{"656760":{"#nid":"656760","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bianchini Honored with 2022 Ivan Allen Jr. Legacy Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to 2022 Ph.D. graduate Mario Bianchini, who was honored with\u0026nbsp;this year\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/community\/distinguishedalumniawards\u0022\u003EIvan Allen Jr. Legacy Award!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Legacy Award is given to an undergraduate student, graduate student, and faculty member\u0026nbsp;each year whose lives and work embody the spirit of Georgia Tech alumnus and former Atlanta mayor\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen Jr. (Commerce 1934).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBianchini joined the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of History and Sociology\u003C\/a\u003E as a Master\u0026#39;s student in 2014 and went on to pursue his \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/graduate\/phd-program\u0022\u003EPh.D. in History and Sociology of Technology and Science\u003C\/a\u003E in 2016. He is a historian of technology, primarily interested in the East German ideal of technological utopianism. In March, Bianchini\u0026nbsp;successfully defended his dissertation\u0026nbsp;on \u0026quot;Real Existing Utopia: Creating a Technological Culture 1945-1989,\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;and he will graduate with his doctorate this spring.\u0026nbsp;Read more about Bianchini\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;research in our recent feature story:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/653584\/what-east-germany-teach-about-environmentalism-mass-automation\u0022\u003EWhat can East Germany Teach us About Environmentalism and Mass Automation?\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond this work, \u0026quot;Mario has been a real leader in our program, in Ivan Allen College, and in the field in general,\u0026quot; wrote \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/kristie-macrakis\u0022\u003EProfessor Kristie Macrakis\u003C\/a\u003E in her nomination letter.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThroughout\u0026nbsp;his academic career, Bianchini was awarded two German Academic Exchange Service research grants, a Linda Hall Library research fellowship, and a Fulbright research grant for Germany, where he acted as an ambassador for the United States. In the field of history and technology, he\u0026nbsp;also served as an editor for the \u0026quot;Technology\u0026rsquo;s Stories\u0026quot; series put out by the flagship journal \u003Cem\u003ETechnology and Culture.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his scholarly work, Mario has been an effective teaching assistant and instructor in the School of History and Sociology. He earned a Teaching Apprenticeship Program fellowship\u0026nbsp;and received the\u0026nbsp;HSOC Instructor of the Year award for teaching his own summer course on the history of Nazi Germany.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFinally, Bianchini is an\u0026nbsp;active member of the graduate community. As the graduate student representative in the School, he\u0026nbsp;acted\u0026nbsp;as the liaison between graduate students and faculty. He was also Chair of the Graduate Advisory Board and won the Homer Rice Award for Community Service as recognition for his leadership in the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;In short, Mario deserves this recognition because of his leadership in his research, teaching, scholarly discipline, and our community,\u0026quot; Macrakis wrote.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECongratulations, Mario!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBianchini will be honored at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/community\/distinguishedalumniawards\u0022\u003EDistinguished Alumni Awards\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;ceremony on April 7, 2022.\u0026nbsp;The eighth annual celebration honors exceptional alumni from each of the six academic schools and three Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) units in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Selected by the school from which they earned their degree or their respective ROTC unit, alumni are recognized for their significant contributions to the College, Institute, and the public welfare.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Legacy Award is given to an undergraduate student, graduate student, and faculty member\u00a0each year whose lives and work embody the spirit of Georgia Tech alumnus and former Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen Jr. (Commerce 1934)."}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2022-03-29 17:01:40","changed_gmt":"2022-04-04 14:13:02","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-04-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-04-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656786":{"id":"656786","type":"image","title":"Mario Bianchini","body":null,"created":"1648583364","gmt_created":"2022-03-29 19:49:24","changed":"1648583364","gmt_changed":"2022-03-29 19:49:24","alt":"Three of the same image of Mario Bianchini in a row with him looking into the camera with a green plant behind him","file":{"fid":"248959","name":"16 x 9 Aspect Ratio (3200 x 1800 px) (30).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%283200%20x%201800%20px%29%20%2830%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%283200%20x%201800%20px%29%20%2830%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":5435847,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%283200%20x%201800%20px%29%20%2830%29.png?itok=9zqjbdGS"}}},"media_ids":["656786"],"groups":[{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDi Minardi\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edi.minardi@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dminardi3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}