{"499041":{"#nid":"499041","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Professor Robert Braun Selected for First-ever Space Technology Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAerospace engineering professor Dr. Robert \u0022Bobby\u0022 Braun has been selected to receive the first-ever Space Technology Award by the American Astronautical Society (AAS).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe director of GT\u0027s Center for Space Technology and Research (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cstar.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EC-STAR\u003C\/a\u003E), Braun formally received the honor during the AAS conference, \u0022Astronauts \u0026amp; Robots: Partners in Space Science and Exploration,\u0022 which was held in Pasadena California May 12.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award was established last year to recognize outstanding achievement in space technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn bestowing the 2014 award on Braun, the AAS lauded him for \u0022for extraordinary contributions in technology to enable the landing of vehicles on other planets, and for creating NASA technology development programs designed to build our nation\u2019s future space capabilities and solve grand societal challenges on Earth.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrior to joining the GT-AE faculty in 2003 as the David and Andrew Lewis Associate Professor of Space Technology, Braun served for many years as a member of the technical staff of the NASA Langley Research Center. He returned to NASA in 2010-11 to serve as the first chief technologist in more than a decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBraun was humbled by the AAS honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Receiving the inaugural honor will always be special to me,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOver the past year, \u0026nbsp;Braun was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and selected as the editor-in-chief for the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJ\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eournal of Spacecraft and Rockets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003EHe is currently finishing up a semester-long fellowship at Caltech, where he has served as the\u0026nbsp;Moore Distinguished Scholar since January.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFounded in 1954, the AAS is the premier organization of professionals dedicated to advancing space activities. The organization has long been recognized for the excellence of its national meetings, technical meetings, symposia, and publications. Members have opportunities to meet with leaders in their field and in related disciplines, to exchange information and ideas, to discuss career aspirations and to expand their knowledge and expertise.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFounded in 1954, the AAS is the premier organization of professionals dedicated to advancing space activities. The organization has long been recognized for the excellence of its national meetings, technical meetings, symposia, and publications. Members have opportunities to meet with leaders in their field and in related disciplines, to exchange information and ideas, to discuss career aspirations and to expand their knowledge and expertise.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Aerospace engineering professor Dr. Robert \u0022Bobby\u0022 Braun has been selected to receive the first-ever Space Technology Award by the American Astronautical Society (AAS)."}],"uid":"30502","created_gmt":"2016-02-10 17:54:02","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:42","author":"Sapna Mistry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"406861":{"id":"406861","type":"image","title":"Robert Braun receives AAS Technology Award","body":null,"created":"1449254168","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:08","changed":"1475895132","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:12","alt":"Robert Braun receives AAS Technology Award","file":{"fid":"76149","name":"receiving_aasspacetechnologyaward2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/receiving_aasspacetechnologyaward2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/receiving_aasspacetechnologyaward2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1175014,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/receiving_aasspacetechnologyaward2.jpg?itok=eWERk5Vs"}}},"media_ids":["406861"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"126771","name":"AAS"},{"id":"91821","name":"C-STAR"},{"id":"126111","name":"GT-AE"},{"id":"2575","name":"Robert Braun"},{"id":"171697","name":"Space Technology Award"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["kathleen.moore@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}