{"272731":{"#nid":"272731","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Petit Institute Announces 2014 Class of Petit Scholars","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech announces its 2014 class of Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars.\u0026nbsp; The \u0022Petit Scholars\u0022 are top undergraduate students from Atlanta-area universities who are selecdted from a highly competitive selection process to conduct independent research projects for a full year at the Petit Institute.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn its fifteenth year, over $50,000 was raised to support the program which has now soared to support 20 new scholars in 2014.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom January through December of 2014, each of the 20 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 2014 is represented by students from Georgia Tech, Emory University and Morehouse College:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKaitlin Ahlstedt (Chemistry\/Biochemistry) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EDexter Allen (Neuroscience \u0026amp; Behavioral Biology) - Emory University\u003Cbr \/\u003EKevin Bai (Biomedical Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EKristin Casey (Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EDestiny Cobb (Biomedical Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EMaria Diaz Ortiz (Biomedical Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EShohini Ghosh-Choudhary (Biomedical Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EConner Herndon (Math \u0026amp; Physics) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EChangdae Lee (Electrical \u0026amp; Computer Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EAshley Lockwood (Biology) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EJung Mok (Biology) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003ERafael Ortiz (Biomedical Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlejandro Sanchez (Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EBrian Sanner (Biomedical Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EPeter Schnaak (Chemistry\/Biochemistry) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EJake Sebring (Biomedical Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003ESraeyes Sridhar (Biomedical Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003ELambros Tassoulas (Biology) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EEvan Teng (Biomedical Engineering) - Georgia Tech\u003Cbr \/\u003EThibault Twahirwa (Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science) - Morehouse College\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; Funds for the 2014 class were provided by Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta, Beckman Coulter Foundation, Medtronic, Jim and Sarah Borders, Karl Dasher, Terry and Sharon Dewberry, Bob and Tina Guldberg, The Kolpitcke Family, Bob and Marily Nerem, Henry and Mary Pruitt, Tom Stribling, and Bill and Carol Taylor.\u0026nbsp; If you are interested in donating to this valuable program, please \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ibb.gatech.edu\/giving-opportunities\u0022\u003Econtact us\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Program awards largest number of scholarships to date"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E20 elite undergraduate scholars awarded full-year research opportunity\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Program awards largest number of scholarships to date"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2014-02-03 10:04:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:47","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-02-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"272761":{"id":"272761","type":"image","title":"2014 Class of Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars","body":null,"created":"1449244095","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:48:15","changed":"1475894961","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:21","alt":"2014 Class of Petit Undergraduate Research Scholars","file":{"fid":"198676","name":"scholars_group.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/scholars_group_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/scholars_group_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1962503,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/scholars_group_0.jpg?itok=zHz5-jRs"}}},"media_ids":["272761"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\/petit-scholars","title":"Petit Scholars info and application"},{"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":[],"keywords":[{"id":"248","name":"IBB"}],"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:todd.mcdevitt@bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETodd McDevitt, PhD\u003C\/a\u003E - Faculty advisor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EColly Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E - Program administrator\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}