{"226391":{"#nid":"226391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bioengineering\u2019s Ruffin Dies at 48","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristopher James Ruffin, 48, academic advisor for the Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Graduate Program, \u2028died on July 20.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cChris was the go-to \u2028person throughout the four years that I knew him,\u201d said Timothy Kassis, a Mechanical Engineering graduate student who is in the program. \u201cMy interactions with him from day one of the program gave me a sense of belonging.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERuffin began working at Georgia Tech in 1994 and started working in the \u2028bio-community in 2001 in the Biomedical Engineering department. \u2028His focus was always on ensuring that Bioengineering graduate students and faculty were taken care of.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNo task was too big or too small \u2014 he got them all done, professionally and with a smile,\u201d said Rob Butera, professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and former program director.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERuffin\u2019s funeral was held on July 26 at True Light Baptist Church in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristopher James Ruffin, 48, academic advisor for the Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Graduate Program,\u0026nbsp;died on July 20.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026nbsp;","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Christopher James Ruffin, 48, academic advisor for the Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Graduate Program, died on July 20."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2013-08-05 08:13:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:38","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"226401":{"id":"226401","type":"image","title":"Christopher Ruffin","body":null,"created":"1449243566","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:26","changed":"1475894899","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:19","alt":"Christopher Ruffin","file":{"fid":"197431","name":"ruffin.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ruffin_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ruffin_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1155050,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ruffin_1.jpg?itok=W5lkIEUq"}}},"media_ids":["226401"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/","title":"Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"70551","name":"Christopher James Ruffin"},{"id":"497","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mcdevitt@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMegan McDevitt\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and BIoscience\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}