{"673521":{"#nid":"673521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Shreyes Melkote Wins Research Engagement Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShreyes Melkote, who holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, was recently honored with the Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s outstanding achievement in research engagement and outreach award. The annual award is given by Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of the Executive Vice President for Research.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMelkote was nominated for his contributions to building and growing industry partnerships through the Georgia Tech-Boeing University Innovation Program and the Novelis Innovation Hub at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cShreyes has invested considerable time and effort to build enduring professional relationships with these industry partners which has ensured that the partnerships deliver long-term benefits to Georgia Tech faculty and students in their research and educational endeavors while enabling external partners to achieve their current and future technology and workforce development objectives,\u201d said Devesh Ranjan, Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMore than 169 graduate students and 81 undergraduate students along with several post-doctoral students, visiting scholars, and research engineers have benefited from industry support in programs led and fostered by Melkote.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMelkote also serves as the associate director for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/manufacturing\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTMI). GTMI is Georgia Tech\u0027s interdisciplinary research institute tackling the challenges facing manufacturers and helping to insure future global competitiveness. Recently, Georgia Tech\u2019s advanced manufacturing pilot facility managed by GTMI is supporting a statewide initiative that combines artificial intelligence and manufacturing innovations with transformational workforce and outreach programs called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/georgiaaim.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia AIM\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cShreyes has a passion for initiating collaborative industry and student partnerships that address strategic challenges faced by industry,\u201d said Thomas Kurfess, chief manufacturing officer of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the executive director of GTMI. \u201cHe is an important part of Georgia Tech\u2019s advanced manufacturing leadership helping to make the U.S. more globally competitive by engaging our best students and offering them valuable industry insight with world-class companies.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EShreyes Melkote, who holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, was recently honored with the Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s outstanding achievement in research engagement and outreach award.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Shreyes Melkote, who holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, was recently honored with the Georgia Institute of Technology\u2019s outstanding achievement in research eng"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-03-14 13:31:43","changed_gmt":"2024-03-14 13:37:02","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673390":{"id":"673390","type":"image","title":"Shreyes Melkote","body":"\u003Cp\u003EShreyes Melkote holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Professorship in Mechanical Engineering in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. Melkote also serves as the associate director for the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1710423383","gmt_created":"2024-03-14 13:36:23","changed":"1710423688","gmt_changed":"2024-03-14 13:41:28","alt":"Shreyes Melkote","file":{"fid":"256783","name":"melkote-copy2_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/14\/melkote-copy2_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/14\/melkote-copy2_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4705245,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/03\/14\/melkote-copy2_1.jpg?itok=GLvuA1Ch"}}},"media_ids":["673390"],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186857","name":"go-gtmi"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}