The Atlanta Business Chronicle recently profiled Atlanta’s 100 most influential people, as selected by the editors of the paper.

30 Under 30: Doing Better Chemistry Through Quantum Mechanics
Scientific American

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Gulf Power Company is getting a new president.  Stan Connally (BSME '93 and Woodruff School Advisory Board member), a senior vice president at Georgia Power, will be the company’s 16^th president, succeeding Mark Crosswhite who has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer of Southern Company, Gulf Power’s parent firm.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"519","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","style":"width: 127px; height: 192p

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The DOE has announced the winners of the SunShot Concentrator Solar Power (CSP) Research and Development Awards for 2012.  Drs.

The DOE has announced the winners of the SunShot Concentrator Solar Power (CSP) Research and Development Awards for 2012.  Drs.

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David received the award from the ASME Computers & Information in Engineering Division.  This award was presented at the ASME DETC/CIE Conference held August 12-15 in Chicago, IL.  David has been recognized for his demonstrated ability for making significant contributions to the discipline of computers and information in engineering.

Andrés García, PhD, was awarded the Clemson Award for Basic Research at the 2012 World Biomaterials Congress this week in Chengdu, China. The Society for Biomaterials is a national society which promotes advances in all phases of materials research and development by encouragement of cooperative educational programs, clinical applications, and professional standards in the biomaterials field. Each year, the Society for Biomaterials solicits nominations for outstanding work for three different Clemson Award categories.