{"196651":{"#nid":"196651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Buzzworthy Achievements at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe following Georgia Tech employees have been \u003Cbr \/\u003Ehonored in recent months:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERafael Bras\u003C\/strong\u003E, provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, was elected to the board of trustees of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGilda Barabino\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor and vice chair for graduate studies in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, was inaugurated as president of the Biomedical Engineering Society.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESaibal Mukhopadhyay\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named one of 26 professors from across the United States to receive a 2012 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam Wepfer\u003C\/strong\u003E, Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair of the School of Mechanical Engineering, received the 2012 Fellow of ABET Award.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETwelve faculty from the School of Mathematics were named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society including professors \u003Cstrong\u003EMatt Baker, Jean Bellissard, John Etnyre, Wilfrid Gangbo, Michael Lacey, Michael Loss, Doron Lubinsky, Prasad Tetali, Robin Thomas\u003C\/strong\u003E and Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003EBrett Wick\u003C\/strong\u003E. Adjunct math professors who were recognized include \u003Cstrong\u003EBill Cook\u003C\/strong\u003E of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) and \u003Cstrong\u003EDana Randall\u003C\/strong\u003E of the School of Computer Science.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EC.F. Jeff Wu\u003C\/strong\u003E, the Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics and professor in ISyE, received the 2012 U.S. Army Wilks Award during the 2012 Army Conference on Applied Statistics.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProfessor \u003Cstrong\u003EChristopher W. Jones\u003C\/strong\u003E of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is the recipient of the 2013 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, which is sponsored by the Grace Catalyst Technologies operating segment of W.R. Grace \u0026amp; Co. and administered by The North American Catalysis Society.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EResearchers at the \u003Cstrong\u003ECenter for Organic Photonics and Electronics\u003C\/strong\u003E were presented the Academic R\u0026amp;D Award at IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA, an industry event held in Santa Clara, Calif., on Dec. 10.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETon Dieker\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in ISyE, has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECraig Tovey\u003C\/strong\u003E has been appointed the David M. McKenney Family Professorship in ISyE for a three- year term.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe \u003Cstrong\u003EDepartment of Housing\u003C\/strong\u003E received the 2013 FMXcellence award for organization-wide improvements in energy efficiency and sustainability from Building Operating Management.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAwards for this feature are accepted on an ongoing basis. Provide name, title, unit and honor (spelling out acronyms) to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:editor@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eeditor@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe following Georgia Tech employees have been honored in recent months. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The following Georgia Tech employees have been honored in recent months."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-03-04 13:36:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:44","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9443","name":"achievements"},{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"167018","name":"staff"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}