{"678794":{"#nid":"678794","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Heck, Xia Elected to National Academy of Inventors","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academyofinventors.org\/\u0022\u003ENational Academy of Inventors\u003C\/a\u003E (NAI) is adding two more Georgia Tech researchers to its roster of innovators: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/larry-p-heck\u0022\u003ELarry Heck\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Younan-Xia\u0022\u003EYounan Xia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHeck is an artificial intelligence and speech recognition pacesetter who helped create virtual assistants for Microsoft, Samsung, Google, and Amazon. Xia is a nanomaterials pioneer whose inventions include silver nanowires commercialized for use in touchscreen displays, flexible electronics, and photovoltaics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElection to NAI is the highest professional distinction specifically awarded to inventors. Founded in 2012, the NAI Fellows program has recognized 22 Georgia Tech innovators \u2014 12 in just the last five years. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/academyofinventors.org\/nai-announces-2024-class-of-fellows\/\u0022\u003EXia and Heck join a 2025 class of 170 new fellows representing university, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/heck-xia-elected-national-academy-inventors\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers honored for their innovations in AI speech processing and nanomaterials for medicine and electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers honored for their innovations in AI speech processing and nanomaterials for medicine and electronics."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2024-12-09 23:13:18","changed_gmt":"2024-12-11 16:18:27","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2024-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675795":{"id":"675795","type":"image","title":"Xia-Heck-Natl-Acad-Inventors-t.jpg","body":null,"created":"1733786053","gmt_created":"2024-12-09 23:14:13","changed":"1733786053","gmt_changed":"2024-12-09 23:14:13","alt":"Younan Xia and Larry Heck.","file":{"fid":"259461","name":"Xia-Heck-Natl-Acad-Inventors-t.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/09\/Xia-Heck-Natl-Acad-Inventors-t.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/12\/09\/Xia-Heck-Natl-Acad-Inventors-t.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":719906,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/12\/09\/Xia-Heck-Natl-Acad-Inventors-t.jpg?itok=8qlieYSX"}}},"media_ids":["675795"],"groups":[{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"186604","name":"Larry Heck"},{"id":"24841","name":"Younan Xia"},{"id":"87401","name":"National Academy of Inventors"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"}],"core_research_areas":[{"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\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}