East Coast. PIN's initiatives include pilot programs to encourage greater access, growth, entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the state of Georgia, with the ultimate goal of achieving inclusive innovation throughout Georgia. It is estimated that Peterson shook the hands of more than 60,000 graduates during his term as president at Georgia Tech. The school upholds the tradition of calling each graduate's name and Peterson was on stage to personally congratulate every student who crossed the stage to received their degree. Since his retirement as president, Peterson has stepped back into the classroom and laboratory at Georgia Tech, teaching mechanical engineering courses and continuing his research in the fields of heat transfer and combustion. Books Peterson, G. P., An Introduction to Heat Pipes: Modeling, Testing and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, September 1994, 356 pp. Sobhan, C. B. and Peterson, G. P., Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer, CRC Press Inc., New York, NY, 2007, 410 pp. Peterson, G. P. and Li, C. H., Fundamentals of Thermal Transfer Phenomena in Nanoparticle Suspensions, in progress. References External links Georgia Tech biography Presidents of Georgia Tech Georgia Tech people Leaders of the University of Colorado Boulder American mechanical engineers Texas A&M University alumni Texas A&M University faculty Kansas State University alumni Kansas State Wildcats football players Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty 1952 births Living people People from Palo Alto, California People from Prairie Village, Kansas Engineers from California