Alumni Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 10) >>> “ INQUOTES ” “ — Orson Swindle, IM 59 John has cheated death again. who for two years shared a North Vietnamese prisoner of war cell with John McCain, after polls showed the Arizona senator and presidential candidate would win the New Hampshire primary, in The Wall Street Journal It’s a place for biologists, chemists, engineers and architects to learn to talk to one another — and they normally don’t. — Jeannette Yen director of the Center for Biologically Inspired Design at Georgia Tech, about the interdisciplinary process of biomimicry, designing products that imitate nature, in The Wall Street Journal “ “ Long term, a transplant of the heart is not necessarily going to be the preferred therapy. I think there may be more interest in repair of the heart. — Robert Nerem director of Tech’s bioengineering institute, on researchers growing a beating rat’s heart, in the Minneapolis Star Tribune It was ridiculous! I’m not really sure how he got our shirts, but we’re not complaining. — Daniel Barbalho, ID 03 co-owner of Esperanza Clothing Co., on “American Idol” contestant Michael Johns wearing the Atlanta-based firm’s T-shirts on the show and the ensuing spike in visits to its Web site, in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution It’s very, very hard to make games in the best of circumstances, and a university is never the best of circumstances. — Ian Bogost a video game researcher and designer and assistant professor at Georgia Tech, in Technology Review “ Animals teach us how to connect on a basic level and reconnect with ourselves. — Megan Blake, Psy 81 a contributing writer, cohost and producer of “Animal Attractions TV,” a PBS show renewed for a second season, in Atlanta magazine “ “ They say be careful what you ask for. — Bucky Johnson retired Georgia Tech band director, at the swearing-in ceremony as the newly elected mayor of Norcross, Ga., in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution It’s like plucking a string, and the sound can tell you about the elastic properties of the muscle. Photo: NASA — Karim Sabra an assistant professor in mechanical engineering who measures the sound of healthy muscles to create baseline information that could be used to diagnose muscular disease or injuries, on americanscientist.org Really, honestly, this is one of the few jobs I’ve ever had where it’s an absolute joy to wake up in the morning and come back to work. — Alan Poindexter, AE 86 co-pilot of Atlantis, which carried a seven-member crew into space in February for an 11-day mission, on NASA.gov This is geek chic. Our students are getting sexy jobs. Computer science is the new sexy. — Giselle Martin who directs student recruitment for the College of Computing, on insidehighered.com “ 10 Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Spring 2008 http://americanscientist.org http://insidehighered.com http://NASA.gov
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