General Catalog
The general rules and regulations that govern all graduate students at Georgia Tech are found in the General Catalog , particularly the section titled Information for Graduate Students. View
and
www.catalog.gatech.edu/non-academic/graduates
Updates to the Georgia Tech catalog, including changes, additions, and deletions that have gone into effect since the publication of the current catalog may be found at
www.catalog.gatech.edu/updates
OSCAR
For the listing of all classes to be offered each semester and complete registration information, see the On-Line Student Computer Assisted Registration (OSCAR). OSCAR also has instructions, class schedules, and academic calendar information. Go to
BuzzPortwww.buzzport.gatech.edu is a secure site (portal) that provides students, faculty, and staff with Intranet and Internet services. You can use it to register for courses. |
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The Office of Student Services
For assistance, see
Dr.
Yogendra Joshi, Associate Chair for Graduate
Studies
MRDC Building ,
Room 3105, (404) 894-3204
joshi.gradprog@me.gatech.edu
• Oversight of the graduate program in the Woodruff
School,
• Career counseling and advice,
• Ex officio member of the School's
Graduate Committee,
• Liaison for the graduate
program with other academic units on the
Georgia Tech campus.
Dr. Farzad Rahnema, Associate Chair of the
Woodruff
School and Chair of the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering/Medical Physics Program
Neely Building, Room G122, (404) 894-3731 farzad.rahnema@nre.gatech.edu
• Administers the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering/Medical
Physics Program.
Dr.
Christopher Lynch, Associate Chair for Administration
MRDC Building , Room
3218, (404) 894-3200
lynch.admin@me.gatech.edu
• Responsible for the scheduling of classes and registration.
Dr.
Wayne Whiteman, Director of the Office
of Student Services
MRDC Building , Room
3102, (404) 894-3204
wayne.whiteman@me.gatech.edu
• Manages the Office of Student Services,
• Assists
the Associate Chairs of the Woodruff School,
• Assists
in the advisement of both undergraduate and graduate
students.
Ms. Glenda Johnson, Academic Advisor I
MRDC Building, Room 3112 (404) 385-0586
glenda.johnson@me.gatech.edu
• Assists graduate students with programs of study, degree petitions, graduate committee actions, and support forms.
Ms.
Trudy Allen, Academic Advisor I
MRDC Building, Room 3112, (404) 385-6563 trudy.allen@me.gatech.edu
• Assists with recruiting and new graduate student issues.
Ms. Terri Keita, Academic Assistant II
MRDC Building , Room 3112, (404) 894-3204 terri.keita@me.gatech.edu
• Greets and assists students, faculty, staff and
visitors to the Office of Student Services,
• Answers
telephones,
• Schedules appointments.
Student Life
The Woodruff School is committed to maintaining a good quality of life for its students. We urge you to become familiar with and to follow the Georgia Tech policies that are found in the Student Life section of the General Catalog at
www.catalog.gatech.edu/non-academic/gen-info/student-life.php
There you will find information on such subjects as:
• Diversity Issues and Programs
• Student
Organizations
• Student Health Center (Eligibility, Health & Accident
Insurance, Special Health
Considerations)
• Assistance for Persons
with Disabilities
• Nontraditional Student Services
• Notification of Student
Rights under FERPA
• Policy on Sexual Harassment
• Student Alcohol Policy
• Intellectual Property Policy
• Academic Honor Code
If you have a problem and want to speak with someone, counseling services are available at
Woodruff School Academic Honor Code
While you are at Georgia Tech, you will need to adhere to the Woodruff School Academic Honor Code, as given below.
Preamble
Honesty is expected of all students and practitioners of Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Medical Physics, Paper Science, and Bioengineering. The honor code is intended to continuously remind students and faculty of the importance of honesty in their professional lives. It also serves to increase awareness on the part of both students and faculty of the rules regarding academic honesty and the process to be followed when these rules are broken.
Honor Pledge
All students are required, when requested, to attach the following statement to any material turned in for a grade in any course in the Woodruff School :
On my honor, I/we pledge that I/we have neither given nor received inappropriate aid
in the preparation of this assignment.
Signature(s)
________________________________________________________
An assignment is incomplete without this pledge. It is the responsibility of the faculty member teaching the course to make clear to the students at the beginning of the semester what is considered appropriate and what is not.
