{"676628":{"#nid":"676628","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Assistant Professor Akanksha Menon Selected to Receive 2023 ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/menon\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAkanksha Menon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2023 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal. The award is presented for demonstrating outstanding achievement in the field of mechanical engineering, within ten years following graduation\u0026nbsp;with a bachelor\u2019s degree.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am very grateful to be selected for this award,\u201d said Menon. \u201cAs an undergrad just over a decade ago, I served as the President of both the ASME and Pi Tau Sigma student chapters; to now receive this prestigious medal for contributions to the field of mechanical engineering is truly humbling \u2013 the journey has come full circle!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMenon directs the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/amenonlab.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWater\u2013Energy Research Lab\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(WERL) at Georgia Tech, which focuses on applying thermal science and functional materials to develop sustainable and efficient energy and water technologies. Her research aims to unlock critical fundamental knowledge pertaining to thermally responsive materials with interactions across multiple length and time scales and to engineer them for applications ranging from desalination to thermal energy storage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe full story is available on the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/assistant-professor-akanksha-menon-selected-receive-2023-asme-pi-tau-sigma-gold-medal\u0022 rel=\u0022 noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENews Page\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/menon\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAkanksha Menon\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2023 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal. The award is presented for demonstrating outstanding achievement in the field of mechanical engineering, within ten years following graduation\u0026nbsp;with a bachelor\u2019s degree.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Akanksha Menon, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2023 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal. "}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2024-09-06 22:19:08","changed_gmt":"2024-09-06 22:20:03","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674886":{"id":"674886","type":"image","title":"Akanksha Menon_0.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPortrait of Akanksha Menon\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1725661160","gmt_created":"2024-09-06 22:19:20","changed":"1725661160","gmt_changed":"2024-09-06 22:19:20","alt":"Portrait of Akanksha Menon","file":{"fid":"258450","name":"Akanksha Menon_0.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/06\/Akanksha%20Menon_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/06\/Akanksha%20Menon_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66874,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/09\/06\/Akanksha%20Menon_0.jpeg?itok=JRqnO-zE"}}},"media_ids":["674886"],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003ENews Contact\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ashley.ritchie@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAshley Ritchie\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}