{"173991":{"#nid":"173991","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Petit Institute Announces its 2013 Class of Petit Scholars","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech announces its 2013 class of Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars.\u0026nbsp; The \u0022Petit Scholars\u0022 are top undergraduate students from Atlanta-area universities chosen from a highly competitive selection process to conduct independent research projects for a full year at the Petit Institute. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Petit Scholars program is administered by the Petit Institute and Todd McDevitt, a Petit Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, who serves as the faculty advisor for the program.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022This year we saw the largest and most diverse applicant pool to date,\u0022 McDevitt said.\u0026nbsp; \u0022With the program\u0027s prestige growing within the biotech research community, we had an extremely competitive application process.\u0026nbsp; From the generosity of our supporters, we were able to award sixteen research scholarships for 2013.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom January through December of 2013, each of the 16 scholars will be mentored by a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow in a Petit Institute laboratory.\u0026nbsp; During this period, the scholars will work to develop their own research projects which they themselves have selected after a thorough interview process with potential mentors.\u0026nbsp; Research is conducted within the areas of cancer biology, biomaterials, drug design, development and delivery, molecular evolution, molecular cellular and tissue biomechanics, regenerative medicine, stem cell engineering and systems biology.\u0026nbsp; Many scholars will have made enough progress in their research by the end of the year to participate on scientific publications and\/or present at conferences. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe class of 2013 is represented by students from Georgia Tech, Emory University, Morehouse College and Agnes Scott College.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2013 Class of Petit Scholars:\u003Cbr \/\u003EDerrius Anderson - Morehouse\u003Cbr \/\u003ERebecca Byler - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarisa Casola - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EDabin Choi - Emory\u003Cbr \/\u003ECamden Esancy - Agnes Scott College\u003Cbr \/\u003EMeredith Fay - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EDavid Heaner - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EJaheda Khanam - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlicia Lane - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EBryant Menn - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Morales - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EDylan Richards - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003ESanjay Sridaran - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EMax Stockslager - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EAditya Suresh - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003EJose Vasquez Porto-Viso - GT\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince its inception in 2000, the program has supported hundreds of top undergraduate researchers who have gone on to distinguished careers in research, medicine and industry.\u0026nbsp; Originally established as a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program from a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to the Georgia Tech\/Emory Center for Tissue Engineering, the program was expanded to a full year research opportunity and has now funded nearly two hundred students.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFunding for the Petit Scholars is supported by Atlanta area community members, including the Friends of the Petit Institute, as well as corporate sponsorship.\u0026nbsp; If you are interested in donating to this valuable program, please \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ibb.gatech.edu\/contact\u0022\u003Econtact us\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Sixteen top undergraduate scholars awarded full-year research opportunity"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPetit Institute Announces its 2013 Class of Petit Scholars - Sixteen top undergraduate scholars awarded full-year research opportunity\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sixteen top undergraduate scholars awarded full-year research opportunity"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2012-11-29 10:22:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:18","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"193451":{"id":"193451","type":"image","title":"Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars Class of 2013","body":null,"created":"1449179879","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:57:59","changed":"1475894843","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:23","alt":"Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars Class of 2013","file":{"fid":"196351","name":"scholars_group_2013-small.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/scholars_group_2013-small_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/scholars_group_2013-small_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":94412,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/scholars_group_2013-small_0.jpg?itok=ENpSQzE9"}}},"media_ids":["193451"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ibb.gatech.edu\/petit-scholars","title":"Petit Scholars website"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/","title":"Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"51631","name":"Petit Institute Announces its 2013 Class of Petit Scholars"}],"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\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EColly Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E - Program administrator\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETodd McDevitt, PhD - Program faculty advisor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}