{"671561":{"#nid":"671561","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Be Where It\u2019s Booming: Kian Zarbaf Thrives at the Forefront","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen Kian Zarbaf applied to Georgia Tech, he laid out 3 goals in his application essay: join the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/yang-aero-maker-space-ams\u0022\u003EYang Aero Maker Space\u003C\/a\u003E, do research in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.comblab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EBen T. Zinn Combustion Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, and find an internship at a big space company such as Blue Origin or SpaceX.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECheck. Check. And check.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZarbaf admits he didn\u2019t necessarily keep track of those goals and intentionally set out to achieve them. It just turns out he knew pretty well what he wanted to accomplish in college when he was just 18 years old.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFour years later, Zarbaf is going even further. He\u2019s headed back to his home state of Florida in the new year to work at SpaceX, where he\u2019ll play a key role in the launches that send satellites, cargo, and astronauts to space.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs usual, Zarbaf is right where the action is.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI always want to be where it\u2019s booming,\u201d said Zarbaf, a College of Engineering \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/clarkscholars.coe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EClark Scholar\u003C\/a\u003E who is finishing his aerospace engineering degree this fall. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of stressful, but I like the commotion.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/be-where-its-booming-kian-zarbaf-thrives-forefront\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGet the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter earning his aerospace engineering degree this fall, Zarbaf will continue to chase frontiers at SpaceX.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"After earning his aerospace engineering degree this fall, Zarbaf will continue to chase frontiers at SpaceX."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-12-13 18:33:11","changed_gmt":"2023-12-13 18:37:00","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-12-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672573":{"id":"672573","type":"image","title":"Kian Zarbaf Class of 2023","body":null,"created":"1702492401","gmt_created":"2023-12-13 18:33:21","changed":"1702492401","gmt_changed":"2023-12-13 18:33:21","alt":"Kian Zarbaf in front of the Tech Tower with a \u0022Helluva Engineer - Class of 2023\u0022 overlay graphic","file":{"fid":"255841","name":"Kian-Zarbaf-by-Candler-Hobbs_thumbnail-2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/12\/13\/Kian-Zarbaf-by-Candler-Hobbs_thumbnail-2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/12\/13\/Kian-Zarbaf-by-Candler-Hobbs_thumbnail-2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":614961,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/12\/13\/Kian-Zarbaf-by-Candler-Hobbs_thumbnail-2.jpg?itok=BZ_N-vNI"}}},"media_ids":["672573"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"604685","name":"Clark Scholars"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"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\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}