{"592708":{"#nid":"592708","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ildefonso Selected for Goizueta Foundation Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAdrian Ildefonso, a Ph.D. student in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has received the Goizueta Foundation Fellowship for a second time, beginning this fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMade possible by an endowment from The Goizueta Foundation, this fellowship is awarded to Hispanic\/Latino students within Georgia Tech doctoral programs who bring exemplary levels of scholarship, leadership, and innovation to the academic departments that host their study and research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIldefonso\u0026rsquo;s research efforts are focused on analyzing and modeling the transient effects of ionizing radiation on RF communications systems. Heavy ions and other energetic particles present in these environments can go through these systems and corrupt the data that is being transmitted or received. The goal of Ildefonso\u0026#39;s work is to explore and leverage circuit design techniques to mitigate the effects of radiation on these systems and enable more robust communications systems for space environments.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIldefonso is pursuing his Ph.D. studies in the Silicon-Germanium Research Group, which is led by John Cressler, the Schlumberger Chair Professor in Electronics.\u0026nbsp;Originally from Puerto Rico, Ildefonso completed his B.Sc. degree in computer engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;Adrian Ildefonso\u0026nbsp;has received the Goizueta Foundation Fellowship for a second time, beginning this fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Ph.D. student\u00a0Adrian Ildefonso\u00a0has received the Goizueta Foundation Fellowship for a second time, beginning this fall."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2017-06-14 19:43:46","changed_gmt":"2017-06-14 19:44:54","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"398401":{"id":"398401","type":"image","title":"Adrian Ildefonso","body":null,"created":"1449246371","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:26:11","changed":"1475895115","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:55","alt":"Adrian Ildefonso","file":{"fid":"75734","name":"adrian_ildefonso.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/adrian_ildefonso.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/adrian_ildefonso.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2162076,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/adrian_ildefonso.jpeg?itok=MCe6bzyS"}}},"media_ids":["398401"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/cressler.ece.gatech.edu\/research\/research.html","title":"Silicon-Germanium Research Group"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech "},{"url":"http:\/\/www.hispanicoffice.gatech.edu\/programs\/the-goizueta-foundation-fellowship","title":"Goizueta Foundation Fellowship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"124571","name":"Adrian Ildefonso"},{"id":"4407","name":"Graduate Student"},{"id":"7763","name":"John Cressler"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"609","name":"electronics"},{"id":"14225","name":"Goizueta Foundation"},{"id":"7617","name":"radiation"},{"id":"174693","name":"RF communication systems"},{"id":"174694","name":"Silicon-Germanium Research Group"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}