the first alumnus to become President of Georgia Tech; separated the Ivan Allen College of Management, Policy, and International Affairs into the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; returned the College of Management to "College" status
initiated the establishment of the College of Computing (the first computing college in the US), the Ivan Allen College of Management, Policy, and International Affairs, and the College of Sciences; served as Chairman of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association and as President of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation; active member of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games before and after Atlanta was chosen as host for the Centennial Games
establish the David Guggenheim School of Aeronautics; established the first ROTC unit in the Southern United States; got accreditation for the Institute by SACS; attributed with providing the vision and securing the finances to move Georgia Tech away from its roots as a teaching-oriented trade school and towards a new focus on science and technology
oversaw the school's transition from a trade school to a technological university; pioneered the bill that would eventually result in the establishment of the GTRI
noted for his aggressive fundraising and improvements to the school; opened the first textile engineering school in the Southern United States; established new degrees: electrical engineering, civil engineering, textile engineering, engineering chemistry; was an infamous disciplinarian, punishing the entire senior class because they came home a day late from Christmas vacation
One of the top 100 most cited chemists in the world; awarded 1997 Francqui Prize on Exact Sciences; 2000 Quinquennial Prize of the Belgian National Science Foundation
roboticist; major contributor to the theory of hybrid and discrete event systems, and in particular, the control of multi-agent systems; 2003 NSF CAREER Award recipient
2005 Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award (Fluid Dynamics) recipient; known for work in biomechanics and biologically inspired systems; member of the Center for Biologically Inspired Design
football head coach of Georgia Tech (1980-1986); football head coach of Alabama (1987-1989); football head coach of Kentucky (1990-1996); football head coach of Georgia State University (2008-present); NFL player (1963-1974)
Former Georgia Tech football coach; Namesake of college football's Coach of the Year award; Georgia Tech named its stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium in honor of the legendary coach
^Hashmi, Shad (1998-01-30). "Management and IAC consider split". The Technique. Archived from the original on 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
^Lange, Scott (1998-02-13). "Management split: a 'revenue-neutral' move". The Technique. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
^Lange, Scott (1998-04-17). "Board of Regents gives IAC restructuring a nod". The Technique. Archived from the original on 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
^"Inventory of the Georgia Tech Financial Records, 1920-1926". Georgia Tech Archives and Records Management. Archived from the original on 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
^""Splendid Growth" - The Textile Educational Enterprise at Georgia Tech". Georgia Institute of Technology Library. Retrieved 2007-03-16.
^McMath, Robert C.; Ronald H. Bayor; James E. Brittain; Lawrence Foster; August W. Giebelhaus; Germaine M. Reed (1985). Engineering the New South: Georgia Tech 1885-1985. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0-8203-0784-X.
^"The Hall Administration, 1895-1905". "A Thousand Wheels are set in Motion" - The Building of Georgia Tech at the Turn of the 20th Century, 1888-1908. Georgia Tech Library and Information Center. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
^"The Hopkins Administration, 1888-1895". "A Thousand Wheels are set in Motion": The Building of Georgia Tech at the Turn of the 20th Century, 1888-1908. Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
^Stephenson, James (2006-06-02). "Caltech names Chameau president". The Technique. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
^"Richard DeMillo". Georgia Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
^"Georgia Tech Names Don P. Giddens New Engineering Dean" (Press release). Georgia Institute of Technology. 2002-02-25. Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
^Shaw, Jody (2002-03-01). "Giddens named new COE Dean". The Technique. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
^"George C. Griffin". Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Archived from the original on 2007-09-02. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
^ ab"Gary May Named Dean of the College of Engineering". Georgia Tech College of Engineering. Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
^"Prix Scientifiques". Archived from the original on 2008-01-15.
^Atkins, G. M., Burgess, E. M. (1968). "The reactions of an N-sulfonylamine inner salt". J. Am. Chem. Soc.90 (17): 4744–4745. doi:10.1021/ja01019a052.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Edward M. Burgess; Harold R. Penton Jr. & E. A. Taylor (1973). "Thermal reactions of alkyl N-carbomethoxysulfamate esters". J. Org. Chem.38 (1): 26–31. doi:10.1021/jo00941a006.
^"Mostafa A. El-Sayed". Georgia Tech Chemistry & Biochemistry. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
^"Helen E. Grenga Photographs on Women in Engineering". Archives & Records Management. Georgia Tech Library. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
^"Helen Grenga, Tech's first female professor, dies". The Whistle. Georgia Institute of Technology. 2006-04-24. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
^Chao, Tom (5 April 2007). "Mystery of Greek Amphitheater's Amazing Sound Finally Solved". LiveScience. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
^Vedantam, Shankar (9 April 2007). "Seating in Ancient Greek Theater Found to Help the Acoustics". Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
^"No need to shout, Why the acoustics of ancient Greek theatres are so good". The Economist. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
^Egerstedt, M.; Hu, X. (2001). "Formation constrained multi-agent control". IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. 17 (6): 947–951. doi:10.1109/70.976029. hdl:1853/38564.
^Award#0237971 - CAREER: Linguistic Control of Mobile Robots
^"Robotics Guru Saw Uses Early On". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2004-07-26. Archived from the original on 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
^Laday, Jason (2007-10-07). "No Pilots, No Problem: Students Build Autonomous Aircraft". The Institute (IEEE). Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
^"AUVSI Honors Industry Leaders: Pioneer Award-Robert Michelson". Unmanned Systems (the Magazine of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International). Vol. 16, no. 3. Summer 1998. p. 22.
^"Education Section and Pirelli Top Prize". 2002-05-10. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
^Georgia Tech Center for Biologically Inspired Design
^Edwards, Pat (1999-10-01). "Football program, traditions spurred by Dodd". The Technique. Archived from the original on 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
^"John Heisman". Tech Traditions: Ramblin' Memories. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Archived from the original on 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2007-05-21.