Join us this holiday season as we reflect on what we’ve overcome this year and the bright future that’s ahead of us.

It’s a very different time on campus for both students and faculty at Georgia Tech. Classes are mostly remote, and if hybrid classes are offered, very few students show up in-person, opting instead for the safety of their dorm rooms. New methods of learning have forced professors to think outside the box, creating novel modes of teaching and virtual engagement, fully embracing their responsibility to deliver a top-ranked Tech education that students are so eager to receive. Here are four stories of classes that were successfully taught this semester, largely due to the care and commitment of the professors.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has been awarded a $2.2-million, three-year grant from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation to continue and expand the work of the 50K Coalition, a national effort to produce 50,000 diverse engineers annually in the United States by 2025.

The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation has established a $1 million endowment at the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering to support its faculty. This investment honors Courtney Clark Pastrick’s service on Vanderbilt’s Board of Trust from 2010 to 2020.

The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation has established a $1 million endowment at the School of Engineering to support its faculty. This investment honors Courtney Clark Pastrick’s service on Vanderbilt’s Board of Trust.

George Washington University has entered a new $3.2 million corporate research agreement with US Patent Innovations, LLC (USPI) to support further development of adaptive cold plasma devices for cancer therapies and explore using these devices to combat the spread of COVID-19.

This agreement is a continuation of a cooperation between Michael Keidar, a pioneer in cold plasma research and the A. James Clark Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Jerome Canady, a surgical oncologist and a trailblazer in low temperature hybrid and cold plasma technologies. Dr. Canady is also the Chief Science Officer at the Jerome Canady Research Institute For Advanced Biological and Technological Sciences (JCRI-ABTS), and CEO of Plasma Medicine Life Sciences (PMLS), a division USPI.

Who were A. James and Alice B. Clark and how were they connected to engineering?

While the world knows them as Jim and Alice Clark, I am lucky enough to call them ‘Dad’ and ‘Mom.’ My parents were married for nearly 65 years, and although my father died in 2015, I am blessed that my mother Alice is still with us today. During his career as an engineer and businessman, my father transformed a small, local construction company he joined as a field engineer in 1950 into Clark Construction Group, a large, nationally renowned company that exists today. As an engineer, my father loved to solve problems, and after he passed away, my mother and our family wanted to continue his legacy of generosity and investing in people.

While progress toward developing a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 infection continues to dominate conversations about the pandemic, international and multigenerational teams of engineers have come together once again through the National Academy of Engineering’s COVID-19 Call for Engineering Action to find creative solutions to myriad pandemic-related problems. Their ideas aim to combat misinformation, help people most at risk, and prevent the spread of the virus.

“More than 800 individuals have responded to the call, including NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program students and alumni, mid-career professionals associated with our Frontiers of Engineering program, and members of the National Academy of Engineering,” said John L. Anderson, president of the National Academy of Engineering, during the second pitch showcase of the Call for Engineering Action last week.