{"507411":{"#nid":"507411","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty, Staff Earn Honors from Various Organizations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EFaculty and staff members from various areas of campus have been recognized for their work in recent weeks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThose honors include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAssistant professors \u003Cstrong\u003EChloe Arson \u003C\/strong\u003E(civil and environmental engineering), \u003Cstrong\u003EPhanish Suryanarayana \u003C\/strong\u003E(civil and environmental engineering), and \u003Cstrong\u003EAlejandro Toriello\u003C\/strong\u003E (industrial and systems engineering) earned National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Awards. This is the NSF\u2019s most prestigious award for junior faculty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENazanin Bassiri-Gharb\u003C\/strong\u003E, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, was elected as the president-elect of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETamara Bogdanovic\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Physics, has been named a Cottrell Scholar. The award is given annually by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement to early career faculty in astronomy, chemistry, and physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn-Paul Clarke\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EMarilyn J. Smith\u003C\/strong\u003E, professors in the School of Aerospace Engineering, were named 2016 fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. \u003Cstrong\u003EClarke\u003C\/strong\u003E also recently earned the Commander\u2019s Award for Public Service from the Army Science Board.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFaramarz Fekri\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EXiaoli Ma\u003C\/strong\u003E, both professors in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, were elected as fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Fekri was elected for contributions to coding theory and its applications, and Ma was elected for contributions to block transmissions over wireless fading channels.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering\u2019s \u003Cstrong\u003ENagi Gebraeel\u003C\/strong\u003E was appointed to a five-year term as Georgia Power Associate Professor, effective Jan. 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Goldberg\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, was appointed to the A. Russell Chandler III Assistant Professorship, effective Feb. 15.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJuan McGruder\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of development for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, was elected president of the 2016 board of directors for the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Atlanta Chapter.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGlaucino Paulino\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was elected to the Society of Engineering Science\u2019s board of directors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWayne Whiteman\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of the Office of Student Services and senior academic professional in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, earned the Continuing Education Faculty Award from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association for his work teaching online courses through Coursera with Georgia Tech Professional Education.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETech faculty and staff continue to represent the Institute well and be honored for their hard work.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech faculty and staff continue to represent the Institute well and be honored for their hard work."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-02-29 10:33:54","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"3423","name":"employees"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"2188","name":"Honors"},{"id":"4152","name":"whistle"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}