowing them to handle weight more successfully. The research appears in the August 26 edi- 14 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Fall 2008
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.