{"655753":{"#nid":"655753","#data":{"type":"event","title":"2022 Kendeda Micro-grants Research Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHybrid Event!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIn-person: Thursday March 3, 2022 5PM\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EKendeda Building Classroom 210\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EVirtual: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5509a5293bfa99c4fe533c5e9\u0026amp;id=0bce1bf36b\u0026amp;e=ea7222b592\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBluejeans Event Link\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFive teams were awarded micro-grants in the Fall of 2021 (of $50 to $500) for conducting research in the topical areas of regenerative design and operations. On Thursday, March 3rd, each team will give a 10-minute presentation, answer questions, and share thoughts about future research. This event is being held in conjunction with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5509a5293bfa99c4fe533c5e9\u0026amp;id=e0d9ac567e\u0026amp;e=ea7222b592\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E2022 SDG Action and Awareness Week\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe presenting teams are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERecognizing and Removing Invasive Plant Species Through Computer Vision and Deep Learning\u003C\/em\u003E; \u003Cstrong\u003EAthena Verghis\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ERishi Pathak\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ndash; CEE Undergrads\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EQuantifying the Per-capita Single-use Waste Impact from Food and Beverage in GT Campus\u003C\/em\u003E; \u003Cstrong\u003EPurna Pratiti Saha\u003C\/strong\u003E - ISyE Undergrad\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMonitoring Biodiversity in the EcoCommons\u003C\/em\u003E; \u003Cstrong\u003EAkhil Chavan\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ELalith Polepeddi\u003C\/strong\u003E - Research Scientists, Global Change Program\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEdible Campus: A Model for Georgia Tech\u003C\/em\u003E; \u003Cstrong\u003EElliot Hodge\u003C\/strong\u003E - CHEM Undergrad\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBBUGS Pollinator Garden\u003C\/em\u003E; \u003Cstrong\u003EBrooke Rothschild-Mancinelli\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Guth-Metzler\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EKatherine Nguyen\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EAaron Silva Trenkle\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle Wong\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ndash; IBB Graduate Students\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Kendeda Micro-Grants Research Program was conceived and launched in 2021 to:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EExpand scientific thinking and the understanding of the research process amongst those not (yet) directly involved in scientific research;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBolster the use of the campus as a living laboratory;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGive voice to people and communities outside of research that have culturally novel perspectives on problems and their possible solutions, and to create new pathways for partnering with them; and\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESeed novel ideas and nurture nascent investigators.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5509a5293bfa99c4fe533c5e9\u0026amp;id=ea4356995e\u0026amp;e=ea7222b592\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFind additional Georgia Tech events\u003C\/a\u003E being held in support of the\u0026nbsp;2022 SDG Action and Awareness Week.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive teams will present the results of their research micro-grants in\u0026nbsp;regenerative design and campus operations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five teams will present the results of their research micro-grants in\u00a0regenerative design and campus operations."}],"uid":"27338","created_gmt":"2022-02-24 16:29:15","changed_gmt":"2022-02-24 16:30:30","author":"Brent Verrill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-03-03T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2022-03-03T18:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-03-03T18:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-03-03 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-03-03 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-03-03 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655752":{"id":"655752","type":"image","title":"2022 Kendeda Microgrants Symposium Graphic","body":null,"created":"1645719311","gmt_created":"2022-02-24 16:15:11","changed":"1645719311","gmt_changed":"2022-02-24 16:15:11","alt":"Kendeda Microgrants Symposium Graphic","file":{"fid":"248611","name":"Mar3_Kendeda Micro-Grants.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mar3_Kendeda%20Micro-Grants.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mar3_Kendeda%20Micro-Grants.png","mime":"image\/png","size":214485,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Mar3_Kendeda%20Micro-Grants.png?itok=JxR_GIW-"}}},"media_ids":["655752"],"groups":[{"id":"244191","name":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"177751","name":"The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design"},{"id":"188360","name":"go-bbiss"},{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"},{"id":"87921","name":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:shan.arora@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EShan Arora\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Director, Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}