{"353111":{"#nid":"353111","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Call for BioEngineering Award Nominations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENow accepting nominations for the annual Bioengineering Awards at Georgia Tech - Deadline January 31, 2015\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EDETAILS\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding BioE Student Paper\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAll BioE students are eligible - \u003Cem\u003EMust be currently enrolled\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E$750 cash and plaque award\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENominated by Advisor - nominations must include a letter of support from advisor discussing impact and significance of the work\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EElectronic copy of paper must accompany nomination\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPaper must be published, in press or accepted in the time frame January 1 - December 31, 2014\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding BioE PhD Thesis\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAll BioE students are eligible - \u003Cem\u003EDo not have to be currently enrolled\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E$750 cash and plaque award\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENominated by Advisor\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENominations must include a letter of support from advisor\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EElectronic copy of Ph.D. thesis must accompany nomination\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThesis Certificate of Completion form must be signed by ALL committee members in the time frame January 1 - December 31, 2014\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOutstanding BioE Advisor\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAll BioE Program Faculty are eligible\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E$500 discretionary funds and plaque\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENominated by graduate student(s) \u2013 Submit a letter explaining why you are nominating a faculty member.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristopher Ruffin Leadership Award\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Leadership Award was established to honor the memory of Christopher Ruffin and his exceptional contributions to the BioE Program. Chris began working at GT in 1994 and joined the bioengineering community in April 2001. As Academic Advisor in the BioE Program, Chris worked tirelessly to support the BioE students and faculty.\u0026nbsp; This award recognizes a current graduate student for his or her superior contributions to the BioEngineering Program. The Leadership Award will be awarded to a student whose influence, ideals and activities throughout his\/her time in the BioEngineering Program has left a long lasting and positive impression on the institution and has raised the standard of excellence for future BioEngineering classes. Examples of strong leadership qualities include activities such as peer mentoring, teaching, and service.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENominations should be submitted to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.paige@bioengineering.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaura Paige\u003C\/a\u003E with the BioE program. Nominations for the Outstanding Awards will be reviewed by the BioE Faculty Advisory Committee and nominations for the Ruffin Leadership Award will be reviewed by a BGA committee. Winners will be announced at the BioE Reception on March 27, 2015 (Recruitment Day).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Submission deadline January 31, 2015"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECall for BioEngineering Awards Nominations - Deadline Jan 31, 2015\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Submission deadline January 31, 2015"}],"uid":"27349","created_gmt":"2014-12-09 10:46:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:47","author":"Floyd Wood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"353211":{"id":"353211","type":"image","title":"Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Graduate Program at Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1449245728","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:15:28","changed":"1475895080","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:20","alt":"Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Graduate Program at Georgia Tech","file":{"fid":"201186","name":"bioe_logo_-_square.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bioe_logo_-_square_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bioe_logo_-_square_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":33003,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bioe_logo_-_square_0.png?itok=Qzui4Hcg"}}},"media_ids":["353211"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bioengineering.gatech.edu\/","title":"BIOE program"}],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[],"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:laura.paige@bioengineering.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaura Paige\u003C\/a\u003E - Academic Advisor II\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.paige@bioengineering.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}