{"305591":{"#nid":"305591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty Proposals Collect $250K in Latest GT-FIRE Funding","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Provost have announced the latest recipients for the Georgia Tech Fund for Innovation in Research and Education (GT FIRE), a program that provides faculty researchers with seed funding for original research and scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than $250,000 will be allocated to eight projects, chosen from 61 proposals reviewed by an internal committee. The submissions, intended to provide the basis for subsequent proposals to external sponsors, were eligible for up to $40,000 in funding.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EEducation\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMatthew Baker\u003C\/strong\u003E (Mathematics) \u2014 Number Theory And Cryptography: A New Online Course for Georgia High School Students\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Haymaker\u003C\/strong\u003E (Building Construction) \u2014 A Vertically Integrated Project to Improve Design Exploration and Decision Making\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENassim Jafarinaimi\u003C\/strong\u003E (Literature, Media, and Communication) \u2014 A Novel Interactional Paradigm in Teaching Quantum Mechanics\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAnna Joo Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E (City and Regional Planning) \u2014 Georgia Tech Community PII: Presence, Impact, and Investment in Atlanta\u0027s Historic Westside\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarc Weissburg\u003C\/strong\u003E (Biology) \u2014 Establishing an Inquiry Based Course in Ecology Using the Blended Curriculum Model\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EResearch\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChloe Arson\u003C\/strong\u003E (Civil and Environmental Engineering) \u2014 Hydraulic Fracturing: A Case for Ethical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarol Colatrella\u003C\/strong\u003E (Literature, Media, and Communication) \u2014 Innovation and Collaboration in Liberal Arts, Science and Technology (ICLAST)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA.N. Otte\u003C\/strong\u003E (Physics) \u2014 Research Proposal: An Ultra-fast Readout and Digitization System for Fast Photo Detectors\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChris Jones, associate vice president for research, led the process for research proposals and Donna Llewellyn, associate vice provost for learning excellence, led the process for education proposals.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Provost have announced the latest recipients for the Georgia Tech Fund for Innovation in Research and Education (GT FIRE), a program that provides faculty researchers with seed funding for original research and scholarship.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Program provides faculty researchers with seed funding for original research and scholarship."}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2014-06-29 12:39:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:41","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/evpr","title":"Office of the Executive Vice President for Research"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.provost.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of the Provost"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:susan.roche@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESusan Roche\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of the Executive Vice President for Research\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-8802\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}