{"387651":{"#nid":"387651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"High Profile Visits Put GTMI and Manufacturing in the Spotlight","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was a popular destination site for a number of VIPs during March. First, President Barack Obama visited campus and wowed a crowd of nearly 10,000 students, faculty, staff and others. His speech was primarily about making post-secondary education more affordable, but he also gave a shout out to advanced manufacturing and Georgia Tech\u0027s involvement in the program. (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/news\/white-house-releases-georgia-tech-influenced-national-manufacturing-roadmap\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to read more about AMP. Go to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/students-pack-mccamish-presidential-pep-talk\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethis link\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to view a video of the President\u0027s speech. At mark 6:30 you will hear his comment on AMP.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJoining the President for his visit to Georgia Tech was Admiral James A. \u0022Sandy\u0022 Winnefeld, Jr., Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Later in the day, Adm. Winnefeld toured the\u0026nbsp;Advanced Orthotics and Prosthetics Manufacturing Lab on 14th Street\u0026nbsp;to see the work GTMI researchers are doing to help veterans.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChuck Zhang of GTMI said the Admiral\u0027s interest was piqued by the project called, \u0022Socket Optimized for Comfort with Advanced Technologies,\u0022 or SOCAT. The project includes work to create a socket for amputees\u0027 prosthetics that is partially 3D printed and has sensors to detect and control temperature, swelling and other factors that can cause discomfort for the amputee. The Admiral, who is a Georgia Tech graduate, was interested to hear about how 3D printing technologies were being used and how the sensors were incorporated into the design.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFriday, March 13 brought another visitor to campus and to GTMI.\u0026nbsp;German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited GTMI and faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) department. After a short presentation on research at GTMI and ISyE, they German delegation toured labs at GTMI.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"GTMI and Manufacturing on the Minds of VIPs: President Obama, Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James Winnefeld, and German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"President Obama, Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James Winnefeld, and German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier had manufacturing on their minds while visiting GT recently."}],"uid":"28069","created_gmt":"2015-03-13 16:32:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:55","author":"Laura Day","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-04-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-04-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"394061":{"id":"394061","type":"image","title":"German Delegation 1","body":null,"created":"1449246346","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:25:46","changed":"1475895110","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:50","alt":"German Delegation 1","file":{"fid":"75625","name":"fisp1040456.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fisp1040456.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fisp1040456.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":706920,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fisp1040456.jpg?itok=VQGyeR93"}},"394071":{"id":"394071","type":"image","title":"German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited GTMI and faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) department.","body":null,"created":"1449246346","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:25:46","changed":"1475895110","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:50","alt":"German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited GTMI and faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) department.","file":{"fid":"75626","name":"germanyvisit.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/germanyvisit.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/germanyvisit.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61646,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/germanyvisit.jpg?itok=tvOL4t63"}},"394081":{"id":"394081","type":"image","title":"German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited GTMI and faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) department.","body":null,"created":"1449246346","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:25:46","changed":"1475895110","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:50","alt":"German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited GTMI and faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) department.","file":{"fid":"75627","name":"2germanyvisit.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2germanyvisit.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2germanyvisit.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":60727,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2germanyvisit.jpg?itok=rqFdD9MM"}}},"media_ids":["394061","394071","394081"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/students-pack-mccamish-presidential-pep-talk","title":"Students Pack McCamish for Presidential Pep Talk"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.manufacturing.gatech.edu\/news\/white-house-releases-georgia-tech-influenced-national-manufacturing-roadmap","title":"Information on AMP"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.iienet2.org\/industrialengineer\/Details.aspx?id=36989","title":"Article on SOCAT"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/bios\/navybio.asp?bioID=422","title":"Information on Admiral Winnefeld"}],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14300","name":"AMP"},{"id":"112071","name":"Georgia Tech Manufactuing Institute"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"169548","name":"SOCAT"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Reilly, APR\u003Cbr \/\u003EGTMI Marketing Communications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.reilly@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.reilly@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.reilly@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}