{"72066":{"#nid":"72066","#data":{"type":"profile","title":"Jonathan Colton","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJonathan Colton came to the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech in 1985, after completing his S.B., S.M., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. He serves as director of the Institute-wide Center for Polymer Processing. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the School of Industrial Design of the College of Architecture. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in design and manufacturing. He is principal researcher on projects sponsored by - among others - National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Education, NATO, Ford, General Motors, General Electric, Schlumberger, U.S. Navy, and Lockheed-Martin Corp. He has spent a year as a Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London. Dr. Colton serves on the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EColton is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the Society of Plastics Engineers, has been a Woodruff Faculty Fellow, and has received the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, the SAE Teetor Award, and the SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. Dr. Colton received a NASA Space Act Award. He has received the outstanding paper award from the Rapid Prototyping Journal. In 2007, he was named the Jack M. Zeigler Outstanding Educator Award, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEducation\u003Cbr \/\u003EPh.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986\u003Cbr \/\u003ES.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982\u003Cbr \/\u003ES.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFields\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EHumanitarian Design and Engineering (HumDE)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EManufacturing, Production, and Design: Polymer and polymer composites\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBiomedical and Medical Devices: Technologies for developing countries and other resource-limited environments.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDistinctions\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWorld Health Organization, Technology and Logistics Advisory Committee, 2008-2011\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Global Soap Project, board of directors, 2011-present\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAmigos for Christ, Community Service Award, 2011\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWoodruff School Jack M. Zeigler Outstanding Educator Award, 2007\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENational Aeronautical and Space Administration, Space Act Award, 2005\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESigma Xi (Georgia Tech Chapter)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBest Ph.D. Thesis Award (Advisor to Andrew McFarland), 2005\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBest M.S. Thesis Award (Advisor to Anne Palmer), 2000\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESociety of Plastics Engineers\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBoard of Directors (Medical Physics Division), 2006-2010\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFellow, 2004\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBoard of Directors (Composites Division), 2001-2009\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEmerald Literai Club Award, Highly Commended Paper, 2002 volume of\u0026nbsp;Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2003\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMCB University Press Award, Most Outstanding Paper, 1999 volume of\u0026nbsp;Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2000\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow, 1999\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWoodruff School Faculty Fellow, 1992 1997\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESociety of Automotive Engineers Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, 1992\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENational Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1989-1994\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESociety of Manufacturing Engineers Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer, 1988\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAmerican Society for Engineering Education New Engineering Educator, 1986\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENational Bureau of Standards Certificate of Recognition for Sustained Superior Performance, 1979\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERegistered Professional Engineer in Georgia\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Emanufacturing and CAE and design; humanitarian design and engineering; manufacturing, production, and design; polymer and polymer composites; biomedical and medical devices; technologies for developing countries and other resource-limited environments; product development and industrial design\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2011-10-27 11:43:01","changed_gmt":"2015-11-16 15:36:43","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"hg_media":{"72065":{"id":"72065","type":"image","title":"Jonathan Colton","body":null,"created":"1449177434","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:14","changed":"1475894649","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:09","alt":"Jonathan Colton","file":{"fid":"193631","name":"colton.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/colton_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/colton_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5233624,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/colton_0.jpg?itok=cx1GUgjP"}}},"media_ids":["72065"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[{"id":"9302","name":"School of Industrial Design"},{"id":"14904","name":"school of mechanical engineering"}],"classification":["Faculty"],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":{"work":"4048947407"},"contact":[],"email":["jonathan.colton@me.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}