{"70129":{"#nid":"70129","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Graduate Named 2011 MacArthur Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech graduate Shwetak Patel has\nbeen awarded a \u201cgenius\u201d grant from the MacArthur Foundation. As one of 22\nMacArthur Fellows, Patel receives a $500,000 fellowship. The unique award is\n\u201cno-strings-attached,\u201d allowing Patel to use the money any way he chooses with\nno reporting requirements.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPatel, now an assistant professor in the departments\nof Computer Science, Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the\nUniversity of Washington, has focused much of his work on low-cost sensors that\ncan be placed in homes to measure energy consumption. These devices help track usage\nof everyday appliances and assist homeowners in identifying ways to save\nelectricity and water. Patel is also exploring how similar sensors can be used to\nmonitor human movement to assist with home security and elder care. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPatel received a B.S. (2003) and a Ph.D. (2008) from the College of Computing where he studied under Gregory Abowd.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMacArthur Fellows are anonymously nominated by their peers\non the basis of creativity and achievement. Candidates are not informed until\nwinners are selected, allowing the foundation to call them \u201cout of the blue\u201d to\naward them the $500,000 grants. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"\u0022Genius\u0022 Grant Awarded to 22 Recepients"}],"field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2011-09-20 17:08:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:09","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70128":{"id":"70128","type":"image","title":"Shwetak Patel 2","body":null,"created":"1449177288","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:48","changed":"1475894616","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:36","alt":"Shwetak Patel 2","file":{"fid":"192913","name":"patel1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/patel1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/patel1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4847624,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/patel1_0.jpg?itok=2FiMAjig"}},"70127":{"id":"70127","type":"image","title":"Shwetak Patel","body":null,"created":"1449177288","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:48","changed":"1475894616","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:36","alt":"Shwetak Patel","file":{"fid":"192912","name":"patel3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/patel3_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/patel3_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3599030,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/patel3_0.jpg?itok=H2M4bYo2"}}},"media_ids":["70128","70127"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.macfound.org\/site\/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH\/b.7730995\/k.96C7\/Shwetak_Patel.htm","title":"MacArthur Foundation Video"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer, Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jason.maderer@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}