{"587095":{"#nid":"587095","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ajit Yoganathan Presented with Tamil\u2019s Information Lifetime Achievement Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis year, the Tamils\u0026rsquo; Information journal, based in Toronto, (Ontario) Canada, has presented its Tamils\u0026rsquo; Information Lifetime Achievement Award to Ajit Yoganathan, Ph.D. Yoganathan is currently the Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair and a Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory. He is also the associate chair for translational research, and the founder and director of the Center for Innovative Cardiovascular Technologies. Yoganathan\u0026rsquo;s lab has either directly or indirectly evaluated all prosthetic heart valves in use in the United States since 1975. Yoganathan is only the second Sri Lankan elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering\u0026mdash;the highest honor for an engineer in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Contact:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wrich@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Founder and Director of the Center for Innovative Cardiovascular Technologies"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2017-02-07 20:53:22","changed_gmt":"2017-02-07 20:54:06","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587094":{"id":"587094","type":"image","title":"Ajit Yoganathan, Ph.D.","body":null,"created":"1486500541","gmt_created":"2017-02-07 20:49:01","changed":"1486500541","gmt_changed":"2017-02-07 20:49:01","alt":"Ajit Yoganathan, Ph.D.","file":{"fid":"223744","name":"Yoganathan-color-lowRes.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Yoganathan-color-lowRes.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Yoganathan-color-lowRes.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":657684,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Yoganathan-color-lowRes.jpg?itok=l8bhUpXc"}}},"media_ids":["587094"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1612","name":"BME"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["wrich@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}