{"619392":{"#nid":"619392","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Three Science Majors Named Sustainable Undergraduate Research Fellows ","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003EBy Brent Verrill, Communications Manager, Brent Byer Institute for Sustainable Systems\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETwenty-three Georgia Tech undergraduate students have been selected for the second class\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/surf\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESustainable Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF)\u003C\/a\u003E. Among them are Kathryn McCarthy, School of Biological Sciences; Shivan Mittal, School of Physics; and Gigi Pavur, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMcCarthy and Mittal are among the 20 new fellows. Pavur is among the three who are returning from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/598720\u0022\u003Eprevious year of the program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe fellows represent all six colleges at Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;and were selected from a highly qualified and competitive field of students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWilliam Abdallah, Industrial Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJoseph Buehler, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELeo Chen (returning), Computer Science\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAnielle Duritza, Environmental Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKian Halim (returning), Computational Media\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKyte Harvey, Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EConnor Hawley, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChloe Kiernicki, Architecture\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EElizabeth Krakovski, Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMicah Landwermeyer, Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMatthew Lim, Computer Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFarouk Marhaba, Computer Science\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKat Matthews, Business\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKathryn McCarthy, Biological Sciences\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShivan Mittal, Physics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChristi Nakajima, Public Policy\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGigi Pavur (returning), Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELeah Claire Nofsinger, Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAshlyn Sasser, Industrial Design\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAlexandra Schultz, Chemical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERanal Apeksha Tudawe, Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJeniveve Vaia, Material Science and Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EEliya Olivia Wagner, Environmental Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research fellows, who are paid, are developing prototypes of interactive building-monitoring systems that convey the unique elements, qualities, and performance of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/livingbuilding.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EKendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design\u003C\/a\u003E, which is under construction. The systems will also monitor the behaviors that the buiding engenders among its occupants and visitors.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough SURF, the students will learn about sustainability, systems thinking, and how to apply these principles to the Georgia Tech Living Building.\u0026nbsp;Their work is facilitated by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/people-bbiss\u0022\u003EMichael Chang\u003C\/a\u003E, deputy director of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"They will help develop interactive monitoring systems for Georgia Tech\u2019s living building"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwenty-three Georgia Tech undergraduate students have been selected for the second class\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/surf\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESustainable Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF)\u003C\/a\u003E. Among them are Kathryn McCarthy, School of Biological Sciences; \u0026nbsp;Shivan Mittal, School of Physics; and Gigi Pavur, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"They will help develop interactive monitoring systems for Georgia Tech\u2019s living building."}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-03-18 20:45:05","changed_gmt":"2019-03-18 20:52:12","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-03-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"619391":{"id":"619391","type":"image","title":"Kathryn McCarthy, Shivan Mittal, and Gigi Pavur","body":null,"created":"1552940799","gmt_created":"2019-03-18 20:26:39","changed":"1552941969","gmt_changed":"2019-03-18 20:46:09","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235804","name":"2019 SURF McCarthy, Mittal, Pavur.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20SURF%20McCarthy%2C%20Mittal%2C%20Pavur.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20SURF%20McCarthy%2C%20Mittal%2C%20Pavur.png","mime":"image\/png","size":398412,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2019%20SURF%20McCarthy%2C%20Mittal%2C%20Pavur.png?itok=oWlwjhun"}},"618676":{"id":"618676","type":"image","title":"2019 SURF Group Photo","body":null,"created":"1551473565","gmt_created":"2019-03-01 20:52:45","changed":"1552509809","gmt_changed":"2019-03-13 20:43:29","alt":"Group photo of the 2019 Sustainable Undergraduate Research Fellows.\u00a0Back Row L to R: Leah Nofsinger, William Abdallah, Farouk Marhaba, Alexandra Shultz, Kathryn McCarthy, Ranal Tudawe, Shivan Mittal, Gigi Pavur, Leo Chen, Matthew Lim, Kyte Harvey, and Michael Chang. Front Row L to R: Joey Buehler, Kat Matthews, Ashlyn Sasser, Micah Landwermeyer, Jeniveve Vaia, Elizabeth Krakovski, Anielle Duritza, Christi Nakajima, Conner Hawley, and Kian Halim. 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