Interdisciplinary Programs

 

The Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Research and Innovation oversees interdisciplinary research centers at Georgia Tech. Currently, there are more than twenty-five centers overseen either solely by the office or jointly between the office and a college. Each center is listed alphabetically below, along with the director's name and telephone number. For more information on each center, please contact either the number provided below or the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Research and Innovation at 404.894.8884.

Air Resources and Engineering Center (AREC)

Director: Armistead (Ted) G. Russell, 404.894.3079

Biomedical Interactive Technology Center (BITC)

Executive Director: Mark A. Clements, 404.894.4584

Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (ISS)

Director: John C. Crittenden, contact through the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Center for Biologically Inspired Design  (CBID)

Director: Jeannette Yen, 404.385.1596

Center for Computational Materials Science (CCMS)

Director: Uzi Landman, 404.894.3368

Center for Experimental Research in Computer Science (CERCS)

Director: Karsten Schwan, 404.894.2589

Center for Nanostructure Characterization (CNC)

Director: Zhong Lin (Z. L.) Wang, 404.894.8008

Center for Nonlinear Science (CNS)

Director: Predrag Cvitanovic, 404.385.2502

Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies (CPBIS)

Executive Director: Jacquelyn McNutt, 404.894.5733; Director: Patrick S. McCarthy, 404.894.4914

Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST)

Co-directors: Mary Frank Fox, 404.894.1818; Carol A. Colatrella, 404.894.1241; Mary Lynn Realff, 404.894.2496

Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT)

Director: Nikil S. Jayant, 404.894.7285

Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC)

Director: Joy Laskar, 404.894.5268

Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC)

Director: Mustaque Ahamad, 404.894.2593

Georgia Transportation Institute (GTI)

Director: Michael D. Meyer, 404.385.2246

Georgia Water Resources Institute (GWRI)

Director: Aris P. Georgakakos, 404.894.2240

Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (ILE)

Director: Terry Blum, 404.894.4924

Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST)

Interim Director: Ronald W. Rousseau, 404-894-2082

Interactive Media Technology Center (IMTC)

Executive Director: Mark A. Clements, 404.894.4584; Research Director: W. E. (Ed) Price, 404.894.3547

Manufacturing Research Center (MARC)

Director: Steven Danyluk, 404.894.9687

Microelectronics Research Center (MiRC)

Director: James D. Meindl, 404.894.5101

MRSEC: The Georgia Tech Center for New Electronic Materials

Director: Dennis W. Hess, 404.894.5922

Nanotechnology Research Center (NRC)

Director: James Meindl, 404.894.5101

Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)

Director: Robert M. Nerem, 404.894.2768

Physiological Research Laboratory (PRL)

Director: Laura O'Farrell, 404.385.6233

Specialty Separations Center (SSC)

Director: Charles A. Eckert, 404.894.7070

Strategic Energy Initiative (SEI)

Interim Director: Roger P. Webb, 404.385.4954

The Tennenbaum Institute (TI)

Director: William B. Rouse, 404.894. 2331