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

