George P. Bud Peterson

Biography

 George P. "Bud" Peterson (born September 1, 1952) is the 11th president of the Georgia Institute of Technology.Peterson is a graduate of Kansas State University, where he earned B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics and an M.S. in Engineering, and Texas A&M University, where he earned a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to his position at Georgia Tech, he served as the chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder,[5] the provost of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and associate vice-chancellor and executive associate dean of Engineering of Texas A&M University. Peterson was named as the sole finalist for the position of president of Georgia Tech on February 2, 2009,and was accepted on February 25, 2009. He succeeded G. Wayne Clough and Gary Schuster (interim) when he took the position on April 1, 2009.He was officially installed as president at a September 3, 2009, investiture ceremony.Peterson shares his first name and middle initial with Georgia Tech's famous fictional student, George P. Burdell.

Research Interest

 Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics