{"502871":{"#nid":"502871","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Prof. Robert Braun Recruited for Two NAE Committees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has selected GT-AE professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert Braun\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;to serve on two committees, each charged with making significant contributions to future practices in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Steering Committee for the Decadal Survey\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;will generate recommendations from the environmental monitoring and Earth science \u0026amp; applications communities on a sustainable approach for the U.S. government\u2019s civilian space-based Earth-system science programs. These programs are carried out predominantly by NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), with supporting and complementary contributions from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. departments of Energy (DoE) and Defense (DoD). This committee will work for 18-24 months.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/SSB\/CurrentProjects\/SSB_166359\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFind out more\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;about this committee.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee on the Future of Center-Based Multidisciplinary Engineering Research\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;will develop a vision and make high-level, strategic recommendations for the future of NSF-supported center-scale, multidisciplinary engineering research. The study will focus on the forces that are likely to shape engineering research, education, and technological innovation in the future, as well as the associated challenges and opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA member of the NAE\u0026nbsp;since 2013, Braun already serves as vice chair of NAE\u0027s Space Studies Board and as chair of NAE\u0027s U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Program. He also holds the David and Andrew Lewis Professorship in Space Technology and is the director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Space Technology\u0026nbsp;And Research (C-STAR).\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nae.edu\/Projects\/147474.aspx\u0022\u003EFind out more\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;about this committee\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It\u0027s going to be a busy year,\u0022 he said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has selected GT-AE professor Robert Braun to serve on two committees, each charged with making significant contributions to future practices in the field."}],"uid":"30502","created_gmt":"2016-02-18 12:35:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:49","author":"Sapna Mistry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-12-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-12-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"474771":{"id":"474771","type":"image","title":"Robert Braun","body":null,"created":"1449257202","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:26:42","changed":"1475895225","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:45","alt":"Robert Braun","file":{"fid":"99262","name":"braun-bobby-square-headshot.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/braun-bobby-square-headshot_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/braun-bobby-square-headshot_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":46986,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/braun-bobby-square-headshot_0.jpg?itok=Hs_WAaH2"}}},"media_ids":["474771"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"171746","name":"Committee on the Future of Center-Based Multidisciplinary Engineering Research"},{"id":"126111","name":"GT-AE"},{"id":"1972","name":"NAE"},{"id":"2575","name":"Robert Braun"},{"id":"171747","name":"Steering Committee for the Decadal Survey"}],"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":""}}}