{"690428":{"#nid":"690428","#data":{"type":"news","title":"College of Engineering Recognizes 8 Faculty Members with Excellence Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEight faculty members have been honored by the College of Engineering for their excellence\u0026nbsp;in research, service, teaching, inventorship, and commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECandidates for the fifth annual Faculty Excellence Awards were nominated by their peers or submitted self-nominations. Materials were reviewed by a committee of academic and research faculty members within the College.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach honoree receives $2,000. The honorees are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/menon\u0022\u003EAkanksha Menon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/yeo\u0022\u003EHong Yeo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/herrin\u0022\u003EKinsey Herrin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/lauren-steimle\u0022\u003ELauren Steimle\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/kevin-haas\u0022\u003EKevin Haas\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/omer-t-inan\u0022\u003EOmer Inan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bio\/scott-j-hollister\u0022\u003EScott Hollister\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bio\/kim-l-paige\u0022\u003EKim L. Paige\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the full story on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/college-recognizes-8-faculty-members-excellence-awards\u0022\u003ECollege of Engineering website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECandidates for the fifth annual Faculty Excellence Awards were nominated by their peers or submitted self-nominations. Materials were reviewed by a committee of academic and research faculty members within the College.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach honoree receives $2,000.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Eight faculty members have been honored by the College of Engineering for their excellence in research, service, teaching, inventorship, and commercialization."}],"uid":"36479","created_gmt":"2026-05-21 18:30:58","changed_gmt":"2026-05-21 18:33:06","author":"abowman41","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680327":{"id":"680327","type":"image","title":"_0000_Tech-Tower.jpg","body":null,"created":"1779388267","gmt_created":"2026-05-21 18:31:07","changed":"1779388267","gmt_changed":"2026-05-21 18:31:07","alt":"Georgia Tech\u2019s historic Tech Tower rises above leafy green trees on a clear day, featuring a red brick facade, arched windows, and a pointed gray roof with the word \u201cTECH\u201d displayed prominently near the top.","file":{"fid":"264574","name":"_0000_Tech-Tower.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/05\/21\/_0000_Tech-Tower.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/05\/21\/_0000_Tech-Tower.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":173014,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/05\/21\/_0000_Tech-Tower.jpg?itok=BjjKwXOD"}}},"media_ids":["680327"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188776","name":"go-research"},{"id":"194701","name":"go-resarchnews"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"},{"id":"594","name":"college of engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer, Director of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}