August Giebelhaus
Professor
(PhD, University of Delaware, 1977) specializes in business and economic history, recent America , and the history of technology. A former Hagley Fellow at the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, he also has been a visiting lecturer in economic history at the University of Birmingham, UK. Formerly associate editor of the international journal of the history of technology, Technology and Culture, he later served on its editorial board as well as that of the British journal Business History. Among his publications, he has authored or co-authored four books: Business and Government in the Oil Industry: A Case Study of Sun Oil 1876-1945; Energy Transitions: Long-Term Perspectives; Bartlesville Energy Center: The Federal Government in Petroleum Research 1918-1983; and Engineering the New South: Georgia Tech, 1885-1985. Giebelhaus has won several honors at Tech including the Alumni Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Social Sciences, Howard Ector Outstanding Teaching Award, E. Roe Stamp, IV Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Ivan Allen College, the undergraduate Student Government Association's George C. Griffin Faculty Member of the Year, and the graduate Student Government Association's Faculty Member of the Year.
- Contact Information
- Old Civil Engineering Building, Room G24
Phone: 404.894.6828
E-mail: august.giebelhaus@hts.gatech.edu
