{"640869":{"#nid":"640869","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Duran Chosen as Georgia Tech Clark Scholar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHector Duran, a first-year student in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been chosen as a Georgia Tech Clark Scholar.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2020 cohort of Clark Scholars is made up of 10 first-year students majoring in various engineering disciplines. In 2018, the A. James \u0026amp; Alice B. Clark Foundation partnered with Georgia Tech to launch the A. James Clark Scholars Program at Georgia Tech. The Clark Scholars Program is the Foundation\u0026rsquo;s signature academic program, combining engineering, business, leadership, and community service.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuran is from Miami, Florida and attended Jose Marti MAST, where he served as both class and school president. Duran co-founded a marine science lab and served as president of the Marine Science Club and the Technological Student Association. Additionally, he conducted research focused on a different approach to lab instruction in a secondary setting. Duran was also captain for his judo tournament team from 2017-2020. In his free time, he enjoys woodworking, fishing, playing basketball, and spending time with his family.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuran is an electrical engineering major. He plans to focus on\u0026nbsp;energy and the application of renewable energy sources, with a focus on efficient storage of said energy. Ultimately, Duran would like to start a renewable energy power company and more efficiently harvest the clean energy around us.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuran is getting involved with the Energy Club at Georgia Tech, IEEE, and the Solar Racing Team. He would also like to join The Hive and become a peer instructor, and he said that he would like to be involved with energy-related research during his years at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I come from a low-income family and this scholarship means everything to me; it gave me the chance to be here at Tech, and to receive a top tier education,\u0026rdquo; Duran said. \u0026ldquo;I will be eternally grateful to the foundation and to those that granted me this opportunity.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHector Duran, a first-year student in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been chosen as a Georgia Tech Clark Scholar.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hector Duran, a first-year student in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), has been chosen as a Georgia Tech Clark Scholar.\u00a0"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2020-11-02 16:41:10","changed_gmt":"2020-11-02 16:43:45","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-11-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-11-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"640870":{"id":"640870","type":"image","title":"Hector Duran","body":null,"created":"1604335368","gmt_created":"2020-11-02 16:42:48","changed":"1604335368","gmt_changed":"2020-11-02 16:42:48","alt":"photograph of Hector Duran","file":{"fid":"243573","name":"Hector Duran-small2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hector%20Duran-small2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Hector%20Duran-small2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":533082,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Hector%20Duran-small2.jpg?itok=TZVXhWi0"}}},"media_ids":["640870"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/clarkscholars.coe.gatech.edu\/students\/2020","title":"A. 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