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Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Scott left home in 1992 to attend Mississippi State University and study electrical engineering. At MSU, he was active in several professional, honorary, and service organizations, holding offices in many of them. Mostly, though, he just enjoyed being out on his own and forging new friendships. After receiving his Bachelor's degree in the spring of '96, Scott started graduate school at Georgia Tech. Completing a Master's degree in electrical engineering in '98, Scott continued researching emerging areas in control system theory and hopes to finish his Ph.D. dissertation by the end of the year before finding a position as a research engineer with a research lab or contractor working in either the aeronautical or defense industries. Outside of school, Scott is active in his local church and enjoys playing the piano, writing poetry, playing with computers, and losing track of time among friends.

Nathan Scott Clements
5th-year Electrical Engineering PhD Candidate

Year of birth: 1974

Date accepted into ERT: Fall 1997

Extra-academic hobbies: Playing piano, writing poetry, playing with computers, reading, and spending time at the lake/beach

Co-ops or internships: Alltel Information Systems for three summers as a network administrator and computer programmer

Scott, on why he joined ERT: As an undergrad, I was very much "caught up" in the drive to be active in as many clubs and organizations as I possibly could. After awhile, though, their objectives seemed to blend together, and the distinction between the different organizations became blurred. When I started graduate school, I decided to concentrate primarily on my degree and research. In my second year at Tech, I was invited to be a guest at an ERT summer dinner meeting. The tie-in with industry representatives piqued my interest, and after that dinner meeting I was hooked on the uniqueness of ERT. No other organization I had served on had the level of faculty *and* industry commitment which is so integral to the ERT experience. What do I get out of ERT? The opportunity to interact both socially and professionally not just with the highest caliber of Tech students, but also the faculty which keeps Tech at the forefront of technology and the leaders of the industrial and corporate communities.

Scott, on his favorite ERT speaker topics: My personal favorite speaker topics have always been those that generate the liveliest and most heated discussions. In particular, I will always remember a 1999 SFI speaker who posed the question "Should we allow and/or support research on the cloning of humans?". The crowd was about evenly split pro and con, with each side passionately raising numerous points on the moral, ethical, religious, and political ramifications of such research. It was a blast!