Bernard Kippelen, a professor in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been named as a Joseph M. Pettit Professor, effective Sept. 1. This title was previously held by Mark G. Allen, who remains an ECE adjunct faculty member after accepting a research leadership post at the University of Pennsylvania. A member of the ECE faculty since 2003, Kippelen conducts research ranging from the investigation of fundamental physical processes to the design, fabrication...