Student Conduct
In addition to the honor pledge, you should be aware of the rules for student conduct found in the Georgia Tech General Catalog . Of particular relevance are those rules that apply to academic misconduct. Please refer to
www.deanofstudents.gatech.edu/integrity
or
www.registrar.gatech.edu/rulesregulations.htm
for complete information on the code of student conduct.
Important Committees
The Woodruff School Graduate Committee is the academic faculty committee that oversees the operation of the Woodruff School's graduate programs. The committee has responsibility for all graduate-level degree requirements, approval of new courses, assignment of M.S. and Ph.D. reading committees, approval of Ph.D. programs of study, and oversight of the Ph.D. qualifying examination. The committee typically meets once a month. Meeting dates and deadlines for the submission of materials are posted at the beginning of each term at
www.me.gatech.edu/me/events/calendar.html
The Institute Graduate Committee is responsible for all Institute-wide academic policies and degree requirements at the graduate level. In addition, they make decisions regarding all Institute-level graduate student petitions. These petitions include late withdrawals, changes in graduate standing, grade disputes, readmissions, and deadlines. You are strongly encouraged to discuss a petition with your advisor and the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies before it is filed.
Selecting an Advisor
Upon
admission to the graduate program, you will be assigned a
temporary academic advisor whose research interests are close
to your own. GRA's and GTA's with instructional or teaching
responsibilities will have an assigned faculty member who
will supervise their work, but this person is not necessarily
the academic advisor. All new GRA's and GTA's must participate
in the thesis advisor selection process during the first
month of the first semester in the Woodruff School.
The process for assigning new, undesignated GRA's to research projects and advisors accommodates both student and faculty desires to the maximum extent possible. You are expected to interview at least three faculty members. By the deadline, submit your top three projects or advisor choices to the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies on the Faculty Advisor Interview form . Similar feedback is obtained from each faculty member. The Chair of the Woodruff School and the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies make the final GRA/project-advisor assignments based on:
• Student preference;
• Faculty preference;
• Project priority
(externally-funded projects have the highest priority); and
• Current
distribution of graduate students among advisors.
Changing Your Advisor
If you wish to change your advisor, you must first discuss the matter with your current advisor and satisfactorily complete all your graduate research assistant and research obligations. Then your current advisor will sign a Change of Advisor Request form to "release" you. Take this form to the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies who will grant you permission to seek a new advisor and to participate in a new advisor selection process.
NOTE: This form is now available to be completed electronically. To initiate your Change of Advisor request, please go to the following link and follow the online instructions:
https://www2.me.gatech.edu/graddb/forms/STUDENT/
advisor_student/advisor.asp
If you note any problems with this automated process, please notify the Office of Student Services by sending an email directly to wayne.whiteman@me.gatech.edu .
If you have forgotten your password, please go to the following link to reset your password: https://www2.me.gatech.edu/graddb/pwrdreset/
Withdrawing from School
To withdraw from School, you must complete a Withdrawal Request and then meet with the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. To determine the deadline by which you must drop a course or withdraw completely from school and still receive a grade of W, check
or
Dismissal Policy
M.S. thesis and Ph.D. students are expected to carry out research as part of their graduate education. Students must perform acceptably in their research work, as evaluated by their faculty advisor, or they may lose their research supervision, as well as any associated funding, at the discretion of the advisor. This applies even if the student's GPA meets or exceeds the minimum set by both the Woodruff School and the Institute.
Students who receive a letter or e-mail from their academic advisor outlining the deficiencies, and spelling out at what level they have to perform to be able to continue working with the advisor, or an “Unsatisfactory” as their research grade (ME/NRE/MP 7000 or ME/NRE/MP 9000) risk dismissal. A copy of all correspondence, to include letters or e-mails, will also go to the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies for inclusion in the student's file. The deficiencies must be remedied within three months to prevent dismissal. Funding support will normally not be withdrawn in mid-term, because this may cause the student to owe the Institute full tuition and fees for that term.
A student who no longer has an advisor should ask the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies to help in finding new research supervision. Students who have lost their funding may also request partial funding from the Associate Chair, for example, as a GTA or grader.
A Ph.D. student who cannot find a new advisor after one full term must leave the Woodruff School. An MS-thesis student who cannot find a new advisor after one full term must convert to a nonthesis option or leave the Woodruff School. At the discretion of the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, this period may be extended for one additional term if there is reason to believe that this will permit the student to find an advisor at Georgia Tech or at another Institution. A graduate student who is dismissed by the Institute for academic or disciplinary reasons will not normally be readmitted.