{"672270":{"#nid":"672270","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Athena Receives Prestigious Award for Energy-Efficient Materials Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ECE) Ph.D. candidate Fabia Farlin Athena received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mrs.org\/\u0022\u003EMaterials Research Society\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(MRS) Graduate Student \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESilver\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E Award at the organization\u2019s Fall 2023 Meeting in Boston, MA.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShe won the award for her research on \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eemerging materials and devices that promote energy-efficient computing. MRS brings together materials researchers from around the world to promote the sharing and communication of interdisciplinary research and technology to improve the quality of life.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShe is advised by\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/eric-vogel\u0022\u003E Eric M. Vogel, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E, ECE adjunct professor and Hightower Professor in the School of Materials Science \u0026amp; Engineering (MSE).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAthena, who is also an IBM Ph.D. Fellow, presented her award-winning research at the meeting, and gave talks about two of her other research projects, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mrs.org\/meetings-events\/fall-meetings-exhibits\/2023-mrs-fall-meeting\/meeting-events\/awards\/student-awards-sessions\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201c\u003Cem\u003EA Novel Electrical Bias Technique to Recover Degraded ReRAM Arrays for Deep Learning\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eand \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mrs.org\/meetings-events\/presentation\/2023_mrs_fall_meeting\/2023_mrs_fall_meeting-3958547\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cDescribing the Analog Resistance Change of HfOx Neuromorphic Synapses.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShe was also one of five global finalists for the Arthur Nowick Graduate Student Award for teaching and mentoring.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis is the latest in a growing list of honors for Athena. She\u2019s also been recognized with the ECE Ph.D. Fellowship, Cadence Diversity in Technology Scholarship, EECS Rising Stars 2023, and Colonel Oscar P. Cleaver Award for the most outstanding Ph.D. dissertation proposal in ECE.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBefore her time at Georgia Tech, Athena received her undergraduate degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. She then spent two semesters at Purdue University as a graduate researcher, where she collaborated with Idaho National Lab on nuclear materials for next-generation energy.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESince coming to Georgia Tech, she\u2019s received her\u0026nbsp;M.S. in ECE\u0026nbsp;and has been active in Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering (WECE) and Women in Material Science and Engineering (WiMSE), helping to increase the involvement of women and minorities in STEM.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe ECE Ph.D. candidate was recognized for her research on emerging materials and devices that promote energy-efficient computing.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ECE Ph.D. candidate was recognized for her research on emerging materials and devices that promote energy-efficient computing."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-01-18 22:10:09","changed_gmt":"2024-01-22 14:00:20","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672800":{"id":"672800","type":"image","title":"Athena.jpg","body":null,"created":"1705616013","gmt_created":"2024-01-18 22:13:33","changed":"1705616013","gmt_changed":"2024-01-18 22:13:33","alt":"ECE Ph.D. candidate Fabia Farlin Athena","file":{"fid":"256118","name":"Athena.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/01\/18\/Athena_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/01\/18\/Athena_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":409403,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/01\/18\/Athena_0.jpg?itok=bciAOWfE"}}},"media_ids":["672800"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"66891","name":"Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"1692","name":"materials"},{"id":"208","name":"computing"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}