题目：The Introduction of Georgia Institute of Technology
报告人：Gary S. May
时 间：10月23日（周二）下午 2:30 – 4:00
地 点：澳门太阳娱乐网站官网1号楼210大会议室
主持人：韩平畴
报告内容摘要：
The College of Engineering (COE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is the largest of the Institute’s six colleges, enrolling more than 60 percent of the students at Georgia Tech and about half of all tenured and tenure track faculty at the Institute. Ranked among the top ten engineering colleges in the world and among the top five in the United States, the COE offers more than 50 different degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels through its main Atlanta campus and satellite campuses around the world.
The College’s engineering education programs offer a diverse student body and faculty committed to excellence in teaching and research. Georgia Tech's College of Engineering has a strong international reputation, and as the largest engineering program, consistently ranks high among the major producers of engineering degrees awarded to all segments of the U.S. population.
As the largest U.S. College of Engineering, COE is an exemplary leader in engineering education, research, and service that anticipates, and meets, the needs of tomorrow's world. COE provides an educational experience that prepares graduates to be leaders in the profession. This talk will provide an overview of the college, as well as a brief introduction of its Strategic Plan for the future.
报告人简介：
Dr. Gary S. May is the Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In that capacity, he serves as the chief academic officer of the college and provides leadership to over 400 faculty members and to more than 13,000 students. The College of Engineering at Georgia Tech is the largest producer of engineering graduates in the United States. In the most recent rankings by U.S. News & World Report, Georgia Tech’s engineering program ranked fourth.
Prior to his current appointment, Dr. May was the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. At the conclusion of his leadership in 2011, graduate programs in electrical engineering and computer engineering each ranked sixth, the computer engineering undergraduate program also ranked sixth, and the electrical engineering undergraduate program ranked fifth. All of these rankings represented the highest in the history of the School up to that point.
Dr. May’s field of research is computer-aided manufacturing of integrated circuits. He has authored over 200 technical publications, contributed to 15 books, and holds a patent on that topic. He has also participated in the acquisition of over $49 million in research funding, and he has graduated 19 Ph.D. students. In 1993, Dr. May was named Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Young Alumnus, and in 1999, he received Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Service Award. Dr. May has won two international Best Paper Awards from IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing (1998 and 2000). In 2004, Dr. May received Georgia Tech’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, as well as the Outstanding Minority Engineer Award from the American Society of Engineering Education. In 2006, he received the Mentor Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2010, he was named the Outstanding Electrical Engineering Alumnus of the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. May is a Fellow of AAAS and the IEEE.