{"231711":{"#nid":"231711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Provost Bras Named to U.S. Department of Energy Advisory Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERafael Bras, provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at Georgia Tech, has accepted an invitation to join the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/energy.gov\/leadership\/secretary-energy-advisory-board\u0022\u003ESecretary of Energy Advisory Board\u003C\/a\u003E. The 19-member panel, comprised of scientists, business executives, academics and former government officials, will serve as an independent advisory committee to U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBras, who is also a professor in both the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cee.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, has served as advisor to many government and private institutions, including:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAdvisory Board, Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBoard of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChairman, Earth Systems Sciences and Applications Committee of NASA and the NASA Advisory Committee\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENational Academy of Sciences Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is an honor to be named to serve on this committee,\u201d Bras said. \u201cGeorgia Tech\u0027s motto is Progress and Service. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to live up to that ideal and use my own experiences and the strengths of Georgia Tech \u2014 from policy assessments, to science, to technologies \u2014 for the good of the nation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Board is charged with providing advice and recommendations to the Secretary on the DOE\u2019s four major mission areas: science, energy, nuclear security, and environmental stewardship. The board reports directly to the Secretary of Energy and its duties are solely advisory.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERafael Bras, provost and executive vice president and academic affairs at Georgia Tech, has accepted an invitation to join the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. The 19-member panel, comprised of scientists, business executives, academics and former government officials, will serve as an independent advisory committee to U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"An independent advisory committee to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2013-08-26 13:42:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:46","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"233411":{"id":"233411","type":"image","title":"Provost Rafael Bras","body":null,"created":"1449243627","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:27","changed":"1475894906","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:26","alt":"Provost Rafael Bras","file":{"fid":"197607","name":"13c7023-p1-074.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13c7023-p1-074_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13c7023-p1-074_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":475588,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/13c7023-p1-074_0.jpg?itok=x2KT9p5P"}}},"media_ids":["233411"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/energy.gov\/","title":"U.S. Department of Energy"},{"url":"http:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/2561\/bio","title":"Dr. Rafael L. Bras"}],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"581","name":"advisory board"},{"id":"663","name":"Department of Energy"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"10243","name":"rafael bras"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6398\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}