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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 20, 2011
Georgia Tech Industrial Design junior Michael Vinson won "The Next Big Idea" Undergraduate Student Competition in the annual Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) for his 'Assembled Cooking Unit' designed around the needs of backcountry backpackers. Michael Vinson will give a presentation on Thursday April 21 at the College of Managment GSM Building Room 103. Registration is required at the PDMA website: http://www.pdma.org/events_detail.cfm?pk_event=805.
PDMA is the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals. Their mission is to improve the effectiveness of individuals and
organizations in product development and management. This is accomplished by providing resources for professional development, information, collaboration and promotion of new product development and management. Each year the Georgia PDMA sponsors a competition among universities and colleges in Georgia and surrounding states to foster and recognize outstanding graduate and undergraduate student papers about new product development topics.