{"63785":{"#nid":"63785","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Aerospace Engineering Professor Honored by AIAA","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics\n(AIAA) honored this month Robert Braun, Georgia Tech professor of aerospace engineering, with the Von Karman Lectureship in Astronautics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe annual award, named for astronautics pioneer Theodore\nVon Karman, is given to someone who has performed notably and distinguished\nthemselves technically in the field of astronautics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBraun was recognized for advancing the understanding of the\nchallenge of Mars entry, descent and landing, and for the development of\nsystems concepts and technologies enabling Martian exploration programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHe delivered his lecture, \u201cMars Entry, Descent and Landing\nTechnology Advancements,\u201d during the 49\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E annual AIAA Aerospace\nSciences Meeting in Orlando, FL held this month.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am honored to be recognized by the AIAA and to speak at\nthis year\u2019s conference about the challenging work done by the scientists and\nengineers in NASA\u2019s entry, descent and landing technical community,\u201d Braun said.\u0026nbsp; \u201cMy hope is that engineering students around\nthe country will share in the excitement of planetary exploration, developing\nnew technologies and advancing our nation\u2019s forays in space.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBraun is the David and Andrew Lewis Professor in Space\nTechnology in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Engineering.\u0026nbsp; He was named NASA\u2019s first chief technologists\nfor a two-year term on Feb 3, 2010, serving as principal advisor and advocate\non matters concerning agency-wide technology policy and programs. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobert Braun, Georgia Tech AE professor, \u0026nbsp;honored with the Von Karman Lectureship in Astronautics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-01-21 16:43:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:02","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-01-21T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63787":{"id":"63787","type":"image","title":"AIAA Honors Professor Robert Braun","body":null,"created":"1449176708","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:05:08","changed":"1475894561","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:41","alt":"AIAA Honors Professor Robert Braun","file":{"fid":"191878","name":"AIAAAW11_203LR.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AIAAAW11_203LR_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AIAAAW11_203LR_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":58764,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/AIAAAW11_203LR_0.jpg?itok=QWHdhjIg"}}},"media_ids":["63787"],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"},{"id":"2575","name":"Robert Braun"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["liz.klipp@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}