{"53819":{"#nid":"53819","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2010 Marks 20th Anniversary for Georgia Tech Lorraine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs Georgia Tech approaches its 125\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\nanniversary in October, the Institute\u2019s campus in Metz, France, is already\nmarking a distinctive milestone: 20 years of technological education and\nresearch in an international setting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech-Lorraine (GTL),\nestablished as Tech\u2019s first international campus in 1990, started as a master\u2019s\ndegree program in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In two\ndecades, it has grown into much more than just a study-abroad experience and an\nenhancement to the Institute\u2019s International Plan, says GTL President Yves\nBerthelot.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201c[It] is a full-fledged Georgia\nTech campus, with fully integrated activities in undergraduate and graduate\neducation, research and technology transfer, including multi-million dollar\nresearch contracts and state-of-the-art facilities,\u201d said Berthelot, also a\nprofessor in the School of Mechanical Engineering. \u201cGTL is a full-fledged\npartnership between French and American institutions, and between Lorraine and\nGeorgia, which helps create opportunities for transatlantic R\u0026amp;D funding and\nbusiness development.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe campus shares a technology park\nwith several research agencies, enabling both graduate and undergraduate\nstudents to have research opportunities. Mechanical engineering, electrical and\ncomputer engineering and computer science students can work on their capstone\nprojects. \u201cThere are great opportunities for students to work and conduct\nresearch in a multidisciplinary field,\u201d said GTL communications officer John\nSchuman.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTL\u2019s 20\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E anniversary\ncelebration kicks off with prizes and giveaways at the Feb. 26 Georgia Tech women\u2019s\nbasketball game against the University of North Carolina. The game starts at\n6:30 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe French campus had a banner year\nin 2009, receiving a record number of applications for the popular summer\nstudy-abroad program. \u201cThis year, we have improved upon those numbers with more\nthan 300 applications and 220 students enrolled for summer 2010,\u201d Schuman said.\n\u201cWe also are expecting double the number of students for fall enrollment from\n2009.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTL enables a major international\ncollaboration between the Atlanta campus and the preeminent European research\nagencies, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), through the arm\nof the international mixed unit (UMI) here in the United States. \u201cThis fosters\nthe exchange of students, faculty and ideas that benefit the global Tech\nenterprise,\u201d Berthelot said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the coming year, GTL is\nprojected to increase the number of students in the master\u2019s program through\nthe support of fellowships with Michelin and Schlumberger. In June, Georgia\nTech and CNRS are expected to sign a four-year contract for the GT-CNRS UMI\nInternational Research Laboratory. \u201cWe are also working closely with French\nauthorities on the La Fayette Institute, a large-scale project\u2014a new building,\nclean room and research equipment\u2014for innovation and technology transfer in the\narea of optoelectronics, in cooperation with the Nanotechnology Research Center\nand the Enterprise Innovation Institute,\u201d Berthelot said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStarting in the fall, students will\nhave entr\u00e9e into China through GTL. \u201cWe\u2019ve also just launched a master\u2019s\nprogram for ECE students in conjunction with the Atlanta campus and\nGT-Shanghai,\u201d Schuman said. \u201cStudents would spend fall in Atlanta, spring in\nLorraine and the summer in Shanghai. At the conclusion of the 12-month program,\nthe students would not only earn a master\u2019s degree from Tech, but also enjoy a\ntruly global educational experience.\u201d And the program cost is anywhere from 20\nto 49 percent less than if the students had earned their master\u2019s degree on the\nAtlanta campus alone. In fact, one of the big draws for GTL is its\naffordability.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn June, President Bud Peterson\nwill visit the Metz campus for the first time, and in December the French\nconsulate in Atlanta will partner with Georgia Tech to host a two-week event in\nconjunction with fall commencement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe campus started as a School of\nElectrical and Computer Engineering master\u2019s degree program in 1990. Since\nthen, the campus has expanded to provide master\u2019s degrees in mechanical\nengineering and computer science. Students attending French institutions can\nalso earn a dual degree through GTL. In 2001, GTL began offering an\nundergraduate program. Today, more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate\nstudents and 100 faculty members have spent at least one semester on the Metz\ncampus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the immediate future,\nBerthelot says, GTL remains well-positioned for continued growth and success in\ninnovation, research and global education opportunities. \u201cMany consider GTL as\nthe model of what a U.S. technological research university presence in Europe\nshould be,\u201d Berthelot said. \u201cWe have created a node in the heart of Europe\nwhere Georgia Tech is plugged into a network of excellence in education and\nR\u0026amp;D.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Lorraine celebrates 20 years as a Georgia Tech campus in France","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Lorraine celebrates 20 years as a Georgia Tech campus in France"}],"uid":"27191","created_gmt":"2010-02-22 15:38:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:00","author":"Robert Nesmith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-02-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"53820":{"id":"53820","type":"image","title":"GT-Lorraine1","body":null,"created":"1449175327","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:07","changed":"1475894403","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:03","alt":"GT-Lorraine1","file":{"fid":"190078","name":"GT-Lorraine.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GT-Lorraine_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GT-Lorraine_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":566042,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GT-Lorraine_0.jpg?itok=K1WbNP_r"}},"53821":{"id":"53821","type":"image","title":"GT-Lorraine2","body":null,"created":"1449175327","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:42:07","changed":"1475894403","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:03","alt":"GT-Lorraine2","file":{"fid":"190079","name":"GT-Lorraine2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GT-Lorraine2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GT-Lorraine2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":287897,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GT-Lorraine2_0.jpg?itok=hY3uOAlz"}}},"media_ids":["53820","53821"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=53808","title":"GT-Lorraine 20th anniversary kick-off Feb. 26"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.GT-Lorraine.eu\/scholarships","title":"http:\/\/www.GT-Lorraine.eu\/scholarships"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.georgiatech-metz.fr\/","title":"Georgia Tech Lorraine"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1011","name":"Geoariga Tech-Lorraine"},{"id":"1012","name":"International Plan"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Schuman\u003C\/strong\u003E, Marketing and Communications, Georgia Tech Lorraine\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-1865\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}