{"675799":{"#nid":"675799","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Chemistry Students Place Second in Competitive VIP Poster Contest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EStudents from the College of Sciences competed in the statewide Vertical Integrated Project (VIP) Innovation competition, hosted by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vip-consortium.org\/regional-showcases\u0022\u003EVIP Consortium\u003C\/a\u003E this spring. The team, made up of two undergraduate students, \u003Cstrong\u003EDiya Godavarti\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EWaynell Simbafo\u003C\/strong\u003E, and one chemistry graduate student who served as a mentor, \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Pederson\u003C\/strong\u003E, placed second overall in the poster category. Their poster on modeling chemical exposure in the workplace focused on socioeconomic disparities in potentially toxic environments.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cPlacing second speaks volumes for Georgia Tech and the capabilities and abilities of these students,\u201d says\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/pamela-pollet\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPamela Pollet\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, faculty with the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E. Pollet served as the team\u2019s faculty advisor along with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oshainfo.gatech.edu\/staff\/jenny-houlroyd-cih-mpsh\u0022\u003EJenny Houlroyd\u003C\/a\u003E, manager of Occupational Health Services at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EEach year, the VIP poster competition challenges undergraduate students from throughout Georgia to use their different majors, mindsets, and abilities to solve a real, universal problem. The goal is to give students experience in a field of study and in working together to solve a seemingly complex problem. Georgia Tech\u2019s team, which was pre-selected by faculty and jury members, was one of approximately 70 teams eligible to participate at the statewide competition held in March.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EPollet says the student\u2019s poster, which combined chemistry, chemical safety, and social justice, was born from their interest in examining chemical exposure dangers for those who are not equipped to recognize such hazards.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cThere is some social injustice in this context because the people who are most exposed to chemical dangers are often the people who don\u2019t have the education to recognize the hazards and\u0026nbsp;often are the most socioeconomically vulnerable,\u201d Pollet explains.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EGodavarti, a second-year student in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, says the team was proud of the bigger goal of the project \u2014 and its alignment with Georgia Tech\u2019s mission. \u201cWe wanted to bring awareness about the impact of chemical exposure and what can be done to prevent dangerous levels of exposure. It was interesting to think about this from a business perspective in the idea of how we can apply these models to help people.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe VIP chemical equity initiative received a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blog.ctl.gatech.edu\/2024\/07\/16\/sustainability-education-innovation-grants-awarded\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Teaching and Learning Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grant\u003C\/a\u003E to continue the research this upcoming academic year, and will welcome both new and returning students.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech team placed second in the statewide Vertical Integrated Project Innovation competition for a poster modeling chemical exposure and socioeconomic disparities.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Georgia Tech team placed second in the statewide Vertical Integrated 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