The Tongue Drive System, developed at Georgia Tech, is being tested at Atlanta's Shepherd Center and is giving users more independence.

This article was written by John D. Cressler for the July/August 2011 issue of IEEE Potentials.

ECE Ph.D. student Roozbeh Tabrizian won the Outstanding Paper Award at the 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (Transducers 2011).

ECE Ph.D. student Jiun-Hong Lai won the Best Student Paper Award at the 37th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference.

Jennifer E. Michaels has been named interim associate chair for ECE Undergraduate Affairs, effective July 1.

ECE Ph.D. student Chris Coen was chosen for the inaugural NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship Program.

ECE Ph.D. student Greg Droge has been awarded the SMART scholarship, given by the U.S. Department of Defense.

The Georgia Tech-Savannah Robotics Team and ECE Assistant Professor Fumin Zhang won the Martin Klein MATE Mariner Award on June 19 at the 10th MATE International ROV Competition.