{"173851":{"#nid":"173851","#data":{"type":"news","title":"EE Junior Joe Luck among Inaugural GTRI Scholarship Recipients","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) invests in students, and the return on that investment pays dividends every day.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWith more than 300 students currently filling roles at GTRI, senior leadership created a new way to recognize, honor, and recruit talented students. In October, GTRI awarded $40,000 in scholarships to four students at Georgia Tech: Carlos Alas, a mechanical engineering major from Naples, Fla.; Victoria Falk, a chemical engineering major from Lilburn, Ga.; Joseph Luck, an electrical engineering major from Summerville, S.C.; and Bianca Palacio, an industrial engineering major from Ridgewood, N.J.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe have about 300 students who are embedded in our research initiatives,\u201d GTRI Director Bob McGrath said in a luncheon with the recipients Oct. 16. \u201cYou and these 300 other students are an investment in our future. We\u2019re very excited about the future of our technical workforce.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlready, Mr. Luck, an EE junior and an Army veteran with a background in electronic warfare, has been hired in the Electronic Systems (ELSYS) Laboratory at GTRI as a student assistant.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cJoe Luck comes to ELSYS with skills that can immediately help our programs, while giving him experience to broaden and strengthen his career.\u201d said Joe Brooks, director of ELSYS. \u201cWe\u2019re glad he\u2019s come on board. We are confident he can make contributions to our research in a way I think senior leadership envisioned when the scholarship was created.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe committee that selected the recipients was led by Human Resources Consultant Shatanese Reese, and included GTRI Deputy Director of Support Lisa Sills and GTRI Chief of Staff Tom Horton. Scholarship eligibility criteria were provided to the Georgia Tech Financial Aid Office, which reviewed their database of students and provided GTRI with potential scholarship candidates.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese are incredibly gifted students, and I\u2019m glad GTRI could be a part of their educational opportunity,\u201d McGrath said.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EElectrical engineering junior Joe Luck was one of four students recently awarded scholarships by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Electrical engineering junior Joe Luck was one of four students recently awarded scholarships by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2012-11-28 16:19:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:14","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"173861":{"id":"173861","type":"image","title":"Inaugural GTRI scholarship recipients","body":null,"created":"1449179012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:32","changed":"1475894816","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:56","alt":"Inaugural GTRI scholarship recipients","file":{"fid":"195798","name":"gtri_scholarship_recipients.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtri_scholarship_recipients_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtri_scholarship_recipients_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2948322,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gtri_scholarship_recipients_0.jpg?itok=MnIs5qHn"}}},"media_ids":["173861"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/elsys","title":"Electronic Systems Laboratory"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11241","name":"Electronic Systems Laboratory"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"415","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"id":"51541","name":"Joe Luck"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39481","name":"National Security"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELance Wallace\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-407-7280\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lance.wallace@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elance.wallace@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lance.wallace@gtri.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}