Seminar on Wireless Technology, Spectrum Allocation, and Telecommunications Regulation

Former FCC official Dr. Michael Marcus will be speaking on the spectrum policy regulatory pitfalls in getting new technologies to market on June 19th at the Centergy Building located in the Technology Square Research Park on the Georgia Tech Campus. The Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP), associated with Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy, and the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technologies (GCATT) are co-sponsors for this exciting and informative workshop.

The Center for Advanced Communications Policy and GCATT present:

Spectrum Policy for the Wireless Engineer: Avoiding Regulatory Pitfalls
in Getting New Wireless Technology to Market

Speakers: Dr. Michael Marcus and Anne Linton, Esq., Marcus Spectrum Solutions LLC

Two former FCC staffers, an engineer and a lawyer, will discuss the process of getting a new wireless product or service out of the lab and into the civil marketplace. For such technologies regulatory issues are just as real as Maxwell’s Equations. But unlike the famous four equations, policies can change if the change is realistic and you have allowed enough lead time.

Michael J. Marcus joined the Federal Communications Commission in 1979 where he worked for almost 25 years before retiring in March 2004. At FCC he initiated and directed pioneering efforts that resulted in the creation of the unlicensed bands used by Wi-Fi and other products, the world’s first rules for civil use of spread spectrum/CDMA, and the world’s first rules for civil use of frequencies greater that 55 GHz. He had a key role in the FCC’s Spectrum Policy Task Force and directed the preparation of the FCC’s recent cognitive radio proposals. He also directed the successful technical investigations into the “Captain Midnight” and “Playboy” satellite jamming incidents that both resulted in criminal convictions. In 2004 he was recognized as a Fellow of the IEEE “for leadership in the development of spectrum management policies.”

Anne Linton, Esq. is associated with Patton Boggs LLC after serving as a managing partner at Washington Federal Strategies, LLC, where she represented clients before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Departments of State, Health and Human Services (HHS), Transportation (DOT), Defense, and Education, as well as before elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, foreign telecommunications regulatory bodies, and other governmental organizations

Thursday, June 19, 2008, 3:30 pm - 5:00
Centergy Building, 85 Fifth St. NW, Atlanta GA, Room 5126

*Please register by Monday, June 16th to:
Jennifer.Moen@cacp.gatech.edu, or (404) 385-4614

Colloquium on Nuclear Weapons and Health

GTPRIND Colloquium
Georgia Institute of Technology
Cosponsored by the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program, G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapon Effects, and Nuclear Forensics

Doug Berning, Ph.D.
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Room 3201A
MS&E Building
11:00am to 12:00 noon

Abstract:
The presentation briefly covers the history of nuclear weapon testing. Then, using the National Planning Scenario as the basic scenario, the speaker will discuss the consequences of a mock detonation. Included in this discussion are primary and secondary nuclear weapon effects, the impact on the community infrastructure, and health effects. Finally, the speaker will discuss nuclear forensics in relation to the described scenario.

Biosketch:
Doug Berning received his Ph.D. in Chemistry with an emphasis in radiochemistry in 1997 from the University of Missouri – Columbia. His dissertation focused on the development of water-soluble phosphines and their reactions with various radionuclides and biomolecules for applications in nuclear medicine. He then worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on the development of catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. In July 2000, he accepted a Director’s Post-doctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he worked on a variety of projects including the reduction of technetium-99 in simulated Hanford tanks and the coating of hard magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications. From 2002 to 2005, after converting to a Technical Staff Member in the Chemistry division Dr. Berning was the team leader for radiochemistry group who supported various nuclear forensics programs. In 2005, he accepted a position in the Nuclear Nonproliferation division to support and lead projects related to community preparedness and consequence management of a nuclear incident. He also joined a National Technical Nuclear Forensics program team that will respond to a terrorist event involving radioactive material (dirty bomb or nuclear device). He now serves as the deputy for the team. Recently, he moved to the International Applied Technology division where he has served as a subject matter expert in other programs such as, the Nuclear Assessment Program, Sentry, and SNIPER. In addition to nuclear related projects, Doug has worked on chemical and biological weapon programs as well as, writing papers on potential threats to homeland security. He has published over 20 papers in peered reviewed journals and has four patents for biomedical related processes.

Refreshments will be served. For further information, please contact Professor Nolan Hertel
at (404) 894-3601 or nolan.hertel@me.gatech.edu.

