{"667523":{"#nid":"667523","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Micro-Grants Community-Based Research Teams Present their Work","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2022-23 Micro-Grants Community-Based Research awardees presented their findings at the second annual symposium, held on April 18, 2023, in the auditorium of the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, which is the region\u2019s first Living Building. Ten teams presented to faculty, staff, students, and student family members. The topics were wide ranging, and dealt with both practical and theoretical issues. The work surpassed all expectations for quality and quantity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDevised by the Kendeda Building Advisory Board and sponsored by the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems and the Kendeda Building, the Micro-Grants Research Program solicits proposals for very small scale ($50 to $500), short term, sustainability related, research studies to be conducted by members of the Georgia Tech community. Community investigators are encouraged to explore ways in which the Georgia Tech campus can continue to innovate, demonstrate, prove, and promote the adoption of best and next practices in regenerative design and operations. Researchers were also encouraged to use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for research design. All members of the Georgia Tech community were encouraged to apply. The program especially sought proposals from students and staff that had little or no prior research experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program has four objectives:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Col\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eto expand 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\u003Eto bolster the use of the campus as a living laboratory;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eto give 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\u003Eto seed novel ideas and nurture nascent investigators.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2022-23 awardees and the titles of their projects are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAlex Lomis, Devi Patel, and Dr. Jung-Ho Lewe, \u0022Design and Development of a Low-Cost and Highly-Scaleable Occupancy Counter to Optimize the Utilization of HVAC Resources\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKaitlyn Tran, Shivani Potdar, and Amanda Janusz, \u0022Bird Safe Campus\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERicardo Martinez, \u0022Chiropterans at Georgia Tech\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EElizabeth Umanah, \u0022Reimagining Eco-Friendly Parking Lot Design Through Simulations\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELujain Diab, Ally Kimpling, Jenna Sitta, Marcus Morris, Skylar Ryan, Dr. Jennifer Leavey, and Steve Place, \u0022A Greener Grey: \u201cIroning\u201d Out Issues in Greywater Systems\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJun Wang and Yilun Zha, \u0022Kendeda\u2019s Educational Role in Waste Management and Recycling\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESiddharth Sivakumarun, \u0022Investigating Capacity for Regenerative Energy through Foot Traffic\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAlexandra Rodriguez Dalmau and John Fortner, \u0022Recognition of Insect Species in the Georgia Tech campus with Machine Learning\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGray Simmons, Kevin Leach, and Dr. Jung-Ho Lewe, \u0022IOT Climate Sensor Development for HVAC Efficiency Analysis\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EKaylin Cross, Pranav Jothi, Maanas Kumar, Brian Wu, Savannah Howard, and Sheng Dai, \u0022Prototyping Bio-inspired Geothermal Energy Recovery for Space Heating and Cooling\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMore details and links to all the presentations are available at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/sustainability\/micro-grants\u0022\u003Ethis web page\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2022-23 Micro-Grants Community-Based Research awardees presented their findings at the second annual symposium, held on April 18, 2023, in the auditorium of the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 2022-23 Micro-Grants Community-Based Research awardees presented their findings at the second annual symposium, held on April 18, 2023, in the auditorium of the Kendeda Building."}],"uid":"27338","created_gmt":"2023-04-25 20:23:35","changed_gmt":"2023-04-25 20:25:11","author":"Brent Verrill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_files":{"253528":{"fid":null,"name":"2023 Microgrants Bird Safe Campus Team","file_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/25\/Microgrants_Birdsafe.jpg","file_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/25\/Microgrants_Birdsafe.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":362996,"description":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Bird Safe Campus team shows their prototype window decals. L to R. - Amanda Janusz, Shivani Potdar, and Kaitlyn Tran.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n"}},"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/sustainability\/micro-grants","title":"BBISS Microgrants Page"}],"groups":[{"id":"244191","name":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"179356","name":"Industrial Design"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188360","name":"go-bbiss"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brent.verrill@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBrent Verrill\u003C\/a\u003E, Research Communications Program Manager, BBISS\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brent.verrill@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}