{"690280":{"#nid":"690280","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Emily Sanders Awarded NSF CAREER Award for Research on Shape-Shifting Materials ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/sanders\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEmily Sanders\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF CAREER Award supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. The award provides $662,045 over five years to support Sanders\u2019 project, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/show-award?AWD_ID=2542321\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPatterning Hard Interlocking Particles to Achieve Soft Materials and Structures\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/emily-sanders-awarded-nsf-career-award-research-shape-shifting-materials\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering website\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEmily Sanders, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF CAREER Award supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. The award provides $662,045 over five years to support Sanders\u2019 project, Patterning Hard Interlocking Particles to Achieve Soft Materials and Structures.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Emily Sanders, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the NSF\u2019s Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation."}],"uid":"35851","created_gmt":"2026-05-15 00:24:06","changed_gmt":"2026-05-15 00:26:06","author":"aritchie6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680282":{"id":"680282","type":"image","title":"Sanders-Wide.jpg","body":null,"created":"1778804663","gmt_created":"2026-05-15 00:24:23","changed":"1778804663","gmt_changed":"2026-05-15 00:24:23","alt":"Emily Sanders","file":{"fid":"264529","name":"Sanders-Wide.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/05\/14\/Sanders-Wide.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/05\/14\/Sanders-Wide.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":829767,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/05\/14\/Sanders-Wide.jpg?itok=aQG4gj83"}}},"media_ids":["680282"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"108731","name":"School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ashley.ritchie@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAshley Ritchie\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}