{"71008":{"#nid":"71008","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hall of Fame Astronaut, Robert Crippen,  Honors Georgia Tech Student","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour-time Space Shuttle astronaut Robert Crippen is scheduled to present Georgia Tech senior Jenna Campbell with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) during a public presentation and ceremony, Tuesday, September 16 at 3:00 p.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Tech campus.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award ceremony will coincide with a presentation by Crippen on his out-of-this-world travels and how hard work made it possible for him to be the nation\u0027s first Space Shuttle pilot!  The lecture is free and open to the public.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Astronaut Scholarship is the largest monetary award given in the United States to science and engineering undergraduate students based solely on merit.  Nineteen of these prestigious awards are dispersed each year through the ASF to outstanding college students majoring in a science or engineering field.  These well-rounded students exhibit exceptional performance, initiative, and creativity in their field, as well as intellectual daring and a genuine desire to positively change the world around them, both in and outside the classroom. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am pleased to be presenting Jenna with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholarship,\u0022 said Crippen, who also serves as the ASF vice chairman.  \u0022Jenna is a bright, up-and-coming forerunner in the field of physics, and I feel honored to pass this award on to her so that she will be able to continue the United States\u0027 great tradition of excellence in the science and engineering fields.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECampbell is a senior at Georgia Tech majoring in physics, focusing her research on the development of silicon nano-porous structures.  During her summer research she strived to develop active silicon microfilters and gas sensors through use of porous silicon, which can be used in the medical and law enforcement fields.  Her research has led her to author a journal publication and co-author an invention disclosure.  Upon completion of her undergraduate degree, Campbell plans to attend graduate school for biophysics or chemical physics, earn her Ph.D., and follow her love of teaching by working in academia.  Campbell is a member of the Society of Physics Students, a Peer Leader volunteer for the freshman physics students, and the vice president of the Georgia Tech Equestrian Team.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are proud to see one of our students recognized with such a wonderful honor,\u0022 said Gary Schuster, Interim President of Georgia Tech. \u0022Jenna Campbell exemplifies the attributes that make Georgia Tech students successful graduates.  She has taken advantage of undergraduate  research opportunities and made strides towards achieving her career goals while still at Tech.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETwenty-seven years ago this year, Crippen piloted the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle program and orbiter Columbia. He went on to command Challenger on three other shuttle missions including the first mission to capture, repair and release a satellite. In the early 1990s, he served as director of NASA\u0027s Kennedy Space Center and then served as president of Thiokol Aerospace Group in Utah. Crippen was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 2006 and was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Astronaut Scholarship Foundation is a non-profit organization established in 1984 by the six surviving members of America\u0027s original Mercury astronauts.  Its goal is to aid the United States in retaining its world leadership in science and technology by providing scholarships for college students who exhibit motivation, imagination, and exceptional performance in the science or engineering field of their major.  ASF funds 19 $10,000 scholarships annually and has awarded over $2.6 million in scholarships nationwide.  For more information log on to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.AstronautScholarship.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.AstronautScholarship.org\u0022\u003Ewww.AstronautScholarship.org\u003C\/a\u003E or call 321.455.7012.  \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Four-time Space Shuttle astronaut Robert Crippen is scheduled to present Georgia Tech senior Jenna Campbell with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) during a public presentation and ceremony, Tuesday, September 16 at 3:00 p.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts, Georgia Tech campus.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech student Jenna Campbell honored by Hall of Fame Astr"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2008-09-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-09-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-09-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71009":{"id":"71009","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449177338","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:38","changed":"1475894628","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:48"}},"media_ids":["71009"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.AstronautScholarship.org\/","title":"Astronaut Scholarship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1325","name":"aerospace"},{"id":"1336","name":"Astronaut"},{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1993","name":"Jenna Campbell"},{"id":"1992","name":"Robert Crippen"},{"id":"167285","name":"scholarship"},{"id":"169385","name":"Student award"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}