Contact Information:
The following staff can be reached by email at:
Maria Pinto – Maria.pinto@ibb.gatech.edu
Stephanie Suddith – Stephanie.suddith@gatech.edu
Victoria Nail-Taylor – Victoria.nail-Taylor@gatech.edu
Monday, April 3
Attire:
Please wear business formal for the site visit. Proper attire includes a tie for men and dress or slacks/skirt with nicer blouse for ladies.
The trainee event and keynote speaker at the meeting will take place in Petit Institute (IBB) Suddath Seminar Room. The address is 315 Ferst Drive, NW, Atlanta, GA 30332. If you enter the building from Atlantic Drive (road covered in brick), you will be in the main lobby and the Suddath Room (1128) will be on your left. Following our keynote, there will be a team dinner at 5:30 pm at Hudson Grille followed by a trainee/industry networking event. The address is 941 Peachtree Street Northeast, Atlanta, GA, 30308.
Attire for Monday is business casual.
Tuesday, April 4
Attire:
Please wear business formal for the site visit. Proper attire includes a tie for men and dress or slacks/skirt with nicer blouse for ladies.
Location:
The majority of the meeting will take place in The Krone Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB). The address is 950 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332. If you enter the building from Atlantic Drive (road covered in brick), you will be in the main lobby and the CHOA presentation room (1005) will be just inside the door on your left. Please note: this section of Atlantic Drive is a pedestrian only road and not open to car traffic. The Krone Building is located at the south-west corner of Atlantic Drive NW and 10th Street NW. A campus map can be viewed at: http://map.gatech.edu/. If taking a taxi or Uber the best address to give the driver is 353 Peachtree Place NW, Atlanta, GA 30318.
Lunch and Poster Session Location:
The lunch and poster session will take place in the atrium of the Marcus Nanotechnology Building. The address is 345 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30332. The Marcus Nanotechnology Building is located at the northwest corner of Atlantic Drive NW and Ferst Dr. A campus map can be viewed at: http://map.gatech.edu/
Parking:
If you are driving a car to the Georgia Tech campus, the most convenient visitor parking lot is the North Campus Parking Deck (W23/Visitor Area 5) located at 911 State Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318. This parking deck is accessed from State Street. If you walk out of the parking deck to Atlantic Drive NW (opposite side from State Street), the Marcus Nanotechnology Building is just up the hill (to the right) from the parking deck, the Petit Institute (IBB) is just up the hill (to the left) and the Krone Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB) is adjacent to the parking deck (to the left).
A map of visitor parking lots can be viewed at: http://pts.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/documents/map_20_visitor_cs6.pdf
Hotel Guests:
If you are staying at the Georgia Tech Hotel, the Tech Trolley stops on 5th Street near Moe’s (across the street from Amazon.) If you get on at Moe’s, you will get off at the 4th stop just past Atlantic Drive. Upon exiting the Trolley, you will be directly in front of the Marcus Nanotechnology Building. The Petit Institute (IBB) is to the right of the Marcus Nanotechnology Building. The Krone Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB) is down the hill if you walk down the red brick road, EBB will be on the left at the bottom of the hill just past the parking deck. A map of the trolley route can be viewed at: http://pts.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/documents/trolley-rambler-map.jpg
Wednesday, April 5
Location:
The Deans Council will have a private breakfast meeting with the site visit team at 7:30am. This meeting will take place at the Krone Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB) Room 3029. The address is 950 Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332. If you enter the building from Atlantic Drive (road covered in brick), you will be in the main lobby, go straight past the staircase and the elevators are on the left. Take the elevator to the 3rd floor, make a right off the elevator and room 3029 will be on the right.
The entire CMaT Executive Committee and Thrust/Ted-Bed leaders will meet with the site visit team at 8:30am. This meeting will take place in the main presentation room EBB 1005.
Map:
Here is a map with key landmarks:
Transportation options to/from the airport:
MARTA
Follow the signs at baggage claim to MARTA – take any train (they all go North from the airport) to Midtown Station (station N4) or North Avenue Station (N3). MARTA fare is $2.50 one way or you can purchase unlimited day or weekly passes if you will be using MARTA while traveling around Atlanta. Cards and fares can be purchased at a Breeze Vending Machine located near the entrance to MARTA. http://www.itsmarta.com/rail-schedules-or-route.aspx
Taxi
Fare is approximately $32 one way – follow signs to ground transportation.