{"673250":{"#nid":"673250","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Honoring Professor Oliver Brand: The Oliver Brand Memorial Technical Symposium at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Oliver Brand Memorial Technical Symposium was held on Feb. 22 at the Georgia Institute of Technology in honor of the technical achievements of Professor Oliver Brand.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event brought together students, faculty, and professionals in the microelectromechanical systems research community to celebrate Brand\u2019s contributions to the field and explore cutting-edge research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs a fellow academic, looking at his contributions, they\u2019re remarkable,\u201d said Mike Filler, interim executive director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/nano\u0022\u003EInstitute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN)\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cBut then what put it over the top was his humanity. He supported every member of the community; he believed in people and had their best interests in mind.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe seven speakers included research colleagues, graduate students and technical staff who worked closely with Brand throughout his career. They reminisced about Brand and discussed the research and technical achievements they collaborated on with him.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrand spent more than 20 years as a member of the Georgia Tech faculty. In addition to leading IEN, he was a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, director of the Coordinating Office for the NSF-funded National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI), and director of the Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor, one of the 16 NNCI sites.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrand united researchers in the fields of electronics and nanotechnology, fostering collaboration and expanding IEN to include more than 200 faculty members. In addition to his respected work in the field of microelectromechanical systems, he is remembered for his kindness, dedication, and unwavering support toward all who knew him.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Oliver Brand Memorial Technical Symposium celebrated the technical achievements and humanity of Professor Oliver Brand, bringing together a community of researchers in microelectromechanical systems to commemorate his contributions and explore cutting-edge research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Oliver Brand Memorial Technical Symposium celebrated the technical achievements and humanity of Professor Oliver Brand."}],"uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2024-02-28 20:19:58","changed_gmt":"2024-08-27 16:08:40","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673263":{"id":"673263","type":"image","title":"brand_symposium_web.jpg","body":null,"created":"1709223420","gmt_created":"2024-02-29 16:17:00","changed":"1709223386","gmt_changed":"2024-02-29 16:16:26","alt":"Michael Filler gives opening remarks at the Oliver Brand Memorial Technical Symposium","file":{"fid":"256631","name":"brand_symposium_web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/02\/29\/brand_symposium_web.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/02\/29\/brand_symposium_web.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":171145,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/02\/29\/brand_symposium_web.jpg?itok=08FPPKBJ"}}},"media_ids":["673263"],"groups":[{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"193652","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAmelia Neumeister\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EResearch Communications Program Manager\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}