{"252911":{"#nid":"252911","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Two Robotics Faculty Members Named to the Class of 2012 IEEE Fellows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt its November 2011 meeting, the\u0026nbsp;Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Board of Directors elected Magnus Egerstedt and Irfan Essa to IEEE Fellow, effective January 1, 2012.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEgerstedt was cited\u0026nbsp;for \u0022contributions to hybrid and networked control, with applications in robotics,\u0022 while Essa was noted for \u0022contributions to computer vision and graphics.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ieee.org\/membership_services\/membership\/fellows\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIEEE Grade of Fellow\u003C\/a\u003E is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The total number selected in any one year cannot exceed one-tenth percent of the total voting membership. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Ch1 class=\u0022title\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h1\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2013-11-09 13:45:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:18","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-11-30T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"224041":{"id":"224041","type":"image","title":"Magnus Egerstedt","body":null,"created":"1449243551","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:11","changed":"1475894896","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:16","alt":"Magnus Egerstedt","file":{"fid":"197376","name":"egerstedtheadshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/egerstedtheadshot_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/egerstedtheadshot_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":116278,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/egerstedtheadshot_0.jpg?itok=A6GdGfso"}},"185881":{"id":"185881","type":"image","title":"Irfan Essa","body":null,"created":"1449179081","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:44:41","changed":"1475894833","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:13","alt":"Irfan Essa","file":{"fid":"196146","name":"irfanessa2012-3x3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/irfanessa2012-3x3_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/irfanessa2012-3x3_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":31441,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/irfanessa2012-3x3_0.jpg?itok=H7u4c5dq"}}},"media_ids":["224041","185881"],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"31921","name":"IEEE Fellow"},{"id":"15155","name":"Irfan Essa"},{"id":"11528","name":"Magnus Egerstedt"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosie Giles\u003Cbr \/\u003EIRIM Marketing Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-8551\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["josie@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}