{"689725":{"#nid":"689725","#data":{"type":"profile","title":"Jud Ready","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EW. Jud Ready is the executive director of the Space Research Institute. Prior to this role, he served as associate\u0026nbsp;director of external engagement\u0026nbsp;for the Georgia Tech Institute for Matter and Systems and director of the Georgia Tech Center for Space Technology and Research. He has also been an adjunct professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech and a principal research engineer on the research faculty of Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) for over a dozen years.\u0026nbsp;Prior to joining the Georgia Tech faculty, he worked for a major military contractor (General Dynamics) as well as in small business (MicroCoating Technologies). He has served as PI or co-PI for grants totaling ~$17M awarded by the Army, Navy, Air Force, DARPA, NASA, NSF, NIST, industry, charitable foundations and the States of Georgia and Florida. His current research focuses primarily on energy, aerospace, nanomaterial applications, and electronics reliability.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003EJud Ready is a space and materials science leader with extensive experience directing research programs in aerospace, energy, nanomaterials, and electronics reliability across government, industry, and academia.\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35797","created_gmt":"2026-04-13 19:16:23","changed_gmt":"2026-05-20 18:29:25","author":"Siobhan Rodriguez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"hg_media":{"679937":{"id":"679937","type":"image","title":"N19C10200-P41-003.jpg","body":null,"created":"1776107795","gmt_created":"2026-04-13 19:16:35","changed":"1776107795","gmt_changed":"2026-04-13 19:16:35","alt":"Image of Jud Ready","file":{"fid":"264161","name":"N19C10200-P41-003.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/13\/N19C10200-P41-003.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/13\/N19C10200-P41-003.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3256992,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/13\/N19C10200-P41-003.jpg?itok=dQM8p83s"}}},"media_ids":["679937"],"groups":[{"id":"658168","name":"Experts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":["Faculty"],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[{"nid":"690390","title":"Georgia Tech experts hope Artemis II launch renews interest in space exploration"},{"nid":"690391","title":"Rocket scientists at Georgia Tech closely watching the Artemis II moonshot"},{"nid":"690392","title":"Georgia Tech helping shape future of space as NASA prepares for moon mission"},{"nid":"690393","title":"Georgia Tech expert breaks down Olympic helmet tech"},{"nid":"690394","title":"Georgia Tech space researcher discusses Artemis II mission"},{"nid":"690395","title":"What historic Artemis II moon mission means for technology and space exploration"},{"nid":"690396","title":"What makes an Olympic swimming pool super fast?"},{"nid":"690397","title":"Amsterdam Walk advances; one cool bridge; North Point revival?"},{"nid":"690399","title":"Could pool at Paris Olympics be a factor in slower swimming times?"}],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}