{"193771":{"#nid":"193771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTRIC Events Hosts First Special Ivan Allen College Segment","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHeld on February 12, 2013, at the Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (GTRIC), graduate students at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;participated in a special IAC component of the conference. The component consisted of special project presentation sessions and the first Ivan Allen College Paper Competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAndrew Quitmeyer\u003C\/strong\u003E, graduate student in the Digital Media program in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E, won the Best Poster prize awarded by Campus Services at the evening ceremony capping the conference.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/andy.dorkfort.com\/papers\/Digital_Naturalism__Poster.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EView the poster here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough the IAC Paper Competition, three Ivan Allen graduate students\u0026nbsp;were awarded $1,500 each in travel grants to\u0026nbsp;support research travel for fieldwork or to present at other conferences:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFirst place\u2015\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ETong Zhao\u003C\/strong\u003E, PhD student in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/strong\u003E, with the paper\u0026nbsp;\u0022Confidence-Building and Nuclear Arms Control between\u0026nbsp;the U.S. and China: The Role and Limit of Epistemic Community.\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESecond place\u2015\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EEmily Gibson\u003C\/strong\u003E, PhD student in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of History, Technology, and Society\u003C\/strong\u003E, with the paper \u0022The Hand that Rocked the Cradle Flies the Family\u0027s Plane Today:\u0026nbsp;Feminism, Gender Roles, and the Rise of Commercial Aviation in the United States during the 1920s-1930s.\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThird place\u2015\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EPeter G. Westin\u003C\/strong\u003E,\u0026nbsp;PhD student in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of History, Technology, and Society\u003C\/strong\u003E, with the paper\u0026nbsp;\u0022Sparky, the Patriot, and Turbo-Diesels: The Relevance of Failed Motorsports Innovations in the History of Technology.\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGraduate students on the IAC Graduate Student Advisory Board organized the paper conference, which was generously supported by the Dean\u0027s Office. IAC faculty members across units volunteered to evaluate the essays according to a scoring rubric developed by the students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Overall IAC interest in GTRIC was very impressive, especially given this being the first year for the paper competition,\u0022 said\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn H. Miller\u003C\/strong\u003E, a graduate student in\u0026nbsp;the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of History, Technology, and Society\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIAC graduate students presented their research in panels throughout GTRIC, while the posters were on display for faculty and graduate student judges in the Student Center ballroom.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am glad that I attended this conference and had the wonderful opportunity not only to present my own research but to get to know the extraordinary work done by my fellow students,\u0022 said Zhao, the first place winner of the paper competition. \u0022It has been a very rewarding experience, and I learned a lot from talking with professors and fellow students on some very interesting and innovative research topics.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIAC graduate students were grateful for the opportunity to present to their peers and faculty and to receive valuable feedback.\u0026nbsp;Peter Westin described the IAC paper competition as \u0022a great beginning to important cross-pollination of knowledge from multiple disciplines.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHeld on February 12, 2013, at the Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (GTRIC), graduate students at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;participated in a special IAC component of the conference. 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