{"647327":{"#nid":"647327","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Yoganathan, Platt Win AIMBE Professional Impact Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo faculty members in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering have earned national praise for their impact on education and diversity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, or AIMBE, has \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/aimbe.org\/awards\/professional-impact-award\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehonored Ajit Yoganathan with its Professional Impact Award for Education and Manu Platt with a Professional Impact Award for Diversity\u003C\/a\u003E. They were recognized in late March at a virtual awards ceremony alongside five other winners from around the nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYoganathan\u0026rsquo;s award cites his long record of innovation in development of biomedical engineering education as well as his involvement in developing international standards in cardiovascular devices. In the 1990s, Yoganathan helped create Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bioengineering.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecross-disciplinary bioengineering Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E and then the unique \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/georgia-tech-emory-bme-phd-program\u0022\u003Ejoint Georgia Tech-Emory University Ph.D. program\u003C\/a\u003E. He also helped develop the Master of Biomedical Innovation and Development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I am extremely proud of what we have done in this space, because there was really nothing at Tech in the bio space when I started,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Ajit-Yoganathan\u0022\u003EYoganathan, Regents Professor Emeritus and Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair in Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;The impact I\u0026#39;ve seen \u0026mdash; how it impacts the graduate students that we\u0026#39;ve developed \u0026mdash; and the students\u0026rsquo; contributions makes me extremely proud.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Manu-O-Platt\u0022\u003EPlatt, associate professor in the Department\u003C\/a\u003E, was honored for \u0026ldquo;visionary leadership and an established track record of improving diversity and inclusion\u0026rdquo; in biomedical engineering, according to AIMBE. He was cited for \u0026ldquo;changing the culture for historically underrepresented students and faculty across the nation.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong his work, Platt leads \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/projectengage.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EProject ENGAGES at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E, a high school science education program that works with seven minority-serving public schools in Atlanta. He also runs a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/esteemed.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENational Institutes of Health-funded initiative at Tech\u003C\/a\u003E to build a pipeline of future researchers in biomedical engineering and biomedical sciences from groups that are historically underrepresented in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe organization is honoring Ajit Yoganathan with its Professional Impact Award for Education and Manu Platt with a Professional Impact Award for Diversity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The organization is honoring Ajit Yoganathan with its Professional Impact Award for Education and Manu Platt with a Professional Impact Award for Diversity."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2021-05-10 19:06:01","changed_gmt":"2021-05-10 19:06:01","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"647325":{"id":"647325","type":"image","title":"Yoganathan-Platt Composite","body":null,"created":"1620672836","gmt_created":"2021-05-10 18:53:56","changed":"1620672836","gmt_changed":"2021-05-10 18:53:56","alt":"Regents Professor Ajit Yoganathan and Associate Professor Manu Platt","file":{"fid":"245778","name":"Yoganathan-Ajit-Platt-Manu-composite-h.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Yoganathan-Ajit-Platt-Manu-composite-h.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Yoganathan-Ajit-Platt-Manu-composite-h.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":272621,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Yoganathan-Ajit-Platt-Manu-composite-h.jpg?itok=wukkQMb8"}}},"media_ids":["647325"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/aimbe.org\/awards\/professional-impact-award\/","title":"Professional Impact Awards - American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering"},{"url":"https:\/\/esteemed.bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"GT-ESTEEMED"},{"url":"https:\/\/projectengage.gatech.edu\/","title":"Project ENGAGES"},{"url":"https:\/\/bioengineering.gatech.edu\/","title":"Bioengineering Ph.D. Program"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Manu-O-Platt","title":"Manu Platt"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Ajit-Yoganathan","title":"Ajit Yoganathan"}],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"2582","name":"Ajit Yoganathan"},{"id":"10832","name":"Manu Platt"},{"id":"60841","name":"American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering"},{"id":"1007","name":"AIMBE"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}