Andrew Gerber has stepped down from his position as Georgia Tech senior vice president and director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).
Lora Weiss, Regents researcher, deputy director, and chief technology officer at GTRI, has agreed to serve as the interim senior vice president and director of GTRI.
In this role, Weiss will report to the executive vice president for research and serve as a member of the president’s cabinet. Weiss has been at GTRI since 2006.
GTRI is the nonprofit, applied research division of Georgia Tech. It employs more than 2,000 people supporting eight laboratories in more than 20 locations around the country, and performs more than $350 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry.
Related News
News stories
Implantable and wearable medical devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, glucose monitors, nerve stimulators, and drug-infusion pumps are increasingly being used to improve human health. Researchers in GTRI's Medical Device Test Center are helping protect these devices from potential electromagnetic interference.
News stories
GTRI is leading the development of an integrated artificial intelligence response hub for Southwest Georgia to help communities streamline disaster management and logistics.
News stories
The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Human Systems Division recently announced the election of Stuart Michelson, Associate Division Chief in the Applied Systems Laboratory’s (ASL) Human Centered Engineering Division at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), as its new Chair. Since he arrived at GTRI in 2007, Stuart has developed a reputation as an international subject matter expert in Human Systems Engineering and human experience with unmanned systems.