Biotechnology Policy Forum

The Biotechnology Policy Forum would like to announce our upcoming seminar on Wednesday, June 11th at 4:00pm:

“Control and Elimination of Tropical Diseases”

When: Wednesday, June 11th at 4:00pm
Where: Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience (IBB) Suddath Symposium, Room 1128
Directions: http://www.ibb.gatech.edu/visitors/

The Carter Center Health Programs support the control, elimination or eradication of six major neglected tropical diseases. Each of these six diseases will be described and The Carter Center’s efforts against the diseases will be explained. Gaps in the current control strategies that limit the elimination or eradication of each disease will be identified. As program epidemiologist, Mr. King provides scientific support to the Center’s trachoma program. Mr. King comes to The Carter Center with seven years of applied public health experience from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Through CDC and the International Trachoma Initiative, he helped research integration between the global programs to eliminate lymphatic filariasis and blinding trachoma. In addition, Mr. King served as resident epidemiologist for the American Samoa Department of Health. He received the 2002 PHPS Award for Distinguished Service and Achievement. He holds a degree in Applied Biology at Georgia Institute of Technology and obtained a Master of Science in Public Health in epidemiology from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

Congratulations Spring 2008 GRADUATES

CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who earned their Bachelor of Science in Public Policy on May 3rd, 2008.

Ed Bolian- Honor

Margaret Burgess- Highest Honors

Connor Carolan-Tolbert- Honor

Taylor Chapman- High Honor

Laura DeMichelis

Hillary Lipko- High Honor

Brian Lynch- High Honor

Amanda McCallum- Highest Honors

Natalie McGee- Honor

Amanda Mueller- Honor

Reid Samuel

 

Seniors-Honors Cords for Commencement

The Ivan Allen College has purchased honors cords for commencement for all students graduating with honors.  You can get these from Beverly Paul or Shannon Dobranski the morning of commencement as they will be lining up all IAC students this year.

Don’t make these mistakes with your curriculum- You should read!!!!

Check to make sure you are not making any of the following mistakes in your curriculum. I am running into some of these recently and thought I should send out a reminder.

1. Cannot get credit for both POL 1101 AND INTA 1200.

2. Cannot take ECON 2100. If you transferred into PUBP with it, we have already spoken about what you will have to do.

3. Cannot take MATH 1712 Survey of Calculus and MATH 1501 Calculus I

4. Cannot get credit for course taken to complete six hour Science, Computing or Engineering requirement unless it’s already on approved list or you get it approved by Elizabeth Miller BEFORE YOU take it.

5. Courses registered for as “AUDIT” credit do not count towards your degree at all.

I am sure I am missing some others, so when in doubt- ask your Advisor.

PUBP needs GT1000 Team Leaders!

GT1000 Freshmen Seminar Team Leaders provide a vital service for first year students new to college and to Georgia Tech. Experienced students can make the difference between success and struggle for first year students.  Volunteers are needed to teach sections of GT1000 Freshman Seminar for Fall 2008. Visit http://www.beateamleader.gatech.edu/ to learn more about how you can become a TL this Fall.

Richard Barke will be teaching the PUBP section of GT1000 and it would be great to have PUBP majors working with him.

Workshop on Original Policy Research

FRIDAY, APRIL 18
11:00AM – 12:00PM ***WORKSHOP ON ORIGINAL POLICY RESEARCH***
By: Carolyn Fonseca, Ph.D. candidate, School of Public Policy
Title: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Concerning Mail survey Research: Results and Lessons of a Contingent Valuation Survey”
Refreshments will be served.
All are welcome Location: D.M. Smith Community Room – basement

ADVANCE Leadership Project Presentation

Wednesday, April 16, 11:30AM – 1:00PM ***WST CENTER PRESENTS BARBARINO & LEGGON*** The Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology presents Gilda Barbarino, Biomedical Engineering, and Cheryl Leggon, Public Policy, ADVANCE Leadership Project. Please RSVP to carol.colatrella@lcc.gatech.edu Location: President’s Suite C, Bill Moore Student Success Center

Think and Drink Event-Roosevelt Institute

Hello I’m the Chapter Head at GT Roosevelt Institution and I’m very pleased to announce that we’re organizing the “Think and Drink” Event as our first campus wide event at Georgia Tech. Policy affects all spheres of careers that most of us will go on to pursue - especially law, business and government professions.

I think this will be a great opportunity for like minded students to network and share their own ideas with each other. Here’s a short description of what the event is about:

Wait, What’s that About?

The Roosevelt Institution @ Georgia Tech invites you to come to this open forum event and engage in a lively yet informative discussion on relevant public policy issues. To ensure a centered discussion takes
place, facts on these issues will be provided and the discussion will be loosely moderated. Come prepared with own research or studies to back your claims, gloves will come off. Voice your opinion and learn from others.

A brief video or presentation introduction to these topics will be given to jumpstart the discussion.

Topics of interest include:
Health Care
Gas Prices
Recession
Legalization of drugs
Deficits
Trade
Iraq
Iran

When? Thursday, April 17th 2008 at 8pm
Where? IC 107
Don’t miss out on this stimulating exchange of public policy ideas and beverages!

Shikha Choudhury
Community Advisor - North Avenue Apartments
President - GT Roosevelt Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology