{"632298":{"#nid":"632298","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Brook Byers Professor Brown Among Four GT Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour Georgia Institute of Technology faculty members have been elected as new members of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nae.edu\/\u0022\u003ENational Academy of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (NAE). \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/marilyn-a-brown\u0022\u003EMarilyn Brown\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/kurfess\u0022\u003EThomas Kurfess\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Susan-Margulies\u0022\u003ESusan Margulies\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www2.isye.gatech.edu\/~ashapiro\/\u0022\u003EAlexander Shapiro\u003C\/a\u003E join 83 other new NAE members for 2020 when they are formally inducted during a ceremony at the academy\u2019s annual meeting on Oct. 4 in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElection of new NAE members, the culmination of a yearlong process, recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to \u0022engineering research, practice, or education, including, where appropriate, significant contributions to the engineering literature\u0022 and to \u0022the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in traditional fields of engineering, or developing\/implementing innovative approaches to engineering education.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s the honor of a lifetime to be recognized by the National Academy of Engineering for the impact we\u2019ve have on understanding lung injuries in the critical care unit and traumatic brain injuries in children,\u201d said Margulies, chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech and Emory University and, with Brown, one of just three\u0026nbsp;women on the Georgia Tech faculty accorded NAE membership \u2013 one of the highest professional distinctions an engineer can receive.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur work is deeply collaborative, and I am grateful to the engineers, scientists, physicians, and patients who are partners in our journey,\u201d Margulies added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMargulies, a researcher in the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Tech and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics at Emory, was elected, \u201cfor elaborating the traumatic injury thresholds of brain and lung in terms of structure-function mechanisms,\u201d according to the NAE announcement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing an integrated biomechanics approach, Margulies\u2019 research program spans the micro-to-macro scales in two distinct areas, traumatic brain injury and ventilator-induced lung injury. Her work has generated new knowledge about the structural and functional responses of the brain and lungs to their mechanical environment. Margulies came to Georgia Tech in 2017 from the University of Pennsylvania, where she\u2019d been a professor of bioengineering, and had earned her Master of Science in Engineering and Ph.D. in Bioengineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrown, a Regents and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E, was co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 (for co-authorship of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III Assessment Report on Mitigation of Climate Change, Chapter 6).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe joined Georgia Tech in 2006 after a career at the U.S. Department of Energy\u0027s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where she led several national climate change mitigation studies and became a leader in the analysis and interpretation of energy futures in the United States. Her research at Tech focuses on the design and impact of policies aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies, emphasizing the electric utility industry. She was elected to NAE \u201cfor bridging engineering, social and behavioral sciences, and policy studies to achieve cleaner electric energy.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EBrown, who earned her Ph.D. at the Ohio State University, co-founded and chaired the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, served two terms as a presidential appointee on the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority \u2013 the nation\u2019s largest public power provider \u2013 and also served two terms on the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Electricity Advisory Committee, where she led the Smart Grid Subcommittee.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe most rewarding feature of my career has been working toward solutions with colleagues across disciplines,\u201d Brown said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShapiro is the Russell Chandler III Chair and professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, where his research is focused on stochastic programming, risk analysis, simulation-based optimization, and multivariate statistical analysis.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2013, he was awarded the INFORMS Khachiyan Prize for lifetime achievements in optimization. He received the 2018 Dantzig Prize from the Mathematical Optimization Society and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince earning his Ph.D. in applied mathematics-statistics from Israel\u2019s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 1981, Shapiro has made substantial contributions to the fields of optimization and large-scale, stochastic programming, and he was elected to NAE \u201cfor contributions to the theory, computation, and application of stochastic programming.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKurfess is professor and HUSCO\/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, where he has helped guide the evolution of technology as a pioneer in the digital transformation of manufacturing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EImproving manufacturing technology is a pursuit that has roots in his childhood. \u201cI grew up in my father\u2019s machine shop,\u201d said Kurfess, who has a special fondness for mom-and-pop operations. He was elected by the NAE \u201cfor development and implementation of innovative digital manufacturing technologies and system architectures.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m proud that the work we do has a positive impact on small and medium-sized enterprises, which are about 99% of the manufacturing operations, as well as large operations,\u201d said Kurfess, who earned all of his degrees at MIT. \u201cOur work targets people who are implementing the digital thread in manufacturing, and what the digital thread will do is make sure those smaller enterprises, those mom and pops, can have access to the latest and greatest technologies.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E177 North Avenue\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contact\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Jerry Grillo\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour Georgia Institute of Technology faculty members have been elected as new members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). 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