{"308771":{"#nid":"308771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CoE faculty among 2014 World\u2019s Most Influential Scientific Minds","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive College of Engineering (CoE) faculty have been listed in the 2014 World\u2019s Most Influential Scientific Minds. Noted faculty include: \u003Cstrong\u003EIan Akyildiz, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ye (Geoffrey) Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mark Prausnitz, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Zhong Lin Wang, Materials Science and Engineering; and Younan Xia, Biomedical Engineering.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThomson Reuters analyzes data using its \u201cWeb of Science and InCites platforms to determine which researchers have produced work that is most frequently acknowledged by peers.\u201d The citation data was reviewed for the past 11 years to identify those who published the highest impact work. The five faculty members from the College of Engineering had highly cited papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication. According to Thomson Reuters, \u201cthese researchers are, undoubtedly, among the most influential scientific minds of our time.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIan\u0026nbsp;Akyildiz, Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E Akyildiz\u003C\/strong\u003E is an influential researcher in wireless networking. His lab has produced three papers among the 10 most popular articles published in IEEE Communication Society journals and four papers among the 10 most downloaded papers published in \u201cComputer Networks\u201d (Elsevier).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYe (Geoffrey) Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E Li\u2019s\u003C\/strong\u003E research interests include statistical signal processing and communications. He has won the Stephen O. Rice Prize Paper Award in 2010 and WTC Wireless Recognition Award in 2013 from IEEE Communications Society. \u0026nbsp;He has published over 300 refereed journal and conference papers in addition to 25 granted patents.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark\u0026nbsp;Prausnitz, Chemical and\u0026nbsp;Biomolecular\u0026nbsp;Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Working in the area of biophysical methods of drug deliver, \u003Cstrong\u003EPrausnitz \u003C\/strong\u003Eis advancing microneedles from device design and fabrication through pharmaceutical formulation and pre-clinical animal studies through studies in human subjects.\u0026nbsp;A major area of focus involves the use of microneedle patches to apply vaccines to the skin in a painless, minimally invasive manner.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZhong\u0026nbsp;Lin Wang, Materials Science and Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E Wang\u003C\/strong\u003E is a pioneer and world leader in nanoscience and nanotechnology. He has authored and co-authored six scientific reference and textbooks and over 800 peer reviewed journal articles. He coined and pioneered the field of piezotronics and piezo-phototronics.\u0026nbsp;His discovery and breakthroughs in developing nanogenerators establish the principle and technological road map for harvesting mechanical energy from environment and biological systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYounan\u0026nbsp;Xia, Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E The current research of \u003Cstrong\u003EXia\u003C\/strong\u003Eand his group centers on the design and synthesis of novel nanomaterials for a broad range of applications, including nanomedicine, regenerative medicine, cancer theranostics, tissue engineering, controlled release, catalysis, and fuel cell technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETo see the full report on Highly Cited Researchers and the selection of the year\u2019s Hottest Researchers, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/interest.science.thomsonreuters.com\/forms\/Verify?doc=http:\/\/sciencewatch.com\/sites\/sw\/files\/sw-article\/media\/worlds-most-influential-scientific-minds-2014.pdf\u0026amp;rt=Marketing\u0026amp;sbu=SSR\u0026amp;elqCampaignID=9354\u0026amp;cid=70170000000V9Ql\u0026amp;cn=SSR%20-%20201406%20-%20Highly%20Cited%20Researchers%20-%20Global\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive College of Engineering (CoE) faculty have been listed in the 2014 World\u2019s Most Influential Scientific Minds.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five College of Engineering (CoE) faculty have been listed in the 2014 World\u2019s Most Influential Scientific Minds."}],"uid":"27842","created_gmt":"2014-07-15 13:36:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:45","author":"Ashlee Gardner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-07-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKay Kinard\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kay.kinard@coe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekay.kinard@coe.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kay.kinard@coe.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}