{"425091":{"#nid":"425091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Veronica Foreman named Outstanding AE Undergraduate Researcher 2014","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAerospace engineering student Veronica Foreman has been selected to receive the College of Engineering\u2019s 2014 Outstanding Aerospace Undergraduate Researcher award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe honor recognizes Foreman\u2019s contributions to a research project,\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/img\/Foreman-abstract.pdf\u0022\u003E\u201cSoftware in Military Aviation and Drone Mishaps: Analysis and Recommendations for the Investigation Process\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d which was presented at the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium this past January and is currently being reviewed for journal publication.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EForeman is listed as the lead author, but she is quick to point out that it was her mentor, Dr. Joseph H. Saleh, and her fellow researcher, graduate student Francesca Favar\u00f3, who made the difference for her.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey were by far the most helpful, enthusiastic, and insightful people I could have worked with,\u201d she said. \u201cI worked with a phenomenal team.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 21-year-old Maryland native will officially receive the Outstanding AE Undergraduate Researcher Award on April 23, as a part of the ceremonies sponsored by the Student Advisory Board for Undergraduate Research (SABUR).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EForeman began delving into the connection between software performance and military aircraft accidents last year, as a summer research job. She had previously done some research for the ASDL and for an economics professor, but Foreman quickly discovered that her new research mentor, Dr. Saleh would expect much more from her. She was up for the challenge.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEvery time we met to discuss the research, he\u2019d begin with \u2018So what are you going to talk about today?\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t handing me the answers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the first two weeks, her research consisted of reading through hundreds of airplane accident reports, looking for similarities, connections, and possible inroads to her research. For some, this might have been a tedious chore, but Foreman said she appreciated the level of detail that it brought to her research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEven when something ended up not being relevant, I\u2019d learn something: why it wasn\u2019t relevant. And in discussing it with Professor Saleh, I\u2019d learn how to ask better questions, to figure out what was not related,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAnd when I got frustrated, he\u2019d always tell me that even when you are not making visible progress in your research, you are making progress if you keep asking the right questions. I remember that whenever I hit a wall.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is precisely the perspective that made Foreman stand out from other candidates for the Undergraduate Researcher Award. It is also a mindset that she hopes will help her achieve a lifelong dream.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI very much want to be an astronaut when I grow up, and I\u2019ve been working hard to align my studies to make that happen,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to pursue a Ph.D. \u2013 looking at the reliability of UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] and I think this research will help me get closer to that goal.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA member of the Alpha Omega Epsilon sorority, Foreman plans to graduate from Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Aerospace Engineering in December, 2014.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022200\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00221\u0022 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Veronica Foreman was thrilled to meet former astronaut (and current director of the AIAA) Dr. Sandy Magnus, during the 2014 Senior Banquet\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Aerospace engineering student Veronica Foreman has been selected to receive the College of Engineering\u2019s 2014 Outstanding Aerospace Undergraduate Researcher award."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-15 14:52:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:04","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"134911","name":"College of Engineering\u2019s 2014 Outstanding Aerospace Undergraduate Researcher award"},{"id":"134901","name":"Veronica Foreman"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["communications@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}