{"425421":{"#nid":"425421","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Three AE faculty tapped for research fellowship at JPL","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree AE faculty have been selected to work with NASA researchers this summer at the space agency\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/\u0022\u003EJet Propulsion Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(JPL) in Pasadena, California.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EParticipants in the JPL Summer Fellowship were chosen by Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cstar.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Space Technology and Research\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(C-STAR) and include Aerospace Engineering faculty\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ae.gatech.edu\/node\/1259\u0022\u003EBrian Gunter\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/community\/staff\/bio\/spencer-d\u0022\u003EDavid Spencer\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/community\/staff\/bio\/tsiotras-p\u0022\u003EPanagiotis Tsiotras\u003C\/a\u003E, as well as James Wray from the Institute\u2019s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Peter Ngo, a graduate student in the School of Mechanical Engineering. Each of the Georgia Tech faculty will be partnered with a researcher from the NASA laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese competitively awarded research grants build on the strengths of both JPL and Georgia Tech,\u201d said C-STAR Director Robert Braun.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey are designed to foster future research collaborations between these two institutions, and are well aligned with our nation\u2019s future needs in space science and space technology.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022150\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;Brian Gunter\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe JPL Summer Faculty Research Program provides opportunities for science, technology, mathematics and engineering (STEM) faculty to engage in research of mutual interest to the faculty member and a JPL researcher.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe faculty\u0027s research will span a number of areas:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBrian Gunte\u003C\/strong\u003Er: Utilizing nano-satellite technology for improved monitoring of Earth\u2019s time-variable gravity\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Spencer:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EDeveloping Mars technology demonstration missions in lower Earth orbit and deep space micro-spacecraft.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPanagiotis Tsiotras:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Autonomous energy-projecting systems for robotic exploration of extreme environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022150\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDavid Spencer\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJames Wray:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Icy satellite surface compositions from infrared spectroscopy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The C-STAR summer faculty program provides an excellent opportunity to connect leading Georgia Tech faculty with researchers at JPL,\u201d said JPL Chief Scientist Daniel McCleese.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe exciting projects chosen this year will open up new collaborations, and enhance both JPL and Georgia Tech\u0027s space science efforts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EC-STAR is an interdisciplinary research center that serves to organize, integrate and facilitate the impact of Georgia Tech\u0027s space science and space technology research activities. C-STAR brings together a wide range of Georgia Tech faculty, active in space science and\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022150\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\u0022rtecenter\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPanagiotis Tsiotras\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003Espace technology research, and functions as the Georgia Tech focal point for growth of the space industry in the state of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech and JPL are involved in a strategic partnership designed to promote and encourage collaboration between the institutions, with a focus on research collaborations and personnel exchanges in science and engineering fields of mutual interest. C-STAR serves as the Georgia Tech liaison for this newly established partnership.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three AE faculty have been selected to work with NASA researchers this summer at the space agency\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-16 10:27:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:08","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"133281","name":"Brian Gunter"},{"id":"98181","name":"David Spencer"},{"id":"52181","name":"James Wray"},{"id":"6316","name":"JPL"},{"id":"408","name":"NASA"},{"id":"82401","name":"Panagiotis Tsiotras"},{"id":"135181","name":"Peter Ngo"}],"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":""}}}